Novelist Tom Robbins' new book B is for Beer, a children's book for grown-ups and a grown-up book for children.

Sobriété, photography, by "Monsieur Be"

The coolest hotel in the hippest city, Stockholm, Sweden! Story Hotel offers carefully designed rooms (blend of bohemian chic and rugged cement walls), a fabulous restaurant and the hottest hotel bar in town.

A modular room divider made in a all-natural, recyclable fiber. You can add multiple layers. Presented by Giorgio Biscaro at Salone Satellite of Milan in 2009.

From Italian manufacturer Fitting comes the Pyramid bookcase featured at the Furniture Exhibition in Milan

The Gild Hall Thompson hotel in the financial district and home to Todd English's new spot, The Libertine

A bus terminal turned fashion pop-up retailer? Save Fashion - a month long pop-up in NYC Port Authority starting May 1st. Created by Refinery 29 and creative partner Office of AIR - high profile local designers at sample sale prices.

It is different and yet traditional. An angular-looking box, with walnut veneer, and set on a delicate metal frame.

San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center will host California's high-speed rail line, topped with 5.4-acre urban park on its roof, accessed by sky bridges and a funicular. Fountains in the park will activate when a bus passes underneath.

Part of the Interni Design Energies exhibition at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair, Jacopo Foggini’s 'magic carpet' is made from scraps of acrylic glass.

la Guaka is an online gallery (in spanish) with pins/badges designed for very important illustrators, photographers and artists like Catalina Estrada, Leo Espinosa, Azul de Corso and more...

Best of visual information design : Harry Beck's work on subway maps in London and Paris, through a comparative essay by Mark Ovenden. Reading about maps has never been so inspiring!

Karmelina Martina has designed the new Helix chair for the Italian manufacturer Moroso.

Homebrew sackboys! Knittable cuteness.

The White House has recently started populating its official Flickr channel with some fascinating photos of president Barack Obama during the first 100 days of his presidency.

Max Bruinsma Maze Page. A nice hub with a collection of seminal links on Media and Design. In his words: "maze - get lost in an interesting way ;-)"

Another wonderful tilt-shift video by Keith Loutit. Watch closely, this one has a nice little story.

Nemo House, by Polish practice Mobius Architekci. The house was designed to integrate with the sloping site, from the higher side, it seems to emerge from the water.

The transparent platelets have been planned in order to uniform diffuse the punctual bundle of the LED, that they represent between the more fascinating sources than light of the future, designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini.

Letterpress Printing a Poster with Mike Burton.

New Tamayo Museum by Rojkind Arquitectos
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By Japanese designer Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier, the pyramid-shaped tents have successfully created an interesting skyline to its surroundings, making the “Snow Scape” more attractive.

Check out these concept images of Terminator Salvation, They are featured in two publications from Titan Books.

Awesome portfolio of Jan Kallwejt!

Interesting idea to use rain gutters mounted on siding for layered garden space...

Wow ~ fascinating pics of the footprints of monks from praying in the same spot for so many years...

Normann Copenhagen spots Fendi White Leather Tool Protectors during design week in their Milan flagship

Legendary street artists Logan Hicks and Broken Crow are taking over an abandoned bank in Brooklyn for a 3-day art extravaganza that will be the first major exhibit for both in New York.

A look inside the new Bape Pirate Store. As usual impeccable interior design with some nice gimmicks.

The Moonlight laptop is just a concept, but is totally possible to build it today since all the technology needed already exists.

Growing Jewelry for sale! This collection is a handmade limited production made in Iceland and are all pieces made out of silver. Note: all pieces are numbered.

For the first time Philippe Starck designs for Alias; and he does it in style with a series of objects thought for celebrating life, by taking care of ourselves in the most elegant way.

Asobi has designed the Ljubljana chair; a flexible modular system that allows different types of seating to be built. From short lounge chair to a very long public bench. Made in ARPRO a material that is 100 percent recyclable.

The Visual Dictionary is a collection of words in the real world. Photographs of signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos, etc. You name it; they're trying to catalog it.

CedarWorks makes it a snap to design your own swingset, right online, or you may choose from one of their many lovely pre-designed Revelry Swing Sets or Serendipity Swing Sets.

Moroso brought to Milan the powerful energy of Africa, in a fantastic installation designed by Stephen Burks.

SQUARES by Japanese designer nosigner.

Burn those memories of childhood brightly with these eight-wick soy, non-scented candles. Alone or stacked, they’re a hot complement to any room. The newest work from P.A.D., a.k.a. architect Thomas Robertson and Eli Bonerz.

Not all journalists are boring designers! Examples of newspaper, magazine and other publication design that is far above and beyond your typical morning paper.

Tokyo Design Festa Gallery - A unique gallery with 29 individual spaces for artists to showcase their work - and free for the public!

A collection of chandeliers inspired by sea urchins, jellyfish, and coral reefs. Beautiful!

Inhabitat's favorite sustainable designs and finds from the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair.

Guus van Leeuwens' Domestic Animals. Animal shaped radiators, made from copper tubes with the skin of the represented animal draped over. Showcased at the Milan Furniture Fair.

The 10 Most Visually Stunning Movies of the Last 10 Years according to Unreality Magazine.