I wrote and photographed a quick walk-through/tutorial on how I drew and designed a cover for IWYS magazine.

Hard not to love these pics of an adorable swing in BART!

A virtualisation of the warm fuzzy feeling donating to charity should give. Donate £2 to ActionAid and get a personalised video thank you complete with cute kids, Barack Obama and your own town!

Beautiful illustrations for the last Zurich Orchestra campaign.

Corporate identity designed for a men's barber and hairdresser with more than 40 years of experience. By estudio merienda

Venice gallery Punta Della Dogana has reopened after 14 months of restoration. It looks stunning.

The plan is for 1 GW of offshore vertical axis turbines to be installed by 2020, via a large scale demonstrator installed offshore within six years.

Almost all of his works remind of architectural constructions, but the latest piece of the German designer Jens Otten is definitely the most delicate one.

I've seen the container concept before and personally think its agreat idea(a container costs about 400€ used and there are tons unclaimed). Here is a group that is prefabbing the conception on a new level.

An ingenious solution for unwanted games consoles. The Reee chair is made from recycled PS2 controllers.... and it looks good too.

Check out this cool new skate park shelter in Wolverhampton, England

A great review on Konstantin Grcic's book, which features the depth and breadth of the german designer fantastic design work.

Have You Met Miss Jones ~ beautiful porcelain pieces like this mini bird feeder!

Kempton Park racecourse has commissioned a celebrity stylist to glam up two racehorses who will star in their Ladies Day ad campaign

Architecture photographer Iwan Baan shot the recently opened Za Koenji Public Theatre by Toyo Ito in Tokyo. A dark volume with an irregular shape is perforated to highlight the interiors.

The Workspace Component Group has been specifically designed for the Backplash System of kitchens by Henrybuilt.

Adorable OKKO - LED alarm clock with bird song alarm call and electronic moving bird.

Incredible new species discovered in the Cordillera del Condor of Ecuador/Peru.

Super minimalist CACTI - Wire dish drainer from Habitat

Art teacher, Chuck Dillon, shows us sixteen different types of art school students. Funny!

Ew? or Yay? Outlet wall!

We visit the showroom Cassina during the Designer's Days 2009...

Hank The Bottle sings "I'll Be Back" ~ cute animated video - Dutch agency These Days along with Sheffield based animation house Finger Industries have produced this heart warming viral for Friends of Glass.

korean designer sungho lee's 'LED clips'. LEDs with modified legs to create 'LED clips', which can
be illuminated by clipping onto batteries.

Charlie Harper's ABCs ~ adorable gorgeous book of classic illustrations in board book form!

Fun FIN series of shelving from Habitat - Ultra-thin, strong lacquered shelving units, CD/DVD storage and coffee table. Made from particleboard dividers and innovative Elubond panels, which are sandwiches of plastic and aluminium.

James Provost, an illustrator from Vancouver, attended Maker Faire, and it inspired him to create a sweet set of "DIY spot illustrations"

Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types By Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss ~ on upcoming kids books ~ typography + animals!!!

Google uses Googly Eyes on a PET STICK ~ as a "worst case" case study on google for advertisers

Dwell Studio's LOOK ~ a board book coming in Sept ~ more potential perfect gifting for the newborns coming up! (Also keep an eye out for What Colors? and Touch and Feel Farm)

Magritte's imagination ~ a board book by Susan Goldman Rubin!!! Next time i'm shopping for toddler gifts, this is top of the list! You're never too young to get a nice dose of Magritte!

SO cute! Habitat BEASTIES - Acid etched metal shade featuring animal-shaped silhouettes etched around the shade. Pendant shade (also in white!)

Creature ABC ~ perhaps the ultimate kids gift book? Coming out July 22nd ~ the alphabet version of Andrew Zuckerman's amazing Creature book

Adorable Moose Peeking card from Linda & Harriet

Andrew Zuckerman's upcoming book is BIRD ~ i can't wait to see this one, Creature still blows my mind.

People love to cut butterflies out of things.... we've seen maps and soda cans... and now Magazine Covers from Peter Wuethrich

Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles!

3D modeler Fred McCullough's online portfolio is, ironically, almost completely hand drawn! Full of adorable animated sketches and little clickables. Especially the contact page.

Amron presents leather bandage. Do we really need luxury bandages? Who knows, but they sure are pretty.

Loving this new look of Camouflage La Chaise by Yasumichi Morita. It gives this all-time classic a completely new look.

The World Famous Design Junkies post an expanding collection of photographs of the most important card in the deck: the Ace of Spades.

The chrysanthemum centerpiece by South African designer Michaella Janse van Vuuren. The centerpiece is a reversible design that can function as either a bowl or a candle holder.

GrowShelter, winner of the Schuylkill Environmental Education Center Sustainable Design/Build Competition designed by Brooklyn-based design collaborative XLXS, Julia Molloy and Taka Sarui.

The sweetheart porcelain tea pot by Christian Ghion synthesizes his organic world with its voluptuous curves. With the capacity to hold up to 750 ml, the sweetheart is sure to help make your cup of tea more cozy.