Artist and toy designer Joe Ledbetter is releasing his latest independent designer toy: Fire-Catzilla.

Yellow Submarine, an organic burger place in Zagreb, Croatia, with its periscope emerging from the city fountains, parks and streets.

OPPO Quack - a soft silicon small dog muzzle that looks like a duck bill from Japan. There's also a closed bill one (with air holes on the bottom).

VIDEOThe Hiut Denim Co 'tech hacked' shop window using Conductive Ink technology to tell the story of the brand.

Yamanekobo "Message From Field" high quality stuffed woodland animals that are made in Japan since 1985. (See the japanese site for even more pics and products) Love the squirrel, flying squirrel, and ducklings!

VIDEOTo show off the movement of the new Gillette Fusion ProGlide with FlexBall Technology, we asked Son Lux to compose an original piece of music and play it on a piano rigged with the razors.

Ethereal Glass Effect Cuff by Joanna Bury. Tribal inspired unusual jewelry.

Hex Tree Swing from The New Amity Workshop in the Hudson River Valley.

Knotted Interiors by Eleanor Bolton, a series of hanging planters made from rope.

Bill Gracey's beautiful photos of shells.

The Six Mile Pencil by Lyon & Lyon that shows the distance you have drawn with marks along its length.

_eavesdropper takes excerpts from overheard conversations to create typographic entertainment for all.

Extension in Elsternwick by Sketch Building Design.

Stunning bird murals by L7m.

Bombay Sapphire Distillery at Laverstoke Mill by Thomas Heatherwick.

The Woodland Deck from Pocono Modern.

Desktopography releases its annual desktop wallpaper exhibition, almost 100 new high-res nature themed backgrounds by the worlds most talented artists.

In this edutainment installation by Gagarin, get a chance to try to break a wine glass by screaming in the same tone of the glass.

Stroll, strum or sleep your way along a tightrope across the Italian Alps at the International Highline Meeting 2014.

A unifying vision of modern beauty and local Breton heritage make for a successful collaboration between the French American designer, Mathieu Pung and the 300 year old pottery factory, Henriot Quimper.

Limited Edition 6th Anniversary Set from Ugmonk. Featuring solid brass dice, triblend tee, woven patch, and custom gold foil packaging. Made in the USA. Only 200 sets ever made.

Wired on Europe's history of putting animals on trial.

College de Labarthe-sur-Leze clad with copper. By French studio LCR Architectes.

Ai Weiwei just unveiled 176 portraits of political prisoners made from 1.2 million Lego bricks.

Edinburgh Zoo announces a new baby armadillo.

VIDEOA 'visual sound' experiment for We Need Nothing to Collide by Russ Chimes. All effects are in-camera, created using a projector and custom software.

&New, elegant modern British furniture.

VIDEOBeautiful Scotland by John Duncan shot on a DJI Phantom 2 with a Gopro 3+ (with FPV).

Fleet of Dazzle, range of patterned products from IWM in collaboration with Patternity inspired by the disruptive camouflage patterns used during the First World War.

Lettering artist Kevin Cantrell commissioned by Neenah to create a limited edition print to celebrate the beauty of engraving.

Quotes on shit. We all use so much shit. We collect shit, buy shit, trade shit and then throw shit away. So what happens with all this old shit? We want to turn old shit into new shit, and give them a second chance to be loved and find a new home.

VIDEOEver seen a volcano erupt in slow motion? What about one made of food? With the help of British food director, Carl Warner, we created a video for the Chili Con Queso burrito that overflows with flavor and originality.

Kreatime: a DIY comics by french artist Bl67 for Karl Lagerfeld Daily. Complete the comics and try to win a special prize.

Parabellum has launched the second version of their Medicine Woman Bag and i'm so so tempted! The new Medicine Woman is tighter, more compact, it has double zipper pulls and it features a comfortable shoulder strap for crossbody carry.

Amazing Time Slice Photography by Michael Marker-Moore.

Wall painting by Nevercrew for UrbanArt Festival in Winterthur.

Polar Pen - A Modular Magnetic Pen made of neomydium magnets that can be unstacked, even forming a compass.

New works from Scott Albrecht for an upcoming show titled The Distance Between Two Points at Art in the Age in Philadelphia.

Animals carry natural worlds on their backs in Wang Ruilin's Dreams sculpture series.

Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space written by Dominic Walliman and designed and illustrated by Ben Newman.

