dianne y. cheuk put together her monologue of psychedelic mushrooms, women, and flowers, and water colors. Mushroom Girls Virus - in a silk fabric bound cover by die gestalten. beautiful.

MoMA's latest, Comic Abstraction ~ makes you rethink comics... particularly SPEECH BUBBLES!

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.

MotoNav ~ motorola's simple new gps/navigation device... aesthetically intriguing.

I'm so glad i dont have to wear a fucking tie to work anymore... typography at its finest on this More T Vicar tee.

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.

Conceptually intriguing - Coolhunting has sponsors for their css color changing of links...

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.

Sometimes it really isn't about WHAT you say, so much as HOW you say it... TypeTalk fonts - thesis project is a fascinating look at how context can change everything... "typography as visual pronunciation."

Brilliant article on PingMag about the "UK's brightest young designer." Thomas Heatherwick is looking for a sponsor... for his temple.

at the cooper-hewitt: "design life now demonstrates how design permeates every aspect of contemporary life and showcases the best in experimental design and emerging ideas at the center of American culture from 2003 to 2006."

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.

Extreme Whiteboarding - this is some intensely mesmerizing whiteboard stop (and non stop) action animation

Smith and Hawken - glass rain drops... pretty...

More skulls: Alexandre Orion creates art using soot.
Via Wooster Collective

Illustration by Toyin Adutola

That's Bill Murray as reproduced thru the hands of John Kascht. John's another illustrator who can create gentle colorful caricatures or very bold symbolic ones with just a pen stroke...

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

lose the spoon. these plates have an indentation made especially for stray spaghetti, so now you can enjoy your pasta like grown ups. ;)

More Greig ~ Representations - is it 2D? is it 3D? Does it hurt your head? Objects painted white, outlined, & photographed.

i love the bold icons on this troika business card holder.

While i hoped to share some amazing dresses - Ted Baker's US and UK sites are down, but this corner graphic is gorgeously playful

Camp Apparel: home to small bags that are big on color and fun. oooh.

Hello Kitty-shaped muffler end.Via Boing Boing.

a bracelet made from chopsticks. kinda weird?

Nissan Terranaut : Talk about futuristic, even the name is from like 3010, (I almost said 2010 and thought, that's in 3 years... no futuristic enough.)

Dan Funderburgh : Honestly, I just love patterns, and Dan's patterns are a fav! More awesome scissors!

I AM NOT A TERRORIST shirt

made from 323 rubiks cubes...wow

Now you can cut out ANYthing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were such a silly part of my childhood - but wow. what a makeover they've gotten since those days.

I have mixed feelings about the Kate Spade line, but these are too clean/sleek/cute to pass up posting.

More Christine J. Brandt. The photography on her site is pretty slick too!

inverted cones for nutella. yum.

Here's my thought provoking - get off your ass - article for today. What type of genius are you? and what could you become... being over 25 is no excuse.

joseph luppiani - Apple Core - it looks like it has boobs, it is a piece of jewelry somehow...

a supermarket selling consumer awareness
theFLOWmarket is a shop designed to inspire consumers to think, live and consume more holistic.

SHEEPMARKET - 10,000 online workers doodled sheep and you can watch them get drawn and/or buy them.... insanely weird.

Water Guns! Another fun piece from Jellio.

what a juicer. Mr. & Mrs. Jones Citrus Juicers
Polly George, 2003

baby suit. wow.

sweet!

random pics in folder