VIDEOProcess video of screen-printed posters by South African based gig poster designer Artisan a.k.a Dustin Holmes. Video shot and edited by Greg Davies from Cardinal.

Painters in contemporary art galleries Pabellon 4. The work you see is a picture of Paula Otegui.

Pixar veteran artist Sanjay Patel exhibits original work from his exquisitely designed book, 'Ramayana:Divine Loophole' Saturday Nov. 13 at Gallery Nucleus.

Located inside a warehouse loft of 1400 sf with no partition, this project is a house within a house.
The design engages two architectural issues: inside/outside and S/XL.

Eye of the Tiger - New Limited Edition prints & pillow from one of the UK's coolest new artists - Hidden Moves.

A new Tarot Card deck features cards by 78 different artists, including Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson, and Steven Meisel (above).

Quite an amazing and creative idea by French industrial designer Arthur Senant that actually combines everyday life conveniences with a warmth of fire, to create not just a stove but a place.

Incredible paintings by Mike Davis.

An extended survey of the Bat-Yam Biennale of Landscape Urbanism: art took the streets.

The new Artek store in Stockholm, designed by Harri Koskinen.

Unapolagetic opulence at Griffings Steakhouse Extraordinare in downtown Sotckholm's new Waterfront Building.

Artist Karl Addison illustrates a new project for "Seattle Bagel Bakery." Stunning work that makes your mouth water for a fresh bagel.

Frank Gehry's new, super-stylized "Mad Potter" Museum in Mississippi.

Knock-off artists in China photographed next to their paintings. A photo series by Michael Wolf.

Artists Studio Job will exhibit lamps suspended from bronze models of a crane and a wrecking ball at the Carpenters Workshop

Fine art prints from UK digital artist Charlie Bowater.

At Hamburg Gaensemarkt an artist built an Igloo from 322 old fridges to raise his voice against waste of energy.

Coming to DC this weekend? Here's your guide to sanity.

Architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and artist Yukinori Yanagi re-imagined the degraded copper factory as a commentary on the budding of an industrial nation. The Inujima Art Project is heated and cooled by a ingenious passive system.

Famed for curating fabulously ‘Willy Wonka’ inspired events, this week Bompas & Parr are enacting every child’s wildest fantasies with their world-first, artisanal chewing gum micro-factory...

Stretching the limits between natural and artificial objects in order to raise the question where does the vase end and the flower start?

5 unexpected things we at NOTCOT have learned about life through TED talks!

Rubber Stamp and Letterpress Print by Jay Ryan for Tiny Showcase ~ it's like the print that keeps on giving!

Busted Tees Gizmodo Artist Series: Wendy MacNaughton

Valistika (Guadalupe Cos-Gayon Alía & Miguel Abio Ruiz) produces strange, amazing, upbeat & colorful artwork across mediums like digital graphics, prints, collages, and paintings with clients ranging from fashion to advertising.

Red Gate Gallery artist Laurens Tan's Chinese Toy Story Rickshaw Installation at The Opposite House Beijing, through December 31, 2010

This double birdhouse by dutch designers from Ontwerp Duo is real human architecture for birds.

Portland, OR artist Megan Scheminske creates modern, minimalist paintings from Google Maps imagery.

Jim Campbell's "Scattered Light" installation turns Madison Square Park into an amplified version of a Lite-Brite, illustrating figures running through the park- Magical!

Upside down serif N’s are everywhere. This is a collection of those spotted by the calligraffiti artist Niels 'Shoe' Meulman and his N-hunters.

FEATUREDBeautiful artwork of Lora Zombie

The Degree of Separation by Portland-based artist Jordan Tull. New Modernism inspired by metal fabrication and industrial design.

Syke Melbourne's collection of artworks on decks and growing!

Five graduate architecture students from the Academy of Art University recently won an AIA citation for their project in sustainability, where they created a free-standing office space for a client in the Bay Area.

If you are in London October 21-24th, check out the Affordable Art Fair, which features over 1000 artists selling artworks, including Shlomi Nissim, Rob Ryan, and many others.

Tiger Beer has teamed up with Vice Magazine and British artist Shawn Davey to unveil their new project: Know the Not Known. Londoners look for hidden art signs throughout the city in order to get invited to secret trendy events...

