saw this ad at the cinema yesterday. LOVE the acapella group, love the ad. =)

Hakka "apartments" in rural China - truly amazing and inspiring!

"Hangers" is a wall coat rack made from mild steel hangers.

Computerlove is a site of temporary art for the month of October to celebrate the launch of UBIQ's new version. Some bizarre multimedia, just click around.

Outside magazine shared 16 hard-working photographers and their toughest assignments. This photo is by Matthieu Paley as he was stranded on frozen Lake Baikal.

With the Museum of the Phantom City tool, Apple phone users can scout over 50 unbuilt architectural sites around the city with a feature that describes each proposed project through the architect’s own notes.

Harmonizing water, vegetation, plants and even animals, this is a true ecosystem self-regulation that requires virtually no maintenance. Discover french designer Paul-Louis Duranton amazing work !

Born in 1969, Juergen Grewe lives and works as an artist in Germany. He makes digital snapshots of popular culture and oil paintings of illustrated collages.

As a huge fan of Jones soda from the get-go, and a fan of board games that are traditionally geeky- this Jones Dungeons & Dragons soda demands to be purchased.

Le Refuge by Stéphane Thidet was one of the installations in Nantes for the Estuaire 2009 event.

This camera used by a Vietnam Reporter was converted to have a have a riflestock grip.

The leakage from an electronic two dimensional chaotic snag. You can find more chaotic images in this Flickr set.

Dear friends, it's time to remember "The Skelewags".

Helvetireader ~ a gorgeously minimal skin for google reader! By the amazing Jon Hicks!

A cabinet with a built-in table by Attua Aparicio Torinos.

Really gorgeous furniture from Boca Do Lobo.

Abri N°177 by OzCollective.

A great 'advertising design awards' supplement from a 1957 magazine.

Jonathan Ben-Tovim's Encoder Rings allow you to encode a secret message up 64 characters long in binary code on your ring.

Summer cottage from Danish Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter. Wish this 10 square meter prefab studio would be put into production.

pourquoi tu cours appelle à la Rêv(é)volution ....

Laura Galbraith. Interesting pop-ish illustrations portraying strong female figures, eating exotic foods, and obsessions over pets.

Ships abandoned over twenty years ago, left by their owners after the Chernobyl disaster due to their high levels of radiation.

Britain seen from the skies above, using gps data to create stunning visuals.

the new Rogan store on the Bowery looks gorgeous!

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new axe campaign from vegaolmosponce, argentina that looks at body language...

NBA stars... yao ming and lebron james unity... the third spot of coca-cola for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...

Freeman Transport has just debuted their first hand crafted fixed gear bike. besides the great color & quality workmanship it has a two-part frame that can be disassembed.

The "Hockey Organ" in which a hacked vintage Casio keyboard controls the action on a table hockey game by Graeme Patterson.

Yota Sampasneethumrong's winning designs have become 3D Momiji! Inspired by afternoon tea, the limited edition dolls will be available in Selfrdiges from September. Visit the momiji website to pre-order your set.

A great design for an interesting trivet from designer Shahar Peleg.

Light can be music....
Light can be weapon...
Light can be fun... ;-)

Sketchalots ~ modular, no installation, whiteboard spaces - So whiteboard heaven does exist.. Probably on the wishlist of all Google employees. Seen at 100% Design.

adorably geeky axe ad (i'm amazed they managed to make an ad without boobs in it)...

the nytimes on miracle fruit.

Awesome design from Takeshi Miyakawa. The fractal 23 bureau makes use of every single last bit of space. What looks to be a simple cubic form to start out with turns into an organizers absolute dream.

D.L. & Company has some gorgeous black reed diffusers that i ran into at Fred Segal yesterday ~ part of the Art Nouveau collection, my favorite is the Belle Of India pattern

35-foot red umbrella, coming to the rescue of people in need... delivery... beautiful ad for travelers insurance... by fallon usa...

"I caught her with another guy!" - the dramatic story of an orange. Hilarious!

Dutch artist Tim Roeloffs and Donatella Versace teamed up to design a collection of four dresses that incorporate his collage work with her fashion. The wearable art debuted last week at Milan's Fashion week. wow.

Parque España library by Giancarlo Mazzanti

Fujitsu just unveiled a few futuristic concept gadgets, the most interesting of which is probably a fabric laptop.

SOMETHING TO SIT ABOUT
what can a box do if you just give it a chance

Awesome ad for Lecithin, made in Germany by Scholz & Friends. Finalist in print category at London International Awards.

Artist/illustrator Dave Kinsey has an amazing show going on in Los Angeles. Beautiful work with a political edge.