Muji's hard carry travel suitcase.

The Veliero bookshelf by Franco Albini made from two brass-tipped masts of tapering wood that rest together on one point and shelves floating under hangers of thin steel rods.

This year's Pictoplasma NYC festival will take place at Parsons the New School for Design on November 4th and 5th. This year's speaker lineup includes Geneviève Gauckler.

Ben Willers' life visualized. This is Ben's tv viewing.

Beautiful hand cut paper theatre posters by illustrator Kevin Stanton.

Chick-a-Dee smoke detector from Louise van der Veld.

Man vs Katamari. An encounter with a puny katamari, which may not stay quite so small.

The Gerber Steady will be released in 2012 and is rumored to hold a knife, 12 other implements as well as working as a tripod.

Downtime, an amazing installations of strawberries and a taxidermied crow by Claire Morgan.

The Tall Ships Race visited Ireland recently. Shane O'Neill made this stunning 4-day timelapse of the event.

Hush by Freyja Sewell, a felt pod hideaway.

Forest stools by Arik Levy of Bernhardt design.

The photograph was taken by Mauricio Handler during a feeding frenzy where more than 600 whale sharks gathered to feed on tuna spawn (eggs).

Gorgeous collection of 50's Swiss Style Luggage labels.

Core77 takes a look at pneumatic tube transportation systems.

Robot Box: LA-based We Are Matik are importing robots from Japan, turning their entire container into one huge robot visitors can walk through!

Egg Head & Baby Yolkel. New work from toy designer Jason Freeny.

Interesting photo series called All You Can Get by photographer Ryan Yoon for the premiere issue of Virgine Magazine.

The Toy King 2011 - Designed by Pete Fowler ~ take a look at the various sides of the awesome first trophy of the Designer Toy Awards that just took place in San Diego.

A speculative proposal for London, the 'color for a green farmhouse' by Catrina | Stewart.

DGI-byen invited 7 artists and designers to redecorate their conference meeting rooms, in order to make meetings here a different and inspiring experience.

Androids ~ from Andrew Bell customizing blanks into wedding toppers to unboxing details of the new summer collection of heroes and villains ~ and more from SDCC!

Urban Beekeeping: NYC is short documentary by Adrian Bautista, Martha Glenn, and Brooke Tascona. It focuses on the stories of Tim O'Neal, creator of Borough Bees, and Kazumi Terada, a novice beekeeper.

AA Summer School students developed a site-specific lightweight skin installation that addressed the evolution and obsolescence of the urban square. Bedford Square, London.

Mattel is releasing a full scale prop replica of the Ghostbusters trap! Available this fall.

Steven Riddle is graphic designer and artist based in Baltimore.

GE and Urban Green Energy just unveiled the Sanya Skypump - a wind and solar-powered electric vehicle charging station!

HotSpot Portable Notebook Grill ~ An easy-to-carry grill that folds down flat. Great for impromptu grilling sessions. See it unboxed!

Advanced new fishing reel with exoskeletal construction that was launched in Las Vegas July 12th, 2011. The new design has catapulted Quantum into a leading position in the industry.

U.S. Debt envisioned in $100 bills

Yu Wa I: Cool wine bottle bags inspired by traditional Japanese strings made for gift bags.

Sheikh’s name in sand visible from space.

Escudos de Lima, pima cotton t-shirts with graphics inspired by the Peruvian public transport. Presented in container synonymous with lasagna.

A slightly creepy yet beautiful series by Jonathan Ducruix titled 'Metamorphosis'.

David Shrigley uses offbeat humor to subvert the very serious art world.

A collection of happy recent news bits to toast. Yellowtail bubbles has a new resealable cap that keeps the bubbles bubbly and pops every time you reopen it.

Google celebrates Alexander Calder's 113th Birthday.

'The world is your oyster'. A provocative detail from Paul Smith's new timepiece. Keep it close to you as you discover the world, step by step...

Illustrator Marion Deuchars explains how to draw a bird in six steps.

As if sexy photos of Kate Upton weren't enough, Hangover funnyman Ken Jeong photobombs the beautiful blond in the August 2011 issue of GQ.

An update of the fabled Left vs Right concept map. Written and art-directed by David McCandless, designed by Stefanie Posavec.

'Sonumbra de Vincy' by loop.pH captures the type of designs to be featured at London's origin contemporary craft fair in September as part of a new platform for lighting installations called Lux Craft.

Hand-blown glass terrariums from Bevara Design.

The Red Ribbon Park in China's Qinhuangdao City by Turenscape Landscape Architects winds along a verdant riverside.