stefan sagmeister x levi's x american rag

Contemporary artists are breathing new life into taxidermy. Here are some more dead-on examples.

Interesting combination of opaque/transparent volumes for this modern house a few blocks away from the ‘hip’ strip of Sawtelle Blvd. in Los Angeles. By Studio 0.10

Modoloco's Ramo Lamp: The main feature of this lamp is its truly appearance, that is being just like a branch or a cut flower: according to this it has no base or pedestal to keep itself balanced in an upright position.

Artemide released a version of its famous dome lighting Mercury signed Ross Lovegrove

Designed by Koizumi Makoto, the Tetsubo Bookstand is a simple V-shape wood top with bended iron rods. Truly Japanese style!

Armon Choros Architects have designed the Chalkidos Street Residence in Larnaca, Cyprus.

New IDEO website http://www.ideotoylab.com/ with cool stuff to check out. I just tried the Ballonimals.

Rasmuss Kaesmann's novel depiction of the German water polo team made waves at the Sony World Photography Awards. Have a gander at some of its competition here.

Skene Catling de la Peña have converted a former Dairy to a five-bedroom house with a small pool. During day it looks like a solid box, revealing its transparency during nights.

Inspired by the Rubik's cube this set of 27 mini boxes is designed out of one single piece of paper and a lot of cuts and folds

Havaianas spreads sandals trough Europe

Nice spots from Honda about their cars and the environment created by DraftFCB and XYZ Studios.

Bodum new collection BISTRO Toaster in all shades of rainbow colors.

Karim Kashid has designed the design art collection of fabrics for italian company C&C Milano. The company is known for producing innovative textiles and hand made items. Collection will be on display during Milan design week 09.

The Bootleg vase is innovative and modern with its to faced- look. 2 traditional plaster casts has been cut and pasted together to creating something modern and absolutely beautiful.

Twitter-Aggregators are all the rage these days ~ and our friends at FM have just launched ExecTweets ~ How cute are the "Executive birds"?

agnificently embroidered with the Dow Jones graph from 2004-2009. Funny, sad, clever, aesthetically pleasing, and culturally relevant - all at the same time.

these cute crayon rings from timothy liles are available at the future perfect.

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

The Huf 9 Fachwerkhaus 2000 Art home emphasizes its timber frame concept, allowing for a freer design and living environment.

I really like this long exp shot by Montreal photographer Eric Constantineau

Padmapper combines Google Maps with apartment listings for easier hunting.

Liz Ania's Spring Preview 2008 invitations for Anthropologie ~ "The type was laser cut and folded up for a unique 3-dimentional effect referencing growth and rejuvenation."

Stephan Diez's Oyster for the German jeweller “Jens Biegel”. "Our contribution are laser cut sheets of pure gold that are wrapped around pearls. By modifying the size and shape of the cut-outs we create rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and so on."

Cute sparrow hook set at Fred Flare

The Bag Radiator from i-radium

Hand silk screened black pine cone on 100% organic cotton T-shirt. The print is a friendly wink to Philippe Starck's classic lemon squeezer "Juicy Salif". Design: Jollygoodfellow, Stockholm Sweden.

PC World has published an overview of Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox. Fennec uses touch screen features like zooming, panning and scrolling.

Glowacka Rennie redesigned the women's amenities at the Victoria Albert Museum, London. Swiss artist Felice Varini painted an installation after.

Outdoor Lamp Shade - floor lampshade Miami by Antonangeli ~ fascinating mix of outdoor lighting with an indoor feel...

Musa Work Lab ~ GORGEOUS business cards for O Epicurista

Paper bookmark with a Save icon on it. You can make your own digital to analog bookmark with this neat PDF.

some really cool bags at Boa Design

Armando Testa's new ads for Cuki foil make us giggle. "Keep it safe" is the tagline.

This image helps to explain the phenomenon of "Why Do Freeways Come to a Stop?".

Grow your plants from the ceiling- The experiment journeys into using water capillary technology, by having a flower/plant pot that houses its own water reservoir in its upper cavity. Genius design by Patrick Morris.

LU∞ is a collection of hand blown Murano chandeliers.
It shapes within a square, perfectly natural power balance.

Target goes green with MIO ~ with some refreshing and playful designs from the brothers Salm.... the 99$ Green Composter is the most intriguing to me... and more solar lighting options!

Clever Guerrilla Marketing from New Zealand

Nordwesthaus on Lake Constance, Suiss

Trippy pixel graphics in the portfolio of Sophie Baillot

Inhaitat's shop has adorable Bamdino Kids Utensils ~ handmade by Bambu (of bamboo in china)

Vinyl Pulse has a peek at the upcoming The Squirrels Made Me Do it @ Grass Hut