A floating house for a salmon farm in southern Chile. It helps reduce the human footprint. The hotel floats on a big block of floating concrete. By Sabbagh Arquitectos.

Branchement wine decanter lays down some very visible test tube like roots.

Fresh new graffiti-inspired interior design is taking over the West Coast!

Amazing Cardboard sculpture by Chris Gilmour. There is no metal, wood, or plastic framework but only glue and cardboard.

Five and a Half. "the monochrome collection, winter 2007." Sustainably designed handmade journals, filled with 75 pages of sugarcane and recycled paper, and a canvas paper covers with original photography.

MISSBEHAVE - by Katwo Puertollano is now on display at Route 196, Katipunan QC, Philippines. Inspirations drawn from awesome women everywhere.

BLT Scented Votive Candles Set of Three ~ yes, a bacon candle... adorable images on them!

Artist Adam Stennett new exhibit, "Use Only As Directed" celebrates pharmacology. The new show will feature 5 paintings and new video work.

Tab B combines an ashtray with a plant pot. The pot sits on top of the ashtray, concealing it both visually and aromatically. By Vitamin.

Designersblock: illustrate, a fantastic new show featuring the work of 80 illustrators, designers and film-makers

"World's most famous graphic designer" David Carson opens a Swiss studio - here

A3 bag from Russian designer Tim Pokrichuk.

Oakley founder Jim Jannard is about to change digital cinema with his low-priced RED-camera. Indie film makers 'll love it...

Complex.com interviews the punk rock all-father of vinyl toy design and creator of the infamous smoking labbits: Frank Kozik. Read up on what he's done and more importantly, what's next.

This may look a lot like a Nixie tube clock, but look closely and you'll see that it's actually made using modern LED technology. That means it'll never burn out like Nixies can, and it still looks pretty darned cool.

Street Projection - Elegant laser trip so when someone stands in the human outline in the middle the wings grow, animate, then they fade when the person walks away.

Great packaging, and innovative twist to hair elastics for the active - and by a business unit of Rubbermaid! i|m active

Florentijn Hofman's massive rubber duckie.
"Loire Estuary 2007"

An electric motorcycle that actually looks decent.

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.

This contemporary jewelery for men from Franz Schnaas fuses industrial and mechanical components for a decidedly male take on body adornment.

Designed by Guillaume Delvigne and Ionna Vautrin for Innotreal the Embroidery Bowl let's you stitch your own pattern on it.

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)

Emma Franklin's Cufflinks ~ a nice upgrade for those who were into the skull thing... HIPPOs! and other creatures

The twist to this sculpture park is that its all underwater. Underwater Gallery - Grenada, West Indies

Robot-like animal sculptures out of broken electronics and machines by Ann Smith.

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.

i've always been a fan of the grotesque and bizarre, and these deep sea critters certainly fit the bill. be sure to check out the slideshow. how cute is the dumbo octopus!?!

Tony Carillo's F-Minus comic today is a nice example of the things that can motivate design details... the "like seat"

SHELLHOUSE. a portable cardboard tent that u can make yourself.

Sprinkle Cupcakes: love the cakes, love their baking schedule graphics. Oh! and they have a cake mix now.

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.

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

"each piece is unique. four to six feet in length." There's something timelessly romantic about clawfoot tubs... amusing that they use icy blue sensuede ~ is that supposed to be like water?

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

Le Dauphin's beach umbrellas and blankets are just the refreshing pieces we need as beach weather is back in full force

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."

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

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.

A huge, beautiful collection of vintage luggage labels.

When I saw the post about the park hotel, I had to show you this: a tiny village/hotel made of wooden barrels. Inside it pretty much stinks and you would only sleep in one drunk.. If you dare to check out the site make sure audio is turned off...

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.

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

Climate Confusion Assistant in the form of a coyote hammock?!?! (so wrong, yet something so primal and cozy about it?)