WTF? A green platypus tee... no clue why i'm wanting this tonight... also, i hadn't realized you can get Some eCards graphics on tees at busted tees!

New Synthesis reports on Visual Culture; design fashion art lifestyle interiors architecture technology innovation science ~ lots of links since

kokkugia is an international design practice based in london and new york that operates through design, research, experimentation and teaching.

Interesting travel hack: apparently packing a starter pistol in your luggage means you can lock it with a real lock and it might be tracked more closely by the airport. Could be worth a shot for those with a lot of gear.

Poster designs for the UK release of Oliver Stone's W., by Scott Woolston.

Nice teardown of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro by iFixit, who says "This may be the most beautiful laptop we've disassembled."

EDIN CROW: The New York based artist that has a well-known Disaster Series, a series of self-portrait photographs.

New Honda Accord spot from RPA and Motion Theory, showing how they put everything they know in one place.

NATHAN OTA has a new vinyl toy. His artwork transcends well to this platform. Incredible!

Dear friends, have a bit of fun with the latest collection of Tokyo Metro manner posters.

Ideographic Alphabet :Very specific chair with different letter form.

FEATUREDOn notebooks and pens ~ here are some recent obsessions that came in the form of DWR Tools for Living Press Kit (best notebook!) and the Federated Media pen from the summit (it's a keeper too!)

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Funny commercial from Fallon Mnneapolis for Hollyday Inn Express

The Wilson Bros. teams with Stussy on development of this limted edition white Brooks Swallow Saddle. The classic Swallow racer is treated with an excetional white leather finish. Imagine the patina on this saddle after a few months of use.

Beautiful stop motion animation using cut-out photos by Joseph Mann.

Kathleen Lolley - Solo exhibition at Art Star PA. Loving her dreamy worlds.

Tape Measure Project by Debbie Smyth - Incredible 3D geometric sculptures

Core77 highlighted the NEMO Recycled/sample tent pieces reusable bags

Men’s Vogue commissioned renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut to design this patriotic lapel pin. All proceeds benefit Dog Tags.

50 inspiring vintage advertisements

Gorgeous joints on the Mojo Dining Table by De Design Copenhagen

Nooka - trippy videos - The story unfolds as we fall through the universe and logic to discover time. Completely concepted, animated, directed and designed by yours truly.

Aveda Institutes Florida ~ fun look at the new building from sketches to final

Seoane has some beautiful tables ~ love the wood with a splash of color

Fun work of Layko

Animal Alphabet poster ~ Petit Collage, 2008 ~ Oakland, CA

Judy Hudson's Butterfly Necklaces at Barney's ~ i can't decide whether they are awesome b/c you can see the wings so beautifully, or if its grotesque like you ripped the arms off a butterfly...

Asako Narahashi: Kawaguchiko, 2003

HemeroscopiumHouse, Las Rozas- Madrid - Spain / Antón García- Abril - Ensamble Studio

1st the Water Cube in Bejing and now the Magic Box in Madrid. The size and scope of the retractable roofs are amazing!

The Urban Gridded Notebook - The modern city is controlled by the grid... we should not let it control our creativity. A blank notebook /sketchbook that is gridded with 125 cities from all around the world.

Production designers tour the crazy Tree House in "Crusoe"

this media center was built across from my own house! Absolutely beautiful from inside and out. the colored panels are actually stills of important moments on tv.

Bump Top is a 3 dimensional desktop, a cool way to interact with and organize files.

pencilworks are the mixture of pencil and ps work of images.

Showcasing a new business model for Graphic Design Studios.Far From Timid is a lifestyle design company that transforms original works of art into powerful surface patterns for use in home and fashion.

Boudicca Wode sprays on as a blue spray , and then fades into nothingness (completely invisible). And it comes in a pretty bottle that looks like a spray can.

In this video taken at MOMA, perfumer Christophe Laudamiel talks about the "Design for the Invisible."

A "musical component robot" that plays records, CDs and DVDs while looking impressively stylish.

Fuck&Love, 3 exclusive tools to simply express your emotions in all the situations !

Images of Japanese matchbox labels from the 1920s and 1930s

This is a Portrait of Paper Magazine blogger, Julia Frakes. The photo was taken by Garance Doré, and then Danny Roberts illustrated it, as part of his "Blogger Portrait Series"

The life of photographer Severin Koller in the mandatory military service in Austria. (Series > Mandatory Service)

The Interior Design Award Nominees for 2008

Dwight on The Office last night tried to destroy an Orbit Baby stroller in an "extreme road test".

The UK's Vauxhall Agila has teamed up with British accessories designer, Johnny Loves Rosie to create the first ever Car-sage - a giant flower corsage designed for your car. It retails for £14.99. The ultimate Christmas gift for a car lover?

Super-fab Bioscleave Fun House promotes play and snazzy colorful aesthetics as a way to increase one's life span and boost the immune system. Architecture as free-radicals.

Design Boom shows us "seoul design olympiad 08: sdesignunit" ~ prettiest EL Wire packaging and display i've ever seen