Talking Towers, Interactive Video-Installation. Participants modulate particles with a light stick, which are projected on the Kranhaus Süd in Cologne. August 16-25 at "New Talents" Design Biennale.

Spanish architects really mastered complex facades, specially when it comes to social housing. Social Housing in Granollers by Bailo Rull ADD+ Arquitectura

Denny Camino's installation of 500 water-filled dog bowls has raised $4,500 for the Provincetown, MA dog park . Passersby toss money into the bowls, whose shapes shift nightly.

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

Mustache! Send in a photo of your own "mustache"! Funny little project!

Great user submitted HDR photography site. Not all the photos are HDR but they are all stunning!

The trompe-l'œil by Renate Buser. Another great artist that loves to create illusions.

On spas to covet ~ Dimension One Hot Tubs ~ Cool Hunting has a nice peek behind the scenes

Congrats to Jill, on her latest project InhabiTOTS! Sustainable Design for the next generation... perfect for her first baby on the way!

Fun video (with great narration) of some of the Monocle Top 50 Things To Improve Your Life ~ they certainly make you want to hop the first jet to Italy and Japan...

California passed the first statewide green building code. What does it mean? Lower energy consumption, water savings and ecological materials. Way to go California!

Favorite toys from SDCC ~ Rocketworld IWG's tiny adorable Zipper Pulls and Airborne Paratroopers!!!

Earth-Touch's latest video has awesome footage of the Tasseled Scorpionfish camouflaged in the Sponges

Charming guest strip for "Questionable Content" drawn by John Campbell. The goal is to think of the longest band name possible.

Ohook is a series of hangers made from beech wood from danish ABC Family. Simple O-shape that works great as a "cloud" of hangers.

Liten Ljus Lager's minimalist and contemporary package design make it stand apart from the rest.

JHill Design's line is called Places I Have Never Been and revolves around drawings of her imaginary vacations. Like this one, saying "Cheerio!" from Chester, England.

A water line made by turning off lights won best concept in this year’s ID magazine annual design review.

Playful new ice cubs from Fred ~ Gin & Titonic

Great pictures of the Neue National Gallery by Mies van der Rohe in Berlin. Photos by Guillermo Hevia G.

Another awesome McDonald's billboard from Leo Burnett, Chicago after their lettuce billboard (see #11231). The Giant Egg hatches each day showing that they use fresh eggs daily. Brilliant!

The Department of Doing has canned some of their inspiration, a humorous way to pick up your design buddies on an ideas low. No better place for this than notcot

Fascinating live visualisation of recent emotional expressions written on the private weblogs published on blogger.

Moving forward we want to bring some increased attention to alternate modes of transportation. As energy prices rise and environmental awareness becomes more prominent, we look for new perspectives on how we travel. The MP3 500

A 150 year old farmhouse located in the rural area between the nature areas of the Veluwe and the IJssel has been renovated and expanded by FARO Architecten bv.

NEW RELEASE: Print Liberation shows you how to start screen printing today using the most basic elements. With tips and troubleshooting from Print Liberation, you’ll soon be able to print on the bottom of a ship in a hurricane.

LOL VOGUE? Jezebel gets all LOL Cats on Vogue... and while the captions could be better - we love the concept.

Porsche design is releasing their first line of men's fragranced products this coming fall. "Essence" includes eau de toilette, aftershave lotion, aftershave balm, a hair and body shampoo and two deodorants in stick and spray form.

I can hear it now... "back in my day, before there was photoshop... this is how they made impossible images a reality!" See how this incredible image of Grace Jones was created...

Cool New Belgium Beer ad on restoring the White Salmon River by removing Condit Dam. The 125-foot high dam is an impassable barrier and has limited salmon and steelhead to only three river miles.

Got up close with the Veuve Clicquot Karim Rashid Globalight tonight at its LA launch party at the W in Westwood... crazy scene, check out the pics.

Turn your iPod Touch into a Mac Mini-Me with RockRidgeSound's iClooly.

Tokujin Yoshioka Little Garden Table - Poetry and magic in a simple yet brilliant design.

2008 Pritzker laureate Jean Novuel, just won the competition for the new Tour Signal tower in La Defense, Paris.

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Primary school at Granollers, Spain by Jordi Badia from BAAS Architects.

The jewelery designer OctopusMe casts real shells, starfish, octopus tentacles, and other objects in silver and inlays them with precious stones.

"First Paperless Architecture Book EVER: Piel" was what the email subject line read, and while skeptical, i was actually impressed with this digital book that even lets you jump right to google map views of the locations.

Check out these dimensional Wall Tiles from Inhabit. Made from bamboo pulp. Beautiful and eco-friendly.

ANIMAL analyzes some of the newly designed "I Love NY" ads designed by Saatchi.

Madly lusting after this new Tumi Townhouse Wardrobe Trunk ~ complete with three pull down drawers and a space for hanging clothes as well...

Interesting Yogurt spoon to get every last bite out of the corners - by Nojae Park

I'm so impressed with the simplicity of these photos, part of the SKYplay set. I can just picture them framed and hung in a child's nursery.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the student & worker rebellions in Paris, Mai 1968. 40 iconic posters created during the uprising have been reproduced as handmade screen prints.

Napshell is perfect for those days when you need to relax. Deluxe version able to connect with iPod or other mp3 readers. Outside noise free. Sleep well!

Beautiful art on Japanese construction fences.