German company GRACE produced the world's first e-motorbike. It might look like a futuristic version of a regular bike, but it is actually the world’s first e-motorbike that you are allowed to ride on the street.

Photographer Brett Arthur took his own vision of the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu and applied it during a personal photo shoot of his to hopefully use as an awareness tool for the serious effects of the virus.

Marmite Pop Up Shop on Regent's Street in London for the Holidays - a brand that's always coming up with good ideas.

CHANEL brings into the open "The making of a couture outfit"

Karl Lagerfeld drawing A Quick Sketch. Awesome!

Ryoji Ikeda's "Datamatics [ver. 2.0]" premiered in the US at Harvard last night. The beauty of lots of data!

Burberry just launched a microsite called Art of the Trench, which rounds up as many street style trench coat pics as they can find, including some crowd-sourced snaps and some from The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman.

‘Shot At From Both Sides’ is an exhibition in Kentucky with street-art-inspired mixed-media pieces.

Inspiring Interview with Leigh Viner on how to create successful fashion illustrations

There are 4 balconies protruded from the facade towards the street, serving as poetic elements with the words, it creates a dialogue between architecture and art. Designed by Bottega Studio Architetti & Giocosa Palitto Architetti.

An industrial oil barrel turned into a outdoor fireplace. The Philadelphia street grid creates the structure and pattern... I want to see it while it is burning a fire!

Screw Me is a lighting concept by recent Art Center graduate, Jonathan Rowell. A simple twist of the threaded post allows the lamp body to adjust up and down.

"The clock I can't see" is a colorblind wall clock. If you look carefully you can see the numbers, or is that your brain playing tricks on you?

Street artist Ninja182 has recently coming up with an mind-blowing graffiti project.

Google has themed their homepage for Sesame Street's 40th anniversary again. Are we looking at a series?

Last week, artist Karen O'Leary's NYC Map Cuts (#25841) were all the rage. Now she's back with another intriguing project: Paris In Pen and Paper. Check out an exclusive interview with her as well!

The Google home page has themed their logo for the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street.

Forest Milk (or Shinrin no Gyunyu) is coming from a Japanese farm where cows are walking freely in a natural forest. Delicious, natural milk in a perfect designed bottle. I want some, please...

Dongyun Lee's exhibit 'Eternal Flow' is a compilation of ink & watercolor illustrations that look like a wild trip into the subconscious.

the Kurt Vonnegut backlist gets fresh new cover designs, incorporating an illustration by the author on the front of each book...

Beautiful poster designed by Cristiana Couceiro for the long waited documentary 'The Visual Language of Herbert Matter'.

Fabio Viale has crafted some amazingly technical pieces out of marble. I could have sworn these were Styrofoam. blissful. (he's also featured in #25774, but on a much grander scale)

VIDEONew York Mag Video showing the street art of Joshua Allen Harris, who makes sculpture that inflates and becomes animated when subway cars pass beneath sidewalk grates in NYC. Such a great idea!

Here is a 'closer' look at the Mini S customized by artist KR for his upcoming Hamburg exhibition (previously seen in #25854)

Inspiring Interview with Kathryn Elyse Rodgers on how to succeed in the fashion illustration industry.

Nice infographic looking at average internet speeds and costs around the world

This small goopy photographic series was developed during designer Paul Fuog's 2009 post at Stefan Sagmeister's Experimental Outcamp in Ubud, Indonesia. It goes by the name "Sea Creatures."

Mondrianum is a Mac plugin that allows users to access Adobe Kuler (#2214) for all applications and works like a system-wide color picker.

Through The Ages is a piece of time travel with Mini Cooper. An advertisement campaign by Am I Collective for Blackriver FC agency. Perfect visuals completed with perfect music.

In The Woods Chair is a balanced stack of unwanted chairs, found on the street where designer Karen Ryan lives.

The homepage and blog of lowbrow, Cairo-based street artist, Ryo Tomo. New art and inspirado added on the daily.

Amazing quality short film by Vincent Lafore, shot on the newly announced Canon 1D mark IV. Showing off the cameras low light quality, the entire video was shot using only the ambient lights of the street at 6400 ISO.

Madrid street Artist Sam3's new works explore the feelings of the unused billboard. Mad!

The world's most famous female street artist, Swoon, talks about creating giant art rafts down the Mississippi River and the like.

a new feel good piece from street artist ABOVE done in the streets of Paris,France. The artist took the popular french proverb and used it as the foundation of his "arrow kite" installation.

Tviga Vasilyeva puts the sound of the forest back where the trees have been cut down.

CMYK broadens their audience and appeal with a fresh overhaul of the magazine (due out in November). Here's a preview of a redesigned cover...

