The first HUGE vending machine in the world. A Coca-cola zero campaign involving mobile.

Japanese architects never stop surprising me. The Shell House by Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic is composed of two concrete tubes that result in a very transparent house, perfect when in the midst of a forest.

The Garbage Pin project includes a silver Pin, plastic bag and garbage. By Ana Cardim, it is your tiny, mobile garbage bin!

A behind the scenes look into the incredible work of Illustrator & Painter, Matthew Doubek.

In a very smart guerilla campaign, created by Satchi & Satchi LA for Surfrider Foundation, garbage from actual beaches in California and Texas was packaged like food and sold at local farmer's markets to highlight the importance of clean oceans.

Aoyama Table Series by Paul André Leroy for Danish Gubi. Steel plate table top and a laser cut table base gives the table a visual lightness.

A Flickr set of soap labels extending back to the 1950s

Julie West letterpressed Artist's Series cards now available from Letter Pressed.

Ornaments for the Holidays to commemorate the year of the mustache.

Hans-Christian Schink's Verkehrsprojekte deutsche Einheit project includes beautiful portraits of mundane urban structures such as bridges, highways, etc.

The National Geographic store has arrived upon the shores of Singapore, second only to London, whose store opened 3 weeks ago. Read what visitors have to say.

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

Adorable Alessi Christmas Cow Boy statuette of Santa riding his reindeer made of painted porcelain. See the animated video!

Pantene Pro-V | Stops Split Ends | Action of Pantene Banner solves problem, and poles allude to split ends of hair

Academy Award winning director Adam Elliot's new animated film feature, "Mary and Max" will debut as the first film shown at Sundance 2009...

Former scientist, Kelsey Brookes, creates impressive paintings.

Waffle, as part of Trapdoor, runs from November 7, 2008 – September 25, 2009
MetroTech Commons (Myrtle Ave between Bridge St and Lawrence St). Downtown Brooklyn, New York. By Martha Friedman.

Very cool reinterpretation of little red riding hood from Canadian illustrator Jerry Cai.

Alga Science is a series of 14 edutainment toys from Swedish Alga. The toys teach how weather, wind, chemistry, water and electricity works. And when the toys are but together you get a working product, such as a solar music box!

More Mobile - Portable Architecture for Today ~ take a peek inside this awesome new book filled with the architectural solutions for us nomads ~ shipping container building lovers will love this one!

CoolIris' gorgeous picture browser ~ now for your iPhone!

A Brazil newspaper features font drawings of Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and James Dean

Here you go, a very tasty gallery presenting Ricardo Villavicencio’s work. A Graphical Designer with an excellent hand for illustration and great creative mind.

The Smithsonian's new Sant Ocean Hall looks definitely worth checking out.

Flower tower in Paris by Edouard Francois, 2004.

Nice ads from the ad agency JWT India and art director Jeff Emmanuel. Visuals are great, art is fantastic, and the fire animals are just awesome.

Stacey Lee Webber, a sculptor/metalsmith artist in Chicago, really knows how to make her money work!

Interesting Treehouse Kit from Guy Ben-Ner.

Only in Sweden would you find soda pop named after sound effects. These pop-art labels cover a sinister secret about the product.

Located in Spain, this house has a complex and industrial-looking mini golf course on its roof.

Growing Jewelry is a redefinition of modern values. It is a clash of jewelry an gardening; couture and organism.

The Puppy Vase by Jeff Koons is being re-released by Gagosian. Limited to 3000 pieces and priced at 7500 USD.

Loving the new snowboard by artist Krink (KR) for Monument Snowboards. Its coming out this Fall/Winter season.

Ring Sight / As well as design / Increase your HandGuns aim with a ring sight.

Spain ... Euro Homer Simpson find by a candy man ...

The BMW Z X-6 concept, from Torino IED auto design students - looks like a vehicle you'd see in a futuristic movie, such as i-Robot. Boasting slide-out doors, glass panels, and a sleek frame.

Beautiful Corian bathroom furniture designed by Francesc Rifé.

Bullet, the new film of WWF, that makes us think about climate change and its consequences.

Nice graphic profile for Magnusson Fine Wine, by Stockholm Design Lab. MFW is a high tech wine bank that offers the most advanced wine cellar in Sweden. The wine bank was designed by Thomas Eriksson Arkitekter.

The international Trailer for the Video game turned Movie, Max Payne, starting Mark Wahlberg.

Slovenian architecture office, OFIS, constructed this wooden apartments on a shopping mall roof's with amazing views of the mountains.

Absolutely fascinating images and video of nudibranches by David Doubilet for National Geographic... where he shot them like supermodels, bringing the studio to THEM!

Online auction house eBay its own slot machines in casinos around the country. Maybe you'll have a better chance getting your money back from these than with that 93% feedback PowerSeller that you thought would be okay.

Shutter Houses by Shigeru Ban, an exclusive 9 unit condo in Chelsea. It has perforated metal shutters to give privacy, resulting on a dynamic facade.

The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything.

Artist Brian Dettmer was featured on post # 5958 but the link is no good. He is known for his alteration of preexisting media -- such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes -- to create new works of visual fine art.