Monki is a unique retail concept where the store, it's design and everything related is based on a fantasy story. The otherworldly design has been thought up by Electric Dreams, we get to chat with them and showcases some mind blowing photography.....

On November 2nd, The Simpsons will pay homage to the Mad Men series and Imaginary Forces .

Virgil O. Stamps is a one-man show letterpresser who reclaims materials from his Brooklyn neighborhood shops and people. He uses all of these things for letterpressed business cards and notecards and invites. Not one is the same as the other

Bold Faces is both a ad agency and a punk band. As a bunk band they have made songs about kerning, comic sans and most recently Microsoft,

The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual garden. By Ian Dallas.

This house by Polidura Talhouk Arquitectos in the chilean countryside blends with the surrounding landscape while generating perfect spaces for overlooking the valley.

Stylophone Retro Pocket Synth ~ who wouldn't one of these? "Miniature stylus operated synthesizer is a recreation of the 1967 classic"

NOTCOT.org got 2nd place in the Home Rejuvenation 10 Most Influential Design Blogs competition ~ huge thanks to all of you who voted for us!

A brief history of communications. Yes...you only have an iPhone because thousands and thousands of years ago...trimmm trimmm...ups...sorry...phone call ...watch the video...bye! :)

Llimited edition typographic works and a beautifully designed 2009 wall calendar now available as part of the STW09 project. Amazing works.

Spirit Houses, by Oliver Hunter.

Toby Ziegler's geometric sculptures reference computer mapping programs with a figurative element.

Modern, and nice, Arabic book covers from the independent Egyptian publishing house Dar El Shorouk.

Supercombo is the brainchild of two like minded geeks who both enjoy illustration. They sell unique, high quality clothing inspired by their love of videogames, anime and general nerdyness.

Gentrify! An SF google map mashup ~ with an awesome logo!

At the Psycho Buildings exhibition at the Hayward Do-Ho Suh stretched sheer red nylon to create a false ceiling with a set of stairs suspended from the centre looking like an entrance into an invisible attic.

Video of a cool technique for removing people from an image in Photoshop.

Enormous pic of 500 magazine covers featuring Frank Zappa.

An excellent bit of typographical art from Singapore based graphic designer Jarrell Goh, aka fuzzyzebra.

Blanket statement is a contemporary bearskin rug handmade from reclaimed traditional Dutch blankets. These one of a kind rugs showcase the intricate patterns and thick sturdy construction while hinting at another traditional décor style

schindlersalmerón's light and stackable aluminium stool is assembled from three identical aluminium sheets that stabilize each other through spatial folding.

Photos from Cooper Union's Silkscreen Reclamation Project - a collaboration between designer Paul Sahre and CU students. 200 of Sahre's unfinished posters (with one color word bubbles) were reclaimed by the students and overprinted with their own designs.

Fantastic 1950's Auto Industry logos collected together by Delicious Industries.

The Trust Creative Society created this limited-edition bottle design for Loimu, a Finnish vintage mulled wine flavored with raspberry and clove.

Nice and stylish print campaign for Alka Seltzer: Paparazzi, Bear, Mafia, Magician and Prison

Desert View Tower and Boulder Park - this place scared the hell out of me on the roadtrip back from Tuscon, AZ to San Diego, CA (then back to LA) on the 8... SUPER creepy, then the internet tells me its super kid friendly and fun...

Gorgeous packaging work for Grind Coffee by Talia Cohen for her thesis project at RISD.

Hero Design Studio + Boutique, Buffalo, NY have a great exhibition of 9" B.U.D's (Blow Up Dolls) created by 30 artists on display until December 23.

“A Dream To Have In Heaven” (Tengoku De Miru Yume - 天国でみる夢) by Maki Sasaki is a surreal non-narrative one-shot manga published in November 1967.

4 Occhi ~ Aspesi 1910 ~ glasses that are two in one, so you never have to lose that second set again... and you can put anything you want into the frames!

BiCuadro Architects designed the Italian pavilion for the 2010 Expo Shanghai. The pavilion is made up of a series of plates that are meant to illustrate Italy's cultural and architectural history.

Stainless Steel Candelabra by David Mellor

Interactive virtual march for charity ActionAid in support of their work with the Indian Adivasi people. Users make their own character, personalise a message and join in. By Chroma London.

Modulorbeat designed Kubik, an outdoor club in Berlin, made from translucent containers that light up in response to the club's music.

Poketo launches their Australian Series wallets - showcasing designs from artists down under. The wallets will launch stateside in late November.

Designboom features a nice collection of silicone lemon squeezers.

Love Merijn Hos' super detailed, old-school China Ink On Paper drawings.

The Alcatraz Hotel in the western city of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Former German prison turned hotel offers guests a jailhouse feeling, with a possibility of walking out whenever they like.

The San Paolo Bank in Baia Mare, Romania, makes a twist to the traditional bank designs we see out there every day. By Parasite Studio.

London design collective Zoltar has created a fantastic series of sculptures and artwork for Nike, exhibited during the Frieze Art Fair in London.

The northern Netherlands in the middle of the tulip season.

This surprising switch Table Chair is made by Ellesco International and was designed by the Belgian Designer Ellen Ectors as her graduation work from Sint Lukas Brussels.

New interview with New York City-based photographer Meg Wachter about herself and her much-hyped photo project "Dumped."

Gorgeous 1927 edition of a Studio Handbook by Samuel Welo - all hand lettered!