Albero della cuccagna is a bookcase for children designed like a tree. By Matteo Casarosa.

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

Lovely "dreaming tree" necklace by Mighty Flirt...

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

great article and slideshow on how advertising is EVERYWHERE...even more than before.

Wallpaper's design award results are up!

MSI S300 Crystal Collection laptop with exclusive ring on notebook lid, made of 120 pieces of "genuine SWAROVSKI crystal".

Game trailers for Rayman:Raving Rabbids are silly. I love when the rabbids freak out and go "aaahhh!"

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

Shade Elaine needs this net of scissors shirt. MomiMomi

Black Flood - black and white illustration book with a TRAILER that you NEED to see. Breathtakingly gorgeous.

uberminimalistic laptop bags. not sure i'm loving the profile shape, but they are sleek.

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

Twig and Heather - they cast in silver those things you treasure as a little kid walking down the street... maple seeds, acorns, twigs, birch bark...

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

wow. silja goetz does some pretty amazing print work.

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

whoa, this site makes me wonder if suffer from epilepsy. but...some pretty sweet posterage at iwant design.

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

a blog of print patterns!

Most impressive ipod covers yet! but certainly make you smile........

LEGO-esque cufflinks

nice hourglasses over at CB2

Pants Monster

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

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

Springwise has been following the transition of real world into Second Life closely - and so far we've got American Apparel virtual store, Scion Dealership? and now TELUS Cell Phones?

Gama-Go will release the long-rumored 6.5" Tigerlily vinyl at their SDCC booth (#4838). Tigerlily is dressed to kill in a flocked Tiger suit with a revolver accessory.

ive been worrying about wasps recently...and wish they could be these cute bees instead!

LEGO KNIGHTS CHESS!

old news to most, but awesome nonetheless. check out the yamaha divide.

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

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Google has made every page of every issue of Life magazine, from the mid-thirties to early seventies, available online, advertising included.

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

This thoughtful ad by Allan Gray poignantly ponders what if James Dean had lived.

Just had a chance to visit this classic Victorian house in San Francisco that recently underwent a stunning eco-renovation by Mork-Ulnes Design.

Void of clutter and action, Salva López's photos seem to all have 'something' worth looking at. His soft, central-framed images are multi-mattered and taken in their natural surroundings.

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.

This Pavilion is inspired by termites, and is modeled after the inside of a termite mound.

Stunning artwork using flamingo graphics by Cassandra C.Jones.

floorlamp by zaha hadid, genesy for artemide

Portfolio for Parker Gibson

Contemporary artists are breathing new life into taxidermy. Here are some more dead-on examples.

Design Partners wish you a Happy St patrick’s day!

Free I Love You cards!