Opal is a portable ceramic light that can be used wirelessly in any room of the house. It can be sat on the table, held in the hand or suspended on the string provided. The translucent bone China shell emits a warm glow similar to that of a candle.

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!

22ft Robot Made of Styrofoam inserts from electronics, etc.... ever wonder how these michael salter creations are built? See this crazy video!

DC Shoes and SE Bikes collaborate on a newly developed Quadangle, which was transformed into a beautiful cruiser. Perfect for nice summer days!

The Boring Store addresses “All Your Hollow Needs” - this NOT Spy Shop is a front for 826CHI an after-school writing program from - Dave Eggers (this is a predecessor to the time travel shop #8131)

Start Here - linkable, customizable notebooks from Little Fury.

Sea Pig! and other "Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica"

New objects for home and kitchen designed by Gumdesign. They will be presented at next Salone del Mobile in Milano.

Paul Villinski turns Beer Cans into Butterflies - in his installations they flutter with the slightest breeze, and are quite the sight to behold.

Mirrored sculpture by Michel de Broin set deep within the woods. How interesting it might be to stumble upon this sculpture while walking through the forest...

Quite possibly the geekiest, most distinctive blender in the world, this beast is powered by a 23cc 4-stroke engine and comes complete with handlebars with working throttle!

Lenovo finally does it - Super thin laptop adapter - Design meets the laptop power adapter. It is a fine day to be alive.

The Myoto Chair designed by Konstantin Grcic with help from chemical engineers at BASF created from a single mold for Plank

Citroën C-Cactus is a diesel/electric hybrid car that is made up of 40% less parts than a car of similar size. Most of the parts are made of recycled material.

Future Me ~ a website and a book,... you can write Future You an email that will be emailed to you in the future.

CURRENT STATE: A conceptual mobile application to monitor and control energy usage in your home.

The amazing people at Improv Everywhere have done it again. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station.

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

That trucker! I love him! Amazing illustrations by Russian artist Merdanchik.

I just got a big LEGO fix this morning, after discovering the Brothers Brick blog.

Mind-blowing nano-explosions. Fanny Beron's first-place image from the Science as Art competition.

On more reusable bag options ~ Porter has some fun collabs in nylon, cotton, leather, etc

I wish the view outside my office looked this cool: byung hoon choi gave a tour of his studio and workshop, showing off his prototypes, final products and his workspace to designboom

The building in post #7692 looks similar to the Metal Shutter Houses in NYC, which recently opened for sale. The website is equally stunning.

TNT "tea discs" come in these awesome little dynamite style sticks. You might not want to take them in carry-on luggage! I found them at Cafe Grumpy in NYC.

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

Some great guerrilla installations by Quicksilver. Just skate it!

Burn up completely your bad luck. MISFORTUNE Candle design!

ROCKWELL Font Lovers ~ this is the guitar pick for you... 100 limited edition picks made by Simon Whybray

Since we are on the subject of reusable grocery bags......here is the ultralight, ultrasmall air grocery bag from Granite Gear. Use it as a key fob, but it will set you back $17.

Pictured are the Urban Fidelity omni-directional Duevel Planet loudspeakers. The speakers use metal spheres to distribute the sound in a 360 degree pattern.

Fun fruit bowl, desks, and chair designs from Bleijh ~ the designs of Basten Leijh

Grand écart is an adaptable partition made of galvanized steel. 3 vases or vats with water reserve are integrated so that you can plant flowers, vegetables, whatever!

Fridgewatcher.com is a project where people send in images of their refrigerators. It's quite interesting and fun to see what people buy and eat in different countries. It's a great source of inspiration for product designers too.

The GOOD Food Fight ~ fun flash game that teaches you some new healthier recipes, and then you face off in a food fight against the opponent of your choice.

Demelza Hill designed this beautiful bag that transforms into a picnic blanket. The graphics are gorgeous!

Latest in Evian packaging design: the Evian Palace Bottle exclusive to restaurants, with pourer and coaster.

Unique social poster prints by Departika—formerly known as Blacksuits Creative.

Ducati and Sandisk, a perfect mesh of engine, technology, design.

We all love animals, maybe not belvs. AMY STEIN photography; in a future where every animal can be domestic

Corian and Swarovski crystals mirror by Bodo Sperlein

Custom Carbonite. This "lucky" fella had his mates take a mold of his head, then add it to a replica prop of Han Solo encased in carbonite. Nice.

Apple's sleek new wireless aluminum keyboard is pushing all my design buttons.

The Chromatone 312 synthesizer has 312 individual keys, arranged in a cryptic pattern that's supposed to make it easier to play than a traditional keyboard. Yeah, right, easier.

Here's the Japanese pop culture-inspired cover art for Kanye West's new album, Graduation, being released on September 11th. [Editor's Note: Murakami!]

Art meets fashion ~ Paul Smith and Catalina Estrada collaborate on a collection for Japan.