Chronicle Books' artist postcard books are incredible, rounded corners, adorable, really nice thick stock, beautiful printing and 10$ for 30 cards! Just got the James Jean one (and have the crane and yamaguchi ones too!)

Proving that an ethical design career does not mean hindering creative professionalism, Loz Ives' Because Studio is one to watch!

Copernicus Compact Curiosities ~ freshly in and updated ~ here are closeup scans of their packaging labels!

Spruce up holiday gifts with cards made from REAL Birch wood! A forest full of critters to choose from.

A nice peice of equipments for men. Its nice to bring back the art of shaving, not using a piece of plastic. Chic razers by Goodfella

Final Fantasy XIII trailers.

Screen-printed posters promoting lectures on the rol of religion in the twenty first century. By Independent Studio.

House in Ibara, Japan / Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates

Sketchbook by James Jean.

New Washbasin by Cappellini

The Green Marketing Manifesto by John Grant wins the Environmental Award at the 2008 British Book Design and Production Awards.

The CIA Super Hero Calendar is here again!!! Only 5 pounds in the uk ~ and its an awesomely illustrated weekly!

Just back from the Unique LA VIP night and adventures in Downtown LA ~ take a peek at some of the fun discoveries!

London based MA Graphic Design graduate Telli Nourkeyhani gives The Hayward Gallery an Extreme Makeover!

Sometimes, the conventional Christmas tree just doesn't cut it. Here's a few unusual Christmas tree ideas for inspiration.

Flicker set by Selflesh - Cool collages of body parts made out of old maps.

ECOfont save 20% ink by taking circular portions out of the middle of letters. You could also make your letters grey.

Mini sketchbooks made from inventory tags! Each one is individually screen printed and stamped with a number.

Waterflux is an art museum in Switzerland by french architects R&Sie(n). It looks very strange! Almost like an alien resort. Set to be completed during 2009.

ABELHA- New 100% organic premium Cachaca (distillate spirit). Recently launched in the U.K

Flash mob rave in the center of the CofC campus Library for exam study break. video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5kndDVF4g

Post graduate service designer Lauren Currie takes a dozen balloons to a park in Edinburgh asking people to tie them to their favourite thing.

London based agency Represent have challenged the design community to develop innovative and eco-friendly solutions to the problem of wasting wrapping paper!

This stool makes me happy, Designer: Natalie Kruch
A playful disposition. Over 500 balloons are tied on
a solid wood stool.

This "LEED Platinum" Gingerbread house by HOK is seriously sweet.

Animated Businesscard without using lenticular , consider to wow the receivers. And they will play with the card for a long time before it disappear in their pockets.

I'm loving the dark, floral, Intaglio prints of Jenny Ostraff.

The Greentainer is a shipping container, gutted to provide flexible public space, perfect for re-using existing resources. With a good sense of design combines to create this versatile,adaptable structure.

Normally I would say water and electricity shouldn't mix, but Stefano Pistilli's Mahoo light is powered by the conduction of water, which completes the electrical circuit. Don't try this at home!

'Sorplefui' concept of house -under superficial- from Andrea Pontalto

Patrick Nadeau created 'Nature Individuelle', a series of planters/objects emphasizing the importance
of nature in our world. There are some great objects in the series.

Swedish Svegro has gotten some new packing for their line of potatoes. Behind the design is Stockholm based Amore.

Orla by Otto Oliveira lets you turn a regular drinking glass into a coffee/tea mug.

Incredible Fish-Dog for Volkswagen by BBDO.
Nice VW SpaceFox ad.

More disappearing chairs - Cube 6 by designer Naho Matsuno goes from a cube to six stools.

urban orchard... beautiful spot for strongbow cider...

Came across these very awesome Anything Scissors by Michael Sodeau for Suikosha via the Core 77 Gift Guide.

A modder who goes by the name of DRHECK has finished his interesting mod of the Wii-Mote which coverd with several different kinds of 100% natural hemp fibers.

California Love: a new great short animation about love pills and casual sex. Made by (always incredible) students at Les Gobelins.

Karl Zahn's Pallet Mirror - made of reclaimed shipping pallets. The scars on the lumber tell a story of its travels. While the form is reminiscent of old Victorian french mirrors, its origin is far from gold leaf.

On Wed10th December, British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) erected a 5m wide x 2m high ICE WALL at the London Southbank Centre to mark the launch a new website showcasing the benefits of frozen food.

Terrarium Party Favors! What a fun DIY idea over at Design*Sponge

Gerd Arntz Web Archive of absolutely stunning icons from the 30s

Awesome toy sheep stool! and equally brilliant as those eyes... so looking down on you, yet so hilarious...