Fun guest post from the ladies of Design Glut over at Core77 ~ with the brutal truth and top finds of the NY Gift Fair 2009!

Win a box upgrade for your cat. Unicahome is holding a Cat in Box Photo Contest. I think my cat would be very happy in a fire truck!

Inside the walls of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo where hundreds of thousands of Japanese gather twice a year to see the emperor in person.

Hof residence, Skagafjörður fjord in Northern Iceland, Studio Granda

Video of flying bodies and textured images by photographer Paul Mahder

Fanstasien in Absynth: 60 minutes art collaboration

Very interesting comparison between the Top 100 Albums of 2008 at Billboard and at Pitchfork.

Pandoras Box - Great and inspired work from Michael Flückiger.

Australian Summer Madness by Wilfrid Wood.

Fans only: The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love” lyrically interpreted on Threadless. So awesome!!

The Design of Food Merchandising Signs

The Curious has an amazing view of life ~ and the video/animation work is incredible ~ for a burst of excitement about LIFE ~ this look back on 2007 video is incredibly inspiring!

On more cute whales ~ Little Whales Wallpaper by Geoff McFetridge for Pottok Papers

Super adorable white on black hoodie "Locals Only" by Emil Kozak ~ pity it's sold out

Very very cool cookie monster cupcake! From nick_d's flickr ~ the next image of smashed cookies in his mouth is awesome

Groovy Pet Delivery Service print ads are too cute ~ Poodles, Dachshunds, and Chihuahuas

Coto ships their packages stuffed with Reindeer Moss!!! Is it bad i'm curious to order just for that?

New spot from Ab5trax for XBOX - "The Ultimate Weapon"! "We wanted to pay tribute to all the great sci-fi epics, but reverse The engineering... All the 3D modeling and animation were created in-house done in Maya."

ODA's Hagia Bassinet is adorably simple

"Coexistence" by Mineo Mizuno ~ incredible installation integrating moss, ceramics and more!

Wow upper playground is having an awesome 10th anniversary celebration ~ and you can win a Sam Flores Painting first ~ AND there are a series or 200 small illustrations up for sale in the SF STORE!!!

Wow ~ fur upcycled into streetart... Neozoon's Furcoat "UpCycling"

DROPS chair by Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen will be showed at Stockholm Furniture Fair next week, together with other student works from Khio.

Ted Perez gets rebranded by Alexi Rinskavich. Swell.

A wonderful typographic world map by russian designer Vlad Gerasimov. Also available as a Desktop Wallpaper.

Loving the "Weapon Of Art" graphic by Alphanumeric.

Located in Mutxamel, Spain, this gorgeous green home designed by Eneseis Arquitectura is half buried into the ground in part to take advantage of passive solar design techniques.

Fredrik Färg's products raises both affection and reaction . With a surname that translates to 'colour' or 'paint' this newcomer is surprisingly held back in colours but all the more expressive in terms of shapes and materials.

This chair is a fantasy.

A new Carbon Neutral master plan to develop the Zira Island in Azerbaijan. The proposal by danish architects BIG, includes 7 artificial mountains.

A great new spray can set by Carhartt and Montana Colors. The design was created by Kool Func 88 from Paris.

Swedish A2 designers has released their first furniture line under their own name. Clean and pretty classic modern Scandinavian look.
All furniture is produced in Sweden.

Concept Pantone EyeShadows, to follow the whole Pantone-Stuff trend. It goes perfect with Pantone T-shirts, bags ans mugs.

Our Mountain Skateboard Decks by Steven Harrington.

Sega is working on a block controlled arcade game called Block Pipo. Players use the blocks to control the on screen characters which makes Block Pipo sound like a Lego stacking game.

Flush: 1990-2003 – A series of high resolution scans of found objects.

Ten of the most interesting Retro-Image pools on flickr.

The Momentum stool from cate&nelson presents a challenge to the users who must work together to keep the seating steady.

The end title sequence of director Diego Sabanés’ film Mentiras Piadosas. Draws inspiration from shadow sculpture where the shadow represents the object

Mobile Easel! What a gorgeous, simple solution for mobile whiteboards ~ Markerboard on one side, tackboard with black fabric on the other ~ found it at Steelcase by turnstone

A photo series of London’s remaining professional darkrooms, by Richard Nicholson.

As part of the Lyon Light Festival in France, artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino transformed an phone booth into this amazing aquarium.

Munky King and The Pizz get creative with iconic lowbrow themes on Eyegore 7" vinyl toys.

Fish and People

Art.Lebedev's "Skrepkus" is a new multi-layered take on the paper-clip.

Since debuting at Design Miami in December, the Ikedome is set to travel to a series of events during 2009. Designed by Marc Newson, it draws influence from his Fondation Cartier "Bucky" installation.

Graft Labs' proposal for Bird Island is a zero-energy home that sways with the breeze thanks to its bamboo and high-tech fabric construction.

Karni & Saul mixed stop-motion, CGI, and live action into an amazing video for Celtic-punker Flogging Molly's song "Float." Epic.

An interactive ad for Color System, a Sherwin-Williams product that offers thousands of different shades of paints. "A color has more shades than you can imagine." Optical illusion rocks!

A short film called "The Praying Machine" by tokyo plastic. I love their animated stuff!

This giant sculpture of a polar bear stranded on a block of ice floated 7.5 miles from Greenwich towards London to highlight the melting ice caps. The bear is promoting the launch of a new television channel dedicated to natural history.

These beautiful porcelain frames give more meaning to everyday objects.