Laser cut, RFID tagged paper radios by Matt Brown

Lovely layered wax builds up this work by Keetra Dean Dixon in collaboration with JK Keller called 'I've been thinking of you for a while.'

Two cousins (characters) from the video game Katamari Damacy, walking the Jacob Javits Center on September 26, 2009. Costumes made by Janeille Pita.

This is a must see, a great stop motion spot using yarn for Gravity Mobile co directed by Adam Avilla and Tony Benna, A brand new directing duo out of San Francisco. [also #25326]

VIDEOBison create a glitch-ridden, live performance video for Jon Hopkins using arm mounted cameras. All analogue post production; just an old TV, some VHS tapes and an industrial strength magnet.

At her 5oth anniversary, Barbie is opening in Barcelona her second shop, the first one in Europe. An exhibition will take place at the end of November. In the picture, Barbie, exhausted and post-party, with Carlota's selected work.

BumpTop is a graphical overlay for Windows-based operating systems. Check out some of the exciting new multi-touch gestures Bump Top is unveiling. Finally here after #15092

Coarsetoys vinyl toys have colorful, well-detailed packaging.

FEATUREDIn 2019 when you sip the Veuve Clicquot La Grand Dame ~ think of this post, and my hard work picking grapes to help make that batch possible... see everything from the picking to the pressing...

Very attractive street furniture design from BMW designworks for LandscapeForms.

World Famous Design Junkies do an aesthetically informative photo shoot of an eyepatch packaging on top of a kittie scratching post. The patch is discussed, the post is not mentioned.

FEATUREDInside the Rickenbacker... MUSEUM! Final part of this post series ~ you know i couldn't resist showing you the first electric guitar, and the design details of vintage guitars as well as concepts that may never be...

On the 12th September the first live performance of Longplayer began at The Roundhouse, London. The full performance lasted 1000 minutes... this is merely a fraction of that, and an inconceivably small part of the full 1000 year long composition.

The collaboration between The Standard Hotel and KnittaPlease, the original knit graffiti crew, during New York Fashion Week emphasizes the interplay between textile art, design, craft, street culture and the DIY movement. From Gothamist.

Graffiti artist Erik Inkala will be utterly abandoning his roots by leaving Minneapolis Minnesota, and we're gonna celebrate! It's an art show of epic proportions with street art, photography, painting, music, dancing and more.

Amanda Levete’s 10 Hills Place, just off London's Oxford Street, demonstrates the same experimental spirit shown by her former practice, Future Systems

Rediscover New York City shot by a french light painter. Times Square, Crane Street.. enjoy the trip !

FEATUREDNightLife at the California Academy of Sciences ~ so i showed you the creatures in #24705 ~ but here is a look at the interiors and the night life scene!

The fantastic spectacles of color - the latest trend in street art - are as impressive as fireworks. A host of light sources, from flash lights, bike lights to blinking LED lights, are used to 'paint' a picture straight onto the camera lens.

This Pavilion is inspired by termites, and is modeled after the inside of a termite mound.

Almost invisible to the street, the sunken flagship store for Havaianas in Sao Paulo has an impressive interior space, filled with green and light, and havaianas of course. By Isay Weinfeld.

Interesting street photography from London by William Robinson

James May and volunteers are building a life-size house from Legos in the UK, which May plans to live in after its completion [for a few days].

Sil van der Woerd just wrapped up the second music video for Lolly Jane Blue titled White Swan. For this project, Sil collaborated with a group of Gnomon students to complete the post production.

Diana Al-Hadid, Tower of Infinite Problems

The Swedish Post is releasing a series of stamps to celebrate the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesangs second trip into space that is starting this weekend.

Hoot Nanny! its like a retro spirograph ~ with very fun pics and packaging!

130 Dore Street in California by Stanley Saitowitz ~ an interesting boxy design in SF...

A new contemporary arts program called ReMap is taking to the streets with guerilla-style artwork that blurs the lines between public property, commercial art practice, and vandalism.

Australian artist Buff Diss trademark style of 100% legal masking tape street art

Exclusive Banksy vs Bristol microsite from the team at UK Street Art

America’s most notorious crooked street got a makeover yesterday thanks to Hasbro toy company, in what one onlooker described as “capitalism meets childhood.”

Cool - Makedo is a building kit that lets you make things from whatever "found" materials you may have lying around.

The iconic post modernism housing complex Cube Houses in Rotterdam has been converted into an affordable hostel.

This clever set of chopsticks uses a small magnet to give you that satisfying feeling of pulling apart wooden chopsticks without the waste of trees. The woodpecker motif makes it even sweeter. Available from Tokyomade.

