Conserving power just got a little more fun (and simpler) with the Belkin Conserve Surge Protector that comes with this great portable switch! It even comes with a wall plate you can magnetically mount it into.

Bandages for the Heart ~ in gold and silver, these bandage pins are in gold and silver with a red garnet blood droplet... come wrapped in gauze, and come in wedding ring form (perfect for paper cuts?)

Selection of creative Business Cards, visual identity to make the difference.

Burn up completely your bad luck. MISFORTUNE Candle design!

Ornate lettering goes from sketch to 3D to vector. See how it's done.

Navigate trough this mountain of words. Really cool effect created in JOGL (Java Bindings for OpenGL.)

IDSA Connecting '07. This sums up the great evenings during the conference.

Continuing my fascination with the evolution of reusable shopping bags... latest find is the Target one with an adorable bird on a target tree design! As well as the Whole Food insulated one for $3.

because we all suck at life. well, sometimes. in addition to sucking at life, im really liking lawrence yang's work today.

Suzuki's concept X-Head, also known as TONKALICIOUS

Vertu and Ferrari have released another limited edition cell phone together, this time only sixty will be made and are made with real parts of Ferrari's.

CRANKBait! is another "get 20 artists and give them a random thing to paint" event. This time the poor hapless object is a wooden fishing lure.

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

Wonderful Images of Icelandic Fashion and popular culture. Photography by Charlie Strand retouched at pixelfinity.co.uk

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

adidas is doing Star Wars inspired sneakers called "The Force" pack as part of their Consortium project. The black sneaker is for Darth Vader, the light one is for Yoda.

Galactic Suite: The world's first Space Hotel set to open within the next three years. Great views, lousy food.

Ludo Escrime - apparently in november Le Coq Sportif will be taking on fencing like you've never seen it before.

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

The new Beetle cabriolet logo and other cool car ads

Rebecca Minkoff's latest for fall: Matinee... from model shots and product shots to a sneak peek of the launch party... we're in love with the unique details of this grey bag

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

Vaja announces their iPhone cases....

Secretive NYC organization LVHRD (live hard) publishes the 3rd issue of their interactive pdf MGZN with a cover by Paul Pope.

Katamari Damacy Bay to Breakers San Fransisco May 21st 2006 -- 3m45cm13mm 450lbs The Prince Has A Posse -- your katamari is as big as: 16 Gavin Newsoms

Some beautifully designed and simple flashgames by Ferry Halim over at Orisinal.

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

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

Pastiglie Leone of Torino is 150 years old this year.... and i'm craving their Absinthe line... how gorgeous are these graphics?

Wiimote street art in Darien, Illinois on a zebra crossing

More Soon : Gorgeous flash site with conceptual art photography. SUSAN is a must see.

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]

Steve McDonald aka RamblinWorker "paints" with an old Singer sewing machine on gold canvas. Read the excellent interview on Razor Apple.

Swiss Romain Jerome is selling watches which are partially built from authentic parts of the Titanic, which sank in 1912.

Lots of fun all in pictures from this year's 10th Design Indaba (February 2007) at the CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa. This particular example by Heath Nash.

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

speaking of cassette tapes, check out the marcella foschi cassette wallets at the designboom shop.

*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!

If you want to see green design... go to the BP Helios House GAS STATION... reminiscent of the futuristic views of yesterdays its quite the site to behold late at night.

Geek design chic. a usb drive enclosure that looks exactly like a naked hard drive.

If NOTCOT had a best booth of CES pick - BELKIN won, hands down.

HAPPY 2007! Dan Witz kicks off the new year with his latest second annual new years prank! So go look for these gloves around williamsburg!

If you don't preserve nature by installing solar panels, who will? - Incredible ad campaign for EDF.

Solistone metal stone tiles...

more recycled bags! these bags from rein style are made from seatbelts! =)

Fake Edo era woodcuts advertizing Honda helmets