Sakurako Shimizu creates custom jewelry based on audio waveform. These particular wedding bands were each based on a recording of the bride and groom saying "I do".

FSG designer Charlotte Strick designed the impressive paperback and hardcover for Roberto Bolaño's 2666...

Ji Lee's Dead Bull (as seen in Portfolio Magazine)

Ornamentum Gallery is showcasing some great artists, including Gerd Rothmann, who works with fingerprints and metal. The above is his 'Freundeund' piece.

Another stunning day care center by Dorte Mandrup in Copenhagen (see another at #13531). This time, the roof becomes a playground, making me wish i was a child again.

With Sweden leading the design scene, you couldn't expect less from their department stores design. The K:fem department store is located in Stockholm, and it was designed by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor.

Laisr has created a cool series of classic looking chairs out of carbon fiber and aluminum. (Laisr is Torgny Fjeldskaar and Javier Alberich.)

Florina Becichi is a talented Romanian ‘ Fashion Artist ” - She just made some really cool costumes and sketches inspired from the 1920’s

More Ai Weiwei love (see also post 15524) - a sculpture of China - not sure how it's made - extruded with wood veneer? or carved wood? Either way - beautiful!

A beautiful movie poster for the new documentary "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father" which is now showing in select theaters...

"It's Not Funny, It's Art" ~ the story of Blanca and her love of art... adorable animated short

Monki is a unique retail concept where the store, it's design and everything related is based on a fantasy story. The otherworldly design has been thought up by Electric Dreams, we get to chat with them and showcases some mind blowing photography.....

Callie Shell has had the opportunity to photograph Obama throughout his bid for president and has compiled a great set of photographs, including this one of him doing pull-ups before making a speech.

Somehedgehog: Adventuring Party Politics: The Campaign is Getting Ugly ~ this livejournaler is writing the story of the elections as if in D&D

Love Juxtavision's illustrations of strange men in jars.

Vividly painted and highly symbolic entrances of the Nubian people houses in Sudan

The newest Sony Bravia spot, "Domino City", was shot on location in India and created by Bates Singapore.

Very beautiful furniture design from Matthias Pliessnig. Made from steam-bent white oak.

Wow, content aware scaling, that cool intelligent image scaling technique from CES last year has already been integrated into Photoshop CS4. Check out the amazing video of some fun tricks you can do with it.

Modern house design by Roger Dean. Mr. Dean is probably best known for designing the album covers for the 70s progressive rock band, Yes.

Ford wishes GM a happy 100th with light-up message

Parking Day LA is tomorrow! (sept 19) ~ here's a map of some parking spots that are becoming parkified...

The new Canon EOS 5D shoots 1080p VIDEO ~ here are links to video samples from their korean site.

Kengo Kuma's design for Next-Gene 20 - a residential development on the north-eastern coast of Taiwan. Other notable architects involved in the project are Graft, MVRDV, and Toshiko Mori.

arbores leatare or happy trees, is an installation in a park; three of them rotate!! amazing

Blackberry Pearl 8220 Flip phone ~ i'm so torn, i loved my old pearl, and i loved flip phones as a kid... yet this phone looks/feels like a step back somehow!

Apple launches its newest yearly series of iPods today and their advertisement has gotten more ingenius. Checkout this ad on CNN.com today where PC literally pulls a headline. Genius.

Now everyone in Beverly Hills can have superman vision.

Dubbed “La Princess,” this 50 foot long, 37 ton art installation appears to be climbing a Liverpool high-rise to kick off celebrations within the city. La Princess is scheduled to 'come to life' on Friday.

Words aren't always meant to be read, or are they? New poster available from Ugmonk.

Illuminated Time Capsule - Skip Hop's new Baby Log ~ helps new parents tell the time/date and see what's going on while tracking feedings, changings, doctors appointments and more!

Along the lines of post 13070, Designboom has a nice round up of some designer yachts. Above is Mael Oberkampf's Raven

The Dry Leaf skateboard by Lets Evo, is composed of multiple layers, using innovative renewable materials and socially responsible practices at every stage.

Zoë Newsome interprets the natural into beautiful, wireframe jewelry.

Russian spece shuttle and his last travel ... it " FLY " in the Rhine River in Germany ... destination Germany museum.

Planar house is a very detailed project done by Steven Holl in the middle of Paradise Valley.

Lushpad ~ a fun new spot to buy & sell for modern collectors.... some drool worthy pieces here! And gorgeous site

The "Raven Yacht" by Maël Oberkampf

Canadian Magazine, The Block. features the 1949 Eames Pacific Palisades House .... in CHOCOLATE! Complete with Thomas Haas' Chocolate Shortbread Recipe

Free High-Res Texture Pack:
The Anatomy of a *Really* Old Book

Leatherman celebrates their 25th with a special luxury Leatherman Argentum Collection ~ 7 pieces with handmade handles ranging from $240 all the way to $40,000. Yes, a 40k leatherman. wow.

Martini Minis ~ i had no idea these existed until i was researching more on Martini & Rossi! How adorable is the packaging?

Bape stores are always pretty lavish affairs this years Harajuku addition is designed as a ‘town within a building’ and has a 50's diner theme.....

West Elm's convertible sofa ~ a fun solution for small spaces

New advergame from CP+B for Coke Zero which ties into the inaugural Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race that took place on July 5th. Kee the car powered and the Coke Zero bottle balanced.

House M in Almere, the Netherlands. Designed by architect Marc Koehler.