This is the best dilbert i've read in a while... although luckily i'm not quite this bad off... yet... you must read what comes before and after this square!

I only hope my dumpster diving ventures can one day be this successful. Women finds $1 million masterpiece in trash, no really!

Roger Arquer designed some brilliantly simple moustraps using household objects back in 2004.

A beautiful X'mas is what you make of it. Fun xmas cards by the Breeding Ground that lets you write your notes, and your recipients build and arrange their own scene.

oPtion$ ~ the secret life of steve jobs - a parody by fake steve jobs. We just got our copy... and the cover is all reflective... to see yourself in!

“The world looks different when you suffer from Parkinson’s." This is the sttunning ambient campaign from Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen for the Danish Parkinson Disease Association.

Seattle artist Jennifer Zwick's first solo show called "I'm So Scared/It's All So Hard" at Soil features her newest etchings and photographs, including this one. The disembodied legs manage to be sexy, funny and uncomfortable all at the same time.

Edition of 1 million. Curious if this is humanly possible... varying thickness and material ~ hand carved and numbered - by Sighn

Interview with UVA - creators of spectacular light shows for the Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and more

It's clear Paris is the City of Light... Enjoy this video of light graffiti - Paris By Light by Mehdi Idir (Manifeste Productions) and Marko9

Ok just one more... Flip and Tumble... the Popple/Sockball of the reusable bags... i've even dug up an 80's Popple Advert for anyone who's forgotten about Popples.

The catwalk at sunset on the Great Wall of China near Beijing October 19, 2007 - a total of 88 models displayed designs by designers Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi

Child abuse got a whole lot cuter - Instituto de Apoio a Crianca - "Abuse, don't let it get into the child's world."

If you thought of shoes.... brilliant SF Zoo campaign ~ also look out for the print and environment campaigns as well.

Great collaboration of UK typography experts House Industries and luxury lingerie line Agent Provocateur - a book on the logo creation with knickers! Love it!

made of sapelle mahogany ply on 10mm new zealand wool felt the PLY-HIDE is another whimsical product from Punga & Smith.

60th anniversary campaign of MASP, the most important museum of Latin America. The ads remind that every art work is originally handmade.

On October 30th, HarperCollins is releasing a revised and updated edtion of Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities by Russel Ash and Brian Lake. The book is a survey of some of the most absurd content and book jackets from the past—definitely a conversation starter...

Even Method (yes the gorgeously packaged cleaning guys) are getting in on the reusable shopping bag action... this one is free with 20$ purchase, and has some fun typography going on.

Made in Sweden: MOMO, gorgeous prefab wood summerhouses designed by Thomas Lind.

Ferrari have released a limited edition Segway personal transporter.

Argyle Academy has it all: bunnies, batman, a vampire cat. Check it out!

WOW!! Ladders in your tights, caused by your ripped nails… and an important date? With the fantastic Rasp Ring these situations will be a thing of the past, because you’ll have your rasp always with you!

Bob Truby brings us "a visual encounter with the incredibly diverse world of BRAND NAME PENCILS."

Some clever use of shadows in a VW advert for the EOS Convertible.

A Thabto design:

The shot glass as it's meant to be //A lethal bullet!

Airtight's TILTVIEWER is an absolutely gorgeous 3D interface to Flickr. Wow!

For Me For You by Insight Outsight. Based on the observation that when couple walk together, one often borrows their partner's back pocket. Very Cute.

From Smanks Design Studio, the neo rococo line is created from the pixelated outlines of baroque furniture. It reminds me of the collision bounding volumes we use in games.

dizzying acrylic paintings from cleveland artist amy casey might remind you of a haunting amusement park.

Do the green thing! Take a walk this month. Next month there will be another green challenge.The challenges are visualized by outrageously talented animators and film-makers. Don't hesitate. Do the green thing.

Whats better than a lego zombie? A lego zombie that is 2 feet tall! These would look great on my shelf...

O Plus D Greeting Cards: her holiday 07 cards are finally here! [Editor's Note: We are big fans of O Plus D!]

