Urban recreation - guerilla public swings from Akay & Peter

The softness of the light reminiscent of a traditional Japanese portable paper lantern (Bon-bori) is enhanced by the light coming through the double and triple shelters, and brings to mind the image of light depicted in Junichiro Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows” (In-ei Raisan).

lightpot, by studio shulab is a small pot for growing plants indoors and works with the use of LED lighting

Online wallpaper for iphone and screens from Digiquaria, an online aquarium of digital lifeforms inspired by waterlife.

Latest from Improv Everywhere - Video which creates a gallery opening in a NYC subway station. Not only are there waiters serving champagne and elegantly dressed people, but they’re also acting as if ads and trash cans are high art!

A really cute game on the website of the National Museum of Scotland teaches kids how to dress a Roman soldier.

Interview with Suzie Templeton. Creator of the award winning short film 'Peter and the Wolf.' See her stop motion animation 'Dog.' A beautiful depiction of human emotion through puppets

Turkish design studio Autoban, designed the interiors of the Witt Istanbul Suites Hotel.

Porcelain Lamps by Laura Pregger. Made out of Secon Hand Porcelain. Wicked

Scandinavian Design Group is the biggest graphic design agency in Norway, and I really like the profile they have done for Food Garage!

Marc Sadler has designed the Tress Lamp for Italian lighting manufacturer Foscarini.

Fox Johnston Architects designed this house in the Mosman neighborhood of Sydney, Australia.

An underwater volcano off the coast of Tonga has erupted, cool video of the ash and smoke.

The ultra-high precision scope mouse.

incredible footage from last night's nature's great events of a humpback whale feeding on baitballs.

'Vegetal' is a chair planted by the Bouroullec brothers, and embraced by Vitra ...

Designed by Angeline Meloche, student designer from University of New South Wales, the Celsius is a modular refrigerator.

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colourful new set of bunnies from violet.

fmylife.com... For those who've had a bad day, or just wanna read about them!

Sofia Coppola Channels Marie Antoinette for Dior Fragrance Ad ~ adorable ad campaign, and lovely video!

The Prefabricated House by Bestetti Associati Studio was built with eco-friendly modular components by a company called Pircher. The furniture inside was designed by B&B Italia.

A girl misses her train to Milan and is set to wait overnight in Rome until dawn. Adorable short film made with 4500+ still photographs!!

Karl Lagerfeld got his own doll by Mattel. Now the fashion legend exists in the form of a teddy and a doll!

Petit Astrolapin figure (Yellow and Orange) ~ pre-orders! From the usual knife... to space?

Light Art offers architects and designers iconic light sculptures to create arresting show-pieces for any space. Using 3form's signature Varia Ecoresin material to create the ethereal designs, Light Art will transform your next project.

Schemata Architecture's Paco cube - a 3x3x3m portable home for transient living.

GoogleDrive - Drive around google maps with your arrow keys, I found that Tokyo's Highways work best!

Great prints from artist Nanami Cowdroy, who has just done an exhibition in America, now back home in Australia.

Photographer Ryan Marshall is photographing his wife each week and documenting life's trials till their baby is born.

Oooh design*sponge interviews porter airlines' neal whittington ~ so fun to see that every aspect of the branding is SO adorable!

Design Partners wish you a Happy St patrick’s day!

Sheep herded to make shapes, a pong game, the Mona Lisa, and fireworks!

LVHRD presents WRK/PLY a day long Non-Conference on Saturday, March 28 in NYC. With an open bar and interactive presentations it's gonna get interesting.

"Ida Grove" (detail) by Randall Stoltzfus. Oil on linen, 48"x60". Represented by Migration: A Gallery.

At 8:30 PM, Saturday 28 March 2009 is Earth Hour. Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. As part of increasing the awareness in Sweden dairy producer Arla is releasing a special edition milk carton.

Kaleidoscope mandala flash animation by artist Catherine Hubert. Please do enjoy!

HollerDesign will be exhibiting our SideTableVase, along with some of our other sculptures, at the New York Center for Art and Media Studies. The show will run until Wednesday, April 8th.

NOTCOT/CHROME GIVEAWAY! Two chances to win the Chrome Bag of your choice... i still love my old messenger bag from them ~ complete with seatbelt buckle/straps, secret pocket, and it's weatherproof!

A colorful skin with warm materials on both the inside and outside, creates a good ambient for learning at the International School in Oslo, by JVA.

For SXSW, Supra teamed up with Spin Magazine and Stubb's Bar B-B-Q on a Skytop sneaker. The color was inspired by their famous bbq sauce. The packaging is also beautiful, in a numbered wooden box. T-Shirt is also in the pack.

No stranger to NOTCOT, Diem Chau has a show at Fifth Floor. Of course her wonderful carved crayons and pencils will be on display as well! She is showing with Wendy Given.

Pentragram's new and impressive work for The Library Initiative includes brand new elementary school libraries with murals by designed by Maira Kalman, Christoph Niemann...

Official poster for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are.

Italian "Tubes Radiatori" turn radiators into a piece of art.