Sometimes what we all need to get some perspective is.... a drive up the coast, and a birthday party at the tip of Point Dume?

New etching by the ever wonderful Mark Ryden.

The most challenging program for an architect is an architecture school. And JVA made it with the new Oslo Architecture School. Wish mine had a yard as cool as this one.

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.

A beautifully designed turntable by Avid that carries a hefty $24,000 price tag.

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

Rail Rider, a bicycle and an old train rail is the perfect combination to create the newest attraction all over the world. Oil free!

Another mythological creature of north america ~ manac trucking's Flying Moose! Which has a great legend behind its origin!

What happens when you combine the famous Etch A Sketch with porn? You get a ton of sketchy black line art that looks nothing like porn at all.

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

CONFRONT/(A)VOID - New works by Joseph Shaeffer May 23rd at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture, Denver Colorado

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

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.

* Special Forest * kissing animals sleeping bag by UK's Anorak

illustrator/designer Gianluca Fallone, 23, has already worked for like Nike, MTV and the Cartoon Network. His pop-psychedelic style and knack for self-referential ad design reads like a unique blend of Kashiwa Sato and Chuck Anderson.

Björk's Wanderlust video is now viewable in all its 3-Dimensional awesomeness.

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!

From this years 2008 Design week in Milan comes a collaboration between Fritz Hansen and artist Tal R. 50 of the Egg chairs were covered with different fabrics, one for each of the years the Egg chair has existed.

Werner Aisslinger idealized a place that would make life a little more relaxed. "40m² & lifetime possibilities." And here it is, the Loftcube. Eloquent.

Glass Octopus from West Elm makes a perfect addition to any fish bowl. No more lonely fish.

Nice billboard idea for a Casino, by Leo Burnett Frankfurt.

Can't get enough of the funky fragrances by Etat Libre et Orange - like Bellybutton, Bubblegum and Incense, and Delicious Closet Queen. But the one that really makes me happy is Jasmine & Cigarettes.

3 SF activists climbed the Golden Gate to let these awesome banners fly.

"Tea granules in hot water.Taj Tea Trail tea tasting and more." Beautiful ads - Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai, India - creative director Anup Chitnis. They really remind me of Dale Chihuly's work.

Reebok's does the Renaissance in its inspiring new ad campaign.

Butterfingers - Fun music video using a puppetized soundboard? synthesizer? by Perish Factory

From Pixeloo - this is Homer Simpson as he would look if he were walking around the streets of Springfield today.

A high quality mailer in the form of a leather embossed envelope with a chrome plate inner.

Chris Ware had a feature animation incorporated into the third episode of a television series This American Life. (There should be a second season coming to Showtime sometime soon.)

The new Vertu Constellation Monogram collection draws inspiration from the Louis Vuitton and Goyard monograms.

a clean and compact pair of pants for dirty babies on the go !!!!

Set yourself a table with Teroforma's innovative shopping experience. via spoonbuzz.com

VISUAL THINKING! Here are three Sesame Street clips you can't afford to miss... or show all your clients to get them thinking the right way... enlightening stuff.

HoneyShed - insane home shopping network like constantly running video/site.... i guess its only appropriate i'm watching it at 3am... it is like a crazy variety show/informercial... wow.

Incase Hardshell Case for MacBook Pro ~ hands on review! And video!

"Don't waster your time..." Toilet Paper Origami Ads for Kellog's All-Bran Plus cereal by Leo Burnett, Dubai, UAE. I know they are a little grade school in their humor but I laughed a bit when I first saw them.

Love the organic style of Jessie Lim's pottery.

Old Banksy's painted in the parking garage of the Swiss embassy, apparently unveiled for the first time on Friday. They were painted in exchange for the right to throw a rave in the garage.

TAP Project is back! March 16 through March 22, restaurants invite their customers to donate a minimum of $1 for the tap water they would normally get for free. Proceeds to benefit UNICEF

Brio's modern line of kids toys has a great color palette that is far more fun than the usual primary colors!

Beautiful composite images, fragmentation and various effects by The Scattered.

Absolut Machine. Amazing robotic, web connected ping-pong tossing musical instrument, a large-scale electromechanical sculpture built by Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman for Absolut.

Over the years many companies has tried to sell the blimp as the air transportation of the future. Aeroscraft ML866 is more or less a blimp version of yacht.

Corolla the X - 10th edition... that's some crest... for the Toyota Corolla campaign. Microsite looks like its for a silly reality tv show... They even have a society of Blue Bloods... the car doesn't seem to fit in well?