Napkin art by Christophe Niemann in the NYTimes today is smashing, and drawn in coffee!

The House TTN is an interesting project by Teruo Miyahara - I love the louvered steel panels that open up the second floor to the street.

Trendy-looking bible cover design by Crush. I found fontfeed's breakdown of the cover particularly informative.

Glenfiddich barrel art by Johnson Banks

Sloshspot takes a charming tour through the world of Pabst Blue Ribbon from 1900 journal art and celebrity-studded midcentury ads through its 80s revival courtesy of David Lynch's Blue Velvet.

This Gypsy Cabinet by Dutch artist Jana Flohr appeals to the nomad in me. I am also taken with her "Home is Where the Heart is" cabinet (scroll to the right once you're at her site).

Check out these new illustrations for The Belief Factory, a great satire of our ways of life. I just love them...

One Dollar Origami! Brilliant work from Won Park. I love the camera, the spider and the koi. And you?

Emergent Architecture's Emerald Plaza addresses Abu Dhabi's hot climate through a network of canopies that offer shade to the walkways below. Pools also help cool the space.

Mini Fridge as booth storage space ~ prague designblok 08: 2GD studio

This Jaeger-LeCoultre watch can open the doors of the Aston Martin DBS !

Eames., the duo that brought us molded plywood in every shape and form - That aesthetic could be translated into a Prosthetic Leg - concept by designer Joanna M. Hawley

3-D video rendition of Salvador Dali's famous "Face of Mae West" collage.

Munky King officially launched their new Monkey King figure from Nathan Jurevicius ~ loving this fire monkey! And apparently Robin Williams even made it out for the launch...

4,400 people die of AIDS in Africa each day. Product Red is a campaign that helps with treatment. Even Spike Jonzes' skateboard company got on board. Buy a work of art and help sick people in Africa... it's win-win!

Take a look at the amazing work of multifaceted artist Carlos Lascano...the making of 'A Short Love Story' is so cool!

In 2001 Roadsworth began his street art career with a cause, more bike lanes for his native Montreal.

The sign for the Gallery Hotel Art in Florence is very discrete - you can only see it at night.

One of my favorite publishers, Chronicle Books hooks us all up ~ 30% off and free shipping through Aug 3rd with promo code: FRIENDS

1976, masterpiece. Its a 9min thrill ride through the streets of Paris.

Recycled Bubblegum Carpet.
Design by Ignacio Pilotto

WWF pandas invades Paris - Campaign to highlight the urgent need to protect the vanishing species

Apparently there has been an 80:20 preference of black over white iphones being purchased... in australia on vodafone so far... so if you sleep in, you may have to settle for white?

Bloq UK has some fun wall mountable asymmetrical blocks which are everything from clocks and mirrors to notepads and chalkboards ~ play pieces for any wall.

Apple's Mobile Me in the wild! ~ big mess up ~ some got it SUPER early ~ and then were dumb enough to let apple come back and pick it up the next day?!?!?!

Rhyme&Reason illuminated dress and scarf ... a new take on integrating light into clothing.

There are some clouds that are so rare that you will be very lucky to see them in your lifetime. This is a list of the top 10 most rarest cloud formations.

Today is World Refugee Day and for the next three evenings, Rome's Colosseum is going to be a billboard for the cause.

Quirks ~ the 80's board game that looks like a predecessor to Spore?

Amid veritable fields of wind turbine options the Broadstar AeroCam stands out with an innovative design that packs a powerful turbine into a compact form factor.

Little but nice, Azúcar Hotel in Veracruz México. It captures definitly the "mexican" flavor.

CONGRATS! To our friend over at Leveraged Sell Out ~ who's taught me almost all i know about the finance world... from a hell of a blog, to a BOOK! Is this the new trend?

While wasp trap jars have been around for ages... this is the first gorgeously minimal yet designy one i've seen! By Pernille Vea for Menu

Kate Andrews writes about what it means to be a “Good” designer.

"Beneath The Roses" is the latest collection of eerie, cinematic suburban shots from epic American photographer Gregory Crewdson.

Incredible video to tease us further re: GTA IV... NaturalMotion's euphoria animation technology - the difference in this real time rendering versus things like ragdoll physics are amazing.

Grain Surfboards are made from locally grown wood cut by sustainable forestry pros. They even reuse the wood by-product for fuel, compost & wood chips.

Rolph & Rolph : Food Designer

Flickr users revolt against the new video application by creating a bunch of awesome custom graphics.

Trap, catch and explore live bugs with this motion activated Venus Fly Trap. I hope you are catching these bugs outside because if you able to catch enough bugs inside your house to create a bug habitat you need to clean your place up now.

"Made from solid oak with an exquisitely crafted rosetan crepe interior. Ideal for that rather mellow six feet under feeling." Kind of a creepy ad, but I guess if you are trying to sell coffins it is just going to be creepy no matter what.

AquaDom at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin is the world largest cylinder aquarium. It holds about 900 000 liters of sea water and some 2600 fishes. Amazing!

Great audiovisual instalation Memory leak (TRINTIS), by Ugnius Gelguda

Shigeru Ban and Dean Maltz has drawn and furnished a house for Houses of Sagaponac. The house is based on a unbuilt Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe brick country house.

Local Celebrity takes their classic "Respect Your Mother" to a great canvas tote!

Impressive Moneygami collection