Ming Tang’s beautiful origami-inspired Folded Bamboo Houses are intended to be used as temporary shelters in the aftermath of an earthquake.

Ahh Yes! I just found some sweet new stuff from another great Brazilian designer, Vincete Silva e Silva.

Nice packaging for the final shoe in Adidas' Originals aZX series.

The Big Picture has some amazing photos of Berlin's "Festival of Lights", including the illuminated Berlin Cathedral.

I'm loving Andy Velgos' Ring Studies - some very conceptual and amazing pieces to be found.

VerTerra is a biodegradable, disposable dinnerware collection. The dinnerware is made by collecting fallen leaves, and applying steam, heat and pressure to transform the leaves into a durable product that will naturally biodegrade in 2 months.

Kristin Graefe has some really nice information graphics and application concepts

Tessa Farmer creates amazing miniature sculptures out of insects and plant roots - the above is from Swarm (Hornet vs. Fairy).

Paul Smith's Union Square store's furry-inspired window display gives a twist on the usually blank mannequin

Ricochet Studio cast these 'Best Before' Milk Cartons in vitrified porcelain, using the original containers as a mold.

Googlephone unboxing! Hands on with my HTC G1 ~ i couldn't resist, so popped down and grabbed one at the T-Mobile store this morning

Jurlique's Biodynamic line is not only incredibly natural and eco friendly on the inside, but all packaging is as well - and the packaging of the sampler pack is especially interesting!

Shaz Madani plays with paper in his Arctic Paper project.

Totally adorable these digital illustrations. This one reminds Miyazaki's work so much!

The Blofield Inflatable Chesterfield Seating by Jeroen van de Kant - I just love this because it's a fancy, self-important inflatable couch.

StairPorn - a site dedicated to the most beautiful stairs you have ever laid your eyes upon.

The Real Boar Company sell fabulous farm made Wild Boar Salami from their own wild boar. Winner of countless awards and endorsed by countless Michelin starred chefs, this salami is amongst the finest in the world.

Amazing packaging (for an amazingly crazy cool rabbit toy) paw! by coarsetoys (rainbow + blackout versions)

Shopping cart chair case-study by a Los Angeles Product Design Student.

Studio Armadillo, designed Joya's new product - TULIP. TULIP’s packaging mirrors the firm philosophy about intimacy – this playful toy lies inside its book-shaped box that opens and reveals its inner surprise content.

Tadanori Yokoo and his "psycho" side of Japan. ~ incredible poster collection on flickr

found this really cool and REALLY French Illustrator - Garance Doré - She's been working for a while in Paris and apparently she have pretty a BIG fan club - I totally fall in Love for her Illustrations ....

Scholten & Baijings are out with a new collection of Table Glass, a beautiful six-piece glass series produced in collaboration with the master glassblowers of Royal Leerdam Crystal.

Tania Hennessy, aka Aroha Silhouettes, launches Phantasmal: 12 illusions that become 3-D silhouettes when worn.Laser cut from reclaimed 12" vinyl records, each piece is one-of-a-kind.

Alife, New York-based streetwear and branding innovator, staged its Los Angeles debut with a year-long retail intervention at 222gallery.

Today, we’ll know just about everything there is to know-especially now that expectant mommies and daddies can gaze upon their progeny with the help of Echographic images 4-D.

”Studies in Pen Art”, a scan of a 1914 pamphlet by William Dennis. It has loads of examples of penmanship and advice on techniques and equipment which is pretty much all relevant today.

We released a nice little print today.. its called 'Smolder' - Based on a small scale sculpture by Jeremy Mora.

young dutch designer Patrick Schuur used a total of 918 tapes to build a cassette tape closet. Each cassette tape is individually screwed onto a wooden frame.

The Atlantic has a sweet new campaign - Think Again - that asks tough questions in a beautiful way.

Kids and adults alike will enjoy Mr. Wilson, the tennis ball towel holder designed by Dominik Langhammer for Germany's Loony Design.

Empty white bookshelves placed underground commemorates the book burning of 1933 in Berlin. Memorial by Micha Ullman opened in 1995 in Bebelplatz.

Undoubtedly artistic, this hand tattooed leather chair is made by the Mama Tried studios, run by Scott Campbell, renowned tattoo artist.

"whiteweekendkites" is a group conducting research in architecture through computing and physical installations.

The Nest House by industrial designer Gerard Moliné is just perfect. Designed to have a minimal an impact as possible while being installed, it hangs from the tree with thick tape.

La Higuerita Sports Center by GBGV Arquitectos. A rich interior space, with a nice illumination achieved trough semi translucent blue tinted panels.

$10 worth of Sharpie's and a knack for drawing can go a long way when you have a basement with plain walls.

A Curiously Strong Lumberjack caught in a delicious dilemma as he chops his way to flavor.

Amazing SoCal photographer Scott Chu. Mainly does automotive photography, but had a great collection of other stuff too.

Incredible new exhibition of hidden locations from experimental photographer Andrew Brooks soon to be revealed at Urbis in Manchester. Great looking show and amazing portfolio elsewhere on the site

The American Vice-Presidential Wrestling Letterpress Poster from Yee-Haw featuring Sarah "the Killa from Wazilla" Palin vs. Joe "Foot in the Mouth" Biden and more!!!

PAUL SMITH has taken his love of art all the way to Japan, this weekend unveiling The Wood Show, an exhibition by British artist Richard Woods, at his Paul Smith SPACE shop in Tokyo.

The Moleskine Volant Notebooks with soft cover, come in sets of two with two different shades of the same color except for black. The acid free paper pages re thread-bound with detachable sheets.
loose notes.
Available in black, blue, green, pink.

The Wohlfahrt-Laymann Residence by Meixner Schlüter Wendt blends old with new via interventions that link the existing to a new outer skin. The old cottage was painted white, separating its past and renewing it as an artifact of its previous self.