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...

A discussion on Biomorphic Art with Sarah Beth Woods, and a look at her latest creations.

This furniture typeface is simply beautiful ~ made by The Butler Bros for High Fashion Home

Gnomes have been busy spreading 'Feelgoodness' over at Loose Moose Productions. Check out the cute little fellas in their new TV ad! Please watch in high quality.

The Spanish design agency Moruba has created the visual identity and packaging for Winery Arts company: Originality, Creativity and Innovation.
This label has proved the winner of the Best Awards Pack'08 and Laus'09

Charles Simonds (New York, 1945) creates little fragile worlds out of clay. The focal point of his artistic activity lies in the research of archaic civilizations. Simonds explains that these creations belong to "little people" as he calls them.

Taking notes can be super delicious, by using the Sliced Bread//Notebook. It is a 12 slices/notebook set which has been packaged for convenience. The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!

"Café Serré", a short 3D animation telling the story of a cop and his problems in the coffee shop.

Portland Police Bureau recruitment site redesign is pretty sleek.

Masha D'yans creates intricate, elaborate cards with watercolor to this online portfolio, prints of which can be purchased.

Seismic drone-rock band Sunn 0))) put out some surprisingly beautiful sleeves

Did You ever know penguins can fly? Oh yes, it's true now. Penguins can fly if only they want to. New Pepsi video spot by BBDO New York. Production by Traktor. Pepsi, You can!

Inspired by old churches in the Southwestern United States and hill villages in Italy, Bob Cardinale creates each building with old wood, many layers of paint, and a passion for architecture.

ps.2, a design studio based in São Paulo, Brazil, has brought back the card-memory game for all you designers and/or type-geeks out there. The game features 20 pairs of cards, each presenting a different type family...

Adorable 'some assembly required' moving announcement card made by Toronto agency Espresso for an engineering firm.

Endeavor has set up a page where their arty wallpaper designs can be downloaded.

Graypants rocked ICFF with their pretty cardboard Scrap Lights. Those guys are talented AND funny.

Doodle4Google - Google asked students pre-K through 12 what they wanted the world to look like. Here are the winners and finalists from every state in the USA.

The TAMA Art University in Japan debuts a new Library with an amazing concrete work by Toyo Ito. Photos by Iwan Baan.

An interview with painter Andy Kehoe.

the cia shop now has a blog!

Someone is putting these cool stencils all over Rome. They show a map of the city and tell you how many steps you are from the Aurelian Wall, a defense wall built in the 3rd century AD

A brand new light by Peter Jensen at Moss in NY. Between an orange peel and a futuristic space ship.

May 10, 2009: The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, this is WFPC2's final "pretty picture."

New head office DC Woodimport Ghent by Redlineprojects

Burning Freedom is a concept car by Bora Kim. It is inspired by the light that enters a room through an open door.

All about the latest Chanel no.5 film/ ad, Train de Nuit, shot by Jean Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tatou. Learn about the casting, the set design, the location, product placement, and lots more.

brandhorst museum in munich, germany opens. from 5.21 to 5.24 it’s free to the public!

Fantastic animals illustrations by Mignon Khargie. Beautiful and simple.

Cannes Film Festival, then and now. Classic photos of the place and the people. Great shots of hollywood legends.

The Art Institute of Chicago's new Modern Wing succeeds most of all in getting out of the way so that visitors can look at the art.

Bernard Pras creates masterpieces with common objects.

She Hit Pause transfers dismantled polaroids onto watercolor paper for a hazy, homemade effect. His work just landed in NY's Ace Hotel.

A first look at Conan O'Brien's new set for The Tonight Show

A view from my bathtub at the Standard New York ~ my bubbles can flow on to the couch as i stare at the incredible skyline... also take a peek at the other details of this playfully designed room...