Vague Terrain 12: Device art is a collection of work by various machine artists as curated by Rob Cruickshank. Lots of info and eye candy here for electronics, hacking and interaction design enthusiassts.

Level 5 by Paula Scher, a really interesting design to have at your apartment entrance especially if you live at the 5th floor.

Love this simple Grid Builder tool ~ beautifully simple UI too...

Fascinating to see what inspires those who inspire us ~ check out Audrey Kawasaki's Ffffound [might lean on the NSFW side]

Smoke is Poisonous ~ Clever and informative site describing the perils of secondhand smoke. Good videos too.

This concept developed by Jonathan Gauvin in my packaging class is a perfect example of the essence of what is good design to me: a perfect combination of form and function, the elegance of pure shapes, the simplicity of the graphic message.

The Tag Tree Project. 100's of tags sent across the world. 200 artists. Customize. 1 tree to hang. Flickr Group. Organized by MyDogSighs a UK based street artist.

Link's lifesized hat/hair in papercraft pretty much blew my mind when i first saw it ~

Robert Williams' Appetite For Destruction was on display at Scope Miami. Most may know this as the original cover art and title for the Guns N' Roses album

Monkey Balls! Surprise birthday floral arrangement just came, and i'm totally mesmerized by these things... what IS it?

Sissi Edholm and Lisa Ullenius from Edholm Uilenius created this amazingly beautiful chocolate packaging for the gift shop in Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm.

Japanese architecture Shuheu Endo strikes another amazing project with Rooftecture, a house built on a small strip of land on a hill facing the sea.

An impressive sports centre in Bakio, Spain by ACXT

Please, Apple. Give us what we want! Vote for your most wanted iPhone features and voice your opinion.

This house at Lousado, Portugal, not only frames the landscape from the inside, but features some interesting shapes on the inside buil-in furniture. A great work by Correia Ragazzi.

The most influential designers of our time.

Experimenting contemporary architecture in the old land of France

A unique look at the CGI processes involved as well as an interesting automotive portfolio....

For the Hi

I have yet to attend a mustachioed wedding party, but fake mustaches at wedding do look fun. check out more pics via offbeat bride.

Artist Brian Stauffer’s “A Very Long Tunnel” visually sums up this momentous week in American history.

SUGAR-CUBE SCULPTURES by Brendan Jamison .

The Alcatraz Hotel in the western city of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Former German prison turned hotel offers guests a jailhouse feeling, with a possibility of walking out whenever they like.

Shepard Fairey unveiled a new Barack Obama image last night in Washington DC...

Katrin Olina creates “fantastical worlds of multilayered imagery and ethereal characters.”

Champion Graphics's cover design for a Monster Children notebook, produced by Penguin.

Asako Narahashi: Kawaguchiko, 2003

First blush is a new and fresh alternative to non alcoholic wine, it’s a juice made from wine grapes with flavours of Merlot, Cabernet, Chardonnay and Syrah grapes.Designed by Ferro-concrete

Great illustration by Jen Wang for the Penguin Classics cover of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which will be a movie starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett coming out in December)...

One hundred couples in Tokyo were invited to a private concert, where there's lavish beds, and unlimited Haagen-Dazs ice cream to watch a classical concert in maximum comfort.

Damien Hurst at Statuephilia

Contemporary sculptors at the British Musuem

The Campanas brothers were selected as Design Miami’s 2008 Designers of the Year. The honor comes the commission of designing next year's VIP lounge. Rumor has it that their Ttransplastic series (above) will be the starting point for the designs.

Radar Footwear vinyl back cover by Julien De Repentigny

This video is crazy. It's a 30 second short shot by Martin Nordqvist and animated by Magnus Engsfors.

Is this stop-motion? or not? Cute animation for BC Dairy Foundation by Bent Image Lab. Directed by Jun seo Hahm.

Pretty TV ad for Getty Los Angeles Gallerie. "Getty. It stays with you"

Tap'dNY is a bottled water for the new age: an honest and local alternative for all New Yorkers. They purify and bottle New York City's famous tap water, leaving out the malarkey and far journey included in other bottled waters.

The Spizak.com is the “online” portfolio for Polish designer and digital illustrator Adam Spizak, who currently resides in London, UK.

The Pentagon Memorial by KBAS Studio will open tomorrow.

Vogue Italy and Steven Meisel come together to dazzle us with all sorts of patterns in this unique photoshoot.

"When you drink your reaction time slows down." Heineken Campaign.

Matsui's self portraits incorporate seemingly irrelevant motifs such as toys, cosmos, mushrooms and such. Including herself, all the motifs are depicted as if they are something other than themselves, leaving powerful impressions to viewers.

Interesting wood structure for this centipede like pavillion in Portugal by Guilherme Machado.

A fresh take on a classic - Roma Lubimov's CMYK pen.

Kathe-Kruse's Rainbow Babies are a great addition to the new babies gift list ~ they come with a bees waxed beech wood ring that is perfect for grabbing/teething, and you can wash the doll easily!

The fuel flexible Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel can use Gasoline, Ethanol or Methanol and now Lotus is developing the Omnivore, which as the name suggests, will be able to consume almost any type of fuel!