Palermo Airport Retail by Traverso-Vighy Architects. A changing space where walls are made of moving terracotta tiles.

SuperFront LA exhibits UNPLANNED at the Pacific Design Center on March 25th, with urban scale experiments of models, drawings, animations, software applications, consumer products, and live film from 20+ architects!

CXXVI Steel Bottle Opener Necklace Heated in a coal forge, and hand hammered on a 130 year old anvil. Practical and beautiful.

GREENAID: A seedbomb vending machine program taking off in LA and soon to come to a city near you! Brought to you by Daniel Phillips and Kim Karlsrud via Commonstudio.

Let the games begin! A solar energy generating waterfall tower for 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Solar City Tower is designed by Zurich-based RAFAA Architecture & Design.

Clock in a jar inspired by childhood memories of capturing insects in a jar. By Oren Hetrzronio.

Discover Opera Live: an interactive storytelling experience of Rigoletto. Swell graphics, with all the drama of opera. Commissioned by the Royal Opera Liege and art by Wouter de Winter.

First Pics from the DIFFA - Dining by Design exhibit at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2010 in New York. Amazing!

In her graduate project, 'The Possibilities of Parts', Lotte van Wulfften Palthe utilizes both found and bought personal objects and materials to create large-scale worlds that take on an unique existence of their own.

Yamashiro ~ the japanese mansion turned restaurant up in the hills in LA ~ goes night farmer's market!

MACINARI are handmade pencils made almost entirely from wood.

Babis Papanikolaou & Christina Tsiragelou, two Greek architects/designers created their own studio "157+173 Designers" in the city of Thessaloniki. Their work has an industrial feel and turns 3D forms into 2D ones.

OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC — Radim Kralik, wife Barbora Kralikova, live in a modern concrete box on top of a 1943 grain silo, a stark contrast to the neo-Gothic spires that dominate this small city about 175 miles east of Prague.

MANGIACHETIFABENE A cooking class, an interesting and entertaining experience with Marco Velardi, of Apartamento, and Francesca Sarti, of Arabeschi di Latte.

OOW (Out of Work) holds your beer glass, allowing you to carry both dish and glass with just one hand. By Giovanna de Ávila and Joan Sunyol.

The Banyan Treehouse in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California was designed by Rockefeller Partners Architects.

Rainbow Reflect Cabinet by Danish designer Soren Rose. A white and glossy cabinet with rainbow colored feet.

Unique contemporary houses in Denmark by Cebra Architects. This Sinus house is built on 1735 square feet, surrounding with green clean grass. The concept design is very attractive and unique.

Limited edition 2010 letterpress calendar printed on 8.5x11 Crane Lettra 110lb Fluorescent white paper. by Etsy seller syendrys.

Heads of State just released a line of really nicely designed travel posters in their series, "From Sea to Shining Sea."

Susu is a new Australian designer handbag brand, noted for their quirky, curious, cute yet sexy designs. Their bags offer a harmonious blend of playful juxtapositions. Great illustrations too!

With its single hand, and pristine face, the Vue watch by Yves Behar makes an existential statement about the fleeting nature of time.

Stunning Casa G Vacation home in Iceland by Gudmunder Jonsson. The house has a curved wooden elevation that is glacier-like in appearance and the home is positioned to offer 4 very different views from each direction.

A look at the beautiful murals (and little creatures that wander down the halls) by Sainty and David Whittle in the rp& (of RPA) offices ~ also a look at the making of the hand painted animated wall sized advert...

The Walking Stick by Itay Laniado is made out of one broomstick, sliced in the middle. the cord gives it structure and makes sure it would not break.

Ralf Kittmann took home an iF Design Award for his zero-emission electric bicycle concept HMK 561.

Cool Haus Ice Cream Truck ~ who knew ice cream sandwiches could be architectural! With architect puns, edible paper wrapper, bacon ice cream and more...

Pablo Reinoso has assembled a site specific installation of Thonet chairs into a helix that stretches from floor through ceiling to emerge on the floor above.

ANG House by Chenchow Little Architects. White and light steel villa in Sidney.

Amazing photo of Red Bridge in La Roche-sur-Yon designed by Paris and New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi.

Yesterday it was time for the annual Designers Day here in Oslo -Norway, and I was lucky enough to be part of both the design conference and the award-ceremony.

