20 album covers recreated in lego. Beatles, Muse, Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones and many others.

More delicious book work from designer/artist Allison Wilton of Buffalo, NY. Love the energy in this altered book...

NOTCOT Reader, Jessica, wrote in with something she's spotted that's going down in Potters Field - check out the men in black...

UPPERCASE Gallery is getting ready for an upcoming exhibition with the theme “Old School” which takes a look at ephemera from 20th century education.

The Ilopolis Bread Museum complex, incorporating the museum, a Baking Workshop, and a restored old Mill, by Brasil Arquitetura.

The Nahamer T450 toaster concept by Rob Penny allows your finished slices to glide gently down on your plate as opposed to popping up. Simple and genius!

ChargerFrame transforms your electronic landscape into wall art. This active interplay between cables, gadgets and indicator lights is neatly framed and finished off by an energy-efficient master green switch.

Last TAD Gear/IWG skull post (for now) ~ how fun are these I.W.G. Skull Bead Charms - Custom Made Solid 925 Sterling Silver... the vertical holed one in particular - perfect for every hoodie string!

Brunopasso PD-1 is a pod espresso machine. designed by Tadahito Ishibashi for deviceSTYLE. Beautiful machine that reminds me of 60s roadsters.

Russian media artist from Moscow. His works are mixture stranger picture and own illustrations.

New ad campaign from Australia for travel company ZUJI from Happy Soldiers.

Another bizarre/brilliant use for bleeding our your markers... as transforming clothing prints! renewable clothing by fernando brízio at the flexibility - design in a fast changing society in Torino, Italy. See videos!

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!

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....

A brilliant "Sweded" version of the science fiction classic "Aliens." The special effects, costumes, and sets are remarkable. The out-takes included at the end credits are a hilarious touch.

Catherine Ledner's incredible animal portraits which are paired with beautiful wallpapers are now available as limited edition prints! Take a look at my favorites from her A-Z of creatures.

Krejci’s ‘Let’s Grow Some Balls!’ chair is both a planter and chair all in one. A garden chair that IS the garden, users are brought closer to nature by being surrounded with it.

Spear Collective Artist Jefrey Lacson takes playing with toys to some other dimension.

A big idea created by DDB Milan for Audi Q7, with the motto: "Audi Q7 with Advanced plus package. A masterpiece with much more."

The exquisitely crafted Montegiro Lusso turntable features four cones made from alternate layers of aluminum and black acrylic with a synchronous motor and carbon fiber tonearm. Price is just a mere $47,000.

Walter Martin and Paloma Munos have created an amazing new snow globe series entitled "travelers". Sheer brilliance.

lalique's new fall 2008/ winter 2009 collection of home accessories and jewelry, inspired by China, is titled 'China Mood'. Pieces include a collection of serpent jewelry made using semi-precious stones.'s

In Denmark: "flocks of more than a million European starlings (sturnus vulgaris) gather from all corners to join in the incredible formations shown above."
Amazing!

The Plus House prefab embraces its Nordic roots and rural setting as a thoroughly modern take on the Swedish barn house.

Porn for the blind is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing audio descriptions of sample movie clips from adult web sites.

"Oujia Board Slide Guitar" by Nicholas Holcomb

NASA Chair by the French Designer Laurent Corio (...)

FERRARI Go-Cart

MilanDesignWeek 08.
The best events chosen by BigChief's Team added on Google Maps

Funny concept of a hat convertible into a handbag.
Designed by: Rafael Vinader Balibrea and Virginia Bru Artero

12 Bridges Gin Packaging - One of Portland's bridges (Hawthorne bridge pictured) is screen printed on the back of each bottle. Over time, all 12 Portland bridges will be featured.

Stephanie Posavec takes on books and turns them into incredible infographics ~ see what happens to kerouac's "on the road" in the "On The Map" exhibition...

Storefront For Art and Architecture Gallery teamed with Abitare Magazine to bring a version of the ring dome to Milan for the Salone del Mobile. This new dome will use 1,500 hula-hoops and 12,000 zip-ties. HULA HOOPS !!

Vincent Moon left for Athens, Georgia, to shoot five videos on one night, with Buck, Mills and Stipe. This is R.E.M.’s Take Away Show.

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.

De-kermitated:
The Decapitator Vs Supreme’s Kermit.

Motel 6 has unveiled theirPhoenix Prototype. Still affordable, it has been redesigned with rooms by Priestman Goode and Building design by Boka Powell. Construction begins later this year.

Looking to clear up some space in the house? Then check out Bedup, a bed that actually "retracts into the ceiling." Very cool

I could watch this animation for hours... maybe just minutes.

Vogelboomhut by Maandag meubels ~ birdhouse/tree made of steel, and perfect all year round!

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

Ford's Filling Station catered the FORDBRADY Dwell event ~ and i love their branding and use of the wood boards for menus

Glass, concrete and oak make up this stunning lake house in Innisfil, Ontarioa, by Canadian Kohn Shnier.

A striking collaboration of Charles Burns, Chris Ware and Chip Kidd within the book design of Chip Kidd’s follow-up to The Cheese Monkeys, The Learners.

Valentine's Candy Hearts in three variations: Dejected, Dysfunctional, and Dumped. And in the dumped selection there is even one that says "U HAVE A BLOG".

OMA reveals design for large-scale Residential Complex in Singapore