A gallery charting the evolution of Charles Darwin inspired tattoos

Wooden library in Japan brings mountain scenery indoors. The Yamakoya (which means wooden-log cabin in Japanese) by Ben Nagaoka was a winning project at the 2009 JCD Design Awards.

Crate man has been spotted at several places in Australia. These series of Installations definitely adds a spin to graffiti.

Mimushi presents the Series 1 wooden figures, each of which is hand-crafted and one-of-a-kind. The environmentally-friendly figures use all natural materials to create a truly unique collectible character series.

Animal testing occurs still. This commercial goes there in a vivid new way, made for Australian group Choose Cruelty Free.

'Terrible Yellow Eyes,' a collection of art inspired by Maurice Sendak's, 'Where the Wild Things Are' has spawned an exhibition at the Nucleus Gallery in Los Angeles.

London based design agency, Big Fish has redesigned Clippers packing.

An electric Audi R8 supercar? That's just what Audi teased today with the Audio e-Tron Concept. It'll be shown off at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.

It should come as no surprise that lots of iPhone users are downloading lots and lots of apps to their phones. What IS surprising is that Android app downloads aren’t that far behind – and that, in some cases, the iPod Touch leaves both phones in the dust.

Dubai’s new metro that is 52 kilometers (roughly 32 miles) of track with 29 stations.

Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept - Features a two-tone shell with a unique dark blue carbon fiber weave and polished aluminum doors and wings. A two-stage supercharged 8-liter W16 flex-fuel engine pumps out up to 1,000 horsepower.

Helvetimail - minimalist Gmail skin from the Helveti-apps family

Review of a must-have book for any product designer: Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals

Amazing 18k gold rings that replicate villas, mansions and buildings by jeweler Philippe Tournaire. He will even create a ring of your 'dream house' from a photo. Here's an enormous gallery of these mini architectural masterpieces.

Cardboard furniture elements. Cool way to set up fairs, exhibitions, low cost and environmental friendly showrooms.

Parlour Party Old-Fashioned Celebration Garland ~ absolutely adorable and customizable - 2 boxes of 36 lettered discs plus a ribbon in each box for making and hanging a your message. Also included is a letter-pressed Happy Birthday garland!

Get your official Lego 2010 calendar - all proceeds go to charity

Absolutely mind blowing - "In Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users. The videos can be played simultaneously"

In the Animated Short "The Forest" by David Scharf, the protagonist has to cope with this question and her hostile environment and finds a simple but radical solution.

Vactic is a brand new addition to HypeForType foundry. It’s the modern dot, the modern spot, it’s Spotmatic, it's Vactic!

@joshington shared a sneak peek at his media center setup with me ~ and it's so pretty to see how the phillips ambilight technology works in the real world!

This year the Bozen-based monovolume architects finished a hydroelectric power station, located near Winnebach brook in Dörfl (BZ) - a polygonal monolith whose design lives up to the studio’s name.

The latest extraordinary perfume packaging from AGONIST Parfums from Sweden. Unique collaboration with Åsa Jungnelius for KostaBoda. 40 cm high INCREDIBLE!

Mano de Desierto is a work of the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal (Uruguay) in the Atacama desert. The motive of hands rising from the ground is an obsession of Mr. Irarrázabal.

The Diana F+ CMYK special edition is a tribute to those hardworking colours Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (black, to us normal folk), the most important shades in offset printing. When mixed together they are capable of making millions of unique colours.

Made Of Japan (TAB Exclusive Boxed Edition) by Onitsuka Tiger ~ with gorgeous laser cut cardboard Tiger sleeve and more gorgeous packaging within...

Paper dock for Iphone by Julien Madérou. You can print it and do it yourself.

From Singapore, a very cute campaign (in a "Tim Burton" sort of cuteness) for Play Doh. Several ads featuring normally "dangerous" things, remind parents of how safe it's to play with it!

A project by Tuur Van Balen, 'London Biotopes' exploring relationships between a neighborhood and tap water quality. The water in Notting Hill, for instance, is of a higher quality due to the high density of organic shops...

Happy first anniversary to Antrepo Shop! They are giving us 20% off their goods Sept 14-25th! The code is NOTCOT ~ they have cute fonts + posters

Dinner + Artists inside the LeBasse Projects in culver city ~ lovely way to get to know both the artists and their work before the opening of Edwin Ushiro "Softly Encompassing the Womb" and Ryuichi Ogino "Idealistically Hypocritical 3"'s shows

Well-known Japanese architect Toyo Ito has designed an attractive dining furniture set for Horm.

Gorgeous video for Ramona Fall's (part of Menomena) lovely song "Clover". Shot/edited entirely sideways for a very unusual 9:16 aspect ratio.

Star-shaped light embedded in a concrete block by NOTHING dESIGN. A perfect addition to your boring brick wall.

The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Meyer May House celebrates 100 years with a Steelcase symposium looking forward to the Next 100.

A new Canadian supercar has hit the market and it is called the HTT Plethore LC 750. The new Plethore will make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next week.

Thalys Metamorphosis - beautiful motion & campaign to introduce the new sets of Thalys.

A great behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Criterion cover! Graphic designer Eric Skillman shares his creative process for the cover of Criterion box set "Pigs, Pimps, and Prostitutes".

Kevin Tong has a nice follow up to his iSteamPhone -- the iSteamMac. (www.iSteamMac.com)

Colorware now coats the PS3 Slim with lots of lovely colors.

"The city is our office.": WorkSnug, an augmented reality application to find the best places to work at, is coming soon... Stop using your eyes, use your mobile instead.

For over a decade, New Yorker based Creative Director Eric Hoffman has developed a solid reputation designing projects for both boutique agencies and corporate advertising firms at home and abroad.

Quoteskin is the brainchild of Lee Crutchley, graphic designer armed with nothing but a Moleskin, Asda pens, doodles euphemisms, quotes, song lyrics, and whatever else in his journal before posting them online.

"I work towards creating a perfect synthesis between jewellery and art." Anthony Roussel's new jewelery range for International Jewellery London are made from woods, including maple, ash, birch etc.

incredible making of - Vogue Italia Main Editorial September 2009

The collaboration between The Standard Hotel and KnittaPlease, the original knit graffiti crew, during New York Fashion Week emphasizes the interplay between textile art, design, craft, street culture and the DIY movement. From Gothamist.