An article by the NY Times on the redesign of the highway sign font.

San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center will host California's high-speed rail line, topped with 5.4-acre urban park on its roof, accessed by sky bridges and a funicular. Fountains in the park will activate when a bus passes underneath.

SQUARES by Japanese designer nosigner.

The work of Italian Illustrator Maurizio Santucci (aka Bombo!)

Guillermo Hevia Architects designed this eco friendly olive oil factory in the chilean countryside. The building blends with the local landscape, and has several passive energy strategies to reduce consumption.

Dear Creatures Fall 2009 line is a collection inspired by photographs of 1960s girl scout troops.

A travel report on an adventure through the Chilean side of Patagonia. Hotel designed by Germán del Sol

Sydney artist Lisa Tilse turns Easter eggs into portable little chalkboards.

ODG designed and installed Levis @ Fader Fort - a pop-up shop, lounge, and event space at the Fader stage, a music venue happening alongside SXSW. Kanye loved it.

Clever Guerrilla Marketing from New Zealand

X Architekten designed this house extension using a corten skin, which blends with the surrounding garden during time.

Turkish design studio Autoban, designed the interiors of the Witt Istanbul Suites Hotel.

After the ready-to-wear edition of the bottle in 2008, by Jean-Paul Gaultier, Evian works with Baccarat to create five exclusive limited edition bottles. 5 unique bottles dressed transparently to evoke Evian’s best asset: purity.

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.

Marimekko Kanteleen Kutsu Violet Tea Towel Set - The design, Kanteleen Kutsu, was created by Sanna Annukka and was inspired by a scene from the Kalevala.

Neon Living's Paperdee ~ making paper towels more colorful? i wonder if it makes it easier to pull/tear

Dana Osborne-Biggs has come up with a clever way to use old skeleton keys.

The Patron Saints of Design desktop supply kit by Mike McVicar is a blessed set of essential supplies for graphic designers.

New Giclee print of Disintegration from Luke Chueh 25"x33" on sale now at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight L.A.

At the Swiss Expo.02 arteplage of Yverdon-les-Bains it was possible for any couple of people to get married for one day and exchange vows with glowing sticks.

Pride and Prejudice...and Zombies?

A cool news story on the IDEO design process and company culture. See the video!

Artists and designers from Meninos Studio created these wall-mountable magnetic photo boards that let you process your personal digital photos in real world using those familiar palettes from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

“Sharky” Tea Infuser ~ by Pablo Matteoda.

The ORDOS 100 villa by NL Architects is seen as box with some openings from the outside, but features an amazing 'green heart' - a cool place to be, in the inner Mongolian desert.

Jorge Graca Costa's DT House is a perfect example of how smart, energy-efficient design principles can be applied practically,and beautifully.

'Bring Your Kids To Work Day' A great piece of internal marketing from the ad agency BBDO New York, art directors Frank Anselmo and Jayson Atienza.

Oscar Lhermitte's Atesko uses a plastic shopping bag stretched over a wire frame to create a similar effect to the Japanese Shoji lantern or Korean Hanji lamp.

The Edwards Residence in Seattle, Washington. Designed by Cutler Anderson Architects.

Underwater photographer Zena Holloway,at 18 traveled the world as a scuba instructor, and developed a passion for underwater photography and film.

DPW ADK ~ the upcycled adirondack chair by Jeffery Gerlach and Andrew Stanley of Syracuse University Interaction Design

Author and Artist Daniel Patrick Helmstetter has just released a brand new web platform for exploring his work and territories on the world wide web.

Touch Konami, coming soon on App Store.

Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten designed the Dornbusch church in Frankfurt. The old church facade is reflected via spatial subtractions in the new facade. MSWA has some great images of their creative process on their website.

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

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

Sketchbook by James Jean.

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.

Toronto’s Resistor Gallery will open their latest exhibition, entitled “Domovo”, tonight. Featuring all-new work from artists Marek Colek & Pat Schewchuk, also known as Tin Can Forest.

Joel Trussell's signature vikings, bikers, other bearded characters descend on the scene with a solo show at the Grassy Knoll Gallery. Artist reception tonight!

Art Test Music - Cool website for boutique music production house in NYC. Hand drawn lettering & illustrations.

Architecture photographer Iwan Baan is having an exhibiton at the Architectural Association Galley in London. Nov 10th-Dec 10th, 2009. Amazing pictures of contemporary architecture: OMA, SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, Sou Fujimoto, and more.

Google promotes "Google Maps" in the subway in New York.

Artdesign alien faucet

Yoav Kotik's work with bottle caps has focused on jewelry, but he currently has an exhibition at Periscope Gallery in Tel Aviv showcasing bottle caps transformed into sculpture and home decor products. My favorite is the bottle cap light shade.

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