diaper cake

One of DWR's New Products. Vase made by Tord Boontje. (The same guy who created the tattoos featured in #1104).

It got brought to my attention that Del.icio.us has us on their homepage - and LifeHacker had us in their image!

Hot design meme of the day seems to be DNA11's new fingerprint series - but the CSI watcher in me can't help but wonder if you're just making someones life easier for when they need your prints. Or it would be amusing to see this used in the show...

So theres this new mouse - that fits in your PCMCIA - that is wireless, and it even charges in the slot... i can't decide whether to post it to NOTCOT so its here for now. And it has a cool flash animation intro.

This guy is eating monkey chow for 7 days straight. It's less than $1 a meal! This is a link to his daily video diaries.

running people plate

random in my folder

The Apt is an interesting group in NYC doing branding/interiors/etc? Marking this one to be looked at more later.

Yale Press Retires Paul Rand-Designed Logo; Chris Rubino Brokers Compromise

Once just the packaging graphics for stickers sold from Obey Giant, now a lovely screenprint poster made to support Dave and Holly Combs, the creators of PEEL Magazine that lost their house to keep the magazine alive!

Minimal aesthetics and biomechanics converge. Craftsman at Zen Posture (Boulder, CO) have redesigned the meditation bench into a simple and portable design.

A recycled set of wheels and an old pub sign light creates this lovely little lamp, 'Albie' by JamesPlumb.

Marks & Spencer launches new Beer & Cider range, designed by Brandhouse

A runner-up in the Earth and Space category of the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

This font is made with inspiration from fabric that wraps itself around the letters as a dress does around your body in the summer wind. Love it!

Truly magnificent monotone photographs of Africa's Big 5 and other African animals by Nick Brandt. View his portfolio called 'A Shadow Falls'

An interview with illustrator and animator Rex Crowle, designer of PS 3 game Little Big Planet.

This concrete panels facade for an extension by Édouard François of the Hôtel Fouquet’s Barrière in Paris, is based on a cast of an original Haussmann facade design.

A college with poem on the floor & furniture plus lots of designer chairs....Panta Rhei college by i29 make me want to back to college!

Aggregate Appeal looks into the characters of Tintin as fashion icons. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up for a film adaptation in 2011.

An unofficial blue plaque unveiled at the home of the British Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith.

San Francisco based photographer, Emily Scannell, captures quiet moments of individuals, giving all a truly genuine feel.

An interview with artist Ann Toebbe.

An interview with Nick & Candy of Noferin, creators of the Pecanpals.

A colorful skin with warm materials on both the inside and outside, creates a good ambient for learning at the International School in Oslo, by JVA.

Christoph Niemann on "My Life with Cables."

miru kim and Naked City Spleen - new york city artist with a series of photographs in sites underneath the city in the nude

Soil Lamp by Marie Kestaps - this lamp extracts its energy from soil, just like any plant, just add water every now and then

Barbie's ultra tricked out customized Volkswagen has a vanity in the trunk (among other things) that pops up.

The Writers Block Kit by Elizabeth Dilk comes with several items that can boost the writers inspiration.

Nice look at the newer Jack in The Box logo ~

James Clar of Dubai's Traffic Design Gallery and his Rat Race series. The idea that we are all rats in a competitive race to the top is a befitting theme for Dubai.

12-year-old Max Wallack of Natick wins WGBH’s Design Squad “Trash to Treasure” design contest with his "Home Dome" made of plastic, peanuts, and wire.

The Ribbon Chair is defined by a ribbon of metal angle that transforms to allow for flexibility at the seat and backrest. At an exposed joint between the wood and metal, the metal angle loses its vertical flange and, thus, becomes flexible.

Rechargeable Batteries with integrated Solar Cells !

NAO´s villa for ORDOS 100. The skin of the house is designed to keep weather elements on the facade: snow, sand, rain and moss, changing during the four seasons of the year.

Hello Health is architecting a new way for patients to receive care from their doctors through an innovative new web technology and primary care philosophy.

Book Ring

Skate photography legend Grant Brittain gets his own pro model from Powell Peralta.

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

Beanbag couch and duct tape rug by Bertjan Pot usher in a new era of the Patchwork Nation.

Photographic work of Toronto based photographer Sylvain Dumais.

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.

IPSVM skateboard design by Loren Kulesus