An electric paper plane launcher to waste time during work ;)

Terrain: loenhart&mayr designed a new Olympic ski jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The jump has three competition decks and a 100 meter, cantilevered track that is accessed by 332 steps or a diagonal elevator.

'Stop Designing, Start Playing' is the motto printmaker Wendy Chapple and designer Coralie Bickford-Smith pass onto students at the London College of Communication.

Glass BED : the collection uses the ultra-clear Diamant Glass by Saint Gobain.

Flavor Paper's Elysian Fields wallpaper is just what I need in my new home. The look of a traditional pattern with modern nuances. Perfect with both antiques and contemporary furniture.

Halftone Def Studios just released the BACK IN BLACK reprint of the 74 Soundsystem Skull Poster. These prints are limited to an edition of 50 and printed on 80lb cover with white/gold ink at 18x24 inches.

Stunning fashion photography by Michael Creagh for the Spring 2008 Susana Monaco Catalog.

Sexy French Vogue Calendar 2009 photographed by Terry Richardson

Poster design for Terminator Salvation uses Google Satellite images

Justin Parker and Andi Kovel of Esque Design are two of the most talented and amazing workers of glass that I have ever seen. The new blown glass thickie by Parker tops out at over 30 pounds.

LOVE the imagery in the Veer Cherry Slideshow!

5 Amazing commercials & 5 prints ads from the "Melissa Plastic Dreams" campaign for Melissa shoes including their Zaha Hadid collaboration. It's plastic fantastic!

How to Stencil Steathily ~ Genius! And that's only 1 of 500 things you should know in the new book Show Me How ~ see scans of some of my favorite pages (and it's a steal at 16$ on amazon!)

Some nice creative photography from LSD s.r.l.

Digital Flow a new art group started by 3 designers.

Interesting Tender Tub by Maren Hartveld. It's made from a polyurethene coated foam rubber, which keeps it soft and warm instead of the traditional hard and cold tub.

The northern Netherlands in the middle of the tulip season.

I'm loving Andy Velgos' Ring Studies - some very conceptual and amazing pieces to be found.

Animal Alphabet poster ~ Petit Collage, 2008 ~ Oakland, CA

Jason Freeny has created the anatomy map of the Lego minifig.

Jonathan Adler's Danner Sectional (sofa+daybed) is gorgeous as well ~ the new couches are so so tempting ~ and all of them even offer C.O.M. on all upholstered furniture.

Usui-Isu (Thin Chair) by Jun Hashimoto is deceptively simple.

Clay 2928 Building, Buenos Aires, Argentina / DIEGUEZ FRIDMAN arquitectos & asociados

Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee created the Back Light Unit to allow you to carry a little mood lighting with you at all times. It fits in your wallet and is turned on by flipping the bulb portion into the upright position.

It's open day at the Peperami Meat Retreat - A mental hospital for some freaky sausages.

Michael Hellgren plants vertical gardens on any kind of wall.

d*face's cement spray cans popping up in london are incredible!

Rubik's Cube mirror blocks puzzle ~ a new twist on the original design and proportions... check out the video!

I Feel Golden ~ tee by Brooklyn Industries ~ i'm so sad that there is no women's tee for this! My love of the golden ratio is crushed! Perhaps a good sleep tee?

The island of Samso, in Denmark, is 100% powered by wind power, and with a combination of wind and solar, they have managed to be completely carbon neutral.

I'm in love with Jason Munn's poster art! (Art & fun interview on this page.)

a mobile coat rack and
stool named ‘sprout’. the design is built using ash and molded cork

I couldn't help taking apart the limited edition E-Ink Esquire 75th Anniversary Cover ~ see video and pics and scans of all the guts and the screen in action!

"Simulakrum" is name of Belgrade designer Snežana Veljković medal collection. She was awared at Prague Quadriennale for this exibition. All medals are made from paper + added materials (metal, glass...)

Sponsored by Design Observer, Design/ers for Obama is a community art project for Obama supporters, to aggregate and rate Obama art that is available for download + printed by anyone.

Interesting new mash-up from the 16 year old who started his own environmental group. Allows kids in New York to adopt buildings and campaign to convert them to low energy lighting solutions.

Stacey Lee Webber, a sculptor/metalsmith artist in Chicago, really knows how to make her money work!

A very nice illustration portfolio by Jose Ortiz, aka "Jo."

Joep van Lieshout of Atelier Van Lieshout creates some unusual skulls in which you can sit or sweat. Here's two of them, the Sensory Deprivation Skull and the Wellness Skull, which has a sauna inside!

Plug in Prius coming in early 09? Love the graphics and coloration of this image... (although it does kind of look like the colors soap/oily bubbles make...)

Couture Keys by Keys to My Castle®. Silvertone with an antique finish. Only available in Schlage keys. At Neiman Marcus

The OBLO by Marko Pavlovic is a 3D puzzle for kids composed of spherical elements of various sizes, shapes and colors. The pieces must be twisted against a central axis in order to be disassembled or assembled. A Rubik's Cube for kids of sorts.

elegant, functional, minimal ceramic designs from philadelphia artist heather mae erickson.

The Romeo and Juliet sidetables were inspired by Anna James' visits to the infamous Juliet's house in Verona where the walls are covered with romantic graffiti.

This is a time-lapse Lego visualisation of Radiohead's House of Cards video that has gotten a lot of play in the blogosphere . Nice rendition even if I'm not crazy about Legos.

"Uni Flame." Super sleek indoor-outdoor fireplace by Radius Design.