Custom52 takes the user-submitted design principles from the likes of threadless and others and applies it to the humble deck of cards. First set is out, submit your designs for the second.

Oakley Medusa Eyewear - Militant design with 8-base lens curvature for vast peripheral view. For those who pursue defiance without restraint.

Polka teams up with tattoo artist Gert Kowarzik to make a series of tattooed leather furniture

Entwined Root Coat Stand and Table over at ViraTerra

USB desktop adapter for all your HDs ~ 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch disks simply plug into its top

Karhupage Rocking Bear chair made with solid birch, burned surface. Design by Taito Huotarinen for Eimi, Finland.

StumbledUpon this whilst trying to find some inspirational yet whitty images. The amazing little people installation by Slinkachu at Nuart…

most people have seen these warm paper-based lamps, named Millefeuille, but some of the other projects on the t.n.a. studios site deserve a look for their sleek simplicity

Into the Pixel features some great pre-game art by game designers for games like Rabbids! Dewey! and Viva Piñata!

Alfredo Häberli’s energy-saving outdoor 'SKY' LED lamps come wire-free with photovoltaic cells and rechargeable batteries or ready to connect to a traditional electronic power supply.

Check out these wonderful generative audio-visual works by Austrian artist 'lia' for an Art Machines Machine Art exhibition.

Since we are on the subject of reusable grocery bags......here is the ultralight, ultrasmall air grocery bag from Granite Gear. Use it as a key fob, but it will set you back $17.

I like the ajaxy interface of shopping through this image at the Amazon All Business Center

This cute "KISO" ashtray is made completely from concrete, It is divided into 3 rooms, giving heavy smokers more choices of space to smoke (even by the stairs!). Individually hand made in japan by Nobuhiro Sato.

Continuing my fascination with the evolution of reusable shopping bags... latest find is the Target one with an adorable bird on a target tree design! As well as the Whole Food insulated one for $3.

On silly stuffed toys ~ Jemma Williams' Lamb caught my eye

"Made in Germany" is a phrase that applies well to the Solar Decathlon entry from the Technische Universitat Darmstadt, because the team wants to present the German way of building, showcasing German technologies.

Pens don not come much more desirable (or geeky) than this self assembly Parafernalia Falter 2D pen which comes as a snap apart kit complete with tool and ruler. Design brilliance.

Stunning jewelry and accessories made of 3Form and stainless steel from Tivi. also this amazingly beautiful handbag from zebrawood.

Sarah Hood's new line of jewelry called "Arbor" is haunting and beautiful, featuring sterling trees adorned with 24k leaves and semi-precious stones, like this pendant with 24k and aquamarine.

EXCLUSIVE! We're excited to show you some sneak peaks of the new Diesel Fuel For Life Factory where starting monday you can customize your own bottles of the new fragrance.

The Holiday Christian Lacroix bottle is even more beautiful and has more detailed design than the 2007 edition. Lovely!

NU Architectuuratelier projected this building with a double function: an advertising agency today with scope for conversion to housing tomorrow.

Unicef is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child is realized. Buy the book and check out the website! Amazing work by 60 artists, all for a good cause..

A sustainable glass factory in chilean countryside, by Guillermo Hevia

Ignorance in unacceptable. Some cute and cool adv for Alma Magazine.

Chuck Anderson from No Pattern has released a beautiful new print entitled 'Heavenlike'. He has also re-released two of his older, equally stunning print fro sale. Well worth a look.

Stumbled upon these beautiful pendants and they're reversible too! By Lola & Bailey - Sun Catcher double sided Pendant necklace from the 'Cloud Watching & Star Gazing' collection

Triggered by post #6732 ~ Joshua Targownik sent in his photographs of the Reform School which are beautiful... it looks like the picturesque doll house full of designer goods you wish you had.

Dolce & Gabbana headquarters in Milan, Italy by Studio Piuarch

Truly the coolest treehouse yet ~ "Recycled Wood Tree House" Crafted in Europe from recycled cherry and elder wood.