Following the great success of the Telling Tales exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Carpenters Workshop Gallery proudly presents the Industry Series by Studio Job.

The GGRP cardboard record player was sent out to creative directors around the country. With a simple unfolding and the help of a pencil the enclosed 45 actually plays.

Wallpaper has a great series of their favorite Fashion Week invites from all the A/W 2010 shows.

QR Code Cupcakes - scan them with your iPhone and you go straight to a pre-set website. Edible genius!

An interview with Konstantin Grcic in KLAT Magazine. Never published before!

Noktor produced a lens with a maximum aperture f0.9! great for night shots and at this aperture the depth of field is hair thin! Only for 4/3 mounts now...

Hooky Interactive ~ ADORABLE and addictive flash game homepage... where you and your dog even get to fight robots!

During next Milan Salone del Mobile Luca Nichetto will introduce Layer, the new table designed for Gallotti&Radice.

Ayodhya's moss tables add a micro-landscape to your living room! Part of the Secret Garden collection shown at the IFFS - international furniture fair in Singapore 2010.

Beautiful installation from designer Kiki van Eijk concerning a table setting as a "Gesammtkunstwerk" (art project).

The N4A Exhibition Hall in Liyang demonstrates an almost geological response to material, with strata-like façades rising up from the bare earth. Designed by Atelier Zhanglei.

Beautiful street art in tribute to John Lennon.

The French artistic duo known as Zim & Zou have created this whimsical version of Nintendo's iconic system Gameboy entirely out of paper!

To celebrate St Patrick and put forward its Shamrock Shake, McDonald’s enjoys a tradition of 50 years in Chicago...

The Kinetic Sculpture made from 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors at the BMW Museum in Munich.

Viral hit, A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything, now has a Thrillseeking sequel.

Curious how this ancient Chinese table game became such a smash among American Jews that it evolved into a Jewish game. “Project Mah Jongg,” opens at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on May 4 and continuing through December.

8bit NYC - Zelda 1986 meet google maps.

Synthetic Aesthetics seek participants for a project on synthetic biology, design, and aesthetics.

MIT’s City Car concept is a zero emission car which is foldable and takes one-eighth the size for parking to an average car.

City of the (Re)Orientated: Ben and Sebastian mix an impressive story out of art and architecture. I can look at the complexity forever.

Dayboard by Oslo-based StokkeAustad- a brilliant color calendar to visualize the year. This calendar allows the user to arrange the year as one sees fit as each day can be moved around.

Dog breeds as typefaces.

Wonderwall were the design studio behind the concept for Nike’s first flagship store in Tokyo, which also happens to be the largest in Japan; totaling 946 square meters of sporting gear.

I love this map of London from Herb Lester Associates. The map charts the most pleasant and civilized places, around London, for a secret liaison, a sneaky skive or an out-of-the-office very-important business meeting.

Structural street art in the form of Skullface found around London. Photos of the colorful skull masks from OKUMANCHOJA's flickr page.

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore records North American species facing extinction in his latest book, Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species. A beautiful book filled with tragic stories.

Logitech Squeezebox TOUCH! Latest in the squeezebox line adds touch sensitivity and a gorgeous screen... and check out how pretty the curve in the back is!

I love A Design Affair's look at Nintendo's window display!

With the iPad release a mere few weeks away, Alexx Henry, together with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, produced a motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag.

Love the detailing and interior labeling of Griffin's Kingston trouser's that read "STOP TOXIC WASTE". Wise words from a small tag.

Neatnests are decorative bird shelters for the modern avian mindset. Flat packed and made from scrap material, these are definitely a unique offering in the modern bird house world.

The best of recent architecture in Ireland to commemorate Saint Patrick's Day.

PILLOW FIGHT!!! Artists Joe Ledbetter, Nathan Jurevicius, JAW Cooper, HiddenMoves, Chuck U, Vault49 & Zutto enter the fray as ClickforArt launch their Spring line-up of limited edition pillows.

'Peripetics', a video by Zeitguised: "six imaginations of disoriented systems that take a catastrophic turn"... Strange, mechanical and organic at the same time, indeniably inspiring.

FishHotel, glass fishbowl with ABS plastic outer shell, can be stacked to create a hotel effect. Designed by Teddy Luong.

Colombian architects Plan B + Giancarlo Mazzanti recently completed this interesting house on a hill. The structure desegregates to be part of the slope, resulting in a deck with an amazing view over the local wetlands.

