among many good finds in this week's "currents" is Lachlan Blackley's wallpaper catalogue featuring rat wallpaper, which was actually gnawed out by gerbils.

Medieval Modern: Design Strikes a Defensive Posture. great times article on defensive design.

"I believe in the transforming power of the art.
I believe in the manipulating power of the mass media. And this is enough." Santo Forte

wil freeborn is an incredible artist, who captures the everyday in his sketches. check out his work at ghostschool.co.uk

For the typophiles: texts for Ernioe's "Pornofitti." (PDF)
Via Ekosystem

iRobot's Create... you can program it to let your hamster steer...

Great shirt design with typography made of weapons. Nicely illustrated & ironic. By a Dutch designer.

The U-Turn (shown above) is a business phone that draws energy from the opening and closing of the keyboard.

Here's one for rugenius...

Smoon Bijou. these little gems are like stardust one wears around the neck.

I know the Dracula Fork has already been posted here, but this dummy/soother is an truly excellent idea

ProductDose launches brand-wikis ~ hopefully this will be a nice way we can keep track of great products and brand histories

Show off your status by relaxing in this diamond chair by Trimode

Longchamp's Maxi Rival in Brown Suede ~ still on my purse hunt

While revolutionizing home appliances.... (think ball vacuum) - Dyson follows it up with the Washing Machine, which has two contrarotating drums...

gigantor!

a blog of print patterns!

i kinda like this shelf...and find the video of it in use dizzyingly fun.

ICE JACKET?!?!?!

these are kinda fun. =)

nice hourglasses over at CB2

Pants Monster

" Pants monster is a wizard, he watches over the forest world from his castle in the clouds."

Not too sure if this has been seen already , but it's a revamped rocking chair by jessica nebel.

the urban forest project. good cause, great art. and the banners are going to be turned into totes at the end of october!

beach bars arent only in berlin! in london via joshspear

Some days you just need your 4oz. Moleskin (ok so its not really, but it sure resembles it) - and you know i love all things SUCK UK

i am clearly not jackson pollock, but this site is awesomely fun!

i cant even count the times i could have done with a couple of these battleship napkins.

i wonder if the newspaper extendable bench gives you papercuts. cuz that could totally suck...

LEGO KNIGHTS CHESS!

apparently cheese rolling in gloucester is serious business. wow.

sweet, you could live on a routemaster! well spotted by thecoolhunter.net

UNDER PROBATION - email me your thoughts on design and content?

Beautiful modular Cantilevered bench by StokkeAustad

A stop motion video made using yarn! made by http://thisisforreels.com./

DWR: Tools for Living SoHo Artist Window Series, No. 4.

Interview with Bobby Solomon of Kitsune Noir about the Poketo/+KN SPACETIME collaboration.

MWM X ALMOND Surfboards. The 4 Elements Series. *These Boards will be noticed at the beach!

Mano de Desierto is a work of the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal (Uruguay) in the Atacama desert. The motive of hands rising from the ground is an obsession of Mr. Irarrázabal.

Haute Couture meets fencing through the photography of Ruven Afanador.

Bird Feeder by Andrew Lowe, an industrial design student studying at Carleton University.

Eatphabet - food alphabet on Flickr. At times both beautiful and gross.

I really like this long exp shot by Montreal photographer Eric Constantineau

A new exhibit at the MOMA features 365 pictures of artist Tehching Hsieh, taken every day for a year. when he remained locked in this cage without anything to do, not even a toilet. From 1978-1986. It was one of 5 year long experimental art pieces.

Collective Independence Design - A twist on design. Check out the profiles of the talented designers as well as client lists and other information about CID.

El Surazo, a surfers lodge in one of the best surfing spots in South America. A simple construction, with simple materials, but on a prime location. Its name comes from the strong winds from the south.