The 'cinemagram' app for iPhone is the most recent innovation in the revived interest in GIF animation art.

Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron who designed the 'Bird's Nest' for the 2008 Olympic Games are collaborating on the 'Serpentine Pavillion' at the Serpentine Gallery on the lawn of West London's Kensington Gardens.

Modern Architecture Game is the second edition of the architecture game, by Next architects. The first edition was launched on 30 August 1999.

At Millennium Park, Chicago, Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, also known as 'The Bean,' comes to life with an interactive light show called Luminous Field by LuftWerk, the creative vision of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero.

'O Perché' modular furniture system by Julie Pfligersdorffer.

Fantastic underwater dog photography by Seth Casteel.

VIDEOA crafty and sleepy-object-ful video adventure for the amazingly tender track 'Lullaby Crocodile'. Song written and performed by Micaela, Augustina and Valodia León.

Playful illustrations from Mitch Blunt.

VIDEOIncredible multigait origami robots that run only on air.

Stunning wintry photos by Korzhonov Daniil.

VIDEOD/struct by Lucas Maassen and Raw Color consists of items that are completely destroyed, then packaged

Gorgeous macro photos by Matthias Lenke.

Proof, "a social tasting game for single malt connoisseurs and newbies alike".

VIDEOFor Coca-Cola’s 125th Anniversary Exhibition's Future Room concept, Antilop transformed santralistanbul's Galeri 1 into an immersive environment by creating 90 square meter of 270-degree projection system.

Permy Mi Jang Won salon in Suji-gu, Korea by M4 Interior Design Architecture.

VIDEODue in part to poor dietary habits, health in the US has been in decline for the last several decades. This beautifully illustrated video makes a case for supplementing your diet. Created by Alpheus Media for Shaklee.

Beautiful selection of nuclear slide rules that visualize complex calculations.

VIDEOBuchstabengewitter by Ingo Italic is an experimental generative type project using motion graphics. Each letter is bale to morph into another, creating a unique animation.

Kidrobot and Frank Kozik launch his new Choice Cuts Labbit at LA's Lindy & Grundy Butcher shop!

At the Helsinki café Kauko, the coffee is free, but the experience is unpredictable. A Web site with live video lets Internet users raise or lower the seats and tables, dim the lights, or change the music

VIDEORobot Readable World by Timo shows us how computer vision systems and robots see their environments.

VIDEOExperimento Comparte - Ad shows how kids react when one finds an empty plate and the other a sandwich. "

Beautifully organized studio supplies by Kontor Kontur.

VIDEOStalker Humanoid by Renaissance Man - Do you see him? Amazing (music) video of dancers in mossy ghillie suits in the woods. Wow.

Monumental Holy candlesticks by Anki Gneib.

Beautiful illustrations by Daniel Mackie.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures is full of travel inspiration whether you’re off to Antarctica, the Musandam peninsula or Harbour Island.

Ben Barry and his Facebook Analog Research Lab - The friendly coworkers at Facebook share their love of posters and sharing with their own print shop.

VIDEOStarry Night Interactive by Petros Vrellis is a beautiful twist on the Van Gogh classic. Using a touchscreen and some clever openFrameworks code, this project turns his strokes into awesome new-media!

Beautiful interactive Reykjavik center map

Jim Dingilian is an artist who stretches the limits of creativity with his amazing creations. He uses candle smoke to paint picture-perfect images on the inside of empty bottles.

'The anatomy of mother bear giving birth' is an awesome new mural in Vienna, Austria. This work is a collaboration of four talented street artists – FlyingFortress, Nychos and the Sobekcis twins.

Kid-in, a platform for a wide range of international and local designers, photographers, artists and thinkers, focusing on the singular subject of childhood.

Summer house in Skåtøy Island - Norway by Filter Architects.

VIDEOThe making of a men's Louis Vuitton shoe.

The Bamby chair by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.

