Stockholm Design Lab's battery for the Japanese company Askul - the prettiest little battery you ever did see.

Part 3/3 of the Maison et Objet SIMPLE micro-exhibitions is Slow Tech - "Less speed for better living. Soft, fluid technologies revisit naturalness and a simplified life philosophy."

Antec's new Skeleton Case ~ is pretty much as barebones as you can get! And gorgeous design as well...

The Fun Fam Table Manners set gives parents a means of teaching their kids about proper eating etiquette (I could use one of these).

Part 2/3 of the Maison et Objet SIMPLE micro-exhibitions is Les Metropuriatins, housed in what felt like a secret military tent filled with camo... here are all kinds of metro/urban designs showcased

Federico Weber' s Electrolux Cooking Tiles.
WiTricity enabled modular cooking system.
Project done for the Electrolux Design lab competition 2008.

Part 1/3 of the Maison et Objet SIMPLE micro-exhibitions is Farmlife, showcasing some of the best rural inspired/fitting designs in a grassing/garden/farmhouse setting

Schemata Architecture Office's 63.02° House, built in a dense residential area in Nakano, Tokyo. The house is sited 63.02 degrees towards the front road, allowing a wide and deep view of the neighborhood.

Carl Zeiss Lens for the Canon EF Mount!!!

Ittala's Little birds of paradise by Anu Penttinen

At Maison et Objet ~ the real standout was a series of three micro-exhibitions, SIMPLE: 1. Farmlife 2. Les Metropuritains 3. Slow Tech - in the upcoming posts, i'll give you a walk through all each of them!

Thomas Eyck's blankets didn't grab me nearly as much as the choice of using designer classics to drape them over... sometimes what you can't see is just as powerful?

A walk through one of Target's Bullseye Bodegas - only open in Manhattan for four days, today being the last.

Architect Guillermo Hevia designed a sustainable glass industry, which uses passive strategies to reduce enery usage inside the building.

I'm not sure if this is going to move beyond the concept phase, but I love Studio Kudos' playful approach to the iconography of the different animals at the Bronx Zoo.

Rock Band 2 game modifier screen - enter in the original Rock Band unlock code - Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue - *poof* Rock Band 2 song list is all yours...

Interesting design portfolio from Matt Burvill.

Ooooh Seagate's Free Agent GO's are also updated, sleeker design, awesome dock, dynamic display in the little dot patterns... and also up to 500GB for the silver and black!

Western Digital Passports now come in 500 GB!

tv-killed-the-human-star

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

This project by Catherine Bourdon is a perfect integration of form, function and environmental concerns. The envelope that includes the dirt and seeds, transforms itself into a germinator.

The dust jacket for Nick Harkaway's debut novel, "The Gone-Away World" is made with hot pink fuzzy felt!

(de)light: liquid light: a project that reinterprets the concept of light as we know it. The MA project of Cristina Ferraz at the Industrial Design Engineering department, Royal College of Art. Interesting Video!

Making mirrors from unreflective surfaces - 'the wooden mirror' by daniel rozin

Loving the products made for the Colette x Gap store in New York. The latest one is this Safety Jacket. Who would have guessed that these could come in style.

SA Goons Are At It Again - Giant Pixel Art City

Some of Akinori Oishi's characters come to life in his unusual, but cute interactive flash game "Opniyama..."

Almost invisible... it's a work of art by chinese painters... Awesome

Danish furniture producer Gubi works with designers Komplot, Anders Lundqvist and Paul André Leroy. The Gubi furniture has a modern Scandinavian feel that is great in offices and homes.

The Monolito at the Foro Italico in Roma, a single block of Carrara marble 17.4 meters high, shines again in the sunset light after an endless restoration.

Penhaligon's, the british perfumerie that dates back to the 1800s ~ the store, tiles, packaging, wrapping, etc ~ the paris store was too fun not to share - Adorable little "Keep Me" tag inside their boxes too...

Bobby Neel Adams, AgeMaps. Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are spliced together.

Leonie Janssen's 2006 thesis project I'Mperfect ~ takes a fascinating look at body shapes, and all the different shapes and sizes people come in, also transferring those to safety pins and clothes pins.

The water that drops from a roof when raining inspired Nur Alam for this chair / bench. He got the idea when sitting in his room once and staring at the poring rain outside.

Sit Projects

Green Engaged - At the London Design Festival, Thomas Matthews and [re]design will host 7 days to bring together the design industry to focus on sustainability issues, exchange ideas and carve out new roles for design.

Window to a fantastic garden: Moss Quartz ring in silver.

Mike Mitchell's portfolio site [Editor's Note: i love his favicon]

I really like this Saul Bass inspired poster for "Burn After Reading" designed by Mojo, LLC.

why cant knowing weather conditions always be this simple!

Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled designs for a new urban neighbourhood at Almere near Amsterdam, based on a string of beads.

Nice shooting for Vogue Hommes Japan.

Eveready Battery | Hair - ad where by holding only the ends of the battery, the arm is energized and hairs stand straight up!