A bifid house overlooking a beatiful valley in Portugal, by ARX.

Really cool well designed ad from advertising agency Leo Burnett out of Frankfurt, Germany and creative director Hans-Juergen Kaemmerer. The ad is for the International Society for Human Rights, just a really nice effective ad.

Really nice spot created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and The Mill for Nascar/Sprint Speed Monsters campaign with cool lightning effects.

The Hand Drawn Map Association is a collection of maps and other diagrams created by hand.

Design Indaba Expo in Capetown ~ reader, Gillian Benjamin, sent in some great coverage of this south african design week!

"Cliche" - the handcut brass typographic necklace says it all so nicely... by Trashy Deluxe

H for Hannah ~ LA based Hannah Morrow creates these beautifully simple bone china pieces, i can't stop staring at this pretty little mug!

Alessi's 2008 Spring/Summer collection is here ~ and this is a beautiful bottle opener from the Alessi founder's great grandson! Pop-Up

I have had a recent fascination with bubble rings this week ~ and these videos, stills, explanations are great... as well as some innovative machines that make them! (but humans and dolphins can make them too)

Harmonie Intérieure, an unusual french line of sticker/decals and prints with a website that drew me right in with this aged polaroid layouts...

Letterpress Typography ... A mini-documentary about Firefly Press goes through some of the process as filmmaker, Chuck Kraemer, narrates and asks some interesting and important questions at the end.

The Helping Hounds of Hell ~ great poster for a Berlin handmade skateboard art exhibition!

Studio Leung jumps on the manila envelope as laptop case bandwagon with their latest Mac Bag.

On food trends ~ with over 80 posts on bacon... about 1% of tastespotting is incredible bacon recipes... like vodka, kettle corn, chocolate, spa wraps, scones, cupcakes... here's a roundup of some of the more unique.

New to the puma urban mobility collection - This Spring PUMA introduces the PUMA GLOW RIDER, the third edition of the PUMA bike.

Sanyo built an ark to save us all from the tide of carbon polluting energy sources. The Solar Ark, a unique, ark-shaped, solar photovoltaic power generation facility.

In order to communicate FOX's 4th Season of House in Portugal, several statues were covered with medical masks containing the info about the premiere.

Kim Riyu is a Korean Japanese ceramist whose inspiration of art comes from Hip-hop, Science Fiction, and Manga/Anime.

Selfridge's has launched a concept store that is a must see for any design lovers going through london ~ behold the WONDER ROOM. (also great podcast from wanda of the wonder room hunting for unicorns and dragons)

Happy Ear Flamingo Review ~ most intriguing feature is the way it attaches to your ear with the two nubs that are quite stable and comfortable... and the magnetic dock!

From KNOG: the frog [tadpole,frog,toad etc]...

Silicone encased single LED safety lights. Check out the knogalouge for more..

Is it wrong that i kind of want Prada Tarot Cards for my 25th bday... to see what the future holds? And the art on the cards looks quite nice... need to see in person to confirm though

Catherine Ledner became fascinated by the idea of using wallpaper patterns in animal portraiture. Her new book, “Animal House", makes for one of the prettiest nytimes slideshows yet.

A poster on a hand dryer to communicate hotness. Made by McCann Erickson, Thailand.

2008 Decoylab Monthly Calendars feature simple and surreal imagery every month.

design*sponge has some adorable new tea cups ~ official charley harper edition by a company called tag.

Women’s shoes made from recycled skateboard decks!

Beauty and celebrity photography by Jeremy Cowart.

The World Clock Project is trying to gather as many pictures as possible from different people around the world to make a 'digital picture clock'.

Walkman Project ~ latest from sony ~ musical video collaborations ~ and you can even participate to add your own mix of the melody ~ beautiful ad and micosite

The Vers 2x ~ unboxing and hands on review of the new Vers 2x cherry wood speaker system. Its beautiful down to the tiniest details.

Karhupage Rocking Bear chair made with solid birch, burned surface. Design by Taito Huotarinen for Eimi, Finland.

Ambassador Stamps from the last post ~ the UI is a bit annoying, and the quality of their images are SO fun... so check out my choice pics from their designs, and close ups of the packaging and physical stamps...

PIFF- beer stand by OPEN-HOUSE

Funky Designer stuff for your pets !

Last piece on Chanel Parisian Weekend ~ the keira ad is now up for viewing online ~ as are my pics of the interior of Coco Chanel's Apartment! And legendary staircase! And her secret path from the ritz to store/apt/workshop!

We found that cupcakes are the culinary cleavage on tastespotting... so i needed to share these "cleavage cupcakes" and low beams on NOTCOT

Slice your image into halves. Dice it into quarters. Mince it into eighths.
The Splitzer is yet another way to keep those absolutely unique and totally knockout images flowing.
The guys at Lomo keep pushin' it.

The Blab Show opens next weekend at CoproNason gallery in Santa Monica. This year features more paintings by the usual suspects and a devil theme

Beautiful videoclip for Speak to Louis. Great imagery and nice use of Motion Pro X by Pixelloft Team.

Steven Nicholson's Self Portrait is proof of what you can do with 10 different sized hole punches and a piece of paper

Is it really any surprise that Murakami will be popping up a fully functional Louis Vuitton Boutique literally in the middle of his exhibition at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary?

Kasil's website has some gorgeous imagery - including their washes being named after oceans

PinQy, i didn't know i needed a fire extinguisher (or 5) this badly, until i saw the videos and images of these PinQys!

Ryan Frank's Grapple Hook Coat Rack is genius!

adidas got down with Japanese artist Yoshiaki Kaihatsu to re-construct track-tops from their fall/winter 08 seasons and present them in a "Pets of the World" collection.