This autobot -looking sculpture may very well be the Ukranian candidate for 'Transformers'

Massimo De Carlo Gallery presents “Karma”, the first solo exhibition of Dan Colen in Milan.

Milan designers Gabriele and Oscar Buratti have collaborated with bathroom brand Roca to create a combined toilet and wash basin called 'W+W', where waste water from the sink is used to fill the toilet cistern.

An old Villa in Potsdam, Berlin has been styled into a modern loft with a lot of stylish white. By Berlin Rodeo.

Death Star Watermelons and Cantaloupes at Kuriositas.

The Ghetto Reaper ~ from Very Bravo

Recycled paper pulp clocks for INVOTIS ORANGE. Designed by Chris Koens and Ramon Middelkoop.

Kengo Kuma Associates realised this renovation of the Hoshakuji Station north of Tokyo. Parts of the station are made from re-used Oya stone which was left over from an old warehouse that existed in this area.

Spotted at SXSW! Pepsi's new video cooler. It looks like they're using a projector to display video content directly on the door.

my bookshelf one-off... SPOONYA - outer shell made out of plywood smoothed and painted. The inside made out of foamed polythelene... with just the right spacing between each piece

Presso by Patrick Hunt of is an eco-friendly espresso machine that only requires the amount of energy to boil water and human force to operate the press. The product is made out of 100% recyclable aluminum.

Lovely packing and graphic profile from Tank Design for fish producer Halvors.

Swedish firm Widjedal-Racki-Bergerhoff create this black and white villa on a sloped plot near Stockholm.

Us & Them Studios have made an awesome new art print on wood. “Treehugger” is an 11″ x 14″ screenprint, has an edition of 10, and is $100.

Luke Skinner is turning 25 this year, so to celebrate he doodled some things turning 25 with him. Which you can download as a wallpaper for desktops and iphones.

BlackYard is 4 awesome illustrators and graphic designers working in Bern, Switzerland.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! BeerMatsRule celebrates this wonderful holiday with their collection of St. Patty's coasters.

Swiss watchmakers Hublot's F1 King. The watch is based on the King Power model, with everything blacked out for a sleek, matte look. Only 500 numbered items will be on offer before Hublot unveils its next Formula 1 edition.

A Collection A Day: A blog documenting a project that will span exactly one year, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. On each of those 365 days, one collection will be photographed or drawn (and occasionally painted).

Quinze and Milan team up with Eastpack for Salone del MIlano 2010! A furniture line filled with zippered pockets merging the couch and backpack functionalities...

Great illustration for Wired Magazine's cover story:The Future of Money. By Aegir Hallmundur over at The Ministry of Type.

Carbon fiber chopsticks made literally out of a solid piece of carbon fiber. Because of the grade of carbon used, it allows for a non-toxic food/dishwasher safe coating to be applied at 400 degrees.

The Type-Cube made of vat paper consists of eight movable cubes, which are connected together. A fragment of a letter is engraved on each side of the cubes. Turning the cubes in different directions several combinations are offered.

The Coke Mini, holds less than two-thirds of a 12-ounce container, it's stamped with the loud promise, "90 calories per can," instead of the usual "Coca-Cola" script.

Omni+ brings purpose to home theater furniture. We're giving away a green Prism by Karim Rashid to celebrate St. Paddy's Day! [Editor's Note - i adore my black prism!]

Boston, Massachusetts based architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates, have designed the Zachs Hillel House at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Beach Plastic: All of these lemon juice bottles were found washed up onto Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. We have made an archival pigment print of our collection.

This modern pool house is designed by COOP 15 with Japanese concept theme.The window decorations along the side pool remain me the slide door in Japanese home.

The debut release for Losers - Flush feat. Riz MC & Envy - is accompanied by a fantastically animated Victorian influenced video courtesy of illustrator Dan Hiller and animator Tom Werber....

Kiehl's commissioned Jeff Koons, Pharrell Williams, Julianne Moore and Malia Jones to design limited edition Acai Spray bottles for Earth Day 2010.

Chloe Fan created a simple version of Super Mario Bros using an 8×8 LED matrix, an Arduino Nano, two buttons for the input and a piezo sensor hooked to a separate Arduino for the theme song.

It is obvious that the traditional kitchen chop block has acted as inspiration for the new and extremely simple pieces from Søren Rose Studio.