Just can't get enough of these Nike Italy ads based on vintage Italian graphic design. The entire series is out of this world.

Kids, its Friday early evening... head home before you end up looking like Frank Cho's Monkey Boy!

Seattle-based canadian artist Jennifer Zwick creates bizarre and lovely photographs of adventurous young girls-- these ones have just smashed their way through the floor!

Belkin's Washable Mouse... finally cleaner components? Or underwater mousing?

Microsoft knew what they were doing when they brought Blaise Aguera y Arcas on board... Watch the software architect demo Photosynth at www.ted.com, and then waste hours with the tech preview.

Splendid Chewbacca tee design from Bountee.

This mech-inspired Powered Suit from Nissan mixes their new Dualis with your anime dreams...

Marc Owen's The Da Vinci Alarm Clock works on a very basic system. The Dot Matrix display will always show either Sleep or Awake.

I'm craving Nation Geographic ADVENTURE PAPER - stick it through your inkjet, and it is water and tear proof!

Gaia & Gino + Yves Behar + CCA students + Dogs = Gino the Dog line of luxury canine products unlike any other you've seen.

Although the Canon Powershot TX1 is the size of a tiny elph camera. It takes 7.1 mgp for stills with 10x OPTICAL ZOOM...and shoots HD video.

Invisibilia: The simple idea of replacing people with line drawings produces a stunning effect.

Wacom launches the Bamboo tablet for Japanese markets

How Magazine article on the oddities that designers collect.

Reyka Vodka - remember the brilliantly cute ads? Well the graphic design on their foil wraps are just as cute. See all 8 patterns.

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

Another brilliant ad spot from Tokyoplastic for yaris

Value Pack by Robert Bolesta is an alphabet entirely made of grade A ground beef. Probably good for tastespotting as well, but that was too long to spell...

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)

Hard to remove. Glide Dental Floss.
Ultimate campaign from Saatchi & Saatchi -NY. Via CCSP.

These new mirrored chrome cases from Griffin are so reflective that the display on your iPod remains in "stealth mode" until you turn on the backlight.

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)

Matarile - for your keys~! strong and subtle, this woody magnetic block has got you covered. also from Amor de Madre

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

Marmalade has FREE DIY Cat toys! Corrugated cardboard at its finest... now i need a cat to play with these with?

Hybrid Wallpaper by NICE

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!)

Impressive photos of abandoned russian planes.

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

MY 2007, collaboration show at Colette, with lots of familiar artists, etc.... proceeds going to WWF, some really interesting pieces worth checking out

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

Measurement belts... Here's a wicked gift to give - and imagine if for an extra 20$ you could buy some self esteem where they print the measurements further apart... or the opposite if you're feeling mean.

American Gulag is a series of bracelets and necklaces made of tough and durable rubber and stainless steel that simulate barbed wire. Symbolizes our government's barbaric dogma...

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

The all new Elica extractor hood is beautifully handcrafted, very functional and dishwasher safe.

Good/Bad post organisers by Illico. Personally I think the "Bad" one needs to be a lot bigger, I never get nice mail :(

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.

Sean McCabe is [wider-than-pictures] a tour de force of design; between the photography, illustrators and his designs, I'm surprised I was able to pick just one image to post...

another simple, but fun lighting idea. battery lights!

Pantone's top 10 colors for Spring 2007

NOT A GEEK. but this made me laugh. from #820