When I was a kid I used to pretend that my mum's hoover was R2D2. Now I can buy this and suck bugs out of Neo's stomach...

again, now sure how practical it is, but this corrugated bench from courtney skott is beautifully patterned.

Adorable 2007 Letterpressed & Hand Painted Calendar by Ilee.

Mini Hummer Golf Carts - also a really cute flamed roadster golfcart ~ impressively adorable once you get over the fact that they are hummerlets.

Garden Tile design that lets the grass show/grow through.

Kurt Gohde has an interesting vision of celebrity. His recent project, Head First Slide, features 36 homeless men & women or recovering drug addicts as baseball cards.

2007 Calendar "monosashi." Bi-monthly calendar from decoylab that looks like a measuring stick.

A nifty book called "Tales of Clones and Possessed Children". Lots of very bad suggestions, great comic art

Pool Party Ring. Part of the Swatch Bijoux Jewelry Collection.

The animated navigation system reminds me of Howl's moving castle. It's a small 3D animation company called Heiwa-Alpha based out of Toyko Japan. Heiwa-Alpha translates to : Peaceful Alpha

KitchenFloorBags are made from kitchen floor pvc. sadly I think they are using new panels rather than recycled floors.

Band-deck: Thinkmo decided to turn his skateboard into a band-aid.

this is a pretty clean design for an ad agency site, but breaks some basic usability rules of thumb.

Smoon Bijou. these little gems are like stardust one wears around the neck.

i cant pretend to be old enough to remember telegraphs, but this adorable stationary set makes me nostalgic anyway.

Your walls, light switches and furniture are conquered by this trendy wall paper folk and your room becomes the kingdom of potato-queen! [EDITOR'S NOTE: gauckler's work was posted as #872 and on .com]

Ouch!
Make your little aches visible and trendy or wear it unharmed as freaky jewellery!

"Forgotten Memories" is a jewellery series which is based on my childhood memories, but still very recognizable. All these influences come together in the creation as the overblown dandelion, or the wattled daisy chain.

The Fabulist found these awesome scarves by lulette - you can pick your color, your font (they have great ones), and even customize your text!

I know the Dracula Fork has already been posted here, but this dummy/soother is an truly excellent idea

Believe it or not, this is a power station. The site has more wonderful architecture to look at and information to read.

Twig and Heather - they cast in silver those things you treasure as a little kid walking down the street... maple seeds, acorns, twigs, birch bark...

FF Glueh Lamp uses the by-product of the light bulb - heat - which is stored into the brick and thus made usable.

An Excellent Maya Animation done by Michal Levy. With wonderful John Coltranes ' "Giant Steps". [Editor's Note - This is just brilliant]

Had to post this other design by Ramon Middelkoop. The ASPAK was designed to prevent smokers from tossing their cigarette butts into the street.

Golddigger Pin by Ramon Middelkoop.

Learning to Love You More is a contributing site created by Miranda July & Harrell Fletcher. The artists give assignments & the public submit responses. Assignment #09: Draw a Constellation from Someone's Freckles.

Cool woody jewelry - rings, bangles, chokers, earrings...

Coke spoon, designed by Tobias Wong. I'm not sure why. [Editor's Note - Previously seen on .com - search tobias wong]

Jermacide takes a break from working on .org and shows us around the Capsule Street Festival for Design in Hayes Valley, SF

Much like the nokia design although even more agile because it's a giant touch screen. No limits to user interfaces for different apps on the phone like currently experiences on phones.

Ballet flats decoupaged with Starburst wrappers. Bright, colorful, and eco-friendly.

How did none of you tell me about this ridiculous PSP game cover? Apparently its a bunch of mini puzzle games?

... amazing research concept by nokia.

great campaign for zurich open

artificial snow at home. now possible with this innovative product from switzerland. you can even use it as a pressure washer.

Panna Cotta (brain style) with Pomegranite Sauce
Receipe after the jump ...

Part of the "Elements Series". Made of pure elements such as gold, silver, copper, aluminum, palladium. When you melt the ring, you will create an 18 karat alloy. So what you are wearing is an 18 karat gold ring, it's just not mixed yet.

Anna Corinna City Tote - my newest purse addition - love the duality of the shape - and supple black leather yet oh so functional

This bird & floral tile created by Aleana Hennessy is handcrafted out of hydrostone.

fur lined sunken living room, from the 1972 book: "bloomingdale's book of interior decorating"

Martin Hill makes circles in the most beautiful natural settings, then photographs them.

Substrate, one of many beautiful procedurally generated pieces of art over at Complexification.

ghost bandit via modish

I want a whole set..they have ghosts and everything

A variety of rather unusual paper toys, all free for you to print out and enjoy. I'm partial to the killer robots.