If you are in Paris 9/30- 1/11 stop by the "Mingei Spirit in Japan, From Folk Craft to Design" at the Musée du Quai Branly. The exhibit showcases the work of Japan's artist-craftsmen, a dying tradition with today's mass-production methods.

New take on the classic Balisong, this time as a pen . Fisher Space Pen refill. Safe for cubicle use. Design by Eric Glesser, Made in USA by Spyderco.

extra cool look back at some BMW art cars - including this one designed by warhol!

Lobo tells the story of Levi’s 501 jeans...

Primo design house out of ATL, specializing in brand identity. Gotta love the track suits!

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

Oddfellows is an open house members’ club; a place of eating, meeting, fine dining, champagne sipping, cocktail shaking, afternoon teaing, dancing and general enjoying.

Taking place in a colorful and musical universe, "Al Dente" is a short film which tells us the story of a little street girl discovering the magic and the dangers of an ogre's kitchen.

Chateau Les Crayeres in the Champagne region of France ~ quite possibly the most surreal and exquisite hotel experience i've encountered! You have to see the grounds and room details...

DIY : Pong Watch.

Let's bring back the joy that comes with owning a classic VW. And, the performance that comes with it when you only use genuine parts. Yee-ha!

Spectacular snow board designs by Brazilian illustrator and designer Rubens Lp.

Typewriters Morph Into Creepy Sci-Fi Creatures, looks something out of Disney.

CAKE makes the best octopi tea mug, tooth brush holder, or pencil holder. I can't imagine octopi any other way.

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter has designed a beautiful day-care center in Copenhagen. The most stunning part is the Prism, the greenhouse structure, with it's huge windows that opens up the garden as a third space for the children to enjoy.

Lost in a wood in south-east Berlin suburbs, the Baumschulenweg crematorium is an impressive and inspiring building.

OhNo!Doom's newest, cutest, most diabolical plush toys, FluffyYukYuk, find their newest friend to chomp on. Custom designed chomping mechanism inside, leaves you with hours of chompy fun.

Love the guerrilla nature of Paprika's stationary for Auberge de la Gatineau.

Tobias Berneth created the Thinner Table - perhaps the worlds thinnest table at only 6mm thick. It comes in a variety of veneer finishes: oak, birch, walnut, white laminate, and black-stained oak.

Jo Crepain designed this house outside of Antwerp around an old water tower that the client admired. The actual living space all happens in the cube below, but the levels surrounding the water tower are used for relaxing and viewing the landscape around the tower.

Interesting table from Peter Marigold of Okay Studio. The Ellipse table goes from being a round table to an elongated ellipse form.

New spot for Lexus ES from Team One featuring the sculptural exhibition in individually hanging the vehicle’s thousands of pieces.

Amazing skateboard design by No Pattern!

Spark Lamp by Beverly Ng - The Spark lamp helps homeowners be more aware of their energy consumption and is a guide in achieving a more sustainable lifestyle. Collects solar energy by day and becomes a night lamp by night.

Ah sweet afterlife! We love eco-friendly death. There’s no excuses to not be green these days, even if you’re dead you can still minimize your impact. The Ecopod is a compressed recycled paper coffin designed by Hazel Selina.

"A Pantheon of Media Gods" is a hilarious and smart series of prints by Jessie Rauch (part of her 2008 Graduate Thesis at RISD). The series "transforms media celebrities into Greek Gods"...

These fantastic lightpainting photos are by artist Andy Hill, who makes and sells retro sci-fi Saucerbots made from LED lights, leftover CDs, DVDs and hard drive platters.

Here's a smart and environmentally friendly design for simple, easily-deployable emergency housing - accordion origami style!

Fun posters for Berkeley Snowboards.

East meets west... A great design from Erdem Akan for Maybe Design. A clasical turkish tea glass meets the water glass shape of the west...

Interview with the illustrator from Print a Day! So many cool drawings... I love her terrariums & weapon-contradiction prints!

Pretty packaging by Duffy & Partners for Tall Tales Restaurant (part of the Gander Mountain outdoor lifestyle products and services network). Love the deer antler logo.

Designer Gisele Ganne has created a range of jewelry exploring the social symbols of death, mourning, and divorce.

Bola Sociology Design's new identity for Arroz de Festa (a catering company - the name means Party Rice in Brazilian). I like how the intricate patterns are disturbed and become chaotic.

New fall colors! BAGGU, everyone's favorite reusable shopping bag - now in 36 colors. Shown: Caper, Oyster & Electric Purple.

10,000 sq. ft. art gallery at DNC. Lots of pics and videos (including Shepard talking about his arrest!)

Quentin Vaulot's and Luiza Barroso's Ofício Workstation desires to visualize the creative process as it progresses from chaos to order.

Band In My Pocket - another project from au Design, in partnership with Yamaha - a set of cell phones that also function as musical instruments. Depending on the prototype, you can turn your phone into a brass instrument, drums, piano, turntable...

Hot product concept design from Indonesian designer Eno Setiawan. His concept Sony Vaio notebook has a holographic screen, which turns completely clear when off and the keyboard goes opaque, giving you a solid black surface.

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New Shepard Fairey Print "War by Numbers" drops at some random time on Thursday, Sept 4th. Get your F5 buttons ready.

Nordic Rock mined from ancient Swedish pollution-free base rock is the purest way of cooling your drink - literally ‘on the rocks’. Stone does not melt, which means no unclean water in your glass. Reusable and very eco-friendly.

So delicious, it deserved its own post ~ now that you've seen the incredible boat... see the beautifully plated courses they served to us paired with champagne! See the pics from appetizer to cognac!

A hybrid cargo ship to ship hybrid cars...