Sip-A-Pop - its hot - its summer - and i forgot about these genius popsicle makers i had as a kid.

Modulex and Lego masterpieces.

i remember seeing these at moss in NYC - but then i forgot about them... not loving the concept - but its interesting - it leaves "forever yours" embedded in your finger when you take it off...

Raindrop Melody Maker, music online.

Get your official Lego 2010 calendar - all proceeds go to charity

A urban intervention in Bratislava by Vallo Sadovsky architects. BA_Lik is a pavilion for urban activities. Closed during winter, open in summer, it is a platform for different activities at a historical square in the city.

London's tallest garden! An eight story high vertical garden by Patrick Blanc featuring over 260 plant species, 12,000 plants, has been unveiled on the Athenaeum Hotel in London’s Piccadilly neighborhood.

Crystal Mesh, facade of a mall in Singapore, is the collaboration between WOHA architects, Singapore and media architecture specialists, realities:united, Berlin.

A thousand miniature people have slowly melted away in a Berlin square in an effort by the World Wildlife Fund to draw attention to melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.

Ever wonder what eco-friendly building of the future might look like? Here's a sneak peak! 8-story antigravity forest facade takes root.

Amazing portraiture by Australian photographer Petrina Hicks.

A round business card with a perforated section so that the card can fit in a card holder.

Inside the packaging is printed the Charter of human rights. What a good excuse for the overpackaging. On the pen packages: this is a weapon, this gives freedom, this is vital and this is a voice.

At this year’s Salone del Mobile, Potocco presented ‘Tenso’ designed by the Italian designer Mauro Lipparini. The lounge chair, dining chair and table, with statically smart structure enables a minimal use of material.

Nothing says 'Thank You' like a Yak and a no-nonsense expression of gratitude. A printable thank you card, perfect for the guys in your life. Just download the PDF, print and cut. Print as many times as you want!

Using long threads drowned in resin Marc Sadler shapes the Tress lamp for Foscarini.

Created by Mark Klug, an applied science student from Austria, the Daysailer looks sleek and powerful, yet simple and modern in design. At 15 meters long and 21 meters high, the yacht is strikingly beautiful and universally appealing.

In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11’s first lunar landing, which takes place on Jul 20th, Louis Vuitton has designed a custom-made “Malle Mars” trunk.....

Sneak peek at this year’s Architectural Association summer pavilion in Bedford Square, London - due to be unveiled tomorrow.

The amazing photographs of James Ostrer

Mossy goodness in sculpture form by Annalisa Vobis

Irish college IADT is currently running their end of year Graduate show for 2009,here are the online portfolios of of the department of Visual Communications.

These beautifully futuristic low-cost business units have been designed for sixteen start-up arts enterprises for Aberystwyth Arts Centre, part of the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Taking notes can be super delicious, by using the Sliced Bread//Notebook. It is a 12 slices/notebook set which has been packaged for convenience. The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!

Amazing illustrations by london-based illustrator Lynn Hatzius

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.

Watercolor paintings by Finland-based Jaakko Mattila.

Belvédère (2008) - This seat or rather perch is on the borders of urban areas where the view should be raised. Wink to the referee or lifeguard chair, to the observation post for hunting, it offers to the pedestrian a new viewpoint/

"9" film directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton being released 9-9-09.

Pending the official start of the Milan Design Week 2009, the Blog Déco-Design is pleased to present two new Casamania signed by Luca Nichetto and WIS design ...

Some powerful and captivating aerial photos by Stephan Zirwes.

“The Geography of Buzz.” - mining photos from Getty Images that chronicled parties, etc on both coasts for a year, beginning in March 2006. The maps show the density of different types of cultural events in New York and Los Angeles.

“Inside my Head” is a Cultural Design Statement, designed to be a stackable container in a shape of a head. By Joel Escalona for Imm Living,

Since first exhibiting his work in 1977, Tadashi Kawamata has produced some really iconic , tree houses, showpiece for exhibition and projects all over the world.

Rice Krispie and marshmallow Easter eggs from Bouchon Bakery, with a recipe to make them at home, too. Peanut butter, strawberry, and chocolate flavors...

Montana is releasing limited edition spray paint honoring legendary cartoonist and graffiti inspiration Vaughn Bode (RIP) and son Mark Bode.

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.

Croatian architectural and engineering firm UPI-2M designed the recently completed Arena Zagreb, a multi-purpose sports hall located in the southwestern part of Zagreb, Croatia.

The softness of the light reminiscent of a traditional Japanese portable paper lantern (Bon-bori) is enhanced by the light coming through the double and triple shelters, and brings to mind the image of light depicted in Junichiro Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows” (In-ei Raisan).

This is an idea by Joshua Distler which I thought was fantastic. He proposes to make a compact disc labeling concept, where each waveform accurately depicts a complete song in a 1-inch square.

Skins™ Sports and Electric Art’s shot realistic detail for the cuttings such as dirt mounds and cliff faces, and then all of the images were painstakingly comped together with minute attention to detail.

Strathmore Paper packaging by Pentagram and Marian Bantjes!

Pantone Storage Jars, for that designer/chef in your house.

Black + White is a beautiful video from the Raveonettes, directed by Chris Do. uses light and shadow to convey the opposing themes of the piece, including love/hate, life/death, young/old...well...Watch it!

Design agency Anti, has launched a new jeans concept; Anti Sweden. Anti Sweden jeans is a declaration of war to the Swedish brands like Acne and Cheap Monday, and the design is strongly inspired by black metal!