WEJETSET : the store and voice of modern travel culture ~ is launching Sept 18th, but until then you can sign up to win their Mercedes C-Class.

Ponton's Fireplace... your urban campfire, which burns bio-alcohol.

Illustration couple Kozyndan display work on, and are interviewed by, Format Mag.

More smart thinking for the Economist, by BBDO, New York.

An interview with Stanley Donwood on his new exhibition at London's Lazarides Gallery. Bloody fantastic work.

The Human CD holder. I'd need like hundreds of these for my CD collection. Can be ordered from wrapables.com

Absurdly cute vandalism by Gouzou

It's not a photoshop joke.
The Tunnel House is a real installation made by artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck. Check these incredible images!

Put it behind the ears and activate it by a button attached to your belt. In this way everybody will know your intention to turn right or left.

Like Breathing
Sterling silver, plastic, pigmented epoxy resin.
Margaux Lange Jewellery

Google Maps has just started to show 3D street-level images along with their maps. This is an awesome idea! [Editor's Note: ShadeElaine and Jermacide found their parked cars already!]

Very fun Toy Characters come to life and follow an average guy on an average day in this video. Audio by Nylon. Directed by Jonathan Baker. [Editor's Note: adorable!]

The new Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Portland-based Esque Studio makes mind-blowingly beautiful booth and blown glass.

Awesome site design combined with a practical idea. The Encylopedia of Life.

Vancouver based fashion photographer, Trevor Brady has an incredible portfolio.

Nano Nano - Phone strap robots by artist Koichi Miyajima created the humorous and nostalgic figure of a human-like robot. Ironically made from the anonymous inorganic parts found in standard electronic goods

Culture, art and experimentation for free. That's the balde. A basque-english speaking magazine.

Juxtapoz has a great step by step article on Tara McPherson's latest print, in all its 18 layer glory. Sadly the entire print run sold out in less time it took to get to layer 3

Contemporary approach to wedding stationery - Fine and Dandy.

this is what happens to a purse after the brilliant designers from Boblbee Japan are done with it.

UGH. I know we've all experienced a few of each of these... "8 types of bad creative critics"... this is definitely a "funny b/c its true"

Plant ovary cross-sections from the Harvard Botanical Museum's Blaschka glass model exhibit. Fertility in fossil form?

Diesel takes on Global Warming in their latest campaign showing that it can't stop our stylish lives ~ incredible imagery showing the future of paris, venice, nyc, london, mt. rushmore, antarctica, etc.

A Very interesting and innovative reinvention of a conventional scooter... but whats with that name?

No cork or bottle stopper will ever seem nearly as cool after checking out these "Fresh Leaves" by Tineke Beunders.

I know I'm not fast like Ninja, but to pick up on the theme, here's a ninja themed restaurent in New York. I really want the ninja waiters to disappear in a cloud of smoke after serving me.

the top 100 fonts
sorry, it's in german. but at least, you can read the names of the fonts :)

PEER PRESSURE ~ we've all felt it... so how about some devices that make you externally popular... like a phone that pretends to get sms', and headphones that play different music outside than inside....

Unfold: the second episode of Backspace by Stephen Watkins. Beautiful. Via Wooster Collective

Designers: DresserJohnson a design team responsible for the MOMA icons above and the BKLYNBUNNY blog. HOW magazine also had a nice write up about them recently.

Rockabye-Baby. A luxurious range of baby clothing with its roots in music, fashion and punk rock. For babies who are too cool for school.

B/c your Wii can be a weapon and when you become a Wii pirate i guess your controller is an Arr? Skull and Crossmotes Tee by Huzzah Goods

Just in case you missed the really fun pee&poo ad on NOTCOT.com last week ~ this is a fun cheeky/adorable swedish line of toys and clothes

The My China Emperor Rim line from Sieger by Furstenburg

"design is the new art" says the nytimes. their picks this week are particularly nice.

elvis impersonator wine caddy by artist Guenter Scholz

The illustration and animation of this site is fun to navigate.

Brass knuckle necklace to match that classic brass knuckle purse

Love the folded metal toaster designed by Olivier Gregoire.

Hello Kitty-shaped muffler end.Via Boing Boing.

a bracelet made from chopsticks. kinda weird?

Continuing the skull fetish - its cross stitch! on a button! and it GLOWS IN THE DARK!

Styrofoam chairs!

Fake ticket generator...

On Good Design vs Bad Design, in the ethical, not esthetics sense. Great read.