The Big Picture compiles incredible photographs of Antarctica.

this beaux arts brilliant home was built in 1902 for the astor family... recently restored to its grand glory and one of my favorite homes on the east coast.... astor courts

Interesting Chaos and Order installation at the Kobe Biennale by 000studio.

AMOEBA was built to evaluate the effects of waves on ship designs. A student found another use for this equipment : creating the alphabet on the water’s surface !

French society "Brochier Technologies" develops optical fibre weaving solutions for light applications. It looks like textile with patterns of light !

Mumbling Ozzy is the star for the new Samsumg commercial.

Incredible new art from Si Scott, and an interview about his work. The above poster is also available for free for a couple of weeks!

Maison de la Lumiere is a new house in Bologna, Italy designed by architect Duilio Damilano.

Pom goes iced coffee with some craaaaaazy sheep on their site

The Case Study Masters Series is a sturdy set of bird houses, hand-made from sustainably harvested teak with sandblasted 1/4" thick aluminum plate roofs.

Target ups their gift card tech again - Digital Camera GiftCard $50.00 - $1,000.00 ~ 2 AAA batteries, 1.2megapixel, 8MB

Toilet Paper Wallpaper!

New Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Touch...

this is a set of four text messages that i had kept around to the point that they became like artifacts. each message is rendered in braille on used audio tape stored in glass bottles.

Roxana Vazquez - 22 years old illustrator and 3d artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The George Hotel is a quirky slice of traditional English members club style in the heart of fashionable Hamburg.

The HYmini is a handheld, universal charger/adapter device that harnesses renewable wind power and conventional wall plug power to recharge almost all your 5V digital gadgets - cell phones, MP3 players, iPods, PDAs, digital cameras...

Spy is an artist from Madrid. His work consists in the playful reappropiation of urban elements, that he replicates or transforms and then installs in the street.

Wax still-life by Jolynn Krystosek.

Andy Uprock is a Sydney based artist whos work includes transforming streetscapes into large floating cup installations. The method and practice of his work runs parallel to the culture of graffiti and he titles this movement 'Cuprocking.'

Cigler Marani Architects designed this courtyard park within a complex of office buildings in Prague. It's a patchwork of fun.

Belvedere : the new helmets from Ateliers Ruby. Really classy !

ANTHEM MAGAZINE profiles Ksubi with an interview at their Australian offices.

Food chain friends!

Swiss army knife chocolates ! Cool and not dangerous...

Gamsbarts (traditional feather pins from Bavaria) - "traditionally worn on the hat of hunters in the Alpine region of Europe. In theory, the size of the gamsbart reflects the size of the manliness." by Franz Blumtritt and Sons est. 1923

Luis Porem's Trico Chair - made from three materials (wood, metal and textile) in three colors.

the w house from alpha architects in kyoto japan: working up and down to save space the husband and wife architecture team created a seamless but ridged minimalist flow with one of the greatest staircases i've seen...

Liquid Tree is an liquid feedback display for water saving in the shower, provides an aesthetic experience, and persuades people to attend a sustainable lifestyle.

Stunning new screen print from London based type designer Seb Lester. The lettering used is part of a charming 19th century alphabet by the brilliant lettering artist, Daniel T. Ames.

Australia-based architecture firm Arkhefield has developed a unique classroom - Creative Pavilion. The idea behind the building was to stimulate the social and learning values within the school through contrasting and existing spaces.

More Ai Weiwei love (see also post 15524) - a sculpture of China - not sure how it's made - extruded with wood veneer? or carved wood? Either way - beautiful!

Origami Business Cards, by Milos Milosevic.

The photos professor Pennsylvania State University Gary Settles, who is the director of the university’s gas dynamics laboratory.

Portuguese architects Aires Mateus turned an old lighthouse into a sleek white museum. Photos by Joao Morgado.

A corrugated pressboard wall by Enzo Mari - ten panels with different decorations, perforations and shapes to enhance a kid's playtime.

Cataline Estrada sent over one of her amazing prints from the Backyard show she did in collaboration with Pancho Tolchinsky ~ check out how nice her packaging of it was!

Leo Kempf designed this house for his cat, Olive, complete with a panoramic plexi-glass window, a thick sheepskin rug, some small paintings for the walls, and a cardboard scratching porch.

Toilet Graffiti Embroideries by artist Frances Goodman

I have yet to attend a mustachioed wedding party, but fake mustaches at wedding do look fun. check out more pics via offbeat bride.

Torsten Klocke designed this beautiful birdhouse - Rohbau - a concrete shell in an iconic form.

"Word's Aren't Always Meant To Be Read." The popular poster is now available as a t-shirt from Ugmonk.

Famous maletier Goyard is doing a charity auction with Curie ( Cancer Research for Women ). The most famous french actresses and celebrities are designing their own very unique bags.

The new animated video from Mascott's Art Project