PingMag talks to Australian Alex Kubalsky of Takaratomy, who not only happens to be the sole foreign toy designer in Japan - he also designed all the transformations for Transformer's Bumblebee, Mirage and more cute fan gear!

Watch "the others" lives with HBO Voyeur!

Polly George of the Mr & Mrs Jones lime and lemons squeezers has expanded her line greatly. Check out the great butterfly, bird, and Mr & Mrs Jones toast racks, cupcake holders, egg and soldier holders and more.

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

Art. Lebedev Studios announces their latest concept - the Folderix flash drive. Finally a flash drive i'd buy!

"I'm bored!" Have something to say but can't because you'll get in trouble? Why not wear passive agressive cheeky charm jewelry by Minou Fou? We have many combinations intened to make people laugh.

iRiver NV media player / gps features a gorgeous industrial design highlighted a unique scroll wheel interface with a round color display in the middle of it

Radiator from swedish student Daniel Enoksson.

Mike and Maaike's Windowseat Lounge is exactly what we all need for that bit of personal space - it feels like you're in a sound proof room when you're sitting inside and talking...

The Open Design Club offers "Open Source Design Products" you can copy, modify and even sell if you want.

Free Papertoy by illuntic.de:
Mr. Smeary - your worst nightmare at work!
Print him, build him, hate him!

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

Moss Acres - fascinating to me that there is a store that you can buy moss - can you imaging lining your floor with it instead of carpet?

Wacom launches the Bamboo tablet for Japanese markets

Pencil Fighting: the story of Team Balderdash. Really sweet short film about Pencil Fighting!

Mrzyk & Moriceau: A View To Kill - features new works and a large-scale installation that will incorporate pieces by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, among others…

Complete Technique bridges the gap between purist hip-hop and bling bling.

antlers, like skulls and pirates are a meme thats taken over the past year or so, and according to the nytimes, theyre still good for spring.

the graffiti project: Beginning May 10th, for 30 days, OS GEMEOS, NINA and NUNCA will be painting a thirteenth century castle in the countryside of North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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...

Surfaces collection proposes investing the surface of an ordinary archetypical object with a graphic intervention.

Wow, take look at the latest Bell & Ross Watches.

Dave Pressler sent over a few Endorphins today... and they are just the pick me up i didn't even know i needed... who knew resin toys could give you a burst of energy?

History of Men with Cramps: The Documentary. "Male Menstrual Cramps have directly or indirectly caused the most important events in history..." [Editor's Note: ThermaCare HeatWraps went all out...]

the Chin Family - latest from Alessi by Stefano Giovannoni - was produced in collaboration with the national palace museum of taiwan

What can a man, a camera, and many shades of paint produce? Excellent results and an intriguing video.
Via Wooster Collective

Happy 25th to my alma mater Domus Academy ~ here's a nice little article about it over at exduco... ahhh the days of being a design grad student wandering milan.

mike newton of blackpool gives new life to boarded up houses.

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

Ice cream in all shapes, flavours and sizes by thai ice cream designer, Prima Chakrabandhu Na Ayudhya from Bangkok.

if you like tshirts, you should like without pockets.

For all you basecampers ~ Kennedia has a gorgeous widget for your dashboard to keep you on task.

Fashionlines has great coverage of the Givenchy Paris Spring Summer show ~ these incredible hats would put carmen miranda to shame...

Loving no gun army's PET MONSTER!

as cool as 2709's is - the futurama deserved its own post... spacecoyote's cartoon to anime skills are fascinating

Great series of not so traditional pingpong tables, basketball hoops, tennis courts, dart boards and more. By Laurent Perbos.

More VYNIL ~ you know how we have a thing for animal silhouettes... so couldn't resist this one - Panetheon Circle... also comes in silver and gold... i could see rockin' the silver over my bed... count animals to sleep?

Aluminum bottles for special promotions by beer and beverage companies seem to offer better marketing opportunities than glass. Also, they are lighter, have higher-definition graphics, cool faster and feel colder when handled.

Multipurpose steel covered tree stumps/logs - i kid you not.

swiss handcrafted snowboards by Snowblind

Feels like someone was inspired by the LED Throwie: flashing pushpin memo holders are available at the container store

Very strange fish-inventions. Na-Cord Fish Extension Cord. Via Thoughts from the Sidelines

Interesting Polar Lamps at Norwegian Northern Lighting

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

Do you need to pierce your bumper?