There is something so precious about wearing a fragile quail's egg shell on a necklace... with a gold leaf interior. By Stephanie Simek.

The trials of choosing a good, cheap pen.

Are reusable shopping bags the new t-shirt? How many do you have? Want? What do you like and not like about the options so far?

Serge Mouille Lighting is up up up...

In his back pocket is a BAGGU. A reusable grocery bag... yes... finally one that is understated enough for a guy to carry around.

Something Planned ~ THINK BEAUTY. Awesome video of this fence weaving in action.

Legendary Los Angeles store Reform School is now accessible to the world, through a cute online store.

Fabien Baron's summer home in rural southern Sweden, designed by John Pawson.

111 Shirts off for Abercrombie! - 111 topless men storm Abercrombie on 5th Ave in NYC

From Cosima von Bonin's Roger and Out exhibition at MOCA. Love the dog-faced creatures with their trench coats and chew toys.

Bent Acrylic Lamp w/ Birch Veneer

Guerrilla Campaign for Peugeot 308 by Torke Stunt, Lisbon, Portugal

Muji has some of the best stocking stuffer ~ so many wooden nature inspired toys this year! Perfect for any animal loving designer... or toddler in your life!

Mysterious flyposters are appearing all over London - little nuggets of printy goodness to peel off and take home

Amazing Cardboard sculpture by Chris Gilmour. There is no metal, wood, or plastic framework but only glue and cardboard.

I just found out about Geeks In Love, a geeky web comic in the tradition of XKCD, but with a French twist and a much better drawing style.

Sculpted Cabinet with drawer - right out of a cartoon set methinks!

Recessed exterior wall light-The Walkie Talkie MATTONE by Marco Casamonti. This lighting fixture is designed to be exactly the same size as an ordinary brick. Aluminum & frosted glass.

We took a standard paper dispenser and made a simple modification with green foil and the silhouette of South America. This allowed us to prove that the survival of the forest is directly connected to what people consume.

Neptunus Rex is a new short film about two scientists who pioneer Nubiology, the science of harvesting clouds for medicine. Won Best Student Film at the New Hampshire Film Fest.

As a twist on the subdermal tattoos ~ implants that create braille messages... The Braille Tattoo, designed by Klara Jirkova

N810 ~ nokia's latest incarnation of the N800 is looking extremely tempting... with the added keyboard, they are at least listening to what users want! And GPS! and Wifi!

The Landlord Hoken end table by elmar flototto is such a sweet, simple, graphic functional little table, I'd like two of them!

Jon Wilcox draws a ghost every day. There are over 230 ghosts now. What better month for this kind of thing?

The new, funny, 13e rue channel commercial, by BETC Euro RSCG (Paris, France).

Margaret Kauffmann's Prayer Images have a quiet beauty. I wish there were more...

Pictured are the Urban Fidelity omni-directional Duevel Planet loudspeakers. The speakers use metal spheres to distribute the sound in a 360 degree pattern.

But is it New York? BBH's controversial new campaign for NYC... and what about that logo?

Five and a Half. "the monochrome collection, winter 2007." Sustainably designed handmade journals, filled with 75 pages of sugarcane and recycled paper, and a canvas paper covers with original photography.

Get "de Oude" for free. This guy and his doggy are looking for a nice place on your desktop. Maybe he´s gonna love you, too :)

when i grow up, i wanna live in a gorgeous terrarium too. the nytimes explores style within the glass towers.

Monastero, a Private Villa Resort, on Pantelleria, an island between Sicily and Tunisia. The kassa are a series of restored ancient dammusi, created from stone and black lava rock of the landscape.

Mike Mills' designs for Thumbsucker movie... so true.

An update to the Blu Dot desk saga...

Sky has unveiled a new collection of five unique Sky HD boxes, featuring exclusive designs from some of the UK’s most iconic and visionary creative talent.

The Grand National Teathre in Beijing China. A giante titanium egg right next to Tiananmen Square becomes a new icon for the city, along with several building opening before the 2008 Olympics.