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.

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!

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.

Great Warhol exhibition at the Michael Kohn Gallery at the moment. Rare Warhol photographs this time!

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.

Nice Chanel installations at Dover Street Market in London.

Commercial for Polaroid's new Pogo Printer

An Origami Lamp to fold yoursef by Thomas Hick...

These painted skin shoes are really incredible! They look like real shoes when in fact the shoes are painted on. Amazing skills!

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we'll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Excellent graphic design for cans of the brewery Cidra Krönleins Bryggeri, creating an emoticon using the very type of packaging.

DJ GO : Portable dj decks

Packaging that pulled me in... Baxter of California's line of men's skincare is not only all matte and black/blue/white, but also covered in ASCII ART!

Nicole Peterson redesigns the book covers for Dante’s Divine Comedy, using simple shapes and bold colors.

Outdoor cutlery – Find the branch that is right for you, attach it to the desired tool and voila you have a fork, knife or spoon. Replace the branch whenever you feel like. Go green!

Happy Earth Day! On ways to go green - i'm loving this bright grassy spring sigg bottle! It's a custom design part of the Delight "Green As Can Be BOLD & BRIGHT Gift Set" that comes with a starter set of reusable shopping bags.

New Cadbury Dairy Milk viral spot. Non-sense pimped airport trucks running with Queen's Don’t Stop Me Now soundtrack.

Poster protesting Olympics Beijing 2008 - By designers Michael Parisi & Rebecca Cadman.

Cute new ads for Hansaplast by TBWA Barcelona.

stunning organic porcelain lighting from london-based designer jeremy cole.

i do design's Union Bench- is a beautiful bench that helps you rethink communal, public seating. This nicely accommodates singles, couples, groups, strollers, and more with ease!

MOO (your favorite little flickr biz cards) has launched the E-STER MOO HUNT! Where adorable eggs have been hidden throughout the web on - flickr, timbuk2, picnik, etsy, blurb, ponoko, and style shake!

Sami Rinne has a beautiful line of ceramics, particularly intriguing are her black and white, good and evil, coffee cups, espresso cups, and related accessories.

Shu Uemura's Art Of Hair ~ more gorgeous packaging as seen in the unboxing... and an incredible new line of haircare reviewed!

Wicked great collection of Penguin Book covers dating back to 1960.

In an effort to push Havaianas’ floral-print flip-flops, flower-bed installations were planted in locations where they were sold. They also served to remind people of Havaianas’ unique aesthetic of color, design, and the brand’s connection to nature and the outdoors.

Jacques Rougerie is one of the most interesting architects I've come across. He has drawn space stations, sea vessels and underwater habitats. His work is like straight out of a cartoon!

Pork Knox is on of the cutest and innovative piggy banks ever. The snout is a combination lock and the only way to open this little piggy.

Diamonds in Glass (DIG) has come up with a new use for bling. They suspend real diamonds in the stems of glasses, keyrings, napkin rings, perfume bottles, ashtrays and of course, jewelry. They also have a video of the process on their site.

Less is more?

Graduate graphic designer Robin Howe's dialogue with public space. Interesting thoughts in some London public places

NINJATOWN Blind Box Mini Plushes!!! Launching Nov 30th... wouldn't these make awesome stocking stuffer/tree ornaments?