Knoend's Lite2go eliminates packaging waste by making the lamp shade itself the packaging.

Cotton tote bags printed with all the letters of the alphabet, from A to Z! Alphabet Bags' virtual doors swung open just minutes ago!

Satina Turner's Flybrary bookshelf - the books hang on metal strips to create the surface of the shelf.

La esencia de Klimt is beautifull work done by Kattaca. Photografic recreation of the most famous paints of Gustav Klimt.

Google maps guy is all decked out with a party hat and balloons today! I especially love when you drag him around the map... he's flying away with his balloons!

Nice peek into the car grad show projects by Kimberly Wu, i'm smitten with her illustration/paintings (as well as design!)

Check this out... it's a site that uses rudimentary graphics controls to let you create amazing symmetrical designs.

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.

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates in new Microsoft commercial. Gates is not bad as a comedic actor.

Emo for Obama - i couldn't help laughing when i saw this latest obama inspired design from Democratic Stuff.

The perfect kit for a urban picnic,as a green square transposed in the city. by Garance Echazaretta and Florent Thurneyssen

Awesome updated portfolio of Studio Mopa

Love to hug your coffeetable? No sharp edges on this retro looking design from the new label Odesi.... [Editor's Note - it looks like a giant apple airport extreme]

The Mighty Bearcats' Skin Series Bud Vase looks like porcelain but it's actually made of a soft and flexible plastic.

Meticulously and with surgical precision Richard Galpin breaks down the fine top layer of large-scale architectural photographs into geometrical forms and lines.

San Base is a Russian-born Canadian artist who makes really fantastic computer-generated digital generative art. Dynamic, non-static art where the picture is constantly changing and evolving.

Jaime Hayon for Champagne Piper-Heidsieck - an incredible champagne bath/lamp piece that may be my new favorite piece by Jaime yet... wow.

The world famous Puppy from Eero Aarnio for Magis is coming as a Glow In The Dark version. Only 600 pieces worldwide. In 4 sizes! Available in October.

one tv "eating" a blueray player... like a flytrap... the second ad for Sony Vaio HDNA... created by 180 los angeles...

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

Morphogenesis Chaise is the attempt to learn from naturally evolving systems and turn the gained knowledge into an intelligent and contemporary design for a chaise lounge. See the video.

Did you know Oxo bought Candela? The awesome candle alternatives that are portable, cordless, and charge up on their base? Love the new designs!!!

The River Gym concept is a human-powered floating gym that will provide the user with the one experience that no other gym can provide: floating your workout around Manhattan.

Designed by two sisters, Karla and Dana Karwas, Party Dress functions as a pavilion worn exclusively by five women that seamlessly injects architecture into fashion by using the body as space.

A colorful social housing complex in Slovenia by OFIS arhitekti

A Chess Set inspired by the novel 'Alice through the Looking Glass'. In this set the opaque mirrored pieces magically turn transparent when they touch the board, revealing the identity of the piece contained within them.

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

A research project from architect Phu Hoang Office seeks to address site specific issues in the Dead Sea with a series of artificial islands that would provide recreation, tourist attractions, renewable energy, and create fresh water.

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!

Design Glut at ICFF ~ their products are even more amazing in person - from the Hookmaker and Crude Ring... to the new slow food tray and smoking gun! I think i want them all...

A trippy and slightly disturbing metamorphosis of the faces of designers Lucy and Bart. Weird!
Tip - move your mouse between their names.

Hands on review with Activate Drinks ~ really a packaging close up of these "vitamin drinks" where the vitamins are in the cap until you release them into the water, and then it changes colors... see my video!

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?

Hand painted Russian Dolls used to promote Stolichnaya Russian Vodka in bars around Belfast.

Bury your old cell phone which will then grow into a flower. Surreal, perhaps, but a research project is developing this eco-cool technology at this very moment.

Down The Bunny Hole will be hosted at Rivet, Columbus Ohio’s premier Vinyl Toy and Art Gallery, located in the Short North arts district. The exhibition will showcase custom 10″ Labbit figures designed by Frank Kozik.

What do you consider art? - as answered by the always adorable Creature Comforts in this adorable video

Anywhere Sofa - Grey - $280.00 - cheap cute simple sofa bed!

Speakers, Projectors, Ambient lighting - all in the modular form of adorable gnome like creatures and trees for your outdoor spaces... NOTConcept 002 ~ the final renders!

Kick ass animation in "3650", an awesome spot for MTV's environmental awareness campaign Swtich. Directed bu Ubik for Ogilvy & Mather.

New York-based artist Maya Hayuk does everything. Literally... from paint to murals to photography to graphic design to print to product design and way more.

This futuristic architectural design is shortlisted in an international contest to create a new observatory in Liverpool, England, reminding us that space-age proposals have a great way of stirring the imagination.

Excellent photo collection by Michael Muller .Eye candy for your inspirational needs!

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

The work of Siggi Eggertsson, an Icelandic designer and illustrator who, despite his young age has an impressive clientele.