A round-up of sustainable finds at this year's London Design Festival!

Theory 11 Magic Trick site ~ eXile takes place entirely on the spectator's own hand. Seen by David Blaine [Editor's Note: cool preview, but such a tease, have to buy dvd to see how it works]

Deadstar is Michel de Broin's battery ball of sorts...

House O was designed by a young architect named Sou (it means grand and spirited) who is a rising star in Japanese architecture.

29 Agency's refined designs for the luxury dog and cat food brand, Before Grain.

Muura is a Finnish illustrator/character designer. Her website (navigable in Firefox) exhibits her portfolio and also links to her DeviantArt and sketchblog. Love the line quality!

Graphic Concrete of Helsinki adds images, patterns, photos, colors and textures to both interior and exterior concrete walls and flooring, making an otherwise bring grey slab really interesting.

We really are kids of the digital age through and through ~ love this image by italian design group, Volk

When the zipper on your hoodie becomes the on off switch to complete the circuit.... genius implementation of a TV-b-gone into clothing!

The new norwegian embassy in Nepal, by Kristin Jarmund. Good stone work.

British artist Roger Hiorns filled an abandoned apartment with 80,000 litres of copper sulphate solution. The resulting crystallization of the whole interior is his new installation - "Seizure".

Queen of the May - Pen and ink that makes my mouth water.

This is a still from a Documentary of Danny Roberts Illustration Process.

One of two beautiful new prints by Ah-Yi illustrating the story of Princess Kavalan, the only daughter of the Dragon King of the East Sea, and her forbidden romance with the Turtle General Lusheng.

Catch up on all the new apple announcements with the keynote!

WrecordsByMonkey. Cityscape is made from recycled vinyl record with acrylic on a gunmetal chain, and pendant has urban inspired images: the New York City skyline, pigeons, and graffiti text

"L'amie De Zoé" is an animated short story about friendship. Life in Zoé's world is green and ordinary. When a red family unexpectedly lands on her planet, Zoé makes a new friend.

PingMag have opened their own online shop - shopPingMag. Where overseas reader's can now buy the beautiful products they feature, directly from the makers.

lucky you... nice spot for Norway National Lottery to promote Lucky instant scratch lottery...

Really nice print work from Projekttriangle Design Studio.

Stuart Melrose's Corian tables - I love the hint of color on the underside.

I came across this young artist and his painting called"Breakfast" I found out that he actually filled a bath tub with real milk, and is working of a series of food fetish paintings.

New TED video ~ with photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin - who knows the power of photography to connect us to our world.

Animals Inspired Design #2 / Concrete

Think, The Real World meets Graphic Designers. "Engine Room” is a new MTV series which will will follow teams competing for a chance to win $400K in cash. They are in the filming process.

August 15th marked the 41st anniversary of Belgian Surrealist painter Rene Magritte's death.The animated short film "This Is Not a Film" references over 40 of the surrealist master's paintings.

DGPH created some great inflatable characters for the Nike Sportswear launch.

Dellis Cay is a luxury resort on an island in the Turks & Caicos archipielago, with works from Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, among others.

To advertise the service, 24 hour online tracking of packages delivered by DHL, Ogilvy of Beijing has created an assembly of mouse cursors installed throughout the DHL fleet.

Freshly launched ~ the new Sidekick ~ here's a thorough unboxing with close ups.... even 200x microscopic closeups of the new keyboard i'm loving!

"Objectified is a documentary about industrial design; it’s about the manufactured objects we surround ourselves with, and the people who make them." Directed by Gary Hustwit of Helvetica fame.

Pixar unveiled the teaser trailer for Up and its unusual 78 year-old hero at the Comi-Con 2008. It is very intruiging to see what's up with Up.

World's first grass flip flops designed by doughnut maker Krispy Kreme to relax city workers by giving them their own mini-park to walk around in [see the news section]

Robot found in Christchurch...

Awesome comics at The Rut!

The latest video from R.E.M. - "Man Sized Wreath" - created by Toronto-based design house Crush Inc.

Beautiful collection of furniture inspired by a cat hunting a bird. So poetic ! by Nel.

Karin Widnäs's studio designed by Finnish architect Tuomo Siitonen. The house is on a hill in Fiskars, overlooking the Degersjö lake. The massive beams are made from spruce that fell in storms...

Weird and creepy Nike commercial narrated in Italian where soccer stars such as Ronaldo, Kluivert and Maldini among others, do battle in the Roman Coliseum against the forces of evil. The ad, albeit creepy, is very entertaining.

A video with the founder of Hammerpress, Brady Vest. It's a nice look at a letterpress artist at work.

F3 Design (fun, form, function) from New Zealand have launched their new guywire men's and women's jewelry range. Fresh industrial styles...

A few weeks I was given some Earl Grey flavored chocolate from Dolfin Chocolat. I was hooked from bite one. Good chocolate and nice classic packing, lethal combo...

YAMoPo 2008: Following MoPo 2008, a ranking of the most popular architecture blogs, here comes Yet Another MoPo, that integrates architecture related sites such as NotCot.

Transforming accessories by Bernadette Deddens.

Vandal City: Designer toys meets North American urban wasteland.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) He strikes again ~ this time with many dancing with him in over 42 countries!