FEATUREDThe term "virgin" olive oil related to the fact that only virgin girls were permitted to cultivate the fruit. (Today the term refers to acidity levels in the oil, but we love the romanticism of this ancient reference!)

FEATUREDBeing sick sucks. Poor RUGenius. Designer barf bags for your travel needs? If you're going to do it, do it in style.

A Bath Bomb named in honour of Captain Jack Sparrow's ship. & It contains a secret message that pops up while the bomb turns the water dirty-black.

Japanese backpack from ISABURO 1889. Love the different strap options.

Troglodytes - hand made felty goodness... a little creepy. a little devious. a little strangely inspiring.

TASTESPOTTING ~ gorgeous honey packaging... i dont know why it makes me think of the gummi bears and their crazy gummi berri juice vials.

Dewy's Adventure! New game for the Wii from the same people who brought you the amazing Elebits

IT'S OK FOR ME TO HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT. Gorgeous bold playful letterpressed poster by london's well known graphic designer, Anthony Burrill.

Herald Tribune has a great slideshow on the shift in movie title graphics these days.... its a good one.

Teetonic "fatal attraction" angler tee.... ahhh, love.

Sony's new ipod speakers are pretty sleek.... subwoofer and all, i'm a tad smitten. iPod Audio Docking StationspacerCPF-IP001

Tiny HeartHead by Sam Millen

KuKula's Sunday Morning Wounds exhibition opens this Saturday at Copro-Nason

if you like tshirts, you should like without pockets.

Cool rapid prototyping case study...

If you don't dig the Ninja restaurant, you can go to Hell! And order pizza...

I know I'm not fast like Ninja, but to pick up on the theme, here's a ninja themed restaurent in New York. I really want the ninja waiters to disappear in a cloud of smoke after serving me.

Playing with Gravity. Really cool flash app hours of fun.

A close up of the all new norco 125 bike. Designed with inspirations from Canada. This is one of three different models. Each one is inspired from different regions around the globe.

"When your memory needs help" -- as a post-it note addict I can really relate to this campaign

Plastique Monkey is Yuka Yamaguchi's art blog. I love this drawing called New Heartbeat

Gorgeous stitched mixed media art by Dana Robson of aquarabbit. If you're in San Francisco, she's got some show coming up soon. I yearn to own one of my very own.

The Elegant Star Pattern Pack features 10 FREE high quality brushes that can be used to create beautiful borders or patterns for your promotional materials or website.

The first Adidas Snowboard Boot based on the classic Forum, that was released in 1984. Limited to 50 pairs and only given to vips and friends of Adidas! A shame!

OhMiBod music powered vibrator -- because the Nano didn't fit so good. [Editor's Note ~ i'm impressed, it vibrates to the beat!]

'Keep Calm And Carry On!' Screen prints, based on an old WW2 poster. Good message!

FEATUREDKyouei's Air Necklace ~ mylar for your bling'd night out?

Very fun shirt design at Pampling (spanish threadless?) by Alicia de G. Bousquet ~ love the negative space...

Art.Lebedev's "Tersumus" rubber.
It's the size of a palm of the hand and is shaped like the frequently used keyboard button.

Colette and Lacoste get together on a sneaker and 14 different polos. Both feature the already famous Colette icons Cap & Pep!!!

this week's slideshow features argentine designers, among others. and this Pedro Reissig kangaroo desk organizer was too cute not to post.

The amount of information about design is deep, vast and well spread. The Design Encyclopedia is looking for individuals ready to bring all that information together with some gusto

valentine's day is just around the corner. tell them how you REALLY feel with one of these truthful ecards!

new application to tack on to your itunes. Searches your music and tells you about upcoming showws. It has a much better design than the widgets that do the same thing - i like that it mimics iCal!

While you're in Barcelona, grab an EstrellaDamm, designed by Custo

Jewelry made of hair.

Yes, seriously.

Where medicine becomes jewellry... A super cool necklace from Of Cabbages and Kings Mintd store

VIDEOAutonomous Solutions' CHAOS robot is .... WOW. climbs stairs WHILE you stand on it... Designed to move silently over unstable ground, it is also intended for search and rescue, recon, etc. MUST watch the vid.

for the sappy romantic v-day types. make your profile into a trendy shilouette charm. by vincent agor.

FEATUREDSometimes it really isn't about WHAT you say, so much as HOW you say it... TypeTalk fonts - thesis project is a fascinating look at how context can change everything... "typography as visual pronunciation."

Not so into gifting traditional red hearts and such for Vday - shopping for a guy is hard... but these subtle Paul Smith cufflinks are a pretty nice solution.

FEATUREDMortar's St. Mary's ER ads around San Francisco are brilliant. Seriously. From the iconic blowfish, to the poisonous white speckled red mushrooms... you definitely get their point, and can't help smiling.

had to post this after the ninja search engine. it's a really fast dictionary. fast ........ like a ninja!

ninja.com: deadly accurate. google based search page... and email addies at ninja.net

iNoPhone - former Apple mouse and a bluetooth headset into one small and lightweight handheld device. * OneButton Call Management

Late Sunday night, three 12 students, not content with the perceived negativity of Hurry Up, sneaked into Wieden+Kennedy Portland to change the message. For one day only.

stylewar's "large scale" video is reminiscent of the rolling stones "love is strong" video, but many times more intricate and full of details.

Acclaimed director Shinkai Makoto's latest work features three short stories titled Oukashou, Cosmonaut, and Byousoku 5 Centimeter.