Portland graphic design guru Aaron Draplin gives you a guided tour through his bulging drawers of dirty (packaging) delights.

Michael Eden’s ‘Grey Bloom’, part of the14th annual SOFA (Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art) Fair, which runs from April 14 through April 17 at the Park Avenue Armory.

Portfolio Update by Elmer Duyvis. Blurring the borders between fiction and reality.

Gregory Euclide prepares an installation for the Museum of Arts and Design's 'Otherworldly' - Opening June 7th in New York.

Knoll Exhibition Catalog — Paris, 1972. Wonderful bold Modern design and photography by legendaries Massimo Vignelli and Herbert Matter.

Harmony Gong's Ema for 'Artists Help Japan' Give2Asia Auction on eBay. Artists include Audrey Kawasaki, Yoskay Yamamoto, Allison Sommers and many more talented peeps!

The Minister’s House in Crossville, Tennessee is a treetop mansion! The largest tree house in the world. Construction began in 1993. Now , in 2011 it measures 10 stories!

At Milan Design Week, Paris designers A+A Cooren will present Yabané a wooden dresser with drawers opening in both directions, inspired by a traditional Japanese graphic design (Yabané means 'arrow' in Japanese).

This T shop in Copenhagen is designed as if the whole store were the display. Tiny backlit holes perforate the shelves on surfaces at different depths, creating a powerful eye-catcher from outside.

Curly Glass Flower Supports from a Thuringian glass-works

Bike Hanger concept from Manifesto Architecture stores many bikes while requiring minimal surface area on the ground, using a ferris wheel like system to raise the bicycles.

Held Vodka ~ adorably packaged Berlin discovery! It's a local vodka with a lot of history, but the bottle and graphic are what pulled me in first for sure!

Portal 2! Still not here yet, but SO close, so until then, these "Investment Opportunity" vids for Panels, Bots, and Turrets are gorgeous and fun!

How would you interpret the phrase One Plain, One Fancy? Here's a collection of entries so far to this open submission series.

Audi teams up with Renovo for this new wooden bike. Wired gives it a test-ride.

The new Bugatti '16C Galibier' Sedan has just gone into production, rumoured to be packing some serious heat with a W16 with 1,000 HP, or a more scaled-back 800 HP high powered engine.

Williams British Handmade. Unique bespoke handcrafted luggage.

Messerblock - The ultimate swiss army knife block ~ knives slot in around the side, and larger utensils in the main section.

'Shark' pendant light by Swiss designer Francis Chabloz.

A french collective of three insane illustrators (Nicolas, Mathieu et Sebastien)

The world's first personal brewery, the WilliamsWarn makes commercial quality beer, chilled and straight from the tap in just 7 days. Watch the videos.

Olympics bird's nest inspired staircase at East Hotel, Hong Kong, designed by CL3.

Love this project called Be Your Own Souvenir from Barcelona based blablabLab that uses rapid 3D printing to create an army figurine style souvenir.

What Happens When has undergone its third transformation! Images of the new interior design (and previous renditions) can be found in Core 77's gallery.

Acronym - incredible gear from the German company that is beyond lustworthy - especially the details! Jacket Slings! Mag headphone panels! Laptop tote that stands when empty! Removable branding... etc

Lacoste's new fragrance - It's great to see the brand celebrating what makes them great.

Beautiful Kindling Wood Rolls you'd almost want to leave out! The wood comes from renewable Swiss forestry areas, and has been soaked in natural resin and paraffin.

Whisky packaging designed by Emelie Halston. Mister.e is a Single Malt Scotch Whisky for the modern day gentleman.

Using 3D Projection Mapping, Vodafone brings you this video, The Evolution Of Mobile. From the Motorola brick through to the first text message and color screen to GPS and Android.

What happens when you take an artist obsessed with the sea and place him in a landlocked country, a 1000km from the nearest surfable wave. Tom Phelan paints the ocean.

We’ve had a beautiful week at NotVentures. Look no further for your next getaway whether that means enjoying April festivities in Barbados, getting your adrenalin rush in Vietnam or emigrating to a new country.

