Kevin Van Aelst photographs household objects to explain basic life processes.

Howletts Wild Animal Park prove that animals can enjoy Halloween too

A one-page-preview for the much awaited book: Graphic Design Referenced, by Byrony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit.

Brio's My Very First collection has some adorable toys for those shopping for new borns... i'm smitten with the awesome walrus! and flying bunny (which can also come with a cell phone!)

Floral foam (usually used for arranging flowers) shaped as a vase. another beautiful idea by designer Shay Shafranek.

Twitter "Follow Me" Tattoo Socks! An interesting way to literally get people following you both physically and digitally perhaps? (Also awesome octopus ones!)

Susan Jamison's egg tempera paintings combine influences ranging from Renaissance portraiture to fairy tales to scientific illustration to Persian miniatures. They are both feminine and strange.

A clever, twisted, beautiful alphabet by Robert Samuel Hanson

Illustrated toy series concept by the graphic design team of Tixinda Mexico. [Click Arty Toys > Solid for all of their individual names and stories]

Packaging for Green Genius, a new line of Biodegradable Trash Bags.

Amazing Life Size Catalog Flagship store by Danilo Leonardi, Joana Pais, Hafsteinn Juliusson and Rui Pereira

Zummi created a whole alphabet from nothing more than a couple stilettos!

Here is a 'closer' look at the Mini S customized by artist KR for his upcoming Hamburg exhibition (previously seen in #25854)

'Interaction' is one of four contemporary installations at H&M Sweeden’s HQ. The giant wooden display unit is 34m2 -full of pulleys and levers to operate like an analogue search engine.

Potion designed "What's In Your Blood..." for the Museum of Science and Industry's exhibit "YOU! The Experience." This interactive table lets visitors play with cells and molecules as they are pumped through an open section of a pulsing blood vessel.

Beautiful vintage Porsche Racing posters from the late 50s/early 60s.

Erwin Wurm photographed Claudia Schiffer for the November issue of the German Vogue.

NYC Spaghetti packaging created by Alex Creamer

I love Sam Green's illustrations. He has variety of styles that is all superb.

Both precise and imperfect. The pitch stool/side table, made from reclaimed wood. By American designer Nicolai Czumaj-Bront.

A very atypical tree house – When a 40-year-old pine tree fell over, its owner let it lie. However the tree revived itself. At that point, the owner decided to honor its resilience by incorporating it into a modern 172 sq. foot office/guesthouse.

The Tree is a reconstruction from a series of interlocking frames with lights that grow according to the environment sounds level of the Banyan Tree on the front lawn of the National Museum of Singapore.

An umbrella stand made of twenty three blue aluminium tubes. Brilliant idea from design duo- Loris & Livia.

My bathroom at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm ~ the lighting is just fantastic, and the slate and design details... and the room key looks like a car key, and they are all on different keychains!

20 + Years of French Paper Promotions by Charles S. Anderson Design Company

These series of furnitures is made of used sports equipment with a stunning vintage look.

Chandelier Mandalas from the bottom up as found in the Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm ~ quite the modern contrast to the ornate chandeliers of Versailles?

AirBoard is a gasoline powered personal hovercraft that rides on a cushion of air.

Striking the balance between modern and classical design, Kara Mann's bespoke interiors excercise complete design auteurism

Chandeliers!!! Chandelier Mandalas? When shot from directly below? Lying on the ground in big empty rooms in Versailles after dark before a dinner fit for the Sun King himself while sipping '76 Dom Perignon?

A conversation with Jade Klara about how living in South Africa has impacted her art work.

On the beautiful matte black packaging of Dom Perignon press materials (versatile cards for all their info instead of booklets) ~ and a peek into the luscious Hotel de Crillon, Paris (one of the oldest luxury hotels in the world?)

404 Beach is a collaborative stop-motion animation piece of a wall mural done by Mike Nowland of Company Policy, Carson Ting of Chairman Ting Industries and Tom Pettapiece.

The entire music track was composed and recorded specifically for 404 Beach by Tom Pettapiece.

Title: 404 beach
Artists: Mike Nowland & Carson Ting
Music: Tom Pettapiece
Cameo appearance: Leanna Wilson
Location: 404 Beach, Vancouver, Canada.
October 2009.

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Visvim's Subsection No.7 Kyoto, like the rest of them, comes in a glass laboratory beaker!

NOTCOT Exclusive first look at the Hard Graft 3Fold ~ this luscious leather bag can transform to hold your portfolio, laptop, or carry-on/overnighter goods!

Vineyard by Swedish Pack & Rack is as beautiful and balanced as functional, available in five different types of woods. You can show as much as six different wines on one rack. The rack itself is a yard (hence the name).

Pestolero gives you the chance to create your own pesto and order it online. Choose from a lot of different ingredients. Unfortunately just for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at the moment.

FALTJAHR 2010 is a nice pop-up-calender by Johann Volkmer. The architecture behind this complex thing is amazing

Cartoonist Chris Ware designed the November 2nd cover of The New Yorker. It shows children happily trick or treating while their parents huddle on the sidewalk, basking in the ominous glow of their iPhones. Scary, but true.

Make wallpaper a unique place for storage. A unique solution and replacement to the wall mounted racks.

Renowned photographer Rankin talks about his new charity project and the art of being destroyed by the likes of Beck, U2, Damien Hirst, Marianne Faithfull, Jarvis Cocker, Ian Brown and more.

Tiles produced by INAX, a leading manufacturer of building materials in Japan, include contemporary as well as timeless interpretations of Japanese ceramic and aesthetic traditions.

KITA Design completed this Forest Classroom pods for a prep school in Windermere, UK. Made from English Chestnut shingles and a ribbed timber frame, the 2 pods are connected by a deck constructed of timber and recycled plastic milk bottles...

This week Ultimate Factories on the National Geographic Channel stops in Bowling Green, KY, at the Chevrolet facility that is responsible for the production of the amazing new Corvette.