Giancarlo Neri brings his installation, Maximum Silence, comprised of 9,000 25cm lights that change in color and intensity, to Paris Square in downtown Rio. Beautiful!

Naf Architect and Design's black cedar house.

Agemaps, a fascinating series of photos capturing individuals at different ages by Bobby Neel Adams.

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies captured a shark eating another shark in the Great Barrier Reef! The a tasselled wobbegong shark was swallowing brown-banded bamboo shark head first!

Danish design creative HAY recently teamed up with the Swedish graphic designer Clara von Zweigbergk.

Minimalistic Gramophone by Livia Ritthaler. Check the video.

London's Design Museum is to be relocated to the modernist shell of the former Commonwealth Institute, and the interior redesign by John Pawson architecture firm.

Glass pill sculptures by artist Beverly Fishman. Marvelous and very addictive.

Fabulous ceramic sculpture by Eva Hild

VIDEOBehind the scenes with Takashi Murakami as he and his Kaikai Kiki team prepare to launch his first exhibition in Middle East. Opens 9 Feb 2012 in Doha - Qatar.

Cute dog barrel poop bag holder for the collar

A roundup of Sci-Fi art inspired by iconic pieces from art history.

Dutch design studio VollaersWart created a typographic sculpture/installation for a high school in The Netherlands, an open space and meeting area for students.

Mobile reclaimed cedar chicken coops from moderncoop. By Wright Design Office.

Noisolation, funky headphones by designer Alex Braiwood that alter the relationship between a person and the noise around them.

'Acciaio Series : Stage 2' by Max Lipsey.

Gorgeous campaign by Carter Wong Design for deep sea fishing company Ocean Trawlers featuring some stunning photography from fisherman turned photographer Corey Arnold.

Umbra Sombrero Lemon Juicer (also comes in Lime/green) ~ juices right into your bottle... Designed by Mauricio Affonso

FEATUREDMoo cards go LUXE! Nicer paper ~ triple thickness (splash of color in the middle) ~ full size biz cards ~ and awesome magnetic box packaging... see all the details up close!

WA House by MAPA on the outskirts of Santiago in Curacaví, Chile.

Heavy duty staples in the adorable shape of dog from Neatoshop.

Mark Tipple's 'The Underwater Project' captures swimmers and surfers from under the surface.

VIDEOFerrari 599 GTO by GridStars is a beautiful and technical look at the stunning vehicle. The car is amazing as is, but the video just does the trick!

A mini arcade cabinet, the iCade Jr. brings the arcade excitement to your iPhone or iPod touch.

Perth Zoo's adorable echidna puggle is growing up!

Great shopping bag from Japan with a James Bond / Thunderball look.

Paper Realities - creative series by Jan Kriwol, a photographer and digital artist from Poland.

Wall Coaster Extreme Stunt Kit - "interchangeable parts so kids can build all sorts of rolling marble runs up to 13 feet" ~ made of ABS plastic and reusable adhesive.

Beautiful detail of Phoebe Cumming’s “Flora,” a work in unfired clay, part of “Swept Away: Dust, Ashes, and Dirt in Contemporary Arts and Design,” opening today at the Museum of Arts and Design.

2nd Shift Studio's "Key Plate" - a redesign of a door frame strike plate, found in almost every home/office, now with a place to hang your keys/etc!

A new study published in Biology Letters suggests that tarsiers may communicate in pure ultrasound.

The Dodecahedronic Chair by Hiroaki Suzuki.

VIDEOBeautiful interactive installation, Nervous Structure (Field), by Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza.

Beautiful hanging porcelain planer, the Sphere Planter by Stephen Green.

VIDEOThe world's largest dodgeball game with 4,979 competitors took place last week at the University of Alberta.

Heart Part, a clever biodegradable utensil that splits to form two utensils, fork and knife, in addition to a scoop.

