Check this quirky short by Lisbon animation studio Captive. The sequence was created to commemorate Pocko's exhibition of customised russian Matryoshka dolls that will be sold at London bookstore Magma

This high-spirited set of vintage New Year’s cards celebrates the historic flight of the Kamikaze, a Mitsubishi Ki-15 aircraft that became the first Japanese-built plane to fly from Japan to Europe.

In case you don’t know Portugal street art, it’s well and alive out there. INSA, DAVID WALKER, VHILS, and many others have done some awesome works in Portugal. Highlights of the Portugal Street Art here.

Eric Cai Shi Wei has designed popsicle sticks in the shape of endangered animals to raise awareness for the WWF China.

Luxury brand Hermès UK hires Kyle Bean to do their late 2009/early 2010 window displays. And what does he do? He covers a bunch of instruments in paper and plays a little tune (aesthetically)...!

Design Fiction project by Umeå students Roberto Christen, Chao Wang, and Matt Brown. The project deals with "The Peasley Society" and some of the well intentioned- if not misguided energy awareness products they put out.

Beautiful wood textile by Elisa Strozyk

Mongkol Praneenit’s lightbulb packaging is simple, effective, and eco-conscious, suitable for General Electric’s new high-performance, low-carbon footprint lightbulbs.

3EyedBear and buro-Lamp joined forces for this free do-it-yourself calendar, wishing everyone all the best for the next decade. Or year at least. No glue needed for this well-dressed calendar, just a precision-knife and a bit of time.

Cliff Chiang makes all of your 12" vinyl record x comic book hero fantasies come true with a series of unreal arrangements. Teen Titans? The new Breakfast Club.

Andy Babb sent over some very fun New Year's Resolution cards ~ with various cliche topics... and hi-res and low-res versions of each on the back! From Internet Use to Fidelity to Smoking to Exercise and more...

Agron Cultural center in the trees. A building of zinc adapting to ground in a small forest

Stunning interactive website portfolio of agency Diego Monetti ~ so fun.

White Line Hotels ~ pretty site for this interesting new luxe boutique hotel site

Speaking Uvula - Mira Yung's porcelain speaker taking the form of an open mouth

The Malcom has a peek at the I.D. Magazine March 2010 cover that will never be...

Gorgeously dark gothic artworks by Vania Zouravliov.

Marlies Romberg’s Wooden Computer Workstation brings a desktop computer into the realm of traditional furniture with the help of a laser cutting system. Functional keyboard, mouse and monitor.

Sruli Recht has created "ring". The design allows one of three interchangeable uncut diamonds to be worn at any time. Great corrugated cardboard packaging.

Poplar, by Barbara Lind, 1990, a great typeface. In my version of Poplar, made of paper, I cut out every letter, took photos of each, separated into two photoshop layers - letter and shadow.

The Graphic Artists Guild will be holding a Meet & Greet for L.A. area creatives on January 8, 2010 at 7PM at Dinah's near LAX. Non-members are welcome!

Look at Dubai through the lens of a 150 year old Camera. This series was made by French photographer Martin Becka.

Illustrator Luke Hallam has captured amazing details in his Rhinoceros illustrations!

The Calibration lounge chair is designed to be flexible, in that it can be clicked and clacked into a new position effortlessly.

The Bonnier Mag+ Prototype is a digital magazine concept that aims to capture the essence of magazine reading, which people have been enjoying for decades.

This bottle opener is a class above the rest! The 'castle key' offers an elegant solution to the less-than-elegant task of opening a bottle.

This set, inspired by George Orwell’s classic Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a brilliant tribute to the brutal dictatorship Oceania’s mottos and slogans.

Alejandro Chevetta's new series of analog collage pieces titled 'Moon Men' presupposes man never really landed on the moon & the entire charade was done for national pride; parallels between the work & current international policy.

The refillable Color Dial Spray is a novel design for a spray can that contains four color cartridges (CMYK) in the one can. Two dials (for hue and brightness) help the painter achieve the exact color required.

An old scanned copy of ITC type foundry's 'Upper and Lowercase' Magazine.

fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is trying her hand at home design with her line of wallpaper

Serett Metal Works portfolio of amazing metal work. Fabrication, architecture, furniture, art.

Meticulously stunning leather etching by artist Mark Evans. remarkable shading and tone using only blades and leather.

Fascinated by the idea of Felted Soap - by fiat luxe

19 year old photographer Megan McIsaac recently developed over twenty rolls of film which she has been sharing on her daily photo-blog and flickr.

The eBoy team just releases a new pixel art poster. For the first time, a french city is honored. Welcome to Marseille, on the shores of the Mediterranean!

Eric Zeneris an American painter and mixed media artist who creates an overload of astonishingly detailed work, realistically human figures while simultaneously surrounding them in bodies of bubble-filled dihydrogen monoxide.

Awesome creations made from using books.

This bench designed by Leif.designpark for De La Espada, incorporates a planter into the seating area.

Design to accomodate all commercial activities under one roof, the Encants market in Barcelona features modular covers with different inclinations to reflect light, atmosphere and landscape.

Roll Fire: a bio-ethanol fireplace to roll around

Vanilla Bicycles are handmade in Portland, Oregon. Lovely details combined with stunning design and perfect tech.

Designed by Bill Hilgendorf, the Metal Stoolen table is made of locally collected scrap material found from making other metal products.

Discover the impressive set "Chimères" of photographer Khuong Nguyen in collaboration with Lecreative Sweatshop.