San Francisco artist Gene Guynn's gorgeous new live sketch video on the amazing website Sketch Theatre!

Gap's new public service announcement that allows you to show the public what you're voting for.

ABC3D by designer, Marion Bataille is a typographic pop-up book. There's a video showing all the pop-up action. My coffee table needs this book.

Etienne Meneau's latest project - a wine glass called Little Heart, in a very limited edition of 12 pieces.

Designboom previews Patricia Urquiola new Purely Porcelain show at London's Design Museum.

Interesting packaging for Askinosie Chocolate by Element Eleven.

In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure…

PIE studio: AKA Project Import Export, Inc created an amazing installation at Bridge gallery as part of the New York Design Week 2008. The best trash installation I have seen up to date.

Martin Nicolausson's Seesaw Bench ~ supposed to facilitate conversation..... or launch strangers?

Genevieve Gaukler ~ limited edition of 50, screen printed BOOK!

Gallery of sci-fi inspired concept ships.

Ack! Too cute! The Lampe Girafe.

The first designer gas station in Spain. A curved canopy made out of corten steel plates, captures the movement flow of the nearby highway.

Interesting woody chandeliers

Amazing marquee text and light installations from UK artist Nathan Coley.

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

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has commissioned the New York firm Asymptote Architects to design and implement a new Guggenheim Museum in cyberspace

The Earthrace, Skippered by Pete Bethune and powered by 100% bio-fuel looks like it may be more at home cruising amongst the stars than amongst the waves.

First images of the all renovated Parisian concept store Colette, which opened its doors again today. Nothing short of incredible!

Erwin Bauer has redesigned Zulls graphic profile and some of their wine bottles. Playful design for something stiff and serious as Austrian wine.

The Guilty yacht was designed by superstar artist Jeff Koons.

Ban’s beautifully crafted work features elephants and human figures floating against Japanese washi paper backgrounds or in front of candy-colored stripes. “These things are like talismans. Elephants make me feel safe. They have saved me many times."

WINE CAN: a new way of drinking wine. Cool.

Various Architects unveiled the new design for the worlds largest mobile performance venue, with an inflatable hexagonal skin.

Cina from Tokyo are digging new laser cutting technology. Placemats like this are a taste of what they are doing.

In case anyone was over black and white stencils, thought I'd share this with the notcot family. My favorite artist Flox a.k.a Hayley King keeps it real.

"What if there were no STOP signs...,
and a major corporation was charged with inventing one?". A parody, maybe, but so true! Any designer has suffered this at some point in their career...

Amazing drawings and built work by architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis.

A time lapse video and corresponding article of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours.

Created in a span of 8 months, this die-hard nintendo fan gave a the 2D world of Super Mario Bros a new perspective. Look at the incredible detail.

Brilliant self-promotion ads for an Egyptian art director/ copywriter team looking for a job.

Mark your calendars - "While Tides Guide You Back Home" Edwin Ushiro's first solo exhibition! Opening july 12th 7-10p at the Porject:Gallery

"Unlock the Cure" is Renaissance Chick and Interior Design Goddess Kahi Lee's creation for orange22's "Blank Canvas Project." Kahi Lee's designs for this project benefit the Cancer Research Institute.

Cul is Cool ~ check out this expanded polypropylene stool from Ramon Ubeda and Otto Canalda for ABR ~ as well as many other playful pics i have from the Conran Shop's ROJO Exhibit.

At the University of Washington... "Underwater communication: Robofish are the ultimate in ocean robots, keeping in touch without scientists' help"

19 skydivers spelled out the word Honda in three minutes and 20 seconds for UK’s first live tv promo, inspired by the car manufacturer’s new advertising strapline: “Difficult is worth doing”

Beautifully crazy illustrations by New York based artist Jinyoung Shin. Obviously her work has been influenced by japanese manga, but she has definitly seperated herself from that style with her long limbed figures.

Decadence Heroes | illustrations of the Italian cartunista Donald Soffritti, where he portrays some of the most famous super heroes of the comics in old age.

In a stunning example of biomimicry, Scottish architecture firm ZM Architecture have come up with a brilliant scheme to provide more solar power to the city of Glasgow - Solar Lily Pads!

War tech phones? No, it's just the new Sony Personal Field Speakers. Sound loud and around! You can even feel the bass in your brains!

the british company, Established & Sons, presented 14 new designs for 2008 at milan’s ex-sports arena - la pelota.

you might be compelled to pack a suitcase and take a spectacular road trip after viewing these absorbing ink and watercolor works on paper from bill frederick.

Check out these amazing/insane commercials created by Tarako for their pasta sauce packets. And if you were thinking those were kewpie doll faces in egg sacs, you were right.

Pattern Body Wash - fun packaging, and you can use almost all of them on body, hair, face, etc - in Black Pepper, Eucalyptus, Cucumber, and Citrus!

A patio house on a corner plot in Catalunya, Spain by H Arquitectes.

Sea Organ, an architectural/musical experiment located in Croacia.