In Bing's new 'decode Jay-Z' site, over 300 pages of Jay-Z's life and lyrics are placed in the streets. You pick a clue, decide the path and claim the page in this online game.

Absolut Watkins, traveler's exclusive limited edition designed by swedish artist Liselotte Watkins.

Glacier Collection by David Wiseman was created for the Czech company Artêl and the collection include the bowls you see in the post, a vase, and two glasses.

Parisian artist Ludo's 'Co-branding' series mixes his style with major brands.

Awesome wireframe streetart From Aakash Nihalani

Amazing illustration by Amsterdam based artist Lotta Klaver.

Hell's Half Acre sees 5 artists create pieces of work inspired by Dante's Inferno - a Frieze Art Fair installation from Steve Lazarides

"Chaux de Fond" photographs by Matthieu Gafsou. Some common architectures and streets of this swiss town become surrealistic and strange.

NY agency, MOTHER, designed & launched a series of fake businesses to celebrate their new office opening. This cute video for the Transsexual Barber Shop, shot with real people on the streets of Manhattan.

Great new Stella Artois spot from ad agency Mother and a directorial collaboration between Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola.

FEATUREDRE:FORM SCHOOL ~ amazing art show in NYC ~ featuring over 150 amazing artists ~ take a peek at the incredible pieces!

Images + plans of the six schemes shortlisted in the contest to design the V&A Museum in Dundee, Scotland.

Erin Petson is a London based artist and illustrator, working with drawing, mark making and montage to create her feminine and elegant illustrations.

The Bentley Silver Wings Concept is a design study of a supercar inspired by the brand's racing heritage and by the F22 jet fighter. It was created by Shawn Wood and Guohua Cheng from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China.

One of the world's rarest automobiles, the Maserati 250f hits the streets of Hamburg under the lens of Bernd Kammerer.

Manoeuvring without the aid of control surfaces has been demonstrated by Demon UAV (unmanned air vehicle) designed by a British team of industry and academic specialists.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary festival of animation from Annecy 2010, the French artist Alexandre Dubosc made an amazing stop-motion video ~ playful and colorful, featuring ingredients needed to make a cake...

Independence Art Studios is a small community of passionate visual artists with the first of what will be several buildings, starting with four shipping containers.

Swiss artist Zimoun 'Sound Sculptures and Installations' use simple, physical systems in different arrays to create quite interesting spatial effects.

VIDEOVideo of artist Niels Meulman customizing a white Mercedes-Benz B-Class with hundreds of women's names.

Photomobile is a traveling library of photographs built inside an Airstream trailer.

BMW Serie 2 matte black 'Great Scape' bike by Blitz Motorcycles.

Having produced elegant responsive lighting installations for the likes of the V&A and Massive Attack, London based collective, United Visual Artists, have unveiled their first permanent public artworks in Toronto

Ciudad Mosaic Tiles by NEL ~ AMAZING! These floor tiles play with your eyes as they create cities, streets, buildings, and more...

Art History Is Not Linear (VMFA), 2010 Artist Ryan McGinness. Order your free Offset printed poster!

Danish artist Steen Ipsen shows some of his latest laced ceramic sculptures at 'Tied-Up' exhibition in Galerie NeC Nilsson & Chiglien - Paris.

An ad campaign by Ben the Illustrator for Berri, 20 pieces of artwork taking over hundreds of media spaces throughout train stations in Melbourne and Sydney.

The Cupcake Pavilion is a temporary structure used to house 1000 artisan cupcakes for a one day fundraiser.

THEY DRAW AND COOK - Daily postings of illustrated recipes by artists from around the world.

Artwork for the forthcoming album by the virtual band Dappled Shade.

Face au mur, contemporary wallpapers by artists and designers.

Designer / artist Susana Blascos presents “Ceci n’est pas un hommage à Magritte,” a tribute to famous artist René Magritte in a collection of lovely single-color backgrounded photographs.

Peter Zumthor, Shigeru Ban and Tobias Rehberger will take part at the symposium organized by Artek.

An incredible series of images shot by photographer Joni Sternbach who uses the historic tintype technique; this series of portraits capture surfers and their oceanside environment in a kind of anthropological way...

Alula editions is subscription service to hand printed textiles. 4 a year, each one by a new artist. First up, Jason Jägel.

A video exploring the science and technology employed by craft chocolate makers, Mast Brothers. The custom designed/engineered hand-blown glass is impressive...

