Ring in the New Year with SuperKonductor's Lotsa Dots Calendar! This unique calendar is screenprinted by hand in a limited quantity on 100# French Paper. $25 (shipping incl. in the U.S.)

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

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.

Painting by contemporary Iranian artists is not yet widely known in the West. For those willing to look beyond far-flung borders to find exceptional art, great deals await.

Supakitch and Koralie are two street artists from France who have joined together as a power duo in their craft. Both heavily influenced by Japanese art, their work showcases images of geishas, dragons and other elements of the culture.

Nice gig poster by Garrett Karol for The Broken West.

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

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

Tadanori Yokoo and his "psycho" side of Japan. ~ incredible poster collection on flickr

Scholten & Baijings are out with a new collection of Table Glass, a beautiful six-piece glass series produced in collaboration with the master glassblowers of Royal Leerdam Crystal.

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

Hot new stop-motion video from Jemapur's "AANATT" created by Max Hattler with W+K TokyoLab.

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.

Interesting graphic work by Lo Siento Studio. Their portfolio is worth a look.

GROOVE-O-MATIC HIT SINGLE PROJECT - claims to deliver big vibrations overnight. They make custom 45" rpm acetate records for a very reasonable price. Now you can have your very own record almost instantly! Check it out.

A stylish barber shop in Israel. By Lior Vaknin & Sabi Aroch. Colorful interiors.

Sqwistles! Whistles you can just squeeze instead of blow!

Maps on sculpture. Allen Peterson has been obsessed with maps and modular sculpture.

The Flexboard concept’s multiple positions allow teachers to use it for a variety of learning styles.

NYC artist Kaws, after releasing his version of Darth Vader last year, has been working on the Stormtrooper. Why does the coolest stuff only release in Japan?!

Suzan Fellman's slipper chair with acrylic legs is made from vintage Chanel scarves. Cozy and chic.

The UCSD StarCAVE at CalIT2 ~ The StarCAVE is a five-sided virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens surrounding the viewer, and onto the floor as well.

I love the playfulness of these jewelry pieces by jacob lewis

' Paper-Brick House' by Li Xinggang Atelier from China, made of paper boxes, paper tubes and transparent adhesive tape at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition on September 12, 2008 in Venice.

Adorable animal Matchboxes designed by Cruz Novillo + Olmos

At Maison et Objet ~ the real standout was a series of three micro-exhibitions, SIMPLE: 1. Farmlife 2. Les Metropuritains 3. Slow Tech - in the upcoming posts, i'll give you a walk through all each of them!

The Caramelo rocking chair is from Mexican designer Luis Luna. Fun design, love the colors.

One of albert einstein's old watches are for sale...

Money as giftwrap ~ see the video... you can order money sheets from the United States Bureau of Engraving

Totally hot brand identity work designed for Naturaleza Digital by Buenos Aires shop NNSS.

Called the “Marble Palace,” its lavish interiors and marble halls used 17 different types of marble.

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

Sou Fujimoto Architects' amazing TINY Next Generation House in Japan - conceptually, a house made out of jenga blocks.

The Denver Egoist has a great roundup of DNC related street art popping up all over Denver right now ~ and you can be sure it's in part due to all the artists in the Manifest Hope Show!

The C-Lab is the Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting, a experimental research unit devoted to develop new forms of communication. ArchDaily interview with them, explores the role of architects in today's society.

Play, forward then pause or stop. Will these light do such action. “Boxes” light by MadreInSpain.

Modern tea house by Jun Igarashi Architects. Beautiful untreated concrete and rust colored roof that can double as a table.

PIE studio (aka Project Import Export) makes very interesting hand-crafted furniture out of a series of natural materials - water hyacinth, liana, bamboo
and rattan.

Jeffrey Milstein's photographs are taken precisely at the moment that an aircraft is overhead, decontextualizing the cruciform shapes of jet aircraft and exploring the beauty of their forms and graphic designs.

The Oliver kindergarden in Zaragoza, Spain, features a nice green roof, which actually looks kinda reddish at the time. It has inner patios covered with wood beams. For sustainakids?

HAL? No, its the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France.

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.

oooooh Drobo's Data Robotics have launched their Drobo Developer Community (DDC) and SDK program!

Life Luggage comes with a motor in the wheels that not only helps you get from A to B with your heavy luggage, it also balances out the suitcase like a Segway.

New prototype under development by Petter Knudsen
will be made of PET Felt from recycled water bottles.