Another new “collection” tee by Chop Shop. This time the theme is VEHICLES. Can you figure out all 55?

Wired finds out how the crazy stunts in Wanted were actually achieved.

Patrick Dougherty's works look like nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together.

Fascinating look back at the fashion of the ivy-s back in the day - "Take Ivy was the product of Japanese photographer T. Hashiyada, who traveled to America to photograph the fashion of ivy league schools."

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald~ Jonathon McNicol has been beautifully typesetting a pdf version... he's up to chap 7... of 11, i had to jump ahead to the UVA version to finish.

Mirador in a Madrid suburb (designed by Dutch studio MVRDV in collaboration with Spanish architect Blanca Lleó) - it has a incredible void used by the residents as a meeting area and playground.

Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E (#11439) out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don't ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the film.

Getting ready for 4th of July this weekend ~ here's a roundup of bbq/beach/pool party attire from NotCouture!

Whaleless ~ fun new show opening in london July 11th, showcasing pieces from a selection of international artists with a portion of sales going to Greenpeace to keep us from going Whaleless!

Battle of the batmans!!! Nice composite trailer of trailers pitting various batmans of the past together!

Julia Pogodina is a fashion photographer from snowy Russia who is currently living and creating her color-full and texture-rich pictures in New York City.

Wall-E's Eve ~ is a descendant of the iPod and the Automator... she too is a brainchild of Apple designer, Jonathan Ives.

Byracka Design is a Swedish artist and designer, Her full format wallpapers as the Chihuahua Medallion is a hit!

Got a little Spore happy trying out various creatures with challenges like "make it cute" - "make it with as few vertebrae as possible" - etc. Here are some pics and vids...

Livescribe pen records your writing and relates it to the audio it recorded as you were writing. Audio quality doesn't seem great, but its a cool commercialization of an idea I first saw at CHI a few years ago.

Diablo 3, by Blizzard Entertainment. Announced today at World Wide Invitational. Check the site's artwork.
"And the Heavens Shall Tremble".

Box Vox has a great post on Interactive Packaging of the past ~ from Strip Toothpaste to Jiffy Pop, and even the pressurized refrigerated dough pilsbury containers... Love the patent sketches...

Peek inside the exclusive Set nightclub in Miami Beach, courtesy of architectural photographer Corey Weiner.

FOOTBALL EM '08 ... FINAL MATCH ...
SPAIN vs. GERMANY ... there's one flag for all fans ; )

A beautiful house that overlooks Medellin, Colombia. By Jaime Rendon.

Patrick Brown from Australia, has done some rad graphics on his favourite video game GTA4.

Unreal beautiful works of the German photographers at Lightmark!

Scottish designer Johanna Basford is yet another amazing hand printed wallpaper designer. This is the artwork for "glow", but Insectiana, Macbeth and Crazy Botanicals are all equally fabulous.

Other Earth: Parallel dimension of earth with beautiful photography and video by Xárene Eskandar.

Zaha Hadid: Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

The Linnean Society has begun to release their extensive and detailed collection of insect images. An extremely useful resource for science, art and the curious!

Apex is a rucksack concept designed to improve posture during cariage, by allowing the users hips and shoulders to move as they should do ~ by irish, brightside design

McDonalds Outdoor : Mirror Advertising.

Really nice ads for WMF Knives by Leo Burnett out of Bangkok, Thailand and art directors Supachai Toemtechatpong and Sompat Trisadikun.

A brilliant collection of creative retouching pieces by Electric arts

Loving the new Disk Poltrona armchair by Karim Rashid for Ferlea

Stunning portraits by Johannes Schwab

Shocking Argentine campaign against the production and use of fur coats. It was launched with big billboards and a street performance.

ample sample's 2008 contest finalists have been decided! designers were challenged to come up with useful DIY projects that could utilize the large amount of excess carpet samples that accumulate every year.

By attaching a camera to the passenger side window of his car, photographer Andrew Bush took photos of his subjects whilst driving beside them in and around LA.

Sunboat - Electric boats are quiet, reliable, and easy to operate. They're great fun, cost almost nothing to run, and are pollution free, taking their energy from the sun.

Electric Artists celebrates their 10th anniversary, and sends us this awesome quote/inspiration book ~ bound simply with a rubberband which is surprisingly effective!

Scent Map This new website offers an interactive way to find your perfume while sitting in front of a computer.

Real world Mario question mark blocks and coins!

Today's xkcd comic is SO cool -- based on the recent Discovery channel commercial-- that we're asking people to send us video of themelves singing the xkcd lyrics so we can make a giant xkcd music video!

Max Lamb has made a cool exercise in seating by casting two pewter stools directly in the sand on Caerhays beach on the South coast of Cornwall.

The new Armani building, in Tokyo, Japan is the image crystallization of this great designer. By Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas

The “Flooded London” exhibition provides a look into NASA scientist, James Hansen's prophetic warning about global warming.

Transforming accessories by Bernadette Deddens.

The rooftop terrace of the sophisticated and elegant hotel Las Casas del Rey de Baeza in Seville provides a welcome sanctuary for the oppressive heat of this city....

Art Lebedev's Matryoshkus Nero - Great way to understand the relation between bit values

The form of this 1700-square-foot house by John Donkin derives from three specific client requirements: a garden, a visitors' apartment, and a strong street presence. Done!

Re-working 30+ year old data provides a new look at the surface of Venus.

Time has a great slideshow on real life robots since Wall-E is out tomorrow!

Fifty Designers Favourite Typefaces. 100% of the cover price goes to UNICEF's Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Children's Appeal in the wake of Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar on 2nd May 2008.