"Big Buck Bunny" - The film of the second big open source project is now available!! An amazing & fun 3D movie. [The trailer was seen as #9457]

Nice Chanel installations at Dover Street Market in London.

July 11th ~ new iphone... 3g... $199/299... black/white... and i wish the new ones came in lock boxes with two keys like the ad!...and for all the other announcements from WWDC see #11154

Made from 100% post-consumer plastic utensils (yes, that means dirty plastic knives collected from waste-bins), this 'Waste Not' lamp from BVD Collective highlights just how elegant and inspired recycled design can be.

VIDEOThe movie: BOMB IT - The global graffiti documentary by award-winning director, Jon Reiss - features street artists and top graffiti writers from 5 continents (i.e. Taki 183, Revs, Revok, Shepard Fairey, Os Gemeos, Cope, KRS-One etc).

Tokyo-based design studios CURIOSITY, TONERICO and creative visual studio WOW held a collaborative exhibition ‘Tokyo Wonder’ in Milan during Salone del Mobile 2008. WATCH the amazing video!

Great new packaging by Timex. The packaging is made of Polystyrene and ABS with 25% post consumed material.

In response to post #10871, this project was not an 'idealized' fake world draw. The project was a hoax , a big difference.

Niclas Collen (furniture designer) & Jesper Zacco (illustrator) put their talents together to create Furniture Graphics, a line of fabulous cd and console storage decorated with the 'street art'.

Killer London street artist Slinkachu, famous for "Little People", is at it again with his latest project "Inner City Snail".

Fascinating post from AnandTech with a tour in pictures of the NewEgg warehouse facility - incredible to watch how the order goes from your computer all the way to the UPS truck... awesome magic box builder!

Brilliant Sony PSP ad by TBWA, Madrid showing a criminal "handcuffed" to a lamp post by the portable video game.

Notes from Russia: Hand-Made Street Notices by Alexei Plutser-Sarno, is a recently published book by the design and publishing house FUEL.

a collection of Formula 1 steering wheels on Oobject. Shows the user interfaces of modern formula 1 cars are quite different from those of modern street cars.

Comfort, poetic and progressive products for fine dining restaurants by Jens Fager.

The Midas Project: Guerilla Street Artist turning things into gold in Barcelona

Images of work by French street artist Koralie

FEATUREDThe view from #10756 was even cooler as it got darker out...

Ecostore: Street ~ Guerrilla advert from TBWAWhybin, Auckland, New Zealand.

New Willis headquarter in London by Foster + Partners. It has parking capacity for 42 cars, 88 motorcycles and 264 bicycles, nice way to encourage people to reduce emissions.

Mademoiselle chair designed by Philippe Starck loves to be truly “à la mode”. The latest Mademoiselle has been designed by the founder and creative director of .LAK, Lakis Gavalas.

The french fashion company hermès recently teamed up with eurocopter, the world's third largest aerospace group to create l'helicoptre par hermès, a luxury helicopter.

Reboot is more than a proposal for a private residence. The design of Reboot incorporates twenty first century advancements in computer aided design and construction, building science and technology, and environmental awareness

Street Puttos. Stencil techniques with traditional materials , produced in a old laboratory placed in south Italy.

A white forest in a grey field, Junya Ishigami’s university project space in the foothills west of Tokyo is a building designed to almost disappear.

A film combining graffiti and animation, on public walls. By Blu a street artist from Bologna.

Hotel Basico. A hotel in Mexico inspired by industrial oil rigs of the 1950s. (Editor's Note: oops, previously seen as #2267, but its so awesome!)

Quick post i did for PC.com on some places to find recipes online - and the laptop as your digital cookbook of sorts - including TasteSpotting!

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

Japanese American graffiti artist, Gajin Fujita’s paintings are elaborate fusions of contemporary urban street life and traditional Japanese iconography.

NES controller coffee table - that works! and is a storage trunk for games as well...

