Design Matrix of the 20th Century

On today's olympics theme, love the mashup of high fashion and sports ~ great slideshow at NY Times, this is Alexander McQueen for Fencing.

Soap from old frying oil? Yes, that is what The Soap is. The brain child of two Swedish designers, Jenny Norberg and Petra Liljas, Apocalypse makes eco-friendly soap in eco-friendly packing.

"What slice of sun does your building have? What light enters your room?"
Experience a trip through the Kimbell Art Museum, and Louis Kahn's mastery of natural light.

PLAYPOWER! Our friends at the Game Libratory finally got their site up for the 12$ computer... magical 8-bit gaming that you plug into your TV in india...

Proposed flagship store for fashion house Louis Vuitton in Japan.

Jean Nouvel has curated an exhibition of the work of French artist César at the Foundation Cartier in Paris. It is running running until October 26, 2008.

In the final build-up to the opening of Beijing 2008, two wonderful and anticipated new TV spots - Coca Cola's "Bird's Nest Stadium" and Adidas' "Countdown" - were finally aired this week.

Lee Stokes' PVC pipe font & poster, created for victims of flooding in Britain. The architect in me finds this very amusing. I would like this better if the pipes were all connected and properly attached to the sinks

goodlookin´ chair by dutch designer tom frencken..

Animal Shot Glasses by Goody Grams - for all you peeps out there with shot glass collections, here are some cool ones to add to the mix. They come in sets of two animals each: bear, bull, deer, moose or rhino.

The world famous Puppy from Eero Aarnio for Magis is coming as a Glow In The Dark version. Only 600 pieces worldwide. In 4 sizes! Available in October.

Lyle Owerko's photographs from The Boombox Project catalog the iconic, visually beautiful ghetto-blaster.

Mustache! Send in a photo of your own "mustache"! Funny little project!

Creative ad shell created with 7563 pieces of dice by Junior ad agency, Brisbane. The bus-shelter ad is for Treasury Casino.

The Jean Jullien's funny works for the Reflet exhibition [Editor's Note: see #12602 for jullien's portfolio]

Happy 08.08.08 ~ Today begins the Beijing Olympics ~ and more marriages and c-sections than any other day...

Brilliant French Pepsi ad with Beckham as Indiana Jones, Thierry Henry in a tuxedo dribbling the ball in the jungle, Messi in a space suit, Ronaldinho, and other soccer superstars doing crazy stuff.

A video of ferrofluid in motion.Simply fascinating and tranquil as well.

Oxo Candela Flare lights ~ these little rechargable candle replacements are incredible ~ perfect for parties on the patio on late summer nights... see a full unboxing and review!

Mike Perry’s new book Over & Over: A Catalog of Hand-Drawn Patterns is now available. Its a great resource and serves as a directory for some incredible talents.

I'm sure you've seen this guys work but never knew who "this guy" was. Introducing Hydro74. From Illustrations to Type Treatments to Apparel, this guys talent is stunning.

Helvetica + Nirvana. "helvetica" spelled out with a bunch of letters with the typeface... you guessed it, Helvetica

Ever wonder what font a certain logo or type treatment was? Here is Whatthefont.com A website that allows users to upload JPGs or GIFs of the typeface in question and it will match results. Also, a nice forum for professionals to help free!

Two Pro-Smoking designs that incorporate living plants into smoking accessories.

Whoever said that album design in the mid 90's was horrible, must've looked in the wrong genre. These Jazz album covers are beautifully executed.

Great user submitted HDR photography site. Not all the photos are HDR but they are all stunning!

Beautifully animated Typography. V's strangely hilarious speech at the beginning of V for Vendetta is rendered creatively by Chris Silich with some great lettering and alignment that fits the tone and alliteration of this scene perfectly.

House in Minami-Boso, Chiba - Japan / Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates - This villa has one continuous wall folded in different directions setting up the various views.

Sigur Rós - Shot live at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Icelandic Independence Day

Who doesn't need a cast iron ampersand as an interior design element? from House Industries... also comes in aluminum

Pixel Junk's PS3 downlad game Eden ~ is gorgeous, and interesting gameplay, but i'm hearing its a bit hard to get really into.... so pretty though!

Cymbolism ~ what color do you think of when you see the word presented? Also see what other people picked and how you compare...

"Alcatraz" is a prison-themed restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. The patrons are escorted to their "cells" before they are served cocktails named "Lethal Injection". Weird.

Cool new personal aircraft, ICON A5. Takes off and lands within 750 feet on land or water, doesn't require a full pilots license, and supposedly drives just like a car. Not sure what the range is, but man I'd love to commute in it.

New tailcam feature on the A380 commercial aircraft shows you an outside view of the plane. Images are broadcast onto the seat-back monitors so you can watch yourself take off, land and generally fly around.

Citizen-Citizen has an incredible pop up shop in SF at the Silverman Boutique for this month only ~ so cute!

Rachel Gottlieb's "Simplicity to Complex-Form Studies" are a fascinating look at form and the interactions between them...

StrangeCo's Julie West Bumble and Tweet figures are so adorable! Launching .... soon?

The Brain Unmasked ~ incredible visualizations in the slideshow at Technology Review showing new imaging technologies

Li Jianye created the Flexibin to be both elegant and functional. The frame is flexible, thereby enabling you to use it with a variety of bag sizes.

Dapple Grey's new One Trick Pony line of jewelry - with clever integration of the chain into the design!

A wooden house in chilean country side. I like how the interior spaces are contained by the structure, protecting it from the sun while being fully opened to the landscape.

Controversial waterboarding "thrill ride" art installation at Coney Island uses robots to show torture methods at Guantanamo Bay.