Nivo Lamp by Mauricio Sanin for Moak Studio

Nike Netherlands and creative agency Rosie Lees London commisioned New York artist Shane Griffin to design a sculpture for their annual Sneakerball event, held this year in Palacio Cibeles, Madrid, Spain.

'Klapp' and 'Tab', end table and chamber candle holder, by French designer Pauline Coudert.

FEATUREDHands on with the limited edition Nike Flyknit Puzzle Box by Ryan Gander in collaboration with The THING Quarterly. This wooden puzzle box is inspired by nature, flyknits, japanese puzzle boxes, and the Fibonacci sequence.

VIDEOCOSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey Visual Effects Making Of. Beautiful making of video from BUF visual effects.

For A by Jose Gómez. A series of wooden A's in myriad of fonts.

Aerial Photographs of Africa by Joel Krahn

FEATUREDRotating mirrored air foils, disobedient objects, Shakespeare and other highlights from the V&A during this year's London Design Festival.

Gurten Pavilion in Bern by mlzd with stunning views of the Alps.

Pejac uses acrylic on glass to create silhouettes that interact with the world outside.

VIDEOTechnofrolics uses moving magnets and iron dust to create this 3D display that can be programmed for different visual effects.

FEATUREDThe Oregon and Northern California Coast - our road trip home lead to fun breweries, stunning coastline, driving on the beach, hiking down to a Redwood Grove, the Tillamook Cheese Factory, IPA beer jellies, and more!

FEATUREDDefy Bags Otis Dog Collar (on Bucky!) - complete with AustriAlpin Cobra Load Bearing Quick-Release Buckle, which can support 2,000 lbs. These are the same solid steel & brass imported buckles used by U.S. Special Forces.

San Francisco based woodworking Artist, Aleksandra Zee who reclaims wooden laths to make intricate art panels.

VIDEOAlexander McQueen teamed up with Japanese artist Yoshiyasu Tamura, by turning Angry Bunny – which appeared in the spring/summer 2014 collections – into a samurai.

Solid Steel Keysquare, a brilliantly crafted solid steel keychain with bottle opener that is machined from solid steel.

Casa AL by Studio Arthur Casas in Rio de Janeiro sits between a mountain and the ocean.

Created by the French interior design studio Grégoire de Lafforest, the Catch-All Side Table features a built-in chute-and-bag system for keeping stray objects.

Stool 7 by architect David Adjaye for Standseven.

Conceptual packaging for Beehive Honey Squares by Lacy Kuhn.

Tables BASIL are designed by Arthur LEITNER x PETITE FRITURE.

Save the Bees, a campaign bringing together artists and illustrators to raise awareness and funds for the plight of bees from Barnes & Webb.

Camp Brand Goods Young Buffalo T-shirt with artwork by Keith Davis Young

Joe O'Connell & Blessing Hancock's sculpture, Brilliance, multi-lingual phrases collected from the community, cut out of steel, welded together in three-dimensional lantern-like forms.

Eau Claire Distillery in Turner Valley is the first craft distillery in Alberta, Canada. Launched in March 2014, they have Three Point Vodka and Parlour Gin. My favorite part is the fun branding/packaging with victorian creatures of sorts!

Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook, OR - stumbled upon it on our road trip and it is surprisingly fun and inspiring - from the factory to the store to the displays and history... the website has great graphics and a fun video too!

The Chargeboard is a skateboard and docking station. It generates and stores power while rolling along. One hour of cruising makes enough electricity to charge a phone and play music.

FEATURED8 Days in 100 Instagrams! Alberta, Canada: from the border to Waterton to Calgary to Canmore to Banff to Jasper to Beakerhead to Drumheller and more... the moments that excited me in real time in one big scroll!

‘One Pin Disassembly’ – A Japanese mobile phone design that disassembles in seconds by unscrewing a single pin by Australian designer Bradley Fraser.

The 14er Summit Register print, designed for climbers to track and display their successful ascents of Colorado's 58 peaks over 14,000 ft.

Giopato & Coombes Editions present their new hand blown glass lamp at Designersblock during the London Design Festival. The lamp is inspired by the lightness of soap bubbles as a metaphor for the emptiness of light.

Imagine sinking back and reading a good book, reclining and relaxing, enjoying a wonderful nap.
Le Sac by Studio Segers.

Interview: Francesco LoCastro's Transfiguration.

Backyard Garden Studio in Boerum Hill, BK by Hunt Architecture. Pictures, interiors, making-of and architectural drawings.

