banksy's "the village petstore" in a nytimes slideshow.

Julien de Smedt designed the Twirl house for the Next-Gene 20 Project in Taiwan. The house is excavated into the landscape and brings light into the house by lifting up and creating 'tears' in the ground plane.

Designed by Fabric, "Perpetual Sunshine" uses a wall of glowing infared bulbs to imitate the exact temperatures and intensity of light from tropical locations around the world.

40 men re imagine and redesign New York's subway map to awesome ends!

The beautiful bottle of Kenzopower, a new fragrance for men by Kenzo, was designed by Kenya Hara, the Artistic Director of Muji.

New concept “Punch the Lighting” designed by Jun Bum Park and Kim Jin Sook.

Rollercoaster Fruit Tray, designed by Janne Kyttanen, can hold up to 9 oranges, but then you will not see its beauty.

Artist Dennis McNett's latest installation focuses on innovative wood blockings. The show opens in NYC this weekend. The pics are awesome.

Times bookstore – the first flagship store opens in Indonesa. 100,000 books can be found on shelves arranged in a meandering, maze-like pattern or chill out at the indoor garden!

Vitamin Living has expanded their Gnome line ~ and now there are complementary money boxes, timers, salt and pepper shakers, and a very cute bottle opener!

Wow Bacon ~ microwave cooker, that looks like a pitcher...

Great new collectors DVD Box by artist Jeff Koons has come out. It comes with the movie "Jeff Koons A Man Of Trust" and is numbered and signed by the artist. Limited to 2000 pieces worldwide.

"Shakerboys" is a totally slick new animated experiment from West London collective Viewmanoid.

"Michael Moore's new film to be offered free on internet 'as a gift to fans.'"

Natalie Thakur's leather grocery bag, rather kitschy based upon the stereotypical corner shop striped plastic bag, is the luxe shopping upgrade you’ve been waiting for......

A hybrid cargo ship to ship hybrid cars...

The second in the series of limited edition pin 'medals' by Supermandolini. Celebrating the memories of endless epic battles, infinite high scores and numerous blistered fingers.

Kudos to tech guru kevin kelly for taking inspiration from Michael Salter's styrobots and making his own with his son from 5 years worth of styrofoam!

ACNE's wooden usb stick ~ came in a "stylish box containing all the relevant info" from the Acne Sales Rep to the Normann Copenhagen Fashion Buyer

L. Bates Jaffe's "One Pill Makes You Smaller" and "Animal Cracker" prints are unique and funny!

A lovely Charcoal Water Pitcher that uses Japanese Iouseki stones and Binchotan charcoal to filter the water.

Latest from JibJab - Time For Some Campaiginin' - the latest political satire cartoon starring Barack Obama and John McCain... and YOU! set to the tune of Bob Dylan's Times They Are A-Changin'

A cute raincoat designed by Gene Ho, an artist inspired by mangas' universe.

Prime Condoms : "Wherever the mood strikes you".

Japanese graphic design in the 1950s exhibition

Orange22 Design Labs and Botanist have a new Designer series which royalties go to the charity of the Designer's Choice. Karim Rashid, Milton Glaser, Yves Behar and among the 8 designers.

An artist named Tommaso has installed tape sculptures in Rome's Pigneto district. The effort seems to be an outgrowth of Mark Jenkin's famous Storker Project.

The ‘Cloud’ Lamp shades are made with recycled paper, they can be flat packed, and sold with a milky white energy saving bulb. Cloud Lamp is a simple and sustainable approach to add magic and intimacy to domestic lighting.

SKY Tv: Pixel Art ~ advert from Giovanni + DraftFcb, São Paulo, Brazil.

Stefan Sagmeister's new site 'Things I have learned in my life'

Sweet Posters for The Dark Knight!

The Wall Cleat is designer Karl Zahn's answer to the question, "What use is an electrical plug when your not plugged in?" A truly innovative blessing for the neat-freaks and cord-tangle haters out there.

Current favorite artists, Noferin from Australia, opened their show at CoproNason Gallery in Santa Monica.

Very Limited Edition GBA cartridge: Just out from chip tunes artist Pixelh8 'Music Tech Pro Performer V1.0'. Cartridge allows you to control the gameboy’s onboard sound and incorporates the most needed features for live performance.

Beautiful DIY big lamp made from small IKEA lamps. From instructables

The Singing, Ringing Tree stands tall on land previously surfaced by radio towers.

Hotel Aire de Bardenas is located near a national park and biosphere reserve on the plains of Navarre, Spain.

Sexy stacking chairs by Four Design!

Three works by architect/teacher Sami Rintala: Boxhome, Hotel Kirkenes and Floating Sauna (shown).

Peruvian anti-riot police uses a futuristic armour that looks dark and cool.

NOTCOT Sneak Peak: Working Class Heroes launches Unfold ~ a new slim multipurpose laptop bag of leather and canvas ~ on Monday!

Awesome new Nike Air Force 1 commercial for the Australian market. Made by Christopher Riggert.

Toy Me gives us a sneak peek at their latest collection... particularly this silver scissor cuff that we're smitten with ~ you can wear it open or closed!

Matteo Thun's Pluviae : The shower head at the end of the shower curtain rail.......simple and ingenious.

A minimal house located along a slope. The rooms adapt to this condition, unified by a stair. With this configuration, cross ventilation across the house is made possible. By H Arquitectes.

Banksy, Kelsey Brooks among other artists go to Bethlehem to paint the walls and bring across the message of freedom and peace! ~ For Santa's Ghetto 2007!