"...our intention was to apply the nature of the Great Wall to the act of dwelling. This is why the house is titled 'WALL', instead of 'HOUSE'" - Kengo Kuma on The Great (Bamboo) Wall, a villa that built adjacent to the Great Wall of China.

Loving the new campaign of "Black Collection" for Grand Optical.

Swedish Lowe Brindfors have created at beautiful retro profile for the World Cup Handball 2011 tournament. To reflect our overall strategy, ‘handball - the real sport’ they've created a icon using linocut.

"Le Nuage" is a poetic street video project...

Hipstamatic - For lomo lovers. Mix and match your favorite combination of lens, flash, or film when taking a lomograph on your iPhone.

Daan Roosegaarde has completed the Dune 4.2 installation in Rotterdam, which interacting with the behavior of its visitors, and exploring a futuristic relation in urban space.

Generative, audio reactive, organic art, created with my new iPhone app 'Zio'. Free to download.

Here are some interesting facts and figures about our favorite time of year.

The Tensile Sofa by Swedish designer Therese Glimskar...

This rat is part of the HeroRATS, an elite force of rats trained up to detect unexploded landmines. And they are pretty good at it too!

Royal KVB gave 4 designers the opportunity to create cutlery. The result is the iD cutlery series, a new twist for simple cutlery.

"Ride it to light it" by are a series of bike lamps and a carouselle by Ignacio Ojanguren Álvarez,
Christina Perdikaki, Hafsteinn Juliusson

Cardboard installation by P. Williams

Smoke detecting birthday radio that sort of looks like a couture walkie-talkie by Matt Brown.

Artist designed Mini-Bags and matching Eye-Masks. 11 stunning designs from Tara McPherson, Caramelaw, Vault49, Jules, Alberto Cerriteño, Candybird & more. Just in time for Christmas!

Photographer Samantha Tio's "Conveyance" photo series is a kaleidoscopic, slow-shutter study of busy traffic patterns in asia.

Teux Deux is live! It's Swiss Miss' simple, designy, free, browser-based to-do application.

Wired Mag's blog, Underwire, talks about the ultimate collection of 70's and 80's horror movie boxes, Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box, Vol. 1.

Exousía 24K Gold Luxury Water - Sip on liquid gold

Benoit Atl is an amazing artist with a great inspiration. Geek painter, he places Mario and Yoda in a Yalta reproduction, Darth Vader and Predator fighting in the bathroom.

The Trogon - a little know family of birds. They are beautiful, diverse and colorful. All in all they are some bird!

Stuff you can do with eggs

Pretty and practical wine packaging from Sweden.

A new short movie created by Karl Lagerfeld showcases the story of the Coco’s unrealized dream to visit Shanghai.

From the company that brought you Shepard Fairey's Obama hope stickers, comes the "Pop Culture Parody Pack," with Don Knotts, Rod Serling, Priss form Blade Runner, Frank Booth and more. Sweeeeet!

Modern gift box sets for the Twelve Days of Christmas. Giving a small, thoughtful gift on each of the 12 days is fun, and a great way to score points with a special someone.

Jaime Hayon has completed the interior for Octium Jewelry in Kuweit– an upscale jeweler that showcases exclusive designer pieces from around the globe

Applying wallpaper to walls has never been so fun. With this perforated “tear off” wallpaper from ZNAK, you can customize the appearance of your space by tearing off the pieces as you please.

A Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, carrying coconuts in Indonesia. New and controversial 'tool use' by a cephalopod. Tool use or not, it makes a good video!

Flavorpill's guide for gifts for cultural icons, dead or alive. What to buy for the Warhols, Reitmans and Gagas in your life.

Design a joke, brass knuckles for your lovely neighborhood "Welcome to ..." by Vladislav Novikov-Barkovsky.

One of the coolest shows of the year. PaperPushers @ G1988 San Francisco. Lots of affordable works on paper from some great up and coming artists. (Pic: May Ann Licudine - Kaori)

Poster artist Clinton Reno has started a new series, pairing emboldened animals with their transportation vehicles of choice. Typical of his style these pieces are a great mix of bold lines and intricate textures.

Bold and bright new script font from Venezuelan talent Rodrigo Fuenzalida, inspired by neon signage.

PopUp Design Clinic offers free architecture or interior consultations for a limited time in the West Village.

Amazing video demonstration of the Google Chrome features.

Gorgeous solid silver skull locket by This Charming Man.

Etched steel surfaces on furniture by Momantai Design.

Keith Noordzy has some spectacular pieces in the new Gallery 1988 Paper Pushers show ~ check out his Man Made Disaster Studies!

With the new simplistic interior design for a Stockholm shop of the high fashion brand Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, the Swedish practice Guise was nominated for this year’s Great indoors Award, initiated by Frame.

Aaron Feaver's photo blog. An amazing collection of wicked photography. Inspiring and content-rich. Yes yes.

JetBlue's awesome Flyer's collection.

An innovative housing project by SeARCH & Christian Müller, a sliced sphere sunken into the Swiss countryside. The framed view of the landscape as a giant hole is amazing.

Ruler pen designed by Shikai Tseng.