Crescendo C2 - "Some call it desk, others a piece of furniture to fall in love with."

Uhuru, like the Shakers, believe “beauty rests on utility.” Their work aims towards sustainability, lasting appeal, and quality. The Bilge Lounge is a chair constructed from reclaimed bourbon barrels and the spring suspension leafs from used trucks.

Jelly Banquet featuring jelly architecture in London tonight as part of London Festival of Architecture.

Whaleless ~ fun new show opening in london July 11th, showcasing pieces from a selection of international artists with a portion of sales going to Greenpeace to keep us from going Whaleless!

Free screenprinted posters from Orange Element! First come, first serve. Check out the deets on the blog.

The White House Project brings photography, architecture and design into a distinctive fusion of analytical socio-geographical mapping of the city, focusing on details and aesthetics of the image making - setting the trend of the city.

The cutting-edge green home Orchid House, one of the key homes on a project to turn a disused gravel pit into a beautiful 450-acre nature reserve, has sold for a record-breaking £7.2million.

From Chen & Karlsson come Peeandgo, a golden urinal for women. The urinal is inspired by traditional Asian squat urinals.

Voted Eco-friendly Product of the Year by Interior Design Magazine, Inhabit's Embossed Wall Flats are designed to expand in any direction with an automatic pattern repeat.

Lladro's booth at ICFF has some incredibly edgy pieces that at first glance seemed more like funky indie designs! Also gorgeous fiberoptic chandelier.

Joey Roth's Garden Geta ~ we first covered these woody flip flops back in april 2005, and three years later i finally get to see them in person! Gorgeous... the pair is cut from the same slice of wood!

Windwheel stool concept by Choi Seoghwan. A multi-functional furniture that consist a stool, table and book container. Calling it the “Pinwheel Whirling In The Wind” because its resemble a shape of windwheel.

This years summer installation at PS1 in NY was designed by Work AC. A green structure made with sustainable materials and solar panels turns into an urban beach.

Over 20 contemporary artists' versions (not parodies) of The Last Supper from Damien Hirst and David La Chapelle to Warhol and Dali. Tons of images and links and some history about the original as well.

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

Swedish designer Olof Hansson has produced a series of carbon-neutral writing paper - WhiteLines - that puts white lines against a grey background, instead dark lines against a white background.

A city specific/chef specific restaurant guide comparing the cost of dining at a celebrity chef's flagship restaurant versus his/her more reasonably priced offering.

Shade, Sketched pieces of furniture, hand drawn by Front Design of Stockholm become 3d pieces like materialized illustrations. Great pieces, presently exhibited at SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI.

"100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 3.2 km stretch of the beach... As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea." I would love to see this in person..

Hedy Cup - Designed by English designer Hannah Morrow living in LA - beautiful bone china cup - Super thin, the sunlight shines through the walls, 3 3/4" high by 2 3/4" wide

In honor of 420, here are some amazing smoking apparatuses, including the limited edition 18k gold plated narghile, bohemian crystal modern water pipes and elaborate bongs by artist Eric Doeringer.

Embryo Glo Pillow by Ian Walton - The sweetest wake up. This pillow starts glowing 40 minutes before you wake up. Perfect for the alarm-clock haters!

The Church of Santa Monica in Madrid, Spain.
Designed by Vicens & Ramos Architects

the left-right project... 1 pair of adidas superstar... 2 artists... surface2air paris and upper playground customizing these super huge superstar kicks...

new tv ad for audi RS6... performance from every part... created by bbh...

Deformed neon tube light by Pernilla Jansson.

Vaso's 2.0 Cork Pots!

“Black and White” promo video by Julien Vallée for a division of Bleublancrouge Montreal’s agency ; BW.

Adorable pirate music video (for the Camphor song "Castaway") featuring a Playmobil cast of characters.

In Olivier Gondry's "Behind" he compresses a 7-day roadtrip from LA to NYC into a 4-minute short film.

Audrey Kawasaki just finished 'She Who Dares' - oil and graphite and gesso on stained wood panel - i'm super excited to see her work going darker. Yay. See the behind the scenes pics too!

Wooden Knuckles ~ not quite as heavy, and more likely to get through airport security...

Really nice ad for Craftsman from Y&R Chicago and creative directors Dave Loew and Jon Wyville. Just a fun little ad and I really like the way they used different Craftsman tools to create a visually effective human skeleton.

TTI - Numark has come up with a turntable that your ipod can dock into and directly record your favorite vinyl.

History in your Wallet - Portfolio Magazine shows us retro US Currency is cool, they should go back to 1861 designs

Pottok Prints - New wallpaper company by artist/designer Geoff McFetridge.

Set of free fonts is based on hair gel, toothpaste, and tomato ketchup.

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.

I thought it was just a blank page at first, but after looking closely at it I noticed the subtle, but huge, coffee ring on the double paged ad from DDB, Stockholm - creative director Andreas Dahlqvist.

conceal bookshelf by miron lior/umbra design group. seems perfect for the bedside.

A new sports car from Germany to lust after - Yes! Roadster by Funke & Will AG. Only 50 coming to the US in 2008.

Trying something a little new ~ Roundup Maddness over at NOTCOT.com ~ with 5 of my favs from each of the sites, as well as the top 24 from each site this week. A nice little way to catch up on any you've missed?

Death of Polaroid film now official. Start stocking up!

Amazing Japan series of tiltshift images added to CITYshrinker by Ben Thomas. Limited edition prints and other cool stuff up for grabs on store - this is something else.

It's not too often that you find nice looking sports centers. This sport center is located on Iceland and was drawn by Arkitektur.is. I really like the white polished walls and the stone pile resting on one of the sides.

Cute lamp on Wisteria ~ we half wish it were made out of a more dramatic black glass... or perhaps black and clear mixed? (like a glowingly cool black bird?)