Dennis Wheatley and Stefan McClean were sitting in this sushi bar pondering how best to set up a camera to film things all by itself whilst they were in Tokyo. Take our hands out of the equation… let the camera have its own journey.

Some very strange russian Star Wars Posters.

The full animation created by Tokyoplastic for the Nike Cortez Pack. Very impressive animation work!

NYtimes article on Bionic Arm Woman. Creepy video of her psychic arm control too.

Barbie is set to take over New York next week with a big 100 designer fashion show and full windows at Bloomingdales.

ADULT ONLY: New "San Valentine's ad" for Wellington Zoo in New Zealand

Playing with tradition, a hand-knotted wool carpet designed by Richard Hutten looks like an image that failed to load properlly! Great stuff.

New technology allows a directed magnetic field to remotely create an electrical current in devices up to 85 feet away. No more chords for low power electronics.

Beautiful ringbooks, made of aluminium.

Very interesting interview with Retro-Style illustrator Steve Millington.

Very interesting comparison between the Top 100 Albums of 2008 at Billboard and at Pitchfork.

The Black Heart Gang are a group of South African artists who have created a fantastic hand drawn animation, visually inspired by eastern art. SEE VISEO

Propoganda's Brain Salt and Pepper Shakers ~ perfect for those neurosurgeons in the family

Part man. Part machine. All cop. We're loving Tyer Stout's new screen-printed Robocop poster!

This is not a retro toaster, 'Univox Mange-Disque' is a retro 45 record player,debut album of French electro/ folk/pop band ALB. Designed by lead signer Clément Daquin and his girlfriend/designer Emilie Vast.

Excellent speed-drawing from Public Spirit. Creates a machine in minutes. Follow for video.

On hilarious old school technologies (chalk boards) paired with the latest and greatest (CES Innovations Design + Engineering Awards)... see the silly graffiti/ugc doodles that showed up on their idea boards!

RULES- An extremely clever and amazing 3-dimensional art piece.

Shoot The Baddies target practice boards by Olly Moss...

The latest update to the Good Housekeeping logo ~ and the "Today Show" even mixed up which one was the new one (the one on the bottom)

A clever and timely spin on the self promotional mailer by Brooklyn-based interactive studio FreshThrills.

Professor Josh Silver pioneers DIY adjustable glasses that do not need an optician. Created for 1bn of world's poorest.

The Barcelona Research Park by spanish architects Manuel Brullet and Albert de Pineda, is a giant round building with a wooden skin that filters the views while providing shade.

Fragile and elegant paper cut out art by Lala Gallardo. Check out her etsy on littleghosts.etsy.com.

ORDOS 100 #1: ArchDaily is featuring the villas for this development in Inner Mongolia, curated by Ai Wei Wei with architects selected by Herzog & de Meuron. First one is the villa by chilean architect Alejandro Aravena.

Beautiful porcelain bottles inspired by memories of antique bottles dug up as children. The bottles are embellished with platinum decals of insects, weeds, roots and dirt.

Artism is an independent organisation aiming to create a book bursting with artists/graphic designers work which will be sold to raise money for the National Autistic Society charity through the use of Art.

A company in Brazil was commissioned by a wealthy businessman to build a carbon fiber door with biometric scanner for his glass lobby elevator area in his home.

The 36e8 kitchen suites system develops around three macro areas: N.O.W bases, wall units and cupboards. Designed by Italian Daniele Lago.

Haniboi's Key of Rock! Made to standard key sizing, you can bring it in and get it cut to match whatever you'd like... your music studio key, perhaps?




An original design from Haniboi featuring embossed detailing, the Key of Rock complies with Yale’s standards,


An original design from Haniboi featuring embossed detailing, the Key of Rock complies with Yale’s standards,

Incredible cardboard vehicles by Chris Gilmour.

Gift Guide: Gifts that lean green! An assortment of eco-friendliness from water bottles to solar toys to organic ducks, to faux fur cotton blankets, and of course some of my favorite reusable bags... as giftwrap!

Awesome idea ~ Ad agency TAXI in vancouver actually runs its own cafe in the front ~ not just a great place for meetings, but a perfect way to stay in touch with the people they are designing for!

UN ad about land mines. Listen to this designer as he tells us how the new range of plastics has changed the way he works forever...

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed the Casa Mirindaba in São Paulo, Brazil.

rosso restaurant by SO architecture features a really interesting solution for the ceiling, inspired on the surrounding hills

Indie comic book publisher Septagon Studios releases its first free digital comic offering. The comic book "Masks" combines photographic art, poetry and a video trailer in a free PDF download.

ever wonder how your hard drive and other electronics get trashed?

The Magnolia lamp by Autoban is reminiscent of topography and flora.

Oooh congrats to our friends at Citizen:Citizen on their new online store just in time for the holidays! Everything from Chandeliers and log coffee tables, to gold coke spoons and vibrators, to brand blankets and shoplifter totes... and much much more!

The Chapel of St. Loup by Danilo Mondada in Pompaples, Switzerland - love the accordion form.

Brian Jurgen created this collection of totemic representations of Native culture in Canada using iconic Michael Jordan athletic footwear to express and explore what he refers to his concepts as "Prototypes for New Understanding". This is #16

Richard Prince has forayed into furniture design with a show at Paris’ Galerie Patrick Seguin that features his Nurse Hat Chair.

Wall art in a training center of a very important bank in Lima, Peru.

Jordan is out with some new and colourful cloth pegs that are environmental friendly, don’t leave marks on the cloths and are colourful and fun!

An amazing collection of conversations via chat/email/AIM, highlighting conversations and situations we never want to speak of. Great commentary.