I wish I owned EVERY ONE of these. the Vader Project in Pittsburgh.

HAPPY EARTH DAY! NEW affordable letterpress artwork by Night Owl Paper Goods. 6" x 6" backed with sustainably harvested wood. Quite a lovely way to brighten up a desk!

GLIMPSE is a mirror that gives an illusion of a door opening on any given surface. Sometimes we cannot help but to try and catch a glimpse of the other side.

Recently approved by the Mayor of London, a new design-forward, energy-efficient 5-star hotel by Foster + Partners will be built very close to the Heathrow Airport.

Photography by David Black. The Daft Punk ones are totally awesome!!

The Silberfisch Houseboat is a thoroughly modern floating home that also allows the flexibility of relocation on a whim and sports a ‘green’ roof planted with vegetation, producing zero emissions and utilising reclaimed wood where possible.

I am loving the idea by Japanese brand Visvim, offering backpack Gore-Tex covers, matching their outerwear. Genius!

The perfect vessel for your wicked morning brew, this set of oversized black & white tea cups features a victorian inspired cameo on the cup, and a little pan pixie on the saucer.

Happy Green Day!!! The University of Northern BC is building a bioenergy plant that will help reduce their natural gas usage by 85%! Also 100% of their energy is from hydro. Now that's green!

Nikon Coolpix Series Neo Classic model looks to combine digital photography technology with old school camera aesthetics with its leather trim and silver polished body. Great for the retro lover in all of us.

Just like last year Pieke Bergmans had filled his space with products under the name of Design Virus, and this time it was light bulbs with strange, soft and beautiful shapes.

High res "seven deadly sins" images taken from the book "The Frenchmen and the Seven Deadly Sins". These are fun woodblock illustrations with a pretty dark theme.

Great portraits from spanish photographer Alberto Van Stokkum. Enjoy

Wonderful photography by Teun Hocks. Reminds me of Magritte...

Interview with artist Andrew Logan - organiser of Alternative Miss World in London.

"9" film directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton being released 9-9-09.

Guillermo Hevia Architects designed this eco friendly olive oil factory in the chilean countryside. The building blends with the local landscape, and has several passive energy strategies to reduce consumption.

Bamboo branches and steel are hand-tied with rattan to form a cocoon-like structure that morphs into the furniture in the bar, where you may sit and sip your champagnes. Z Bar by master Kenneth Cobonpue.

The Big Picture strikes again with pictures to commemorate Earth Day today.

Now go out and plant a tree.

A beautiful concrete house, sunken into the chilean coast landscape. A stone interior garden is enclosed by the transparent house, creating an interior protected from the wind, but open to the views. By Izquierdo Lehmann.

“Subprime” by Beeple. Very cool animated short with lo-fi art direction.

Iowa States Solar Decathlon House will fare well this year with custom designed furniture by ISU students. It's modular chairs made from maple, red gum, and recycled seat belts turn into chairs, end tables, and footstools with storage.

New work from Pomme Chan. Beautiful.

Natural History meets Eco Fashion in this unisex bracelet made from recycled snake vertebrae and leather, by Astali.

Spore gives a touch of originality and lightness to the location. Design by Massimo Iosa Ghini.

Kitchen scrabble "tiles" to decorate your kitchen walls from Swedish "Bokstavskakel". What message would you like in your kitchen?

Video PSA regarding Failed Packaging. Go to the blog to add your own frustrations and thoughts.

Fresh from Milano the Lexus car with a fully transparent LF-A designed out of acrylic. The design witch has been developed in collaboration with Japanese architect Huzimoto Takeshi seems more like an statement of art than a car show…

Brave New World Lamp by Fresh West for Moooi

Porcelain Lamp by swiss Designer Laura Pregger seen at "That's Design" in Milano.

Hang some new prints by Brainstorm. A little science, nature, and humor all rolled into one print shop. Wearecomintagitya!

