Orla Kiely & Target launch an affordable housewares line February First!

Delicate minimal spaces are a tradition among portuguese architects. This is shown once again at the Ilhavo City Library, a renovation done by ARX.

The Louis Vuitton Soho flagship store gets the Stephen Sprouse make-over. Here a first look at the exterior.

Nice package designed by Annick Bouchard for fair trade tea: «half for me half for you.»

Swedish architectural firm Thorbjörnsson+Edgren has designed the HQ for the marquess and jalousie company Riviera. I especially like the big windows and the simple red logo above the entrance.

RosOne is an elegant wall clock made by a polystirene ceiling rose usually employed in interior decorations.
By the italian ZPSTUDIO.

Nail File of Natural Stone from the Pyrenees Mountains, with case - by Lime. 3 very smooth sides for smooth finishing and real control with 1 coarse side for filing down.

Came across these very awesome Anything Scissors by Michael Sodeau for Suikosha via the Core 77 Gift Guide.

The Gleichenberg Thermal Bath by JSA is a big wooden deck that interconnects all the pools.

Pho-ho-hoto Booth ~ Found this cool holiday photo app!

A concept of playfull kitchen objects. Maraka is currently on display in an exhibition DAS Designers after School in Rome. Designers are Zeljka Kavran, Andrea Corteggi and Katia Mattiolli

Very interesting roofscape at the Future House by Innovarchi architecture - love how the roof becomes the ground of the courtyard between the two volumes.

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

David Downton Fashion Illustration are a mix of Trash with sweetness and Curves... Beautiful

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

Pandor Absinthe ~ beautiful labels on these new bottles!

Classical sculptures by New York based artist Nick van Woert.

Arkhefield’s modern, sustainable interpretation of a Bahaman cottage capitalizes on its site and celebrates volume, but is also capable of isolating, re-orienting and shutting down against inclement weather when necessary.

New T1 from Carga Bags!

Potions ~ celestefrittata has some tempting magical notebooks inspired by the world of Harry Potter ~ her blog also has gorgeous walkthroughs of this marine bio student's bookbinding hobby

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?

Robin Rhode is a South African artist who creates beautiful street art by transforming simple shapes and objects into elements of narratives. (Thanks to szymon for this post)

Free downloadable halloween cards by illustrator Samantha Hahn.

Modern, and nice, Arabic book covers from the independent Egyptian publishing house Dar El Shorouk.

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

Johnny Cupcakes now also making quality leather belts. As usual, the packaging is on point.

Dezeen is featuring a nice selection of graduate student work from the show at Designhuis in Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week.

Starwars ABC with beautiful Illustrations from tweedlebop

A flying steel covered volume is this house in Nagoya, Japan made by Architecture W. Take a look at the ground floor covered patio with the yellow stairs volume.

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

Showing from October 12 through November 22 at Dover Street Market in London, comes their latest construct with Comme des Garcon, which shoecases the company's 40 years of vision in design. This window wrap is amazing in its own right.

The Sitscape by Hackenbroich Architekten is a custom seat that transforms across its span to accommodate a range of relaxation positions.

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

'punished, to the corner!' by cristina toledo is a small storage space that can be mounted in any corner of your room and has been shown at the exhibition 'the inhabitable space' in valencia, spain.

Veuve Clicquot's Champagne Labels, one of every variation since the 1800's lives in a little book in the VCP Maison de Patrimoine (incredible historical archives) ~ see images of the labels and the space!

Louis XIII Cognac and Christophe Pilet ~ the latest luxury design collaboration: a crystal glass, a silver illuminated serving platter, a crystal candleholder and a display case.

Opening of the first driving simulator complex in Lyon (France). All pictures af this great architectural project here !

It’s hard to contain one’s enthusiasm for DeMaria Design’s Redondo Beach House. The beachfront residence is constructed with a combination of prefabricated shipping containers and traditional buildings materials.

Sheilas' Wheels, the UK car insurance company for women, has invented a car curtain to protect the motorist's modesty when exiting her vehicle. Inspired by Britney and Lindsay Lohan apparently.

B3 Designers' Cardboard Cafe - the interior design firm converted their studio into a cardboard cafe for the London Design Festival. I mainly just like the splash of color on the inside faces of the boxes that peaks out when the boxes are turned to complete a curve.

At first sight the Kunsthaus in Bregenz by Peter Zumthor just looks like another contemporary building made of glass and steel, but it is not.

Saab's sexy 9-X Air BioHybrid Concept

Osler House my brazilian architect Marcio Kogan. Another display of minimal architecture from Brazil.

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

Western Digital Passports now come in 500 GB!

Album Art... in food!