The latest residential project from Morrison Seifert Murphy Architects is a 2700 square foot house, located in Urban Reserve, Dallas, Texas.

blow up by BSC architecture is a finalist to MoMA/P.S.1 competition, their design consisting on inflatable structures representing clouds to shade the courtyard

DIY paper toys by Marshall Alexander and argentinians Beppie and Her Pals

The Waterpod is a futuristic floating eco-habitat that makes extensive use of renewable energy and recycled materials.

Loving these simple aluminum lunch boxes by Sigg.

iSteamPhone - A steam punk exploded view iphone design, Da Vinci style. By artist Kevin Tong.

See strange coincidences between Benjamin Button & Forrest Gump in "The curious case of Forrest Gump"

Artwork from Aaron Hogg in Samantha Hahn's new Love book, a collaborative effort between 25 artists, including Hannah Stouffer, Lilly Piri, Dan Funderburgh and Lisa Congdon.

Mix it up! Tiny turntable-style speaker allows you to not only amplify your music, but let's you scratch !

Design Superstar, Jaime Hayon revealed his Crystal Candy Series for Baccarat at MAISON et OBJET this week

Pâtadoigts finger snacks created by Julie Rothhahn. Insert them in your finger and later dip them in different sauces. There are three different flavours: basil, paprika and cuminseed.

New LEXUS ad: A technological balance demostration

MOS Architects just won the competition to design the summer installation at MoMA´s PS1. Their proposal is called Afterparty, and it´s based on basic materials to address the current state of economy.

As part of the TxT Project at Stitch in Japan, Tim Biskup has created a set of two digital offset "Rangeas" prints. Each are signed & numbered and limited to only 100 and will be available individually or as a set. They go on sale at noon, 1/29.

The Playpump, a playground merry-go-round that uses the boundless energy of children to pump water out of the ground. More than 1000 such pumps have been installed in schools in South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia.

The Pfaffenholz Sports Complex, one of the first renowned work by Herzog and De Meuron, is quite hard to find while crossing the Switzerland-France border in Basel.

Your Wallpaper is launching a new collection of wallpapers with Sweden's most famous designers and illustrators!

Swedish design group Muungano has design the Swedish Book Bus of the Year 2008. The awesome graphics was done by They Graphics. The bus visits more than 30 villages in northern Sweden. Each village gets a visit every 4th week.

Tamar Levine and Rob Sheridan create a robot girl.

The Viva Street building in Republica Dominicana features a nice cladding system, when combined with variable LED lighting, come nightfall, turns this building into a dynamic object.

No words, just images. Each post is a theme. Leslie Miles has an amazing eye...

Molly’s Cabin by AGATHOM Architects is located on a rocky archipelago, three and a half hours north of Toronto, Canada.

Jean Nouvel, French architect always searching for new expressions, is responsible for SKiN, a sofa which is remarkable for its simplicity.

“Our Life at the Cost of Theirs?”

The Rose Art Museum, the best modern and contemporary art museum in all of New England, is preparing to close its doors for ever. Sign a petition to save this invaluable collection.

21,398 keys, 26 artist grants, one vision: The 823keyproject:amazing charity fund concept for artists and creators alike, with brilliant resolve. donate and receive a lovely vintage key, why not? its a super chic accessory too....

Surrealist master Rene Magritte's work brought to life in a fashion editorial for Genlux

With Obama's $819 Billion Stimulus package passed... had to share with you this Economic Stimulus Spray i just received in the mail! Also see the package of NOTHING ~ and the Elf Trap! from Winstanley Associates Ad Agency...

Swedish artist Moto Boy has released a musical box with the intro loop from his song A Room Without You. The musical box costs €20 but the MP3 is free to download. Awesome idea!

Circuitry Snacks.

Eli, no! - Beautiful children's book that tells the story of a trouble making dog named Eli.

Cool contest from Volkswagen in Norway, contestants have held their mouse cursors on the car for almost 5 days now. 190 are out, 6 are left. Last man standing keeps the car.

Guilherme Marconi is a self-taught artist who has worked with companies such as Absolut Vodka, BBH UK, Nokia, Havaianas, MTV, Itaœ Bank, Tudo Agency, AlmapBBDO Agency...

Dan Funderburgh's Tool Wall is awesome ~ made of painted and laser cut chip board

Paramount and Sony announced that principal photography has begun on live action Tintin feature 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn', director Steven Spielberg, producer Peter Jackson, shot in 3-D motion capture.

Triceracopter and Stegowagenvolkssaurus ~ you have to see the pics and videos of these guys!

Photographer Michael Muller captured models underwater for an aquatic fashion editorial in VMan magazine.

Darcel Disappoints ~ adorable illustration blog showing life through the eye of Darcel...

Pandora design of Italy, known for their plastic cutlery now has a limited edition called De Beauty. It has skulls around the tip and base of the handle and comes in white, black, coral, smoke, purple and clear.

One of many great limited edition prints by Clinton Reno. Love the combination of illustration, photography and texture.

Zaha Hadid Architects have produced a design for the Dorobanti Tower in Bucharest, Romania.
The 200 metre building contains a 5-star hotel, convention centre, and luxury apartments.

This camera used by a Vietnam Reporter was converted to have a have a riflestock grip.

Nerd Merit Badges has released their first in a series: the "Open Source Merit Badge". HTML is the new knot tying.

Villa (X) for ORDOS 100, Inner Mongolia, China. design by *multiplicities

Highly collectible combination of a brand-new blue-silver One Classic 600 camera and a splendid premium pack of the very rare, strictly limited edition Silver Frame 600 film. Drool!

Check out these previews of some of the work artist Dan May will have for his upcoming solo show at Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica.

Another beautiful example of portuguese architecture: white volumes under the light, over a natural landscape. By ARX Architects.

Apple minimalist pedantry from essell.org

Grecia 3191 building, Buenos Aires / DVS, AA - Díaz Varela Sartor, arquitectos