John Adams illustrates a smart octopus and tortoise for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern.

Happy 4th of July ~ here's a peek into my day off enjoying the fireworks in Laguna Beach ~ (guitar lovers must take a peek at the door handles picture!)

Creative gravestones on the Romanian cemeteries. Every burial - it's a great story of life and death. No sorrow, only folk art and a bit of fun.

Far Cry 2 - For console and PC. Incredible and huge African environment. Free to go where-ever you want, and how-ever you want to complete the one mission; Hunt down and kill the Jackal.

Advert Concepts for London 2012.

Artist Troy Landwehr spent the 4th of July carving the signing of the Declaration of Independence out of a one-ton block of cheddar cheese in Times Square

Funny and adorable print from Wonting titled Solar Polar. It is exclusive to the site and limited edition.

This HSBC ad at Wimbledon uses images actually grown in grass - the natural photosensitive properties of the grass reproduce the images like photographic paper.

Modern designs straight from Toyota Homes in Japan, the car maker's prefab homes unit that wants to make more houses.

The CableBox by BlueLounge in use. Amazed by how it was able to fit all those plugs, cables and power adaptors.

Laser Etch Tattooing.. ouch!

Architects own home - Arthur Casas has created the perfect tropical forest retreat. Contrasting the thick chaotic nature of the forest, the house is simple and symmetrical, yet integrated with its surroundings.

"Presto": Watch the new Pixar short, that appears before "Wall•E" [Editor's Note: So cute! And vicious]

Norway´s new ministry of defense looks amazing. I've never seen a government building like this. By JVA.

Jelly Banquet featuring jelly architecture in London tonight as part of London Festival of Architecture.

Google Images DIY.

Prime Condoms : "Wherever the mood strikes you".

The future of human computer interaction. Although I doubt if people will want to "stand" with their arms held up all day in work, so perhaps a sit down version "desktop" model will eventually be thought up.

Fantastic typographic work by Craig Ward aka Words Are Pictures.

Museum of electronic stuff from the 80's, i like the Nerd Watch section.

Some interesting underwater photography in the latest campaign for Insght51.

google maps throws down a uncle sam icon for the fourth of july!

New Fiat Punto campaign Always In The Lead that includes tradicional media, web 2.0 elements, street art sponsorship and two funny virals.

Dan Mumford - London based illustrator, using only coloured lines - incredible portfolio

Nike will be releasing it’s brand new ground breaking Swift suits for the Olympics this July.

Reformations: Cool work by artist Adrienne DeLoe. All of these acrylic paintings incorporate real pieces of nature such as flower petals or butterfly wings.

"La Ruche" created by young designer Mostapha El Ouhlani inspired by the bees.

Billboard with pigeons at fantastic piece of ambient advertising.

Shibam, a town in Hadramawt, Yemen, is considered to have the world’s oldest skyscrapers.

Last TAD Gear/IWG skull post (for now) ~ how fun are these I.W.G. Skull Bead Charms - Custom Made Solid 925 Sterling Silver... the vertical holed one in particular - perfect for every hoodie string!

Continuing on my TAD Gear exploration ~ these might be the coolest glow in the dark key covers i've ever found! (and only 4$ for a 3 pack)

TAD Gear Glow In The Dark Ranger Eyes v3.0 ~ Charge it up with your flashlight and it will glow for hours similar to luminova...

Insurgents Wilderness Gruppo (IWG) ~ the super armed adorable creatures will be launching as tiny blind boxed zipper pulls and parachuters at sdcc! See all the pics!

Sneak Peek at Edwin Ushiro's first solo show "While Tides Guide You Back Home" ~ some beautiful pieces in here! And really a perfect summer's day captured.

Popagandist Ron English pasted up oversized images of his striking Obama-Lincoln fusion image in Boston.

Quadruple distilled, quadruple filtered, Three Olives English vodka in 16 flavors. The bottles alone are beautiful collectibles.

Brunopasso PD-1 is a pod espresso machine. designed by Tadahito Ishibashi for deviceSTYLE. Beautiful machine that reminds me of 60s roadsters.

Schamann District Area in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria Island, Spain. Aerial view through the eye of the photographer of Canarias Design Center.

Ooooh more like the one in #11675 ~ these two Nintendo/Star Wars Lightsaber DS Stli LIGHT UP! two for $16

Great photo of a replica of an ancient ship in the canal of Corinth. A crew with members from all 27 European Union member countries is re-enacting the mythical voyage of Jason & the Argonauts in this 50 oared vessel

Russian media artist from Moscow. His works are mixture stranger picture and own illustrations.

Official Lightsaber DS Styli ~ actual Star Wars and nintendo licensed products! $8 for 3!

Amazing images of art, text, fonts and words created from the kings of the animal world. Typography never looked so good. Can you guess the animal?

A great design for an interesting trivet from designer Shahar Peleg.

Prairie Vodka ~ has such a beautiful site ~ not to mention it's an organic/kosher vodka! I am in love with the branding and the Prairie in the City imagery with the wolves and bison.

Dutch Wood cutting boards by Lotte van Lattum that reference the regions they were harvested from.