The UK's Royal Mint is to release one special coin per year in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. The first has just been released: just a shame about that logo...

impressive corian installation 'super-surfaces' for milan design week

soo kwon's plus minus stackable white goods are cute. not only do they stack, they let you choose whether you're going for a plus or minus portion.

OKKO is as versatile as a birdfeeder can get coz it can either be hung from the ceiling in a balcony (if you have such luxury) or be placed on a post in the garden.

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! VIDEO CONTEST TIME!!! I'm judging the Mimobot GURP Mother Earth contest that starts today (ends Mother's Day) ~ find out more about GURP their USB drive recycling program and the contest! (Cute vid too!)

The Nintendo Game Boy—the most popular game console of all time—was born today, April 21, back in 1989. Here are its 20 years of history in a timeline that actually goes back to 1889.

very inspiring artwork by Pál from Latvia

Happy Earth Day 2009! Check out "Hot and Cold," Repower America's short stop-motion animation tv spot to raise awareness on carbon pollution.

Amazing beach photography by Stuart Gibson!

Nice leaning mirror ~ Red powdercoated sheet metal over engineered wood frame

JOUJOU ART is the online portfolio of designer and illustrator, Tamika Thomas. The Name JOUJOU means the best in Japanese and it sure fits her style and skills.

McLaren unveils clean, mean 200 mph supercar. McLaren says the P11, which will feature a regenerative breaking system and v8 diesel-powered engine with a scorching top speed and will be the greenest vehicle in its class.

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

Marloes's experimentation with 'new shoe typologies' began when she was a child and slathered her mother's shoes. Today, her shoes produce shapes that resemble architectural models.

To Promote a children's speech therapist consultant with a limited budget.

Dmitry Rodnikov is a russian photographer and skater. He combined his two passions to do skate photography. I fell in love !

san paolo church by massimiliano fuksas with a concrete cube suspended inside the structure giving natural light

Yann Bagot's project book 'Mort Cinder, le cabinet du temps' has just been re-edited, an interesting graphic work.

Australian artist Paul Davies creates beautiful, wistful paintings of modernist houses and has a new exhibition opening soon.

CB2's Swoop Desk is pretty cute for small spaces ~

Plain Lighting and Rock Vase by Jin Kuramoto ~ launching in Milan this week, at the Complimentary Colors exhibition.

Photo coverage of the Paper Fashion exposition in MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium. Check out the paper dresses from the 60s !

Maeve Clancy created some stunning paper cut backdrop for Lisa Hanningan 'I don't know" music video. Watching this landscape come to life is incredibly inspiring !

Layered paper elephant moves its legs and trunk like a puppet when the pins on the sides of the box are moved.

Finally an alternative to the tree based paper bag! The new stylish flax-viscose bag called 60Bags!

a super soft hooded sweatshirt by staple design. the silk screened symbol represents A4 which is the standard paper size for schools all over the world

Peter Marigold makes these tables using scraps leftover leather from Fendi production.

Super cute Cloud Shelf!

Busta Milano Design Week!

kris ruhs: 'the sculptural terrace' at carla sozzani gallery, milan

Daniel Handler - aka Lemony Snicket - gives a speech at the Cincinnati Library. A place, he explains, he has visited 3 times before. All today. Love his wicked sense of humor and ability to captivate a crowd.

L.E.FT + Studio hp AS designed an interesting vertical landscape project in Holmestrand, Norway, an elevator articulating several programatic pieces to connect the old part of the city with the new one.

The 43rd edition of Art Cologne, which runs from April 22 through 26, is the first under the director Daniel Hug. Here are some works from the fair.

Novitec Rosso, the well-known tuning house, has just unveiled an all-new supercar to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The TuLesto as its called, has a 4.4-liter V8 engine with twin superchargers with an output of 777 hp.

Dear Creatures Fall 2009 line is a collection inspired by photographs of 1960s girl scout troops.

