Skinographie - A typeface made of skin and clothes-pins!

A collection of beautiful work by illustrator and graphic designer Florian Nicolle.

BACCARAT present his new collection « United Crystal Woods » designed by Marcel WANDERS...

On unexpected hotel surprises ~ did you know that the Soho Grand Hotel will provide you with a black goldfish in room companion/pet?

Nerd Merit Badges have New Foursquare Achievements; they include Local, Crunked, Superstar, and the coveted Super Mayor.

Silly design details that grabbed me... the little airplane salt & pepper shaker from Virgin America!

What personality type makes the best designer? 64 Designers took the Myers-Briggs test and submitted their results.

WFDJ pays tribute to the late, great illustrator Nick Dewar in a gallery and very short and sweet list of his gigantic set of accolades and partners.

A collection of "papier" bags from Saska Diez made from a synthetic paper that is lightweight, waterproof and tear-proof.

London designer Tithi Kutchamuch has created a necklace with charms modeled on the skull and entrails of a parrot

The new Durex campaign made entirely of typefaces by German illustrator/designer Andrej Krahne.

Cool knotted ring by Maison Martin Margiela. Made entirely of brass in Italy.

The Gorenie Ora-Ito kitchen by Morabito blends advanced technology with simple functionality and allows you to put your kitchen wherever you want it.

Paper War: origami + 3D animation by Makaio Tisu.

Objective of the 'A' series: utility and refine user experience. 'A' narrow bar height table can be engaged from either direction. 'A' bench is a bar stool height long bench that keeps those seated at the same eye level as those standing.

V2K Nisantasi Store is a retail store located in the elegant shopping center of Istanbul. The V2K designed by Turkesh design studio Autoban, which created an impressive space.

SIX WAYS NOT TO DIE - Linneaus university Växjö at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010

Diary Type 01, 02 and 03 by Vladimir Koncar are fonts made by unusual materials like tea bags, paper clips, cactus, condoms, rotten apples, toothpicks, gummy bears and raw meet.

First in a new type of NOTCOT feature ~ Dear NOTCOT... fun pics and stories! First one up is a look inside Heath Ceramics studios in LA with Adam Silverman by Julie Wolfson!

Wallpaper from Studio Ditte. Photo wallpaper of scrap wood.

Sometimes the simplest things can be so ingenious. Paper is an inexpensive resource that can be transformed into amazing concepts once touched by a skilled paper artist.

Photographer Daniela Edburg has long incorporated knitting in to her photography, but has taken it to a new level with her recent show STITCH, including hand-knit wedding tables, wine glasses, bombs, and brains and more.

Some nice projects and creative work by designer Ben Lloyd. A lovely diverse mix of advertising and conceptual projects. Really like the business cards on recycled stock seen on the landing page and in the archive section.

Richie Hawtin and Derivative software have launched a contest that will allow fans to design visuals for Hawtin's 2010 Plastikman world tour. The contest allows interested designers access to a custom version of TouchDesigner software.

The Chair (bottom part) acts as a base for the minui HandySitt Portable Seat (top part). It doubles as an adult chair and sturdy stepstool. It's the only high chair with a portable seat.

Remember that cool toy, the Spirograph by Kenner? Alexander Purcell of Aprro Design does and his Spiro chair has just won the "Best Product" award at the 2010 California Home And Design Awards.

MIT's Flyfire paints images in the sky using micro helicopters. By using LED-equipped drones the project pledges to build free-floating 3D displays.

Similiar to Japanese Oragami, this house unfolds like a piece of slice paper from the sloped site. The negative space between the slices creates wonderful clerestories for natural light and ventilation.

Nerd Merit Badges - 1.5", fully embroidered, Velcro-backed. Attach to your jacket, your backpack, or the lid of your over-clocked, battle-scarred laptop.

The Unicorn Diaries is magical, poetic and cozy...slip into this UK-based artists dreamlike world.

A collection of silkscreened collectable cards inspired by the characters of Oscar Wilde's "Model Millionaire" short stories, by a Los Angeles-based graphic designer Kim Lee.

Product design consultancy Draw have released their latest concept for a high quality spring water bottle. Keep an eye out for fresh products in the near future from this creative new company.

