Crunch's Crunchers campaign - 5 great animated ad/shorts to check out

Mmmmm metal lunchbox art - great exhibition over at LaLaLand - my favorites are from Shag, Bigfoot1, and Amanda Visell.

Colour Lovers and Mojizu team up to show you color palettes to match some crazy characters.

Ninguins!! Scrapbook papers you can't resist - from bam pop.

To promote the Wii in Italy Nintendo came up with the idea of using hundreds of Post It notes to make collages of Nintendo characters like Mario and Donkey Kong.

This lamp returns to the shape of a classic basket used to store eggs (huevera), that has been an icon in the Mexican traditional kitchens. For that reason, its called La Gallina (the Hen).

Marcelo Mariano - Brazilian Art Director.

Featuring Ree Treweek's gorgeous , darkly surreal illustrations, South Africa's Blackheart Gang have brought to life "The Tale of How"

Impeccable, intelligent, and elegant website by the always consistent Syrup Helsinki for Finnish design agency Kokos3. Props go to the lovely "3-d" workspace likely inspired by their projects in architecture and interiors.

The original music video for the Gnarls Barkley song : Smiley faces

Wheely dope // Michelin have re-invented the wheel!

Ladies and gentlemen - the TWEEL.

The British artist Katie Paterson has made it possible to listen Vatnajokull glacier melt with one phone call.

Customize your glasses by stitching it. Seungyoub Oh's Stitch design won the 2006 Opus Design Award.

Humanscale Design Studio's prototype for its new chaise lounge workstation. It was ergonomically designed for laptop computer support.

Pigeon Fez cam: Using Processing to track a realtime fez hat on an unsuspecting pigeon... made be laugh

Coke buys Glaceau (makers of Vitamin Water, Smart Water, etc) ~ 4.1 Billion

PopInk, a line of goods from French Paper Company, who makes amazing paper.

Square Cat Habitat....when designers create furniture for their cats.

New and improved, Tobias Wongs reply to the recent cease and desist from McDonalds. Citizen:Citizen Coke Spoon 03.

Masaru Iwata's FantaSuteki platters start showing their various designs as soy sauce is added.

Artkrush's new issue is all about art and design blogs. [Editor's Note: Awwww we didn't make the list]

TrueType - 38 points of articulation - 1 pair bendable hands - 2 neck styles - the perfect guys for model drawings or living on your desk?

I have just gotten many NOTCOT and Shade Elaine's Favicon buttons....

Dyson's latest Slim and Stowaway sure resemble guns... and the canisters are a lot like those Ghostbuster's ghost traps...

I just got these sweet prints in the mail from designer 12fifteen....just beautiful!

Fusshop - this is my shoutout to say - you have renewed my faith in the possibility for nice myspace pages. Thank you.

Keep bathroom essentials under lock and key with this highly distinctive red circular medicine cabinet from Heal's.

Apparently pottery barn has realized that framing frosted glass makes a much prettier variation to the white board... i want one!

Incredible puzzles cut from branches... follow the grain to put it back together. By Julienne Dolphin Wilding

The third exhibition of desktopography is released, download some beautiful nature themed desktop wallpapers by designers.

"removing me wont solve the problem" by mike newton.

Knowing how much you kids like the print+cut+make toys... here's another adorable one... from Big Chief

The Eye Project from Japan's KDDI makes a stylish way to share mobile video and pictures with everyone on the web.

Natalie Jeremijenko recycles robo-dogs to create packs of feral robotic dogs, which are released en masse into a community space to sniff out harmful VOCs, ozone, and other environmental toxins.

a student appartment installation by BRDA

Another Baroque mashup: ANT'IQUE is a wallpaper by GamPlusFratesi. Look closely the pattern is made from thousands of little ants.

Cute buttons designed by the talented Emmy Cicierega and other artists! Only $2 each. My messenger bag can never be decorated enough. [Editor's Note ~ fun button/rings as well!]

Cocoon Hammock by Henry Hall Designs ~ looks heavenly with the mounds of pillows in the other shots... also its 430 lbs! and will set you back about 20k.

Stephane Kardos' sketch blog has some really fun sketches from the toy fair... especially loving this playful sketch of people wii-ing.

Vintage Steel Architectural drawers as coffee tables ~ brilliant... can you imagine all the possibilities of things to showcase while people wait?

Reprot Depot! Fabric imported & custom. Retro cooltastic!

i alway struggle to find packable gifts. this Poltrona Frau chair comes disassembled in a box that's easy to carry. all you need is an allen wrench!

BADGEr - Vinyl Abuse taps into that fun middle space between vinyl toys, 1" badges, great character design. Limited to 20 pieces.

LivesConnected is an experiment in data visualization. The data tells a story, conveys emotion and illustrates the relationships between oral narratives during Hurricane Katrina.

Remember the 12 pack on the gift list? Here is a Vivre exclusive apothecary jar stuffed with 50 tubes of C.O. Bigelow's addictive Mentha Lip Shine mint-infused lip balm

Runway shows often get creative with the styling, but this was a first for me, and check out the rooster on her sleeve too... more from Gaultier...