Quitters Unite hit the streets of British Columbia to see if they could get people to give up their cigarettes for prizes.

A new book by Christopher Stuart featuring 30 designs by leading designer-makers from around the world, DIY Furniture shows you how to use off-the-shelf parts to make stunning designer furniture from scratch.

'Folds' is a visually arresting new work by film artist Robert Seidel, which was recently exhibited at the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg, Germany.

Allegro Pilates Reformer redesign for Balanced Body. IDEO partnered with Balanced Body to maximize the reformer’s functionality while simplifying all the interaction points.

Tattoos & Tentacles ~ a SFW peek into the more NSFW new book from photographer Julian Murray.

The Doctor will see you now.... Skinflintdesign have released their Autumn Winter 2011 collection of restored vintage medical lighting.

Semi Sweet Bakery, a new downtown Los Angeles sometimes sweet bake shop, gives the humble Ding Dong a gourmet makeover.

Explosions of color and liquid shot by macro photographer Markus Reugels.

A documentary capturing Chris Sauter's making of his installation entitled "The Whole World", part of the exhibition Wish You Were Here at the Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery.

Trophy Pieces, a new collaboration between designers Nick Ross and Fraser Reid, commissioned by Arts & Business Scotland.

Cartographer Eric Fischer visualizes the language communities of twitter.

'housewine' is a home-brewing system developed by eindhoven-based designer Sabine Marcelis.

Tanju Özelgin designed this impressive lobby for the Radisson Airport Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

At this year’s Plastic Industry Awards, John Ewans Design received the ‘Consumer Product Design of the Year’ for their innovative Active Tools 2K Adjustable length Rowing Shoes.

Domino Effect ~ "In our world everything is connected. This domino set brings this fact to your fingertips." by Design for the 100 Percent.

Finally! Grand Theft Auto V is coming... and its very LA... check out the awesome trailer!

Designgoat hosted an experimental multi sensory night, that involved, food design, sound design and product design all as part of Design Week 2011 in Dublin, Ireland

Custom made 3D printed sunglasses by Make Eyewear. This is a product by designers for designers, bringing the end user into the creation process giving the piece a feeling that is all you - or me!

Beyond Earth, a fun, futuristic pack of wallpapers from Stephen Di Donato.

Coca-Cola Canada 2011 Arctic Home

Homak 20in. Industrial 3-Drawer Steel Toolbox - my favorite toolbox find at SEMA

Beautiful Use of Augmented Reality by Appshaker for National Geographic.

This is a Limited Edition Cup&Saucer - Series 3 opens with Evil Tea Time (pictured) by Frank Kozik, plus designs by Sam Flores and Tokidoki.

Zwrenches ~ they are wrenches that ratchet! So fun in person - "The unique ratcheting design grabs the fastener when torque pressure is applied making it difficult to slip."

Woody is a single work space from Sördesign that can both spread out across the room and retreat into a slim, space saving column. It has three connected levels that want to be conquered and request its user to stay in motion.

Husky safaris, ghost towns and Italy’s macabre past are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

There are those who grow bacteria to prepare yoghurt or study new drugs. Erno-Erik Raitanen uses them to compose graphical works, bacteriograms that would give elaborate digital images a run for their money, in fact…

Introducing the Totem stool, the debut product from Sydney based design studio Anaesthetic. Totem stools are cleverly designed to stack in a unique way, instilling fun and creativity in the user.

Evil Robot Designs' Bespoke Toy Lamps ~ your toys, merged into a lamp base, and painted in high gloss white, red, or black.

Christian Lessing's Math Tree – a mathematically inspired light installation.

Philippe Starck redesigned the Kawasaki W800 with the help of Design Boxer.

Elephant sculpture by Ben Blanc captured in stop motion by S. Ewen's.

“Theatre for One” is a portable performing arts space for one performer and one audience member, that turns public events into private acts, making each performance a singularly intimate exchange.

Check It...MiiR's sexy new matte black bottle. Every bottle provides one person with an entire years supply of clean water. one4one

Damien Hirst was commissioned to create two paintings, ‘beautiful sunflower’ and ‘beautiful fractional sunflower’ both featuring dozens of watch components from Panerai timepieces.

The New York Times, 36 Hours: 150 Weekends in the USA & Canada, a great book of travel inspiration from Taschen.

Foster + Partners have released an ambitious, multimodal plan for modernizing Britain's transportation grid.

Mathieu Lehanneur's Island Mister, a mister that operates using ultra pure sea water for Airmineral.

Simon Gardiner uses vortography to create this stunning vision of Paris.

The Jawbone Up, a wristband/iphone app to track your activity, allowing you to monitor your health.

Research team mimic gecko feet and create a robot that sticks to a wall without suction or residue. With further work it could end up cleaning the windows of skyscrapers or checking out dangerous buildings by climbing walls.

The complexity of drug offerings captured in a beautiful infographic.

Amazing 3D photographs of sites around the UK by Jason Hawkes.

Richard Sabbath's Mekkanika typeface.