A great animationby Gal Shkedi created for a graduation project. The animation is to the Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan song, 'Starving in the belly of a whale'.

Gallo is a manufacturer of socks in Italy and has come out with these colorful vending machines selling their striped socks. Open 24 hours and they give change!

Typewriter balls as rings... in Courier 10, Touch Type, and Privy Seal. By Eve

3 and 5 kg dumbells the flintsones would have loved... carved out of Carrara Marble ~ Forever Young by Robert Stadler.

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

The marquetry project focuses on using wood in a contemporary and graphical way. Pieter Maes

Interesting interview with artist Geoff McFetridge before his upcoming solo show in the Netherlands!

CULLA BELLY, 2007 ~ i'm no mom, but it does feel a bit precarious to have my kid floating on what looks like a balcony off my bed? - by Manuela Busetti | Andrea Garuti

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.

FWA Hall of Fame to celebrate the FWA's 7th birthday

The Alembic Bar ~ incredible identity and environment design by Nothing Something, and great drinks & food too.

Puma and Biomega get together for an interesting folding urban city bike and its not just a concept but will be released later this month at Puma Stores worldwide!

By way of NotCouture - Phaidon's Sample: 100 Designers, 010 Curators, Cuttings from Contemporary Fashion

Potentially the only phone that has had people dribbling as much as the iPhone becomes available for pre order from this Friday May 17 - the Opus from Zenum.

Axn is a new thriller channel by Sony Picture for Sky Television. "Relax, if you can" print ad campaign.

Because your wii zelda experience is not complete without a *real* sword and shield...

"Pentago is a game that comes from Sweden, the country that brought us Vikings, Nobel prize, and Ikea. Sweden is not only a country of tall, blond and blue eyed people, but also a nation that is very clever and enjoys a sense of simplicity."

What's your roller carryon of choice? And have you checked out the Rimowa "Every Case Tells A Story" ad spot?

t*mix: t-shirt remix project hosted by design collective giraffentoast. exhibition in berlin in june!

thrink's "O's and X's Ashtray" for Thorsten Van Elten, 2003. Play tic tac toe with your ashes!!! (Not that I'm encouraging smoking......)

Fantastic pillows from UpperPlayground. I especially like the skulls and rabbits pillow.

Dropped by I Am 8-Bit tonight at Gallery 1988 on Melrose ~ pics and more on .com

I'm Not a Pessimist, I'm Doomed - work of Benjamin S Jones.

York Mints (the peppermint patties in a mini bite sized ball) ~ has limited edition tins by designers like Nicole Miller...

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"

hannah allijn's faceted curtain is going into production! Love the way the creases fold like perfect origami mountains in the making...

Teaposy ~ hand stitched bouquets of tea leaves and flowers that bloom in your pot. Love the "making of" images of these little bundles.

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."

SEABLOOMS & CORAL - ocean inspired perhaps, these OROMONO wool pillow covers are cozy and tactile.

Book made from an egg carton and brown grocery bags.

Inspired by 2768 - sarah cihat's plates are so gorgeous were worthy of a second post! this orange jolly roger plate is just stunning. As is the whole jolly roger line in particular.

PNUT Jewelry - Fun gun with silencer charm from pnut - and i've updated this since i found so many other great ones there, it needed its own feature.

Lynfabrikken + Ken Munk's "The INTurns" sure look a lot like suburban mimobots...

Artisan's Coffee Movement - Drinks that reflect an obsession with each detail of the journey from farm to cup and an almost cultish pride in the results.

rene gagnon's "top dollar trash" is awesome. a great example of LEGAL street art. tagging trash with posh logos. brilliant!

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.

photo-realist drawings done in bic biro!

Painter Hubert de Lartigue shows how to make an X-Wing fighter from a Parisian Metro Ticket

Normann Copenhagen has 3 different lamp shades in their product line. What's so special about them? You assemble the whole lamp yourself from scratch.

Pitotubes review ~ "it's rocket science for your packing" ~ (the tagline makes me laugh) ~ airless travel containers

Poor Urban Treeson is a victim of urban pollution! and turns black... there's also a new one that ate a firefly which glows in its belly. Click to check out the stories behind the toys.

The My China Emperor Rim line from Sieger by Furstenburg

0ne of many adorable cards at tall cow press.

who knew corrugated cardboard held so much potential? im not sure i like it, but im definitely impressed by this screen from farm designs.

ASCII Art makes it s comeback by way of shopping bags...

check out these boxes...slightly random street art, but kinda pretty.