In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure…

if you missed the first edition laser cut of marian bantjes' “Design Ignites Change” poster for aed social change design, be quick and get version 2 in silver foil on copper paper.

CHINA according to CHINA is a 4 part documentary on the state of chinese architecture. Chinese architecture isn´t just the bird´s nest and what we saw for the olympics.

Iconic NYC skate brand Supreme releases every season a skate deck series with a respected artist. This season they worked with Christopher Wool.

Polish architects Moomoo designed this house for a photographer, that features a dynamic skin through a curtain that covers one entire side. [Editors note: also featured as #13551]

Giant mural cut-outs by artist Josh Cerney.

Loïc Musselec did this experimentation in one of my class, exploring the potential of steak, chicken and liver photographs on packages. Taboos are very often based on things that we know, but don’t want to see.

Michael Critz was kind enough to create an incredible gallery of Boston house numbers to help my hunt for house number ideas!

Light Art Performance.

Danish furniture and lighting design company GUBI, produced the chairs and stools for the Mist restaurant in the New Delhi Park Hotel.

A round-up of sustainable finds at this year's London Design Festival!

I love that Adidas is embracing people's trend to blog their Stella McCartney line by adding "Blog this" options for instant cut+paste code and high/low res image downloads!

ad campaign by 123 klan promoting the grand opening of the first Nike sportswear store in Mexico City…

What is going on inside a runner, when he (she) runs?
Incredible idea! Incredible Production.

Wieden&Kennedy Amsterdam for NikeWomen.

Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

Literally, an online library. 260 authors, 2,874 books, 3,828 poems & short stories...in their entirety.

Files you want to delete get sucked into the desktop vacuum cleaner by Hoover. This application replaces your pc's dustbin.

Limited edition poster from Samantha Hahn called I make Things!!

A stylish barber shop in Israel. By Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch. Colorful interiors.

A packaging project that informs beauty product users about the hidden dangers of their current products, as well as a kit to help them make their own.

"Delicious Sparkling Temperance Drinks" showcases a massive amount of soda pops from all over the world, with photos and reviews, sorted by country. Great packaging inspiration!

New drawing process using Delaunay image vectorization by Jonathan Puckey.

The Design Entrepreneur - Awesome book review over at Core77!

Sarah Silverman is starting The Great Schlep to Florida. But really, a very funny video and well worth the 5 minutes to watch it.

Really nice work from Denver based graphic designer David Carron.

Designboom has construction photos of Reiser+Umemoto's 0-14 tower in Dubai.

Interesting use of materials by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for the Kanno Museum, a private art museum.

Yuko Tokuda and Yumiko Komiya's The Story Behind the Bookmark - bookmarks that tell their own stories - a lonely mermaid, a silly goose, a word thief.

Love these amazing watches by Denis Guidone Atelier - minimal and beautiful!

Great illustration work by Jan Kallwejt. The above is an illustration for Bedzin Beat's Alternative Silesian Tourist Guide.

The Singapore Grand Prix: the first ever night Formula One race. Beautiful pictures, including a few fun ones taken with tilt-shift lenses.

Nice simple new Flow Pitcher (also comes smaller) from EQ3

It's open day at the Peperami Meat Retreat - A mental hospital for some freaky sausages.

Ursulla - a carry wine bottle made of leather

N50 Magnet "Wedding" Rings ~ strongest magnets around plated in silver and gold ~ clear a credit card or hd with the swipe of your hand?

Radar Footwear vinyl back cover by Julien De Repentigny

Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture- Love this book! Great review on Core77!

Ping mag shows us some of the amazing topographies of tokyo

Montage by designers Julien De Repentigny and Gabriel Lefebvre

A collection of some of the most influential and important American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century. Searchable transcriptions and scans downloadable in PDF format!

Mayuko Hari is a recent grad from FIT - love the iconic packaging for Cookuru.

Giles Deacon's runway show for his 2009 Spring Summer Collection: Models wore large metal helmets making them appear as characters from the 1980s pac man video game...just beautifully dressed, of course. Wocka wocka wocka

Did you know that Pittsburgh is a city with 446 bridges? Pittsburgh print from the Places I Have Never been collection.

The Aram Gallery, well known for its innovative exhibitions and installations, offered OKAYstudio space during the London Design Festival for their first independent exhibitions as a collective.