There are of course the more sexy/creepy sides of Augmented Reality as proven by the japanese Geisha Tokyo by ARis that comes with two cubes, one the girl appears on, and the one you poke/gift/etc her with... see the vid...

Most involved Augmented Reality video i just found ~ Next Wall's "Tagged In Motion" Project - Free Graffiti!!! ~ tracking graffiti artist DAIM in virtual space where he paints with the tracking codes and sees through a headset/monitor

Famous faces masks from Cox & Cox!! (Unfortunately they are sold out!)

Pull-Along Zebra ~ something so cute about its disproportionate black and white little woodiness

Ooooh this one brings in to play the idea that Augmented Reality dogs can walk away from the marker, and add more markers, drink water, and interact ~ prototype video from Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab

Favorite use of Augmented Reality in the print+webcam so far ~ Boffswana's adorable green monster ~ see the video and try it yourself!

Here's a video of the making of and execution of that Mini Convertible 09 Magazine ad ~ over at the Augmented Reality Blog i just found

With ARplug-in, Google Sketch-Up: visualize 3D models directly in the real physical space! Sketch-Up 3D models can be visualized directly on users' desktop, by connecting webcam and a printout. By Inglobe tech

Wired blog piece on Augmented Reality as used in Pop Up Books!!! 2D/Virtual 3D ~ fun videos, awesome to see kids reactions - "ArsEdition's upcoming interactive 3D book Aliens & UFOs, provides a good example of Metaio's Augmented Reality (AR) technology"

Fascinating to see what inspires those who inspire us ~ check out Audrey Kawasaki's Ffffound [might lean on the NSFW side]

Howies has collaborated with Tom Seymour to create a range of extra large care labels with instructions of how to look after the environment.

Check out Tellart's beautiful, interactive "augmented reality" holiday card for 2008. Use your webcam to create flurries on your desk and play winter melodies.

Here's another Augmented Reality example ~ McCann Brazil's xmas card ~ print it out and show it to your webcam to watch santa dance!

It's about time! Augmented Reality seems to be getting really trendy all of a sudden ~ print it out, show it to your phone/webcam, and spin it around in 3D! Check out the vid at designboom

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

Tres Birds has some incredible inspiring architectural, artistic and interior installations/spaces!

The Ovation iDea is the first guitar of its kind featuring a built-in MP3 recorder/player. A digital recorder is part of the on-board Ovation preamp.

Urban Research: Tokyo covered in stickers.

Ooh cute white on black tote with red tag from Monocle when you get a subscription

Metal For Monsters! Metal necklaces with monster illustrations from Blend Creations ~ this monster is by Anna Chambers ~ very fun illustrations in the set

Super cute trailer for Studio AKA’s new short Film “Lost and Found,” directed by Philip Hunt ~ a 25-minute animation adaptation of Oliver Jeffer’s children's book!

'In from the cold' is a four weeks Xmas event at the Royal Festival Hall, London, come and join us for music, dance and film in this winter wonderland! Three large scale Cloud Chandeliers designed by Jordy Fu.

The "Could Be Me" project keeps on getting bigger... Well worth checking out and seeing whats being added to it... Some big names popping up on there as well :D

Goldstar Beer: Flow chart ads!

Wow Villainess Soap is like the vintage pirate version of Lush... the packaging is pretty awesome, the naming even cooler ~ take a look at the clawfoot bathtub display too!

DIY Bottle Catamaran!!! From urban ~ and its nice and sleekly simple with just black and whatever bottles you use...

Lovely typography - Siggi Eggertsson

When looking for dining tables, i found these Shaker Workshop tables that you have the option of building/staining yourself even... nice, clean, classic designs

Marcel Wanders created a Christmas collection for Bijenkorf dept store in Amsterdam, complete with in store decor and amazing window displays. Three Queens decked out in gold, black and white to match the collection announced it's arrival.

The new video for Metronomy's 'A Thing For Me' with remixes by Sinden, Breakbot, Nightmoves, Fontan and Mad Decent.

OMG busted open the monkey balls a few days ago... see the close up pics... and see how its exploded over the last few days!!!

Swedish architectural firm Thorbjörnsson+Edgren has designed the HQ for the marquess and jalousie company Riviera. I especially like the big windows and the simple red logo above the entrance.

The McLaren / Mercedes partnership is done this year, and they've decided to go out with a bang with this 2009 McLaren SLR Sir Stirling Moss Edition.

Loving the new sculptural chair by dutch artist Parra!

Very awesome SHELBY SLOT CAR RACETRACK, better then the ones you had as a kid.

DIY touchscreen synthesizer

Mrzyk & Moriceau at Air de Paris

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

A review of Jennifer McLagan's new cookbook, "Fat," a call to arms against a culture that has unjustly vilified this delightful substance.

Touch Konami, coming soon on App Store.

A commercial building in Fermo, Italy. The design by Spacelab Architects re thinks the traditional box by folding planes.

The Brooklyn-based painter, Bettina Sellmann, digs deep and finds bolder, more conflicted work. In these intense, richly colored paintings, two opposing forces are at work: one of beauty and lyricism, and one seething with violence.

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.

Part 3 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 Year in Photographs.