Meanest gift you give a chocolate lover... fun writeup at Popgadget on the Meiji Chocolate puzzles... tetris style, make the pieces all fit... looks like real chocolate, normal box even.

Berlin based Fahrer makes great reflective cuffs/straps to protect your pants from catching in your bike, etc.... out of truck tarps! and boat covers!

Sand Traveler by Jared Tarbell

Designed by Javier Mariscal, Nido is part of the Magis Me Too Collection. We were researching anglers for a while, and this play cave reminds me of them...

"Blogito, ergo sum" - *sigh* for all you latin lovers ~ Caroline's post at Crave is a worth the read ~ aeneid and cicero references and all. Was Cicero a proto-blogger?

St. Francis has a gorgeous website ~ very fun connect the dots motif ~ and loving their frog pattern for Think Glam.

Loving no gun army's PET MONSTER!

Cooking Mama for the Wii ~ first english trailer... been curious how one would wii-cook... hate to say i cant wait to chop fish and use my wiimote as a rollingpin...

New shadow projector from Adam Frank - debuting at the NYIGF

PlantLove -these botanical babies come in tubes made entirely from corn plastic, and you can even plant the outer carton (which is embedded with wildflower seeds)! $2 of every sale goes to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

For all you sneaker fanatics out there, check out these great vector inspired wallpapers. De La Dunk, Tiffany Dunk, Infared AM90, Jordan Olive, Jordan Mars.

the grown-up version of a lunch box. the space saving design includes a dish, a cup, utensils and a place mat for those lunches at your desk.

New transformers series features 1/2 scale transforming Nike shoes! Megatron and Optimus transform into Nike free 7.0.

In honor of Pres. Bush's State of the Union address last night, here's a very elegant tool that displays content data analysis of all the past speeches to help us connect "politics and language"

Photoshop shortcut keys printed on a keyboard skin for your macbook...

DouchE - this one goes out to rugenius and all her fellow fencers, especially those who are really such.... yea, you know the type.

Visualize bat... for "those" clients... another brilliant designer must have from Orange 32

And to be thorough ~ don't forget the "here comes trouble" card from Kate Spade that was previously featured.

Gross oversight on my part ~ can't believe the Stop Talking cards by Set Editions haven't been here yet... this one is 8$ for 25 (but there's a box!)

Canadian artist Ryan DeBiasio has some unreal work. Take your mind on a magical mystery tour with his paintings, and then check out his online shop or buy an original.

Vintage Steel Architectural drawers as coffee tables ~ brilliant... can you imagine all the possibilities of things to showcase while people wait?

'You are a douche.' It is amazing how powerful the right words with enough white space - in print - can be. only 5$ for 25.

A weekend in the life of - me. via radar pics... but the real question is, where do you stand on privacy and exclusivity ~ Shade Elaine and i wonder if an international secret society would be fun.

While visually indulging my hunger at Tastespotting ~ remember the Adagio teas? Noticed a link there that shows you a VIDEO of how the full flower blooms into a cup of tea.

TellMe - while my phone isn't supported yet ~ i'm still intrigued by this new mobile service/411 killer, and love their web design... especially this great little video running on their homepage.

Following the evolution of wearable tech... Plantronics and Quicksilver are launching a line of bluetooth enabled jackets and helmets.

A4 Is a young clothing line based in Dubai.

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Blowing Bubbles Necklace

For ya'll's toaster fetish. This made me laugh out loud. Wacky toaster accessory for your wacky toaster. It's sooo 70's looking too!

Groovy Valentine's Day Font HEARTS

A huge, beautiful collection of vintage luggage labels.

Easiest way we get our perfect images quickly for .org upload? mac built-in screenshots... but new tool i'm testing out thats been pretty handy so far... Instant Shot, nice and discrete too.

SEABLOOMS & CORAL - ocean inspired perhaps, these OROMONO wool pillow covers are cozy and tactile.

Oldies but goodies late tonight ~ for lovers of great info-asethetics... rewatch the Royksopp "Remind Me" remix vid... forgot how great this was.

the buchhalter 3 (a bookend/table shelf/reading desk) is just one of the awesome designs from BKM and herbert klamminger.

TOMA DIY figurines... something rather adorably amusing about the belly buttons and the heads...

"HOW TO EXTRACT DNA AT HOME" i cant stop laughing... its too cute... and love the technical drawings in ink on cut up shopping bags kind of look that is going on. By Franz of Vesolt

PingMag has a GREAT list of must read/own for designers - incredible list of books i need to start amazoning especially in the typography realm.

Kate Spade's latest ad campaign and the behind the scenes shots...

Hybrid Wallpaper by NICE

A jaguar covered in post-it notes. It sort of takes the Jaguar into the realm of kiddie toys, what with all the bright colours...

Metromint branches out - now you can get original Peppermint, subtle Spearmint, and new tangy Lemonmint and citrusy Orangemint.

Seeds planted into the cover of this book make it into a real "Jungle Book". Nice idea, though I wonder how you water it?

Site of Hyejin Inc. Space designer featuring the EyeballNYC Design studio. A focus on functionality and comfort . Nice collection of photographic studies of the process.

It's not pretty exactly, but I just love the mucho utilitarianess of Swiss Army. Information can now be immidiately physically dangerous!

Marvis: Italian made toothpaste with unique metal tube and design. Tastes great as well. One of my favorites.