I love the playfulness of these jewelry pieces by jacob lewis

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day ~ now you can even have your google language of choice be... PIRATE!

To show their work to clients, Sydney creative collective Happy Soldiers had a bit of fun on stage with a human website.

Microsoft Ads: Bug or Feature ~ nice article at Portfolio ~ was it viral attention grabbing genius? or a huge failure? Must say i hated the seinfeld ads, love the new "i'm a pc" spot...

Imagine the Peugeot in the worldwide megalopolis of tomorrow. Here are the finalists of the Peugeot Design Contest 2008

Great on-street bike parking continuing to grow in Portland, Oregon.

I love the Japanese design of Stoneware's sugar container. I just picked up one for myself, a beautiful example of how design can be traditional and contemporary at the same time.

Are you ready for International Talk Like a Pirate Day? RedBubble has a ton of art for you yellow-bellied sapsuckers - and a boatload of contemporary art too.

Congrats to our friends at Cool Hunting on their NYT Slideshow (go to the main article to see picks from Design*Sponge, MocoLoco, Apt Therapy, Un-Beige and more!)

The only thing i love more then these Brogden Leather jackets, are the images that UNICA shot of them !

Mars is launching the new spot to promote its Mars Planet chocolates with a robot-inspired animated TV ad...

Think twice next time before you take a bite into that yummy, fleshy meal. Remember these "mystery meat" macro photographs. GROSS!

California leads the way in the U.S. with it's very own High-Speed Rail.

Vitamin Living expanded on the I.V. Plant Pot ~ with the Bio Logic Collection ~ "Smart Ideas for Plants" ~ see the full line of brilliantly functional and well designed new homes for your indoor plants.

Fun portfolio of Schtock

Durham University in the UK - "interactive multi-touch desk" is a major part of the SynergyNet framework, an interactive classroom environment based on a gaming engine called jMonkey.

We really are kids of the digital age through and through ~ love this image by italian design group, Volk

Dangerous Curves: Mastering Logotype Design by Donald Young ~ Take a peek inside, this book looks beautifully inspiring!

Parking Day LA is tomorrow! (sept 19) ~ here's a map of some parking spots that are becoming parkified...

Update ~ added the time lapsed video of Toyota Project Chief Designer, Ian Cartabiano, sketching the Venza on Paper! Fun contrast to the sketch demo in photoshop.

DWR Tools for Living ~ love the invite that came in the mail.... black (and one red) iconic + simply silhouettes on cardboard... see the full scan!

Beautiful mid-century inspired cabinets for vinyl junkies. Offers multiple configurations for just LPs, or a mix of singles, CDs, etc.

Animation clip for Kap10Kurt. Tells the story about a super-hero in a world without music. Good 80's references.

Griffin's Clarifi iPhone case has a close up lens you can easy slide on and off! Apparently ideal for things like business cards?

The Ladurée Bar : the french House of macaroons deals with ancestral and futurist design for that new trendy place.

KITT got jacked. An infinite resource of cutting edge technology and he's still missing.

Great colored pencil and ink work from self-taught Melbourne artist Scarlett Cat.

Really nice packaging design from Atlanta based designer Anwar Pack for the Mister Nesbit grooming kit. The grooming kit is made to have an old school feel but still appeal to a more youthful audience.

Images from Salzzeitreise, a museum located deep in a salt mine in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation designed by Chicago-based architecture office Ross Barney Architects. The building just received a LEED Platinum certification.

Kawasaki recently announced that it is developing Japan's fastest high speed train! The “Environmentally Friendly Super Express Train” will propel passengers along at 217mph, besting the record-holding Shinkansen’s 186mph.

Mauritian Sunset ~ by Sandy Smith ~ a gorgeous display of colors, check out the back to see all the cables/monitors as well!

Beautiful Anemone Shade by Heath Nash for Artecnica. The honeycomb shade is made out of Tyvek.

Recycled glass bottle utensils by Laurence Brabant, just one of many amazing products.

I love Francisco Mangado's spanish pavillion for the 2008 Zaragoza Expo. There were 750 clay columns that provide a modern take on greco-roman temple architecture.

Amazing photos of Socotra Island, located off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen. The tree above is called a Dragon's Blood Tree, and the island features around 700 rare species of flora and fauna, 1/3 of which are found nowhere else on earth.

Artek and Marimekko have an exhibition - Be Honest! - going on at the Spiral Garden in Tokyo, featuring interventions by various designers on Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60. The exhibition is on until 09/23.

Ward van Gemert deconstructs an old chandelier and reconstructs it into a more modern form, resulting in the Exploded Chandeliers series. Debuting at Mint Gallery in London today, 09/18.

5.5 Designers redesigned Baccarat's luxury Harcourt glassware into a more accessible line. The traditional Harcout silhouettes have been superimposed onto simple glass forms.

Beautiful Light Frame by Stephen Burks for auction at Philips de Pury & Company next week.

Is this stop-motion? or not? Cute animation for BC Dairy Foundation by Bent Image Lab. Directed by Jun seo Hahm.

Portal Prelude gives us a peek at the new game trailer!

Rotofugi: The Collectors ~ an incredible animation where many of our favorite toys come to life and collect... PEOPLE!

Atari-ified modern video game posters ~ so fun, they have them for everything from portal and gta to bioshock, halo and more