The book Miniscule Blue Helmets on a Massive Quest by designer Pierre Derks. People all over the world shot photos of 50,000 little plastic toy soldiers wearing hand-painted blue helmets like UN peacekeepers.

From award-winning young Australian designer Flynn Talbot at Helmrinderknech in Berlin, a brand new interactive light product called X&Y.

Matt Bengo's infographic from Chartbeat's data of traffic on Al Jezeera.

A new series of folded money prints by New Orleans artist Dan Tague.

Gordon Zola's Tintin parodies will be allowed to continue, thanks to ruling by a French judge.

An apartment in London that resembles an intertwined bird's nest between the eaves.

Classic Tapio Wyrkkala's 'Pendant' lamps manufactured by Iittala/Idman Oy available through Wright's.

Illustrations by Jamie Mills

Limited edition 2011 notebook designed by Matter Strategic Design

Cute poster showcasing the typewriters contribution to the invention of the keyboard, layouts throughout history and variations by country. By Hyejung Bae.

Wataru Yoshida's Composition of Mammals posters.

Samuel Granados makes 3d infographic maps from lego. One side of the map shows the immigrants, the other side shows the emigrants.

Overcover cheese cover by Studio NOCC.

Adorable one-week-old Hoffman’s two-toed sloth clings to its mother today at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.

'Sand Bottle' is a video campaign created by brazilian agency ageisobar Sao Paulo to make a point about the growing scarcity of natural water resources in the world. [Editor's Note: WOW]

Mono chair from naifdesign.

Team of graduate students from UC Berkeley design and build a splitting folding landscape furniture piece for Wurster Hall's Landscape Courtyard.

The eChromi Synthetic Biology project by James King and Daisy Ginsberg, in collaboration with Cambridge University’s iGem team has been nominated for the 2011 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year award at the Design Museum, London.

Crazy Shooter Zack McTee Skateboarding around New York City with a DSLR Camera and Jag35 Offset Shoulder Rig.

Bome baby high chair. Bome = Baby +Home
Designed by o-d-a for Japanese baby furniture brand, Katoji.

Katy Horan’s melancholic paintings of widows, spinsters, and ghosts remind me of the song Long Black Veil as sung by Diamanda Galas

Incredible data visualization of global Android device activations from October 2008 to January 2011.

steinmannli "a game of skill from the Swiss mountains"

PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew is a game where two people use two microphones to control a shooting space-man

Richard Upchurch's Voice Recorders with Pitch Control Knobs

Plattfuss - recycled bicycle inner tubes turned into rubber bands!

Dedicated microsite with preview video of forthcoming The 3D Type Book – conceived, compiled, written and designed by design studio FL@33. 1300+ pics, 300+ projects, 160+ contributors. Worldwide release: April 2011.

Eat Pastry ~ gorgeous graphic labels for this Vegan (Gluten-free) Cookie Dough!

Get some getaway Friday travel inspiration from NotVentures.

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils takes bombing to a whole new level with this breathtaking video in collaboration with band, Orelha Negra. This explosive display of Vhils’ deconstructed portraiture is quite astonishing.

Brazil to Belgium, the Ukraine to the U.K., recipes come from all over the world! You can even submit your own illustrated recipe!

Wearable architecture Suum Sums is a structural dialogue between Metal & Mind. Choose your sum. Fashion an integrated perspective. Enter the equation. Evolve, as you must. By Suum.

Cool floor at restaurant PONCHO No 8, London. Interior design by Something from Us.

Pot Maker - Make your own biodegradable seed starting pots with newspaper in these hardwood molds!

The CIA Museum Flickr stream features images of some of its historic spy tools.

Firmship 42 is wonderful boat with classic hull designed by Willem Nieland and a beautiful minimalistic interior by Studio Job. A piece of art!

A Tale to Tell is an illustrated, collaborative storytelling project where each week a new illustrator/artist will be invited to submit the next part of the story, with a text entry and an illustration to accompany it.

Check out the most cutting-edge sustainable ceramics from Cevisama 2011 in Spain!

A sneak peek at the latest in Ralph Cosentino's amazing line of early-reader books about DC superheroes – Wonder Woman. Modern take on classic characters... for kids!

A blog by Illustrator Richard Powell. His work focuses on the person and the surreal.

The Coleman RoadTrip Grill from Paul Jr Designs. A portable, wheelie grill for your holiday BBQ needs.

Great packaging from Australia based wallet manufacturer Bellroy.

Practice your table tennis skills with the iPong from Joola.

Podčetrtek sports hall by Enota in Podčetrtek, Slovenia.