CONFRONT/(A)VOID - New works by Joseph Shaeffer May 23rd at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture, Denver Colorado

House in Las Rozas by spanish architects Abalos & Herreros.

Mother's Day at, Earnest Sewn, in the Meat Packing District! Campbell will be designing a series of traditional “mom” tattoos for the day at $100 flat –- a nice discount from the $1,000/hour rate.

The New Organic is a design collection that celebrates the handmade aspect in modern design. To be launched by Stanley Ruiz at the Designboom Mart, ICFF New York, May 2008.

"Vitruvio & Sons" is an architectural studio making their best to create a superb image on St. Petersburg streets. Amazing projects and a strong concept!

Very unique music video for The Birds and the Bee’s song “Again and Again” using the mac OSX desktop by a digital filmmaker named Dennis Liu.

Opal is a portable ceramic light that can be used wirelessly in any room of the house. It can be sat on the table, held in the hand or suspended on the string provided. The translucent bone China shell emits a warm glow similar to that of a candle.

BRD - a bird feeder and a bread cutting board, to share your crumbs with the birds.

"First Paperless Architecture Book EVER: Piel" was what the email subject line read, and while skeptical, i was actually impressed with this digital book that even lets you jump right to google map views of the locations.

Witness Print Liberation’s totally wacko trailer for their book The Screen Printing Primer which will show you how to screen print.

beautiful organic creations in porcelain from uk-based artist claire palastanga.

Illustrator Dave Franzese has put up his new site. Really clean style, all done by hand. He'll even make you a hand-drawn t-shirt if you mail him one in your size.

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

Direct Designs's Notebook Portable Grill is finally available in the USA, after being blogged to death last year! Fold Flat grill at an under $50 price tag.

Extremely cool pedal-powered Wire Lamborghini

Panadol Menstrual: Situation ~ advert from Olgilvy, Singapore

Hermes jumps into the DIY Paper Craft world with their pdf of the classic Kelly bag - simply print, cut, glue, and you have your own!

D.L. & Company has some gorgeous black reed diffusers that i ran into at Fred Segal yesterday ~ part of the Art Nouveau collection, my favorite is the Belle Of India pattern

an antiques roadshow evaluation kickstarts an action-packed experience...
new ad for BBC HD created by fallon...

Beautiful and interesting video: Excerpts from 8 videos done for the RSA conference at Moscone Center. About the life of Alan Turing, the inventor of the computer. Client: Halloran Associates Design Company: Cyberia

Curly-Sue is a distinctive and innovative desk lamp designed by Wendy Tytherleigh. The lamp has a collapsible and spiral shade which allows the user to achieve varying light levels without the use of a conventional dimmer switch.

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

"See your world in a new light." I really like these ads for Earth hour from the advertising agency Leo Burnett out of Sydney, Australia and art director Nils Eberhardt, simple yet very effective ads.

For anyone who has even woken up in a strange bed and not remembered how they got there, "Walk of No Shame" is a hilarious new spot for Amp Energy Drinks from BBDO NY.

Top It Up - blog: Illustrated fashion advice with a lot of sense plus a healthy dose of nonsense.

Working with paper and much more! A dress by Heidi Elizabeth Rodriguez

Dave Devries is a New Jersey based artist and illustrator that has a very unique way of creating his art. He takes little kids drawings of monsters and superheroes and brings them to life in his own style.

Winners of the 2008 Nespresso Design Contest. Brice Genre & Hanika Perez made judges go crazy! What an awesome design. Wish I had one in my wall!

Japanese American graffiti artist, Gajin Fujita’s paintings are elaborate fusions of contemporary urban street life and traditional Japanese iconography.

Fascinating read in the New Yorker - Pixel Perfect: Pascal Dangin’s virtual reality. by Lauren Collins - Incredible story of a legendary retoucher (he even did the Dove "real women" campaign)

How would Sonic look like, if he were a real hedgehog?

A house with a stone basement on the chilean deep south. Amazing views and blending with the surroundings.

NES controller coffee table - that works! and is a storage trunk for games as well...

Made from lightweight neoprene and breathable air mesh, our new ultra-slim backpack streamlines the transport of your laptop and accessories. It accommodates 12-17inc models. Built NY.

"Not every action movie needs to be a major production." These are just too cute, great ad campaign from the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi out of Sydney, Australia and executive creative director Steve Back.

As i'm sure you've seen by now, i've been on a bit of a research project on bird feeders this morning, storing my finds on notcot.org ~ and the full roundup is now up ~ should we design our own for NOTConcept?

This video of sea-like creatures created from various parts of eyeglasses is both eerie and beautiful. The project is a collaborative effort between Important Looking Pirates and Oscar Magnuson Spectacles.

Examining post mortem issues ~ Nadine Jarvis' bird feeder is made from bird food and human ash! "The person is reincarnated through the life of the bird."

Eva Solo still makes some of the simplest prettiest feeders ~ including the award winning Birdtable (also comes in mini form) - that resembles a decanter flipped upside down.

materialicious' last architecture roundup. Something better this way comes... Shown: House in Brione, Wespi de Meuron Architects.

The Menu Feeder String - The cord has hard plastic tips, making it easy to thread balls or other foods, such as apples, onto the cord. Interesting alternative to standard bird feeders...

War tech phones? No, it's just the new Sony Personal Field Speakers. Sound loud and around! You can even feel the bass in your brains!

Erick van Egeraat unveiled the design for a new iconic incineration line in Denmark

Adorably simple (and slightly deathstar looking) Birdball peanut birdfeeder from Green & Blue - Slipcast in clay. Stainless steel wire. (also in lime and blue)

Also from Perch ~ this is Amy Adam's 2007 bird feeder design "Lunchbox" ~ also made with low-fire ceramic - and a sturdy nylon ribbon in light blue, brown, or orange.

Birdfeeder handmade by Perch! in Brooklyn, designed by Amy Adams out of low-fire ceramic, non toxic glaze, and natural leather cord... designed in 2002