Brilliant Virtual Tape Mix to send to those you love By Exopolis

jason shogreen's cards from vday 05 are worth a repost. for all the fans of youyesyou.net...and people who are just sick of the usual valentine's day sappiness.

Review of GRAIN - incredibly gorgeous collection of royalty free high res wood grains in a beautiful print book (with cd naturally)

Eighteen artists based in London were asked to design a dartboard with the thing they most hated on it for an exhibition curated by Garudio Studiage that starts at the Dazed & Confused Gallery this week.

great nytimes article about paint and restoration at the getty.

if this doesn't make you grin, i have great pity for you and your kind. Hasbro updates the Transformers line.

osge samanci's ordinary things. (almost) every day, she shares what she sees while walking around in pen and watercolor. simple and beautiful.

Vase made from a paper based material that's 100% water proof that looks cool too. Frank Kerdil’s Noming Vases

Amazing artwork from Celldweller's Remix Competition website.

Happy 25th to my alma mater Domus Academy ~ here's a nice little article about it over at exduco... ahhh the days of being a design grad student wandering milan.

Stephane Kardos' sketch blog has some really fun sketches from the toy fair... especially loving this playful sketch of people wii-ing.

.... says the Wii to the Wiimote.... or you to your valentine? Wii and other gamer themed valentines for printing and emailing...

Only a few days left to get in the proper mood... take a look at the Australian stop-motion short GLOOMY VALENTINE

I bet your current desk doesn't have a built in fish tank. The new desk MILK does.

i really love the illustration of russ mills.

mike newton of blackpool gives new life to boarded up houses.

Pierre Marcolini's vibrant and glossy red "Coeur Framboise". It does not get more decadent than my fav belgian choclatier's seductive hearts in their classic round gift boxes...

1 little button, 2 little buttons, 3 little buttons, 7 little buttons... 100 little buttons for 60 bucks. Bubble Box Buttons

Serious eye-candy illustration from Mathew Star Thomas.

There's something rather mesmerizing about this collection of money covered animals...

The bird motif transformed... now feather headbands - in a nice black and white.

Visual and critical analysis of rap covers that have "sampled" other works.

There's a fine line between love and hate... love these cards from Whimsy Press ~ saw these at Oh Joy!

Old person fabrics are the new black! Suck UK's latest clock lets you use customize this clock with your own fabric...

The traffic lights in New Delhi say: "Relax."
Photo : Robert La Bua

"...The biggest, most spectacular LEGO Star Wars model ever!" with over 5000 pieces, and a price ticket that can buy you a small computer... id hope its awesome. even if youre not a star wars fan, who wouldnt want to build it?

Free Valentine's brushes from Blacksuits Creative and Jason Gaylor

for those days when your artist block gets you down.

Election 2.0 has begun... Barak Obama has launched social network "my.barakobama.com" as well as links on his main page to his facebook, youtube, and flickr accounts.

Designers Are Wankers ~ the book. coming in march... authors include karim rashid and paul smith...

In Brazil, the Salvation Army has launched an interesting outdoor campaign to raise awareness, donations of clothes, and money.

Absolut Temptation - newest flavor... pear. Fun videos of things blowing up slowly...

Amy Crehore is only one of the many artists participating in the Painting By Numbers charity show. Don't miss the before and after pictures

Amautalab: a multidisciplinary creative studio.
Serious eye/ear candy. (their video from Resfest is great) hotneonred sent me this, asking simply: "what?"

Pamela Barsky has some adorable piggy banks.... love the curves~ [editor's note: previously seen as #677]

while Brandon Bird is best known for his oil paintings of celebrities, i like this giant squid-whale-dinosaur fight the best. This print would look really amazing in my apartment, but I wish I had a fireplace to put it over!

ROAR broach... for rugenius... fun piece by Allira over at mintd (also loving the green stego)

Commissioned as an animated viral short to promote the Nike Meta7 shoe, illustrator Paul Huang teamed up with animators Chris Riehl and Sean Starkweather to deliver a surrealist cell shaded fantasy.

Munky King Chinatown 3rd Anniversary and Chinese New Year party! ~ fell for the plasticgod buddha... lots of pics and video

"self defense bear" dave pressler 2007

Pancake and Franks makes some great minimalist cards. [editor's note: previously seen as #1763]

die gestalten verlag, the greatest design publisher, has opened its own awesome little toy store of goodies.

Another Gelaskin post, just because I knowAudrey Kawasaki is a NOTCOT fav...

This model series is called "Maschinen Krieger" and features designs of 'powered armor suits' worn by soldiers in a distant future. Designed by Japanese artist Kow Yokoyama.