Photos of the Parra x Toykyo collaboration. Belgium based Toykyo produced one of Parra's most unique characters to a 1:1 statue...

Victoriana Iron Coat Hook - 5-prong, 15-hook coat rack ~ love how versatile it is, from accommodating 15, to 3...

Limited edition print by Gustavo Aimar - love his use of color.

Colorful nesting bowls by Joseph Joseph.

Quirky jewelry by Natural Historie - love this cloisonne deer on a strand of pearls.

Bruno Fosi tackles an iPhone issue - the exclusion of visually impaired users. His Tactile Silicon Case for the 3G works with an app that incorporates functions like text to speech. The case is engraved with buttons that correspond to a modified home screen.

Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man (Video)

Timbuk2 has branched out into travel bags now!

Italian designer Riccardo Giovanetti has designed a pavilion to host the premier of new Walt Disney movie Trilli.

This 2009 Desk Calendar filled with drawings of imaginary vacations will help you imagine far off places while being strapped to your desk.

container culture products still goes on from a2591. Latest design thing is a container icon set. 40 container icons, Leopard & vista supported. Of course free of charge, download it, use it, share it.

The ICE bench, by Madelen Schelin - a Plexiglas base with faux-suede cushions, available in ten different colors.

This beautiful leaf-shaped house was designed by Mareines + Patalano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"Playing with Myself" - beautiful new works in oil from London based artist Sonia Blair. A personal exploration of childhood fables.

Lovely work done by Tjep in a public space in Holland, the Amstel Train Station... see also www.lsworks.eu

Flexible Faucet from Paini - Hybrid is LED illuminated

Big on efficiency, style and performance the Audi A1 Sportback Plug-in Electric Hybrid goes 0 to 62mph in 7.9 seconds with a top speed of 124mph all the while getting 72.4 mpg!

sad, strange, creepy and beautiful illustrations by maximilian combüchen in berlin. [Editor's Note: i'm liking his animal doodles and the rhino laser cut biz card!]

Exclusive first look at the lustworthy Asus Eee PC S101 #15328 that ships Nov 1 ~ and they got creative on the packaging, where the cables are hidden! The eee looks really thin and gorgeous too!

Designboom features a nice collection of silicone lemon squeezers.

Bee Cool ~ a Liqurious Original by Anita ~ because we really are silly enough to take on a dare to invent a drink inspired by yogurt flavors.

Interesting travel hack: apparently packing a starter pistol in your luggage means you can lock it with a real lock and it might be tracked more closely by the airport. Could be worth a shot for those with a lot of gear.

NATHAN OTA has a new vinyl toy. His artwork transcends well to this platform. Incredible!

Quick experiment done with Processing: the first 3,000 characters of "Alice in Wonderland".

Gorgeous White light fixture by Winnie Lui for Innermost - "a chandelier in which objets trouvés meet bling and trash is made equal to treasure through the application of uniform colour."

This tree stump vase is hand-carved from reclaimed wood. The simple, elegant design brings nature back into the home in this functional vessel.

typography/calligraphy-inspired artwork showcase by maxwell lord

Located in Toronto Ontario, this house was designed and built to sell on the Canadian M.L.S. As both designer and developer of this project, Reigo & Bauer believe architecturally designed houses should be available to the average homebuyer.

Jonas Buntenbruch created DONE as his "personal daily design workout for 2008". Each piece was created in 30 to 60 minutes. I wish I were so disciplined...

André SMATIK Ljosaj is a very talented illustrator/graphic designer from Germany

Lula Dot's CAPtivate lamp recycles old bottles and their caps to make this beautiful fixture.

Moxie - Tampons get pretty! Now available in Singapore as well!

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.

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.

An emergency staging area complex, that acts as a tennis court during non-emergency times. By japanese architect Shuhei Endo. The giant green wall helps to control the high temperatures.

Bright Booklet set from OrangeBeautiful

Custom My Little Pony collection by Mari Kasurinen.

Vote for the 10 Most Influential Design Bloggers ~ last year we were lucky enough to be 8th ~ feel nice? show some love and vote?

The designer Janne Kyttänen wanted to bring the issue of global warming to debate, and made the lamp “Riot”

Tick Tock Toys Archives and Galleries feature scans and photos of vintage packaging and advertisements. The photo above is from Food Packaging>Candy Archive.

Arkitip + Incase (limited edition boxes) + Ryan McGinness?!?!?! Signed and numbered edition of 2000 ~ issue number 48 is a must have!

Heath Ceramics coming to LA! "at 7525 Beverly Boulevard (at Sierra Bonita Avenue) in the central Los Angeles design district"

Fascinated by the new Graham & Brown wallpaper patterns design*sponge pointed out

Antec's new Skeleton Case ~ is pretty much as barebones as you can get! And gorgeous design as well...

The Super Genintari! This behemoth of a console brings the Atari 2600, NES, SNES and Genesis together at long last. I love the Pacman power button. Designed and built by Richard DaLuz.

TOUCH WALL PANELS: Thermosensitive modular wall panels that shift color in response to body heat.