Examining post mortem issues ~ Nadine Jarvis' bird feeder is made from bird food and human ash! "The person is reincarnated through the life of the bird."

the Spirit House Chandelier and donated by Swarovski, will be installed on the staircase between two levels inside the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto

Post #10372 - Speaking of high-resolution, have a look at this incredible 39 megapixel Hasselblad sample image. Roughly 30.000 dollar camera.

FEATUREDSmitten with #10303 ~ i couldn't help featuring the adorable wallpapers and calendars that go along with The Animals Save the Planet.

The creative Frenzy of Arne Quinze

beautiful images of studio Job's FARM. An installation in a barn-like space, , during the Salone del Mobile

A street sign in what I think is Estonian or Finish. This was uploaded to "The Big Picture Project", a living mosaic of "what life looks like this second" , See it at
showmethebigpicture.com

Internationally renowned street artists are traveling to London this weekend to participate in a street art battle in a location which will remain undisclosed until Friday morning. Admission is free and anyone can spray their own art within the designated areas.

Here is a street art ad I saw on one f montreal main street called Mont-Royal for the web tv site called www.bombe.tv

Google Me the Movie, a documentary [Editor's Note: a movie of google-gangers #9873]

A brilliant combination of pixel art and street art. The photo was taken in New York City.

The work of Christophe Huet a French Artist, amazing work [he was also the subject of #10191]

FEATUREDFIGHT! It's Earth Day and unfortunately... cofounder of Envirosax is showing his company's true colors, starting fights in the comments on the RuMe bag post...

We saw the Mottainai Furoshiki post on Notcot.com and tried it out right away. It was so easy and fun we made a video of our Mottainai Furoshiki. We love this idea!

Kanye West's bar ends on his custom Brooklyn Machine Works track bike read: "George Bush doesn't care about track people," a reference to his on air moment post-Katrina.

Remember the Rather Difficult Font Game from #9902 - i'm so excited that they added us in as part of their test!!!

FEATUREDSolution found! Here's how you're supposed to use the top of the 1800 Silver Select Tequila as a Shot Glass! (video!)... i was a bit confused about this in #9982...

FEATUREDIKEA 08 ~ in addition to the Trollsta (#9958) - this season they seem to be picking up quite a few trends - from vinyl stickers to floating tv walls...

FEATUREDOf all the high design collaborations, Veuve Clicquot sure has a lot of them - inspired by #9920 - i started rounding them up, and was amazed by the incredible collection thus far...

More Johnny Lee genius (see #9871) This time he rocks everyone's minds at The TED Conference. He'll even have his technology featured as an Easter Egg in Steve Speilberg's "Boom Blox."

FEATUREDNike's 2008 Olympics footwear line... there is far more than that equestrian boot (#9878) that amazed me... see them all... and see Kobe jump over the Aston Martin in Hyperdunks too!

From Sony's massive street filling Foam Shoot in Miami... check out some of the high res images!

Iris by Michaël Bihain is a coffee table that you can pile. It is made from a single sheet of steel and comes in black or white. [Editor's Note: looks like a lesser version of Ross Lovegrove's in #9166]

K109 - Liberty City's The STUDIO - with DJ Karl - while #9784 takes you to the article... this link takes you to a preview of the actual GTA station preview! Pretty funny stuff...

Karl. Karl Lagerfeld. In GTA IV.... with his own RADIO STATION. I suddenly feel less silly having pre-ordered the crazy pack from #4944... also link to the actual station at #9785

The Boring Store addresses “All Your Hollow Needs” - this NOT Spy Shop is a front for 826CHI an after-school writing program from - Dave Eggers (this is a predecessor to the time travel shop #8131)

FEATURED‘Paper Voyeur’ - flora and fornication. Wallpaper that is the litmus test to weed out the dirty minds entering your humble abode? An oldie from '06 that #9757 reminded me of...

