The Divina sofa by Fabio Novembre for Driade incorporates the silhouette of a reclining woman on the actual piece. Tufted black leather over a stainless steel frame and stuffed with polyurethane foam.

A fun flash jump'n'run game in a bavarian setting. The Adventures of Tinger ~ A Bavarian Jump-and-Run Game [Editor's Note: It's adorable!!!]

Illustrated by renowned artist Si Scott and developed by Dan and Dave Buck. Smoke & Mirrors are luxury playing cards printed on premium quality Aristocrat paper. Printed by the US Playing Card Company.

A digital camera for visually impaired people? It is not SCI-FI, it's one of the winners of IDEA 2008 and my top pick from the 205 winners. Not the only gem in the group but among the most innovative ones...

Liking the Prism50 OmniMount tv stand by Karim Rashid

San Francisco Zoo: Critter Quest | People stand in front of a series of local bus shelters and postings at the zoo, which are playfully adorned with everything from horns to butterfly wings and oversized ears.

Anni Rapinoja is a Finnish environmental activist and artist, whose project "Wardrobe of Nature" uses plants to make clothing, shoes, bags etc for people in a very beautiful way.

SAM is a Swiss award-winning and patented Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) designed and developed by Cree Ltd.

The White House by JVA (Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL) is located in Strand, Norway. Clean lines, white wooden panels, oak ceiling, concrete floors. Sound like my dream house!

Variations of the Letter M... and Other Metro Logos of the World

Wine Skin ~ bubble wrap specially shaped to keep your bottle of wine protected...

New film Made In Queens documents the Trinidadian youths who trick out their BMX bikes with gigantic sound systems

It's friday afternoon... and a very slow one! So it's now Liqurious Happy Hour at NOTCOT.com

Some of the coolest photos of chickens I've ever seen. Ruth lives on a 5-acre farm in Michigan that gives her most of the inspiration for her body of work.

Volkswagen's transparent factory in Copenhagen.
You can watch your Phaeton built in front of you and drive away in it, straight from the factory!

Toyota Winglet ~ the next segway?

In the small coastal town of Ílhavo, what remains of the Manor Visconde de Almeida, a 17th century noble house, ARX Portugal Arquitectosa has created a modern library. Part of the old façade remains, giving the library a classic side.

Free High-Res Texture Pack:
The Anatomy of a *Really* Old Book

"The World Beach Project" is a global art project devised by Sue Lawty in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum. Open to everyone, everywhere, check some nice artwork made just with stones at the beach.

250 letterpress biz cards for under $100. Cool thinking from Mandate Press. (and apart from this, their custom work is pretty sexy too.)

Enter the 'Suitejump' competition. The rules are simple: take a camera and jump on a bed !

Rabbits on summer vacation on the island Bornholm, Denmark - A illustrated story about City Girl and Baby Pink - two danish design rabbits from the designer Maileg.

traditional cinder block made of walnut wood.
very cool. Design: Sergio Silva

Leatherman celebrates their 25th with a special luxury Leatherman Argentum Collection ~ 7 pieces with handmade handles ranging from $240 all the way to $40,000. Yes, a 40k leatherman. wow.

Mesmerized by this String Chair by Egawa + Zbryk

The 8 best-dressed superheroes of all time.

To advertise the service, 24 hour online tracking of packages delivered by DHL, Ogilvy of Beijing has created an assembly of mouse cursors installed throughout the DHL fleet.

The world's first sand castle hotel has recently opened at Weymouth beach in the seaside town of Dorset in the UK. The hotel was constructed from approximately 1000 tonnes of sand.

ChurchMarketingSucks.com is exactly what it means. Church marketing efforts and communication in general suck. Most of us have seen the crappy design, these guys want to make ther aesthetics better.Thats what Jesus would do!

Utoco Deep Sea Therapy Center & Hotel opened by the late Shu Uemura is the first deep-sea water spa on the easternmost tip of subtropical Shikoku Island in Japan.

An interview with Blek Le Rat to coincide with his talk with Rough at the Tate Modern

the solar eclipse seen from around the world

An intense photo story by Steven Meisel as a tribute to the late YSL in the August 2008 issue of Vogue Italia. Amazing work.

The importance of point of view. A fantastic and clever use of typography by Axel Peemoeller

California passed the first statewide green building code. What does it mean? Lower energy consumption, water savings and ecological materials. Way to go California!

not been enough papertoys of late ... Marshall Alexander can add to your monster army with his Foldschool heroes

Chair roundup! since today feels a bit slow ~ here are 25 chairs of .org!

Various Architects unveiled the new design for the worlds largest mobile performance venue, with an inflatable hexagonal skin.

FLASH is a forthcoming 'pop-up' restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from the guys behind ultra-cool Bistrotheque.

Check out the NEW video about Print Liberation's NEW book now dropping into stores everywhere!

Print Liberation: THE DROP : directed by Dave Dunn

Favorite toys from SDCC ~ Rocketworld IWG's tiny adorable Zipper Pulls and Airborne Paratroopers!!!

East London: street art creating an evocative ensemble combining Chinese propaganda poster images with contemporary mottos. By Pure Evil.

An eco-friendly and innovative way to light outside and not spoil the sorrounding areas. By Jongoh Lee

By Fabrica ~ gorgeous, organic looking glass domes to showcase everything from cupcakes to..... well, get creative!