Marithé + François Girbaud kill & bury snowman in their new "no more seasons" ad campaign by La chose ad agency, France.

Danny Kuo's StairCASE is designed for the average human height - 1.8 meters. Can't reach? Pull out the bottom storage units to reach the top ones.

DIY : Pong Watch.

From David Levy's talk ~ for every workaholic... Leisure The Basis Of Culture by Josef Pieper 1938 - "Will it ever be possible to keep, or reclaim, some room for leisure from the forces of total work?"

Box Vox gets us the whole story behind our mexican soda favorite, Jarritos!

Kevin Cyr paints incredibly detailed portraits of delivery vehicles and reminds us to look for beauty in the most mundane places.

Love this - D-Vision created the Small Apple Dish to aesthetically incorporate your apple core when you are done with it.

A hillside house in Ushimado, Japan by Tezuka Architects - the entire rear facade opens up via some sliding doors.

First sketches and information on the soon to open Ace Hotel New York turned up. Cannot wait for this one to open!

Samsung i900 Omnia 'viral' unboxing video. Not the best actor or effects, but funny play on the unboxing experience, featuring a big red button.

Schemata Studio's Kurage fixture - a fiber optic light that creates a brighter or more dimming illumination by adjusting its curve.

Netherland-based designer Martijn Koch made updated an arcade setup from the 70s, and hooked it up with a HD screen so you can play all your favorite old titles in High-def!

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

Li Jianye created the Flexibin to be both elegant and functional. The frame is flexible, thereby enabling you to use it with a variety of bag sizes.

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

The coolest modern Nixie clocks on the market as well as a little background about Nixie tubes and how they work.

"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)

CASA de RETIRO ESPIRITUAL designed by Emilio Ambasz in 1975 is an amazing piece of architecture whose main facade is two white walls that seem to rise out of the ground. The house itself begins from the sunken courtyard.

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.

Penta is a project developed by italian designer Luca Casarotto (Coscadesign studio) during Foscarini Lab, a workshop by Foscarini.

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

On-going photo series by photographer Mikhail Wassmer; described as “Pulling the kids out of their familiar party atmosphere and having them pose without smiling"

A steel skinned house in La Reserva, a chilean gated community previously featured on #10808. Its crossed volumes offer a 360º view of the landscape. By Sebastian Irarrazaval.

new eco design housing building in mexico city by Taller 13

Creative teams from Kotoc and Cuatro created this campaign for UEFA Euro 2008 football consisting of small sequences in which extreme football, action and science fiction were merged.

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

Turbo Stirrers ~ a fun way to really mix up your drinks!

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

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

Iannone's new cork mosaic credenza was a green hit at ICFF 2008

Cut is creative | Printed for stylos Olfan.

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.

New Pepsi Football spot created by Glassworks where people were interviewed and asked the question: "What would happen in your ideal Pepsi ad?" See what they got!

3rd Space FPS, a vest that input real pain in the player. Allows you to know where enemies are shooting from. Retailing for $169.00, it is available in Camoflauge or Black. Oh! Lights are fading... I'm feeling cold...

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

Tutrix is a system which support plants growth. I like the concept, moreover design is cool and flexible.

Don't believe it wasn't Photoshopped? Here's the proof: 1,000 water bottles spread out across the Salt Flats in El Paso. Check out the visual diaries for some jaw-dropping shots... by SKAGGS for TOTO.

Created for the Joint Striker Fighter project, this helmet allows pilots to see through the plane floor and see long distance images. Outside the plane, cameras record what's below the plane.

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 new Miami Art Museum from Herzog & de Meuron can only be described as the modern interpretation of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon - an imaginative structure that bridges urban spaces, climates and cultures.

Diesel Wall 2008 ~ its that time of year again! So get your entries in... this year its NY, Manchester, Zurich, and Barcelona

Absolutely gorgeous and elaborate abstract drawings by Chicago artist Noelle Allen. All of her drawings are done with graphite and water color. She has some excellent sculptures, as well.

Mathematical Society of Traffic Flow in Japan replicated traffic jams that occur for no reason on a circular test track. Fun video of the jam propagating backwards like a shock wave.

New visual identity of the coolant Kuat in Brazil

Virtual Shoe Museum ~ some of the strangest shoe designs yet...