It’s name is “hybrid tea set”, designed by Ronit Baranga from israel for the “dining in 2015″ competition of designboom

More art coming out in support for Obama ~ this time Upper Playground and the Date Farmers created a campaign poster to be mass-distributed on offset posters throughout Texas... and limited editions for sale.

One wallpaper for the addicted to the social network Twitter!

Diagram by Swedish Nola is a bench for the public spaces. With its soft almost surreal shape I can easily see it outside a modern art museum.

Project COMMUNITY SOFA is just about game, playing. Sofa makes community of people closer to each other.

Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! From AnalogueAesthetics.

Haus 9x9, designed by Titus Bernhard Architekten and located in Bavaria, is a fascinating stone house built using gabions (rubble-filled wire baskets).

Get Free Matter! Last chance to get in on the first "MatterBox" ~ a collaboration between Artomatic and the Royal Mail

A little late night surfing led to a great collection of artist's tees at Beams T ~ this is the Mr. Wonderful / And shirt.

Fascinating exhibit ~ “Seventy Years of Penguin Design” at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath - i love seeing all the old book covers and the evolution of the Penguin book logos!

April 1958 - Vendre design magazine - french design trade magazine via grainedit.com

For some reason, the Vauni globe ethanol fireplace reminds me of Pac-Man.

Gift Guide Day 9 ~ Reusable Shopping bags, after having researched SO many, here are our favorites and unexpected pics, as well as some woody accessories to go with!

Interview with light artist Chris Levine, creator of this portrait of HM the Q

Great coverage of 100% Tokyo at Designboom ~ check out the new products by CONF ~ this webcam has a case for the cables, and even uses the opening to mount on your monitor

Blaue Blume Lacy Cup made by tina tsang/ undergrowth uk sold from Reiko Kaneko

Herman Miller is re-issuing the Eames LCW chair in new (awesome) colors as part of the centennial celebration of Charles Eames birth.

This "candle holder" plays with the idea of electricity versus natural light. It's not electric, it's simply a candleholder that is held up by a socket. Unfortunately, not available in the US.

Yoshitomo Nara's "My Sweet Dog" wooden pulltoy: handcrafted in France, i.e. lead-free and beautiful.

Cool Citroën C1 commercial featuring Rubik's Cube.

Sometimes the giftwrap is far too cool not to notice ~ in the case of Stephen Einhorn Jewelry ~ you can get plaster hearts that the recipient has to break open to get the gift out!

IKEA Vippig SeeSaw for 50$ !

Thorbjørn Ankerstjern: a bit of graphic design coming from Denmark but made in London

Corriette Schoenarts mixes fashion photography with cartography.

Asymptote Architecture is developing a signature 50-story residential tower now under way in the United Arab Emirates.

Jonathan Aspinall's Link Mugs are making breakfast a little more communal.

this dazzlingly simple cocktail jigger from american designer josh owen was inspired by the japanese tradition of sipping sake from the corner of a box-shaped cup.

Cookie Monsters Green Brother... devours a computer! Gotta love some old school sesame street for a lazy saturday afternoon. Also: should this be the direction for the future of NotVideo?

Essenze - new zealand inspired design - has a gorgeous signature rocking chair by david haig

Great work by brazilian designer and fashion star Mauro Ramalho. Everything looks sweet and the video explanations are a cool touch. Check it out!

"Avatar Machine" by Marc Owens - Mounted camera and HUD gives user a 3rd person view of himself, giving a Second Life feel to First Life. [Editor's Note: omg this is too funny. watch the video - genius!]

I found the Design House Stockholm Carrie baskets in a store, and was even more impressed than with the incredible images of these online! Best bike/shopping basket yet. by Marie-Louise Gustaffsson.

London College of Communication grad Hon Lam Li's Wall Piano turns any wall into a, err, piano

The Maniac by crazy French artist SKWAK has just been released as a vinyl figure.

Designed by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg the Carpet Alarm Clock requires a little stomping to shut it off.

NOTCOT for Aural NY : we designed the boxes and colors for their latest line of headphones... the green is my favorite... and maybe the black & white too.

The Dog Cage. A great design to replace the usual, ugly crate. Designed by Peter F. Pracilio for Design GO!

Top 15 Google Street View Sightings. Very fun!

So Watt! is a design exhibition in Paris focusing on energy. A lot of the designs have been seen on .org before but it's nice so see all of them in one place.

Check out this new bathroom from MANWORKS DESIGN, ispired by the killer whale!

The new Star Wars Mimobots- four awesome designs in 1, 2, and 4GB. [Editor's Note: we show mimobots a bit ~ but this guy's got some nice hands on pics]

Creative piece. Small but funny idea. Global warming action by Instituto Akatu. Miniatures of famous monuments were placed inside large aquariums scattered throughout the city, alerting for problems with global warming.

I couldn't resist a smile after reading about these East/West Coasters in ReadyMade magazine.

Lettermade: This ongoing project, started in 1998, is aimed at documenting, appreciating, and recontextualizing our vernacular letterforms and typography.

the ultracube is a shiny-curvy metallic piece of Frank Gehry goodness, available in silver white and black at HellenOnline.

The Ring - Porcelain fruit dispenser designed by Joung Myung Lee from Germany