Recent risd graduate, Louie Rigano's online portfolio.

'Ukigumo - floating clouds' is an installation by Fumiaki Nagashima and Mami Maruoka Nagashima of Mono for the 5th Festival of Lively Architecture, Montpellier, France.

A smoke visualization still of the actual vortex wake behind a glider during a free-flight high angle of attack landing.

On top of a building in Gothenburg , Sweden there are two birdhouses in full Size for living or office. Fun and playful.

Camilla D'errico Ltd Tee ~ gorgeous printed box, print, and tee up close!

Megan Geckler "Every move you make, every step you take", 2010 on display at the Pasadena Museum of California Art - July 17 - October 31.

Annie Leonard's "Story of Cosmetics" is a animated short that sheds light on the hidden toxins in our beauty and personal products—very timely, too, since the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010 was just introduced in Congress.

‘Time Present’ is the master project from Swedish Cecilia Dreyfert at HDK – School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg.

Cinema Blend has a wonderful illustrated guide to the movie 'Inception', in case you were still confused! Spoiler warning though; don't look unless you've seen this amazing movie

RaboDirect sponsored a ground breaking experiment to see how Australians really react when presented with the ultimate financial fantasy - a money tree!

Fashion label AF Vandevorst has teamed up with Hoet Bekaert Gallery to launch ‘Gustav’ – a pop-up store to fashion, furniture, jewellery and ART. The place is located in the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke-Heist.

Olly Moss’ “The Trouble With Tribbles” Star Trek Poster ~ both editions are stunning!

“We hold these truths to be self evident; tea, cake and the pursuit of craft...” - The Papered Parlour, Clapham Common

Drawing upon the theory that ‘Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed’ - Kyle Bean's window displays for Selfridges, London showcase objects in their original form, side by side with inspirational transformations.

Twelve South's Compass iPad stand... a beautifully sleek easel that works at various angles - and it has a cute little travel case too.

Erikson Longboards are custom made by hand from reclaimed wood.

Our Liqurious special recipe for Patron Cocktail Lab on Facebook ~ the Watermelon Kicker! [p.s. sorry, but they only let you view it if logged in and 21+]

Janis Joplin 1965 Porsche 356c, currently in the lobby of the GRAMMY Museum - A close up look at the paint job!

WD-40 goes retro with a limited edition 50's packaged can!

The Cheeky has some pretty funny Suitcase Stickers

Gorgeous street art from Skinkfish in Medellin, Colombia

Armchairs, designed by Anna Wołowska, are made of natural materials: wicker and 100% wool, natural felt in cooperation with the local wickermen. Project aims to support the evanescent wicker craft in Poland.

FlipBoard - Social magazine app hits the scene with a huge splash. Crowdsource your content in this beautifully designed iPad app. [Editor's Note: NotCouture is featured in the style section!]

Stip/Ontwerpt is a Brussels-based graphic design studio founded by Stephanie Specht.

"Low Fat Lamp" by Kasper Rønn and Jonas Bjerre-Poulse - Norm Architects. A tiny lamp, stocky and plump.

Not yet in production but super cute, the Light Boy lamp by 83 design from Japan. Designed to be around you all the time, like a pet. the fun lamp features a shade reminiscent of the cones pets wear when they’ve had an operation.

'INK' - A new book from KesselsKramer about tattoos containing short stories and illustrations by Swiss designers HappyPets,

The thorn manicure by Topolino (1965), recreated by NYLON Magazine for July!

So what exactly is a tesseract when it's at home? Everything you ever wanted to know about these strange objects from the fourth dimension but were too afraid to ask!

Sony's impressive 360 degree auto-stereoscopic display prototype looks cooler than holograms.

Wood shingles in different shades of green cover this townhouse in Berlin. The facade looks like a big pixel image and is a lovely eye-catcher in the monotone neighbourhood.

Elecom's nice USB Arcade stick controller for PS3 looks quite tempting.

A music video for the Classical music work 'Hoedown' from the Rodeo Suite by Aaron Copland. It is a stop motion animation in which various characters, inspired by Cowboy and Western films, come to life from the musical score.

Cooky Bag® is a bag/apron designed for those who love cookery and conviviality.

Anthroposts - A web project featuring found Post-it® notes collected from the street and read by anonymous online workers.

Nintendo NES wood sculpture. Extremely detailed.

An interesting nuclear reactor cutaway collection.

FAILE performed this huge temple, adorned with sculptures, reliefs, tiles and mosaics in the middle of Lisboa, Portugal.

Technogym's designs by Citterio & Partners. Lustworthy design details. Work-out machines filled with tech and social connectivity. So gorgeous its practically sculptural!

The pair of glasses made of concrete by Daniel Sinsel in "the Concrete show".

THK's seismic isolators put to test. THK simulated a magnitude-7 earthquake at their own booth. Pretty impressive.

Tord Boontje's The Lacemaker exhibition at the Marsden Woo Gallery in London is on until July 31st.

In celebration of its 65th Anniversary, fashion house Brioni produced this commemorative Moleskin notebook, illustrated by artist Carlo Stanga.

The advertising for the new Schick Quattro is nothing but inspirational. The designer suggests in a very playful way that this product works so well that it can "remove hair from a tattoo."