Seriously? Wii Rayman Raving Rabbids Plunger Gun? How can you play it without this hilariously silly plastic shell?

Wii Rayman Raving Rabbids Rabbid Remote Grip - it's foamy! (like those stress balls?)

Full short film celebrating six years of collaboration between Murakami and Vuitton.

The beauty of the Naked chair is its supporting structure, exposed and enhanced by the talented hands of the OutOfStock design collective.

Banksy's show in Bristol opens tomorrow. According to the artist: 'This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.'

pretty wild subway animation as seen from the q train. hard to capture in a still, but well worth checking out. Update: identified as Bill Brand's Masstransiscope from 1980!

rather bizarre midori AC adapter from Microworks iida.

Japanese designer store Tokyocube stocks up with loads of cool new merchandise. Pick up limited edition artwork from Tokyo-based creative agency Loworks and super rare vinyls toys...

the zenith concert venue in saint-etienne by london’s foster + partners has been granted a RIBA award!

Reseat is a vacuum formable seat. It combines the advantages of common beanbags with the possibility to conserve and reset the seated position. Due to a vacuum mechanism the shape of the seat can be adjusted individually.

A mix a Japanese traditions and modern style, Shohei Otomo (Hakuchi) manga illustrations are pretty amazing !

Target's Archer Farms line of food products has a new and decidedly European look.

"Fashion Faces" by Bela Borsordi for online shop Yalook - a series of bizarre faces made from jackets, shirts, and more!

The template for the impressive series ‘Digital cities’ by Hubert Blanz was old discarded CPU printed circuit boards. The structure and arrangement of the main boards and other hardware resemble a giant a modern urban space...

The picnic season is here and I'm probably not the only one looking for a new picnic set. Swedish designer Carina Ahlburg has designed a great set in white melamine.

Electric Mountains, a new project by Swiss-born artist Thomas Kneubühler...at the ProjexMtl Gallery in Montreal. Really stunning work, well worth the trip.

Nobrow issue 1: Gods and Monsters has just been released - featuring the work of 24 talented individuals from around the world in the fields of illustration, graphics and animation.

This Sunday sees the Art Car Boot Fair in London. Artists such as Gavin Turk, and Sir Peter Blake, sell pieces directly from their own car boots at bargain prices.

French architects H2o converted an old apartment in Paris into a new open space, organized through new wall furniture.

Chris McVeigh is an author, illustrator and photographer living in Halifax, NS.

Skinny Blonde Beer ~ this aussie beer has found an interesting use of heat sensitive inks ~ as it warms (and as you drink it) the label exposes more.

Hiromichi Konno designs the Rin chair for Fritz Hansen. The simple, futuristic form took four years to refine.

Venice Biennale's main exhibition, "Making Worlds", is reviewed by James Westcott for ARTINFO and includes many images from the intense exhibition.

Faesthetic’s first LA curated show will be opening at the SCION Space gallery in Culver City, June 20th. Featuring the work of Gluekit, Matt Curry, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Skullphone, Damien Correll, Dan Funderburgh, Joel Speasmaker & more!

An interactive installation in the Beyond Media 2009 festival in Florence, Italy that collects images from collaborators using Google Panoramio. Each one becomes a unique postcard in a 3-D map of what Florence "looks like."

A Field Guide to Common North American Phobias by Julia Icenogle takes a comedic look at common phobias.

Swissarmius is a cutlery holder that is simple and beautiful, useful and functional, like the real Swiss Army knife.

Another interesting product launch from Danish AIAIAI. These Track Headphones come with a 40mm driver fine-tuned by C4 studios giving them an elegant but powerful sound. The retro walkman style design is by Danish Kilo Design.

From the box to the individual crayon, a great retrospect of Crayola Crayon's packaging.

Gorgeous slideshow from the NYTimes on the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Classic records re-designed as Penguin books! GENIUS.

On awesome beach towels - This Raymond Pettibon beach towel is part of Art Production Fund’s WOW (Works on Whatever) project. a unique collection of everyday items designed by artists. from The Standard Hotels!

Wishing this Push Me Pull You Tote wasn't sold out ~ it would definitely make for an awesome tote bag throw pillow!

Eleanor Grosch's Push Me Pull You Design Posters are such a gorgeously modern retro twist on animals! Love the colors and styles!

Make your very own contemporary art masterpiece! iArtistLondon is cool new brand with a series DIY art kits from artists such as: Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin, Rachel Whiteread, Marc Quinn and a Banksy vending machine.

Awesome Black Moth Super Rainbow Poster by Jason Munn of Small Stakes

Transalpino: Here, ideas and inspiration are shared, with none of the usual references to who has designed what. This theme continues in the workshop rules: 'Adopting ideas is encouraged', 'Copyright-free zone' and 'No mass production'.

Lucky Ticket by Art Lebedev Studio brings back the ultimate marketing gimmick!

Design Comission has a great metal iPhone Stencil Kit for all your iPhone app doodling needs... there is even a matching pdf letter sized template to doodle on.

Liking Design*Sponges DIY Rope Trivet project ~ could make for some fun recycling/gifting for climbers?

Barbie Foosball? Wow? 'barbiefoot' by french design chloe ruchon - designboom has lots of pics!

Macallan Twitter Tasting ~ one group live tweeting the tasting with scotch/food pairings by Michelin-starred chef Ed Brown of Eighty One in NY ~ and i tried the samples from LA!

The Modern Listener's Guide is a limited edition print by Jez Burrows that brings together the previously disparate worlds of indie-rock and information graphics.

The Designer's Days 2009 here we go! From June 11 to 15 all showrooms of Paris are open to the public...