Election 2.0 has begun... Barak Obama has launched social network "my.barakobama.com" as well as links on his main page to his facebook, youtube, and flickr accounts.

die gestalten verlag, the greatest design publisher, has opened its own awesome little toy store of goodies.

More 'cartographic oddities', the artwork of Francesca Berrini explores the language of maps through new worlds created from torn map collage.

Mortar's St. Mary's ER ads around San Francisco are brilliant. Seriously. From the iconic blowfish, to the poisonous white speckled red mushrooms... you definitely get their point, and can't help smiling.

I know, I'm very sick of Vespas too but, heh..it's a rickshaw.

Have a client tell you to make it more "green" + "eco-friendly"? Apparently packaging really is 80% of what it takes... interesting article from NYT

cute zoo animal rubber bands from the Container Store. The packaging is pretty good, too!

Inspired by a transparent bag used to collect my rubbish, Jamie Wieck created a pair of carrier bags that quite literally 'carry' your shopping.

OXO Good Grips Folding Cutting board - my latest culinary indulgence - love the sturdy folding board, the black and white, and the grips on the edges that also serve as non slip feet when cutting.

I'm on a roll tonight. This is the Pronto Condom. Sadly available only in South Africa, the package design allows you to put it on in all of 4 seconds without ever touching the condom itself! Watch the demo!

i dont usually go for pretty plates, but this spider plate featured in chow's design table settings article caught my eye.

i do love my recycled furniture. this 'bucket seat' is part mop,bucket and chair.

Don't like your ring in silver? Change it to wood, acetate or gold...

Love the one year of white pages (one for each month, with holes punched to tell you which you're on) - found at rare devices, featured on betterlivingthroughdesign.

Hikaru Dorodango (shiny balls of mud) something that all japanese schoolchildren do, madly sending each other their best mud balls using their cameraphones

Toast that loves you back

The Art of Thomas Han.

ARGH. Media Temple Power issues - this site back for good soon.

kinda awesome wrecks in rotterdam.

some pretty crazy clocks...

This shampoo has/IS FUZZY LOGIC! isn't that what those japanese rice cookers always brag about on their packaging?

probably old news to the cool kids. but newmindspace is awesome.

mikimoto? maybe?

Marisol Rodriguez's SKIN collection is origami meets fashion where it will expand with your baby bump... there's something very roly poly about these!

In the Animated Short "The Forest" by David Scharf, the protagonist has to cope with this question and her hostile environment and finds a simple but radical solution.

This is the TV commercial created by BBH, London for new Surf Twilight Sensations. Shot entirely in camera, using theatrical shadow puppetry. Production from Sonny, London, and directed by Guy Manwaring.

OMA's proposal for Rotterdam's City Hall extension: A pixelated sustainable building.

Philippe Starck has released his latest creation and it's stunning, a 215 foot yacht named the Wedge Too.

Happy Finish from London town do some lovely CGI, here's some dreamy 'walking on water' with photographer George Logan, with their online folio

"LP 09 // D5.2.1" tea and cake in the bathroom. Design: Laura Pregger

Jose Antonio Gonzalez Carrasco is an awesome Sabadell (Spain) based illustrator!! His artworks are plenty of details and have got a great definition with a sketch style.

We love MAG FRAME, a magazine rack designed by the japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi...

Dutch artist Geke Wouters has created a stunning collection of paper-thin bowls made from carrots, peppers, beet root, leeks, tomatoes, and other vegetables. And yes, they are edible!

archetypal claw-set solitaire ring with a solid silver ‘cut diamond’ piece, and more by Daniel Eatock

Following a 6 month residence at ‘Nowhere’, Dover Street Market, A BATHING APE® have relaunched their first flagship European store in Soho, London.

Andrew Salomone's portrait of Bill Cosby made out of JELL-O shots went off without a hitch at Buoy Gallery.

An international sand sculpture festival in Italy takes Dante's Inferno as its theme. Abandon hope all ye who enter here!

Steampunk Mechanical Cheetah by Andrew Chase is made of electrical conduit, transmission parts, and 20-gauge steel. The cheetah has mechanical joints to allow some movement.

Fulvio Di Piazza "human-tree" amazing oil paintings on the new issue of Be|Different Magazine - "n° 5 MUTATIONS"

The amazing photographs of James Ostrer

The Glue Society's latest sculpture: a 25 tonne digger that has buried itself in rubble

An illustration for a research report into internal communications by Watson Helsby. A report designed and illustrated by Peter Reynolds.

Virginie Maillard online Portfolio update. Virginie is a young talented French Computer Artist from Burgundy. New logo, web design and illustrations.

Video showing work to increase tactile feedback on displays. Beyond on/off.

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 ...

The Dongzhong (literally meaning "in cave") primary school, at a Miao village in Ziyun county, southwest China's Guizhou province, is built in a huge natural cave