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)

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

Amazing artwork from Celldweller's Remix Competition website.

The bird motif transformed... now feather headbands - in a nice black and white.

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

Designed by Javier Mariscal, Nido is part of the Magis Me Too Collection. We were researching anglers for a while, and this play cave reminds me of them...

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?

Somewhere between dark, twisted, playful, urban legends, vector illustrations, and WOW, lie the work of emil kozak ~ and i went a little picture happy over at .com

BMW showing off its prowess in a new ad... run jaguar run?

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

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

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

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.

The Smorkin Labbit does more than smoke these days... his oral fixations get accessorized...

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

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.

Just in time for summer gardening.

but before we get carried away, i should add a quickie on the oxtowns own.

Molded plastic liquid soap dispenser in the shape of the common cold (Rhinovirus), but magnified a million times.

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

DESIGNMAI berlin this weekend - can/shall/will/could i randomly show up there? help. i want to go. will you be there? show us the cool stuff?

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

more sparklines

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.

Gorgeous video for Ramona Fall's (part of Menomena) lovely song "Clover". Shot/edited entirely sideways for a very unusual 9:16 aspect ratio.

S.F. artist Mary Syring is selling some of her older pieces at Funky Door Yoga! So decently priced I'm hoping I can buy something!

An interview on candy, humpty dumpty, and other sweet fantasies with California artist Brandi Milne.