Great chocolate packaging design by Iowa State Grad.

Bisou GTI : impressive audio-visual partnership that melts live gigs, DJ sets and high quality motion designs.

Gregory Farmhouse, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, CA, 1926-1929. Designed by William Wurster, it is widely regarded as THE prototypical ranch house.

"Ultimate Accessories" ~ a new series of posts i'm doing ~ first up is my hands on review of the new Allsteel Acuity Chair! Check out some of the beautiful details and the video with the designers...

The Kegstand is a new design concept just in time for the summer.

Comparing Vanity Fair's great recreation of iconic Hitchcock scenes from their March Hollywood issue with the original old movie stills.

Teak Sling Rocker with a Hammock Style Seat

Souvenir Tray Tables Designed By: Todd Falkowsky ~ cute beaver motif!

Rich Chocolate makes Animal Crackers! They look so cute ~ "thin, crisp chocolatey snack - dark chocolate with coriander and black sesame seeds, milk chocolate with praline wafer, and white chocolate with pistachio"

The new LivingColors and LivingColors Mini by Philips will be released in september. It can lights up in about 16 billion colors with a nice remote control. Available in gold, silver, black and white.

SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSD™ and microSDHC Cards ~ up to 8 gigs! i'm liking the design of this simple and tiny micro sd to USB adapter

Dezeen has some great pics from the London Festival of Architecture

Cute interiors (that look like exteriors) for Snog, a new frozen Yogurt joint in South Kensington, London

Format chatted with Jerico Santander to gain insight into how his taste for digital art has ripened, and how he operates within this arena.

Marketing to disclose a street market in Portland, where trees turned into giant carrots! Creative!

Another bizarre/brilliant use for bleeding our your markers... as transforming clothing prints! renewable clothing by fernando brízio at the flexibility - design in a fast changing society in Torino, Italy. See videos!

Created by Omer Yosha, "AirPiano" is a concept musical interface that allows you to read and control software generating different sounds of instruments, simply by moving your hands above its surface . Watch the video!

A 150 year old farmhouse located in the rural area between the nature areas of the Veluwe and the IJssel has been renovated and expanded by FARO Architecten bv.

Casa 11 Mujeres: some of the latest from Santiago-based Mathias Klotz.

Mexico & California color photography from the 50's by photographer Paul Outerbridge.

MSNBC's new Ess feed viewer- truly impressive. Color coded current events!

The Yacht Plus, Her unique contemporary shape makes her unmistakably a piece of modern architecture.

The absolutely gorgeous designs of the 'parashell' are stunning. So delicate and functional.

The Twitter Fail Whale has a fanclub? and a facebook page? and zazzle tees, mugs, and more? Not sure whether its brilliant or terrible branding to have your downtime get so much attention!

While on GPS units ~ here's the video of the Knight Rider Mio in action ~ you can even choose the start up names that Kit addresses!

GladOS ~ as your GPS VOICE! I think i want this one even more than the Knight Rider GPS unit.... see the video!

Black and white photography from the 70s and 80s by Joseph Szabo. Amazing.

Picked up this Electrohome Circa 711 "Saturn" record player from Prototype in Austin. Works!

Spain won big at the Euro 2008, but the real gossip is the huge upset Nike pulled over Adidas in their sponsorship. Adidas sponsored Spain's team but Nike sponsored the players. Interesting read...

Right Brain Terrain ~ has turned some of their great AMP (alternative motivation posters) into Desktop Wallpapers! I still love the Focus one most...

A close up look at the great packaging of the new Futurama "feature length epic" #2: The Beast with a Billion Backs... great retro sci-fi graphics!

You may have seen the emoticon book - here is another great experiment here by designer/artist Allison Wilton. These books are all about the presence of spam in your inbox!

Another new “collection” tee by Chop Shop. This time the theme is VEHICLES. Can you figure out all 55?

Wired finds out how the crazy stunts in Wanted were actually achieved.

Patrick Dougherty's works look like nests, cocoons, hives, and lairs built by animals, as well as the manmade forms of huts, haystacks, and baskets, created by interweaving branches and twigs together.

Fascinating look back at the fashion of the ivy-s back in the day - "Take Ivy was the product of Japanese photographer T. Hashiyada, who traveled to America to photograph the fashion of ivy league schools."

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald~ Jonathon McNicol has been beautifully typesetting a pdf version... he's up to chap 7... of 11, i had to jump ahead to the UVA version to finish.

Mirador in a Madrid suburb (designed by Dutch studio MVRDV in collaboration with Spanish architect Blanca Lleó) - it has a incredible void used by the residents as a meeting area and playground.

Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E (#11439) out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don't ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the film.

Getting ready for 4th of July this weekend ~ here's a roundup of bbq/beach/pool party attire from NotCouture!

Whaleless ~ fun new show opening in london July 11th, showcasing pieces from a selection of international artists with a portion of sales going to Greenpeace to keep us from going Whaleless!

Battle of the batmans!!! Nice composite trailer of trailers pitting various batmans of the past together!

Julia Pogodina is a fashion photographer from snowy Russia who is currently living and creating her color-full and texture-rich pictures in New York City.

Wall-E's Eve ~ is a descendant of the iPod and the Automator... she too is a brainchild of Apple designer, Jonathan Ives.