Salty Dog Barley Bones - for beer and dog lovers, found these at Rogue Ales HQ in Newport, OR. Dog biscuits baked with the grain from Rogue Ales (and peanut butter!) In minis and big bones. Bucky LOVES them.

¿Afraid of the dark? Gonzalez Garrido designed a LED Swing that creates a light show as it swings back and forth.

'Beach Ball Lights' lamps by designer Toby Sanders.

Cranberry Sweets Deschutes Brewery Obsidan Stout and Inversion IPA Pates de Fruits are beyond delicious! Great road trip discovery while on the Oregon Coast.

Kenworth 50th Anniversary in New Zealand, with special centerpieces for the celebration dinner. Yep, rad, mini models of one of their trucks... x85 of them, hand built.

Krispy Kreme UK creates the first ever Double Hundred Dozen to launch its new Occasions Service, for corporate events and big businesses.

FEATUREDTiny stainless steel toolsets as jewelry from Whitebeam Studio. The tiny tools come in sets ranging from sous chef to GTA and come in their own tiny toolboxes.

Colin Barras takes a look at The Twisted World of Sexual Organs: How evolution solved the problem of conception for BBC Earth.

Classics Reimagined: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Olimpia Zagnoli illustrates the Wizard of Oz in a new series by Rockport Publishing.

The T/shirt Issue's Dream-Land, a sculptural installation inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Dream-land' (1844) where a dream-voyager arrives in a place beyond space and time and decides to stay there.

Designer Diego Grandi in collaboration with tattoo artist Pietro Sedda wish pay tribute to Arne Jacobsen's Grand Prix with the creation of an exhibition combining art and graphic design.

VIDEOThe Nutcracker from Roger Arquer. This nut hammer lets you smash shells open without making a mess.

Seatylock, bicycle saddle that quickly transforms into a one meter solid lock, lets you lock your bike to a fixed object.

Halo, a small stool machined from a single piece of flat plywood using a programmable router by Australian designer Bradley Fraser.

Jaguar has unveiled a unique aluminium word cloud sculpture in the the shape of the new Jaguar XE sports saloon at the London Design Museum.

Droga5 reveal the making of their new ads for Motorola Mobility.

ATP created this concrete tunnel through a stone wall at Leyva 506 house.

The shoal of fish mobile from Flensted featuring eight fish and a tasty lure.

VIDEOSmart's dancing traffic light that turns the dance moves of passerbys into a more entertaining red man. Part of the WhatAreYouFOR campaign.

The Pilgrimage Church in Neviges by Gottfried Böhm.

VIDEOForm Follows Sound, making percussion from basalt by Roy Yahalomi.

Photographer Shantanu Starick is bartering his way around the world, trading his photography for food, shelter and transport in a project called The Pixel Trade.

FEATUREDCharring whisky barrels by flamethrower, walking into a storm of whisky, sipping whisky with glacial ice and an all signing, all dancing feast for Symphony in Blue with Johnnie Walker.

VIDEOThe Diatomist, a documentary by Matthew Killip about Kalus Kemp, a master of the Victorian art of diatom arrangement.

Crank Grinder and Bird Mill by Cas Holman.

Architecture for cats. To raise funds for animal charity FixNation, LA based architects created a series of cat houses for a "Giving Shelter" fundraiser.

“Postcards for Ants” – Miniature Watercolor Paintings by Lorraine Loots.

FEATUREDHotel Arts, Calgary makes the most artistic fruit + chocolate welcome treats! They also spoil your dog (biscotti, dog bed, + toy!)... and their newly redone interiors include some amazing design details - love the lamp/dressers!

Composers in beer by Gustav Almestål.

Joseph Perry launches Every Cloud, the second print from his science poster series. It celebrates the work of Luke Howard, who’s cloud classification published in 1803, brought order to the ever-changing skies.

Food art from Anna Keville Joyce & Agustín Nieto.

A great typography project from Moscow based designer, Anastasia Musaeva, that is a set of playing cards celebrating the awesomeness of fonts.

FURTIF Evercut knives from TB Groupe made with titanium carbide laser bonding to stainless steel.

Allies and Morrison's concrete-clad studio for the Rambert Dance Company.

VIDEOSwing Time installation by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Boston

Flash by Eley Kishimoto with 2MZ and Studio db appears at Brixton tube station.

