Charlotte Skene-Catling converted an old dairy into a five bedroom home with a bathing pool. I like the way the wood exterior references traditional barns but allows a tremendous amount of light into the house.

zChocolat.com has gourmet handmade truffles prepared by world famous chocolatiers in mahogany boxes that can be engraved. After the sweets are gone, a beautiful personalized jewelry or card box still remains

Jennifer Anderson's Drove chair. I like the faceted seat.

Ikea decided to decorate the monorail train with a colorful exterior, bright upholstery and fancy curtains.

It's been coined as Trailer Mansion and it's pretty awesome.

Funny bumpers for The Stew... created by Stuart Langfield for MTV and MTV2...

Rachel Papo's "Serial No. 3817131" is a photo series sharing the world of israeli 18 year old girls going to their national service duty

Barry Sheehan and Gregor Timlin have teamed up to fabricate the Shelter Cart, a mobile living unit
for junk collectors/homeless. It would be nice if the cart had small perforations so that you could get air when sleeping.

Comic Con Leaked footage of X-man's Wolverine Origins

Remota Hotel in chilean Patagonia, by German del Sol. Located on an amazing landscape, it blends with its surroundings through its materials and the green roof.

Having trouble keeping up with all the links? Well here's a roundup of the top 25 in the last week!

The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume is not just educational, but also highly entertaining.

Now that the trailler for acclaimed comic book Watchmen has debuted, compare the movie visuals with the original comics.

The briefcase "Guncase Ultimate series 3" has made us feel like quite a character on the road or at the airport.

Great Warhol exhibition at the Michael Kohn Gallery at the moment. Rare Warhol photographs this time!

Great online campaign from Norway, a hearing test from their national Red Cross. Take the test and judge by yourself.

Is there such thing as clean advertising? Yes! Elle, Puma and ING are already using it and the technique is like a "reverse graffiti"... it is done by cleaning the walls and streets instead of painting them!

Unsolicited ads for Toyota Prius by director David Krulik that have created controversy due to their depiction of immoral acts. Their message is, "Well, at least he drives a Prius." (click through 1,2,3)

Black and white photography from the 70s and 80s by Joseph Szabo. Amazing.

A group inspired by the urban prankster group Improv Everywhere took over a subway car in Prague and turned it into a living room. This is spontaneous theater at its best and very hilarious!

Commercial for Polaroid's new Pogo Printer

Mighty (Tiny) Radar Party coming up! And they sent out the cutest cheekiest invites ever... insanely TINY print, and a magnifying glass slipped into the card for all of us lacking the vision required to read it.

In love with canvas tote bags these days and this one, made for the Eric Elms exhibition taking place at Colette as of this week is definitely one of the nicest ones I have seen so far!

Designer Virginia Sin's elegant collection of porcelain "paper plates". Order them on her website or, if you're in New York you can see them at the upcoming Design Within Reach as part of their ‘modern+design+function’ exhibition next month.

NOTConcept 002 is starting! And this time we've begun sketching ideas around the theme of outdoor ambient speaker concepts... so far i'm loving this gnome direction (but this is only 1 of 6 ideas)...

DOROTHY was created to challenge the often dull and basic world of lighting, by DesignbyThem

Why choose if you can combine? A great print ad from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel.

Papabubble ~ Incredible playful candy made by hand daily from sugar, glucose, + water ~ coolhunting's video even takes you behind the scenes and shows you the whole process!

Mixko's new ceramic Barbie face rings... much like the skull ring i have and love ~ mixko has launched a few new accessories at the Stockholm DesignBoom Mart!

Josh Spear's interview with tokidoki - covers everything from "Japanism" to tokidoki's upcoming collabs and new projects - including another exclusive line of bags and shoes - yum!

A massive projection, generated by the collective sounds of the public, that lights up the facade of York Minster.

Format Mag launches a blogs section, featuring an impressive line-up of contributors from fashion, music, and the arts.

Zebra Crossing is now one of the most popular element of guerrilla marketing. This time, it has been used in order to draw attention to the “Settimane dell’Architettura e del Design”, an international appointment between designers, architets and passionates.

Signalnoise - The art of graphic designer James White - Flickr

The echo park time travel mart. Need a day , a week, a year then come here. One of five stores of the 826 project .

The debate for animal sculptures is on! My favorite is Deborah Butterfield. Bronzed sculptures give the illusion of driftwood.

Diamonds in Glass (DIG) has come up with a new use for bling. They suspend real diamonds in the stems of glasses, keyrings, napkin rings, perfume bottles, ashtrays and of course, jewelry. They also have a video of the process on their site.

Did you know there is a Cup Noodle Factory and Museum in Osaka? And you can create your own custom flavored Cup Noodle! I am amazed by these videos of Cup Noodles made from scratch.

Wickle ~ some pretty little designer fragrance packaging, that is simple, beautiful, and comes with cute necklaces to decorate them.

A different color for everyday of the year. The 2008 Colour Calendar by Moritz Zwimpfer

Green Lady + The Nerve collaborated for this adorable cotton canvas turtle pillow

Review of the Tombow alternative to the space pen and the inka pens... writes upside down, under water, in space ~ and won't accidentally scribble inside your purse!

We heard you needed a goat? Here is a little stop motion video created to wish people happy holidays and support a good cause.

For all our architects ~ next time you build a model, how about trying some adorable cost effective metal silhouettes for your cars and residents? Haseform has created a great series of Modellfiguren

A motion graphics installation featuring plants and typography by the company WOW.

Puma and W Hotels join forces. Now guests of W Hotels can design their own sneakers and get them delivered home. A special tray with choices of colors and materials has been made. Great concept and idea!