My Private Sky Plates by Kram/Weisshaar - custom plates featuring your personal night sky map from the time and place of your birth ~ hand-painted in gold and platinum

Typographic London landmarks by illustrator Oscar Wilson

Zygote Interactive Ball at BIP, Italy - by Alex Beim - is a lightweight inflated ball, illuminated from within, responds to any pressure applied to its surface with random led colors

Such a simple design.... Linea is a laptop stand/cooler by Gabriel Kornreich... handmade bent piece of metal (with rubber where it needs it) for 18 euro

Intimate Control was created by Jennifer Chowdhury for her class thesis project. The aim of the game is to help bring couples together for a more intimate and closer game playing experience. See video.

In today's society, we're conditioned to get the most food while spending less. Bulk buy comes to mind. Borrowing on that dichotomy, what if you paying more meant getting less.

Fluid City - This is the collaborative performance by OHP(OverHeadProjector) and liquid to express microbes which resemble the life floating in the natural law.

Bush & Rinse Toothbrush Creates Mini Water Fountain

The Invisible City - Superb urban sculpture in Wellington by artist Anton Parsons. Two steel slates covered with a braille message. Check out a close up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/
peter_from_wellington/519693491/

Check out these HedKase styled paper Transformer toys designed by NiceBunny. Download Optimus Prime or BumbleBee, print, and then assemble.

Art & Cook's line of gadgets are impressive in both design and technology... check out their insane whisks!

"Passion" cufflinks from John Ferdinand, a new men's accessories brand. Styled in silver and inlaid with ebony. The wood used is actually offcuts from furniture manufacturing.

FINALLY. Smaller power adapters for the macbook pros... will still cost you 80$ and a few weeks, but nice to see they finally got it down in size a bit - closer to the old ones.

Imaginary Foundation show opening at Stussy ~ i stopped by and took some pics to give you a feel for the show.

Biagi's idea of the TAR collection was born during a visit to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Check out the collection.

Live Carrera Race. Nice (Girls ;)

Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

Speedgoat is just a little bike shop in PA, but with the help of custom painters and artists they've raised almost $35,000 to fight breast cancer. The custom-painted pink frame and fork on this year's high-end bike is amazing. Raffle tickets are just $10.

The F.A.M. is a network of young professionals and close friends who specialize in a wide variety of art and design talents. The site houses information on each member's background, portfolio, and contact.

"I am a freelance illustrator with a love for melancholy and the macabre. "
David Lupton's work is intriguing

Vinyl sticker wall by Goke available on the new amkashop parts : vinyl sticker art

Trashcans in Paris to illustrate the new Adidas A3 basketball shoes.

The Shift present "UNLOCKED", a collective of twelve artists from Trentino Alto Adige for the first time in Second Life. The event inside the event will be the first "mirror-installation" ever realized in Second Life.

French site showing the possibilities of having a small flat / apartment and making the best use of the space.

amigos : tabletop organizer handcrafted in Argentina from recycled leather. amazingly adorable!!

Stylish Building with a chic rooftop in Mexico DF. by Taller 13 Arquitectos.

Marrying form and function, Mimobots are USB flash drives that have been designed and developed by artists. [Editor's Note: We love Mimobots, here's a nice interview]

Samsung get really creative with how your computer should look... fascinating 3 concepts to check out

monkey assassin pop box - limited to 200, 40$ a set ~ crazy how sweet he looks in those colors...

Black Max Football ~ lose the band across the middle, and this is one seriously desirable designer football to go to the park with.

The new Music Sofa by designer Giongkun Wuqiongkun contains a wireless speaker set-up with a built in CD player. Music to your whole body!

*Geeky Girl We Love: Jean Aw of Notcot ~ i feel a little silly sharing, but the girls of GeekSugar asked some really fun questions, and its an honor to make their geek girls list!

Subtlest incense burner i've ever seen... and oh so cute. Smokehouse by Jan Hartmann ~ air flows in the door and smoke out the chimney

Amautalab: a multidisciplinary creative studio.
Serious eye/ear candy. (their video from Resfest is great) hotneonred sent me this, asking simply: "what?"

Fabulist points out the geeked out retro stylin' hoodies of So Golden!

'Keep Calm And Carry On!' Screen prints, based on an old WW2 poster. Good message!

A HUGE (4 pages of tiny thumbs) archive of logos painted on the sides of VW buses!

Now not only does Oakley have a great selection of designs in their sun glasses line up, but it's now possible for you to customize your own pair.

Impressive beetle artwork in downtown Rio. *you know how beetles can't get up once upside-down..

Man-dlesticks... little brothers to the Galvanized Steel Pipe Man-orah. Great for a Shabbat with the boys!

Want to really give a piece of yourself to that special someone? Biojewelry can culture some of your bone cells and make a ring out of it! Special... [editor's note: previously seen as #896]

Solistone metal stone tiles...

With all the shopping to do, made a quick list of fun stores, so i don't forget... If you need a last minute gift... or the perfect gift... here are some good places to look

PandaSnack's line of Bamboo tees feel incredible - and i love their logo.

Fake Edo era woodcuts advertizing Honda helmets

Fantastic porcelain made to look like textured fabrics. So luxurious.