Ralph Lauren has launched a collection of waterproof bags, one of which features a solar panel to charge your mobile device.

Banksy's nemesis King Robbo launches his first show, including his controversial re-graffiti pieces.

The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery recently unveiled two of the highest resolution interactive surfaces in the world.

A beautiful gift for dreamers, fantasists and bubble builders! Blow soap bubbles through a magical castle. The bubbles are still round but they are big enough to imagine your castles floating in the air! Made in Germany.

Fun packaging for Krc & Ko (Crunch& Co) by PGS.

Sneak peek at the work of Jaim Telais that will be a part of Designersblock at Salone next week.

Cute illustration for Noire Coffee by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares.

Vondom and Karim Rashid gave Deco-Design a preview of their new collection Vondom 2011, with Ramon Esteve.

Laps, an interesting installation by Art of Failure and Nicolas Maigret that focuses on generating sensible representations of internet by using it as a space for sound broadcasting.

The staircase in this French home is encased in a mesh of woven steel. Villa la Roche designed by archiplein.

Lamborghini Levo concept follows the line of the Lamborghini Murcielago. Designed by Mauro Lecchi, the concept supercar intends to stay close to the production model.

Strange Attractors is a 36-page book that helps people understand its underlying concepts by introducing them to beautiful, mathematically-generated visuals. By Justin Edmond.

Bohyun Yoon explores the issues of gender and identity in his installation 'Structure of Shadow' opening this week at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia.

Photographer Paul Graves with his latest work for the iconic brand Swatch. The campaign was in collaboration with creative director Alex Wiederin and will appear in the Swiss magazine Faces.

Mishima House from Keiji Ashizawa Design.

Brand Session's design for Plural Wine incorporates the Osborne Bull and uses Pantone colors to identify the constituent grapes.

STACKS: LAMPS, new series of 20 limited edition lamps by designer, Dino Sanchez. Three sizes, handcrafted using birch plywood, and each stamped on base, signed and numbered.

Salone Preview 2011 | Sunday / Kitchen Grocery by Reinhard Dienes | Design Deutschland 2011.

To show the versatility of IKEA, we send out a new commercial every day, that is 365 a year. This is the case study film of the campaign, which still continues today.

Bote, series of cork toy boats for Portuguese company Materia, designed by Big Game.

Ora-ïto has developed the 'Evomobil' and 'UFO' concept cars for Citroën.

Great photography of birds of prey by Trey Moth.

Lexon Titan Bluetooth speakers designed by Jeremy and Adrian Wright.

Eske Rex's Drawingmachine at MINDCRAFT11 at Salone Milan 2011. The sculpture features two drawing arms that create images with a ballpoint pen via two pendulums. Check out the videos for more!

Fun installation work from Ivan Puig. In this piece, robotic arms rotate to hit the bottles, creating echoing sounds.

'In the future, luxury will be open plan'. Not what you'll find in New York attics, but in the region of the Four Corners, between the Utah desert and Arizona, according to the developer, Bernt Kuhlmann.

Jeffrey Milstein’s Flight Recorder Do Not Open collection, captures the hidden beauty of the indestructible black boxes of air travel.

This wonderful video takes you inside the magical world of Disney cartoon making with their feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Architectural firm UNstudio will unveil their line of furniture for Walter Knoll as part of 'the Tortonas' exhibition next week.

awmoo, a new elegant and sophisticated smoking device hand made out of bone china in the shape of a sphere.

If you missed the live stream, here is Death Cab for Cutie's recent project. The first-ever, live, single-take music video.

Nest Coffee Table from MacMaster Design.

Design collective Postfossil will be launching this great new collection at the Salone del Mobile this month called 'Trattoria Utopia'.

Green chair, a little chair from Estudio Mariscal with some serious eco credentials.

Kyle White designs a beautiful series of postcards for the city of Poplarville, Mississippi.

Pen Loop! A stick on piece you can add to any notebook, etc and you can easily secure your pens to it!

