Olympic Games 2016 logo design

Music video for the British glam pop band Morton Valence's latest single 'Chandelier'.

To commemorate George Nelson’s 100th birthday, Vitra has released a limited edition of the Pretzel Chair (orginally designed in 1952). Though Nelson is known for his furniture design, he was a well-rounded designer who explored working in many disciplines.

Jan Korbes’ Garbage Architecture in The Netherlands focuses on: “objects interiors research and workshops based on recovered waste materials”. One example is a set of stairs made from woods reclaimed from an old castle.

Fantastic new denim specials by Japanese brand Evisu. They made Zippo lighters, denim teddy bears and also a motorcycle helmet together with Acejet!

The Whale Hunt is the latest storytelling experiment by Jonathan Harris (of We Feel Fine fame). This time Jonathan followed eskimos for a week, taking a picture every 30 min, more as the action intensified.

Gran Turismo by Swedish Mårten Claesson is a nice and clean line of furniture. Available as easy chair, stool, bench, 2 and 3 seat sofa and table.

Napkin produces freeze-dried towel and t-shirt. It could be a cool gadget.

This giant mouse pad from Ratscar offers up a massive 35.4 x 17.7 mousing surface, almost 10 times the size of a typical mouse pad.

The Ice Hotel is made entirely of ice and snow - rebuilt every year at the beginning of winter at Jukkas by a team of snow builders, architects, designers and artists from all over the world.

Q-BA-MAZE it was on the gift guide ~ and i got bored tonight and put one together thats about 5ft tall... its an interesting twist on the old school 3d wooden marble mazes!

LOVE this "Let's Eat Cake" painting from Brandi Milne's “Sugar & Silence” show! She paints some really cool octopi in her works

The Landlord Hoken end table by elmar flototto is such a sweet, simple, graphic functional little table, I'd like two of them!

Also on VEER, the delicious Candy Cushion, featuring Alejandro Paul's Candy Script typeface.

When is a regular stainless steel watch not a stainless steel watch? When it's a retro LED watch.

The Yum Bowl by Karim Rashid. The sculptural "Yum" bowl cleverly integrates a handle into its asymmetric design.Microwave safe with a non-skid bottom.Available in two sizes:

Take a look at this incredible set of pins... layered and laser cut looking scenes and stories in animals

Debonair Magazine's Food Blog Awards (cute image) ~ and TasteSpotting picked up Best Food Blog Directory (i'm kind of giddy again)

100 days in 100 images of 100 people... 100 people around the world taking 100 pictures of their Mondays. 100 completely different Mondays.

NY Design Week - Core77 has their roundup live... i'm still trying to figure out which ones not to miss, and what else isn't on that list... suggestions?

The novel coat rack is made from steel and consists of five separate gear shifts that serve as hooks. A surefire gift for all petrol heads.

flickrblockers help you say no to online photos. a rip off of stupidiotic's black bars (see post 623), but still amusing.

TV spot from Marriott features the track "In the Morning" by the Junior Boys. Can't get this song outta my head now. The visual FX are pretty sweet too...

Boring old Japanese purikura becomes Videkura. What on earth will those schoolgirls do?

truffle golden retriever by jellycat ~ it can lay completely flat and be like a cuddly blanket as well as posed like a puppy.

Another great site for buying wallpaper stickers! Also, check out the fireplace and the christmas tree you can simply stick on the wall.

Plenty new products from iRiver during CES2007.
Style & technology, mixed together.

La Cie announces its new Ora Ito designed HUBY. Seriously, it is like the offspring of the Ogo and the Powersquid. And i want it.

a couple of badass penguins goin' to town. its the first of december kids, happy holiday madness.

From the makers of VOSS ~ comes G Pure Energy... the next hot thing in packaging... and energy drinks?

This is a light not a birdcage. Fantastical lighting from this Paris based company.

omg, its (w)rappingpaper. get it? oh man, straight outta compton or rappers delight? awesome.

Cute little set of illustrations demonstrating english idioms.

Jun Konishi skull-teddy pendants

Lace packing tape, in black or white.

It is a vibrator over at c&m

It's not a zeppelin airship that has crash-landed in the Australian forest - it's Bellemo & Cat's Cocoon House!

Braille over the years has attracted attention when it launched as a decoration on the wall coverings, fabrics and shirts. "Iris Hantverk" have developed the card with Braille text, which reads: I miss you!

PS3 Slim Tear Down!

The Xeros residence in Phoenix, Arizona, is a experimental housing typology for dry environments. The materials used age during time, blending the structure with the landscape. Designed by BLANK Studio.

Benja Harney collaborated with graphic designer Melissa Cook of Caper Creative to create this awesome ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ pop-up promotional booklet that won World Silver PROMAX/BDA Design Awards.

New Halloween series of small paintings by artist Kiersten Essenpreis for upcoming show at Gallery 1988 LA.

Down the Rabbit Hole is an extra-large vinyl wall decal that's capable of inducing vertigo.

Luckily there are other choices, including a cartoon version of the Upper West Side.

Brazilian artist Flavio Samelo shows that the product is the process for this installation in Goiania.

Julia Sherman's A-Room-A-Loom is a site-specific weaving experiment, using the building’s walls to turn a room into a simple machine. You're welcome to pitch in and weave your own materials this month! On display at SEA Change in Portland, Oregon.

“Body Paint” by Mehmet Akten is an inter­ac­tive instal­la­tion and per­for­mance allow­ing users to paint on a vir­tual can­vas with their body, inter­pret­ing ges­tures and dance into evolv­ing compositions.