Endangered sea dragon at Ga. aquarium pregnant.
One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium.

A trend sweeping Japan for mens fundoshi underwear. Some very nice designs.

GuerilLA inspired by Improv Everywhere, organized “Crosswalk Countdown” : a mini New Year’s Eve style celebrations at intersections in Santa Monica.

"Stork" - beautiful spot for Monster from BBDO New York. Created by Daniel Kleinman, Rattling Stick, and Framestore.

Fractal Table is a table piece which derives from studies into fractal growth patterns. Fractal Table by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bär, is impossible unless rapid prototyped.

Wonderfully intricate illustrations from central London based illustrator, designer, screenprinter Dan Mumford.

Gravishelf. system wich works without any hardware.

Photographer Sam Taylor-Wood shot famous movie actors with heart-felt sobs for her "Crying Men" collection.

Eric Clough secretly built an incredible scavenger hunt into a US$8.5-million, 4,200-square-foot Park Avenue apartment that included ciphers, riddles, poems and a lot of hidden doors and compartments.

Oded Ezer talks about one of his latest beautiful typography experiments, “The Finger” at TypoBerlin 2008. “The Finger” is best viewed in a video which shows the complexity of the piece, some of which isn’t as visible in 2-D representation.

This Seedling design from Bret Duncan is basically a system of biodegradable nestling planters that you place inside each other as the plant grows, eliminating the stress of repotting.

My next dinner party will be geographically educational ~ how fun would it be to use these city maps placemats that come in a tablet of 50?

Side by Side's Concertina Wood Trivet - i was playing with these in person, and they are some of the simplest tiniest looking trivets... incredibly affordable too!

Gorgeous! Moët Rosé Indulgence Coffret ~ holds your Moët Rosé in a glossy black box that is under lock and key!

Perfect gift for Father's Day? Chanel now has a £9,170 Fly Fishing Rod ~ complete with Chanel Flies and a quilted black leather box... (ny-mag photoshopped this silly pic of karl)

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.

CONGRATS! To our friend over at Leveraged Sell Out ~ who's taught me almost all i know about the finance world... from a hell of a blog, to a BOOK! Is this the new trend?

Amazing hand blown cupcake platter by up and coming artist, Amanda Goss. Brilliant!! You can vote for her and her design at Fred Flare - she's a finalist in their design contest!

A small spa at Las Palmas in Leyda, Chile. It has a wood skin that allows it to integrate with its surroundings while maintaining certain privacy. By Land Arquitectos.

A unique tandem bicycle, Bi-Cycle - Since both riders can steer and pedal at the same time, riding this bike demands a trust bond between the riders.

ThrICE Cubes by Henry Bagshawe is an interactive table light that combines a decorative lighting effect with a unique cube shape. The cube shape light can be located on their face, edge or apex to create seperate lighting effect and user experience.

check out the series of artist books by emerging book artist/ designer allison wilton. the books she has posted on her online portfolio all surround issues of contemporary web culture, and her design portfolio makes me jealous!

The Eleven Eleven Lincoln Road project in Miami, Florida. Designed by Herzog & De Meuron.

Craigslist ad: buy art--by the hour?

Cheeky video from Richard Hammond (of Top Gear) ~ promoting his new book "On The Edge" - love the roles his wife and kids (and dog!) play in it alongside the sleek cars.

Porsche design is releasing their first line of men's fragranced products this coming fall. "Essence" includes eau de toilette, aftershave lotion, aftershave balm, a hair and body shampoo and two deodorants in stick and spray form.

Tadao Hoshino Aphrodite Drawers - The Aphrodite is a highly original piece with cantilevered drawers, giving the illusion of instability.

Modular lighting so you can place these "lightballs" anywhere around your space. Ingenious.

School Canteen at Póvoa de Varzim by Cadilhe & Fontoura - The new cafateria of the Primary School nº1 in Póvoa de Varzim is a curved volume next to the old bluilding asuming his own autonomy

I can hear it now... "back in my day, before there was photoshop... this is how they made impossible images a reality!" See how this incredible image of Grace Jones was created...

Panasonic's World Wide Wave for the Beijing Olympics... cool use of webcams to bring together people's animations to create digital stadiums of waves. Love the illustrations of what you can't do...

There has been quite an uproar over the images snapped of the uncontacted tribe in Peru. Here is an update on whats going to be done.

dotdotdot for citroen c-design during the Milan design week 2008 at 31st floor of "Pirellone", 3d projection

Some impressive sculptures from the Superdome Art Show at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

A finely crafted Fabergé Buddha made from bowenite which was previously owned by billionaire shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Soon to be up for auction - estimate of £350,000.

Need a chair? Robot chair follows you around using RFID technology. Designed by Jelte van Geest.

All apparel at Departika on sale at up to 40% off, included the hit poster "Eagle," now in t-shirt form.

Desu Design has some beautiful outdoor furniture that incorporates rocks into the forms. This bench is called the SKEW and I think it's a stunner.

While wasp trap jars have been around for ages... this is the first gorgeously minimal yet designy one i've seen! By Pernille Vea for Menu

As a part of ANA Crowne Plaza hotel’s “Good Night Sleep” campaign, the hotel hung a bed suspended on the side of a tall building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.

Do these beautiful images from photographer Jason Tozer depict strange new alien worlds? No, something much more mundane

Taiwan’s first high definition station recently launched, and these abstract and dark idents for HiHD are meant to represent the “Lifeless, chaotic SD world” and its transformation into the “new era where a HD generation arrives.”

Life Fitness challenged designer to come up with an urban fitness machine... and gprero design won the competition by having it disappear into an Ottoman-Bench concept dubbed the "Otto-Bench"

Let your stress and your angry go out with the artistic project "Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine" by yarisal kublitz