Yes, that IS a HUGE middle finger - the most recent and much discussed artwork by maurizio cattelan arrived today in milan's piazza affari, in front of the italian stock exchange building.

Paaaaaarty! "I wasn't myself last night" ~ latest creature in my head by Andrew Bell

New quarterly graphic design and illustration magazine Wrap, is a collection of original wrapping papers, design related interviews and articles; the aim is to showcase talented artists/designers.

Sotheby's inaugural The Art of Farming, An Auction of Edible Heirlooms. Great mini site showing off the incredible lots and stories behind them! For local farmers, purveyors, celebrity chefs, and food industry experts to join together.

Designer / artist Bill Zindel presents a collection of illustrations and collages all on brown bags, of brown bags, or representing brown bags, all of them titled, you guessed it, "Brown Bag."

"Haus IK_13" by Mitto Architekten. A tiny wooden house and artist studio in Borsfleth - Germany.

VIDEOBerlin based artist Sarah Illenberger has covered a whole car with cardboard in different green tones. The video shows the fascinating process and an interview with her.

The Poundshop concept store - part of this year's London Design Festival - stocks all manner of lovingly produced design curiosities from upcoming artists, all at the mind meltingly ridiculous price of just one, solitary English pound...

"MY NAME IS CHARLES SAATCHI AND I AM AN ARTOHOLIC" (Phaidon) is OUT and a MUST-READ of this autumn! "Everything you need to know about Art, Ads, Life, God and other mysteries and weren't afraid to ask"

Anish Kapoor makes sculptures with mirrors to turn the world upside down.

"A-Husene" housing by Cedra Architects in Grenaa - Denmark. Some truncated black bricks volumes on an artificial island.

Red Bull and Melbourne-based installation artists ENESS bring a new perspective to action sports by fusing interactive art with skiers and snowboarders flying through the air.

Good ol’ Sailor Vodka is a new Swedish vodka made out of organic grain and bottled in a recyclable PET-bottle designed by tattoo artist Aniela from Flash Fighters.

Watermelon Lantern Festival cherishes the artistry of the Chinese.

"Self Made," The full length documentary about tattoo artist Luke Wessman. Produced by Soi Clave Integrated Media Solutions.

Stereo Exhibition - Cool ambiental exhibition of emerging croatian and slovenian artists in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. Great collaboration of artists, curators and architects. All for 1000 euro!

A new short length documentary gives a rare glimpse in to the life of a glass sign writer, David A. Smith. Documentary by Danny Cooke.

y=x² is a new sculpture by Los Angeles based artist, Andrew Lewicki.

New on the books at CIA, Julene Harrison is a dab hand with a scalpel & paper. We especially love this window poster. 'I can see your house from my house.' Super cute.

Illustrations by german Artist Marek Haiduk.

Pete Fowler collaborated with Michelle Wibowo to make 'Captain Fairtrade' - a star exhibit (& cake) shown at the recent edible art exhibition from The Mad Artists Tea Party, Cake Britain

3D chiseled and beeswax covered album case for Alaric King's album "Bedtime Stories" designed and executed by the artist, Alaric King.

FEATUREDThe Museum of Modern Art’s Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen exhibition ~ incredibly inspiring kitchen designs and the products that go in them!

CIA has just signed the talented Shotopop. Check out the duo's stunning tactile & digital illustrations, including Skunk Anansie & SKIN's solo projects.

David Shrigley, Jeremy Deller and Mark Wallinger are just some of the top names signed up to support the UK Save The Arts movement by making new work to promote the petition.

An interview with surrealist artist Mab Graves regarding her work and her current double feature exhibit: "The Adventures of Harlow, the Raven King, and several possums"/ "The Super Show"

The new viral video for the fashion brand Viva Vena, from Vena Cava, has an animated sequence of a girl crying eyeliner... then the eyeliner turns into letters. It's insane.

Blackbirds - limited edition screen print at Option-G

The Artisan Fire Pizza Oven for the outdoor gourmet by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet.

Summer sketchbook by artist Jeremyville capturing images from the Lower East Side.

Great window display at Louis Vuitton, Bond St. where ostrich eggs hatch products.

'If you could' wood bench by Damien Poulain and Jorre van Ast.

'"WRONGWRITEORWRONG'' THE GADGET' by graffiti artist Daniel Tagno.