Chocolates with Attitude designed by Bessermachen Design Studio for Brandhouse.com, featuring illustrations by Nielsditlev.

The BioLite lets you cook safely using wood while generating electricity to power your gadgets.

Faucet Face sells reusable glass water bottles and uses some of the profits to make BioSand filters in India.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious features killer guacamole, lasagna soup and coconut lime margaritas.

Danish architecture studio 3XN's newly completed Copenhagen headquarters of KPMG.

Calligraphy and Lettering art of Luca Barcellona, freelance graphic designer and calligrapher from Milan.

Glitch Textiles from Phillip Stearns are textiles made from patterns produced by short-circuited cameras.

Transparency Grenade by Julian Oliver captures network traffic and audio at the site then securely and anonymously streams it to a dedicated server where information is mined.

VIDEODeluge by Even Westvang is a beautiful data visualization of the movement of 300,000 Norwegians as they relocate within the country.

José Javier Gallardo Ortega, of the firm G.Bang created this beautiful new children's psychiatric center in Zaragoza.

'Crystallized Project' an exhibition by Tokujin Yoshioka, 2012 Creator of the Year.

Suspended Together, beautiful and symbolic installation by Saudi Arabian artist Manal Al Dowayan.

BMW olympic pavilion, London. Beautiful winning design from Serie Architects that sits upon the river with a flowing body of water below.

'The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories' a heartwarming collection of stories with 60 quirky illustrations and anecdotes, curated and edited by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Kopiad, a collection of office accessories for the Swedish company Boxit Design by Note Design.

In metrography, Bertrand Clerc and Benedikt Groß realign our distorted idea of distance by fixing the topology of London to the rationalized map designed by Harry Beck.

David Stark gives Design Milk an exclusive tour of his new month-long pop-up takeover of Haus Interior NYC - WOOD SHOP.

Photographer Thomas Czarnecki's latest series 'From Enchantment to Down' captures the dark side of fairy tales.

▲, pronounced Alt-30, is a work that challenges its players to find and test the thresholds of the piece, as well as their own, through playfulness and curiosity.

'The Transformer: Principles of Making Isotype Charts' beautiful book using the International System of Typographic Picture Education, pictograms designed to communicate complex information in a nonverbal way, by Marie and Otto Neurath.

FEATUREDIKEA's new Solvinden Collection for 2012 includes WIND powered outdoor lighting! See designer David Wahl demonstrate them in the video!

Hotcan, hot re-brand! NEW self-heating canned ready meals...

Popular Science takes a look at some of the most amazing playgrounds.

Ikea's solar lighting BIRDS! Designed by Ola Wihlborg, there are 5 birds per chain.

Hug stool by Emo Design made from irregular and worn pieces of wood.

Stunning tiny worlds! The winners of the Nikon Small World microvideography contest.

Artist Colin Pinegar created its impressive infographic from examining his facebook 'friends', scoring them after a lengthy survey, then making a wax bust for each person in the color that corresponded to their score.

Martin Azua’s new beautifully geometric Union Suiza vases are absolutely stunning!

Stunning photos of skeletons by Eiji Yuzawa capture their sculptural beauty.

Andrew Perkins' Synapse Chair with stainless steel joinery.

FEATUREDNano quadrotors, deep sea discoveries and edible super insulating foam are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

For one day, a pop-up aluminum foundry in a small Los Angeles backyard turns scrap metal into designed objects. By Tada Ryvola and Michael Sandstrom of United Environment Architecture.

The Scale of the Universe by Cary Huang takes you from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of space-time. Along the way you will see molecules, animals, countries, and galaxies; all putting you in your scale. Awesome!

FEATUREDGenevieve Gauckler Mugs for Publik ~ Live Joyfully, You are the master!, Throwing The Balls, and Path To Success.

Soft Block by Torafu Architects. Sofas, partitions and seat cushions can be easily built, and you will soon find yourself creating in a playground of blocks.

