Underwater frame-by-frame photographs of the extremely close race between Phelps and Cavic.

"Donna", the last Julian Wolkenstein's work. The result of a recent trip in London where Julian commissioned a model maker to create the ' kebab" sculpture.

Guerlain Meteorites Illuminating Pressed Powder ~ beautiful packaging and power pressing

I'm sure you've seen this guys work but never knew who "this guy" was. Introducing Hydro74. From Illustrations to Type Treatments to Apparel, this guys talent is stunning.

Teething Bling ~ by Smart Mom Jewelry... yes, some nice simple pieces that your baby can teeth on! No more sacrificing your necklaces to teeth marks

Japanese shop "h concept" has these adorable animal book indexers for sale. They're a great way to add some life to drab shelves of documents.

"This is the documentation of the 44 days - during the summer of '08 - Laura and I spent together in New York before I went to Montreal and didn't return." - Mikhail Wassmer (Swiss/Canadian portrait photographer)

This Swiss goop ("Cyber Clean") is a viscous slime that you roll around on your keyboard, so that all the food particles and fingernail parings are swept away, while the germicidal surface de-germifies your icky, filthy, disgusting keyboard.

Feist on Sesame Street!

You may have seen the emoticon book - here is another great experiment here by designer/artist Allison Wilton. These books are all about the presence of spam in your inbox!

Patrick Brown from Australia, has done some rad graphics on his favourite video game GTA4.

Recently Chaiten Volcano, southern Chile, erupted during storms in the middle of the night, creating this rare and colossal effect. The Chaiten Volcano has triggered earth tremors and spewed ash two miles into the air.

The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, by Claire Nouvian ~ i just rediscovered this coffee table book i've been meaning to buy!

The Shack at Hinkle Farm, updated with new images. You know you want one...

School Canteen at Póvoa de Varzim by Cadilhe & Fontoura - The new cafateria of the Primary School nº1 in Póvoa de Varzim is a curved volume next to the old bluilding asuming his own autonomy

Lago, the Italian interior design company, just started their own "green" advertising campaing, using their own trucks to pass the message on.

Cut is creative | Printed for stylos Olfan.

This cool house designed by E - M.R.A.K. is built of dry-stacked, rough-cut lumber, held together only by its construction weight to make it completely adaptable. Basically, it's just a (very nice looking) pile of wood.

BettyLou from mmckenna, produces a warm, bright, beautiful, and safe light - create an intimate candle-lit atmosphere by placing this cordless rechargeable lamp on your favorite wine glass, it shines for over 7 hours.

The desire to interfere as little as possible with the visual topography of the landscape prompted to attach the house to the ground and find façade and roof solutions with a direct relationship to the surroundings. OS House by NOLASTER

Yes yes the Sears Crasftman 1470 piece nearly $9,000 tool set is incredible, but have you stopped and looked at all of the product photography for all of their sets? Someone took a LOT of time to lay it all out...

MOTHER'S DAY is Sunday! I just panicked, but Delight saved me, and has extended a discount for you guys as well ~ with their gorgeous gift wrapping, and great service, i totally trust them for mom gifts.

Useful and alive at the same time, this little indoor garden will need all your care to stay functional!
Design by What Else?

Check out this wild pinhole camera, the hexomniscope by AblesonScopeWorks. It's an all metal six-pinhole roll film camera that produces 360 degree panoramas. And there are some really cool shots of it being made...

The ubiquitous Tetris theme strikes again. I don't know what you would actually build with these, but I guess you'd better not finish a line.

"The abuse of alcohol separates you of the best moments of life" | Most of the Publicis a campaign for the University Mackenzie, now against the abuse of alcoholic beverage

Interactive game for Honda Motorcycles using Sudden Motion Sensor on Macbooks. Currently only the VIDEO is out, but the beta is soon be released

Black messenger bags that are sleekly designed and ridiculously packed with features! Latest ones coming from Incase ~ with "faux fur lining", removable laptop sleeves, molded skate bumpers and more.

Nordstrom and Ruben Toledo teamed up for an incredible Spring campaign ~ much like prada they did painted walls (and models!) for the backdrop in a playful black and white.

As a senior designer at Knopf and the art director for Vertical Press, an independent Japanese-American publisher, Peter has risen to become part of the lineup of designers for Random House.

Nice dutch IKEA campaig. You can playfully reorganize your livingroom over and over again. Be sure to download the catchy hussel-song !

Scraperite makes PLASTIC razorblades ~ from softest being their "general purpose" to polycarbonate in blue and acrylic in yellow for all your scraping needs!

A medal/pin to "celebrate the memories of endless epic battles, infinite high scores and numerous blistered fingers." Console Wars I pin by Super Mandolini

A new corporate identity for ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. What, no bombed-out cars, wads of cash or dodgy dossiers?

Bustin Down the Door ~ a new Documentary - Some killer photography and imagery from '75 and some of the original surfing icons that are responsible for where the sport is today.

ClothTAG: Conceptual RFID laundry instruction tags readable by washing machines and driers to help reduce laundry disasters. Designed by Samgmin Bae.

The design studios of Psyrri, in Athens invite designers across the globe (from European metropolises such as Athens, London, Paris, Milan, Hamburg and Madrid to Montana U.S.A) to unite with them and choose a theme in order to create an exhibition.

And to finish off my trilogy of late night posts on Nissin Cup Noodles, i have a new found respect for the brand and innovation behind this company... and see eco friendly reusable cup/refill packs with DIY inserts!

Daniel Edlen makes acrylic on vinyl paintings that bring out the artist's portraits from their records... and it turns out i knew him as a kid! (worked for his parents) ~ and the videos of the making of are worth checking out

A small but engaging gallery of Soviet era Christmas cards. Lots of Santa and rockets.

Bowers & Wilkins takes car audio to the next level with their spiral diffuser.

"Capsule People" are images of people and technology today. A touch of manga, Beardsley and Secession in those limited edition prints from Zuzamade.

Geoff McFetridge's Monster Dice, a block of European Oak featuring a laser engraved story about a boy who draws monsters who start drawing more monsters. Really awesome.

Bel-Air is a plant based air filtering system designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. Great design, even if I'm sure the plants would do just as well without the little glass bubble.

WiiLightsaber!!! aka "Wii Light Sword"

4 different kitchen herbs on your dining table! The individual vases represent different cultures forming something nice together.