Break the Mold Japanese Lacquer: Japanese New Year's cuisine, Osechi Ryori comes in a lacquered box, for centuries invariably black or brown. This meal is shared with Shinto Gods, so Iron Chef defeater Yoshimi Tanigawa made his white.

Garland and Flag Banners are popping up everywhere these days, one of my favorites are these elaborate hand-cut pieces from stylist Zoe Bradley

DAYTUM is an awesome site by interactive designer Ryan Case and graphic designer Nicholas Felton. Brilliant place for collecting and communicating your daily data!

Howard Mcalpine's imagination has no limit. Great work from this british advertiser.

Cowhere is a pouf lined with a printed pvc sheet, the "cow effect" given by a drawing of the world map. By the Italian Zpstudio

Grosfeld van der Velde's S House. I like how the glass volume slips through the side facade.

Aislinn Leggett is a Montreal-based artist and photographer.

I also believe than my pencils are speaking to each other when my attention is outside... Nice video series in 3D for Fedex.

A necklace from Paraphernalia's soon to be released Victoriana Collection. Gorgeous!

Just a smidgen too late for thanksgiving but just in time for all of your upcoming holiday feasts - Fabrica's Roast Meat Dome.

Amazing stop motion video for Ankle Injuries by Fujiya & Miyagi.

Swedish Neumeister has redesigned Snälleröds glögg. The new label design reminds me of a single cask label (whiskey) with a Christmas twist.

British artist Martin Smith of Laikingland has designed a device for producing applause at the touch of a button.

Oppenheim Architecture's design for the Vault - an art storage facility for Artemundi & Company in Miami. The facade will display artwork by emerging and established artists.

Love the 2F folding chair by Hannu Khnen of Crea Design - made from a single piece of birch that has minimal waste and can be stored flat.

Masahiro Minami's Glory light.

Yuri Majic's conceptual design for a limited-edition Orangina bottle - designed around the French catchphrase "C'est la vie", and incorporating lyrics from Alanis Morissette's Ironic.

McDonald's Japan has opened new QUARTER POUNDER stores. Only two things are on the menu: The quarter pounder and the double quarter pounder

Chris Kirby's Spiral Lamp is reminiscent of paper lanterns (and the design was in fact developed in paper). The lamp is made from a single sheet of slit material which is then bent to mesh together with itself.

Interesting Chaos and Order installation at the Kobe Biennale by 000studio.

ANTHEM MAGAZINE profiles Ksubi with an interview at their Australian offices.

Each minimal package carries bold tabloid style text, telling you everything you may not already know about the contents. [click brand identity > packaging > waitrose herbs]

The Mensa table by Lazerian is so gorgeous. The table is constructed from birch plywood modules that form a beautiful, structural base.

Brille Brille showreel 2008 : stunning live visuals and VJing.

Stop-motion by Gad agency.

The Monaco House in Australia, a strange looking building designed by McBride Charles Ryan.

Susana Raab has a knack for capturing the absurd...This one is entitled "The Unfortunate Result of the Demise of the Public Pay Phone".

Adam Juresko is my favorite collage artist. Check out his Green Label Mountain Dew video and new work.

Screen captures of "The End" found at, well, the end of movies.

claire nereim always makes really gorgeous calendars. this is her star calendar - "zenith at midnight" there are also north horizon and south horizon at midnight versions.

Burritober: A burrito (sometimes really creative) every meal, every day, for the whole month of October!

Clever campaign created by DDB Canada for Snaptax.ca warns us about the dangers of paper.

Limited Edition, Candle Powered Phoenix Rising golden pillar, powered by a single tea leaf candle and spins 360 degrees effotlessly

Letterpress Frame Mats ~ i love the idea of how easily this can dress up an image ~ more patterns and design please! This one is from Sycamore Street Press

Robert Corish's beautiful representation showing how audio loops can be affected by physical processes.

the counterpart to John McCain is Your Jalopy: Sarah Palin is Your New Bicycle's Flat Tire

During the month of October 2008, the fourth annual Art in Odd Places will present Pedestrian on 14th Street, Manhattan.

Amazing ink drawings, videos and tunes from Matthieu Bessudo.

New graffiti on New York's East Houston Street mocks Degas and other masters, while paying tribute to them, too. But who's been making them?

Awesome Wario Land ad. Not your typical Youtube clip! Impressive how it really interacts with the whole page!

Gorgeous retro packaging from Hyperakt for Miss Jessie's cosmetics.

Some of Akinori Oishi's characters come to life in his unusual, but cute interactive flash game "Opniyama..."

Gorgeous photos on Ferit Kuyas's website, particularly from the City of Ambition project, a documentation of the rise of the Chinese city Chongqiang.

The work of Pomp&Clout

In his Location series, Korean artist Yeondoo Jung utilises traditional prop making techniques and scenery construction to create his ideal custom landscapes.

Great animation work for National Geographic by Amauta Lab, and check out their other work too! It brings me back to the good ol' days of Sesame Street.