kids, don't play with matches -- draw on them and sell them as pocket art instead!

Sand sculptures by talented artist Gianni Schimarini. Sandsibility.

The Sky network's ad for soccer broadcasts aims to raise the number of female viewers. That's all fine and good but where can you buy those shoes?

I rounded up 10 fans to keep you cool over at Surface (my CNET Design site i'm posting at once in a while)

Sweet new image editor for the mac called Pixelmator. First serious image manipulation app written entirely in Core Image for OS X. Plus its gorgeous. Photoshop could use the competition.

Skirball's Noah's Ark Exhibit opens end of June... 5 years in the making and filling 8,000 sq ft ~ this is going to be part of their permanent collection not to be missed!

Do asians look different at images because of facial alignments !? Sharp-Sighted: the alpha channel

As spotted on TasteSpotting by Daily Olive ~ the Chork ~ fork meets chopstick... by laura rittenhouse studio furniture.

Can you believe the year of Ze Frank is over?!?!?! Check out the final vlog entry ~ and Dewar's is sponsoring his archives!

gorgeous sketches by kenichi hoshine.

Not so into gifting traditional red hearts and such for Vday - shopping for a guy is hard... but these subtle Paul Smith cufflinks are a pretty nice solution.

Berlin based Fahrer makes great reflective cuffs/straps to protect your pants from catching in your bike, etc.... out of truck tarps! and boat covers!

Custom made Mao Beer tap by Joel Colley of 12.

Geoffrey Packer's DNA Staircase... i am in awe... and desperately need it in my future loft

a fun quirky game by trevor vanmeter - FLYGUY! [Editor's note: its a classic!]

Studio Luganski , based in Helsinki .
Fashion Photography and illustrations.
Realy Realy Cool!

keep me sane, portfolio of Darren Firth

Like the design on this duvet cover.

Prickly pencil furniture

was just trolling through the .org archives and i can't believe i missed this one! as a lemur lover...really...wow. i love it.

benoa berger's work on agent 002. so pretty...and so full of birds. =)

im sure ive linked to matt sewell's work before, but today, this little owl made me smile, so here he is again.

give anything some much needed character.

"Paleontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo and what they describe as a 'demon duck of doom.'"

The polaroid rosse, sexy, red, instant and now comes with cocktail shaker.

We Make Money Not Art has picked NOTCOT as the SITE OF THE MOMENT!!!

too much yellow... but at least umbro changes the font.

Telephone Sheep?

Karl Lagerfeld gets turned into a collectible figure by Tokidoki.

The Mansory Cyrus, based on the Aston Martin DBS or DB9, just made its debut at Frankfurt 2009. This supercar is truly breathtaking with the body panels made entirely out of aerospace grade carbon fiber. Price: €380,000 plus the Aston Mastin DBS or DB9.

Skhizein is a funny/melancholy short movie of Jérémy Clapin. Enjoy the movie.

Last month, in August 9-16, Australia’s leading design studios transformed an inner-city Sydney laneway into an inspiring, outdoor exhibition with the theme of “Humanity/Equality”, as part of Sydney Design 09.

New product from Normann Copenhagen. Black is still the new Black, but what is it?

An interview with Veronica Hebard, artist and co-founder of the new Robo Picto Art Market.

Collaboration between Cristiana Couceiro and Mother London turns out to be a vibrant revival campaign for Stella Artois.

Artist Yulia Brodskaya's very interesting style of traditional paper filigree - the art of paper rolling to create images

Amsterdam’s MiNiBAR takes the hotel minibar concept to a new level. A concierge shows you to your table, presents you with a key with which to gain access to your very own private bar, waiting is a thing of the past.

Awesome work by Nirmalya Chakraborty for Bose ads. Morrison, Madonna, Kishore and Elvis are drawn using music components.

Paper bookmark with a Save icon on it. You can make your own digital to analog bookmark with this neat PDF.

Cache - A 3 dimensional bank account that allows you to see your account balance at all times

Some balanced and minimal new graphic works by Cristiana Couceiro.

Escape Plan

Fanstasien in Absynth: 60 minutes art collaboration

Some more interesting Case Studies on Instil Productions website that reveal how Philip Rostron brings it all together !

More vintage coasters/beermats from Sell! Sell!'s great collection.

Converse 100th aniversary celebrated with an awsome packaging