With an enclosed full-height atrium at the heart of the three-storey building, the social life of the school revolves around this assembly space. Foster + Partners’ work for Langley Academy near Slough.

I love this playful packaging by Kyle Tezak for Chicago based Mindy's Hot Chocolate.

What a gorgeous round of drinks we have over at Liqurious.

Volkswagen dealer logo book scans of Volkswagen split-window buses. Fun for typography inspiration.

Like Butters’ Light MKI have a distinctive, industrial arm-shaped design. They’re designed to be mounted ‘pretty much anywhere you can put a screw or a little g-clamp’, be it ceiling, wall or desk.

Beautiful imagery by artist Li Wei.

Images of 4,500 aircraft models suspended from the ceiling of Chicago’s Union Station in 1942. An effort to show what it meant to look at 4500 planes.

A video to celebrate the 100th issue of IdN.

Simple Human compost pail. Nice use of wood and metal.

Finally, Stay Puft is a real brand. And there's over 100 mg of caffeine per marshmallow.

Impressive images of the Super-Kamiokande Neutrino detection facility reaching 1,000m underground in Hida City, Gifu, Japan.

Band-aids by Cynthia Rowley for fashion-related boo-boos?

'Little Big Berlin' cool tilt shift style film by Pilpop.

Green recliner designed Kläber Nico, a young German designer is a generalist design with a focus on industrial design.

Zero Last Floor Lamp by Mattias Ståhlbom, for Zero is a large floor-lamp that can be used as a spotlight to highlight any object in a room, be it a work of art, a rug or furniture.

ENO & Klaus Hackl's Eno Book Ends ~ lacquered steel, and they can be oriented as you wish

Birdy birdhouse/feeder designed by Michael Koenig

Cute octopus rings by rabid fox

ParedesPino Architects have completed a project in Cordoba, Spain that features an urban forest of parasols.

To promote the new mobile phone, LG dLite, Sophie Gateau, of Paranoid US, directed a playful music video to showcase the phones character-based digital display.

"...if a woodchuck, could wear chucks!" by David Schwen.

hive rubber doormat ~ a simple alternative to the usually not so appealing options

Nolin BBDO and Touché! PHD have created a giant milk brick to promote the canadian milk.

8bit band Anamanaguchi are giving away a new two track single every two weeks all summer!

NYtimes slideshow of Vera Scekic and Robert Osborne's light-filled house overlooking Lake Michigan.

Antonello Fusè turns old chairs into coat hangers with his Abitudini collection.

'Geo' by Ineke Hans for Offecct aesthetic acoustic panels can help create a pleasant indoor acoustic environment.

A lustworthy...stapler? Meet the Hansen Tacker" that was invented by Augie L. Hansen. This is the robust T-35 model.

Designed by Emma Selzer , Plus Architecture created ‘laptop pods’ (egg-like pods of stacked laser-cut plywood) for Society, a 242-apartment development in Melbourne’s South Yarra.

For the upcoming game, 'Halo: Reach', Microsoft let's fans control a KUKU KR 140, a large robotic arm normally used to build cars, to build a shining light sculpture that pays tribute to a team of fallen Spartans.

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"Let Them Eat Cake" Jordan Ferney art directs as her husband, Paul Ferney, paints delectable cakes on cake stands in oil paints! And of course there will be cake at the show opening!

Crank the Earth. Like Threadless but for cycling jerseys!

'Solitaire' by Alfredo Haberli is an elegant seating + tray/table combination.

French Wire Hamper - "Poised on swiveling casters, our wirework hamper ferries loads of laundry to the washer or rounds up stray toys and shoes."

RETNA and El MAC collaborate on yet another mural, this one can be seen on La Cienega in Los Angeles. Brilliant time-lapse video of the whole creation process.

Birds and Squirrels are my favorites in the new Alessi collection! “Tea Matter” tea strainer and tea caddy by Alan Chan and “Scoiattolo” nutcracker by Andrea Branzi.

Habitats for our feathered and furry friends, created by architects and artists alike and up for a full year.

Itay Laniado's Garden Tools are not your average gardener's kit and they've just been shortlisted for Designboom's Design for All competition.

Family Tree's Monster Friends poster series. - the cutest kraken, loch ness monster, sasquatch and yeti ever!!!

Adorable Paper Sweet Stands ~ perfect to make cupcakes even more special.

'Tuned Pale Ale' by Matt Braun and Chris Mufalli explores the musical affordances in everyday objects and promotes social spontaneity. Label on beer bottle lets you know which notes are made by blowing at certain levels when being consumed.

'Eigenharp Alpha' by Eigenlabs is an instrument which allows the musician to play and improvise using a limitless range of sounds with virtuoso skill.

Colorful Post War + Contemporary art auction of works like Victor Vasarely's 'Gestalt-Sin' available through Wright20.

KeyCase iPad Folio with integrated bluetooth keyboard.