Converse Spark Creativity Exhibit
Artworks made out of old and worn out shoes.
This is one entry that was remarkable, the title suit very much "PEGASHOES"

Belgian artist Arne Quinze’s Red Beacon in Shanghai is typically unrestrained, with 55 tonnes of wooden planking, seemingly slung in fury at a canopy structure.

Beautiful artwork by french illustrator Alice Dufay.

The face of boxer James de Gale was created in 5,000 cupcakes - a Mad Artists Tea Party commission for the launch of Food Network's Cupcake Wars

The 'Design for You' project by HermanMiller started today working with 5 artists to create 5 custom painted Eames Rocker chairs, each chair can be won by entering online at HermanMiller.

FEATUREDPerrier Jouët’s Dandy Ball ~ a gorgeous series of artwork by Fashion illustrator, Kareem Iliya. Muses, Dandies, and Champagne...

Moomah is a creative arts café in Tribeca NYC, and I just adore their visual profile, made by Apartment One.

Wow - this incredible obelisk in Santa Rosa is made from 340 bicycles!

Beautiful hand sculpted anatomical models of popular childrens toys by artist Jason Freeny

“Campanas for eCosentino” space at Maison&Objet Paris. The famous Campanas brothers focused on the artistic interpretation of ECO by Cosentino®.

Camper and the musicband Klein team up in a colorful and very creative videoclip. Produced by The Kitchen Films and Swing, Swing. I love it.

"Moving Ideas", the latest exhibition about Spanish designer and artist Jaime Hayon in Paris.

Perhaps the first daily produce market to be located inside an International train station, St Pancras’ Sourced Market is a true hidden gem selling locally sourced artisan produce.

UK-based artists "Jimmy Bumble" and "Leonard White" built a griffin in Brooklyn, then spend over 24 hours in NYPD custody.

Swedish artist Jason Battersby created this Audi One concept vehicle to symbolize and promote human achievement.

A pop-up cardboard movie theatre from ACCESS.

Jim Denevan in Siberia. the Anthropologist's artwork-in-progress gallery.

'Screaming my Hand' by Haroshi . Artwork created using old/used skateboards.

Jen Stark's 'Sunken Sediment' installation images at Carol Jazzar's gallery.

Murakami’s sketches and clay models of 'Kaikai' and 'Kiki' balloons for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

laser engraved and cut sustainable bamboo bird figure set.

E8 Cluster, Cloud Cluster and Dark Biwak are cardboard installations based on 3D graphic design by Berlin-based artist Martin Böttger / TSAWORKS

FEATUREDA sneak peek look at Oakley Artist Series Fuel Cell sunglasses by Don Pendleton

Marc Jacobs launches a new line of school supplies to celebrate his new book store, called Book Marc. No, really, it's called that.

Francisca Prieto is an artist who does amazing things with typography, spare envelopes, sheets of music and the odd asterisk.

Scott Pilgrim + Katamari Damacy = Scottamari. Über-awesome artwork by Jemma Salume and Dean Trippe.

VIDEOThe video artist and photographer Stefan Werc has documented his travels and experiences of the world through a collection of stunning time lapse photography.

Incredible sculptures by Russian artist Dimitri Tsykalov!

LIKEarchitects' 'BusStopSymbiosis' is one of the five artistic interventions selected by Scott Burnham to emerge in downtown Porto, Portugal as part of Bairro Criativo.

Beautiful new prints and pillows from French artist Candybird.

Photo by Manuel Archain, one of the photographers of the gallery of contemporary art Pabellon 4. The exhibition "As I was saying." runs August 31 - October 2.

Nathaniel Cooper and Brent Anderson designed the packaging for Glace Artisan Ice Cream.

Beautiful imagery by artist Li Wei.

Habitats for our feathered and furry friends, created by architects and artists alike and up for a full year.

NYTimes.com has an article on Woman Who Hit Hard. It's about female tennis players and it is accompanied by some stunning pictures.

Skull made with slices of real human brains at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum, created by Skull-A-Day artist Noah Scalin.

Urban Station in Buenos Aires's trendy Palermo Soho area is a great space that is part coffee shop, part office.

"Nemo Observatorium" by Lawrence Malstaf is a simulation of a typhoon, to be experienced individually on a chair in the center of the storm.

Valentin Ruhry's 'Nike AIR' bronze shoelace sculpture.