How can a drugstore product value the atypical consumer that doesn’t identify with corporate cosmetic brands? The firefly concept was to focus on the emotional empowering desire young women feel to create an individual look.

Shigeru Ban is set to unveil his elegant "10 Unit" modular furniture system at the Milan Furniture Fair

IKEA's "Never Ending Design Stories" is a wonderful interactive site featuring designers and their products. Combining live action and animation, the videos are sweet, stylish and dreamy.

Hand-crafted wood work by Jin Kuramoto for Mikamo.

Recent LOHA residential projects are bringing people back from the L.A. suburbs, into urban areas with great design and rich common spaces. Habitat 825 in West Hollywood is a colorful example.

This Bamford & Sons Aluminum Watch Holder features anodized aluminum that is hand crafted into this tube, on the inside, neoprene is used to keep the watches in place.

‘A House‘ has been designed to achieve an ‘A’-Building Energy Rating, with a particular emphasis on the use of passive systems. By FKL architects.

Musical Chairs Collection features silhouettes of Barbara Barry's favorite chair designs on crisp white china. This iconic range pays tribute to Barbara's success in furniture design.

French architects Polaris proposal for the ORDOS 100 project. A complex house, with beautifully illustrated concept renderings.

Louis Filosa's 'Guarden' is a safe, retractable fence to protect your vegetable garden.

Dana Otto opts for subtlety and the de-glam route by fashioning a lineup of lamps out of recycled paper and wires.

Bell jars taken to a new and even more amazing level ~ This&That by Fabrica ~ Dezeen shows us everyday items incorporated into hand-blown glass domes in Milan this week!

Ozcollective are an exciting group of Paris based designers, who attract immediate attention through their masterful arrangement of umbrellas called Abri no 177.

Stereohype Button Badge Competition. Design by Mathieu Hubert, 4th prize winner.

Canon Neoreal at Milan Design Week ~ Designboom has an awesome look at these jellyfish projected on some incredible fluid looking structures...

Awesome interview with Flora Grubb of SF ~ she has some incredibly breath taking succulent wreaths, vertical gardens, and more!

luca trazzi: t-energy ~ part of the interni design energies event. the tower includes the modular light panels manufactured by martini which light up using
the solar panels produced by pramac.

Exact replicas of the model from 1969, Azimut, designed by Christian Girard is now in production.

Architect Tadao Ando created an unusual guesthouse and gallery space in Tokyo for Takeo Obayashi. Unbelievable.

An adjustable reading lamp by DAG-designlab

The A2B by Ultra Motor offers the fun of a bike with the power of an electric motor, all wrapped up in a quiet riding, stylish design.

Why aren't all bag hooks doubling as massagers? Here's Garrett Smith's which will be shown in one of the 3 SAIC exhibitions in Milan this week!

Nice new sleek little car chargers from Belkin ~ Micro and Dual Auto Chargers!

Just released. the "Top Hat" version of the "Disenthralled" poster.

Artist duo Kai & Sunny designed the UNKLE Mix CD for the McQ by Alexander McQueen A/W 2009 Collection.

a beautifully crafted hand letterpressed promo shaped as an oragami fotune teller by Libby Egan.

Cabel Industry, Empoli - Italy / Studio Massimo Mariani

Full moon beneath Great Salt Lake's Spiral Jetty.
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty from 1970 is among the most important examples of land art during the twentieth century.

Some FREE hi-res tshirt templates and a bunch of other high quality and intriguing textures for the designer on a $1 dollar budget.

Interesting concept on water conservation by Elisabeth Buecher

"Stop playing with yourself" furniture is based on chinese puzzle. So clever !

Funny looking glassmarkers will help you to keep track of your glass at parties this summer. And perhaps work as an icebreaker to avoid stiff conversations as well.

Ron English comes to London and its an especially interesting exhibition, as the artist was inspired by works of Picasso, interpreting them in his own personal way.

impressive interactive wall by festo