You can zoom further than you think in some places on google maps...

EcoShack's Nomad Yurt...for commitment phobes and the green yak-packing set. Who needs the overhead of a mortgage?

Hmmm. Do smart kids really date in parallel? or in series?

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.

ninja.com: deadly accurate. google based search page... and email addies at ninja.net

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!

A huge, beautiful collection of vintage luggage labels.

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.

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.

A completely mesmerizing animation involving Dick & Jane. Check it out.

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.

Chao & Eero's pierced eyebrow ring, to go with the pierced bumper in #1730

nab has some great ideas for "connecting"...free wifi from a chair in front of his house, communication via shared playlist names in itunes. i think hes my hero.

Just in time for halloween - Corporate zombie cube guys that glow in the dark - Please tell me you'll take action if my overworking leads me to be a laptop wielding zombie?

Diamond Keychain at URBN made me laugh tonight

I love the bottle of the new CORZO tequila. Designed by Fabien Baron (and the taste of the reposado is pretty smooth)

Guinness pint glasses that say PURE GENIUS at the bottom... =)

Cute & affordable. Check out the website for more fun designs.

edible post its!

went to this awesome exhibit on skulls years ago, but just stumbled upon the website now. still awesome. =)

If you are in LA from July 7-30 go see Yumiko Kayukawa @ LA LUZ DE JESUS.

as many of you know, the amnh is my all time favorite museum. found this gorgeous series via coudal. =)

BALLOON BUCKYBALL! how to - on making balloon molecules

Great video of Stephen Wiltshire, an artistic savant drawing a 12ft panorama of Rome from memory after seeing the city for only 45 minutes.

its like paul smith or target or just plain crazy colorful stripes in your TOILET - i dont know why it appeals to me today.

david lodge is awesome. read anything and everything he's written. he's almost as cool as stephen fry...except nobody is as cool as fry.

"Private Line" is a collection of fabrics into which the name of the customer is woven as the pinstriping. The letters of the name feature one above the other and thus form a discrete line.

Awesome collection of do not disturb signs...

Sticky advice from Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook, Wim Crouwel, Michael C. Place, Ben Stott, Mark Farrow, Storm Thorgerson, Daniel Eatock and Hamish Muir ~ on TAPE!

“_______ I Met And Liked” notebooks available through Archie Grand are modern and minimalist, yet colorful and clever.

CONVERGENCE : A Collaborative Painting Series & Window Mural by Portland, Maine Artists Kate Cleaves & Matt W. Moore. Full Slideshow of the Artwork, Mural, Surfboards, Opening Party, and More.

French style publication Purple features a racy photo of Sean Lennon and his model girlfriend, Kemp Muhl, recreating John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1981 Rolling Stone cover.

Almost invisible to the street, the sunken flagship store for Havaianas in Sao Paulo has an impressive interior space, filled with green and light, and havaianas of course. By Isay Weinfeld.

The austrian design company Memux created a concrete curtain working as a decorative room divider or facade decoration. An extraordinary look and a new context for this building material.

This is a pairing made in heaven. Globe-Trotter and Happy Socks are partners – not in the sock making business but the display world. Globe-Trotter has been names Happy Socks’ official display partner for the US market.

Illustrator extraordinaire Ingela P. Arrhenius draws one of her favorite pie recipes (profile and recipe).

this is what happens when you exercise your right brain too much... other fantastic examples of digital retouching and cgi on andrew coleman's website