Professor Ocularo X-Ray Monocle - awesome stocking stuffer!!!

Oooooh Esque's scientifically inspired glassware with their signature organic feeling glass is gorgeous!

Helpful hints from JC Penney about what not to get your special someone over the holidays. [Editor's Note: hahaha ~ impressively done, great concept]

spring is coming... in 12-14weeks lead time, just like a few of my favorite beds for spring. cappellini, zanotta, cassina and more. check out unica home too!

A unique collaboration between Sentral Designstudio and Åsa Jungnelius at Kosta Boda - limited edition of 20 handcrafted perfume bottles, as the first in a series of from the new fragrance brand AGONIST.

New home line Filz Felt also sells their PMS matched German felt by the yard. Mmmm.... those colors are just delicious....

20 ImprovEverywhereagents welcomed home total strangers at JFK airport. Grabbing first and last names from car driver signs, we greeted strangers with personalized posters, flowers, balloons, and a 10-foot wide banner reading, “Welcome Back.”

The beautiful works of Danish ceramist Bente Hansen.

PinkWolf's weapons suitcases collection.

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.

While i'm Adler obsessing, this mustached Salvador Vase has so much potential! I want to buy a few, get Shade Elaine to doodle faces on them for me in pencil... and switch it up when we get bored.

One million dollars per square meter! This is the price of most expensive marble floor in the world, created by Italian designer Pietra Company.

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

A Panoramic 360° view of the last day of early voting for the 2008 elections at one location Miami, Florida. The wait time was about 5 hours as voters poured int to exercise their democratic privilege. Is this foreshadowing Tuesday?

Social Housing - Gran Canaria - Spain / Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos

Free downloadable halloween cards by illustrator Samantha Hahn.

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.

Li Jianye's Nutrition Pyramid Lunch Box allows you to align your diet with the food pyramid.

Love Juxtavision's illustrations of strange men in jars.

Nokia Morph Concept

A series of objects, by KithKin, at Selfirdges, which are made from combinations of products all linked either by viusal or cultural narratives.

Venice, CA was taken over by tiny flags. Do people out there clean up after their animals? What's this country coming to?

Another giant Banksy Rat in SoHo was put up today

Steampunk Rayguns: Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators, are a line of "immensely dangerous" yet simple to operate wave oscillation weapons.

Giant mural cut-outs by artist Josh Cerney.

Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

Gorgeous minimal packaging for Southern Alps lets the dried fruit sell itself.

Damien Hirst is shattering expectations and boggling minds despite an imploding Wall St.

A series of nine photographs depicting a moment before a life changing decision.

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

Echoing the structures of Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Domes, Danish Architect Kári Thomsen and Engineer Ole Vanggaard have created Easy Domes, a series of quick assembly, low-energy homes!

Roger Hiorns’ installation Seizure is just amazing: 90,000 litres of copper sulphate solution, filling a flat from floor to ceiling, creating millions of blue cobalt crystals… check the effect!

Netflix origami!

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.

3 Mobile is looking for a designer to create a poster about mobile broadband, and there's a prize of £500 ($900), plus the winner will be exhibited at the Truman Brewery.

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!

I love Shelley Spicuzza's ReGlow fixture which is made from a hamster ball with holes into which empty plastic bottles are screwed. It not only cuts down on waste, but it looks really good, too.

Jeremy Kennedy's small-sized canvas paintings of vintage cameras in the 'Luvs' series . This one is of the Polaroid 180...

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

Jake Loniak’s exoskeleton motorcycle concept Deus Ex Machina. I want one !!!!

Tokidoki co-founder and Creative Director Simone Legno— in an informative interview going behind the scenes of the Tokidoki brand, recent collaborations, design process, and upcoming projects.

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

An amazing ephemeral pavillion made by nArchitects in Lacoste, France. A fabulous work on top of the Marquis de Sade’s castle.

Crinoline Flowers - pictures of the Canadian fashion photographer Daryl Banks.