shoes made from colored pencils

Planters indoor/ outdoor: aluminum, several configurations. Very light, economic to ship, very happy POD's by PAD Outdoor.

Piotr Woronkowicz has created a new set of utopian architectural designs laser engraved onto bamboo skate decks with a matching grind box coffee table. Better suited as wall coverings (trucks and wheels not included)

Designer Casimir was inspired by the ladder’s original form and function – a movable stairway – and an immovable shelving unit have now been merged one, by extending the ladder’s rungs into shelves and cases of different sizes.

My First Fairy Tales (Board book) by Tomie dePaola should be another fun option for the little ones ~ curious to see how he tells 4 stories in 24 pages...

We love the Adrien Gardère's Installation for SAAZS during the Designer's Days 2009...

'Inside the Jaws of the Venus Flytrap', a remarkable collection of photographs.

Another way to see airports designed by Foster + Partners

Ecotronic Toys ~ yes! eco friendly, no batteries, and people powered!

Futuristic Bath fromPeter Van der Jagt, Erik-Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser.

Headquarter building in Milan, Italy.
Design by Park Associated and Zucchi & Partners.

Loving this new vodka brand by Moscow based designer Arthur Schreiber.

NOTCOT-TWEET-A-WAY!!! Win Gary Grenade who is "Exploding For Good" ~ by tweeting @NOTCOT with your best pick up line ~ bonus points for creativity of course. Winner will be D messaged tonight so make sure you're following @NOTCOT. [ENDED!]

Original-Fake brings more hotness with the upcoming release of the mini Chum keychains by KAWS. Following the very successful Companion keychains, this series will come in 5 colors.

New, limited edition poster from graphic designer Neville Brody for the Design Museum, London as part of his Freedom Space Project.

Very beautiful and humorous photographies from Jan Steinhilber !

Fascinating travel concept. The bit in the water is for stability, the kite is propulsion.

Night at the MTC's new home in Melbourne, a stylized, flamboyant and innovative space that efficiently utilizes space to create an innovative live performance environment.

Sequences is a real-time art festival in Reykjavík, Iceland hosted annually by the Living Arts Museum. The poster art — typography from milk in mid-air — is a collaboration between Jónas Valtýsson, Siggi Odds, Sven and Mundi.

Isometric design experiments - 3D objects illustrated in a 2D environment - done by design group Vault 49. The color and method triggers thoughts of a familiar friend... the master of pixels... eboy!

NELSON beer and The Temper Trap have banded together to produce a new label design for Batch #19 of the new lager. The Temper Trap teamed up with artist/friend Reece Hobbins to create the latest limited release label to adorn the NELSON beer bottle.

The sharp and story-telling photography of Richard Mosse focuses its gaze upon the transition of Saddam’s palaces from the US Military back to the Iraqi government.

‘Genetic Stair’ by Brooklyn architects Caliper Studio is a one of a kind design feature in their renovation of a 3,000sqft Upper West Side apartment.

Winkreative have launched they're outstanding new portfolio website which finally presents some of the work they are doing for iconic Toronto based airline Porter Airlines.

Artist collective FAILE releases several new pieces of work in their comic inspired "Lost in Glimmering Shadows" art series. Three screenprints, three fine art pieces, and a bronze sculpture!

ZuPreem ~ everytime i see their packaging for primate/carnivore food ~ it makes me smile

Dushi is the title of the solo show of Florentijn Hofman at Galerie West in The Hague (The Netherlands). He supersized stuffed animals so that they complete lose their function and feeling.

A little stop-motion with light painting. See what is inside the box...

A table of some bent perspective! Peter Marigold designs an elliptical when closed, wild when open! The leftover wood from the tabletop can be used for leaves to complete the table in it's open, extended state.

What is Architecture? This is a short film by MAYA Design about architecture in its broadest sense.

The London Police recently completed the wonderful mural above in the heart of the historic Jordaan district in Amsterdam. Despite getting written permission from the owner of the building, the City Council has threatened to remove it.

Chipperfield doesn’t normally do icons. Yet this one has literally put him on the map: The America's Cup Building ‘Veles e Vents’ in Valencia, Spain.

