The Flux chair combines design with the practical advantages of foldable furniture in an innovative way.

Chadbourne + Doss Architects have designed the Lobster Boat Residence, a 2380 square foot home on Portage Bay in Seattle, Washington.

Patrick Gannon - “Until That Day, I Make My Home Down Here” - cut and torn paper/wood ~ part of the Gallery 1988 Battle Royal show

First leaked images of the up-coming Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2

Taets Art and Conference Centre in North Holland - a stunning interior by Liong Lie

Alice, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood... Katogi Mari finds her inspiration in european classic tales and gives them new perspective with a candid acrylic&gouache style.

The new Marimekko wallpaper collection features some of the most well-known Marimekko patterns as well as a number of more recent designs from young, popular artists. [Editor's Note: i had this print on towels/placemats/etc as a kid!]

“Digital Confetti” is a one night interactive installation that uses interactive maracas, a weather balloon, and projection to transforms the mid-century modern interior of the Four Seasons Pool Room with an interactive sound and light installation for the Metropolitan Home Magazine’s “Design 100″ party.

Oops, apparently we're on Battle of the Blogs, but i just noticed, if you feel nice, come vote NOTCOT? No pressure of course!

Gyula Kosice's HYDROSPATIAL CITY, a fascinating exploration of space architecture 25 years in the making, goes on display June 7 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Bizarre titles, even stranger storylines, cheesy effects and dead-serious acting. DRB features a collection of vintage movie posters. It seems that B-movie posters were often much better looking than a movie itself...

The Hergé Museum has officially opened in Louvain-la-Neuve, a small town near Brussels, Belgium. The museum is dedicated to the work of Hergé (Georges Remi), who created the Tintin comic-books.

Inspired by the animals and the sea creatures which were discovered by the famous German biologist Ernst Haeckel in the late 1800's, Lazerian’s latest in jewelry has indeed integrated the same quasi-organic form into his bangles.

Berlin's Free University positions itself as the ultimate work & study space. Brimming with inspiration, great lighting and modern tech, the building took approximately 8 years to complete.

Glow in the Dark screenprint - The Skeleton, from the series This Poster Sucks. By day, an almost boring typographic poster, by night, a rad skeleton.

‘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...

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.

Fashion illustrations and streetart work of Monsieur Qui, a french illustrator, based in Paris.

Comfortable and elegant, the chair Mail is suitable for all types of furniture. Mail by Domodinamica, Massimo Iosa Ghini design.

Typography meets architecture in Jason Manley's 'Monumental Misunderstandings' series of drawings...

music video by Nicholas Wakeham for Hong Kong based indie band Poubelle International....

BMW has finally unveiled their new S 1000 RR super-bike, with 193 horsepower at 13,000 RPM, 82.5 lb-ft of torque at 9,750 RPM, 455.3 pounds with a full tank of gas...

These are some pretty amazing photos taken from behinds the scenes of the 007 filmset, Pretty amazing photos

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!

TULIPS from Studio Lume. a set of 3 magical flower lamps on a reclycled wood vase, once you take the flower off the vase it turns off. no wires just a new technology created by Lume´s team!

UK based photographer and retoucher team create perfect bottle shots ready for print or web use.

Sotiris Lazou has designed the new Omicra chair for the Greek manufacturer Varangis.

FIELD Flourescent Bulbs Powered By Richard Box.
A Field of Light Sabers, Powered By Ambient Electricity.

Chef'n OilWand ~ on kitchen gadgets the oil wand is like a combo between oil brush and handle filled scrubby brush thing?

Sesame Street gets a kaiju-style makeover from Japan's RealxHead. Big Bird, The Count, Oscar, Cookie Monster and Elmo will never be the same...

The little owls in Linda Solovic's paper collage illustrations are too cute!!

Los Angeles based glass artist Alison Berger has added a new light fixture to her collection, the Mirrored Pendant Chandelier.

Create your own character and explore the exciting world of Mr Strings!

Sean Brown...one of Toronto's upcoming greats. Keep your eye open for this guy.

Glasstique ~ we've been seeing the 1L water bottles and solo cups turned into glass a few times now, but fun to see the old school thermos ~ and nice that they are corked too!

7 chairs inspired from Deadly Sins. "Saligia" project designed by Johnny Slogan alias Thomas Von Staffeldt.

The book "Women of Design:Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers" from UnderConsideration founders Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit is finally available (published by HOW Books).

NOTCOT Gift Guide: Desk Toys & Stocking Stuffers ~ tons of fun picks to surprise and delight ~ just click the many many pictures to explore the products!

Massive Toy Unboxing! Check out a first look at the new James Jarvis Amos KING KEN minis (even the secret colorway!) ~ and the new Toki Doki Captain Coco (and pinapple grenade sidekick)

Tanner Goods introduces a new premium collection and the first piece up is this thick elephant print card holder. The leather is so thick, you can see it will last for years...

Googlephone unboxing! Hands on with my HTC G1 ~ i couldn't resist, so popped down and grabbed one at the T-Mobile store this morning

Designer Outdoor Shower from MyYour: Plastic is Fantastic

The Cluster table light is hand-blown in Brooklyn and measures 40cm in diameter. Designed by Lindsey Adelman.

Back Side Flip 360° by O-S Architectes - cardboard boxes with a golden lining - temporary installation at Hotel Saint-Côme in Montpellier, as part of the Festival des Architectures Vives 08.

Beautiful Light Frame by Stephen Burks for auction at Philips de Pury & Company next week.

EyeCandy ~ USB Lollies that you hook up to your computer and really suck on... awesome packaging too... you have to read the site and articles to make sense of it!