Noted Japanese architect Scu Fujimoto built a full-size Lexus LFA out of transparent acrylic boards that were sanded and polished. This see-through supercar sculpture made an appearance at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

Nikon's 2009 winners of their annual "Its a small world" competition. All photographs are taken through a light microscope.

This clever origami USB stick called Boardy created from recycled paper , starts life as a sheet of printed board which is designed to be folded into a USB drive.

The Karim for ALLOY collaboration has resulted in the development of eight innovative metal tile ‘cells’ designed to change the ‘face’ of metal tiles.

The Brave New World lamp, by the design firm Freshwest, is pinned together by wooden pegs and counterbalanced by blocks of iron.

system:system opens in the St. Cecilia parish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn putting 25 artists to work in a former convent.

Yōkai Daizukai, an illustrated guide to yōkai authored by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, features a collection of cutaway diagrams showing the anatomy of 85 traditional monsters from Japanese folklore.

Torino, Italy-based artist Fabio Viale makes sculptures out of 100% white marble. His collection includes a video showing his fully-functional marble motor boat in action.

KAWS contributed his work for an editorial called 'Graffi-Couture" in the upcoming November issue of Vogue Paris.

In Copenhagen: the Butterfly Bridge

Best. Packaging. Ever? Take a peek inside this mysterious box from The Kraken Rum ~ the details of the box, the seal, the letter, the bottle, the ltd ed print, poster, tooth in a vial, book, ink, feather, and MORE...

SNL’s Top 10 Halloween Sketches! (or at least the ones that are available online)

Mondrianum is a Mac plugin that allows users to access Adobe Kuler (#2214) for all applications and works like a system-wide color picker.

These LED eyelashes - designed to 'make your eyes look bigger' are just crazy. We're not sure they make your eyes look bigger but they definitely make an impression!

Through The Ages is a piece of time travel with Mini Cooper. An advertisement campaign by Am I Collective for Blackriver FC agency. Perfect visuals completed with perfect music.

Equine health lectures that uses real 'painted' horses as live anatomical text books

As a self-promotional piece for Marilyn & Sons, we decided to collate all the Friday lunchtime recipes we'd cooked over the year, and turn them into a handy 72-page cookbook.

The Scubacraft: groundbreaking design known as a 'recreational submersible'. This means it can not only skip effortlessly across the water at 50 mph but dive to depths of 100ft or more with ease.

Italy's own toy designer Filippo Perin has recently created these paper toys.

Aachen, Germany, based photographer Benjamin Cortis presents his collection of images called 'Hands Up'

Interview with the very talented director Alex Turvey, who Recently gained recongnition as one of 15 creatives who will define the future of arts in Britain by the Independent.

Stunningly simple pendant light made from a solid block of walnut.

Amazing live "video painting" by SweatShoppe collective.

Flightpattern by Gwen Vanhee is a hand drawn audio responsive video exploration made with Adobe Flash ( action Script )

I really like the portfolio of designer and illustrator, Mark Weaver. His has his own unique style of 60's retro.

The future of packaging? Creative Review's new issue comes in a plastic bag that dissolves in water

Emily Bertrand-Villemure revisits the sugar solid portion as perfumed sugar spheres

Nice work by Manue Arranz. A very talented creative work with a fun concept.

A blog from an addict of analog photography. Snapshots tell stories.

This is the newly opened IMAM - Women’s Institute and Municipal Archive - building in Madrid, Spain

Lipstick Queen's new Butterfly Ball packaging was inspired by Edward Gorey drawings of insects!

A slide show of innovative parking garages, coinciding with the new House of Cars exhibition in Washington, D.C.

35 artists and designers (and one supermodel) remake the classic Vipp trash bin for a charity auction.

While most manufacturers are packing new cars with as much as they can find, the Daihatsu Basket is extremely minimalist.

Beautiful identity and letterforms for the event "Trendsetter" in London.

Beautiful notebooks made of different woods : mahogany, birch, elm, maple.
All of them (as well as the paper inside) are FSC certified. (link only in french)

The city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is an outstanding candidate for World Design Capital 2012 and Dutch Design Week proves it.

The Berlin based J. MAYER H. Architects recently unveiled their project “Steckelhörn 11”, an office building, located in the old centre of Hamburg, close to the prominent new “Hafen City” development...

Fee Harding, also named Burnt Feather, is a great young Australian artist whose pen and ink depictions of pop culture icons and cute girls with sort of a dark twist.

Campaign aired in Brazil for Volkswagen Touareg, the luxury off-road. Made by AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil.

TAD Gear Titanium Rescue Ring ~ who doesn't need a titanium ring with a screw on steel tip to break through glass? I couldn't resist, see close ups and the fun packaging!

Container DS is a series of furniture that looks like miniature shipping containers.

Gent Supply Co. ~ latest store from the lovely ladies over at Delight.com ~ the product line up is way more NOTCOT! (Not that we're not girly like Delight, but you'll see what i mean ~ scotch, mad men, gadgets!)

Phaidon Press released 3 books about the history of product design. "Pioneers" starts with the early days, "Mass Production" shows the new possibilities in the last century and "New Technologies" shows brilliant design up to today. Must have!