More like installation pieces than lighting, take a look at these sculptural lights by Polish architect and designer Michal Maciej Bartosik.

VIDEOCute animated music video for 'The First Time I Ran Away' by M. Ward. Video directed by Joel Trussell.

A walkable rollercoaster sculpture in Duisburg, Germany designed by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth.

A gallery from PopSci about hunting For Mythical Beasts.

NENDO designed “HALSUIT” design concept; A concept shop for high-volume mens suit retailer Haruyama....

VIDEOMaking of a life-size model of Xiphactinus for the Hastings Museum.

A new set of Royal Mail stamps featuring some of Roald Dah's most popular characters is just out from the Post Office as illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The cool new design of the Jung Von Matt Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

VIDEOAdorable Eames Elephant Stool Safari video. The iconic eames elephant goes on safari!

Council Tool Velvicut 2 Lb Premium Hudson Bay Axe. Gorgeous.

VIDEOVoltron Dubstepping - an outtake/add on between Metlife's superbowl spot!

McDonald’s X California Poppy Seed Bomb Ad by Sean Click. The California poppy is the California state flower, protected by legislature, making it illegal to pick, dig up, or destroy.

A fusion of aesthetics, feel and handicraft. The pattern on the porcelain bowl by Ines Lang Porzellan is applied with shellac in a dry state, then scrubbed out using a sponge and water, to obtain the relief-like surface.

Lovely visualisation of bird migrations across the US.

Minimalist slim money clip from Human Republic.

VIDEOMusic video for OK Go's Needing/Getting in collaboration with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles.

Stunning deep sea discoveries off the California coast. Beautiful slideshow of the latest findings published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

The Bounce chair by Fenny Genantra.

FEATUREDA closer look at Terra New York's stylish/100% waterproof, heat sealed TPU/ Urethane rainwear!

Artist Niege Borges Alves has created a series of illustrations of famous dances from film and television. The project is called Dancing Plague of 1518 and features dances from Napoleon Dynamite, Arrested Development and Pulp Fiction, among others.

"Le parisien à la mer" a funny short film by favien Berry & Julien Reynaud. A story with a typical parisian boy and the Sea. Lifestyle is all!

The Sven-Saw from Wood & Metal is a lightweight and rugged folding saw. It comes in 15" and 21" lengths and is perfect for the backpacker or for your personal survival kit.

cElements planting framework

Changing environments at the Ace Hotel Palm Springs with Comex paint, Curated by Arkitip ~ 5 journalists, 5 rooms painted different colors, 5 nights switching through them to experience the effects of color...

FEATUREDFree Key Press-To-Open keyrings designed by Eric von Schoultz

Manufactum Globelampe Spiralfaden ~ gorgeous filament in this light bulb

Zipper pull hidden handcuff key

FEATUREDBlack + Blum's new Eau Good filter water bottle that uses a piece of Binchotan active charcoal snaps into place when the bottle is squeezed (and you do the same to release it) and a cork stopper!

Uncle Goose's Elemental Blocks ~ The entire periodic table of elements on 20 hand-crafted wood cubes. Each block contains six element images with their atomic number, symbol, and name.

Ana Blagojevic designed a set of devices to interact with only one sense at a time. The project creates a new experience and intensifies the relation between two subjects.

Wordpharmacy is a temporary literary pharmacy in Berlin, poems as medication by Danish writer and artist Morten Søndergaard. Food for the soul.

DIY Monster Valentine from our friends at the Monster Factory.

VIDEOUSMA, a clock without a face by studio Cabracega and designer André Gonçalves.

Can you imagine your furniture coming to life? Designer Stuart Melrose could... Check out his amazing furniture.

Toronto's Mariclaro makes durable carryalls out of exploded air bags.

David Markus’s Ferrite interactive sculptures looks like endless fun.

"Faces" is a fixture designed by Colonel, a brand new French editor.