A brilliant, modern twist of old-school proverbs. 65 Modern Proverbs by Nikki Farquharson.

A collection on various saddle protections which are used for promotions in the Netherlands, they put it over your saddle when you are not around and it is a product which is very usable with the wet Dutch weather.

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.

A new Carbon Neutral master plan to develop the Zira Island in Azerbaijan. The proposal by danish architects BIG, includes 7 artificial mountains.

This liquor cabinet is made out of tree trunks or that how it appears to be. On a closer inspection you will notice they are actually made out of a steel plate.

Sebastian Faena pays homage to Fellini with the extremely imaginative "Hell's Bellas" photoshoot.

Johnston Marklee Associates proposal for the ORDOS 100 project uses the iconic the gable roofed shed to create this house, and features interesting interior spatial relationships.

A gorgeous solid wood "voice powered" guitar for kids. Designed by Danridge Geiger of The Make Believe Company

Rodrigo LEVEL is an awesome artist!!!

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have launched a really nice site for Adobe to support the launch of CS3. An oldie offering you to move the bar to “take as much as you want”.

Cute new PLUMA video clip created and directed by Monsta.

6 different lined patterns and colored notebooks from Brighten the Corners

Cocoon Dining Chair ~ Yeah, I really want one of these. From Dupoux Design.

Big eye needle by Woo Moon-Hyung.

Kotaku brings us a bunch of vintage clips of Christmas Comes to Pacland cartoons!!! Tooooo cute! Merry Christmas!

The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant in New Zealand is now finished.

Ooh cute white on black tote with red tag from Monocle when you get a subscription

London based agency Represent have challenged the design community to develop innovative and eco-friendly solutions to the problem of wasting wrapping paper!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #26: Lelo is giving away the Stainless Steel OLGA from its Luxe Collection of Pleasure Objects~ it comes with a satin case and is housed in a glossy wooden box...

Knight's Decanters ~ apparently back in the day they were made so they could sip horseback without spillage... love Josef Flek’s modern interpretation!

An impressive building for the new headquarters of the savings bank Caja Vital Kutxa in Madrid, Spain. The exterior steel structure allows for large interior spans. By spanish architects Mozas Aguirre Arquitectos.

Snazzy spice boy spice grinders. Perfect for holiday medleys of cloves and allspice or just plain old pepper.

Love the crazy interior courtyard of Fundo Izaro, designed by Martin Hurtado Architects.

Type Trumps, a play on Top Trumps, is a game in which differnt typefaces are attributed numerical values. These figures are then used to enable the cards to be won or lost using some of the tried & tested 'Top Trumps' rules.

Incredible cardboard vehicles by Chris Gilmour.

OFIS arhitekti just won the competition for a student apartment complex in Paris, France. Nice use of wood to build a random facade.

Tsai Residence, Ancram - New York, HHF Architects + Ai Weiwei

Some nice installations at the INFART Outdoor Exhibition, pictured is a piece by Prometheus.

Zanotta's Sacco turns 40 this year! The original mass produced beanbag, design icon, and super comfy seating... We have a peek at the original sketches, met the head of Zanotta, and Marcia's cat has claimed the mini!

MK12 is the Kansas City-based graphics firm behind the titles for Quantum of Solace. They have also worked on Marc Forster's Kite Runner and Stranger than Fiction.

Geordie Wood takes stunning portraits

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

The new Sensamare shower from Hoesch

From october to may 2009, La Géode in Paris will broadcast the complete season of the Metropolitan Opera, live from New York - in HD!

Online retrospective of art, architecture and memorials Maya Lin and her studio have produced in the past 26 years.

“Stop the catastrophe. Greenpeace.” Advert by Saatchi & Saatchi, Bucharest, Romania.

Pipe Light is an installation on an abandoned house in São Paulo, Brazil by French-Brazilian architects Triptyque.

Smirnoff Black - Matrioska Invaders. Amazing work from Director Kobayashi in a fantastic clash between Matrioskas with Milan's famous locations.

Hand-blown glass menorah in rainbow web motif. 6.5" x 14". Created by Bandhu Dunham of Salusa Glassworks. Beautiful! And those shadows... wow.

Vogue Italia Does Fall Florals With Jessica Stam
Jessica Stam Shot by Solve Sundsbø for Vogue Italia

Filthy Boy is the ultimate line of bath and body products geared towards the locker room jock.

I am digging this A Typical Day poster by Effektive Design. The red indicates time spent sleeping, and black time spent awake.

Dark Daze shoots dramatic and gaudy scenes in a way that would make David LaChapelle jealous. Nice set with DeadDeadDead down in Brighton

Gentrify! An SF google map mashup ~ with an awesome logo!

Pepsi recently announced they are rebranding. Here it is. What are they thinking? It now looks like a cheap knockoff brand.

I want my sunset now. The viewer adjusts the rising and setting of the sun at their own desired speed. Via vvork.com