For those who don't need the corkscrew... check out fred's other bottle opener - Luckey

Also from Fred & Friends... Bottle-Biner! corkscrew and bottle opener have never been handier.

Aqva Garden is an ingenious system designed by ecoLogicStudio in collaboration with another two young designers (Francesco Brenta and Laura Micalizzi), presented for the first time at this year's Milan Furniture Fair.

I See Dead Pixels is the online portfolio of Sander Rietdijk, a dutch graphic designer experienced and skilled in illustration, print and web.

With its exposed gears and post-modern typeface and LED illumination, this has got to be the coolest flip clock I've seen so far. From Dutch designer Will Vanden Vos.

NOTCOT.org made it into the latest Web Design Index 7 by Pepin Press!!! (i'm kind of giddy)

Site of russian design studio Ladio. Follow the ornament!

NOTE: Flash site best viewed at full screen.

Visualizing the Power Struggle in Wikipedia : an emergent mosaic of activity!

Hands on review of Reyka Vodka - pics, videos, the works... i think its my new favorite, and its made from glacial water and it's the first vodka distilled and bottled in Iceland and completely eco friendly.

Beautiful slideshow. Score one for analog... archipels by philippeb.ca

KeyPort - its what you've been waiting for to streamline that keychain of yours... just get copies cut on these special blanks and slot them in. RFID, Alarm Entry, and LED's in development.

Trend: Geeky Wedding Cakes. Nintendo, Super Mario and Star Wars. YUMMO!

Dalek previews new works showing that his style has become much more complex in recent times.

"Paths are made by walking" In order to determine whether the above phrase was actually true, we kept running in a park for 5 days.

'MINI the book' details the history of the Mini from its birth in 1959 all the way through to going head to head with Charlize Theron for hottest cast member in the Italian Job. I'll let you decide who won that battle...

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

The Waiting Light. 2002 by kris harzinski "Perhaps it will make waiting less mundane. At the very least, it will give you something to talk about with the person standing or sitting next to you."

CK's new fragrance: CK 2inu. Nice, modern-looking bottle. notcot says it looks like a sake bottle...

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?

Limited edition collaboration between Lucky handbags and Sailor Jerry brings us only 12 of these leather tattooed bags. $565 each.

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

A huge, beautiful collection of vintage luggage labels.

Handmade in the south of France - Uncommon Goods has found these beautifully designed wood and rubber bird calls [The Woodpecker, Blackbird, and American Robin] - via swissmiss!

Love Jellio's Drive-In art - and they are offering us 25% off the Drive-In (so 1.875 instead of 2500) through the year end. And there are only 40 left in the limited 100. Just email info-at-jellio.com with "Drive In Offer" as the subject.

Gorgeous idea for teacups where eventual staining enhances the design.

I WANT YOUR SKULL features art and design around one of the oldest themes in art's history: the skull.

The iconic Battersea Powerstation and the area around it (think, Pink Floyd Animals album cover) is being redesigned to be an energy efficient residential and commercial area.

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

Who doesn't want to send a fish through the mail? From design duo Sub-Studio - this is the Banded Rudderfish card from the upcoming FISH series.

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

Mechanical Mirage: Surrealistic Digital Portraits by ALMACAN. The most amazing images I've seen in a long, long time.

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

titanium wallet by Gary Scott USA. Available at guyshop.com

Happy Blackout. I had saved this a while ago and forgot to post it.

Crazy pictures of a caterpillar invasion.

Pixile is a mobile projection system using sculptural installation. The Pixile creates a holographic illusion of spherical objects spinning, changing and reacting to each other in mid space.

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

BALLOON BUCKYBALL! how to - on making balloon molecules

Chinese gated community modeled and named after Orange County! Article is great. More pics here http://www.orangecounty.com.cn/news/detail.htm

incredible work of Ross MacDonald

Fun videos of Dutch Profiles ~ from designers to artists and more!

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.

Nacho Gil's, "The Animals" are a series of abstract illustrations that take an ancient concept and make it fresh again. It's like seeing wildlife through a new set of eyes.

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.