Sandro Lopez's Limu outdoor furniture series can be both a set of chairs and a sculptural element when not in use.

Terrific realisation from the studio Cherry and Cake who blow up some Brussels monuments for his customer "City 2".

Potuguese architects ARX designed this bifid house in the countryside. The house splits to make room for an existing tree while generating new views of the surrounding landscape.

SNURK created Le Clochard - a cotton bedding set that looks like very real cardboard boxes. Their tagline is "Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to". Partial proceeds go to SZN, a foundation benefiting homeless Dutch youth.

Basic match designed by japanese designer Kaoru Mende

Love Alex MacLean's photographic series 'Going', especially this photo titled 'Houndstooth Pattern in Parking Lot at Disney World'.

"Bubble Scopes" by Scopes New Zealand Ltd. Kaleidoscopes which utilize a thin film of dishwashing detergent to create stunning rainbow images!

If you live in the LA area and haven't checked out the John Lautner Exhibit at the Hammer Museum, go now.

Modern House Number Roundup ~ i looked up nearly everything i could find, here is my list of resources! (including a few places for completely custom ones)

I did similar explorations of city maps for my architecture thesis, but Lee Jang Sub has taken the idea one step further and turned his drawings into a set of products, titled the 'Complexcity Project'.

Damien Hirst and other prominent artists, including Paul McCarthy and Rachel Whiteread, create artworks with a chess theme. Hirst's work highlights his current theme of mortality.

Judgeby.com turns snap judgements about book covers into a little game.

Gorgeous Handmade 14K Gold & Enamel Votive

Here is a project done in my class my Audrey Blouin that allies both environment concerns in packaging but also the responsibility towards the user.

Moscow has earned the title of the world's most expensive city three years in a row. Stussy’s creative director Paul Mittlemanl takes a close look at the city.

Scandinavian Surface wants to portray the Scandinavian style, but there is something that makes me think that this does not represent me as a Norwegian. But hey, it still look good!

Walter Bosse's Brass Figures are too cute...DWR recently began reproducing them. I love the play between the polished brass and the patina to give detail to the animals.

Rubik's Cube mirror blocks puzzle ~ a new twist on the original design and proportions... check out the video!

Smashing magazine has a great roundup of free fonts available this month!

Marie Antoinette inspired hair salon complete with cupcakes? designed by Scott Weston

Bmw Motorbikes invites everyone to make GPS-drawings. Go ahead...

skaters and their shoes...style over function?

Matthew Blesso, turned his Lower Manhattan penthouse over to two Yale professors, the architect Joel Sanders and the landscape architect Diana Balmori. And wow...

For their 10th bday, Google launches Project 10^100 a call for ideas that could help as many people as possible, and a program to bring the best of those ideas to life. Adorable animation!

I Feel Golden ~ tee by Brooklyn Industries ~ i'm so sad that there is no women's tee for this! My love of the golden ratio is crushed! Perhaps a good sleep tee?

Malmö, Sweden is an eco city. So eco, that to inform its citizens about some of the projects they have started a Eco-choir that is going to sing it's praise around town.

"An unwashed vegetable can become a deadly weapon." - great ad by Saatchi & Saatchi, Caracas, Venezuela.

Playful and childish video by Kristofer Ström and his friends at Varelsen. The video is for the Malmö based electro duo Minilogue and their new track Animals.

Field Notes are expanding into mini 18 month calendars!

The island of Samso, in Denmark, is 100% powered by wind power, and with a combination of wind and solar, they have managed to be completely carbon neutral.

Now on limited offer is a series of collected works from the “God of manga,” Osamu Tezuka. Set 1 contains 200 volumes that span the master artist’s extensive career and includes iconic volumes like “Jungle Emporer,” “Black Jack,” and “Phoenix.”

70ºN Arkitektur designed some nice rest areas, bicycle sheds and birdwatching towers along the National Tourist Routes in Norway.

Fiona Winzar Architects turned a typical single fronted Victorian house into a generous, light-filled open plan, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Australia.

Excellent art print from designer, illustrator and artist Sam Wiley, done for Anheuser-Busch.

A house in Kamakura, the ancient capital of Japan, nicely blends with the historic atmosphere.

pete cardoso makes posters which is why we wanted to talk to him

Matters of Sensation at Artists Space in NY. The participants in this exhibition address the way materials are not just about construction choices but also a means of creating diverse sensations in a space.

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.

A huge range of clever and beautiful installation works from Scottish artist Sandy Smith.

Since 2003, the guys behind Present&Correct have been playing with vintage finds and homemade goods to produce unique and beautiful collections of stationery

American design group PFNC Global Communities makes affordable housing out of reused shipping containers.

These organic seraphin plugs are so ethereal.

At a marketing action, the man on flames speaks about prevention of accidents at family barbecues.

The Yehiam Memorial in Israel is a small space with a big contrast between walls and lighting.

Of All The People In The World is a touring exhibition in which the population of the US and other countries is expressed as grains of rice. One grain = one person

SOM Architects recently completed construction on their incredible Oakland Cathedral! The stunning structure makes beautiful use of glass, fly ash concrete, and fsc-certified wood, but most impressive is the incredible use of natural light.