"The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati" ~ i love the covers/layouts of this whole series ~ and they'd be fun gifts for most..

Wonderful video of a design studio made of kids' stuff. The idea was to encourage designers to create but going back to the basics...

Veidekke Bostad is one of the larger real estate companies in Scandinavia. The idea of the First Day Survival Kit was to take of some weight from the new apartment owner's shoulders.

The “ICE TREE” by Paprika for Domison - Montreal’s furniture store DOMISON has commissioned the design firm Paprika to create a magical Christmas window installation.

Over 300 bottles are hung at various heights to give the random shape of the tree. Each bottle is filled with a DOMISON logo. The end result is a floating enchanted winter creature.

Survival Straps ~ because you never know when you'll magically need 15'-20' of paracord that can come from your bracelet? Also comes in keyfobs, rifle slings, dog collars and more...

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Ramdaq Photography.

At the first glance, the Snowmobile appears to be a frowning, angry, snow scooter with an aggressive stance, and with an impressive presence.

Love Erika Lövqvist's Water-Lily Lamps - the height really makes you feel like you're underwater. Am curious as to how they stand with such thin bases...

An artistic gallery. Originality, Artisticfully... all creations have the sentense "Expose With Us"

A look back to the year 1988 with the Adobe Illustrator 88 promotional video...

Target ups their gift card tech again - Digital Camera GiftCard $50.00 - $1,000.00 ~ 2 AAA batteries, 1.2megapixel, 8MB

Australia-based architecture firm Arkhefield has developed a unique classroom - Creative Pavilion. The idea behind the building was to stimulate the social and learning values within the school through contrasting and existing spaces.

Happy to have Obama for President ? Get your free Obama icon here !

Founded in 2003 by product designer/carpenter René Mueller and forester Nina Griesshammer, Woodloops strives to “covey our original views to common behaviors, weaving known circumstances into new and curious concepts”.

The 108 LED’s look magical and even if the Holiday Season approaches, you can keep this stunning Brindilles ceiling light by François Azambourg for Ligne Roset all year long.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Template sculpture - made from 1001 wooden doors and windows salvaged from destroyed homes from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

New hoodies from Headhoods (see post 5698).

A brand new Ithouse was recently completed in Joshua Tree National Park. The gorgeous off-the-grid residence is powered entirely by photovoltaic and solar thermal technology.

No wonder the architects named this the White Apartment. Located in Romania, by Parasite Studio. Sleek interiors.

Moving forest.
By NL architets ... trees for everyone

1950's advertising and marketing for Swiss pharmaceutical company, Geigy from an article in 'Print in Britain', 1958.

Kikkerland Molecular Massager = Massager + Shiny + slightly geeky? I totally want one!

Beautiful photography by Christopher Herwig - makes me realize how much of the world I have yet to see.

Fantastic Bill Hyde typographic illustrations over on So Much Pileup.

Art by Miss Van, Kim Gordon and others in Iguapop Gallery Barcelona featured in the latest episode of Flake TV.

Very Stylish Music Video for the Upcoming James Bond film. The Song is by Alicia Keys & Jack White.

Solaleya ~ Your dream home is just a step away. And it rotates with the sun?

Michael Critz was kind enough to create an incredible gallery of Boston house numbers to help my hunt for house number ideas!

10-question interview with designer/artist Blake E. Marquis. He will be in the upcoming group show "Park Life", curated by Studio Number One, which opens at LA's Subliminal Projects on Oct. 4th.

Interesting idea behind Jürgen Mayer's Dupli.Casa - the floor plan matches that of the previous house, but the Dupli.Casa's form takes on its own life.

The Kulturfabrik Kofmehl is a venue for the youth in Switzerland. Aimed to host counterculture events, the building serves as a no-place at the same time.

Klok ~ another little mac app i was just introduced to thats great for tracking your time ~ whether its freelance projects or email vs design time... and it makes gorgeous pie graphs!

Great on-street bike parking continuing to grow in Portland, Oregon.

5.5 Designers redesigned Baccarat's luxury Harcourt glassware into a more accessible line. The traditional Harcout silhouettes have been superimposed onto simple glass forms.

Created by WHITEvoid, Polygon Playground is a large interactive video projection installation commissioned for Denmark's SMUKfest. Sensory technology moves the projections to match people's body movement...

The dust jacket for Nick Harkaway's debut novel, "The Gone-Away World" is made with hot pink fuzzy felt!

Sit Projects

Nestle = Bird House

Great website for QWSTION, the new norm for bags.

Nintoaster: Hot Gaming.

The Skateboard Museum in Stuttgart will rock your vans off.

Download instruction sheets to showing how WEmake transform end of life eurobins into fabulous sofas.

Behind James Jean's "Fables Covers: The Art of James Jean Vol. 1" Cover

Creative advertisements for the Buenos Aires Zoo.

Three beautiful animation for the NBA by Denis Makioka.

Studio Mumbai's Palmyra House, constructed from louvers made from locally harvested Palmyra trees, allowing the facade to be both open and airy or closed for more privacy and protection.