less is more -- elegant lightweight clay tableware from jurgen lehl.

A new brush set is released along with the new Departika website. Bangin' Border Brush Set by Jason Gaylor of Departika.

Manning the faux faux bag pop up that sells real bags outside of the Murakami launch party... Updated the post with pics of murakami and marc jacobs and more from NYTimes coverage!

Opel Agila's high-heel shoes do indeed exist. Designed by Luca Stappers, they were unveiled on April 2 during a special party at the SHOEBALOO shoe shop in Amsterdam.

beautifully colored fashion illustrations from seattle artist jerry seguin.

Muxtape, a new way to share, discover, and listen to hand-picked music online. Create yours by uploading 12 songs - then share it in a simple, elegant player as easily as giving out a link.

The Element house by Sami Rintala in Bisan Urban Natural Park, Anyang Resort, South Korea. The house is not to live in but for passers-by who wish to halt, rest and make their own understanding and use of a simple space made of matter and light.

Paul Smith designed a high-fashion ping-pong table, perfect for any fashionista's playful living room.

The newest contributor to The Desktop Wallpaper Project is the master of self-portraits and multi-colred gems, UPSO.

recyclable dollhouses from swedish company "our children's gorilla" - budding earth-conscious interior designers can decorate rooms to their heart's content!

Tadpoles tickle me! A j4mie project with Processing has been implementing a flocking algorithm based on Craig Reynolds’ “Boids” using the Traer Physics Library.

Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition - comes with lots of goodies encased in a safe deposit box, with limited edition art book, soundtrack and more!

Nestography - Adam Mathes - screenshots of retro games coupled with poignant statements as art. While at first i was skeptical, i somehow found myself reading every single one.

The latest Obama inspired print by artist The Mac. Check out the image and the artist in action.

When you want to put flower in a usual vase, first you need to put water inside – here you have both possibilities in one – a faucet is a vase at the same time.

The iPod the ultimate example of the encapsulation of an obsolete form of technology. Resin casts of a 2007 iPod nano have been allowed to show the subtle imperfections, and deterioration both in the object and in the mold.Signed and numbered.

Josh Jakus' napkincatch placemat,: a holder is cut right out of the mat. Pop the attached ring out of the mat and interlock around the napkin, then tuck safely back in for easy storage.

Julie Martin has started a new company called Martin House-To-Go with the goal of making an affordable tiny house that can easily be moved from place to place on a trailer.

New to the bottled water market ~ Y Water ~ for kids, bottle designed by Yves Behar, and when emptied you can build structures out of them!

the final installment in David Attenborough's "Life" series is here! Life In Cold Blood ~ incredible BBC series all about reptiles! It looks amazing, planet earth fans be ready to drool!

“Ku-So Muji” is Muji’s sister site, where you can send in your product design idea and vote for your favorites.

10 Corso Como is opening in Seoul! Looks like a 10 corso como merging with an apple store?

Hong Kong gadget company, Brando, has a pretty little sim card to unlock iphones... cute idea, unfortunately only for iPhone v1.1.2

Nothing says i love you like a personalized sharpie? Really? So bizarre... anyhow, you can customize them with cheesy fonts and clip art apparently.

Czech clothing company UAX has a great office/store designed by Kamil Mrva Architects. I really like the contrast between the old and the new structures.

POVevolving is sponsoring the upcoming photography exhibition by Cyril Helnwein, "Myths & Fairytales". Cyril agreed to give a little peek before the show opens on February 2nd in Los Angeles.

On another fun surprise package ~ How incredible is this YO FRAGILE! guy on a huge box that just showed up ~ and wait till you see the incredible mixed media piece inside! Awesome ghosty skater boy.

I love that the CES HP post helped me discover that the Normann Copenhagen designers have a really fun little blog!

Wow! Check out the latest print entitled "Bill Murray" from designer Jeff Boyes. I have this hanging on my wall right now and was so hyped I had to share it. I think there are still a few left on his site for sale!

Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies. You might say it puts the "psych!" in "encyclopedia". Quite amusing, really.

Another series of gifts for new parents ~ the Twilight Turtle and the Sleep Sheep ~ the turtle is has different colors and projects constellations ~ and the sheep make whale, heartbeat, rain, surf sounds...

N-Blox is a proposed residential building in Toronto, Canada.

Designed by Quadrangle Architects.

Terrazo: Views of Mexico City photography exhibition by Pablo Lopez at the Sasha Wolf Gallery - beautiful photography that helps you step back and get a little perspective

Creature by Andrew Zuckerman is definitely the MUST buy coffee table book of the year... unfortunately my copy came a bit bashed up, and the cover seems to be crying green...

For a low cost gift that's all about your packaging skills... no-bake baking gifts... like cookies in a jar! just add eggs and butter.

Austrian Bela Borsodi does still life photography in a very special way. Interview and links.

Adiri Natural Nurser - “Your breast doesn’t feel like plastic. Why should your baby’s bottle?” - Interesting new design and business story

Design House Stockholm finally opens an online store! (For all those goodies like my favorite carrie basket... and this great Umbrella Stand, by Eva Schildt with a sponge!)

A giant post on everything from this genius direct mailer Triop Kit from National Geographic Kids... to praying mantis, butterfly, frog, venus fly trap, sea monkeys, etc kits.

Triggered by post #6732 ~ Joshua Targownik sent in his photographs of the Reform School which are beautiful... it looks like the picturesque doll house full of designer goods you wish you had.

Sculpted Cabinet with drawer - right out of a cartoon set methinks!

Crazy tanning ~ Self-destructive Object_product by Yu-Chiao Wang

Who new you could do such great things with your empty wine jug? Carlo Rossi: Make Something - a series of products reusing wine jugs.

I found the most inspiring neon sign at a bowling alley i didn't even go into.... so i made you a video to see it in action.

I'm loving this fire hydrant bed by For The Dogs. I'm sure my Dachshund would too.

A brief overview and series of images on a river surfing spot in Munich. [Editor's Note: this was also the subject of #3555]