While i am not a harajuku girl... there is something painfully cute about these tshirt characters...

Loving no gun army's PET MONSTER!

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

this book about the design history of tupperware comes in its own custom container. Great shots of defunct designs. I like the "spoon-o-fork," the predecessor to the modern day spork.

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?

Over at 30gms they got the most incredible xmas card i've seen... Thomas Heatherwick Christmas card... postage stamp extrapolated...

"MSKYO is a reminisence to the good old ghetto blaster, in the good old granny trolley. A new innovative roll around sound system" - holds your groceries too? By Classen & Partner

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.

The KU 100 dummy head is a replica of the human head with a microphone built into each ear providing a sound image almost identical to the one heard at the recording location of the dummy head.

beautiful and for a great cause... 'beads and pieces' designed by hella jongerius

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

American Gulag is a series of bracelets and necklaces made of tough and durable rubber and stainless steel that simulate barbed wire. Symbolizes our government's barbaric dogma...

a fox fur without the dead fox!, Marvelous

Ipod stand/dining table with integrated speakers. Got to get one when I eventually buy an ipod :)

Takumi Shimamura's wooden briefcase, Bag-Kaku, made in Japanese cedar. Wonderfull craftsmanship.

A range of tees built on the curious background of Dick Ealy. Available this (Southern Hemisphere) summer.

A samovar is a water heating container, mostly made of brass, with a pipe and built-in brazier inside...and more importantly, this one is gorgeous.

and just for good measure (i didnt realize there were so many on the market) here is another mug that holds your sugar

The Wallpaper + Phaidon travel guides have been hyped all over... i'm impressed you can get the whole set of 20 for 140$ Tempting... makes me want to fly away.

i love these teak boxes. so simple and understated, yet gorgeous and practical. =)

More technolust: a new iPod shuffle or this georgeous mp3 player by iRiver?

Stella McCartney + Adidas Tennis Dress ... in our world of mashups - it really is all about teaming up with the right people these days.

It's hard not to fall in love with Sarah Trop's jewelry creations.

Imagery and photography from kevin convery.

Work of john espinoza. wow. i always knew deer had crazy super powers - like laser eye beams...

also from the archives - if you dont have freefall yet - and are on a mac... you need it. live satellites really can make the best screensaver.

shade elaine says "they have sweet feet". i say "nice cart"

how to make fire with a condom. this made me laugh this very delirious night.

wow people really do read from everywhere... sweet.

hahahaha oh diesel sweeties - nice one... so many references in one comic. and at 4:30 am it cracked me up. Xeni got pixelized. and KIT playing battleship. and ninja turtles! and snakes on a plane!

airport by iain anderson
as shown in oz digital shorts in the sydney film festival 2005

more short film at twelvefives.com and other things at funwithstuff.com

World Famous Design Junkies do an aesthetically informative photo shoot of an eyepatch packaging on top of a kittie scratching post. The patch is discussed, the post is not mentioned.

Elena Kalis is an artist that was born in Russia and is specialized in underwater photography. She has been living for the last ten years in the Bahamas.

Ian Blasco's Metamorphosis Chair looks like it was carved straight out of volcanic rock - but looks can be deceiving!

Mimushi presents the Series 1 wooden figures, each of which is hand-crafted and one-of-a-kind. The environmentally-friendly figures use all natural materials to create a truly unique collectible character series.

Animal testing occurs still. This commercial goes there in a vivid new way, made for Australian group Choose Cruelty Free.

"The Collector" a new limited edition giclee print by Shannon Bonatakis.

A green living facade for an edible restaurant designed by Sander Architects in LA.

pretty fly fish mosaic by artist Shirin Sahba

i-Bum automatically scans a persons bottom and prints out the image when they site down. By Tomomi Sayuda @ KithKin Presents 09

Spanish UO! Wines is a line of three wines created with homosexual men in mind, and its descriptions, packaging and website imagery were all tailored accordingly

The ‘Aki’ chair, designed by Alfredo Häberli is an upholstered chair which comes in fabric or leather of every colour and quality in the broad Fredericia Furniture range

Monkee Design interviews industrial designer, Aaron Hughes. He shares helpful sketching and rendering tips, the difference between being a student and a pro designer, and adds some helpful advice to boot.

Canberra-based artist and illustrator Tesura's bizarre and intricate sketches and illustrations.

Psyop creates a cardboard world in this new campaign for The UPS Store.

Vernissage of "Headlines" exhibition in Venice. Hundreds interested visitors were at the opening at Magazzini del Sale, an ancient wharehouse in the island. The expo could be visited until 30th of May.