COOP Himmelblau just won the competition for the new headquarters of the China Insurance Group. An orthogonal building, with a sinuous skin.

A BEAUTIFUL SOLAR POWERED SHIPPING CONTAINER CREATED BY MY PROFESSOR FROM SCHOOL.

Alternatives uses for a small screen. A new Samsung viral: 38 Cute Animals, 1 Screen, 8 Different Uses.

Brilliant animation explaining the credit crisis in terms you can actually understand! By designer Jonathan Jarvis.

Art or Idiocy? Erik Wenzel attempts to answer the question... "What is Art?"

The old walls of a barn in the middle of the Latvian countryside serve as a shelter to a new contemporary house, creating a new comfy interior in the middle of the openness. One of my favorite houses so far.

The wraparound cover Fantagraphics' Paperback edition of the BEASTS! features a detail of a print by Jordan Crane. The cover was designed by Jacob Covey.

First collaboration of illustrator Stevie Gee and Death Spray Custom.

Beetnik Aesthetics’ fabric Skyline Belts show off the skyline around your waist and are available in two black and white.

"Patachromo" is a beautiful, chromatherapy-based LED installation from France's Superbien.

Another trippy chandelier - Konfetti Chandelier from Bsweden - Chandelier of disco balls in several sizes. Body in polished chrome, halogen lighting.

Interesting Edison Chandelier from Pottery Barn ~ with an array of different bulbs and arrangements you could certainly get creative... interesting concept

tréteau by philippe nigro ~ brilliant table system, where the legs can be adjusted to lock on to table tops of nearly any size... love the contrast of the red to the wood, and the spherical vice like adjusters...

J Schatz's Pendant lights ~ liking the CILINDRO and the PEEKABOO in pendant form... glossy ceramic earthenware!

Candle Chair - Daniel Hulsbergen - Temporality sucks! is about the time aspect that furniture nowadays is undergoing. Like fashion it is going so fast that we don't appreciate furniture like we used to.

Revive is a series of glass vases as second life of wine bottles. Die cutting and sandblasting adds different look to the bottles. The graphic on each vase represents five major air pollutants, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO, O3 and the cause of those pollutants.
Most of the cause are from combustion.
One can reduce certain amount of air pollutant by reusing glasses bottles and reducing the production process of making glasses.

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I keep seeing these awesome eARTh stickers on cars lately!!! Finally found the website...

New Excel floor lamp by Rich Brilliant Willing. Spare and lightweight construction keep materials to a minimum while maximizing luxurious proportions and creating an amazing sense of atmosphere.

Also from Dwell Studio ~ i love the creatures on their GIO line ~ and this weekender bag is a fun one even for those without kids... (the rest of the accessories are more baby slanted)

Dwell Studio Finger Puppets ~ so cute, even if you don't have a kid, keep it in your purse/pocket for the next time your friend's baby freaks out at dinner, etc?

Also from Sundayland in their lighting section under products.... Sylvia ~ a chandelier of silver plastic vibes... (thanks tweeter @n3rd)

Sundayland's Straight Table ~ it would drive me insane on uneven floors...

The Ribbon Chair is defined by a ribbon of metal angle that transforms to allow for flexibility at the seat and backrest. At an exposed joint between the wood and metal, the metal angle loses its vertical flange and, thus, becomes flexible.

Designed by Sushir J K, Industrial Design Graduate student at Pratt Institute, Ny. Bent, as the name suggests is a bent tube of light that can be used as a wall unit, central accent light or a floor lamp.

Undoboy produced, designed, illustrated and produced their first designer toy. This series come with 16 toys and 64 characters in total.

Dollar Teddy Bear by Johnny Swing

Boat Life ~ latest dining collection from Form Us With Love for Sagaform ~ so playful, perfect for a summery seaside picnic

UPDATED! You asked, and we found ~ close up pics of the Tord Boontje Artecnica Charming necklaces, they come in 4 sets, each set with 3 charms on a black string!

Ten One Design has an $8 little ad-on for the iPhone that amplifies the sound and makes it sound better.

A hoodie zipper pull for your hoodie. Made out of sterling silver these amazingly detailed hoodie zipper pulls are hand cast and handmade. by Frozen Peas

Succulent Cushion : a brilliant merino wool cushion that is hand dyed, carded and felted into free forms that resemble a natural succulent plant. linen backing and a natural pillow filler. designed by Ronel Jordaan

Landscape architect Anouk Vogel and architect Johan Selbing have won a competition to design new lighting and furniture for the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

From felt pebbles to... felt pebble cushions! designed by Ronel Jordaan in Johannesberg, South Africa and made by women in a successful job creation program

Badass prosthetic leg for a bicycle messenger/street artist by Jordan Diatlo for Ecko Unltd. The prosthesis responds to the amputee's physical and emotional needs to feel whole again.

The exhibit, Over Spilt Milk, at the City Reliquary Museum in Brooklyn, tells the story of New York’s Consumer-Farmer Milk Cooperative through pamphlets, broadsides, and vintage milk cartons from the 1930s.

8,140 cardboard tubes with a total length of 10 kilometres and a weight of over 18 tons were stacked to form a single wall.

Blame Ringo - Garble Arch (A Day in the Life of Abbey Road) - Watching what lengths tourists go to for that perfect reenactment of the famous Beatles strut = Great idea for a film clip!

I am Osmand Nosse and this is my illustrations of my friends. I like: owls, words like ‘yachts’, skiffle music, taking pictures of clouds, marmalade and when dogs yawn and sound like they are saying something.

Studio FLEX/cocoon based in Prague has designed new 1L PET bottle for Czech beer brand Staropramen which is placed on Bulgarian market.

Creative Cut-Outs by FHM Singapore.

impresive huaxi city center in guiyang, china. MAD architects invited 11 international firms for the design, each project is amazing on its own

Anders Bergh has been working as independent photographer since 1993, with his own studio in the heart of Copenhagen.

Matchstic Brand Identity House in Atlanta just launched a new Pro-Bono campaign, "On The House". Features over $80,000 worth of free work from various partner companies.

Some great wall drawings created by Genevieve Gauckler and other graphic artists for colette, as part of the Domestic series.