Hotel Distrito Capital, Mexico City

Primitive forms and natural rocks smoothed by water have inspired the design of the lamp Sasso. Design by Massimo Iosa Ghini.

Peter Marigold makes these tables using scraps leftover leather from Fendi production.

Ozcollective are an exciting group of Paris based designers, who attract immediate attention through their masterful arrangement of umbrellas called Abri no 177.

An interview with illustrator and painter Adam McCauley.

Latest series of 'Wish You Were Here!' art prints/patternscapes is now on sale! This exciting and much anticipated series of 8 new prints explores landscapes in a more graphic, pattern-like style than ever before.

The Web Trend Map 2009 by the Information Architects gives you the perfect overview of the internet, with the 333 most influential web domains and the 111 most influential internet people mapped onto the Tokyo Metro map.

Idiosyncratic bathroom, located in rural California, designed by Bryan Boyer with a freestanding sink hewn from solid walnut.

Amazing ads for WWF: Forests for Life by Ogilvy & Mather, Bangkok.

Gizmodo on the fetish of half underwater photos ~ makes be really want to go snorkelling/diving with some crazy waterproof housing with my wide angle lens...

In project Landscapes of a Corpse, Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru invited actresses and models to reveal their fantasies about a perfect death

Andy Kehoe's work reminds me of Where the Wild things Are!

Caroline Attia worked directly with MTV to develop the concept for Hunt. It follows a swarm of flies chasing and elephant - who's chasing a hunter - aw no!... who's chasing a baby elephant!

The Prefabricated House by Bestetti Associati Studio was built with eco-friendly modular components by a company called Pircher. The furniture inside was designed by B&B Italia.

love the simplicity of this floor lamp by kilian schindler

Luke Pearson of Pearson Lloyd answers 3 questions including: What is your favorite example of great design?

drdharchitects has won first place in the international competition to design two new public buildings; a library (5,500m²) and a three-auditorium concert hall (7,350m²), for the Norwegian coastal city of Bodø.

An interview with artist Andrew Holder.

Closeup with the Rosangel Tequila (SO SO yummy) ~ what's even more inspiring is looking up close at the pattern they use on everything... so many details pop out...

Strangely captivating text pieces by Dusseldorf-based artist Stefan Bruggemann

SYNTHe is an urban green roof in LA developed by SCI-arc professor Alexis Rochas and his students.

Psyop goes to hell for Electronic Arts ~ Dante's Inferno game trailer

Modern calligraphy on the walls of the Orsay museum in Paris by Chevalvert.

Sword'ouevres ~ giant mini swords for spreading dip/cream cheese/etc ~ from Fred!

The first font from The Infamous Foundry, Bolda Display are available for purchase.

On more cute whales ~ Little Whales Wallpaper by Geoff McFetridge for Pottok Papers

Swedish design group Muungano has design the Swedish Book Bus of the Year 2008. The awesome graphics was done by They Graphics. The bus visits more than 30 villages in northern Sweden. Each village gets a visit every 4th week.

Circuitry Snacks.

Kristian Kluver's Box Pig 2 is a chair with teeth, or a table with teeth, or an "x" with teeth. Don't care what you use it for, just watch your ankles.

Swiss brand QWSTION presents the Black Collection. Bags for the modern traveler.

An exclusive flash drive called 'Z-drive', designed by Mindsailors studio from Poland, takes the traditional USB memory design to the next level by combining technology with fashion. Z-drive received IF Product Design Award 2009.

Google has replaced their favicon again, we are mixed in opinion over here.

3 years and 1704 photos give you a glimpse into the life of a photographer and his circle of friends. Love the song.

Strangely drawn to this "Peeling Impala" shirt by Das Monk ~ artwork by Tim Laing

Made By Mavis has a cute "large moss terrarium with pewter bull"

The new video for Metronomy's 'A Thing For Me' with remixes by Sinden, Breakbot, Nightmoves, Fontan and Mad Decent.

"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...

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"

Some fixation for ultralight points in the images and perfect control of light. Love it.

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