Atelier Blink - Rendez-Vous - The most SEXY wallpaper design..ever!! [Editor's Note: I beg to differ - i prefer #9758]

FEATUREDManning the faux faux bag pop up that sells real bags outside of the Murakami launch party... Updated the post with pics of murakami and marc jacobs and more from NYTimes coverage!

UNTHO: Provoke, Interfere and Propose! Fashion / Street art project.

FEATUREDLV pops up 10 Canal Street like fake bag vendors outside their brooklyn murakami exhibition launch... selling REAL BAGS. Fight Counterfeiting by doing... not just talking...

It is not often that an architecture master reinvents himself, but that is precisely what Pritzker Prize winning architect Frank Gehry has done. Gehry has revealed the first post post-modern architectural work, the New Gehry Residence.

Paul Robertson's (of Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006) new pixel-art film Kings of Power 4 Billion %. 12 minutes of painstakingly animated insanity.

LEGO Planter based off the Park Planter design (#5303 with the mini flashers, etc that cost a steep $150)

Gae Aulenti now has a blender to go with her fabulous toaster #8575. The blender B99 comes with red or black accents.

The zoom/street view on Google Maps is crazy, here's another great find - in chicago. Yes, this is real.

This is actually the gallery of this year's Peep Show II put on by the Washington Post. #9450 is from 2007's Peep Show.

Round up the marshmallows for the Washington Post's 2007 Peeps Diorama Contest.

On internet meme's that are so bizarre... this tumblr post and video have taken the rick rolling to a whole new level. Truly. Epic. Rocketboom Rick Rolls Tim Shey via singing messenger.

the Braille Blank Notebook

David Reimondo, like Rodrigo Bruna #6620, does some incredible art with TOAST! from the map of the world, to a giant keyboard, to a fingerprint mosaic...

Braithwaite Wallets #9343~ i want to buy this Daedalus for guys who love their guitars... not only does the wallet have a theme song, but it has external slots for your picks, and if no picks, the silk shows thru.

FEATUREDTheosaurus ~ we first saw them in #7013 ~ but now i have some up close, hands on shots of these adorable porcelain piggy banks for you!

I'm just amazed by this piece by El Mac which was painted as a color negative. click to see what happens to the image when you invert it.

A gallery of anatomically themed street art from all over the world.

FEATUREDVISUAL THINKING! Here are three Sesame Street clips you can't afford to miss... or show all your clients to get them thinking the right way... enlightening stuff.

FEATUREDWe need some help! A project we're working on needs some flash ads, and we could use a solid flash developer to work with our designer for this small project (and perhaps more to come!)

Viktor & Rolf's Fall 2008 line seem to be an example of living typography... or something walking off of Sesame Street?

Remember London based artist INSA from #2471? He's back with a new exhibition called BUY MY LOVE

Porcelain cup with a sparkling solitaire diamond (Swarovski crystal) ring! 2-Carat Cup is packed in an elegant oversize jewelry box, so when you present it as a gift, all you see is the ring! [also seen in post #4827]

To add to post 5711, Aqua Forest Aquariums based in San Fran, creates the most beautiful aquatic plant layouts by Takashi Amano

New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer got their hands on an internal Gawker/Valleywag email on post writing tips... perhaps these could be well applied to caption writing.

Architecture playing cards. Images of many top 20th century architecture designs . Pre-Modernism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and De-Structuralism are the four strong suits included in the pack. Go Fish!

FEATUREDOh, Murakami. He's stolen his own billboard off of Melrose and had it sent back to japan, b/c he loved the street art from Auger/Revok once he saw it on the internet.

Beautiful new street art from Cena7 in São Paulo Brasil

British street artist Banksy has been in LA recently and took it upon himself to decorate. The question still remains to whether these will fall victim to the buff or the capitalists?

"La Révolte des Mannequins" is the new show by Royal de Luxe (the troup behind the famous "Sultan's Elephant" street theater performance). Currently in Nantes, France, for 10 days !

