All i want for xmas (from the NM Christmas book - other than the pop up book) is a 100 ft Dragon Topiary! Check out some of the other outrageous goodies as well... like Steamer Trunk Bar (they are making a comeback!)

Amazing interactive music video for The Arcade Fire.

New work by Mulheres Barbadas!

to add to the list of random gifts to remember... for those work-out-aholics... Push up Preston makes me giggle... see the animated gif of him in action

Funky Designer stuff for your pets !

Contraforma's new MW Collection ~ something old into something new ~ great integration of 100 year old lithuanian house wood in laser cut metal...

I'm glad saki likes us, b/c through her mention, i discovered this ROBOT CALCULATOR! So cute.

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

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

Gmail: A Behind the Scenes. Watch the final collaborative video.

A cute little paper robot you can print out and assemble

HyWind, the first floating windmills. It has obvious advantages, such as reduced visual impact and increased power production due to the good wind conditions.

NotVideo! The boys of Out Of Focus Studio made us a pilot in their freetime... complete with flaming iphone!

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

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.

Photographer Cameron Wittig has a new site up featuring some fantasic images of a diverse group of artists and musicians from Andrew Bird and Tapes 'n Tapes to Chuck Close, Ed Templeton, Francis Ford Coppola and Ang Lee.

I'M BLOG is a blog of IM conversations submitted by various people in NYC

Function ~ Doctor prescribed... ok well not exactly prescribed, but doctor made? Seems like Vitamin Water, these magical elixirs have fun names as well.

El Vaquero, a seat designed by Mexican studio EOS

LAB issue 1 is online. As in the previous issue, this zine is chockablock with words, pictures, and colors. But not just any words, pictures, or colors. Fancy words, snazzy pictures, and jazzy colors. (PEOPLE / ART / EXPLORATION / PHOTO mag)

Everglide: Design for a bike that converts into... a bag! Designed for the last-mile: the short distance between home and public transport and the end destination and public transport.

SNAP CUPS design by : angela schwab + angela schwab from usa. 3 oz ceramic cups have large clothing snaps imbedded into the walls to create a point of unconventional connection:

AirCar - With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities.

The Dead Letter Office - this website has been around for about ten years... you get to write your own anonymous goodbye letter to the world, and keep it stored there forever - they say so.

Nina Katchadourian, sort of sorts books to sort things out, culturally that is.

When you leave those dreary rainy places (i.e. uk? seattle?) ~ do you miss it? Mixko's Drop necklace pays homage to that rainy-ness...

A POP-UP greeting card from gagatree. There are 6 design and colors to choose from. Can be use as a hanging ornament, a lucky charm, or just mail it as a card.

Freedom of Creation is one the first design companies to specialize in design for Digital manufacturing. [Editor's Note - very cool collection]

Oh How Beautiful (You Are) is a regular, square mirror, except for the hyperbolic, relentless, and infinitely inventive compliments that cover it. Perfect for that first look at yourself in the morning.

Los Angeles street art photos printed onto marble coasters. From Bueller Designs.

check out Re:mo. SOZ will open its flagship store this spring in Osaka, Japan, and from March 12 will be featuring in a window display at the Musee des Arts decoratifs in Paris.

Mmmmm cake. Helvetica Cake. With a full on video of the eating in process that is not to be missed... Culinary Typography at its finest.

This box made from two bills. The bills/box can be the gift itself, but it is also just about the right size for a ring box.

Japanese artist Sayaka watercolors seem very romantic, until you notice some decidedly naughty details.

5 new Katamari shirts! From the brilliant Panic Software guys

Rolito Boy Love Nature Green ~ if you're gonna go green... you need a mascot like this. Love the birds too.

Zink presents a digital camera with a built in ink-free printer. Heat activates color crystals embedded in the paper to create prints.

For the print and paste toy makers... here's another... Lego Stormtroopers! Impressive detail to the little pieces you need to make...

3-form, a green-conscious company now has the capiz play configurator. you can lay out your own capiz tiles (in various colors and 2 sizes) and they will sandwhich your design in a resin material.

Crop Circle typography... johnson bank has turned turn crop circles into type for quaker oats. as a starting point the agency used an aerial picture they found of an e made from a spiral of mandlebrot-like circles.

"Little Kingdoms" brass + acrylic necklace by Tatiana Sanchez for JALEA JALEA / Mexico.

if this doesn't make you grin, i have great pity for you and your kind. Hasbro updates the Transformers line.

HEART AND ARROW LARIAT by Cynthia Kagoshima. There's something painfully sweet about this piece even i'd wear...

Cargo PURSE Gloss, reminds me of elementary school paints or something... but it makes so much sense, a squeeze droplet with brush attached... quick and easy. And ergonomic?

This guys basement Mac Collection is a bit insane... here's the Mac II bar... its an Ikea/Mac heaven... or hell... depending where you fall on that.