You might serve pasta on Italy, pierogi on Poland, sauerkraut on Germany, or paella on Spain. Each plate is shaped like the nation it represents, with major cities highlighted.

two strapped pieces of bent plywood make this chair, designed by ricardo garza marcos

Lori Hersberger a fresh face in the study of art through through her Phantom Studies. I think her work speaks for itself.

Lenovo's ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive has a physical keypad interface for entering your super secret password that unlocks the data within. I think the utilitarian design adds to the feeling of security.

Tamer Nakisci's Loop is a porcelain tableware set, with all pieces originating from one form, one design; resulting in a perfect balance between the pieces on your table.

Light Play, an urban art installation for Luminato 2008, Toronto’s annual Festival of Arts and Creativity, played on the concept of a 1950’s dance hall.

Yuri Majic's conceptual design for a limited-edition Orangina bottle - designed around the French catchphrase "C'est la vie", and incorporating lyrics from Alanis Morissette's Ironic.

Great 3D clip by the Paris VFX and 3D animtion studio Space Patrol for French NGO Pain without Borders/ Douleurs sans frontières

Arkhefield’s modern, sustainable interpretation of a Bahaman cottage capitalizes on its site and celebrates volume, but is also capable of isolating, re-orienting and shutting down against inclement weather when necessary.

Alejandro Chavetta's awesome collage work.

For geometrophiles everywhere, the Kapitza sisters' book of 264 rather lovely patterns

This crazy data-center in Stockholm was built in an old bunker, and designed to resemble a Bond villains lair. I love the artificial waterfalls, the use of jungle plants on the stone walls and this cool circular viewpoint for watching the servers.

Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome has designed the watches which made from moon dust, parts of the Apollo 11 rocket and bits of spacesuits.

Oh a zoo around me, is a set of Photographs by Riccardo Giraldi

By modifying the tip into what they call a 3-way “beetle tip” the pen allows you to make 3 distinctive marks just by tilting your hand. So simple yet so genius.

These pictures of SWEDISH DANCE BANDS are a guaranteed day brightener.

Shawnimals Geeky-Ninja! So cute, and totally wishes he could buy himself... check out the adorable packaging on the back of the box too!

Karim Rashid's Happy People glassware is designed to be reversible - eg. a margarita glass that becomes a shot glass when reversed. Love all of the contrasting shapes.

How to Stencil Steathily ~ Genius! And that's only 1 of 500 things you should know in the new book Show Me How ~ see scans of some of my favorite pages (and it's a steal at 16$ on amazon!)

The Yamake Art Project features customized Yamake vinyl toys by over 60 different artists around the globe.

AMAZING Russian Photographer Oleg Dou from Moscow win the Professional Photographer of the Year in Fine Art

Gianni Botsford Architects and Morphogenesis are collaborating on a five star hotel and cultural center in Kolkatta, India. Tagged Porous Morphology: the intent is to create an environment that captures the cultural and intellectual intensity of Kolkatta.

The Zobin Concept is a design study of a single-seater aerodynamic sportscar inspired by Ferrari Formula 1 cars. The author is Iranian engineer Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi.

Ornamentum Gallery is showcasing some great artists, including Gerd Rothmann, who works with fingerprints and metal. The above is his 'Freundeund' piece.

2008 Gift Guide Launching Monday! And Seagate is our big sponsor, and they distracted me with how incredible the lighting is on their new drives while i'm crunching to find you awesome products! See the unboxing!

Renderings of Oppenheim Architects' new Campus Center for Miami Dade college - definitely looks like it was inspired by OMA's China Central Television Headquarters. The building will house apartments, offices, and educational facilities.

Finally the identity of the artist nicknamed as the 'bottle Banksy' was revealed and more of her work surfaced.

Angus Hyland and assistant Fabian Herrmann have designed the hardback edition of Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories. The book collects together all of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories in a single volume for the first time.

Wireframe lamps designed by Ziglam & Brook for Deadgood.

Klara Zavadilova's Picnic'n'Party is plastic cutlery with style. Each set can be customized by the napkin inserted.

Quantum of Solace ~ at Harrods! They have a Bollinger Champagne Bar, the Aston Martin DBS, the Sunseeker speedboat, Tom Ford suit and black Prada dress worn by Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko and the latest Omega...

Boston is home to some fantastic science museums.

Aston Martin One-77 ~ the second video talking with designers about the design and history of this new car! Also, today's the last day to get me your info if you're interested in visiting the Gaydon Factory for NOTCOT!

Nadia Flower’s illustrations are playful and sensual, residing in that area where dreams, fantasies and fashion collide….

The Genographic Project ~ a CSI like swab kit to help learn about the migratory paths our ancestors took and how humankind populated the planet through 100,000 anonymous DNA samples - National Geographic and IBM

Design Milk's "I Like to Rock" eames rocker poster is just too cute... who doesn't smile looking at it?

National Geographic opens it's first retail space today! ~ and its a massive museum/store/exploratory space in London ~ see the temperature controlled test chamber, with a giant block of ice and infrared cameras to test your gear!

People teach and play with a virtual puppies in the interactive panels for a Pedigree Puppy.

the killers @ mtv europe awards... the video and set is amazing!

The Scope LED Watch reads hours on the y-axis and minutes on the x-axis. It takes a little longer to tell the time now, but this watch is so gorgeous, it's worth the extra glance.

Adrants released this print today - "Just Douche It" - sent to them by an anonymous tipster claiming that it's about to run in an "international publication."

How to fully customize your moleskine to suit your designer needs

Another stunning day care center by Dorte Mandrup in Copenhagen (see another at #13531). This time, the roof becomes a playground, making me wish i was a child again.

An infographical video created for the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), which highlights some of the complex issues surrounding the future of food in Japan.