How Magazine article on the oddities that designers collect.

Human BETA - more mother's day gifts for the Web2.0 generation.

i love susanna hertrich's chrono shredder. watch the days shred by. via core77

Deseo, a modular caravan for roaming urbanites.

Interesting line of grooming for men - Ritual. Nature Calls, The Whip, Trifecta (it is for hair, body, AND face), and more.

"Farms. Not Pharms." Get clean the natural way and celebrate 4mula's 3rd birthday!

Le Vin au Verre ~ letting you have what looks like a mix between the setups at vino venue and a hi-tech kegerator?

A beautiful new fire basket, when lit dancing fire dragons appear! Great for coming season!

seriously - take you mobile swimming with you! protect it from the elements, at the pub, at festivals - great for travellers as well - a must have !

Fred Rieffel Duo Arfa ~ if there were more types to this set... its like Pipe Dream seating. (i think its the color and design that make me think of the old game)

This big pixel LED alarm clock from PureModern is a little different from the rest. Instead of the typical 7-segment red LED, it's got an oversized blue-grey pixel display.

I can't be the only one annoyed that pepsi basically jacked that Saks logo redesign...

Amazing artwork from Celldweller's Remix Competition website.

Cat and Girl take on the middle class liberal arts graduates.... and i cant stop laughing, and feeling a tiny bit sad. (rugenius woke me up with this one today)

Vday is coming up ~ wear your heart on your sleeve or lapel with this cute subtle pin by Amor de Madre

I found the portfolio of Russian Photographer DOU fascinating

For all you sneaker fanatics out there, check out these great vector inspired wallpapers. De La Dunk, Tiffany Dunk, Infared AM90, Jordan Olive, Jordan Mars.

Cool Palladium USB memory stick made by S.T. Dupont. It kind of reminds me of their lighters.

Because i travel with the tech version of "everything and the kitchen sink" ~ i am likely to carry a powerstrip ~ so loving that Monster of all people has designed a gorgeous powerful compact surge protector. (6 outlets!)

Modern Twist VINOTAGZ! Brilliant, silicon, and great packaging...

For all those creative mii's, someone got entrepreneurial and is making buttons for you...

Resist's OCTOPHANT pillow - whats up with the hat?

"Stokke Gravity balans offers you the ultimate in comfort. This recliner provides extreme relaxation for mind, spirit and body."

we've seen some gift wrap winners on .org, so i threw together a short list of my wittier favorites. ;)

A collective of international designers have been brought together to illustrate new functional and aesthetic approaches to body art in the Reset Design Tattoo Collection.

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

ive always been a sucker for a pretty box. the function project by ecko have gorgeous packaging that can be used as a frame!

Love the letterpress cards Design*Sponge found by paper stories.... "suck it" from their bittersweet collection

I would love to have these paper drums in my livingroom... what a conversation starter.

Granted i'm overworked and jetlagged but will be back in LA monday - my obsession/discovery/toy for the day is RADAR.net - its brilliant, pretty, and does what i want it to ~ and well. will share more on .com soon.

wow, talk about simplicity. these chairs are sickeningly sleek.

Gorgeously fun birds on a wire silhouette plate by Snowden Flood

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

in 1891, Irritated by the foul stenches that wafted through their northeast Brooklyn neighborhood, members of the 15th Ward Smelling Committee embarked on a boat trip in search of the responsible parties.

TO:CA 'wood' LED clock designed by kouji iwasaki in 2002.

Journal - whose cover would also be great for stencil/spray painting...

Possibly the best banner of all time. Perhaps i should give my poor craptop the title "crap detector" - and i love the tagline "IN ORDER TO DESIGN FOR CULTURE YOU MUST BE AWARE OF IT."

Also liking these owl keds i've been seeing around. Keds which have been working hard at their mischa barton led comeback combined with hot designers.

SUGAR DUCKS! forget the cubes, i want ducks in my coffee.

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

Insane roundabout! Not to be too american, but is this really better than a light?

UNDER PROBATION - email me your thoughts on design and content?

more sparklines

The Katakana occasional chair designed by Sean Dare for Dare Studio; a new new furniture & lighting company which launched last week at 100% design.

Jim Lind, senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design, took the City of Exile series.

Compact-able Urban Bicycle designed by Victor M. Aleman to save space when it is being transported or not in use.