la mosca (previously featured as #14064) do some gorgeous infographics . their recent feature on designboom brought them back to mind and they merit another mention!

Spanish based Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office designed a chapel that looks like a perfect object in the middle of the landscape.

Innovation consultancy Continuum launched their Venice studio and generated buzz in the local design community last week. their new studio is where the historic Charles and Ray Eames office used to be on 901 Abbot Kinney Venice!

511 Tactical Light For Life ~ SUPER bright 3 LED flash light with NO BATTERIES! and Recharges in 90 SECONDS! Also has strobe to "signal others or disorient a perp" ~ check out the video!

Brabantia has launched his new design bin, more than 210 different colors are available! COLOR YOUR BIN by BRABANTIA

Convex mirror clock by Vancouver product designer Matthew Buck, marketed under banner Reflecting Design. Part of convex mirror interior accessory line.

Green Porno is an critically acclaimed series from Isabella Rossellini - scientifically accurate yet extremely entertaining nature documentary

The collection was born to integrate a light on a side table. Hence, arose the concept of America. Created to be positioned between two armchairs or beside a sofa because of its side table function. -Jamie Hayon

Great music video for A Lull’s “Stinny Fingers. Illustrated and animated by Nigel Evan Dennis.

Watercolor paintings by Finland-based Jaakko Mattila.

Hach Kaab Honey from Yucatán state...Design 4 Development, a social design organization, works with four honey cooperatives to bring high quality honey products from the region direct to market.

An article by the NY Times on the redesign of the highway sign font.

A report of the "From Dream to Reality" collective exhibition which took place in Teheran, Iran and showcased the works of young Iranian designers.

Ciclotte, the bike looks so cool, this concept was exhibited in Milan, designed by Luca Schieppati.

Catalina Estrada just sent over a surprise package ~ one of her new Grenade tees! Super soft ~ and of so cute, yet geometric and slightly violent...

Kate MccGwire graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2004 and has since exhibited all over London, winning a solo show at 2009's Heart of Glass.

Stunning fashion illustration by PaperFashion.

I love the coffee tables from the Salt Tasting Room in Vancouver, Cananda. They were designed by Brent Comber Originals.

Francois Blanciak's proposal for the Taipei Performing Arts Center competition is as simple as stacked pebbles.

Stereovision table by John Nouanesing

Amazing modern gamer fossils by Christopher Locke

Video interview with Tom Dixon about his Comet Lights for Veuve Clicquot!

Isn't fishing about relaxing with a cold beer and some good conversation? For these extreme fishermen in South Asia fishing is a whole new skill. Check out some more pics...

Simple Human Flip-Top Dishrack ~ just got one, and loving the multipurpose flip area to accommodate pots, pans, bowls, cups ~ and wine drying attachment!

Photographs from the exhibition "The Organization Of Batter" by Martha Friedman: the focus is waffles, built out of marble, paper, and rubber.

NL architects proposal to reuse two former sewage treatment silos in Amsterdam, turning them into spaces for culture and sports... and using the facade for climbing.

We present the chair Out-In signed by Starck and Eugeni Quitllet - Presented by Driade during the Milan Design Week 2009 ...

Mobideep makes great floating swimming pools and water features. A new way of occupying space...or water...

Whimsical artwork by Arlene Sy

designer Vicente Garcia Jimenez designed Le Soleil for Italian lighting brand Foscarini

Milan Design Week 09 - Aimed at young, European designers, the Prix Emile Hermes rewards the creation of innovative objects. This year it was happening for the first time with the theme "Everyday Lightness".

Above pic is of the ocean currents in the Bahamas that made a sand-and-seaweed sculpture n much the same way that winds create sand dunes in the Sahara. View NASA's best pics of earth gallery on the National Geographic site.

Milan 09 ~ Kartell launches Philippe Starck's Masters chair ~ a hybrid of Arne Jacobsen, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen...

The Ellington Orchestra performed at the the 125th Street subway station at St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and on a special A train for the 110th anniversary of Ellington's birth.

Brazilian architects Bernardes Jacobsen used old containers to create a temporary art gallery, ContainerArt.

Emma Tempest does a great job utilizing light and color to create sensual shots that have a cinematic feel.

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's Prada Transformer opened on April 25th, 2009 in Seoul to host Miuccia Prada's nomadic "Waist Down" exhibition, an inaugural exhibition featuring the skirts of Miuccia Prada, running through May 24.

Visiondivision's Secret Sauna - a nondescript building facade opens up to reveal the sauna inside...

Weta Workshop out of NZ, known for their special effects on the Lord of the Rings films, designed a prosthetic mermaid tail for amputee Nadya Vessey.

i love the nytimes tmagazines. their design spring 09 issue looks like the best one yet.

Theodore Watson's app for the iPod touch allows you to spin your favourite vinyls on the go. Watch the video to find out how!

Set Editions (of the Stop Talking cards) ~ has a set of Mercy cards - "shut your mouth and take off your clothes" - "i dont even know what we're arguing about" - "never ever bring this up again" and more...

Milan 09 ~ Tord Boontje for Moroso ~ Flower Table!

Javier Jaen's Cafuerteras