Stephen Sprouse is a legendary fashion designer/artist ~ and when he couldn't pay for his 1 month stay at Chateau Marmont in '91, he paid with fashion sketches! We have an exclusive look at 1 of the 6!

gorgeously designed dining/serving trays that have silicone non-slip areas for plates and glasses.

IKEA PS PLANK ~ interesting fake wood wood room divider?

Watchmen: Amazing open credits by yU+Co

Amazing break down with great graphic representations of how car designers design with the user in mind.

Here is a new concept developed by Mélanie Boucher in my packaging class. The product is compressed sparkling chocolate powder to mix with a good glass of milk.

Hands on with the ceramic Slice Precision Cutter designed by Karim Rashid vs our trusty Xactos ~ that's been the big question since we first laid eyes on it... check it out close up!

This is Andrée Rouette’s project in my packaging class. Despite its expensive approach, this concept of maple wood laminated thin bottles they can be reused and therefore justified.

KILLSPENCER is official! Designed by an Art Center grad and built with sustainability in mind. It is the most amazing bag I've ever owned. Tell'em Sherif sent you :)

Cool round-up of flyers for gigs and shows. A great source of inspiration.

The worlds thinnest battery pack for the iPhone. By far the best execution of a battery for the iPhone so you can actually make it through the day on one charge. By mophie.

"Welcome to Port Folio" is Middle Tennessee State University's Graphic Design Senior Show, themed after all those reality drama shows

check out the "Haute Couture Bubble Bottle" created out of crystal - will be on display at Bergdorf Goodman for fashion week in New York.

Awesome touch based spirograph art for the iPhone. Very impressive levels of manipulation and control. I started using this app and haven't been able to stop making Pixi since.

Wow upper playground is having an awesome 10th anniversary celebration ~ and you can win a Sam Flores Painting first ~ AND there are a series or 200 small illustrations up for sale in the SF STORE!!!

Since debuting at Design Miami in December, the Ikedome is set to travel to a series of events during 2009. Designed by Marc Newson, it draws influence from his Fondation Cartier "Bucky" installation.

Another beautiful example of portuguese architecture: white volumes under the light, over a natural landscape. By ARX Architects.

So awesome that Souris (aka the Hustler of Culture) not only won a Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair, but also got Matt Groening to draw her a Lisa Simpson on the winning card!!!

Light painters MRI have perfected the art of long exposures. Their flickr account is full of light painted gorgeousness.

Palais de Justice, conceptual design using the cross from Cross album by Justice, converted into a house on Santa Catalina island. By Paris/NY based architects Planda. Amazing video!

Geometric is a unique pattern resource book featuring an exciting collection of 264 colourful and monochrome pattern illustrations as well as a CD containing 100 pattern fonts for Mac and Windows.

modular shelves /container system by mikko laakkonen

new york based artist ebon heath makes typographic sculptures by cutting out paper letters and hangs them up on strings. unbelievable effort and great art.

Coolrain is now offering up pre-orders for their new, handmade ‘Monsterz Crew’ figures, Andy and P-nix.

Infamous London-based artist, Vinti Andrews, has developed quite a name for herself with switch-ups and custom apparel work. This time she’s created two life-sized pitbulls using Nike sneakers.

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And the Burger King launches its deodorant, the "Flame".

Novatel MiFi, a very pretty 3G to WiFi converter box. Lets you share it's cellular data service with multiple laptops with no wires.

four new prints by freshlyblended press, 2 prints are two color letterpressed at 8x10" and 2 are two color gocco prints at 6x8". All the prints are printed on eco-friendly papers with lots of tender loving care!

Nice molded plywood chair by Naruse Inokuma Architects for the Tendo Mokko furniture company.

Ooooh remember the really sweet Pacemaker 120gig 2 channel digital dj device we were waiting on in last year's gift guide? Revolve now has it! And with the NOTCOT Holiday Coupon you can get 25% off! (code: NOTCOTLOVESREVOLVE)

Lux Mineralis - A beautiful collection of original hand made porcelain luminaries by a french designer. Just have a look and you will be enlightened !

The CIV (Concept Ice Vehicle) built as a manned scout rover for a trans-Antarctic expedition. It's a cross between an ultra-light and a snowmobile with a supercharged BMW 1150 engine that runs on biofuel.

This "platinum" watch from Spring Art & Design is completely intriguing--the movement probably looks great on the wrist. Plus it come in a little zippered pod.

2.100 Victorian Monograms, ideal for enhancing scrolls, certificates, awards and other graphic projects in need of calligraphic excitement.

Unique Photoshop brushes inspired by the birds, foliage and culture of Central America.

The french street artists Space Invaders use binary code in their lastest piece.

D.O.G. Done Out of Garage by Brian Mock is a life-size dog sculpture welded from entirely found industrial metal scrap.

Pixlr is a online image editor, that means that you can upload your images and edit them in your browser. It is built in Flash and you need to have a Flash plug in to get it to work.

Alan Penner from Goleta, California has the scariest jack-o-laterns of all ~ winky emoticon and red ring of death as well as ubuntu and obama logo

What happens when Helvetica enters politics? Designer Joanne Chew gives the font a mind of its own - by making Democrat and Republican variations!

Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria.

We released a nice little print today.. its called 'Smolder' - Based on a small scale sculpture by Jeremy Mora.

Nice teardown of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro by iFixit, who says "This may be the most beautiful laptop we've disassembled."

Typeface, Kartemquin’s latest documentary in progress, will bring together a fascinating junction of historical and contemporary Graphic Design.

The Xi Gallery by Mass Studies has some intense ground plane manipulations going on. Even though the ceiling and floor move around an incredible amount, through the surfacing and material choices, the two always read as surface and almost never as thickness.