Petrina Hicks - Eye candy, 2008
from The Descendants
Lightjet print

Modern Design Handmade California Based. By Michael Bowen

Congrats to our friends at Make on launching Make TV!!! It will even be premiering nationwide on Public Television stations this month!

Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore produced almost 40 lbs of drawings for their charming music video "Story from North America".

A commercial building in Fermo, Italy. The design by Spacelab Architects re thinks the traditional box by folding planes.

In Vienna a club recently opened up with a 6 month concept. The building will be torn away after that period. Awesome design, this pic is from inside the elevator!

Tequila, as art? Here's a closeup with the 1800 Tequila Essential Artists Bottles ~ and if you thought they were cool on billboards, they will blow your mind even more when you see them in person!

Segmented Chair by Revol Design. It is a super comfy looking foam lounge chair.

A modder who goes by the name of DRHECK has finished his interesting mod of the Wii-Mote which coverd with several different kinds of 100% natural hemp fibers.

A real unique and creative interpretation of the classic straight razor - the Damascus Birdwing by knife maker, Frank J. Warner. For the discerning gentleman.

Nobu has recently opened a new restaurant, this time in Dubai, with an interior designed by the Rockwell Group.

Belgian chocolatier makes a chocolate 45 rpm record! I wonder if it first stops playing or becomes to gross to eat...

City of Books: a beautiful stop-motion animation for 4th Estate Publishers 25th Anniversary. Produced by Apt Studio.

The best of balloons on the web in 2008.

When I came across a sticker with his name in the subways of France, I freaked out. I love Matt Furie's use of color and the detail he puts in his creature.

Judge a book by its cover? Please do! Nice series of covers by Lucy Davey for Colin Cotterill's books about the Lao coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun. Awesome books by the way...

Acoustica's QuietWeave is light, strong, thin and most importantly, cuts noise. Lets you have a $1000 acoustic door for a mere $5. Made from organic material. Brilliant!

I could never see practically using this, but it would be an amusing camera accessory... Opteka Hot Shoe Three Axis Triple Bubble Spirit Level for Digital and Film Cameras (found on the Core77 Gift Guide!)

Charcoal Ball Natural Deodorizer Large ~ that's the awesomest charcoal deodorizer i've seen...

Audi Q1 TV spot by NY/LA Psyop. Very cool use of CG and real people.

These strange motion-sensor toys sculpted by Misako Inaoka are staggering.

”Survey catalogue” made by Hampus Jageland. to encourage business people to get out into nature....

Love these "still lifes in the style of colour-shifted 3-dimensional images" by A Nice Idea Every Day.

a series of fashion shot session by EAT, experimental work using lighting installation, combined with overhead projector.

Lastest cover of The New Yorker magazine. This is their first issue out after the U.S presidential election and it was designed by Bob Staake.

Nextmurani released a wider version SANAA's chair recently, which is made of translucent white beechwood.

Obamabats ~ for when you're speechless and can't type words.... congrats to our 44th president ~ Barack Obama!

The Rousseau Table by Ben Rousseau, the furniture and 3D designer who recently worked with Insa on his spherical hanging chair.

Artist Geoff McFetridge designed a new billboard in LA. Check it out on LaBrea!

"Clash Collective 08 - The Purple Cycle" was the name for the collective art exhibit, that was in Lisbon this weekend. Some beautiful artworks.

ReThink. ReAdjust. ReUse. MIX & MATCH!!
Make your own set with RuMe's ever-growing assortment of solid bags in a rainbow of fresh, modern colors.

The Car that Runs on Air and Magnets.

Taking a break from their product design chores
Harlem based SPYE adds this patterned tote bag into the mix.

Interview with Michael Byzewski of Aesthetic Apparatus about the making of CAKE'S scratch and sniff album packaging. By KIDD of Urban Art Warfare.

Reminded of this by #14806— gallery of Alice in Wonderland scenes re-interpreted in a traditional Japanese setting. Read the descriptions of the images; they detail who's who in each scene.

People have said we show too much obama design here ~ well here's a McCain sticker that was kind of fun ~ cute retro elephant!

Which? Magazine covers from the late 60's.

The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is considered a period of reflection. 10Q gives you 1 question a day for 10 days. Fill them in, send to a secure online vault; next year, they'll be sent back to you for reflection. Simple. Awesome.

Giant mural cut-outs by artist Josh Cerney.

Canadian graffiti artist, Elicser, delivers unique and gritty images from an interesting perspective.

Beautiful figurative paintings by Tessar Lo.

Judgeby.com turns snap judgements about book covers into a little game.

Field Notes are expanding into mini 18 month calendars!

10 days of sewing, painting and building can certainly garner the attention of many, especially when it’s a giant zipper stretching across the room. ..Beautiful Losers Nike 255 Space by Eric Elms

I recently got a chance to tour the completed CA Academy of Sciences! The stunning structure features over 38,000 live animals and is in the running for LEED platinum.

Hard Candy for OXYGENE magazine.
Stylist Vincent Poinas and photographer Arnaud Gouallec.