Designed by Make Archtects, located in London, United Kingdom. The nine-storey building offers 9,000m² of efficient, open-plan office space and incorporates retail and cafe facilities at ground level.

WK Interact does not cease to impress with his latest work in Ancona, Italy. Making his name with big productions like this, is not an unusual affari for the French bred street artist.

Street art from Australian artist Kid-Zoom

Italian pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai. Design by Iodice architects.

New work from spanish street artist Muro.

In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built - they're grown. See some amazing shots here!

Crafters.org cleverly rifted wry humor into their logo designs. I love how they pair brilliant copy with vintage-styled graphics.

MyPressi Portable Espresso....designed by the guys @ Elemental 8 in San Jose, Ca! Well done E8, great design and product characteristics! [see also #21118]

Woodblock post it note "log"?

Ferrari Factory Store, Serravalle, Italy.
Design by Massimo Iosa Ghini.

A brand new World Famous Design Junkies collection: Rally Cars from the early 1950s to the present; Get your speedy on!

The Claytable by Erwin Zwiers is designed so that users can leave their traces, as they play and mould the table's inviting clay surface.

VIDEOStreet Artist: Gaia, Taming Nature, a short clip on his work. Incredible stuff, Rock on.

A 26000 fine-stone encrusted collection of everyday objects in the mouth of a mushroom-tripping-cartoon called "Simple Things" - made by Artist Takashi Murakami and musician Pharrell Williams. [see also #22334]

MOS summer installation at the PS1 (seen in #23544 and #22870) finally opened to the public. Hut-like structures act like chimneys to cool down the area with air flow generated by the heat from the faux fur.

Blow-your-mind architectural concept from Magnus Larsson: use bacteria to create a 6,000km long wall to prevent the Sahara Desert from spreading further. Wow.

Following a 6 month residence at ‘Nowhere’, Dover Street Market, A BATHING APE® have relaunched their first flagship European store in Soho, London.

Restoration for an urban house. Seeing from the street, a traditional stone building, but inside the concrete is the way to build a huge space. Architects: Villacé+Cominges

The train station in Britomart, NZ had its platforms covered in grass for a milk TV commercial. Nice surprise for the morning commuters!

The Fondation Cartier Paris just revealed its new exposition dedicated to graffiti and street culture

Gareth James of showcases some fantastically gritty London street photography. Candid shots of what looks like primarily London’s lower-middle class are featured throughout the series which is completely in black and white.

Why choose between solar power and wind turbines when you can have both? That's the approach behind this sleek hybrid wind/solar street lamp recently unveiled by Urban Green Energy.

Melbourne's Recital Centre featured previously as #22565, but this gorgeous piece from Ashton Raggatt McDougal (ARM) architects deserves a second look.

New Work from elusive street artist Banksy pops up in Africa...

Paul Raff Studio’s Cascade House in Toronto is open to the street, but goes unnoticed thanks to the selection of materials, blending with the surrounding landscape.

Jana and JS' polaroid inspired stencils are starting to invade Paris' walls. Great street art.

Natoma Architects building in San Francisco adds contemporary architecture to the city. Simple materials enclose flexible and luminous spaces.

Fun post over at Core77 on Car Interior Design Tricks ~ all types of brilliant space savers/creators

Street public temp events in 2009. Instant Hutong project back to the Beijing districts that inspired it. Carpet surprise, fragments of the project will be shown to the Hutong dwellers inside the courtyards and on the public lanes.

It's the Summer of the SuperVillain! Name your nemesis and illustrator Len Peralta will draw his interpretation and even post a video of the process to YouTube.

Students of University Twente are also going to streak across the Australian outback for this year's World Solar Challenge. With their new tilting solar car the 21revolution. Direct competition for the students from Delft, see post 22897

As Aventuras de Zé Ninguém e Cão Viralata AKA The Adventures of Joe Nobody and the Pooch Dog! It’s a street comic - a narrative graffiti adventure!

The jewelry smiths at MathMatiks have created a series of accessories with a street flair, but adorned in gold. AK47 money clip to grenade cufflinks to gas mask pendants, the classic tools of defense are now reflected in fashion.

"Turn off the TV - Live your life"
Street art spotted in Valparaiso, Chile.

A new L.A. restaurant, Street, designed by Neil Denari takes its inspiration from street culture.

The Anonymous Hugging Wall in London as part of Keetra Dean Dixon ongoing series METHODS & APPARATI for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation

VIDEOAmerican street artist ABOVE just released his latest video from his current European tour. The new video from Madrid, Spain showcases more site specific installations and word-plays. The music is also wonderful.

Diego Grandi designed for Lea these cool ceramic tiles inspired by a street plan.

Headquarter building in Milan, Italy.
Design by Park Associated and Zucchi & Partners.

