Fantastic animals illustrations by Mignon Khargie. Beautiful and simple.

Amazing illustrations by london-based illustrator Lynn Hatzius

Generation living for birds.

Rhodia Drive, the official blog for that l'orange notebook has unveiled their new blog. Bienvenue!

"Le Sens Propre" is a beautiful short film written and directed by Blacklist's Cisma for Adobe’s Shortcut to Brilliant campaign for CS4.

Spanish racing team GTA has been hard at work developing its spano supercar to rival the best from Ferrari and Lamborghini.

The Gild Hall Thompson hotel in the financial district and home to Todd English's new spot, The Libertine

Australian architect Andrew Maynard designed the Barrow House, a timber construction that uses a large amount of recycled materials, with a sleek result.

Some powerful and captivating aerial photos by Stephan Zirwes.

The 2009 finalists for the Australian Design Awards: James Dyson Award have been accounced. I'm loving the look of the mAIRine entry, designed for big wave surfers.

An interview with spanish artist Borja Bonaque.

Groundbreaking ergonomic seating designer Niels Diffrient answers 3 Questions with a clever sense of humor. Includes some great product shots and a sketch from 1983.

The Lamborbiker is a concept bike from designer Flavio Adriani, who was inspired by Marcello Gandini, designer of the Osmos wheel and the Lamborghini Countach.

DesignGlut has an AMAZING interview with Allan Chochinov on how CORE77 ~ THE original online design zine/forum/blog/job board came to be. From 1995 thesis project... to what we know today. WOW.

A girl misses her train to Milan and is set to wait overnight in Rome until dawn. Adorable short film made with 4500+ still photographs!!

Gotta love these handprinted Zener cards by Steed Griffin. Is there anything the gocco press can't do?

IKEA PS PLANK ~ interesting fake wood wood room divider?

What would Peanuts be like if it was by Frank Miller? Charlie Brown's archetypal baseball match Sin City style...

Adorable Animal Alphabet Onesie over at Threadless

The spring-green pine bookcase is designed by Danish designer Ole Jensen.

Another stunning library in Colombia, part of their cultural plan. The Villanueva Public Library features an impressive stone wall.

Kasthall celebrates 120 years. These stunning woven and hand tufted rugs are at once sophisticated and playful. Our favorite is the speckled Tekla.

True Love - an Italian guy travels around USA to get tattooed by the best American artists. This is the photogallery of his first tattoo, a tiger, by Brian Bruno.
Stay tuned...video coming soon!

These icon coasters are a great gift for any iPhone addict. Created by the guys over at Brazil’s Meninos design.

Almost two years in the making, Baby Eater Belt Buckles are finally up for grabs! Only 60 in the world, the buckles and packaging were made 100% by hand in Boulder, CO by cypher13 and Rocket Fly. Keep yer pants up!

Paul Hoc is not a robot, it's a drawing machine imagined by Objetgraphik ! Like any ice dancer he runs a program. Paul Hoc is not a printer, it wanders through the paper to write his own movement like a seismograph.

The Hoke House by Skylab Architecture, or as more commonly known, the humble abode of teen-vampire, Edward Cullen from Twilight.

"Hope In The White House" ~ remember Dan Tague's prints of messages made of folded money? They are now on tees!

zipshape is a universal fabrication method to fabricate single curved panels from any plain material without molds. 'ziprocker' rocking chair by hamburg school of timber technology and swiss office schindlersalmerón on display at imm cologne Jan 19-25.

Krispy Kreme UK has created some neat Barack Obama coffee art to promote its United States of Americano coffee giveaway.

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.

I love this photogallery of Philippe Starck at Big Lots! in hollywood from the LA Times - "to show how far a dollar can go in recessionary times."

In Volkswagen's BioRunner, "the rider is positioned inside a protective cage on a motorcycle-like saddle with controls attached to the hands and feet."

Photographed by Stacey Evans, a detail from Harriet Arthur's "The Waiting Room," one of the light-centered art installations included in the Dec. 12 exhibition, "Let There Be Light," celebrating the upcoming winter solstice.

The frontdesk at Mama Shelter. The latest low cost hotel endeavor designed by Roland Castro with interiors by Philippe Starck in the 20th arrondisement of Paris.

How awesome is it that the new lomography Diana ~ GLOWS! And with secret hidden stars!!! "Lomography presents the Diana F+ 'Glow in the Dark' Camera - Limited Online Edition"

Latest obsession ~ By:Amt's Ring A Day ~ see some hands on pics with these awesome stainless steel ring sets ~ hardest part is deciding how to wear/display/use them! So many possibilities...

Swedisk Smånsk has redesign the magazine Vagabonds travel bookstore in central Stockholm. A map of the local area provides the basis for the floor pattern, which continues up the walls in the form of a shelving system.

The Modern House is a unique estate agency that is dedicated to architect-designed property in both urban and rural locations across the UK.

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.)

Geoff McFetridge for Patagonia ~ love this big foot with his tree-surfboard? That expression is priceless...

Redstr/collective & Copal present The Slave Betty, a traditional British Teapot captured and harnessed in the ancient art of Japanese Shibari (rope bondage). This East-meets-West teapot is suspended for its master and made available for all to enjoy.

Phaidon recently released their 2nd in the series of architectural tomes, the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. Featuring projects built after 2000, it catalogs 1,037 of the world's most interesting built projects. And it comes with its own suitcase.

Nice gig poster by Garrett Karol for The Broken West.

Unraveling sticky tape in a vacuum produces enough x-rays to actually take images. Great video of the geeky scientists playing with tape and x-rays. The chance this could be used in third world clinics with no electricity blows my mind.

Taiwa-Hensokuki by Mohri Yuko is a looping speech-to-text-to-speech-to-text machine where the spoken text slowly degrades over time.