Acrylic Domino Set ~ designer:Baron Alessandro Albrizzi - design year: 1969

"Roger Dean has designed a house for the new millennium: artistically beautiful, environmentally kind, but cheap and quick to build."

storms arent funny, but this picture is pretty priceless.

irisf64, an inspiring gallery of photographers, some really impressive work.

love these new lego ads.

saw these a while ago, but forgot to post. interesting storage solution?

For all those font junkies, like myself.

"Guys, I think my spatula escaped"

Simone Legno of tokidoki will be at KidRobot LA on July 13th (via fabulist)

saw this at the local mitsuwa and HAD to post. its got stag beetles...and...its sorta about invasive species...and like...elves. but its kinda awesome.

FOLD UP PORTABLE WHIRLPOOL BATH! i wish i had one right now...

Design Observer redesigned - lost their light text on dark - dropped the standard template they were using before. i like it.

Stormtroopers in Sneaks!

from the great covers blog - does the shopping cart imply ___________?

in contrast, its not pretty or professional, but its not just selling the image. matt embree is a good guy and he's for real. its not about the hype, but actually about the music and the people.

B-Unit: Bloomberg Personal Authentication Device
The Bloomberg B-Unit is one of the most advanced personal authentication devices available.

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my favorite Edvard Munch woodcut print, "Two Women on the Shore"

The Waterwall Fatboy is a 650g rainwater tank! Waterwall Designs is committed to sexing up the tank industry, one Fatboy at a time...

If you are lucky, you will get one of these invites to the upcoming Michael Lau Gardener 10th Exhibition in Los Angeles.

Dubai’s new metro that is 52 kilometers (roughly 32 miles) of track with 29 stations.

Quoteskin is the brainchild of Lee Crutchley, graphic designer armed with nothing but a Moleskin, Asda pens, doodles euphemisms, quotes, song lyrics, and whatever else in his journal before posting them online.

The charity drinks ChariTea and LemonAid, soon be launched all over Europe get a kick start with innovative & iconic design from BVD.

When it comes to Helvetica in everyday media it's time to mention Helvetwitter from Josef Richter

Can a new mattress resolve financial distress? Behold the "Mattress Wallet" for financial comfort, a product design project by Peter Trueblood.

New motion work from Seth Akkerman. SCAD Broadcast Design project depicting an interpretation of a "Where the Wild Things Are" title sequence.

Controllerist Moldover has released a special edition CD - the album cover just doesn't just look like its made of circuitry...it is! The circuit is a working Theremin you can use to play along to the album.

Infinity - a never ending shelf system designed by Samuel Accoceberry.

New work from spanish street artist Muro.

Watch BedsonsforBeds attempt to set the World Record for Mattress Dominoes.

Jason Thielke's solo exhibition at David B. Smith Gallery opens this evening with all new works including laser cuts and Laser etchings with lacquer, aerosol and ink.

Boys will be boys. New fun and quirky collection for boys and girls by Kasun Ekanayake @ azendi. Idea for this collection originated from experiences I had playing cops and robbers, GI JOE and star wars.;)

The first entry in the Electric-Powered Michelin 2010 Challenge is the Electro Bionic Bus by Mohammad Ghezel - we think it's positively Twisted Metal material.

Amazing optical illusion imagery to mess with your mind.

The “Chess Set For Tesla,” by Paul Fryer, uses 32 vacuum tubes and 64 plugs to ensure that those pieces don’t tip over during play.

The Berlin-based art director Mike Meire curates an exhibition of street-food carts at the Vitra Design Museum.

This exhibition supposed to be Andry's solo exhibition, but who knows how long we’re going to live, and so his friends made it coming true. for his loves of Deers

Bernard Pras creates masterpieces with common objects.

Burn those memories of childhood brightly with these eight-wick soy, non-scented candles. Alone or stacked, they’re a hot complement to any room. The newest work from P.A.D., a.k.a. architect Thomas Robertson and Eli Bonerz.

Recent design project: Audi in cooperation with the Munich University of Applied Sciences challenged students to design 'human mobility solutions' to address plausible future transportation conditions.

"It’s not a pretty building, but it is heroic and dramatic." Andrew Melville Hall, design by James Sterling which has aged and weathered well with overgrown moss and lichen, had survived 40 years of age after it was completed in 1968.

Loved discovering the designer behind the fresh "LA Bearded Mafia" logotype I've seen around Los Angeles. Designer Eli Sipsas has other sweet logos up on his blog too.

Beach bellow is a collapsible beach chair which helps to make beach trips much more fun and relaxing. It draws inspiration from a regular bellow and is made of silicon rubber supported by spring steel members.

Finally: a Taco plate that preents messes and holdes Tacos while you eat them.

The recession's effect on art. Here is a running roundup of layoffs, budget reductions, exhibition cancellations, deaccessions, admission increases, and closings caused by the economic downturn.