And the children's characters are modified to the 21 st century | The 1980s Strawberry Shortcake has been updated to spend her time chatting on a cellphone instead of brushing her calico cat.

ThrICE Cubes by Henry Bagshawe is an interactive table light that combines a decorative lighting effect with a unique cube shape. The cube shape light can be located on their face, edge or apex to create seperate lighting effect and user experience.

rich and robust black and white illustrations from new york-based artist rj lee.

At his "Body Bakery", Thai artist Kittiwat Unarrom sells
edible sculptures of dis-membered human body parts made from bread.

NES controller coffee table - that works! and is a storage trunk for games as well...

Conceptual textiles by Julie Krakowski - Coffee & Cigarettes explore the traces and stains left on linens.

Two amazingly weird skycrapers - Death Star and Half-Moon are to be built in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Construction progress of the new Oslo Opera House by Snoetta Architects. The project is based on slopes, converting the roof in a massive public space.

Great handmade wooden tables and sideboards by the small Finnish company Fiskarsin Puusepät Oy.

Citroen flagship in Paris is a great example of integration between a brand and its architecture.

Lee J Rowland created these Mint barstools for a club in Leeds. They look quite yummy.

Why didn't I think to use video games for my high school projects? Designer Rob Marquardt was clearly craftier than me when he drafted this Atari 2600 joystick for his 1983 high school industrial arts class.

The new $17,000 Leon Seven speakers feature a ribbon tweeter as well as dual woofers and a solid 1" thick billet aluminum front baffle.

smarties stool.....sit down on a candy!!!!
design by Francesco Castiglione Morelli

Rotterdam, Netherlands 2007 City Of Architecture

An exploration of light...at night. Photographer Kristipher Grunert illuminates night photography.

Designed by BlueSky and manufactured in Sydney Australia, the Dosh wallet is made from a unique blend of flexible and semi-flexible polymers to create a product that is durable, funky, and packed with clever features for modern lifestyles.

One in a series of three silhouette portraits, each inspired by Victorian designs, depicted in the traditional style but with a modern twist!

Sprint has created a diverting viral marketing site called Waitless that promises to help you "fast forward through life." Calculate time you will waste and check out/submit your own tips.

'Hindsight is always twenty twenty', nifty message these little screen prints, inspired by vintage eye chart designs.

Absolut Protest - Very fun spot for Absolut Vodka by TBWA New York

GO Wodka Tubes. Also available in non alcoholic drinks. Beware of the ugly website but their drinks will compensate that!

Blaine Fontana posted this fascinating video on his blog, explaining how he made the paintings for his current solo show Taxonomy Animalia. [via Ektopia]

Folding@Home - we are 3106 of 62394 teams! Join us with your PS3/Mac/PC! "To date, more than 250,000 PS3 users have signed up for the project, bringing nearly 400 teraflops of power. That's over double the amount of of the PCs in the project."

The lounge presented at Salone Satellite in Milan 2007 by young italian Euga Design. The red pillows-bin can be inserted in the stuffing to change the configuration!

FR-041 Debris by Farbrausch: A tiny computer program (only 180kb) stuffed with gorgeous visuals that any CG shop would be proud of.

A Rocking Horse for grown-ups made of bamboo by Celery Furniture!! Of course they make one for kids too and call it a Rocking Pony. How fun is that?

I have no idea how I would use this fabric, but it's lovely... new textiles at repro depot from japanese textile designer etsuko furuya.

Dollar sign tiles at the new Jonathan Adler store in Manhattan's West Village. Found on design*sponge.

fullbleed.org: T-shirts for your inner Magritte. [Editor's Note: previously featured on notcot.com]

Ecoist's eco-friendly fashion belts. They're made from recycled candy wrappers! (Ecoist plants a tree with every purchase you make)

Because, well, "we do things my way, or the hemingway" - perfect for your literary gifting needs

I want a SkYatch personal blimp

CANDY FOR RICHMEN. ok they got me with the title... but pretty illustration on the site UI as well

Ever wonder how it would feel if you hung a fury lamp from your ceiling? Dark from Belgium might have had this thought when they designed their D-range collection.

Jewlie over at Fabulist put up this great music vid - so click it to get transported to youtube and enjoy. Brendan Benson video for "Cold Hands (Warm Heart)

liking the idea of simple book hangers - this is by those guys who did the coffee table where you could hang the magazines/books vertically also creating a table top from the spines.

Magic Hat beer has an awesome design for their website for a contest for the Smithsonian Night of the Living Zoo.

Bookmark II is a colorful rubber band that wraps around a book with an indicator arrow that shows you the last line you were reading (nice line choice BTW)...

Sil van der Woerd just wrapped up the second music video for Lolly Jane Blue titled White Swan. For this project, Sil collaborated with a group of Gnomon students to complete the post production.

Jewellery for earplugs to wear during concerts or along loud streets. Stylish usefull concept. designed by a french girl Emilie Voirin.

Isabel Quiroga (NL) used old furniture not only for an environmental cause. She’s also fascinated by the history of this furniture.

Second hand plates by artist Karen Ryan. By removing the decorative patterns, Karen cover the old plate with new glaze, revealing emotionally raw words that prick our conscience...

Monkee Design interviews industrial designer, Brook Banham. He gives design students some helpful hints on what to put in their portfolio's, the keys to starting your own design company, and much, much more.

A pack of love is a subtle and elegant condom-packaging; it looks like a fancy mach-box and opens the same way. It contains 3 condoms and it’s already to bee found at Berns hotels in Sweden!

A 26000 fine-stone encrusted collection of everyday objects in the mouth of a mushroom-tripping-cartoon called "Simple Things" - made by Artist Takashi Murakami and musician Pharrell Williams.