A distant view of the National Center for the Performing Arts (or “the Egg”), designed by Paul Andreu and constructed for $500 million. The first big commission of the modern era, it is regarded as Beijing’s Lincoln Center.

"steps" by photographer Amy J. Ploss found at west elm = visually amazing.

The robotic like figurines of Ann Smith created from broken electronics and machine parts.

Munetsugu Hall in Nagoya, Japan designed by Norihiko Dan is a small concert hall with a style.

I just spent 7pm to 7am at GLOW - where the city of Santa Monica let loose and threw a hell of a party mixing beach, techno/eco art, food, music, park, pier, and more... here's an overview of the last 12 hours!

iPhone app promoting the new Batman lets you take a pic and "jokerize" it

Urban Landscape Group’s ’Living Art’ received 1st prize on a competition for a new outdoor plastic art installation at the University of West Hungary, Sopron.

Ever wonder what 1970s Indian comics looked like?

Yves Béhar's fuseproject takes a different angle to design a perfume bottle.

The Svalbard Science Center in Norway may look like a spaceship, but actually its folded edges protect windows and doors from snow. By JVA.

Formula 1: Panasonic Toyota car with "Batman: The Dark Knight" paint.

K Chocolatier's K HIBALLS ~ are filled with Blue Label or Ketel One ~ dark chocolate and crispy sugary layer with quite the burst of liquor - OMG. A variation of the choc recipe once exclusive to Emperor Franz Josef...

Wonderful illustrations from New York based artist, designer, illustrator Marcos Chin. If you can name it Marcos Chin has probably done an illustration for it, products, advertising and fashion illustrations just to name a few.

Epicenter.

By Rob Voerman, graphic artist.

Extremely cool pedal-powered Wire Lamborghini

Vivien Muller's Octocube is an interesting approach to modular radiators ~ ending up looking like a cube brain made of piping...

A simple, beautiful, award-winning muse house by Strata Arkitektur.

Vinyl stickers to debrand your bathroom

photos of Jaime Hayon’s Jet Set installation for Bisazza at Superstudio Più in Milan’s Zona Tortona last month.

An really cool Graffiti Taxonomy Print Project by Evan of F.A.T.

Edgar Mrugalla. This name may not ring a bell, but in fact, this man, who dislike the name "copy-cat" is the most famous fake painter of Germany and one of the biggest of the world. By now, he already faked 3500 paintings.

Kinda scary video of the spread of Walmart locations around the United States over the years.

The Clover 1s uses VacuumPress technology and sophisticated parameter controls to create the perfect single serving of coffee.

"Terrorism-related deaths since 2001: 11,377. Tobacco-related deaths since 2001: 30,000,000." Advertisement from DDB New Zealand for ASH, Action on Smoking and Health.

Did great film noir die with the 1950's. A brief exploration of modern film noir spanning the last twenty years.

'The Shack at Hinkle Farm', an ultra-minimalist getaway cabin built from off-the-shelf materials. I want one just like it!

Amazing spot realized by McCann Sao Paulo for Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. Well done guys!

Opus Duae watches are damned cool!

Love the Cor-Ten rusted steel plates that make Rome's newly designed Dutch embassy look old. Perfect for a city that's 2760 years old.

Adorable Animob puzzle by Mobilet ~ spotted it over at swissmiss

How to explain RSS the Oprah way.

Apple and their hip factory do it again with another stunning iPod commercial. Is it me or do these things keep getting better and better? I can't wait for the iPhone commercials.

treat yourself to a tan...all you need is a reflective page of a magazine. great ad campaign from hawaiian tropic.

forget about painting on your toast. check out the zuse toaster! now you can make your own jesus bread! ebay suckers beware...

I've seen this one before but it's great design too.

The worlds smallest fast food meal. Perfect for pixies and wood nymphs

its not new, but it is cute. =)

Spilt milk bowls

i can barely contain my excitement about this dutch scientific weblog on "expeditie dodo". yup, its that sweet.

another one.... from the parcel line called "animal crackers"

It's the Algorithm March! With Ninjas! Really. It all makes sense in the end.

GET DIRTY! there's a great article in today's nytimes about muddybuddy. check out the site for more info. =)

Purveyor of oddities and sculptor of treasures Chen Wenling has made this fantastic sculpture "What You See Might Not Be Real" which includes a giant farting golden bull (the world economy) and the money devil (Bernie Madoff).

Watch out for the upcoming talent of JAW Cooper, incredible illustrations reminiscent of Miyazaki

Francis Ford Coppola Resorts new website. Stunning locations!

Biomodd has plants growing out of computer parts