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!

Taga Convertible Bicycle, a more modern take on the European baby carrier bicycle.

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

Microsoft Ads: Bug or Feature ~ nice article at Portfolio ~ was it viral attention grabbing genius? or a huge failure? Must say i hated the seinfeld ads, love the new "i'm a pc" spot...

the wave desk by ricardo garza marcos has a sculptural feel to it, the surface breaks into wave like strips giving it a fragile and lightweight appearance

Creative Food Sculptures

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.

Format and Monster Factory collaborate to produce Clive, the Format mascot. Clive enjoys double-riding bicycles, collecting buttons, non-chalantly striking poses, and brunch.

Introducing the Obama Force One by artist Jimm Lasser.

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]

Nice iconic wine bottle designs were done by the design director of Zeus Jones, Brad Surcey

Interesting - almost spatial - paper bags by Good Design Company for the Takeo Paper Show.

Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated on a short animated cartoon called Destino which took 58 years to complete. Destino is currently part of an exhibit at the NYC MoMA called Dalí: Painting and Film

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.

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

A high-resolution Photoshop brush set suitable for print. Complex circle borders inspired by quilt patterns. Great for scrapbooking.

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

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

Trees are the people too!

Smart : Slim Poster. “Fits Everywhere” by Jung von Matt

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.

Tinker Hatfield, Nike's Architect. great interview that explains Renzo Piano's intent in designing the Pompidou Centre and direct relation to designing Nike's iconic sneaker, The Air Max [video!]

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

A brilliant collection of creative retouching pieces by Electric arts

This is a DIY kit version of Coactlab's Kelvin Slider Bent Ply LED Lamp. It comes with everything you need, even the heat gun for bending the plywood!

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

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.

UK-based designer Julia Lohmann is bringing kelp into a new design realm with Kelp Constructs - a collection of wonderfully tactile lighting designs.

Sorapot! This teapot we've all lusted after for 3 years is finally here ~ check out the unboxing! (as well as pics from the factory... this one is a true testament of how a design blog can help designers!)

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

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!

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

The world needs a tape like this | Campaign of Tesa tape | Hugo Chávez

TED BIGVIZ pdf Book ~ a MUST read, 200 pages of "spontaneous sketches" on a cintiq throughout every TED 2008 talk.... inspiring visually, and an incredible overview of the concepts discussed.

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

Frida Kahlo's Studio an amazing dollhouse by Elsa Mora

UsTrendy is a forum for aspiring musicians, models, designers, and artists to showcase their work. Then fans decide what they like, and items get produced!

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!)

Polite In Public ~ Photobooths you can't do without for events. They will build mini sets complete with props, professional lighting and photography, live slideshows... everyone looks incredible!

Take a peek at Kelly Vivanco's beautiful paintings. Once you're done, be sure to check out her delightful webcomic: Patches.

INFLATE ~ i fell in love with their Luna stark white glowingly cool igloo of air while at IDS, and you simply must check out the various sized semi-perm and perm structures!

watch your empty wine bottles transform into classical urns with these printed felt covers from tokyo's furnish, available at Molla Space.

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

One wallpaper for the addicted to the social network Twitter!

Vosges' Chocolate has a $375 gift set: Chocolate and the Nose: The Sensory Collection. Chocolates from 15 countries, 42 aromas, guidebook, flavor wheel, notebook, and a blindfold!