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?

Balmuda's floater is a nice way for those who don't want to make a double monitor from their laptop and it want it discreetly hidden while using that monitor with it.

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.

Dirk Westphal has elevated the status of the goldfish from pet to creature worthy of worship by putting its photo on, of all things, surfboards

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.

New "Just a t-shirt" Nike ad campaign - Just a T-Shirt shot by Terry Richardson!

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....

Front Design built a cupboard out of turning advertising signs that constantly evolves the pixelated art.

Shinshoku: The latest cryptic LED watch from TokyoFlash

urban interventions des projeto

Culture, art and experimentation for free. That's the balde. A basque-english speaking magazine.

Given our layout/design ~ it seemed appropriate to show you this polaroid style flexible mirror from ATYPYK

Say it with flowers aka in-your-face floral wrath. The 'Bouquet of Anger' by Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe's and their entire "Bouquets of Emotion" collection.

Obsession of the morning ~ latest collection by Stella McCartney for Adidas

ISAK ~ some great accessories with fun playful graphic design... wallpaper, plates, trays, books and more.

Inspired by French 'cabinets of curiosities', the images for Lyndie Dourthe's Boites a Tresors are taken from encyclopedia illustrations of the 17th & 18th century. Wearable!

This kind of gives Skeleton Key a whole new meaning... Skull key covers...

A weekend in the life of - me. via radar pics... but the real question is, where do you stand on privacy and exclusivity ~ Shade Elaine and i wonder if an international secret society would be fun.

While visually indulging my hunger at Tastespotting ~ remember the Adagio teas? Noticed a link there that shows you a VIDEO of how the full flower blooms into a cup of tea.

this week's personal shopper features stylish uses or "reclamations" of wood. this egg stool or side-table is one of the most sensuous pieces i've ever seen. i just want to touch it...

Dave Pressler's Endorphins ~ don't they just give you a burst of energy?

Smoker Kerplunk! Objects that explore the playful side of smoking in the wake of smoking bans across the UK

Belu - Sustainable British Water. Yes you read that right... in fact the bottle is made of corn (no, not the cap though)...

Don't panic that the 'calm.' mug is sold out.

Terrorist Finger Puppets over at Moss Online (Thanks, Madewise) - Uncanny crocheted likenesses of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush.

Illustration and type design by Fiodor Sumkin.

Visionaire Holiday Coloring Nesting Toys - only 40$ - all proceeds go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Limited to 1000 sets. Great gift idea!

Let's do some X-mas shopping. Original Fake [Editor's note: resizes your window!!]

Next - Crichton's latest novel ~ nice cover image

Louise Campbell Veryround Armchair - Veryround is pleased to announce that it doesn't care much about what other chairs look like.' (Louise Campbell)

TokyoPlastic's latest for Zune ~ CPLuv calls it beautiful ~ which it is ~ but does no one else think its a bit on the phallic side? and whats up with the butt clenching? music by gotan project

Street smart and safe. These reflective snake skin tyres will make moutainbiking safer at night.

Ever wonder what goes on inside of your cells? Harvard commissioned a very graceful and accurate animation of the inner workings of a cell. Our bodies have the best design of all. Cool music too.