Video created with all typographic characters, set to the instrumental sounds of Ratatat. Great message.

Voyages Longitude 131, at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia, is a resort featuring a cluster of 15 luxurious solar-powered tent cabins overlooking Uluru (Ayers Rock). What a setting!

And the children's characters are modified to the 21 st century | The 1980s Strawberry Shortcake has been updated to spend her time chatting on a cellphone instead of brushing her calico cat.

Ken Tomita, of Tomita Designs, draws inspiration from traditional Japanese forms and the multi-cultural context of his upbringing when designing his furniture.

Surfmonk ~ eco-friendly bamboo terry robes, coverups, and towels (with adorable straps)... a super cozy line that's calling out to my inner beach bum.

The Nokia Global Animation by Universal Everything

The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, by Claire Nouvian ~ i just rediscovered this coffee table book i've been meaning to buy!

Loving this Surface Tension Master tee from Green Sustainabilitees - i was just sent one of their other tees and they are incredibly comfy, and have a cute little green tee printed in the bottom back corner

These are the rest of the "Crying Men" portraits by Sam Taylor-Wood that shows Hollywood actors crying. It was first posted in #11253.

An amazing combination of audio and visual display, Getty Images Moodstream™ presents something new and entertaining to suit your style.

Gorgeous Israeli stamps depicting environmental concerns from 1975 ~ here is Air Pollution one... check out Water and Noise Pollution as well...

See the little bouncing raccoon balloon on the bottom right corner? We're one of the stops in the upcoming "World's First Internet Balloon Race"! Read more about how it works...

First tower in Amsterdam. By Foster + Partners, it features several sustainable features that made it 10% more energy efficient than dutch building codes.

At Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store they created a 3.2 x 2.1 metre work of Astro Boy pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro tickets.

Love the simplicity of the die-cut label packaging of Waitrose's mustard line designed by Lewis Moberly ~ also check out their other packaging work and innovative way of showcasing them.

Turbo Stirrers ~ a fun way to really mix up your drinks!

Korg's new nanoSeries includes the nanoKEY, the nanoPAD, and the nanoKONTROL and are designed for ultimate portability in music production.

These are the tourism brands and logos from countries from all over the world.

These high rise multi-level “Farmscrapers” offer a much more sustainable way to farm, and could ultimately ease the world’s food, water, and energy crises. Not to mention giving urbanites tasty fresh locally grown veggies.

Denmark isn't famous for cars, but that is about to change with the Sondergard kit car roadster. The brainchild of danish business man Ricky Søndergaard and designed by the BMW designer Jesper Hermann

It all starts with a lamp made of bread, and a candle made of butter... Dine on Design ~ see how this 8 course designer feast unfolds!

The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is a concept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees.

The Ford Company created an ingenious campaign where a Ford Focus car is dismantled and the parts are transformed into musical instruments played by an orchestra of real musicians

A research project from architect Phu Hoang Office seeks to address site specific issues in the Dead Sea with a series of artificial islands that would provide recreation, tourist attractions, renewable energy, and create fresh water.

Jason Tozer's amazing images of soap bubbles were posted here last week – here's how they were done

IKEA has converted the cardboard box into a street showroom. Spectacular.

Cul is Cool ~ check out this expanded polypropylene stool from Ramon Ubeda and Otto Canalda for ABR ~ as well as many other playful pics i have from the Conran Shop's ROJO Exhibit.

Luis Eslava's Face to Face ~ for the Conran Shop ROJO Exhibition he showcased lamps and space dividers made simply from strips of velcro! Beautiful and ingenious use of velcro!

Lomo and Staple Design collaborated on a colorsplash lomo camera and a book, showcasing the works of over 100 lomographers.

New work by Marti Guixe for Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. PFIC the public fountain ice cube bar.

Woodenlegs is a nice, solid lamp by Belgian designer Benoit Deneufbourg. Also check out is two wooden coat hangers, 120° CoatHook and 120° CoatStand, after the jump!

See the work of Central St Martins BA (Hons) Product Design Students 2008. The show is up until Thursday 19th in central London.

Oooooh super cute, tiny, 4gig, WATER RESISTANT + SHOCKPROOF ~ USB key ~ and under 30$ - Corsair Flash Voyager Mini

New Hunter Douglas building in Chile by Mathias Klotz.

Good news, the Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Monogramouflage pattern actually appears on product and comes to stores this week.

Hennessy got together with Japans Devilock to work on some limited edition Palmboy figures, which are holding the Hennessy bottle behind their backs!

A group inspired by the urban prankster group Improv Everywhere took over a subway car in Prague and turned it into a living room. This is spontaneous theater at its best and very hilarious!

The Upholstered Chair from Keeseh Studio.

Alexy Titarenko's long exposures date from the early 1990's up to the present, and capture the moody, ghost-filled bustle of the urban Russian landscape.

How i'm dealing with the TasteSpotting situation? A lot of Boom Blox right now ~ my new favorite game on the Wii ~ (second to rabbids!) ~ from EA and Stephen Spielberg... adorable creatures + blocks = puzzles!

Emil Kozak's Barok'n'roll Wallpaper ~ for Wall Collection is AMAZING ~ i could stare at the details for hours... from afar it certainly resembles a pattern, but up close it has so much to explore...

Ooh west elm has designed some lacquered charging stations ~ with hinged back for surge protector, rear cutout feeds cords to outlet, and a nice large drawer for all those little extras!

Mix one part Emil Kozak, one part Kelly Slater, and one part Al Merrick at Channel Islands ~ and you end up with some reallllllly slick surfboards!

The International Fauna Dossier describes a schaffas (Marcum-Schaffidius) as a gentle and un-aspiring creature of great mystery - this exhibition shows off 80 variations of this creature...

Now fly has a chance - Fly Swatter 1:1000 - Idea: Denis Belenko, Alexandr Braszensiy - Model: Dmitriy Nkolaenko

"Kiss Your Little Girlfriends Golden Lunchroom Face Raise Your Middle Finger High Special Afterschool Embrace", Ivan Witenstein at Dere Keller Gallery.

Collection of images from New Zealand based photographer Ben Smith, in and around the Syrian Arabic Republic

With Dynamic Architecture buildings are now able to change their shape.

The Ring Stadium in Maribor, Slovenia. Very impressive, i like it better than the World Cup/Olympics stadiums for its simplicity. By OFIS arhitekti & Multiplan arhitekti.

Granollers School in Spain, by Jordi Badia Arquitectos.