Matthew Blesso, turned his Lower Manhattan penthouse over to two Yale professors, the architect Joel Sanders and the landscape architect Diana Balmori. And wow...

For their 10th bday, Google launches Project 10^100 a call for ideas that could help as many people as possible, and a program to bring the best of those ideas to life. Adorable animation!

I Feel Golden ~ tee by Brooklyn Industries ~ i'm so sad that there is no women's tee for this! My love of the golden ratio is crushed! Perhaps a good sleep tee?

Malmö, Sweden is an eco city. So eco, that to inform its citizens about some of the projects they have started a Eco-choir that is going to sing it's praise around town.

"An unwashed vegetable can become a deadly weapon." - great ad by Saatchi & Saatchi, Caracas, Venezuela.

Playful and childish video by Kristofer Ström and his friends at Varelsen. The video is for the Malmö based electro duo Minilogue and their new track Animals.

Field Notes are expanding into mini 18 month calendars!

The island of Samso, in Denmark, is 100% powered by wind power, and with a combination of wind and solar, they have managed to be completely carbon neutral.

Now on limited offer is a series of collected works from the “God of manga,” Osamu Tezuka. Set 1 contains 200 volumes that span the master artist’s extensive career and includes iconic volumes like “Jungle Emporer,” “Black Jack,” and “Phoenix.”

70ºN Arkitektur designed some nice rest areas, bicycle sheds and birdwatching towers along the National Tourist Routes in Norway.

Fiona Winzar Architects turned a typical single fronted Victorian house into a generous, light-filled open plan, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Australia.

Excellent art print from designer, illustrator and artist Sam Wiley, done for Anheuser-Busch.

A house in Kamakura, the ancient capital of Japan, nicely blends with the historic atmosphere.

pete cardoso makes posters which is why we wanted to talk to him

Matters of Sensation at Artists Space in NY. The participants in this exhibition address the way materials are not just about construction choices but also a means of creating diverse sensations in a space.

PIE studio: AKA Project Import Export, Inc created an amazing installation at Bridge gallery as part of the New York Design Week 2008. The best trash installation I have seen up to date.

A huge range of clever and beautiful installation works from Scottish artist Sandy Smith.

Since 2003, the guys behind Present&Correct have been playing with vintage finds and homemade goods to produce unique and beautiful collections of stationery

American design group PFNC Global Communities makes affordable housing out of reused shipping containers.

These organic seraphin plugs are so ethereal.

At a marketing action, the man on flames speaks about prevention of accidents at family barbecues.

The Yehiam Memorial in Israel is a small space with a big contrast between walls and lighting.

Of All The People In The World is a touring exhibition in which the population of the US and other countries is expressed as grains of rice. One grain = one person

SOM Architects recently completed construction on their incredible Oakland Cathedral! The stunning structure makes beautiful use of glass, fly ash concrete, and fsc-certified wood, but most impressive is the incredible use of natural light.

Elegant packaging by Concrete for Sula by Susanne Lang Parfumerie.

B3 Designers' Cardboard Cafe - the interior design firm converted their studio into a cardboard cafe for the London Design Festival. I mainly just like the splash of color on the inside faces of the boxes that peaks out when the boxes are turned to complete a curve.

Method always has such great packaging, and their handwash refills are no exception.

I love Debbie Smyth's series titled 'Pins and Threads' - drawings of electrical pylons made with thread and pins. I like how the lines are continuous giving you insight into the construction of the drawing.

29 Agency's refined designs for the luxury dog and cat food brand, Before Grain.

Amorn Thongsaard's Ramify glass won the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition. Love the chunky base.

This yogurt bottle represents an innovative and unique appearance - "look"- on the marketing shelf.

Loyal Loot turns reclaimed trees into Log Bowls - love the high gloss finish juxtaposed with the natural base.

NASA has launched a website that provides a dramatic visualization of temperature change, sea level rise, co2 emissions, and ice melt from the beginning of the industrial revolution to the present.

Shunji Kurimori's beautiful Cedar Sake Cups and Cedar Sake Bottle, made in the Japanese wood craft style Magewappa.

After 50 years the U.S. penny will finally get a redesign.

The Octopus Floor Chandelier by Inside - beautiful!

Richmond VA artist Christina Stratman makes the most comfortable chairs.

Canadian design group Molo just launched a gorgeous, fold-up honeycomb paper lamp called ‘Urchin’.

Porsche Design launches some of the cutest designer kids toys for the holidays! Here are just a few of my top picks from their new collection!

Sha-Do Virus - beautiful lights that cast shadows

Superconducting maglev toy train. Need I say more?

Ford redesigned the Mustang sculptural logo with some nice details. The press release claims its actually more realistically proportioned as well.

I loved Barbar as a kid and was pleased to hear about"Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors," a new exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum through Jan. 4, 2009.

"The world, justified" by Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain. Typography meets cartography.