A absolutely massive mural of Pete Fowler's Monsterism Island that stretched from floor to ceiling. It was part of the Monsters Inked Exhibition in Chance Street, East London.

Designed to unite several churches involved, the St. Henry's Ecumenical Art Chapel by Sanaksenaho Architects is a fish form chapel with naked interior.

On fun cork design... who's chasing whom? You can spin it around as much as you'd like and on they go... Also nice water colored label on this André Balazs Sunset Beach Rosé

On fun ICFF finds ~ the Ergo Ergo ~ is a new hybrid stool/exercise ball like contraption you can sit/bounce/balance on while working... It was a hilarious booth with people of all shapes and sizes trying out the many they had out! Quite comfy... a little odd...

Sunset as i flew into LAX was gorgeous through the fog ~ and the color palette was stunning, and these lens flare-y orange orbs that appeared are kind of amusing tonight!

the IKEA PS 2009 collection may be one of their best yet ~ themed "Never Ending Design Stories" ~ they are playful, inspired by nature, and trying to find uniqueness in the mass produced. See the full collection ~ finally coming to the US Aug 2009!

LA Times has a photo gallery giving us a peek into the Vans shoes HQ in Cypress

New products Bugatti 2009 and zoom on 'Vera'

DesignGlut at ICFF ~ one of my favorites ~ always amazing booth design, and edgy playful products! Check out the pics from the show ~ as well as their latest product ~ candles that plug into power outlets (american only for now)

Jenni Kayne boutique in West Hollywood, by LA based Standard Architects. I love the use of bamboo wood on the inside. The corner shop window gives it presence on the street.

Coin Bank by Revol Design. An attractive alternative to the coin jar.

NBBJ unveiled their design for the extension of Pauley Pavilion at UCLA. The new design keeps a low profile, uses borders of the existing structure to add more space for athletes and fans.

These surreal animal/machine hybrids by Misako Inaoka are in a show called "Survival Game" at David Salow Gallery.

Millennium Park Bicycle Station - Bicycle commuter station in Chicago - Muller+Muller Architects.

Images from the Spam Architecture series are generated by a computer program that accepts as input, junk email. Various patterns, keywords, rhythms, found in the text are translated into 3-D modeling gestures.

just in time for summer. Architect Ryuji Nakamura's insect cage. part of the art & eco 2009 show in Japan.

Chandelier made with styrofoam packaging from Apple laptops. Eric Lawrence just won the Sustainable prize in Design Within Reach Austin's M+D+F competition for creating this awesome chandelier.

Swedish based GreenGT has developed an electric race car to finish 24 Le Mans in 2011.

Another immortal inspiration has found a new design revival and practical usage. The French product designer Stephanie Choplin has incarnated the Tetris idea into colorful ceramic pots or just Tetris Pots.

Illuminant - Kristin Birna Bjarnadottir ~ saw these in person at NY Design Week and they are even cooler in person ~ and definitely the most innovative use of reflective materials yet! The light source is not even inside the light!

Clock Clock made of 24 individual clocks, features 48 electronically-controlled analog clock hands which automatically rotate into the proper positions to tell you times.

The Brooklyn-based artist, Glen Baldridge, explores consumerism, desire, and even mortality in witty, pop culture–infused works.

Don't hide your pipes!
Cool pipe design from Athens, Greece

The Metropolitan Museum’s newly reopened American galleries look fantastic and include 20 period rooms, a glass court and full-fledged sculpture garden.

‘Allumette’ by Atelier Oï for Röthlisberger Collection. The chair, sofa and table are built using the statics of traditional framework design. Here, forces and counter-forces interplay to absorb the load...

Great campaign for Coke Ireland using Eboy illustrations of Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork.

The Island is Charles Avery's life work. He has created dozens of characters, places and species for it already, including this 'Ridable'. More people should have unfinishable projects.

Also super fun from Fishs Eddy that i was tempted to buy ~ Memo Graph Paper cooler glasses for only $2.50!!! But also fun mugs and trays (fun writing tablets)...

Fishs Eddy's Nursery Glassware ~ I just hand carried these adorable glasses back from a walk in NY ~ perfect size, beautiful illustrations!

Sebastian Errazuriz's Repisa N5 ~ playful super modular/minimal shelving (clicks liited editions, furniture, repisa n5)

WOW. Perk's Gold Fly Selection - Orvis CEO and lifetime angler Perk Perkins picked the 26 best-producing, most-proven go-to flies for catching trout anywhere.

Ravage the Transformer is now a working USB flash drive.

Beautiful type by Fontfabric. Designed with sense of the art nouveau style, It stays unique and fancy on web sites, prints, posters and all kind of designs.

The Black Beauty is back! In the midst of Polaroid instant films extinction, these darlings emerged - carefully collected and refurbished for your pure analog pleasures.

James Craig takes beautiful black and white landscape photographs. He is clearly a master in the art of black and white photography, and knows how to use nature's textures to create his unique works of art.

Created by 20.87 estúdio from São Paulo, Great4Mechanics desk lamp and chandelier were inspired by the mechanic workshop universe.
It is a free-assembly object, all you need is imagination, and some spontaneity to build it.

Monopoly board game, has an advertising campaign developed in Germany, using the tag line, “Own it all”. Four photographs of actual properties, washed in green and red showing the cheapest and most expensive.

Leo Villareal is a very talented Light artist born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1967. Lives and works in New York City.

FlipTime iPhone App is a simple desk clock & calendar which is designed to look like flight information boards at airports ~ designed by Omlet Works

Tissue box designed by Josh Owen.

Untamed Menagerie ~ uses an acrylic die-cutting technique to make intricate, one-of-a-kind wearable art. [Editor's Note: while we've been seeing way too much cut acrylic, there's some pretty unique work here!]

Amy Stewart's maintains a poison garden in her home in Eureka, CA. It includes species like foxglove, opium poppies and castor beans.

The 21 year old Los Angeles based photographer Arturo Oliva Pedroza shoots dream like portraiture of friends in Southern California. Hes featured here on Icon ology once for his black and white work and a again for his color work.

Contemporary Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso will be a participant in the upcoming 53rd Venice Biennale. Much of his recent work is filled with colorful pop culture graphics, but deserves a deeper look...