Great blog of Spanish designers, which combine illustration and photography. Rbelion ~ from Valencia, Spain

Unusually designed bottles of mysterious 'Parma' wine made of exotic berries and herbs. Visual style by Raya Ivanovskaya was inspired by folk motives of indigenous peoples of the North.

A New Banksy piece was spotted in NYC, plus a brief recent history of spottings of Banksy's work in the Five Boroughs.

Wow... Amazing recruitment site to the Swedish Armed Forces... Cool tests to check you skills... Awesome

Porcelain cup with a sparkling solitaire diamond (Swarovski crystal) ring! 2-Carat Cup is packed in an elegant oversize jewelry box, so when you present it as a gift, all you see is the ring! [also seen in post #4827]

Remember Strega Nona's Magical Pasta Pot, and when Big Anthony has pasta everywhere? Here's the installation: Heute bleibt die Küche kalt, wir gehen in den Wienerwald by Marlene Haring, 2004...

Freshly unboxed ~ i just received Arkitip Issue 0044 ~ with the black glossy viewmaster and reels... and magazine too. Gorgeous! (and yes, i'm a bit giddy)

One wallpaper for the addicted to the social network Twitter!

It's cool enough that they make cars out of wood... how about pens made from wood from those cars!

Get ready for the TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON!!! Weds night February 20th, 2008 ~

Cool tilted house design in Japan by TNA Architects

Alessi's 2008 Spring/Summer collection is here ~ and this is a beautiful bottle opener from the Alessi founder's great grandson! Pop-Up

if like us, you're on the search for the perfect mix of minimalism and functionality in your kitchen, then perhaps you need look no further than boffi...

Blackbird's Attackin' in the Dead 'O' Night" by shantyshawn was the recent Shirt of the Week winner over at Design By Humans - Girls and Guys versions available.

It will never be the same. Another single purpose site, but with a hypnotizing interactive road to keep you passively engaged.

Designed by Philippe Starck for Vitra, the BaObab desk is so bright and cheerful, it could cheer up any office space.

Hybrid-Home Limited Edition Large Print Visible Ghost by Brian Flynn... glows in the dark!

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?

Ooh our friends at Radar are doing free T-shirts to share the love! "Send us an email with your size (mens or womens from Small to XL) along with your address, and we'll ship one right out! " + Share pics at radar!

Nerf's new N-STRIKE VULCAN EBF-25 blaster is a 25-dart belt-fed fully automatic blaster. Perfect for any kid. [Editor's Note: also perfect for any adult]

An amazing library in Colombia by Giancarlo Mazzanti. Three artificial rocks in the top of a jungleish hill with an spectacular view of Santo Domingo.

The iPod the ultimate example of the encapsulation of an obsolete form of technology. Resin casts of a 2007 iPod nano have been allowed to show the subtle imperfections, and deterioration both in the object and in the mold.Signed and numbered.

New advertisement for the Zoo York brand from the ad company davidandgoliath. The Jenna Jameson's limited edition skateboard deck will be on sale soon and this ad shows you what you can do with it, although I wouldn't really recommend it.

Green Roof Workshop was designed by Harrison Architects for an amateur cabinetmaker and his wife to house his workshop and the couple's prize vintage Mercedes. I love those polycarbonate clerestory windows...

Features- 100% cotton Sweat Shirt and 100% original New York city issue Nylon flag. Recycled, and re-designed by hand, Tailored back on to the hoodie managing to capture the sartorial elegance of New York city.

AquaDom at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin is the world largest cylinder aquarium. It holds about 900 000 liters of sea water and some 2600 fishes. Amazing!

The Velib Bike program is taking to the streets of London! Urban bike sharing at its finest? Soon every Londoner can take a granny bike for a spin.

I'm a bit unclear what this "Streams" campaign for absolut by TBWAChiatDay, NY is trying to say, but everyone i've shown it to seems to think one thing...

Scot Hampton has made a camera from the iPhone box... the iHole!

Nothing like a good button paradox... RED: the blue button is true. BLUE: the red button is false. From Slevin11... although not political, i'd like to pair these with a "vote" button.

Awesome Aperture Science Portal Buttons with signage/stick figures doing all kinds of craziness in black and white ~ from Slevin11

RIP Heath Ledger tees from Cyana - Limited Edition T-shirts in loving memory of Heath Ledger [10% off with code 'notcot' until 3/20/08]

Picking up life's little messes is easy with the Robo Vacum™! This tiny desktop robot is a perfect for sucking up those kitchen crumbs and desktop debris.

Use what nature gave you ~ natural pivot points in your wrist and elbow for your sketching... nice Sketching Quick Tip from Allan Macdonald

Typography meets fruit at Balla Dora Typo-grafika.

Evolution of Nintendo Characters.

Ken Goldman's "tenderizer" ring .The ring is carved out of that never used "shnitzel hammer"! No web site available yet but you can reach ken at info@biblicalbeasties .com

Here is a bizarre site i couldn't stop clicking on this morning, where you just keep getting more adorably bizarre barack-isms?

MP3 players really do not come much smaller than this beautifully cute wooden Acorn MP3 player (which still packs in 1GB of internal storage capacity).

Josh Jakus' napkincatch placemat,: a holder is cut right out of the mat. Pop the attached ring out of the mat and interlock around the napkin, then tuck safely back in for easy storage.

Marianne Maric and her LAMP GIRLS

Very interesting throw pillows from the design company Pieces of You. Using recycled textiles and their care labels a completely unique cushion will be made up for you. You may request what colours and textures you would like the back to made of.

Amazing small film for the Pacemaker by Swedish animator Kristofer Ström and Martin Ottosson. Production by Björn Wahlström.

Rosella folding umbrella. by Kr Nothing Design Group!