Original 1961 Playboy article about the masters of design.

Flexicords ~ not only a brilliant idea (cords that hold form when you shape them) but fun packaging and graphic design! Clamshell-Free!!!

Meet the VICE TESTER ~ pop in a quarter and grab the handle and the blinky lights will show you your vice! Made by SHAG! And covered with his illustrations ~ found at Frankie's Tiki Room... see the video!

The Xylocopa Young Mad Scientist Laser Etched Wood Alphabet Blocks ~ in person! I even took pics of each letter so you can see up close how fun the illustrations are! Original found in #16975!

Each transformers is packaged in a nike shoe box. Inside the box the toy looks like a typical nike running shoe, however once you start playing around you realize that the shoe is actually a transformers toy.

ICEBLOX - Ice Cube Tray Give Away by voala.eu, designeast.eu and designcollector.ru

Designboom has awesome coverage of the saint etienne biennale 08: 5.5 designers at 'flight number ten' ~ taking on cloning! here is the 'posture cloning' (indicates how an individual sits in a chair)

Full Bleed ~ "she'll go to the edge for you" ~ designer inside joke + adorably cute perfect desktop sidekick... "Full Bleed is a collaboration between Veer and UNKL, the originator of UniPo vinyl toys. She’s a Veer Exclusive."

The Scope LED Watch reads hours on the y-axis and minutes on the x-axis. It takes a little longer to tell the time now, but this watch is so gorgeous, it's worth the extra glance.

Fun concept for the Fireworks car finder, by Tokyo based web/graphic designer Mac Funamizu.

The Nest House by industrial designer Gerard Moliné is just perfect. Designed to have a minimal an impact as possible while being installed, it hangs from the tree with thick tape.

New Honda Accord spot from RPA and Motion Theory, showing how they put everything they know in one place.

Hotel is proud to present the newly developed visual language for MC. A unique combination of strategy and design converged to a dedicated typeface.

Update ~ added the time lapsed video of Toyota Project Chief Designer, Ian Cartabiano, sketching the Venza on Paper! Fun contrast to the sketch demo in photoshop.

Duo Design Holland's Flicker oil lamp sticks are gorgeous and oh so versatile ~ on beautifully minimalist gifts, these are definitely on the list!

MOMA's Home Delivery exhibition part 2 is located outside the museum on a vacant lot. For this part of the exhibition MOMA commissioned 5 prefabricated homes, which you can walk through...

Well-researched article on the best pens & pencils for the coming school (slash I'm an adult and just like pens & pencils) year.

Simple. Direct. Classic. What's not to love about this vintage book cover? Even the price was right: 50 cents.

The future is near and a great digital artist shows us how he imagines it with technology in real life.

impressive action of environment created by the agency Kitchen, which spread human arms in Madrid to disclose the series Dexter.

pencils and art by GhostPatrol. The Australian based designer moved slowly - his creative mind and idea from stenciling wall to create the pencils art project. Doing all the painting to a single pencils until get the desire image.

Swedish grocery chain ICA has released its own line of eco friendly products called I love eco. Clean and nice packaging by Identity Works.

Onfalos is a wonderful home barbecue designed by Smartech Italia. Also nice corporate identity and advertising.

The visual expression of a complex mathematical equation or the new logo for a Belgian telecoms company?

Graphic, acrylic jewelry from Paraphernalia. Made from vintage images, this is not your grandma's jewelry.

Apparently YES Essential's stain-proof seats can be completely dunked in chocolate and cleaned easily... cute commercial

Tub tattoos (stickers) for your bathtub. Reenact Herman Melville's classic book Moby Dick in the comfort of your own bathtub!

Zippo finally created an alternate lighter for those times when a classic Zippo is simply inappropriate for the task.

La Terraza del Casino, Jaime Hayon’s latest creation in the shape of an exclusive restaurant in central Madrid, has just opened its doors.

How adorable are these Tansitossut? The felt shoes are designed to encourage Father and Daughter dancing.

New York skateboard brand Supreme announced a collaboration with Japanese high-profile artists Murakami and Mr. Each artist designed 3 skateboard decks and they will be released this coming Thursday. I cannot wait!

Woody Wood by Yvette Laduk (YL design) is a round carpet with a print of cross-section of a tree. The rug’s border is cut, burned and sprayed.

Flex combines a desktop workspace with the possibility to store your CD's in the top part of the maple wall console. Design by Lorenzo Damiani

The animation on the new Chemical Brothers "The Salmon Dance" video is incredible ~ "With a cast of 320 hand-animated fish friends, the video is the latest collab between Dom & Nic and Framestore CFC."

Really funny new wooden eyeglass holders by Goodenough UK. Love them!

Quadrics Prototypes From Maxim Zhestkov (Russian industrial designer)

SURU Droid is a limited edition Vinyl Toy created by Nathan Cabrera. SURU Droid is only available exclusively at SURU-LA. Regular Edition run of 70 pcs.

ribs is a v ery appropriately named bent plywood bench by Stefan Lie

If you click one thing today ~ pick this one. Nikon's Universcale... gorgeous flash piece giving you a feel for how tiny or gigantic we are in the grand scheme of things... great use of silhouettes

Amazing speakers from the Chinese mixed media artist Guan chun.

LG teams up with Designers Guild in the UK to create these stunning designer washing machines!

80's Purple has a homepage UI that made me take notice... so sharing it. Crazy rollovers on the frames.

BoingBoing had this logo test - how well do you know your logos? How good/memorable are YOUR logo designs?

stephen reed's soft spot table is simple yet sophisticated. looks comfy too.

"On Wall" is a collaboration of product designers Tomoko Azumi, Rie Isono, Norico Katayama and lighting designer Hiroe Tanita. Climbable designer spaces.

The Hype Machine is an experiment that keeps track of songs and discussion posted on the best blogs about music. A great resource for up and coming musicians. Aesthetics isn't always visual...