FEATUREDSince we can't get enough of Ben Lawson (#7943) ~ with valentine's day around the corner, we had to feature his incredible tentacled octopus hearts!

FEATUREDMatter Box Unboxed! There is some seriously fun branding going on in these free boxes~ so for anyone who didn't get the box in #8403, see the pics, video, and break down of whats inside!

Core77 has a great post about the Kotatsu ~ the japanese coffee table with built in blanket and heater underneath... to keep you cozy while you sit with your legs under, and all bundled up!

A gallery of the illustrations, messages, and LOL cats that twitter uses when it goes down...

Here's a pretty - painful to navigate/read ~ infographic from Wired on the "Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits - to You"

Viral video with high effects to advertising - Fifa Street 3/ EA Games.

I love how Yuko Shimizu's illustrations mix traditional japanese woodblock style with modern subjects. [Editor's Note: Previously seen as #2630 ~ but lots of new work up!]

And to go with that adorable swedish bicycle basket in #8330 ~ Kiosk's $9 Bicycle Basket NET! Elastic and metal, from Nigata, Japan.

Digging a little deeper into #8299, I came across Vivienne Westwood's couture doggy coat.

FEATUREDThis is Bjorn Johansson's Anatomy of a Typeface ~ Can you imagine if this bony font had flesh and faces as well? I think i imagine these to be the skeletal system of the "Sesame Street is sponsored by the letter ____"

Big news! It was announced today that commemorative Eames Stamps will soon be available from the US post office! And, at 41 cents a pop, it may be the only time you can afford their classic furniture.

Preview video for LVHRD's upcoming Architects Duel in NYC. Two teams of architects designing structures in the Alaskan Wilderness for a post-oil world circa 2029 AD.

A long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Street wars, new Urban intervention by SpY... [Editor's Note: Those are glow sticks! Great gallery of projects]

FEATUREDThe Crossroads of the World on sunset blvd in hollywood. ~ first shopping center in LA ~ built in 1938 ~ and completely surreal just after sunset... i was there for the Tinlark Anniversary Show (#8200)

Cockney Designs turns street signs into coffee tables ~ an interesting new twist on what you can recycle metal street signs into!

The Anthony Family takes on a yearlong moleskine quest to get the family thinking creatively. Notice the Eames lounge limerick post also on the site, cleverly crafted from a catalog.

Great post and video at the Pentagram blog about their latest redesign of Dairy Today magazine... its incredible what a glam portrait cow covermodel each month can do.

I spent a bit of time on Seletti's website, thanks to e-cool's post #8098. Their World Dinnerware series includes some of my favorites: New York, Tokyo, Venice, Rome, Paris and London.

I love that the CES HP post helped me discover that the Normann Copenhagen designers have a really fun little blog!

While I'm not ready to spend $350 on a pair of Jeans, I love the multi-layered drag and drop interface goodness of PRPS's website. [found after reading #7999]

So it IS dangerous to run around with headphones on in the street! A print campaign by NSW Police in Australia about the dangers of ipoding while street crossing.

A new skateboard by SpY [Editor's Note: Hmm... check out notcot.org post #1844... verrry similar, no?]

We've just launched our new project, called 'Thank You Too'. Its a business-card sized booklet of 30 cards, 5 post cards and a stamp. Leave them behind anywhere someone might find them.

Found it! The awesome HANDMADE intro sequence to Juno i was telling you about in #7894 by Shadowplay.

The Kitsuné Noir you shouldn't eat: Black Sesame Ice Cream Candle a la sesame street (tip: follow the fox to access more of their wonderful music and nice clothes)

E. V. Day’s ‘‘Mummified Barbie’’ series is a wry commentary on society’s obsession with preserving female beauty. This one is $3,000 at Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street.

Little TV that rest in your hand! While exploring the post #7697, those little creature-like, organic toys caught me. The best part is they have a mother.