Wonderfull campaign for swedish flooring company Bolon's new line of eco-friendly woven vinyl flooring.
Nature photography and handicraft have inspired renderings of flowers, herbs and plants in woven vinyl.

The Vapur Bottle is a collapsible water bottle that folds flat when emptied. Perfect for traveling and commuting, reasonably priced too.

PartyGlass prevents spilling of the drink while dancing, walking through a crowded room, gesturing in a heated discussion or hugging an old friend. From Enter living.

Forest Bound Leather Bottomed Tote Bag

app.itize.us is a painstakingly curated presentation of the best produced and designed iPhone applications that are available.

Beautiful visuals for the last campaign of SkyTv HD “Goodbye low definition”. By 1861united Milan.

CODEORGAN is a site which makes a unique song out of your website.

Oblong has been working on a new way to interface with hand gestures as navigation... as seen in the Minority Report... check out these really geeky vids

Puma and UK based Ben Wilson Design create F1 racer replica from Puma shoe boxes.

Adidas Originals shows more love for geeks and launches online trailer for ZX Runner, an 8bit video game offered with each pair of ZX 500!

Uli Weber's new fashion spread for Quintessentially Magazine, shot at pop-up art gallery Paradise Row in London

The newly completed Vitrahaus by Herzog & de Meuron on the Vitra Campus in Switzerland.

Amazing Interview with Taipei-based Illustrator Yu Cheng Hong

Iittala’s new range of Vitriini boxes offers an excellent solution for storing little things – and showcasing them as well. The range has been created by glass designer Anu Penttinen

Photos from the recently launched Marithé and François Girbaud S/S 2010 line. The campaign tag line is "This is a Crazy World", indeed.

Artist Margot B. Myers has just launched a new website showcasing her prints, using Intaglio plates printed through silk gauze, and more.

Life Tokens ~ A new fun way to send someone a message. People receive a printed token with a unique code and enter the unique code for a special message!

'Inviting, surprising, obscure, strange and beautiful' describe the acts performing at London’s most exhilarating new venue… thanks to design-legend Tom Dixon, it could just as easily describe the flamboyant interior....

An eruption of lavalike movement flows upward. The concentrated, vibrant colors mirror the saturated tones of nature, an overwhelming sense of chaos that reflects mankind's hazardous but organic tendencies

It's a big dilemma: bottled water vs. tap water? The answer is: Bobble. Designed by Karim Rashid, Bobble is a filtered water bottle which makes tap water safe to drink. This means it's green, healthy and looking so cool!

A bucket to store those socks that make it out of the dryer without their mates until the mates reappear.

Pink tree spotted in Los Angeles.

Dresden Military History Museum Identity - building a military history museum in Germany is just as complicated as you might expect.

Brand new Premium Nutrition drink. It tastes great, healthy for you, wakes you up and the packaging, trendy. It's more than just a normal Energy Drink

Stamp custom messages into your cookies! Williams-Sonoma offers this fun cookie cutter complete with letter press. Think of all that delicious text...

MVRDV's pavilion for the World Expo 2012 will have H20 filled aquarium tank walls shaped like the Earth's continents!

The just-launched site, The Photography Post, has an amazing "live feed" aggregate that updates visual blog links every fifteen minutes.

Adolfo Farsari was one of the few foreign photographers allowed to set up shop in 1880s Japan. He left behind a marvellous record that shaped ideas about the country - even of the Japanese themselves.

House Of Pain: A Look At Household Appliance Injuries

Paul Smith and Stelton. New series of products, from Arne Jacobsens series Cylinda Line, now with Paul Smiths touch.

Staple art by French artist Baptiste Debombourg.

When CITIZEN:Citizen collaborates with Levi's x Opening Ceremony ~ that means colorful mummified mannequins and objects popping up around SF! And a chance to WIN VIP Tickets to the Opening!!!

The Calendar of Sberbank for 2010 Designed by Fastway. They took 12 currencies and made graphic story based on elements from different notes.

The Guggenheim commissioned 200 artists, architects and designers to propose ideas for the Museum's central void. JDS' proposal consists of a giant trampoline net spiral down the rotunda space. Wish they built this!

Designer Nathaniel Kerksick's Too Small To Fail logo is a great reminder to support small businesses and buy local.

Looks like a big box wrapped in fancy tights, the John Lewis Department Store in UK features striking facade that derived from a fabric design found in the company textile archive way back in 1803.

