Rosso & Bianco wine cork/USB designed by Francis Ford Coppola 2 years ago. Only a limited amount were produced in 2007. Look for 2009 versions in the coming months!

Melissa Haslam. Beautiful artwork by emerging Australian artist.

Light Art Performance.

Interesting use of materials by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for the Kanno Museum, a private art museum.

street art by roadsworth ...

Love Alex MacLean's photographic series 'Going', especially this photo titled 'Houndstooth Pattern in Parking Lot at Disney World'.

If you live in the LA area and haven't checked out the John Lautner Exhibit at the Hammer Museum, go now.

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day ~ now you can even have your google language of choice be... PIRATE!

Ward van Gemert deconstructs an old chandelier and reconstructs it into a more modern form, resulting in the Exploded Chandeliers series. Debuting at Mint Gallery in London today, 09/18.

Lebello's Chumy chaise lounger - love the clean lines and the colors, plus there's space underneath for towels or magazine storage.

Loving the products made for the Colette x Gap store in New York. The latest one is this Safety Jacket. Who would have guessed that these could come in style.

Window to a fantastic garden: Moss Quartz ring in silver.

Stunning processing synced to Radioheads "Weird Fishes from In Rainbows"

An interesting renovation of a building in Cádiz, Spain by MGM Arquitectos. Love the contrasting plywood shutters and white walls. The use of plywood is interesting, as it is the material typically used to board up buildings while construction is in progress.

Puritama Hot Springs is a delicate work over a unique landscape in the Atacama Desert.

Artist Tyler Stout has an impressive body of illustration work with hand-drawn lines and intricate detail.

Lisa Fyfe designed a really interesting jacket for Paul Auster's new book "Man in the Dark." In person you can see the subtle printing effects which adds to the beautiful package.

In his ‘Camouflage’ series, Liu Bolin painstakingly paints his subjects so that they blend into their surroundings.

Victor and Rolf's giant doll house at the Barbican is amazing, if you happen to be in Lonon defiantly worth a look!

Philippe Starck’s “A” Destroyer - Apparently super yacht “A”, named after billionaire owner Andrey Melnichenko’s wife Alexandra.

Freedom Stick ~ what you really need when you go to china to bypass all the net censorship... although getting caught with this on you can't possibly help.

Lab81's -Minus&+Plus ~ adorable positive and wickedly negative toys!

250 letterpress biz cards for under $100. Cool thinking from Mandate Press. (and apart from this, their custom work is pretty sexy too.)

Murasaki-bot ~ she's a bot with an mp3 player tucked inside, and she tells you "The Tale of Genji" ~ which is considered one of the oldest books... and she even makes subtle movements to go with the tale!

A very long interview with the artist Shepard Fairey (including podcast).

Nice, affordable, pattern based products from Danish Kragh Rosenberg. I especially like the bags.

Bottles of Beck’s beer will be adorned with the work of four emerging artists – thanks to a new scheme called Beck’s Canvas, a collaboration between the German brewery and London’s Royal College of Art. Via CR Blog.

This chocolate candy bar has only been released in Beta. I can't wait to taste Version 1.0.

Bread & Wine ~ one of our fav bag designers, Rebecca Minkoff joined in the "reusable shopping bag" trend ~ How can you not grab a bottle and a loaf with this one on your arm?

The full details on Converse's Connectivity campaign so far celebrating the brand's 100th birthday.

DELO - all packaging ~ plastic screw caps filled with vitamins, etc, that you simply screw onto your bottled water, and shake! See some of the insane videos they made...

With a Master's degree in Industrial Design, this Danish knifemaker, Anso knives, has an incredible eye for smooth lines. He makes beautiful custom knives and his craftsmanship is unmatched.

Make your own Rocket Pops!

Every Olympic Games logos, since 1896.

The Spork is a knife, spoon and fork combined in a single, one-piece utensil. Designed by Scandinavian designer Joachim Nordwall (for Light My Fire), the Spork is a simple elegant design that is practical and almost sexy.

Prefab is taking center stage this summer at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC with the Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibit opening on July 20th.

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

Guerrila marketing for DHL, on the Hong-Kong's escalators.

Dangerous represents the definitive work of underground magician and ex-card cheat Daniel Madison - a massive two volume DVD anthology covering his magic (Mystique) and cardistry (Motion), past and present. Previews at jump.

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....

Trailer for the new Spiderman video game, Web of Shadows. The game joins combat and web slinging.

Improve Everywhere's Charlie Todd teams up with Taco Bell to freeze a store's grand opening ~ i can't believe people poke at their food and cut them in line! (ok, well i guess i can)

ESPN | Eyeballs > To attract more spectators, sports, the SAATCHI & SAATCHI of Singapore, has developed that direct mail to ESPN using balls making reference to the human eye.

From the design studios of Greetje van Tiem comes newspaper yarn. It can be woven into anything from curtains, to rugs, netting throws, or even upholstery.

A nice house over the hills at Farellones, with spectacular views of the lanscape. Its steel design reminds me of Mies. By Max Nuñez and Bernardo Valdés.

Polanoid.net is doing some cool things with the new Zink film and giving away the first 10 Polaroid Pogo Printers.. check it out