All we did was take the Shins for a walk in the streets of Paris, on a sunny afternoon. Oh, they played, they played well, and gave us an hour of pure and simple enjoyment. [Editor's Note: Take Away Shows - WOW!]

flickr related tag browser - freeform image search engine lets you play - gorgeous!

Feel like a mad perfume scientist with this "Olfactionary" made by Le Labo, perfume revolutionaries

At Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve in Mpumalanga, South Africa, indulge in serene views of the African savannah - with ultimate luxury while still experiencing Africa at its best.

while Brandon Bird is best known for his oil paintings of celebrities, i like this giant squid-whale-dinosaur fight the best. This print would look really amazing in my apartment, but I wish I had a fireplace to put it over!

As far as papooses go - Sheepskin Baby Papoose
by Bill Amberg - seems strangely cozy. and well padded for carrying all that weight around...

Necklaces made from old transit tokens.

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?

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...

Cool.

now you can pimp your baby's crib. get some remote-controlled rocking action and a good night's sleep. awesome.

love this messenger bag on the SQUID BLOG. yes, you read that right. its awesome, better than dodos.

waterbottle stool?

Ron Mueck - insanely creepy/amazing large sculpture works in Washington Post slideshow

Designed and illustrated by the very famous Yuko Shimizu. She is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts.

Ong & Ong renovated an art deco house in Singapore, creating a stunning new interior, complete with a pool.

MENU ~ the carafe with smart lid designed by Jakob Wagner

The inspiration for Brackets Included came from a scene in the movie Barton Fink, in which the temperature in the hotel room rises so high that the wallpaper starts to peel off the walls. Sylvain Willenz, Belgium for Vlaemsch()

The first ever LOMO LC-A+ special 25th Anniversary Edition, boasts a textured skin and the 25th Anniversary badge on its body packed in a commemorative wooden box, proudly stamped with the 25th Anniversary logo.

Finally, the Lacoste footwear in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects is on sales now. Priced at $525, the Limited Edition will only features 850 pairs. Amazing logo!

Nice wooden house surrounded by trees, in Spain. An ideal place to live and work

Designed by Jeremy DV Boyd of Fuller, Elderton’s Neil Ashmead GTS (Grand Tourer Shiraz) is a tribute wine who’s packaging celebrates the late Neil Ashmead, a passionate wine man who had a lust for life and a love of fast cars.

Elephants painted as pandas are seen at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya province, Bangkok. The elephants were led on a walkabout to send a message to the Thai public not to ignore its elephants, the symbolic animal of Thailand.

New Porter at Blackbird - classic styled bags good for laptops, lots of inside pockets, an amazing horseman leather tote modeled after a classic airforce helmii bag, and oversized backpacks inspired by American gardening totes.

In 1899 Ernst Haecker began to publish Art Forms of Nature - a sublime marriage of art and science. Here is a collection of his wonderful lithographs.

washi tape from mt deco. washi paper is made by hand in the traditional manner in japan.

Noguchi ReINstalled marks the first time the Noguchi Museum's permanent collection is on view in its entirety since the spring of 2002.

Bipolar Chair by Steve Haslip.
Plain wooden IKEA chair into a physical manifestation of a human characteristic.

Artist Ruben Toledo redesigns the covers of classics like The Scarlet Letter (above) and Pride & Prejudice for Harcourt Brace. If only I'd had these in high school, I might have actually read them!

If you like to rearrange your furniture as much as we do, these Six Mix modular cubes are the perfect solution. Best of all, they are made from recycled zBoards...

ridiculously cute limited edition posters from "friends with you" available at kidrobot.

All Year Rings created from fold-out paper. Twelve designs for each month, all year long. By Tithi Kutchamuch & Nutre Arayavanish.

Very beautiful and humorous photographies from Jan Steinhilber !

OLYMPUS PEN 50th Anniversary animation video.

Pixel City is a procedurally-generated city by Shamus Young. For the non-coders out there, this essentially means that based on a certain set of rules, this 3-D city is generated dynamically each time the program runs.

Last Year's Model ~ a twitter driven hub site about why you dont need the newest tech... adorable cardboard design!

We went to see the recovery of the Arpel's Villa, present in the film "Mon Oncle" by Jacques Tati...

New spot for Mentos, appropriately named: the Art of Bouncing

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

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.

Lovely clean playful Toyota Why Not? site ~ feels a bit katamari ~ and you can spin/zoom around this island of greenness!

Capilla Vallejos Arquitectos designed this simple -yet detailed- visitors center in Cantabria. I like the use of wood on the main volume, almost transparent when viewed from the right angle.

rolf's furniture massacre at milan design week 09 - rolf is a furniture transformer. by cutting away parts and by adding new ones a piece of furniture gets a new span of life. See his process in the pics!

Roxy Paine's Maelstrom is a gleaming arboreal spawl at the Cantor Roof Garden on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mark Hoppus unveils more prototype toys... This time, we think its the new Blink 182 bunny. Summer 2009!