Trapeze Necklace!

this page from the Discordian Coloring Book has me reaching for my colored pencils.

take a disco nap on the tube without fear. just label yourself and your commuter comrades will give you a wakeup call when you hit the right stop.

Si Scott : his treatment of type and titles is almost phenominally brilliant, and painstakingly hand-done.

ICE BEAST! Cute and furry - yet it eats VIKINGS? Love the design in my half awake saturday morning state.

Possible alien life discovered.

intrigued my fellow science geeks? click on! and check out everything else on inhabitat too, they rock!

Australia and Xbox break world water balloon record! 2,921 participants threw 55,000 water balloons (the previous world record was held by Spain, where 2,677 people threw 50,855 balloons in 2005).

this is some seriously weird shit...

a "flip chair" made from two tops of chairs - by john caswell design

It takes a true geek to realize how romantic this magnet is!

The cozy Ivy Chair by Tokyo’s h220430 design studio is one graceful armchair that makes you feel like sitting on the soft leaves.

Designer Lotte Dekker's ceramic work at "Pioneers of Change" exhibit on Governors Island in New York City. Part of the project includes a workshop where people can break plates and put them back together.

Great Interview with Barcelona-based Artist Frank Plant about his interesting Metal Sculptures.

Crate man has been spotted at several places in Australia. These series of Installations definitely adds a spin to graffiti.

Collaboration between Cristiana Couceiro and Mother London turns out to be a vibrant revival campaign for Stella Artois.

Carl Krull (b.1975) danish artist based in Copenhagen, works primarily with drawing, painting and various kinds of animation techniques.

Portfolio of Nikhil Bora. Melbourne Graphic Designer / Motion Graphics. Impressive portfolio.

House in Pousos, Leiria, Portugal / Bak Gordon arquitectos

"The Big Picture" pictures of people at work in various places. Alan Taylor at Boston.com

An interactive ad for Color System, a Sherwin-Williams product that offers thousands of different shades of paints. "A color has more shades than you can imagine." Optical illusion rocks!

Black&WhiteCo Signature Candles

Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents Kindling, a solo exhibition of new works by James Jean. A collection of original large-scale mixed media paintings and drawings on canvas, linen, and paper.

Photographer Joachim Knill constructs strange fantasy scenes and then shoots them using a gargantuan Polaroid camera that he built himself.

Free Calendars for 2009 at DesignAudit.net

Look this wonderful set of images of Nikon D700 cake. It is a husband's gift to his wife for her birthday. Brilliant idea!

Cómodo Store: New design store spotted in Santiago, Chile with some cool stuff made by young designers and architects.

An incredibly effective ad campaign against xenophobia and racism is being sponsored by Italy's largest labor union.

So adorable we forgive them for jumping ahead to Christmas before Thanksgiving happens: Ornament-shaped Coke minis on Serious Eats.

Intriguing facade by Future Systems on London's Oxford Street. They call it a "vibrant jewel-like glass frontage...Through the repetition of crystal-like glass bays, a sense of scale and rhythm is created."

Gianni Botsford Architects and Morphogenesis are collaborating on a five star hotel and cultural center in Kolkatta, India. Tagged Porous Morphology: the intent is to create an environment that captures the cultural and intellectual intensity of Kolkatta.

Exposure Architects' Octospider - a corporate cafeteria in Bangkok that sits on stilts over water with concrete and steel legs. The cafeteria has three arms, providing a view in all directions.

Bay Area painter Yvette Molina creates work that is both a celebration of nature as well as an invitation to consider its fragility.

Beautiful product by Dior Homme.

Android ~ the flash bit on their homepage is far too amusing this time of night, check out all the different android bots! (Roll around with your mouse...)

Watch CatPeople's new music video (by Nephasto)! It's really great, artistic!

The Blofield Inflatable Chesterfield Seating by Jeroen van de Kant - I just love this because it's a fancy, self-important inflatable couch.

A great collaboration between illustrator Zach Johnsen and photographer Don Flood.

Imagine if Mother Teresa and James Dean got together, This site explores that and more hypothetical partnerships. Its design is gorgeous and has an innovative online art piece too

Terrific realisation from the studio Cherry and Cake who blow up some Brussels monuments for his customer "City 2".

Beautifully detailed furniture by Christian Vivanco - all sides are carefully considered and the back is often as nice as the front.

Santa Fe, Argentina: "La Colectiva", a yearly gathering of artists and photographers "intervened" the city of Rosario with stenciled images and pictures decorating the city streets.

The UrbanMax is basically an Intel computer concept that "includes an 11-inch (1,366 x 768) display, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, a minuscule optical mousing device and Windows Vista behind the scenes.

Confettisystem does stylish handmade party supplies for grownups.

The Ride Journal does what it says on the tin, a 148 page journal comprising of captivating writing, art and photography all on the topic of biking.

Elegant design used in new comic strip site, Head in the Clouds, about two birds.