This set of mega structures are placed in a very arid housing eviroment. They act as trees that can control the surrounding climate trough natural ventilation, also providing shade and a rich public space.

The very Brady-esque Human Calendar

Pixel bodrum* by okyzan.

*Bodrum is a beautiful holiday place known with its "small and white" houses in Turkei.

Christina Natsuko Paulos is a traditional animator by day, but paints whimsical characters with eyes that look just like my online signature. (oO)

An old Mac painted to look like the old Mac happy face icon. Genius.

UPDATE Oops, sorry i forgot Roger Federer as King Arthur in my Annie Leibovitz and Disney update... does his nose look kind of weird to anyone else?

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.

I only hope my dumpster diving ventures can one day be this successful. Women finds $1 million masterpiece in trash, no really!

From Cosima von Bonin's Roger and Out exhibition at MOCA. Love the dog-faced creatures with their trench coats and chew toys.

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

New VDO from NYC secretists LVHRD to promote their next event, DNCHRD III: VNYL DJ competition. Watch Lil' DJ Fingertips show off his sick moves and see if you don't want to dance.

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

Marica from WhyNot? found this gorgeous zipper ring, designed by Liron Braker, and winner of the ITS YKK award.

Cesar Saez's proposed "Banana Orbiting Over Texas" project

Delicious expression of a neverending contact with the depth of ancient culture and a contemporary sense of graphic and taste.

Yoghund is completely organic, and made from a mixture of organic yogurt, banana, peanuts and spring water. Most importantly is that dogs seem to love it, attacking it with ferocious lickings.

When design studio Priestman Goode decided their offices needed a little brightening up, they called in illustrator Anthony Burrill

El Gran Frikiton is an interesting blog where each month a new topic is proposed and you send in your related artworks!
Above is artwork by fjor for last mont's TMNT theme.

Visiting Nebesa, a Slovenian mountain resort on the edge of "heaven".

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.

There's something kind of mesmerizing about these Lilo & Stitch inspired pin-up like sketches of Chris Sanders - or did these inspire the film? (He directed Lilo & Stitch - read his awesome bio)

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

The black glassware Ensalada designed by Mint looks incredible. Perfect for entertaining in style.

Sergio de Rosa's photos make spaghetti more than just something to eat.

Love the new transparent colorway of Italian retro sunglass brand Super!

Walk Score - nice map mashup to see how walkable your location is, and what is around you

The Chac-Seat by Mauricio Lara
Was designed specially for the second biennial of Latin American Design, Holland 2005. Organized by LADF (Latin American Design Foundation).

Brad Ford used preserved jungle nymphs and stick insects to decorate the mudroom of the 2007 Hamptons Cottages and Gardens Idea House. I love the bugs, but not so keen on filling my home with dead stuff!

Freshly added video cut together to give you a quick minute on what the Social Atelier launch was like...

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.

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.

Good old Safari is now available for Windows, nice and convenient for web designers! [Editor's Note: lets just hope they worked out all their css standards related kinks.]

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

Swing is a great wine glass design from Gum Design - to help that swirling become an even more playful action.

Planet Earth - the BBC Attenborough Version (i can't believe we got stuck with Sigorney Weaver in the US version) in Blue Ray and HD-DVD... the most gorgeous use of HDTV i've seen yet...

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

this is the most amazing nike AF1 collection & WEB PAGE ever, you can see every existing pair of force ones with diferent angles ,print them add your fav ones to your collection and many other cool things! viva le AIR FORCE ONE

From Normann "The foldable spaghetti dozer, designed by Serge Atallah, makes dosing out spaghetti easy, and its functional design means it is convenient to store in a drawer."

Nourish this Pig with your flash cards and watch it oink out the data so effortlessly! This piggy shaped USB doodad supports most of the memory card formats.