Always worth taking a tour into the fantastic world of Mark Ryden... [Editor's note: check out the wood nymphs in his tree show]

Grindhouse Cereals. High in pulp, low on moral fibers.

Marc Ecko is promoting his roots and graffiti with digital citylights.

Karl Lagerfeld asked 15 artists to create work inspired by the iconic quilted Chanel bag (1955). Hadid’s sculptural building, started after a conversation with him last fall, captures new geometries in design and architecture.

ASTRONAUT this interactive music video grabs a different set of images from Flickr to match the lyrics.

Comic Con sneak peak - David Pressler will be launching Stupid Little Robot Buddy! "Technology has never been so dumb! Stupid Little Robot Buddy is at your service. Ready to help but end up wrecking your stuff. " (ltd to 35)

With all the Harry Potter finale drama, Pirate Bay has once again been at the center of it... and has yet another nice home page graphic that links you to searching for it.

How every pi loving office building and university doesn't have these Pi Bike Racks is beyond me. By Landscape Forms.

Sheep stool - designer: - Hanns-Peter Krafft, 1982 - materials: Real sheep-skin over a body of jute skin filled with wood shavings, with head and legs in solid wood. Ears are made of leather.

at the top of the pencil sits a seed. when the pencil gets too small you plant it.

Karakiri is a friendly octopus who's loving arm holds you when you sleep.
Custom made creature with a great buying experience.

Adorable solar race car - 57 x 42 x 17 mm.

Los Angeles based Hello/Bye (Sun An) is pretty much unstoppable in the areas of art direction, design, typography, illustration, animation and videos. Take a look at the latest - excerpts from an interview and artist profile in Arkitip #30

"The Fantastic in Art and Fiction" from Cornell University features some fascinating illustrations and images from their rare manuscript collection. Nicely organized. (Could use a better site design.)

Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin (The Living)'s RIVER GLOW: a floating LED light system embedded in bodies of water to warn of water pollution (in addition to creating an ethereal glow at nighttime

A stone+steel ski stop in Portillo, Chile by dRN Arquitectos

Some years ago now, but feels even more current than then. Scott King's work always on the mark.

Great to see the One Laptop Per Child (OLPCs) in the hands of these kids in Uruguay!

from the streets of milan: The guy on the left says - "Maybe one day we'll be on that wall"
The guy on the right replies - "Impossible".

Unique analog projector clocks from Japan's I.D.E.A. International

USB Microscope - lusting after it already, not sure what i need it for, but am SURE it would make product reviews more fun somehow...

On interesting concepts... viz drink is looking to get you the most out of your vitamin infused water by using alka seltzer styled effervescence in the cap...

SkateChalkBoard ~ by mary and matt

This might need to be the next house for Shade Elaine's Mr. Chompers (the venus fly trap) - Regent House Tabletop Terrarium

Also love the idea of these wood slat tiles ~ instant patio, that you can even store when not in use... or in the bathroom? West Elm ~ 4 for 99$

Brilliant t-shirt translation of McLuhan's Medium is the Message... by imaginary foundation for T-post's anniversary

Blue and Green LED alarm clocks from I.D.E.A.

Great video! Shot at 2000 frames per second, and well worth it. Vitalic supplies an amazing dance track, too! Bird by Pleix [Editor's Note - wow that was sweet!]

On ETSY LABS ~ if anyone else was as curious as i've been... Caroline over at cnet's CRAVE has a great video to catch you up - and the mooninte intro is well worth it too

As far as travel bottles go, these have got me pretty curious... PKOH NYC emailed about these, and they have silicon bodies! rotating icon rings! easy squeeze valves! and an integral o-ring...

dVider introduces their line of modular versatile room dividers! Impressive line of products/add ons... and a great way to show off all those vinyl stickers, or print custom sails.

Print Liberation tries to inspire through simple and clean design.

Herald Tribune has a great slideshow on the shift in movie title graphics these days.... its a good one.

Ray of Radar is a revamped 1965 Ford Econoline that is also their street team coordinator ~ had to share the before and after shots with you ~ b/c he certainly didn't start with the bushy white furry interior!

Seeds planted into the cover of this book make it into a real "Jungle Book". Nice idea, though I wonder how you water it?

Champagne-to-go! Design by Form Stark

Matt Groening's creations turns into manga style (Japanese Comic)... and famous mangas turns into Matt Groening's style. Great works by spacecoyote.

sad nytimes article on inbred japanese dogs. i particularly enjoyed the discussion of fads, note that the bug king they refer to is indeed our favorite mushi.

Paul Baars Plug Nightlights ~ via Polkadot.it

You can't say "photoshopped."

New Tree Gourmet Belgian Chocolates - i love the packaging and the delicious flavors like Sexy, Blush, and Vigor.

You toucan own this smart little can opener. available at target from boston warehouse.

Obsessing about the Material Furniture Knock Down/Drag Out Collection today

Picked up Pleo at a bar in Beverly Hills this week. This guy is supposedly the next big step in consumer robotics ~ they're getting cuter AND more hackable.

David Poston. bracelet: "Well, Well, Well"
from "REINCARNATION of TINS" series.

Steve Leggat's portfolio includes this hilarious Rabbit Yin Yang wallpaper that i can't stop laughing at.