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

The Monolito at the Foro Italico in Roma, a single block of Carrara marble 17.4 meters high, shines again in the sunset light after an endless restoration.

The water that drops from a roof when raining inspired Nur Alam for this chair / bench. He got the idea when sitting in his room once and staring at the poring rain outside.

Project: Iceland is the first showcase of contemporary Icelandic art, fashion and musical talent and gives significant insight into this outstanding creative community.

How to Cool a Planet: Futuristic ways to fight against the global warming. (NY Times old issue - 2006 - but worth reading!) Click to see the full graphic!

New blog started by Jason Gabbert that focuses on beautiful book cover design. Every Monday he features a new designer and book cover design, and goes behind the scenes with discussions about process.

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.

Love the illustrative work of Ryan McLennan. His website is full of goodness.

I wish all my outlets fit three! Leviton's AC320-W.

Artist Andrew Wilson's contribution to Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's gallery show at 1988, "Crazy 4 Cult," showcasing a multitude of characters from cult movies.

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.

An amazing and nice portfolio of Beijing 2008 .

An original handpainted artwork with new Pritt correction roller.

In the final build-up to the opening of Beijing 2008, two wonderful and anticipated new TV spots - Coca Cola's "Bird's Nest Stadium" and Adidas' "Countdown" - were finally aired this week.

Chris Gilmour's cardboard version of Bond's Aston Martin is amazing. Includes front mounted machine guns, pop-out wheel blades, flip up stick shift eject button and more. Also check out Gilmour's cardboard safe and bicycle.

Genevieve Gaukler had an exhibition in Tokyo, and even debuted some vinyl toys! Tokyo 41%, Paris 59%.

An advertisement for SBS's coverage of the Tour De France that is an epic 21 day endurance event for one Melbourne cyclist. His pedaling is powering a scrolling metrolite from 8-4, stopping only for two rest days as per the actual event.

Scrap Lights by Graypants are not only beautiful, they're sustainably made from twice recycled cardboard.

Fun campaign by TBWA Istanbul for sports channel NTV Spor. The sport speakers are embedded inside the action.

The Aivan Concept Radio. The dial stays put as the radio moves around it.

Opera singer Leslie Garrett was hoisted above the Tower of London via a crane where she performed for a small audience to promote the English National Opera. The stunt was organized by Sky Arts TV channel.

An amazing countryside house made out of stone and glass. By Herreros Arquitectos, in Spain.

A brilliant collection of creative retouching pieces by Electric arts

Visual communication on Marsatac festival. White poster but clues hidden in the decor.

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"

Really cool new feature was just added to Nike iD - Photo iD. Take a pictures with your phone, send it via MMS to Nike iD and use the colors from the photo on your customized Nike sneakers. Nice fusion of design and technology!

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

The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is a concept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees.

The Ford Company created an ingenious campaign where a Ford Focus car is dismantled and the parts are transformed into musical instruments played by an orchestra of real musicians

A finely crafted Fabergé Buddha made from bowenite which was previously owned by billionaire shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Soon to be up for auction - estimate of £350,000.

Caranbachel by FOA - A compact volume building where all the apartments have double orientationwith terraces in both sides, protected with bamboo louvers.

Formatmag.com releases over 70 new wallpapers with the Sneaker Wallpapers II Collection and the Issue 40 Anniversary Collection.

agnés b. is way more than just a cool lowercase French fashion label. She's a movie producer, florist, chocolatier, restaurateur, publisher, philanthropist, gallery owner and more. The whole story. Even what the 'b" stands for!

beautiful organic creations in porcelain from uk-based artist claire palastanga.

As i'm sure you've seen by now, i've been on a bit of a research project on bird feeders this morning, storing my finds on notcot.org ~ and the full roundup is now up ~ should we design our own for NOTConcept?

greenPIX is a media wall designed by Simone Giostra and ARUP, in Beijing. This curtain wall is powered by photovoltaic energy, and will feature video installations starting in May.

Astronomy picture of the day, simple website but often very impressive. This is the Cat's Eye Nebula, over half a light-year across. Picture of the day at 2008 March 22.

Cute screech owl stowed away on an aircraft carrier and nursed back to health by Zachary Gorman, an aviation mechanic who happens to be a licensed falconer. "Fod" - foreign object debris

Featured architectural design by Elie Gamburg in the eVolo's '08 Skyscraper Competition.

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.

Mail Call! Diesel sent over their "Jeans Chain" ~ the hefty shiny gold bling to hang from your belt loops with a vial of perfume inside... OR anything else you want to stash in the container. See the unboxing.

a tree becoming a chair, a hangcoat. Making an extension of hte furniture itself we discover a branch allow in us to use it.

Orphaned hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as their mother

We need some help! A project we're working on needs some flash ads, and we could use a solid flash developer to work with our designer for this small project (and perhaps more to come!)