The work of the duo behind Tuyo design studio, is the kind that draws a smile on your face! Love this chair that they presented at Greenhouse in Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010.

Ben Tour is an artist/painter from Toronto, Canada. Tour obtained his degree in illustration from Sheridan College Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These are some of his excellent watercolor paintings, I really like his style.

London's Regent's Place development has an awe-inspiring new pavillion with LEDs embedded in the cobbles below that bathe the beautiful structure in an ethereal golden light....

Ok so you've seen the amazing "I'm the man your man could smell like" "i'm on a horse" Old Spice ad with isaiah mustafa , but do you know HOW they did it? It's impressive...

A house made of two, by naf architect & design.

Smythson is one of the leading companies when it comes to high quality notebooks. They recently colloborated with Parisian artist André and French retailer colette to create a hard-bound black book. On the front youll notice an illustration by the artist with the word “METAPHYSIQUE”. The back youll find Andre’s signature logo as well as the rest of the parties involved. Available now at colette.

this house, located in Hiroshima, Japan, designed by naf architect & design is developed on 3 levels. The first level is a black cedar box containing the bedroom and the entrance, the second level a terrace whit nothing but steel columns holding up the third level which contains the living room and kitchen.

American fashion house Rodarte has designed a home textiles line for Knoll Luxe to be previewed at The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Want to explore the heavens untethered from the Earth and unlock all the mysteries of the universe? Check out the work Michael Paukner. Posters with themes from legit space science to more fun “junk science” like Planet X or the Aztec doomsday calender.

Kidrobot Munnys customized by Marcus Tremonto. Cool light display available at Kidrobot NY on Friday.

BUM is a stool by dutch designer Evelien Stamhuis. Every BUM is handmade, that's why each one has an own personality. Perfect for kids and grown-ups as well.

Amazing Polaroid Composites by Patrick Winfield

Incase sends over a surprise ~ and the box is soft touch rubbery matte black ~ with the most amazing packing tape! Also check out the new Evan Hecox limited art edition laptop sleeves and iphone cases

Fjällräven Greenland Wax. "By rubbing the wax into the fabric and warming it, the surface becomes water repellent." I would totally test this if I still lived in SF. And cute fox logo!

I love the work of Ji Lee and I was excited to see a new project from him called Parallel World. It involves the construction of miniature versions of rooms (or “parallel worlds”) and placing them on ceilings.

Every human has its own individual character ranging from young to mature, playful to complex. The Gut Oggau wine is no different. Designer Jung von Matt assigned comic-like style faces, names and their stories to the wine packaging.

Limited Edition Art Prints by Angelina Wrona. Her original works are available as limited edition giclee prints, hand signed and numbered by Angelina in issues of 100.

Nerd out with Not So Humble Pie's science cookie round-up!

Vancouver Olympic torch designed by bombardier photos.

This chair by Christopher Mark Johnson folds completely flat utilizing polypropylene living hinges.

30 retro breakfast cereals.

Xerox has developed a metallic ink that can conduct electricity to be used for printing on flexible materials. Making the way for bendable electronics?

Noby Noby Boy for iPhone is out, and is accompanied by some rather strange promotional videos. Can it get much weirder than this?

Rebranding the Swedish Armed Forces, a school project by Hyper Island and DDB Stockholm.

Serial Stylist — Quarters. A short by Mark Jardine of Elder Jerez Jr's work space.

Andy Gimore, Steve Duenes, Joachim Saute and more in the definitive book for information graphics at its best, part two.

A single tile is a vase, a hanger, a little lamp or a container… and at the same time it is a 15×15 unit allowing for assembling compositions on any wall. From Johanna Opalska

Love the fluid watercolor styled intro of Human Target

Where to carry out the best possible press conference? In a Gothic operating theatre of course. Primavera Sound celebrated its' press conference today.

Beautiful Collection from new label "Content and Container" with a mix of jewellery, fashion and table top inspired by the wabi-sabi philosophy of Japan.

Anthony Yankovic has designed limited edition, collectible bottles for Dentyne Gum. Yankovic has created artwork for Alien Workshop, Foundation Skateboards, Tokion Magazine any many others.

EELUS SOLO SHOW! 25th February 2010, 6pm.
Blackall Studios, 73 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4QS.