An abandoned church in Spanish Harlem is serving as a backdrop for this new group exhibit aptly titled: “Sacrosanct."

It's 200 years since Louis Braille, the creator of braille was born and to celebrate that the Swedish Post has released a set of stamps. The stamps are designed by Elisabeth Björkbom and say "See with different eyes" in readable braille.

Laika- a fun stop-motion animation video by Guillaume Blanchet. Also a small 3 question interview included.

The Berlin-based manufacturer Parkhaus had the ingenious idea to design and produce fitting seat cushions for classic and contemporary design chairs. All their designs are made of 100% wool felt. Here some examples of their beautiful add-ons...

French designer Matali Crasset has completed the interior of La Maison des Petits (“House for Children”) at the centre for artistic creation and production 104 CENT QUATRE in Paris-France.

Mac dock icon spelling game.

Sweden's Monica Förster design the first task chair custom-made for women's unique sitting style. (Women tend to perch on the front of their seats; men slump.)

Chrome Corsair ~ finally! A streamlined Chrome Messenger that is more like a normal casual messenger (seatbelt strap still, but no buckle! but it can go on either shoulder!) and Bottle Opener on the strap!

A volume mandala built from folded paper by italian duo Jekyll&Hyde... then swept away ! Thought as an epitome of the irony behing clever graphic design artifacts soon 'becoming the tomorrow garbage'.

We love the Baccarat's Installation during the Designer's Days 2009...

Boston boutique Concepts and Nike SB got together on the Blue Lobster Dunk. Aside from the shoe, the packaging is really amazing, coming wrapped in a hazmat foam container.

The Complete Ukulele Guide to the Moustaches of the World features complete coverage of the 25 major moustache groups, enabling you to instantly identify any moustache you spot without even putting down your ukulele.

San Marco, an Italian manufacturer, has launched a collection of exclusive, limited edition bike saddles to honor five of the countries involved in the ninth annual Bicycle Film Festival.

Brooklyn coop, 3rd Ward offers a range of art classes for the summer including "How to Make Crappy Stuff Awesome"

Kenneth Cobonpue's Voyage Bassinet, is finally available.

i kind of love DesireLines' menagerie jewelery collection featuring this bunny, whales and chicks.

'the small knocking down the big wood' by qui zhijie, 2009. part of chinese pavilion: 'what is to come (jian wei zhi zhu)' at venice art biennale 09.

In infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. Such near-infrared techniques used in photography give subjects an exotic, antique look. This is a unique collection of infrared trees.

The new Tengu Allstars are three fun variations on the original Tengu, the gadget that sings along with your computer when plugged into it,. They all have fros, some have a stache, specs and more.

Swedish architect Anders Holmberg Arkitekter has design four passive houses currently on display and for sale in Östra Kallfors. A passive house is ultra-low energy building that require little energy for space heating or cooling.

This is an image of the new closet designed by Jonas Blondeel. The closet is build with leftovers from a rocksawfactory.

The new site for Trident's A Little Piece of Happy campaign has a fun app called Good Job at Work Today that offers a much needed pat on the back.

Never before has scooping dog food (and sealing the bag back up) looked so clean and sleek. New design by Bradford Waugh.

Uber Cool reclaimed lighting from UK based SKINFLINT Design.

Love from Lovey Package: New packaging designs for Bold City Brewery designed by the Robin Shepherd Group - Mad Manatee!

Bad Pandas from Alexis Marcou at ClickforArt.com

Materia Inspiration Centre, the only permanent materials exhibition in the Netherlands, full with new and innovative materials for creative professionals.

I wrote and photographed a quick walk-through/tutorial on how I drew and designed a cover for IWYS magazine.

Hard not to love these pics of an adorable swing in BART!

A virtualisation of the warm fuzzy feeling donating to charity should give. Donate £2 to ActionAid and get a personalised video thank you complete with cute kids, Barack Obama and your own town!

Beautiful illustrations for the last Zurich Orchestra campaign.

