this pedal-powered rollercoaster in japan is pretty awesome. it's called 'The Skycycle' and is located in Washuzan Highland Park in Okayama

Ben Collison's got some great new pieces in his updated portfolio... something about his ninjas and dragons make me smile.

"Hello Sea Pony" by Amy Sol. She's doing a group show with Stella Im Hultberg and Audrey Kawasaki at the Compound Gallery in Portland Jan 4

This simple, brief case inspired design comes complete with old school handle for portability and small feet for stability.

Emily emailed in about her Power Aware Cord post on Inhabitat ~ not sure if i'd want MORE tech glowing in my room as i try to sleep ~ but interesting image.

transforming transformer costume..sweeet

An Excellent Maya Animation done by Michal Levy. With wonderful John Coltranes ' "Giant Steps". [Editor's Note - This is just brilliant]

these mibo tea towels are so pretty, i cant imagine actually using them...

nice dark navy blue for australia.

in my quest for mosquito control, i came across this teenager control system...not sure if which i love more: the fact that youths are vermin or that its also called the "chavbuster"

in my quest for images for my next study, ive been perusing photo rating sites. this one had my entire office in stitches. =)

French sex robots. The narrator is awesome. Funny stuff.

dude, if i had a kid, id totally get my kid this. brings back fond memories of childhood doodles on huge reams of paper down in sd.

UNDER PROBATION - email me your thoughts on design and content?

Dyson launches the Air Multiplier Fan, and the press kit is on a gorgeous stainless steel usb key hung from a book: "The Demise Of The Buffetting Blade: 20 Uses for the old buffeting blade" ~ fun cheeky design!

some cool lights hades from design graduates in new zealand. nice and tough and easy to move around a room

Sports shoes recycled back into a cow hyde at the Aqua Metropolis Osaka festival, Japan

Mark Dean Veca “As Cold As They Come” Exhibition At Jonathan Levine Gallery

Hopefully its not just a concept, Mercedes is thinking of reproducing the Mythic 300SL Gullwing: The 2009 Gullwing-America 300 SL Panamericana is just a beauty !!

New series called The Little Interview, Here it is with The Little Friends of Print Making

Amazing work by Mark Giglio called Forest of wood: Different types of scrap wood turned into a forest.

The 4th GizMag PDF includes Matias Vigliano (cover), Anna Anjos, Dave Hughes, Laura Serra, Shona McQuillan, PaperMonster, Yoko Furusho and Charrish Ferguson.

The Tsubo Towel Set includes two colorful towels marked with key “tsubo,” the Japanese word for pressure point, along the back to make sure you get it right.

New logo for the NY Philharmonic by Paula Scher, Pentagram

This Much Depression, the book, is about the seasonal affective depression(SAD) in vancouver. Signage designed to measure the depression of the day by the amount of rain and color of the sky.

2008 Student Academy Award winner Shih-Ting Hung's film "VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant. "

I can’t believe it took me this long to find the wonderful artwork of self-taught California artist Robert Connett. His surreal paintings are a lot like H.R. Geiger’s if he had a dollop of humor.

Photographer Tom Chambers' digital compositions are both wondrous and disturbing.

Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Kahn have been collaborating as Kahn/Selesnick since 1988 on a series of complex narrative photo-novellas and sculptural installations.

Combining functionalism, simplicity and a sense forgotten memories, Swedish designer Katarina Häll has created “Save”.

A black-plated steel paper knife shaped like scissors, by Atypyk.

Swedish Svegro has gotten some new packing for their line of potatoes. Behind the design is Stockholm based Amore.

I like this inverse pot called Terra, by Umamy.

Painter Tim O'Kane's hyper-realistic still lifes are always unexpected and sometimes not a little erotic...

Napkin art by Christophe Niemann in the NYTimes today is smashing, and drawn in coffee!

Cute and timely packaging idea by Purpose for Selfridges' Credit Crunch chocolate.

The Simpsons Gets 20 Years of Apple Jokes Out of the Way at Once... #2007: Mypods and Boomsticks - Here's the full episode!

How to make a customs agent laugh. An impossible task, this one might just work!

The Ljus Kron baby stroller will be available in either a 3 or 4 wheel version.

1800 Tequila store window display

Nationalencyklopedin, the Encyclopaedia Britannica of Swedens, opens 64 000 of its most read articles for visitors to read for free. At the same time the site gets a long overdue makeover by Forsman & Bodenfors and Monc.

Creative advertisement campaign from Lowe Bangkok for OGAMI CCTV video surveillance systems.

The entire Mammal Family Tree mapped by Dr Olaf Bininda-Emonds. See how everything is related and when they split.

Fantastic design from the great Hans Schleger - 1950's- 1970's.

American Express brings new roots to Boston.

Shanghai Map - The most incredibly accurate interactive map of Shanghai - Google-maps meets Sim City 2000. Looking forward to the Zürich edition.