OMOP - from method home. Don't you just love it when cleaning can become "hip and sexy" not to mention ergonomic, eco-conscious, and microfibrous... and gorgeously packaged.

Orfeo Quagliata - artist and furniture designer - his algae cells, glass wall piece has been haunting me all week.

PUMA store is remodeling ~ and their signage is the most inspiring thing i've seen all day... CREATE OPENINGS. AIM HIGH. DON'T GIVE UP. ~ you MUST see this... it makes me smile every time.

KuKula's Sunday Morning Wounds exhibition opens this Saturday at Copro-Nason

PingMag has a GREAT list of must read/own for designers - incredible list of books i need to start amazoning especially in the typography realm.

A jaguar covered in post-it notes. It sort of takes the Jaguar into the realm of kiddie toys, what with all the bright colours...

Metromint branches out - now you can get original Peppermint, subtle Spearmint, and new tangy Lemonmint and citrusy Orangemint.

nytimes slideshow of fedoras. now i love a good hat, but this slideshow made me collapse into a fit of the giggles. is it just me?

CRAVE is the best gadget blog - they found this set of Wii StrapOns! But seriously guys, what about the bowling?

get into the holiday spirit without compromising your sense of style. this mod wreath is so pretty.

this new Voga Quattro wine bottle looks an awful lot like VOSS water. I tried it out of curiosity, and it tastes pretty OK.

LG's new concept laptop using edge to edge OLED displays for both the keyboard and display, and blue methanol liquid fuel in a transparent cylindrical hinge.

Badgemaker Deluxe are hand made vintage looking chrome emblems, for your custom hotrod or scooter

O Plus D is a line of cards i'm currently obsessed with - here is one of the mildest of my favorites - but you MUST go see the others.

Newform has some really "futuristic" looking faucets and fixtures. Check out the new Morpho; a multi angle faucet attached to 4 pliable metal tubes.

Interflight Studio makes functional art from airplane parts. This desk is made from the rear elevator of a B-25 bomber.

Recycled bag roundup - i've just spent far too long digging up my favorite companies in the recycled bag genre (think firehoses, truck tarps, sailboat sails, parachutes, rice bags, sk8boards, etc). i'm up to 21!

The production version of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione makes its debut in a couple of weeks at the Paris auto show... gorgeous - definitely counts as designer eye-candy

Sweet suicidal shirt graphic

Pantone matching set on Flickr

Yamaha's Elecrtic Motorcycle

more new stuff on wooster, wild animals projected from your car, so they run alongside. kinda sweet?

For the anti traditional polo shirt - this one represents the real dangers of polo playing...

I like the mathematical / organic feel of these ceramic sculptures by swedish artist EVA HILD

jason polan draw some pretty wicked animals, but he does non-animals with style too.

Mazda is sponsoring the picasso exhibition at the NGV gallery in Sydney

profuse apologies to new readers. im not usually this crass, but this site was just too good. get your fill of rude food.

how cute is this chaise? and so moveable! wonder if its comfy...
[Editor's Note: also obsessed about as #188!]

FreePeople has RSS feeds of their new products - i love this concept - i like seeing actual sites for blogs - but RSS'ing to keep up on shopping is pretty nice.

check out these ADAGIO Display Teas - pretty, no?

if i actually carried a wallet, itd have to be as cute as this one.

I'm liking the FIRE&ICE feel... found in the french alps.

one of the freakiest looking creatures ive come across in a long time. the russian desman (Desmana moschata).

The apple iOffer unboxing! Love this peek into the apple offer packet...

love love love Momocreatura's wearable miniatures.

How do you create a 'portrait' of an architecture firm? That's what the new 'Portraits + Architecture' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra tries to do.

A nine - meter long, white, intricate Chandelier that can be purchased by meter, Inspired by London, handmade with recycled paper, launches at London Design Festival.

A tour of Steelcase WorkLab in Grand Rapids, MI, included locally sourced pottery and geometric prototype panels called Echo.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab are rebellious scent makers who have fragrance collections influenced by lawn gnomes, vampires and Hellboy - bring it on!

Bombay Sapphire Swarovski - splendid and refined job of arabesques in crystals

Amazing BMW project:
The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept

Isotrope Design's beautiful tables are influenced by landscape and topography.

Modernism is for the birds with the Birdbottle as their new home. Available at Blend Design.

Creative Grab Bag is a book about exploring your creativity with contributions from 101 artists world wide. Created by author Ethan Bodnar, a second year graphic design student.

LED staircase handrail by Zoran Sunjic guides people through dark spaces both physically and visually.

A look at the paintings of Nouar, a Los Angeles-based artist and illustrator who takes inspiration from classic animation, Americana, and vintage advertising.