Corporate identity designed for a men's barber and hairdresser with more than 40 years of experience. By estudio merienda

Venice gallery Punta Della Dogana has reopened after 14 months of restoration. It looks stunning.

The plan is for 1 GW of offshore vertical axis turbines to be installed by 2020, via a large scale demonstrator installed offshore within six years.

Almost all of his works remind of architectural constructions, but the latest piece of the German designer Jens Otten is definitely the most delicate one.

I've seen the container concept before and personally think its agreat idea(a container costs about 400€ used and there are tons unclaimed). Here is a group that is prefabbing the conception on a new level.

An ingenious solution for unwanted games consoles. The Reee chair is made from recycled PS2 controllers.... and it looks good too.

Check out this cool new skate park shelter in Wolverhampton, England

A great review on Konstantin Grcic's book, which features the depth and breadth of the german designer fantastic design work.

Have You Met Miss Jones ~ beautiful porcelain pieces like this mini bird feeder!

Kempton Park racecourse has commissioned a celebrity stylist to glam up two racehorses who will star in their Ladies Day ad campaign

Architecture photographer Iwan Baan shot the recently opened Za Koenji Public Theatre by Toyo Ito in Tokyo. A dark volume with an irregular shape is perforated to highlight the interiors.

The Workspace Component Group has been specifically designed for the Backplash System of kitchens by Henrybuilt.

Adorable OKKO - LED alarm clock with bird song alarm call and electronic moving bird.

Incredible new species discovered in the Cordillera del Condor of Ecuador/Peru.

Super minimalist CACTI - Wire dish drainer from Habitat

Art teacher, Chuck Dillon, shows us sixteen different types of art school students. Funny!

Ew? or Yay? Outlet wall!

We visit the showroom Cassina during the Designer's Days 2009...

Hank The Bottle sings "I'll Be Back" ~ cute animated video - Dutch agency These Days along with Sheffield based animation house Finger Industries have produced this heart warming viral for Friends of Glass.

korean designer sungho lee's 'LED clips'. LEDs with modified legs to create 'LED clips', which can
be illuminated by clipping onto batteries.

Charlie Harper's ABCs ~ adorable gorgeous book of classic illustrations in board book form!

Fun FIN series of shelving from Habitat - Ultra-thin, strong lacquered shelving units, CD/DVD storage and coffee table. Made from particleboard dividers and innovative Elubond panels, which are sandwiches of plastic and aluminium.

James Provost, an illustrator from Vancouver, attended Maker Faire, and it inspired him to create a sweet set of "DIY spot illustrations"

Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types By Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss ~ on upcoming kids books ~ typography + animals!!!

Google uses Googly Eyes on a PET STICK ~ as a "worst case" case study on google for advertisers

Dwell Studio's LOOK ~ a board book coming in Sept ~ more potential perfect gifting for the newborns coming up! (Also keep an eye out for What Colors? and Touch and Feel Farm)

Magritte's imagination ~ a board book by Susan Goldman Rubin!!! Next time i'm shopping for toddler gifts, this is top of the list! You're never too young to get a nice dose of Magritte!

SO cute! Habitat BEASTIES - Acid etched metal shade featuring animal-shaped silhouettes etched around the shade. Pendant shade (also in white!)

Creature ABC ~ perhaps the ultimate kids gift book? Coming out July 22nd ~ the alphabet version of Andrew Zuckerman's amazing Creature book

Adorable Moose Peeking card from Linda & Harriet

Andrew Zuckerman's upcoming book is BIRD ~ i can't wait to see this one, Creature still blows my mind.

People love to cut butterflies out of things.... we've seen maps and soda cans... and now Magazine Covers from Peter Wuethrich

Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles!

3D modeler Fred McCullough's online portfolio is, ironically, almost completely hand drawn! Full of adorable animated sketches and little clickables. Especially the contact page.

Amron presents leather bandage. Do we really need luxury bandages? Who knows, but they sure are pretty.

Loving this new look of Camouflage La Chaise by Yasumichi Morita. It gives this all-time classic a completely new look.

The World Famous Design Junkies post an expanding collection of photographs of the most important card in the deck: the Ace of Spades.