The building in post #7692 looks similar to the Metal Shutter Houses in NYC, which recently opened for sale. The website is equally stunning.

The models of Gerd George aren’t models. But people on the street, people next door. That’s why he sends a telephone directory which looks like a typical model-book.

French Street artist Space Invader's ,new rubik cube pacman ghost installation, at the streets of europe show in NYC is awesome.

Erase away the post-Thanksgiving weight gain with this Pencil Bench from Boex

Infamous street artist Banksy has a show opening in NYC December 2nd. While he personally has nothing to do with the show, his work is the centerpiece.

Oooh ars got hands on with the Nokia N810 ~ full unboxing, and unfortunate to hear that the gps and full keyboard are a bit disappointing

Interactive Christmas lights on London's Regent Street courtesy of Nokia and Wieden + Kennedy

The French-Brazilian architecture firm Triptyque based in São Paulo, Brazil, have designed the Columbia Street building for an advertising agency called Loducca.

Francesca Berrini deconstructs and reconstitutes found maps through collage. Contrary to the reassuring sense of place maps provide, you soon discovers that any effort of place recognition is futile. [also seen a few months ago, as #3020]

The bottles are backordered on the Adiri website, but are available at one step ahead for $12.95. [As seen in #7255 - and now these guys seem to be backordered on all but orange]

Speaking of sleek, logo-less, technical clothing, Nau (#2435) has a beautiful collection of pieces, all made from recycled and organic content. Also, 5% of sales go to organizations like Kiva.org (#7137)!

Awesome ad for Lecithin, made in Germany by Scholz & Friends. Finalist in print category at London International Awards.

And if donating a few grains of rice is not enough [see #7136] the you can always loan a few dollars so a farmer can buy a bag of seeds to grow his own. The best thing is that they will pay you back! Kiva Charitable Loans.

French design student, Jean-Yves Blondeau, has created a very eccentric clothe full of wheels, which allows him to rolls down everywhere from different perspectives and positions [Ed. also seen in #6373]

JESUS ON THE ROAD\ amazing street stencil

FEATUREDA giant post on everything from this genius direct mailer Triop Kit from National Geographic Kids... to praying mantis, butterfly, frog, venus fly trap, sea monkeys, etc kits.

VC - the new superhero of the modern world. Ha. Amusing post over at Boinkology about the similarities between becoming a VC and dating.

People buying products at Beate Uhse Sexshops receive the practical incognito-glasses for free as a give-away. So they return to the street whitout being recognized. As the sticker already claims: Beate Uhse. The discrete Sexshop.

PMCA covered in rainbow vinyl! Not very sustainable... but really cool eye candy on the street.

FEATUREDWorking Class Heroes! My Laptop Wallets arrived and i'm even more impressed with them in person than online... see some hands on pics of them.

Green Graffiti by Eco-minded street artist, Edina Tokodi, in Brooklyn

The death of Barcelona street art.

FEATUREDTriggered by post #6732 ~ Joshua Targownik sent in his photographs of the Reform School which are beautiful... it looks like the picturesque doll house full of designer goods you wish you had.

Looks like the guy in #6684 used some *very* similar code to J. Tarbell's Bubble Chamber works from back in 2003 also done with processing.

A brilliant animation by three legged legs. In a PA manner they illustrate how humanity is wreaking havoc on our once healthy planet. [Editor's Note: Prev seen as #249, but its been a while]

So cute, this rabbit lamp from Moooi is a real musthave! Design by Front. [previously #2180]

FEATUREDAmbassador Stamps from the last post ~ the UI is a bit annoying, and the quality of their images are SO fun... so check out my choice pics from their designs, and close ups of the packaging and physical stamps...

Concrete and Steel jewelry by Karen Konzuk available at mooncruise gallery [Ed. also seen as #1955]

FEATUREDInspired by this Illy "Push Button House" Cafe ~ check out this post of more than 10 breathtaking designs utilizing shipping containers in the most incredible ways.