Miki Tanaka's Rhinoceros Beetle Necklace

Also from Anthropologie's spring line... love this Gardenia Carry-All

Tastespotting makes me want to cook... and learn to essentially design with food... and these aprons from Anthropologie would be perfect to do it in!

summer76 has a nice post at coolhunting about hearing all sides before giving in to the magical politician powers of gore... "The Great Global Warming Swindle" from brit channel 4 is interesting.

alchemi is in search of discarded incandescent bulbs that have been exchanged for Compact Fluorescents (CFLs).

dianne y. cheuk put together her monologue of psychedelic mushrooms, women, and flowers, and water colors. Mushroom Girls Virus - in a silk fabric bound cover by die gestalten. beautiful.

Jeff Koegel's paintings tackle the landscape, hybridity, simultanaity, and transformation in the most beautifully disorienting way

The Eye Project from Japan's KDDI makes a stylish way to share mobile video and pictures with everyone on the web.

I may be looking for a tennis racket... and just noticed this porsche design one. Pretty... "The structure of the material creates the ideal balance of stability and lightness: 85% carbon, 15% Kevlar."

aneta grzeszykowska & jan smaga are a duo from warsaw who put together images of an apartment looking from above, somewhat in a "plan" format. awesome details.

a series of portraits by second-life photographers Eva and Franco Mattes.

design*sponge featured Submarine Channel, devoted to particularly memorable movie title sequences.

I had no idea the usps was so into star wars... or that they wanted the world to know they had jedi powers. Apparently for the star wars 30th anniversary, they are putting out R2D2 mailboxes...

French inventor Lucien Gambarota and Wharton grad and entrepreneur Doug Woodring are bringing clean, sustainable energy to the gym using good old-fashioned manpower.

York Mints (the peppermint patties in a mini bite sized ball) ~ has limited edition tins by designers like Nicole Miller...

Aaron R. Thomas created this plexi DJ spinning table complete with Louis Vuitton trunk for the Golden Globes! Just one of his many fun acrylic designs!

A Swarovski Studded Refrigerator in black or aluminum. Kitchen Bling? Hmmmm.... by gorenje

Reporters Without Frontiers map of the world countries where internet usage is controlled by the government.

"CANDY, The GIRLPOWERSHOPPING Issue,
is now online and ready to download and enjoy!! This issue is dedicated solely to some of the best female talent on the surface of this little planet we call home!"

thomas paul for paul smith plates. i especially love the one with the tree, and its roots.

Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs in Collaboration with Marc Jacobs for Marc of Marc Jacobs. *phew*... now say it 10 times fast... backwards.

SPOOF tribute album: Dylan covers Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Complete with music, and album artwork. Cat in the Hat's turns 50! [Editor's Note: a must hear. great to wake up to...]

First there were the Mimobot USB guys... then the chocolate ones... then vinyl ones... now even DIY VIMOBOTS!

CoolHunter's feature on the latest mural to go up in the Gloucester Tube Station makes me want to get back to London soon. by Chiho Aoshima

Dollar sign tiles at the new Jonathan Adler store in Manhattan's West Village. Found on design*sponge.

CK's new fragrance: CK 2inu. Nice, modern-looking bottle. notcot says it looks like a sake bottle...

From the latest Hermes collection... i've always wanted a muff... but a muff thats a purse that can hold my pearl and gloss? Wow. Nice round up of the variations over at purseblog.

among many good finds in this week's "currents" is Lachlan Blackley's wallpaper catalogue featuring rat wallpaper, which was actually gnawed out by gerbils.

1 watch..and 1.851 diamonds - Nixon's Diamond Rotolog

Le blog de nesk ~ the illustrations on this site have me addicted tonight ~ who doesn't want an adorable monster that takes care of business(men) for you?

Another artsy but very cool light assembled from ping pong balls and can be ordered in a table or floor configuration.

These are some really talented bugs! Makes you second guess calling in the exterminator.

Living on roof tops. Crazy Dutch architects MVRDV have found a way to build new homes without the need of more land in Rotterdam by building on the rooftops of pre-existing buildings

Carlo Giovani does a good job with paper.

Heather @ Dooce.com updated her header design and it is oh so pretty.

What does your phone number spell?

Come In ? Go AWAY? Say both with just one door hanger or doormat ~ latest from SuckUK

Found these on Sci Fi tech - There are handle bars, and then there are handle bars... can't you see two guys fighting antler to antler on these? By Jenny Nordberg, "King of the Road".

MoMA's latest, Comic Abstraction ~ makes you rethink comics... particularly SPEECH BUBBLES!

Super cute logo for Molly & June (yes they make clothing. for your dog.)

When fencing meets fashion ~ its a deadly combination... Love this shoot by Rasmus Mogensen

This big pixel LED alarm clock from PureModern is a little different from the rest. Instead of the typical 7-segment red LED, it's got an oversized blue-grey pixel display.

"molecular or planetary explosion" Designer Stuart Haygarth presents some new pieces, including this chandelier for MAC cosmetics.

Also the main RolitoLand page has some adorable design going on