It's 200 years since Louis Braille, the creator of braille was born and to celebrate that the Swedish Post has released a set of stamps. The stamps are designed by Elisabeth Björkbom and say "See with different eyes" in readable braille.

The World Famous Design Junkies post an expanding collection of photographs of the most important card in the deck: the Ace of Spades.

A pixelized picture of trees on the facade screen, creating a dramatic screen along the street. Designed by studio 63

Sandra Chui Huynh's take on street art. Graffiti with balloons!

Design by Diplomat. Zilla is an experimental lounge chair made from a composite construction of materials that include glass, aluminium and epoxy.

FEATUREDSeductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 ~ Take a peek into the upcoming book from Fleet Street Scandal ~ Kevin Dart has joined up with his friends to flesh out this incredible persona. (+ i'm the quote on the back cover!!!)

Polar Bears wearing ties found in downtown Seattle. Artwork by street artist Karl Addison

The Berlin-based art director Mike Meire curates an exhibition of street-food carts at the Vitra Design Museum.

The Lucky Monkey - First monkey on twitter? A real 'monkey' [chimpanzee] generating posts (every 140 typed letters generate a post). If you add him on twitter he's automatically challenged to try to type your name.

Stephen Colbert's shaved head graces this week's issue of Newsweek. Colbert was invited to be the magazine's first guest editor...

Angels, wine & cocktail bar in medieval Florence.
Design by Studiounodesign - Italy

The latest performance by the French mechanical marionette street theater company Royale De Luxe - with some remarkable pictures of their latest creation.

VIDEOAmerican street artist "ABOVE" installed and stenciled a wonderfully themed artpiece called "The naked truth" in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. Take a look inside the shower to learn more about "The naked truth."

So so cute - "Shy Guy": Seen On The Steets Of Barcelona - by r-X (maybe there should be a kids and street art photoblog?)

Toronto-based street artist Posterchild's latest project involves installing flower beds in the mostly run-down distribution boxes on the streets that dispense all those free publications and magazines.

An interview with Ebon Heath, creator of beautiful typographic sculptures. [Editor's note: Ebon Heath's work has been previously featured as #17782]

'Knot Tied: A History of Gay Marriage Bans', stunningly clear timeline of changing laws by GOOD and Timko & Klick.

Interview with Shigeru Ban. The Finnish manufacturer Artek presented the new '10-unit system' (#21751) by the Japanese arcitect. We had the pleasure to meet Shigeru Ban in Milan...

Ok ok ~ so the OUTSIDE of my new Seashell Eee PC is pretty cute #22009 ~ but check out the dissected insides! It's amazing how they cram it all into 1" of thickness...

"Engadget Labs: The best mobile broadband carrier in America" ~ love this thorough post on Engagdet reviewing all the current options in mobile data sticks... now if only the overages and caps weren't so ridiculous...

German architect modulorbeat has designed a striking perforated pavilion and created a new street images to the city.

Here's a quick little peek at our upcoming DJ Headphone project. The project is designed and developed in close collaboration between Kilo Design, Tartelet Records, MannHandle, B&K and a bunch of DJ's and will launch November 2009.

On the Design*Sponge guest blog ~ i love this post on how to make 3D sheep crackers to stand in your soup!

A absolutely massive mural of Pete Fowler's Monsterism Island that stretched from floor to ceiling. It was part of the Monsters Inked Exhibition in Chance Street, East London.

Jenni Kayne boutique in West Hollywood, by LA based Standard Architects. I love the use of bamboo wood on the inside. The corner shop window gives it presence on the street.

Google has changed its front-page to pay homage to the discovery of the missing link, as posted on [post:21801]#21801, happy 200th Darwin!

Modkat - Super cool and functional cat litter box at the ICFF show. Designed by Brett Teper and Rich Williams, of Fulton Street Design. I can't wait to get my paws on one!!!!!

Interiors for Luxury Hotel in Nizza, France. The concept, that gives life to the project, is a contemporary interpretation of the lines from the Belle Époque style. Designed by Iosa Ghini associated.

4000 LED lamps + 10 street artists + 1 famous art center in Paris = 1 Brilliant Night !

Comfortable and elegant, the chair Mail is suitable for all types of furniture. Mail by Domodinamica, Massimo Iosa Ghini design.

Despite the first piece being stolen in less than a week, Brooklyn-based art collective, FAILE, installed another one of their signature Prayer Wheel sculptures in Williamsburg.

London street artist Pure Evil has created this free A2 poster print of Darwin, compiled from monkeys. Grab one.

VIDEOJust Landed - A video by artist Jer Thorp showing tweets containing "just landed" and their location pre- and post-flight. Fascinating stuff. (As seen on Gizmodo)