Curator Daniel R. Smith has gone half way around the world to unite the graphic design communities of Seattle and Tehran. Co-curated with Tehran designer Iman Raad.

Glass Road...
beautiful spot for BMW 3 Series...
created by GSD&M idea city...

Bola Futura ~ THE BALL HOUSE MAQUETTE.

Shin Tanaka's paper shoes and paper shoe people.

MOLE MAP!! look up yours :P maybe it unlocks a secret!!

Gateways: International Exhibition of Book Covers is a beautifully curated show inside a shopping center in Portugal. The exhibition catalog is filled with info and inspiration pertaining to the field of book cover design...

Typographer Alex Trochut's portfolio is a stunning array of his talent, as well as a very classy website.

Pinel & Pinel is at it again and now presents a special trunk for Piaget jewelry. Once again, a beauty!

I've been on a hunt for a chandelier. Although not quite what I was going for, the intensity of Winnie Lui's chandeliers caught my eye.

Great set of Mad Men Illustrations.

A creepy but cool Sony Playstation 3 ad that uses "Human Matroska" Russian dolls to show that you can easily change your identity in the game.

Designed by Japanese company Atelier OPA, the Kenchikukagu is a series of mobile and folding furniture. The Kenchikukagu series consist of a folding work station, a sleep station and a mobile kitchen.

Architecture isn’t just about architects. It’s human, it’s organic - it’s all about add-ons!

At first sight the Kunsthaus in Bregenz by Peter Zumthor just looks like another contemporary building made of glass and steel, but it is not.

Micah Spear on the Saatchi Gallery showdown again. Worth a 10 stars vote in my book.

Radioator "flumen"
The radiator draws Mississippi's path

VIDEOGTA for Intellivision?

Roland Iten's new line of 'complicated' mens mechanical luxury items inspired by watchmaking. Public debut coming soon!

10 days of sewing, painting and building can certainly garner the attention of many, especially when it’s a giant zipper stretching across the room. ..Beautiful Losers Nike 255 Space by Eric Elms

"Unlike previous concept cars, Mazda Kazamai’s styling represents powerful natural movements ...representing a fusion of design and functionality." Beautiful sculpt and final!

a mobile coat rack and
stool named ‘sprout’. the design is built using ash and molded cork

Awesome Wario Land ad. Not your typical Youtube clip! Impressive how it really interacts with the whole page!

Love the unconventional use of knitting in the Ray light by llot llov. Not only is the shade knitted, but the cable has a knitted cover, too.

Haus K27 and Haus K37 are two small houses by Austrian architects Planhaus. I especially like the retractable facade of the smaller K27.

I wouldn't normally show a product from behind, but I love how Heckler Design's OneLessDesk keeps your desktop clean by hiding all of your cables. [prev seen as #8123]

mike klay poster art (& interview). love the skull.

Belgium-based Draw Me a Sheep upholstered their Nature v2.01 chair in real tree bark.

Beautiful illustrations by Jillian Tamaki.

Interview with Blek le Rat who is pretty much the first person to do life-size stencils - about twenty years before Banksy even saw a brick wall.

Thout's Spool Lamp and Scribble Lamp - they look like they belong together...

I recently got a chance to tour the completed CA Academy of Sciences! The stunning structure features over 38,000 live animals and is in the running for LEED platinum.

Fabio Cuttica photographed the annual Miss Prisoner pageant at the Good Shepherd Prison in Bogota, Colombia, a beauty pageant held in honor of the Virgin of Mercedes, the patron saint of prisoners.

It is a bottle and it is also a box and it contains 1.5 litre of superb wine! Plus it is also 100% recyclable.

FEATUREDThe Immaculate Threads ~ by Dominic Wilcox... his visual interpretation of Steve Jobs ~ the uniform perfectly laid out in iPod-esque boxes! [Special piece commissioned for Esquire]

Interesting new concert hall by Future Systems on the outskirts of Prague. Inspired and named after the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.

The new eggholder from Ole Jensen. It’s a small hand-held and sculptural plateau with three small dents; one for the egg, one for the shells and one for salt.

Goodbye Yankee Stadium...

Beautiful photos of a Parisian apartment, converted into a discreet venue by Chanel for the press unveiling of their new perfume - ‘Eau première’ - by Jean-Marc Gady

Miss miza is a french illustrator based in Barcelona. She has a really beautiful portfolio and a really beautiful creative world!

The Mebius house was recently completed by Atelier Tekuto. It was named after the Möbius loop because of the looping hallway that runs through the house.

Gorgeous retro packaging from Hyperakt for Miss Jessie's cosmetics.

FEATUREDI couldn't help taking apart the limited edition E-Ink Esquire 75th Anniversary Cover ~ see video and pics and scans of all the guts and the screen in action!

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

Memorex SingStand - speakers, microphone, stand, and your mp3 player plugs right in!

Sigrid Jelambi, a designer from Caracas, has a great portfolio of vinyl wall interiors and other decorative designs for spaces such as cafés, restaurants, beauty shops...