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Woven grass sculptures by Beth Hatton

The sight of a dam - some of the largest and most complex constructions that humanity has ever created - can be quite breath-taking.

Design by Diplomat. Zilla is an experimental lounge chair made from a composite construction of materials that include glass, aluminium and epoxy.

Tre lamp is a three-legged floor lamp made of metal. Turnable lamp is perfect for reading light, peeking over the reader’s shoulder. Turnable light shade creates light upward or downward.

Drawings by Nora Tujague. Fresh and powerful.

These incredible collages by are mokkelbost took over three years and a whole lot of glue to make. dark, intricate and beautiful.

Pinel & Pinel - Kibako - Everything you've ever needed to grow, maintain and travel with your bonsai, just don't check it with the rest of your luggage!

Cool hotel room photoshoot from the photographer Nejat Talas. Sex sells...

this image is among the wonderful books blogger Mia of Hippie Couture found on a recent trip to a library sale...

Acquire Mag has a first look at the new plastic Sigg lunch boxes with built in utensils designed by Masato Yamamoto

Wonderful hand made screen prints from Early Griffin. Designed by various artists and printed in small quantities - Giant Bear in a Tiny Villiage is by Edinburgh based artist Lizzie Stewart.

Exclusive World we offer the first visual XO's products signed by designer Karim Rashid !!!

Jawbone launches Earcandy and Prime lines ~ the latest updates in playful colors and new earbuds... more pics and details...

luca trazzi: t-energy ~ part of the interni design energies event. the tower includes the modular light panels manufactured by martini which light up using
the solar panels produced by pramac.

Dezeen has a great look inside the interior of fashion store Villa Moda in Bahrain as designed by Marcel Wanders

Pandora for Blackberry!

A New Infrastructure, Los Angeles, is often portrayed as the example of the car-friendly city.

Superhyperreal Photography by Jing Quek.

Google celebrates the 520th birthday of the genius Ottoman Architect Mimar Sinan with a google carrying some Sinan's works...Thanks for having been so grateful to Istanbul master Sinan.

SNOWBLINDED x ARTCRANK. Drop Sequence is an 18" x 24" screenprint and will be available at the ARTCRANK(in Denver) for $30. Also available at Snowblinded.com on Saturday, April 11th at 12pm Mountain Time.

Oooh Hard-Graft Moleskine Pen Hold ~ deserved a post of its own... nice elastic/leather strap ready to play bookmark, pen holder, and more...

A retrospective exhibition of Aeroflot posters ranging from 1910-2007

The project, entitled The Flowing Gardens, was inspired by the convergence of the different types of expertise that will be brought together by this event; principally horticulture and technology, and landscape and architecture.

Computers for emerging markets - China, India, Turkey, Africa, Brazil. Cincinnati ID students created the concepts for HP. Hot laser cutting action! Wood computer!

At Your Command by Daniel Loves Objects.
Imagine the classical movable mannequin takes on a whole new form and style.

The new Wisconsin logo has ignited plenty of criticism, and even though Brand New is absolutely no fan of the logo they thought to debunk a couple of its publicly mocked misgivings.

Seed Magazine has redesigned their website!

Archaeologists in Venice have uncovered the skeleton of a medieval plague victim. Buried with a brick impaled in her mouth, it seems there was fear that the woman was a vampire.

Site in Sweden where users upload photos of their homes and people comment it. Almost 70.000 interior photos

Beautiful new print by artist Edwin Ushiro. His unique style and imaginative story telling make his painting, "Birth of Unreckoning" the newest in a long line of works by him that we love.

Been loving the new cartoon network interstitials with "Tristan Eaton’s Nood character which was developed for the channel at the request of Kidrobot" ~ here's hoping they make them real!

The young freelance designer Laurent MEURGEY creates a beautiful porcelain plates.

On incredible Live Painting ~ watching Shrine and Kofie at work on huge canvases with music booming was mesmerizing!

Oooh Telenav gps coming to G1

On new ways to dry your wine glasses ~ Architec's Airdry Wine Glass Drying Rack

365 Budapest is a photo project of Hungarian art director Zsolt Molnár. Through beatufully composed photos he tries to show the typographical diversity of street numbers in capital city, Budapest.

Some fun videos of a 1950s Vandercook Letterpress printing oversized alphabets.

Tres Birds has some incredible inspiring architectural, artistic and interior installations/spaces!

Loving the new sculptural chair by dutch artist Parra!

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!

The Ultimate Coffee Cup by Lux-Delux Design. The ultimate in ergonomic modern design. A unique and innovative cup that is as delightful to the hand as it is to the eye.

The 5kg Doorstop by Landscape, available at the Future Perfect: "For when you need to keep the door open in a hurricane, this doorstop will act as the ultimate gentleman."

The Platzhalter Bookshelf was designed by a young German duo Nina Farsen and Isabel Schöllhammer - When you’re running out of bookshelf space, just stretch your bookshelf and voila!

Touchgrind, the first skate game and multi-touch game for the iPhone/iPhone

Designer Tomato Košir has given the usual vitamin packaging a fresh, new look. His packaging design for the GOGO line of vitamins and minerals will stand out from others...