Best thing at the Dwell on Design LA ~ A+R and Hennessy + Ingalls joined forces for the best pop up store!

The view from #10756 was even cooler as it got darker out...

Ad by 123 Fleurs: Flowers would been a better idea...

Using untreated larch wood and black fibre cement panels to optimise solar energy gain this house blends with its surrounding. By Peter Kuczia

CTRL+Alt+Del shaped black licorice candy. At ctrlaltdel.org

That's one of the new "I love NY" logos announced by Governor Paterson. The plan is to increase tourism from 155 million visitors in 2006 to 200 million by 2020.

I went hunting for some rain so that i could slip on some Swims over my suede flats, and give them a proper review!

As far as Trophies go - i want one of these awesome waves! Trophies for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi and Cottesloe by Dinosaur Designs, out of resin!

WOW. Mortal Kombat.... with DC? Sub-Zero fights Batman in the trailer. Consider my mind blown... Mortal Kombat VS. DC Universe

For someone that has everything and you don't know what to buy them for their birthday. How about an invisible present by Christine Wong Yap......

Icon Magazine features the next 20 essential young architects on the april issue.

TED has awesomely put up their videos. This is Jakob Trollback working on a video for Brian Eno and David Byrne. Check it!

The best of 101TOKYO Art Fair

Stunning olympic spot for Freedy after the wonderful print campaign. By 1861 United, Milan.

A glimpse into part of the hidden reality behind the Pentagon’s classified, or “black,” budget that delivers billions of dollars to stealthy armies of high-tech warriors...

dubois meets fugger - Exquisite simple design of a portfolio, using a flash based interface that makes the user play around jumpin' from section to section. [Editor's Note - love the wallpapers to dl]

Interesting looking housing project at Askøy, close to Bergen in Norway. The houses can come to house 170 apartments and was designed by André Reckewe and Link Signatur.

The iconic peace symbol image turns 50, read more about it over at the BBC. Pretty cool article about the peace symbol I had no idea it started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement.

Round up the marshmallows for the Washington Post's 2007 Peeps Diorama Contest.

Crazy gold brain optical mouse ~

Shawnimals has partnered with Squibbles Ink to share with us their newest project dubbed: PLUSHFORM -- Plushies will be the new Dunny. I'm calling it. [Editor's Note: its the invisible wee ninja!]

Chris Nieratko comically interviews celebrities and famous musicians. He's also never made a mistake in his life ... he thought he did once, but he was wrong.

New collection called MIASMA from Danish label Woven Flesh. - A new webshop launched recently as well including prints, tees and jewellery.

These drain catchers by Ornamental Life are both functional and clever.

"To promote membership in AIGA, Esquer envisioned a campaign that would abandon a sterile corporate façade."

A New Banksy piece was spotted in NYC, plus a brief recent history of spottings of Banksy's work in the Five Boroughs.

The "Skateboard" car concept is brilliant. A simple chassis giving the owner the ability to change the "shell" of the car when ever they want. Hydrogen powered with 4 electric motors. I love it! Check out the video!

Ric Stultz ~ here is his "Pushing Each Others Buttons" ~ and far more playful paintings ~ many of which rather techy/gamery

The Italian jeans company, Meltin' Pot, titles their new ad campaign "I Have a Dream."

Built NY's Wine Ratchet (following in the Magnum's footsteps)... is a lighter weight ratcheting corkscrew constructed from lightweight rubber and includes a rubberized foil knife with a stainless steel tip

CB's "I Hate Perfume" perfume collection ~ with fragrances like: Just Breathe, Revelation, In the Library, Eternal Return, and more...

Awesome run down of the evolution of many tech company logos - nokia, google, microsoft, firefox, canon, ibm, adobe, lg, xerox, and more

How many employees does Google have?...just about 16,805 full-time employees worldwide as of December 31, 2007. Wow.

A nice concrete library in Medellín, Colombia. Three volumes articulated by a curve building serve as public space to the community, while connecting separate neighborhoods of the city. By Giancarlo Mazzanti.

Tomy Air Guitar Rockstar! On silly toys i'm craving this is next on the list...

Macessity's Lowkey Stand ~ i'm lusting hard for its efficient use of space (even though it would mean buying a new keyboard for the desktop i barely use)

"A dutch firm named Zecc has converted an old chapel into an apartment, carefully respecting and enhancing the character of the original building."

Charmed by the new ad campaign for Renaissance Hotels & Resorts. Using famous Renaissance paintings as their starting point, they've adapted them to boast about hotel amenities and showcase hotel architecture.

Paperstand is definitely cheap solution making the notebook ergonomic tool for everyday work.

Life-sized horses built out of scrap driftwood by Heather Jansch.

So mean yet so funny. Gizmodo boys brought some MAKE TV-B-GONE's to CES... and well... yea.

CETMAracks are an ideal alternative to the commonplace rear racks often found on bicycles. With virtually indestructible construction, a lower center of gravity, and the new option of removable fences, these racks are the answer to carrying cargo on your bicycle.

Metal work at Dressler, designed by Robert Ferraroni and Jeff Khan of Ferra Designs.

Wow, pleo dissection video... i would have done this had mine not been a review unit! Unfortunately this person really needs to learn how to speed up the frame rate... 23 min?!?!?!

A short animation about two competing societies done in a cool silhouette style.
There are more to come.

Zip tie rings cast in silver ~ is it geek chic? or is it just another reference to what has become such an everyday object?