Behind the provocative name “My dead pony” hides a man from Belgium named Raphaël Vicenzi. He is a self-taught illustrator, and who needs to go to school when you can draw like this?

An interview on candy, humpty dumpty, and other sweet fantasies with California artist Brandi Milne.

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

Sputnik, a new chair from the industrial design duo ampersand, combines a mid-60’s clean grooviness with an Ikea-esque DIY sensibility.

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

This site designed is a resource for International Justice but also focuses on design and a robust twitter community with an interactive map used to foster worldwide conversations on Int'l Justice issues.

Los Angeles-based Michael Jantzen, met Buckminster Fuller as a student in the 1970s, is an architect of that generation who has stuck to the idea of revolutionizing the traditional way of building and offering new architectural solutions...

The biggest and highest salt flats in the world, Salar De Uyuni in Bolivia has to be seen to be believed. Your attention is first drawn to the mysterious mounds of sand that dot the landscape.

Asteroids - A Love Story - Vintage vector cuteness! New video work by Nigel Upchurch.

glass become couture for the home with the creation of these "soft boxes" and tubes from Tsunami Glass.

Disney recreated "Alice in Wonderland" in San Diego, Comic-Con.

Linnea Strid, from Sweden, creates detailed and realistic oil on canvas/plywood paintings. Most notably, is her ability to paint splashes and pools of water with an extraordinary level of realism and believability.

Who knew people still used scythes? And who knew they'd be so, um, decorative? Lovely farm implements for your viewing pleasure!

An interview with Tel Aviv art student Ori Toor.

Inedit is a beer that thinks it's a wine by the world's top chef, El Bulli’s Ferran Adrià. Cloudy, fruity, creamy and delicate. Best kept in a wine cooler and served in a white wine glass.

The Sunlight Foundation's Ali Felski redesigns the Supreme Court Web site to bring it into the 21st Century

Hreinn Fridfinnsson makes awesome conceptual art.

"Pierced Coffee Table" by Ryan Seiler is one of 500 tables featured in Lark Books new book of their 500 Series.

Designer Tao Ma translated a current affair into a bookshelf called “Global Warming”. It is an aesthetically-pleasing reminder of our collective impact on the environment.

This triptych is based on the famous Japanese painting, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. Instead of paint, the colors are composed of 2.4 million pieces of plastic - the estimated amount of plastic that enter the world’s ocean’s every hour!

The intervention “Raining Light bombs” was carried out using plastic bags into which we put our lights that we shaped so that they hat a threatening appearance.

For his first French exhibit, photographer Todd Selby and Colette have collaborated to do a Selby Pop-up shop inside Collette. Todd Selby has taken over the walls of the Colette shop with his images and curated the Selby Space.

Fantastic portraits of beakdancers by Carlo Cruz.

The Harry Winston Opus 9 displays the time in a unique way using a chain of diamonds.

Honda turns a bunch of cars into the world's largest LED display for their "Let it Shine" campaign. Complete with a "making of" video

GLYPH CUE S/S 2009. *Debut Collection. Designed by MWM Graphics. Hand-Printed in Portland, Maine USA.

The Seed by Johnny Kelly : a two-minute animated voyage through nature’s life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed.

Justin Reed, american illustrator, movie fan. He also released a blog where he shares his oil painting process with us.

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.

Herbert Bayer's modernist money (notgeld), fresh as ever.

The RATP Bus Center in Thiais, France features a nice round border as the building falls to the ground. By ECDM.

NL Architects proposed this design for the Taipei Performing Arts Center to host a variety of large-scale performances, including dramas and operas.

Sam Webber works predominantly in ink, water colour, and acrylic, which is then scanned and finished in photoshop. his works are meticulously detailed to create focus on certain elements, broad and generous in others. [Lots of new stuff since #1126]

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.

Undoboy produced, designed, illustrated and produced their first designer toy. This series come with 16 toys and 64 characters in total.

New drawings and illustrations from Matt Lee.

Original Q&A style interview with "One of the greatest artist of our time," Mattias Adolfsson

See strange coincidences between Benjamin Button & Forrest Gump in "The curious case of Forrest Gump"

Steven Harrington is the latest to lend his talents to the Curated by Arkitip series for Incase.

2009 urban calendar created by Robert Feyereisen aka "feYerwerks".

Below are more pics of the woody, simple, airy and largely reused environment he's created for relaxing when not working with head cases like Larry Ellison...

Chichito- a first steps ride on made of sustainably woods from Argentina!

Last weekend, artists, photographers, gallerists, and collectors flocked to Los Angeles for Photo LA 2009. More images from the art exposition can be seen here.

Paper Legs by Revol Design. Each one is made from a different model.

VW trucks bring you what ever you need.