Lea Turto from Finland has made Plastic Garden. Here is the iCty-fFower installation of plastic spoons.

"Fermer les yeux pour voir" proposes a new tactile and graphic language which takes everybody’s needs into account : blind people, partially sighted people and sighted people.

Proposed redesign of London buses.

Muju has an awesome felty entry in the United Nations of Cupco exhibition ~ where over 100 artist customized the dolls...

Survival Straps ~ because you never know when you'll magically need 15'-20' of paracord that can come from your bracelet? Also comes in keyfobs, rifle slings, dog collars and more...

Super-Secret Spy Lens: In short, you can shoot left, right, up, or down (it swivels 360 degrees), all while appearing to shoot straight ahead!

The textural experience of Danish designer, Ditte Fischer's work is almost as important as its visual appeal. The outside is soft-sanded dyed china while the inside is finished in beautifully colored glossy glaze.

Taxi series, shot recently in Tokyo,New York, Shanghai,Hong Kong- all presented 'as shot' with no post production or cropping. Shot on Hasselblad medium format film & digital capture, all handheld.

Fragile and elegant paper cut out art by Lala Gallardo. Check out her etsy on littleghosts.etsy.com.

Victoriana Iron Coat Hook - 5-prong, 15-hook coat rack ~ love how versatile it is, from accommodating 15, to 3...

Gorgeous paintings by Tiffany Bozic.

Some beautiful shots of Iceland by American, Peter Baker.

achariah Johnsen, is a young artist who specializes in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper.

The Wyld Stallyons combine 2-D and 3-D animation in their new music video for an Irish indie band "The Blizzards".

'Trace a face' is a collaboration between konst & teknik and jonathan puckey. 13 fellow artist and designers were asked to trace a face using the 'delauney raster', a custom-written image vectorization tool for adobe illustrator by puckey.

Amber fossils from the future created by the Glue Society for last week's Pulse Contemporary Art Show in Miami.

The new toilets at Aurland, Norway by Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen, have one of the most spectacular views a toilet will ever have.

Los Angeles artist James Jean's new book of illustrated covers from the famous series "Fables" is out and about and soon to be on my book shelf.

The book "Women of Design:Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers" from UnderConsideration founders Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit is finally available (published by HOW Books).

Maison Biscuit by Pierre Minassia, AUM. The house is located in a small village in the area of Lyon on a very steep slope and facing an open landscape.

Holiday season on Main Street is not complete without humble animals and bales of hay, the l.a.Eyeworks stores on Beverly Boulevard and Melrose Avenue turns up the volume on a stable of seasonal sentiments.

Antoinette J. Citizen Did an art installation of an interactive Super Mario Brothers Level 1-1 Room with working question mark boxes and bricks that would make sounds from the game.

DDDDOWNLOAD is an interesting small utility that allows you to download any FFFFOUND! collection straight to your hard drive.

Sweet new Kozyndan shoes

Justine Smith cuts international currency. And I don’t mean budget cuts, either. Check out the rest of her portfolio for some lovely sculptural paper work!

Amazing expandable (and collapsible) bookcase by Dutch designer Reiner de Jong. This would make moving so much easier...

Emoticons + caroling = Emoticarolers. Rewrite the lyrics of classic holiday songs, then send the Emoticarolers off to the digital doorsteps of your friends and family.

2009 Studio On Fire Calendar. Hair&Fur theme, editioned, 4-color letterpress, tree-free100% cotton stock. Featuring the work of artists Adam Garcia, Brian Gunderson, Rinzen, Justin Blyth, Clarimus.

An impressive building for the new headquarters of the savings bank Caja Vital Kutxa in Madrid, Spain. The exterior steel structure allows for large interior spans. By spanish architects Mozas Aguirre Arquitectos.

Robert Williams' Appetite For Destruction was on display at Scope Miami. Most may know this as the original cover art and title for the Guns N' Roses album

Called the Hexa and made of carbon fiber, this desk by Can Yalman is the most beautiful desk we've seen lately.

For the first time in wall-mounted form, comes this handy 18" x 24" chart tracking the hierarchy of the many types of beard that currently adorn the face of Man. From the Wondermark collection Beards of our Forefathers, just $12.

Back to back giveaways today! NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #23 ~ Reform School is giving away one black viewmaster with a set of Vladmasters of your choice! Vladmaster = artistic handmade viewmaster reels!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #22: Fleet Street Scandal is giving way a full set of their 4 amazing Yuki-7 Posters! Retro espionage style with an adorable super heroine!

Just got my Stendig for 2009. I love having a calendar larger than my desk that I can use for wrapping paper all year long!

I'm really not crazy about the base, but I love the multi-colored wood and the curved shapes behind Lop Furniture's Zeeen line.

Monkey Balls! Surprise birthday floral arrangement just came, and i'm totally mesmerized by these things... what IS it?

Dress up your cupcakes with these intricate detail laser cut cupcake wrappers by Paper Orchid.

The Church of the Holy Cross is beautifully minimalist building by KHR Arkitekter in Jyllinge, Denmark.

ORDOS 100 #1: ArchDaily is featuring the villas for this development in Inner Mongolia, curated by Ai Wei Wei with architects selected by Herzog & de Meuron. First one is the villa by chilean architect Alejandro Aravena.

Hamburger Panda has some fun prints in her Seabots series.

Beautiful porcelain bottles inspired by memories of antique bottles dug up as children. The bottles are embellished with platinum decals of insects, weeds, roots and dirt.

How to build an Eames Shell Chair, a short video describing the old techniques for chair prototyping and mass production.

Daniel Blackman designed packaging for Biker's Band, a fictional multi-purpose bike strap company. I like the diagrams that explain the various uses of the straps.