Idiots' Books makes some wonderfully beautiful books. The illustrations are simply incredible. Subscriptions are available for a small amount. Be sure to check out 'Ten Thousand Stories'!

'R' rated lollipop by Joujou. For the small of nose only.

Morphing alien/architecture for YKK by Delta Inc. hypnotic

BMW showing off its prowess in a new ad... run jaguar run?

On holiday shopping, here's some cute packaging ~ C.O.Bigelow Forever Mentha Tin ~ has 12 mini mentha lip shine tubes... freshens breath too

The new cd burning app for OS X called "Disco" has a really pretty icon. The app itself looks pretty sweet too.

Remember Jellio's Turbo? (no? go search for that at .com) ~ well to go with that they did a hot rod version, Drive-In - a homage to the drag race Grease era.

Saint B mp3 player, perfect for that Gregorian chant meets electronica moment.

... amazing research concept by nokia.

this kids desk is too cool. a space saver...stylish design...and it just oozes fun vibes.

carrying on the theme of interesting rugs, alex carpenter's drop dead seemed worth a mention.

I want Luke Chueh's first limited edition skateboard deck.

Gorgeously fun birds on a wire silhouette plate by Snowden Flood

Dreaming Flowers Fabric, wall hangings by Massimo Gardone at Moroso. Exquisite.

The Wallpaper + Phaidon travel guides have been hyped all over... i'm impressed you can get the whole set of 20 for 140$ Tempting... makes me want to fly away.

i thought they were usb keys cuz they went on your keychain...but apparently this one can actually password lock your computer if you leave a 2m range. sweet.

TV5 just published all 50 episodes of cult italian cartoon LA LINEA.

SPACE RAM!!! Thats the real name. Space ramen - It's not just for space.

(suspender) strap on milk stool.

but before we get carried away, i should add a quickie on the oxtowns own.

Molded plastic liquid soap dispenser in the shape of the common cold (Rhinovirus), but magnified a million times.

Hmmm is it really the press-on-nails/paint your nails HYBRID? you kind of stick on the enamel sheet and rip off the rest? from Avon

random image i found

Adorable animated "I Exist" Diet Dr. Pepper advert - "Bent Image Labs' Ken Lidster recently directed another brilliantly hilarious stop-motion spot, this time in conjunction with Deutsch/LA to promote the Diet Dr Pepper brand."

Gorgeous video for Ramona Fall's (part of Menomena) lovely song "Clover". Shot/edited entirely sideways for a very unusual 9:16 aspect ratio.

S.F. artist Mary Syring is selling some of her older pieces at Funky Door Yoga! So decently priced I'm hoping I can buy something!

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

Spiki "Game of Death" Edition by Nakanari - Limited Edition of 100 - Comes with the 2 Shurikens and Sword - Produced by Kuso Vinyl

Artist Dan May's new show, "The Nature of Things to Come" opening September 5th, once again elicits squeals of "Awe!" and prolonged gazing.

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.

Luxirare presents us with lollipop-pies! Ridiculously cute, and I bet they taste really good too.

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

Louis Vuitton's new show at Hong Kong Museum of Art begins May 22. 'A Passion for Creation' comes during the 17th French May Arts Festival The facade of the museum is 'wrapped' with the 'After Dark' series by Richard Prince.

Inhabitat's favorite sustainable designs and finds from the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair.

torino world design capital, look of the city by [mu]design

Very sexy and beautiful paintings by Caia Koopman.

What is, what was, and all the world between... Intriguing work by Estelle Lagarde

Giant robotic spiders built by La Machine, coming to Yokohama for the city's 150th anniversary.

A Giant Makita Drill image Consists of 20,081 Holes.

Incredible architectural installations by Ryuji Nakamura.

An interview with Matthew Curry, artist, designer and Grammy nominee.

impressive guangzh culture center by the japanese architecture firm shuhei endo

Steve Lambert, who worked on Add-Art, has created a fantastic new productivity tool called Self Control. Use it to block websites and email for specific periods of time. Just don't block Notcot.

A postcard with an integral stopper, measuring the time between sending and receiving .
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Umbro has redesigned England's Footlball shirt using London bespoke tailors and recalling their best shirts of the past.