Anamorphic Illusions by Street Art Collective Truly Design in Lausanne // Switzerland as part of Art on Science 2014, a public exhibition, focused on optical illusions.

VIDEOSuspended Cardboard Boxes Installation by Zimoun & Hannes Zweifel at Mannheimer Kunstverein.

Tool The Bookworm Quill from Tom Dixon.

A giant word search that contains every word written by Jorge Luis Borges by Daniel Temkin and Rony Maltz.

Barber Osgbery: Double Space for BMW at the V&A for LDF 2014.

VIDEOJames Victore takes us on a type safari of New York City.

Full Coverage of 2014 Nuart Festival's highly anticipated show, Tou Scene’s Ølhallene, where the world's most innovative street artists exhibit their indoor and outdoor works.

To celebrate the opening of Ikea Clermont-Ferrand, 30th Ikea store in France, Ikea teamed up with Ubi Bene to install a climbing wall covered with Ikea furniture.

'Diggin’ In The Carts' a fantastic documentary series about the secret history of video game music, by Red Bull Music Academy.

'Captain Sturnbörd' one-off hand-painted skate deck by JPK, available Friday 19 September, 1600 UK time.

A robotic hand designed to explore the deep sea from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen.

Fun visual identity for Barba by Negra Nigoevic and Filip Pomykalo.

FEATUREDInspiration: Glacier Water BLUES ~ are unlike any blues i've ever seen. Exploring Banff and Jasper in Alberta, these amazing colors made us stop at every lake, creek, waterfall we could fit in. A new favorite color perhaps?

Birds of a Feather, photo series capturing pet birds staged against complementary vintage wallpaper, by Claire Rosen. Her series The Fantastical Feasts is worth a look too!

Ivan Pivovarov's sugar for everyday, inspired by a horse's love for sugar cubes, it offers a cube for every day on the calendar.

Mastodons from Wodibow made from blocks of solid wood and assembled from 22 pieces. This is Groso the bear.

FEATUREDBeakerhead 2014 Calgary, Alberta - A smash up of art, science, and engineering! We experienced a discoball on a crane, an inflatable living room, interactive/3D printed Absolut installations, a rideable hippo, a flame shooting octopus and more…

At the Swedish School of textiles in Borås, where she's currently studying, Lisa Viola Setterberg designed a collection whose structure is entirely based on a geometric shape.

Burger King Japan created the "Kuro" burger, also known as the black burger.

VIDEOBirdsong with Found Feather by Martin Smith Studio filmed by Bikeshed Digital Media.

FEATUREDThe ANIMALS in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canda! We saw Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (the horns!), Elk (unbelievable rack), Mountain Goats (babies!), Black Bears (cubs!), Canadian Geese, and some monster crows.

'Error' painted large scale on the facade of a building in Stavanger, Norway, by urban artist SpY. Nuart Festival 2014.

Typodarium 2015 - Typodarium is a tear off calendar with 365 fonts – a fresh font for every day. They are created by 223 designers from 31 countries on 384 pages, printed on both sides.

FEATUREDSunwapta Falls in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. That glacier blue water rushes down with such force around the island, down the drop off, and around the bend. See tiny Shawn + Bucky for scale! Also amazing tree roots!

Silbo Gomero - an electronic whistling machine by Bildmekanik.

The Library of Birmingham is a transparent glass building overlooking Centenary Square, the largest public square in the heart of Birmingham. The library’s internal space invites to look upward, following the long escalators.

VIDEOThe 'Adcetris' ball machine sculpture by Creative Machines depicts the journey of the antibody drug conjugate (ADC) through the bloodstream, its binding with a cell-surface receptor, and how it enters a cell to attack the cancer.

FEATUREDMoraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. WOW. I still can't believe the blue color of the glacier lake water. And the chipmunks are so friendly they even come right up to dogs. Beyond breathtaking!!!

For the Malmö Festival's 30th birthday, Snask has created an eye-popping 3D type installation that embodies the spirit of Malmö.

'Burst' from Concurrent Constellations by KAZA Concrete. Designed by Rough Front, founded by NYC based designer-architect Elijah Porter.

'Gears' tables series made ​​with industrial gearby French designer Amaury Poudray.

Know that your afternoon nap will make an impact: Yellow Leaf Hammocks is a social enterprise dedicated to fostering sustainable economic development for its weavers and their families.

From the stone to the plate, sculptures from Belgian artist Jorgen Missotten.

Zaha Hadid Architects to design pioneering new Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum in London.