Burton Machen is a photographer documenting urban decay in his "Urban Evolution New Orleans" series.

Love this zebra print by Richard Wilkinson.

The "iPod notesbog" is an iPod case with a handy notepad, designed by the Danish company Scripta.

Totally enigmatic and surrealistic photography by John Scarisbrick for the new Diesel Spring 2009 campaign.

This complex NYC subway commission, three years in the making, features curved glass walls laced with silhouettes of trees, a marble mosaic topographic map of Manhattan, and imagery from nearby Battery Park.

JLCG Arquitectos' School of Music in Lisbon - each practicing student is on display.

Google Earth updates with Photo-Realistic 3D buildings, very impressive.

Seattle artist Parskid has 3 new Giclee prints of his vector illustration work available at Flatcolor.com.

Great photography by Eric Valy for the Hermès Fall/Winter 2008-2009 ad campaign with a snowy mountain climbing theme.

In Volkswagen's BioRunner, "the rider is positioned inside a protective cage on a motorcycle-like saddle with controls attached to the hands and feet."

Bamboo type coasters are now available again on Supermarket.

Beautiful advertising campaign for International Watch Co. Schaffhausen - Passion for detail... created by Jung von Matt, Germany

Malaysia Airlines amazing ads.

Openhouse by XTEN Architecture, in Hollywood Hills. Amazing views through a very transparent facade. Good interiors.

Two new 20x200 editions from the design studio Superdeluxe, part of their Card Suits series.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #33: This Skip Hop Outer Space Playmat for babies is the awesomest ufo/rocket/planetary playmat i've seen ~ and its a Babies'r'us exclusive and ridiculously cute!

"Say good bye to 2008 in style". Viral/game from Saatchi Spain that allows you to choose a shoe to throw...

Augmented reality robots for Christmas? Better than socks! Xmas card from Special Moves! Just print and hold it up to your webcam!

The most beautiful libraries in the world

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #32: Shawnimals! Here's a chance to win the special red Geeky Ninja ~ with ninja con badge and comic! Also stickers, buttons, and wee ninja comic!

an ode to the classical light bulbs... (pdf link)

For MTV Europe, We Love Our Work (Lerner Engelberts and Sander Plug) created "CDEFGABC", a vid where they play the 90s techno hit "No Limits" on a duo glass harp filled with multi-colour dyes.

The Indian Highway exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery sees new and established Indian artists reflecting on the changes occurring in their country.

Stefan Diez's 404 F Chair is made from molded plywood. Nice, simple form.

Gisele Ganne's DIVORCE jewellery are amazing!!! Madonna should get one!!

REX continues to propose unconventional building forms with their proposal for the Kunsthaus Zurich. David Chipperfield's proposal actually won, but I like REX's better...

Six designers, three Asian restaurants, twelve crumpled fortunes, twenty-four crossed fingers and one letterpress. A calendar by redblackbrown.

Project 7 - addresses seven critical areas of need in the world: Build the Future, Feed the Hungry, Heal the Sick, Help those in Need, Hope for Peace, House the Homeless, and Save the Planet. 50% of profits are donated to charities addressing these issues.

Cute typographic illustration by London-based Illustrator and Graphic Designer Lindsay J. Haynes.

Part 2 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 in photographs.

St Luke's the London advertising agency has created a website which allows you to throw snowballs with customised messages at your friends... don't spread the christmas cheer, throw it about!

Torch is a light bulb inspired flashlight from plusminuszero.

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen designed the newly relocated Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum, Idaho. Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, the building is designed to integrate into the woody surroundings.

Love Hatch's holiday promotional card - Jumping JAQK marionettes.

9 spectacular architecture projects for a pilgrims route in Mexico. Delicate concrete works over the landscape. Projects by Ai Wei Wei, Alejandro Aravena, HHF, Tatiana Bilbao and more.

Jean Dunand's new tourbillon orbital, sheer elegance, and we love the mechanical empty/full gauge on the side to tell you how much energy there is left in the mainspring.

New work from Raymond Pettibon at Regen Projects II in LA.

Put simply, Modern Tots bent birch rocker rocks, designed by sirch.

Photographed by Stacey Evans, a detail from Harriet Arthur's "The Waiting Room," one of the light-centered art installations included in the Dec. 12 exhibition, "Let There Be Light," celebrating the upcoming winter solstice.

Danish brand Mismo has made this great travel canvas bag for all those guys the don't want to carry a man bag.

The guys at College Humor have finally done it. With their popular online videos and internet humor, MTV has given them their very own show in 2009.

Custom crafted for a prestigious vintage guitar such as a Telecaster or Strat, the Clear Dice Connectors by Bullet Cable offer the ultimate high roller experience. Two (2) DIY connectors per gift box. Choice of angle or straight.

Studio Voortman & Girod created Ssstoell and Kkkrukk - a chair and stool designed to look like multiple iterations of the same object just repeated and slightly shifted - a comment on digital copying and pasting.

Pictures of MARUSSIA [ma:ru sja] first Russian GT supercar was presented in Moscow on Tuesday.