Even without design week ~ milan is quite a site to behold... especially from the roof at sunset! And the glow of the duomo and galleria late at night ~ and the details that keep it real ~ like trapped escapee tanks and unicorns!

Awesome collection of subject patterns from russian design studio LEG/KOV.

UPDATED! Remember those stunning fabric lamps covering Montenapoleone in Milan? Well, they light up at night! And here's more info about the installation as well...

Morphine Pillow -by Dan Golden- says: "Someone once said laughter is the best medicine - They’re wrong, morphine is the best medicine." I agree, absolutely...

Bunneh Roulette! Bunny after bunny of the cutest random bunny clips ever! And while you're at it, donate to the ASPCA to keep all cuties safe from harm.

Citroën DS3 Design Driver is a HUGE red lamp of a lounge installation at Montenapoleone in Milan for the Salone celebrating the launch of the new DS3 in italy.

Bamboo is a cool new dumpling bar that recently opened in Sydney's Surrey Hills.

This remarkable ant, known as the turtle ant (Cephalotes varians), has the oddest shaped head you ever did see. Of course with nature, where there's a will there's a way. Can you guess what it is for?

AXECHAIR!!! Perhaps my favorite piece yet in milan ~ designed by Floris Schoonderbeek (of the dutchtub!) this chair uses axe handles from Gränsfors (swedish axe makers since 1902!)

Public Pie! “fresh pies + coffee + hot butt” ~ Fun edible installation at Milano Salone 2010 in Ventura Lambrate!

Forge de Laguiole "Furtivo" knife by Ora-Ito ~ stunning new carbon fiber knife!

Epic meeting fail using video conferencing. New Hyatt videos are both funny and entertaining. Created by PHD and Funny or Die.

Team Evil's Cassette Tape Magazine - for those with small pockets and short attention spans. Issue 1 features articles on alpacas, MF DOOM, old Neo Geo games, bad taste wolf art, John Woo, creepy robot sex, misc schlock and more.

Only 500 copies have been produced, all of them lovingly folded up and placed inside an authentic, old school cassette tape box.

Milan design week 2010: Designer Nao Tamura, has won the I SaloneSatellite Award, with a serving container made in silica sand, called Seasons.

Here is Student/Illustrator Bobby O'Herlihy. I am a huge fan of his work. His process of creating images is so unique and interesting.

Taghkanic House features stunning, award-winning, architectural design by New York-based Thomas Phifer and Partners. The steel and glass structure features an all glass pavilion and lower level that is built into the landscape.

Chocolate Sakteboards bring some nice car graphics to their new spring collection. A couple of great car grills, mostly classics. That's how I roll ...

"Up There", a beautiful short about the dying craft of hand-painted advertising following the stories of a few men struggling to keep it alive.

A cute and well animated series of TV spots inspired by Pixar's Monsters Inc. !

Canadian Heavy Metal band, Hail the Villain, has launched its album, Population: Declining, with a creative interactive website that is designed by Grand Creative.

While it may not be shocking that more people are injured playing football (the American variety) each year than skateboarding, did you know more people are injured playing soccer, too?

The Advertising Decision Process Mapping Diagram pokes fun at their own industry with this amusing flow diagram. This is part of Publiceye's re-brand and new website.

Some fantastic new candles from Cire Trudon. The Parisian company makes candles since 1643.

Serbian artist Ana Kras can do no wrong in my book, and she certainly hasn’t made a mistake with this gorgeous lamp. I’m in such, mad love.

The Type Directors Club is auctioning off 16 original poster designs by talented designers including Louise Fili, Ed Fella, Alex Trochut, Jeffrey Fisher, John Gall...

Sietch Nevada, for 'Out of Water - innovative technologies in arid climates' exhibition, by MATSYS.

Ultimate Factories on the National Geographic Channel is stopping next in Neckarsulm, Germany, to bring an inside look at the building of the Audi R8 supercar.

From project PROBE: consists of the images of altered travelers’ personal belongings made with the X-ray scanners. Beautiful yet eerie images of bags, purses and suitcases pose critical commentary on the issue of privacy and freedom.

Squirrels + Corn = Video Opportunity. Watch this marvellous time lapse video of a bunch of squirrels attacking their favorite food of the winter - good and healthy corn straight off the cob! And boy, do they tuck in!

In Hakone-Cho - Japan, Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects design this week end house. A wooden building with many windows, playing with scale, between interior and exterior.

The Disney cartoonist Ulrich Schroder turned Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Donatella Versace, John Paul Gaultier, ... into classic Disney characters for the April 2010 issue of Elle Spain.

LA based Crimson Collective has unveiled “Ascension”, a structure based on the Japanese legend of a Thousand Cranes for the inauguration of the 2010 Coachella Music and Arts Festival.

In Freiberg - Germany, AFF Architekten have transformed Freudenstein Castle, mixing up history, modernity and contemporary architecture.

Dandelion, is a wearable that captures energy from wind and human movement, exploring ideas of personal, mobile power generation & kinetics. Designed by Mary Huang in collaboration with Jennyfer Kay.

72 year old Bo Brundin is buying his youth back on the web by re-creating his bachelors’ den from the sixties.

My sister just sent me these cookies from Botanical Bakery in SF and I can't get over the lovely packaging! Great flavors too!

Hans Wegner's iconic Wishbone Chairs now come in juicy new shades thanks to Danish design firm Carl Hansen & Son.

John K, master of cartoon history and creator of the Ren and Stimpy animated series asks the world of Ren and Stimpy original art collectors to help him make a big fat book! Lend your original works for a scan and get a credit in the book!

Karolina Sobecka and James George artistically teamed up to create their “virtual” dog SNIFF. SNIFF is a holographic, interactive, fully functional virtual pet whose image will be beamed from Creative Thrift Shop’s front windows.

The newest collections Coco and La Vie en Rose form a fashionable and spiritual addition to the Brand Van Egmond collection. Pieces will be shown at the 'Temporary Museum for New Design', in Superstudio Piú, Zona Tortona.

Ant Protest - Tired of being victims of an insecticide, these ants started a protest rally in a very funny and original viral video from Brazil.

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Street Art! A bunch of art and stickers on the streets of Milan which have grabbed my attention!

The Bicycle Safari collects photographs of the old and unusual bicycles on the streets of Sweden. Plenty of sweet old bike logos and rad bike graphics.