'Sooner Or Later it All Comes Down' by German collective Via Grafik: such a perfectly apt title for such a rad installation.

New TV ad for Asics shoes by Vitro, USA with a bit of levitation. Gravity, Meet Your Archenemy.

Transiessence. Some really nice student work coming out of Northern Michigan University's School of Art and Design, Human Centered (environ and product) Design department.

The Heart Is A Machine ~ 36 Nespresso Pixies have been stripped down and frankensteined together for a super espresso experience. By Clemens Weisshaar & Reed Kram! (Also fun to see the Pixie guts)

Beautiful vintage skis from Partners & Spade.

Bee Station, the most beautiful and elegant house for bees I've ever seen! Great design by Jamie Hutchinson.

Peek inside RSVP Berlin - an amazing little stationery shop in Mitte. And take a look at these incredible Kaweco pens and refills - great design and packaging!

Kundalini will be presenting this new lamp design, Clover, by Brodie Neill in Milan next week.

'California Sunrise' by Dirty Gold, a song that is bound to get you excited for summer!

Core77 take a look at wooden business cards.

Laser-cut trophies made from repurposed materials including old wood veneer samples. Created by Another Limited Rebellion for the Better Housing Coalition's Groundbreaker Awards event.

Martin Messier's sewing machine orchestra!

Italian lighting firm Prandina will be presenting two lamps (Hanoi and La Belle) at Euroluce which is due to kick off in Milan on the 12th of April.

Lexon's new collection BURO - a line of practical and aesthetic objects, adapted to our daily lives - signed by the two English designers Jeremy and Adrian Wright.

Architecttura Sonora will be presenting their new line of specifically designed sonic modules at Fuorisalone in via Tortona 26 in Milan.

Chassis chair by Stefan Diez for Wilkhahn is made using a technique used in the creation of sportscars.

Desktop dumpsters made recycled steel with urban art style from SteelPlant.

The ArtWhatsOn iphone app. Although only for Australia right now, this great directory app for art galleries and shows is a nice, simple app by The Nest. If you're in Oz you should check it out.

Jet Test Center - architectural photograph of the interior of a facility for testing small jet engines by Alistair Tutton.

Ugo Varin's container for wine powder in a packaging course. Cork box refers to the vintage wine bottle, and the label 'la piquette' possibly a personal commentary on the product itself.

Cute whale fruit bowl, one of Valentina Carretta and Fabrica's Fantastico Domestico Fruit Bowls for Seletti.

Nendo transparent table is made of 'transparent wood', clear acrylic cast in a wooden form with a strong grain. Beautiful!

Fredrik Färg's Succession Collection will be shown at the exhibition 'Swedish Love Stories' in Milan next week.

Top pics of Manlier iPad 2 Cases and Bags! Nearly 20 in woods, leathers, metals, and more...

Interview: Chinese master painter Xia Xiaowan waxes lyrical about his quest for three dimensional space on a two dimensional backdrop.

Designed by Depiction Lab, The Home Quarter is located in the heart of Liverpool One's multi million pound development and is the North's leading destination for interiors.

'Throw Floor' is just one example of the extremely creative and diverse work of Pittsburgh based artist Will Schlough.

A mouthwatering roundup from Liqurious and Tasteologie features a smoldering speakeasy, simple lemonade cocktails, seductive red velvet crepes and a smoking volcano cake.

Guitar and camera straps designed by indie brand Lone Wolf. Mixture of materials such as leather, polyester reinforced tape.

Danielle van Ark's The Mounted Life series captures stuffed animals in storage, behind the scenes of 33 museums across Europe and North America.

0 to 100, a poignant glimpse of the true face of the human lifespan: 101 portraits of folks at every age, from mere weeks to a full century old.

The Mistress is a collaboration between LA creative agency Mistress and Montana’s Freeman Transport. The collaboration fosters a philosophy of working together to take creative journeys and this tandem gravel racer.

Who Made Those Chocolate Wrappers? The NYT talks to Mast Brothers Chocolates about the papers used on their distinctively wrapped chocolate bars.