The Anthony Family takes on a yearlong moleskine quest to get the family thinking creatively. Notice the Eames lounge limerick post also on the site, cleverly crafted from a catalog.

Reading books the way they should be read, nicely kicked back, is always a good thing. Stanislav Katz, designer in Latvia has some nice and playful designs and ideas, this being one of them.

Can you imagine if this Vans iPhone Finger Fracture game got made? You could pull some pretty crazy skateboarding tricks with two fingers and your multitouch iphone!

Yada ~ you have to check out the pics of their well designed CES booth that draws you right into it with its cool lights and mini. And then i was surprised by the affordable and minimalist bluetooth headsets +accs!

Just a tiny bit larger than a zippo ~ here's the latest in glossy tech from La Cie ~ the Tiny Disk which holds 30/40 GB and even has a cap/built in USB! See the close ups!

Maurizio Cattelan at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
2 February - 24 March, 2008

So, they say a picture speaks 1,000 words. In Jan Socor's case, he's speaking whole essays.

Cute little printable, foldable paper birds. :)

Impressive synagogue by Peter Schmitz. I really like they way the windows are folded into the star of David and the levels in the ceiling.

The Slat House is a beautiful extension to semi-detached family home in Blackheath. Very nice skylights and concrete wall(s)!

New set of Photoshop brushes by Departika titled Beautiful Bugger, is now up for grabs.

Handmade from a single block of cedar ~ and wheels from mahogany... love these italian toy cars by To Be Us

A Measuring Gaggle ~ while hunting for the nesting black and white giraffe measuring cups, i discovered these bone china geese...

French designer JEAN-MARIE MASSAUD’s concept for a floating hotel, the glorious whale-shaped “Manned Cloud” promises to be a transcendent thing of beauty should it ever reach the clouds.

Another variation for reusable bags ~ go felt with Illu Stration

This is an interesting excerpt from AIGA Paperbacks: U.S.A. An Exhibition of Covers (September 1959 /April 1961).

Designed by Philip Grushkin

Incredible film where - 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the timewatch program "Bloody Omaha"

Finnish artist Ilkka Halso depicts a future where nature becomes an attraction due to its rarity.

Rumor has it .... SPORE is coming... and EA is now launching it simultaneously for mac and pc in 2008!

A house/studio for a brazilian architect in Sao Paulo, by MMBB Architects. A concrete cube that stands on a delicate structure for an outstanding effect.

Ice Cube ~ a project out of hamburg asking you to all join in and add some ice...

The Secjo vanity is a wild combination of a full length leaning mirror, with working sink (faucet and basin) as well as electrical lamp. Not yet available but in production. By Alta Marea of Italy.

Signalnoise - The art of graphic designer James White - Flickr

The echo park time travel mart. Need a day , a week, a year then come here. One of five stores of the 826 project .

Handpresso ~ bicycle pump + expresso packet + hot water = expresso on the go? The nice design coupled with the hilariously suggestive french couple in a movie theater ad makes it worth checking out.

Engineering is the new Design. There is something amazing about a complex mechanism, especially when its function is so simple and elegant. Presenting...a blood quill pen.

UPDATED! Dan got us some hands on shots of the MacBook Air ~ close ups of all the tiny details i was curious about ~ like the power adapter connection and the ports, etc...

LIVE from macworld ~ and it ain't pretty... Here are a few pics on how insane macworld is currently, and how bad it was this morning for regular people trying to get into the keynote. Quite the sea of humanity.

Great post and video at the Pentagram blog about their latest redesign of Dairy Today magazine... its incredible what a glam portrait cow covermodel each month can do.

Crazy one use credit card sized microscopes... available in 5 packs of x500 and x1000

Liking the look of Stelton's Super Charger designed by Designit~ many have tried various charging pot designs, but this stainless + plastic with a slit is grabbing me the most.

One Less Desk ~ an interesting super minimalist desk design from Heckler ~ particularly for the mac fan boys, but the idea of two thin desks like this for various configs is pretty sweet if you're not into desk space

So there it is ~ popping out of a manilla envelope ~ the macbook air. but EVEN CUTER? The actual music video of yael naim's "new soul" that is used in their ad

A medal/pin to "celebrate the memories of endless epic battles, infinite high scores and numerous blistered fingers." Console Wars I pin by Super Mandolini

1selfmeter: elastic ruler for emotional measurements.
A "subjective ruler" to take measures with mercy and irony.

Napkin produces freeze-dried towel and t-shirt. It could be a cool gadget.

Elegant and stylish lingerie. The lacemaker is a new Argentinian brand with some impressing designs. [Editor's Note: beware, its hard not to crack up at the music]

Ross McBride's computer tower faces concept gives PCs a personality.

I feel like hanners on gongs tonight. Brain... no... worky. but big apple keynote tomorrow bright and early, are you anxious? Is your apple sense tingling?

1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future. Interesting gallery of Braun products compared to products from Apple.

The Design Museum announces its choices for Designs of the Year - some obvious, some pretty quirky

Gin & Tonic... a room full of it... as FOG. This is the art exhibition of Marti Guixe in 2004 for Gat Fog in Casco.

I spent a bit of time on Seletti's website, thanks to e-cool's post #8098. Their World Dinnerware series includes some of my favorites: New York, Tokyo, Venice, Rome, Paris and London.

Dwell studio's bedding line for kids has grabbed me with their adorable animal motif!