"Pimp My Rice Paddy" - Using three difference strains of rice, the people of Inakadate, Japan have created works of crop art since 1993.

Frog Design is hosting a Many Shades of Green event July 26th in SF

canadian artist joy ang uses vivid imagery and color to create expressive, emotional illustrations.

Swiss GLAMOUR Camping Kit. Paul Frank meets Urban Decay.

Questions - "Don't Ask Questions to my Answers" - painful to navigate, but pretty to look at works of Savas Ozay

Pretty but oh so wrong, these garbage bags come with a printed damask pattern.

Magnetosphere - now in iTunes Visualization form - they kid you not when they say "The last iTunes visualizer you will ever want for."

Great BLaugh today - so true?

Alessi's latest offering, the 'Pasta Pot', guarantees less time washing up and more time with a hearty feed in front of '24'.

Edel Rodriguez lends some lovely illustrations to todays science times feature by frans de waal on the beginnings of morality in primate behavior. enjoy with enthusiasm and skepticism.

Zero Chaise ~ there's something gorgeous about this zero gravity style lounger from nolen niu

Glory Arms - Lake Placid Blue, 2003 by Yoshihiko Satoh.... what a guitar.

Hey JOB HUNTERS : hot new job posting site for folks like us, pretty, and based out of LA.

more fun from suck uk.

Audrey Kawasaki's work is simply amazing. It certainly instigates a rethinking of one's own talent. [Editor's Note: big feature on her at .com, but since i love her work, ok'd this repeat]

Ceiling by David Wiseman. Exquisite.

gorgeous tea towels from third drawer down.

Pink

it just wouldnt be fair to post a trike without a posting a unicycle.

RUGenius was SO right about your needing to go checkout the LOCOROCO PSP game promo over in 466. [this is also an example of a way to comment/respond to a post!]

we're all about saving endangered species, but that's not the only diversity we're losing. years of non-speciated, artificially selected diversity is disappearing from our farms. save the rare breeds! some are so cute!

wooster rules. is this plastic wrap like my favorite giraffe how to?

A clock was made from an old recycled aluminum bike wheel.

Some amazing tattoo work by Amanda Wachob. She started as a painter and transitioned to tattoos, she has some great fresh looking tattoo concepts.

As a follow up to 'Tone Matrix,' Andre Michelle now offers audio tool, which combines multiple audio machines to simulate a full DJ set up. You can then output the songs to your hard drive!

The HAMANN Volcano Special IAA Red 2009 Edition is a celebration of the Mercedes SLR McLaren, completely reworked and enhanced. It features a 700 bhp engine capable of 0-62 mph times in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 216 mph.

Remarkable photo by D.A. Wagner - "Scissor Birds"

This year marked the "greenest year" ever at the Frankfurt Motor Show with over 50 hybrids and alternative energy vehicles in attendance. Check out the Top 9 Electric Vehicle Concepts at the show.

TANK designed the new Proville Mediatheque in France. A faceted wooden volume that blends with the traditional surrounding buildings.

Small "Mise en bouche" before visiting the Maison & Objet's stands with VEUVE CLICQUOT Bar

Designers at KitMen, with scientists from LG Innotek, have conceptualized a 17 inches rechargeable LCD TV.

Flickr set of awesome posters from graphic designer Jordan Michael Gray.

Seed magazine visits the somewhat chaotic desk of an industrial designer who is leveraging the power of design cues and functionality to convince people to live greener lives.

Cool collection of satellite images of famous race tracks world wide.

Bubbles by Aemilios Grohmann and André Kieker

Showcasing at Via Carlo Botta 8, Milan this week has been Love Design, an art and design project that has fun with the concepts of affection, desire, pleasure and romance, but also jealousy, distance, separation and pain.

Top painter Ellen Gallagher resurfaces at the South London Gallery for another display of lucid and challenging pieces.

Amazing pictures of Venice from above.

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

Bisley launches Bite personal storage. Shown earlier this year, as a prototype at Milan's SaloneUfficio, Bite's development has been fuelled by collaboration with design students at the University of the West of England.

Hoodies Salt and Pepper set by Vitamin, this time with skulls (As seen in #13758)

Hof residence, Skagafjörður fjord in Northern Iceland, Studio Granda

high end jewellery store, in a new hot destination : Mistal shop by Kristian Gavoille in Oman.

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.

Last chance on winning 4500$ of Nvidia/CS4 goodies! Here is the final of the three contests from Nvidia with NOTCOT, Core77, and Behance

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