Kokeshi Custom Show @ Subtext in San Diego, CA. Incredible works by over 75 artists including Joy Ang (shown), Julie West, Alberto Cerriteño, Audrey Kawasaki, Julie Morstad, Caleb Brown, Evan B. Harris and many many more! BREATHTAKING!

In 1960, Zeha was the appointed supplier for the GDR Olympic team. After ceasing production in 1993, Zeha fell into oblivion until 2003, when two Berliners realised their dream of giving the sport shoes of their youth a new lease of life.

A fan combined with a walking stick. The handle slides down, reveals the fan and turns it on. two legs enable the stick to stand upright.

Inside Oakley's Rolling O Lab ~ it will bring out the hands on science geek in you ~ launching projectiles at glasses on dummies etc. Also its scared me off my regular glasses a bit!

Somewhere City ~ new toy collection launching ~ and you can MIX & MATCH the pieces! To make some pretty crazy cute creatures... also plush versions coming soon!

Quirky and funny...you should own a dozen.... Felt Pebbles - Handmade in Johannesburg, South Africa,

Lichtfaktor is another collective that’s definitely using the PikaPika type light painting and making something cool with it.

A beautiful X'mas is what you make of it. Fun xmas cards by the Breeding Ground that lets you write your notes, and your recipients build and arrange their own scene.

An amazing concrete house, cantilevering over a cliff in Portugal by Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi.

Satisfy your nostalgia and/or your curiosity at the Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies. (via swissMiss)

Nature and fashion inspired illustrations by Jillian Tanaka commissioned by fashion retailer Adele in Laguna Beach, CA.

NEW Fashion, beauty and advertising photography by Vancouver photographer - Trevor Brady

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

Clever advert: Very, very absorbant!

Nice collage artwork with slick motions from TBWA Hakuhodo, a Japan-based agency.

These cool, strictly limited hard shell bags from Boblbe come in Darth Vader and Storm Trooper themed styles and are a must for any true, discerning Star Wars fan.

Chicago artist Liviu Poleuca paints portraits like no other portraits ever seen. The size of his work and the amount of paint used will make your jaw drop. Besides that, they're just plain pretty.

Calligraffiti is a new art form combining graffiti, calligraphy, typography and graphic design. September 14-16 Shoe and Eric Haze are having an exposition at the Post CS, Amsterdam. More at ilovenewwork.com

The boys of Penny Arcade bring us PHOTOSHOP HERO! You know you'd rule that game...

A Dozen Pencils by Yuta Watanabe. 12 deconstructions and reconstructions of the humble writing instrument.

fashion trends + interior decor + repTile! ceramic tiles in snake, croc and lizard skin patterns, from turkish industrial designer can yalman for canakkale seramik.

Beautiful graphics for this guide to FUROSHIKI wrapping by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment . Personally, I would print it directly on the cloth.

Annie Sessler, from the East End of Long Island, makes fish prints- impressions of sea life, mostly on vintage textiles, for which she uses fish themselves like rubber stamps or wood blocks.

Lovely architectural metal work and furniture, as well as this hand forged steel bamboo. There's just something about metal... by Chris French

Designer Ross Lovegrove created this amazing system of "X"-shaped interconnecting fluorescent lights for Yamagiwa.

Jellio gets in on the cupcake trend with their new Birthday Table...

spanish artist chema madoz creates witty and surreal photographs from combinations of everyday objects.

Five-To-Nine: This is what designers & artists do in their free time: create stuff and then make a magazine about it.

T-Mobile HotSpot @ Home ~ phones that switch between WiFi and Cellular seamlessly. Apparently showing up in a bathrobe can win you a phone, router, and a year of the service?

Also announced - Belkin's Mousetrap ~ the mousepad zips right up to become a carrying pouch... do people really use mousepads still?

Pleo is finally available for pre-order!!! Shipping in October.

beautifully original wedding invitation by chris maclean. in his words: "simply removing the dot from the word claire reveals the word dave proving that they really were meant to be together."

The Glass Sonata, by Marie Lu. Gorgeous Work! Be sure to read up on the story and watch her movies. Stunning.

Wine in a Box done rght! The new and stylish way to serve the wine from your bag-in-box is finally here! VinUno from Denmark is designed by Lars Erdman.

Surrealien wallpaper is slapped onto walls, disregarding the surface. Windows, doors, switches rip holes - all transformed into continuous patterns

"Calle" Gardening Tools - From Con & Con, masters of plastic design, the tools can be stored in a wall-mount holder, which is designed so that it can also be stuck in soil.

Works by Kristi Sword.

Lo-Fi Saint Louis has a great video showing what went down at the Star Clipper Comics sponsored Munny Art show

Alex Mapar gives what I believe to be arguably the best reel of 2007

Nice little post about the design inspiration of this awesome tiki soap on a rope... and people ripping it off!

apart from the fact that it uses my initials, KartOO returns search results as a visual network map of sites and keywords

Dress tents. Created by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao
Sewed by Kimo Pledger and Elly Azaria

Doonesbury - on all the many leds we have glowing, pulsating, blinking when you turn out the lights and your technology keeps running....

Shinshoku: The latest cryptic LED watch from TokyoFlash

urban interventions des projeto

Alberto clotheslines. Even better once the birds settle on that beautiful plastic tree.