Carafe Un Verre from Sentou by Claudio Colucci ~ a gorgeous carafe design that playfully has the wine glass built in, finally seen in person at Maison + Objet, see the pics!

The Paganini Caravan from Tabbert is the way I want to road trip! An effort to revitalize the brand, this caravan may very well do away with the term "trailer trash".

Video of the critters i found at a sunday morning flower/bird outdoor market ~ chipmunks, chinchillas, birds of all sorts, piles of guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, and more!

Cool Inflatable Lounger (GBP 20; about $40) built-in two speakers that you can connect your i-Pod, MP3 player, or CD player.

Sony is taking their Little Big Planet billboards to a small scale. They'll show up on the streets of LA, SF, and NY. Look for them... they're smaller than you think.

Duo Design Holland's Flicker oil lamp sticks are gorgeous and oh so versatile ~ on beautifully minimalist gifts, these are definitely on the list!

"L'amie De Zoé" is an animated short story about friendship. Life in Zoé's world is green and ordinary. When a red family unexpectedly lands on her planet, Zoé makes a new friend.

Now everyone in Beverly Hills can have superman vision.

"Let’s play with your hair". New campaign for NikolaMelita Studio.

What every fashionable woman or drag queen should have: Well the ones that live in Florida or hurricane areas.

Be happy your pool is green! Skip saline and chlorine altogether and go natural. So many beautiful possibilities shown here.

With a hunt for hightech Bart Hess made a collection of fake fur that touches on elements of fetishism, human instinct and new animal archetypes.

Called the “Marble Palace,” its lavish interiors and marble halls used 17 different types of marble.

Awesome pixel drink coasters.

SHAG, BASEMAN, RON ENGLISH, TRAVIS LOUIE, LUKE CHEUH & more for the fantastic new BLAB! show at CoproNason Gallery. Opens Sept 6.

The Muji Arm Massager ~ a good random desk toy gift that actually feels amazing, and might be fun (or beneficial) for those of us who spend way too much time typing/mousing...

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates in new Microsoft commercial. Gates is not bad as a comedic actor.

Now that summer is over, it's time to retreat to your private island. Here are the rules: only one house per island.

zChocolat.com has gourmet handmade truffles prepared by world famous chocolatiers in mahogany boxes that can be engraved. After the sweets are gone, a beautiful personalized jewelry or card box still remains

Very nice lighting design work from designer Ricardo Garza Marcos. His Light cube gives an amazing geometric pattern of Light depending on the array the user chooses.

Introducing the Obama Force One by artist Jimm Lasser.

Fantastic "Art Of Music" exhibition is coming up in Los Angeles this weekend.

"Shakerboys" is a totally slick new animated experiment from West London collective Viewmanoid.

"Michael Moore's new film to be offered free on internet 'as a gift to fans.'"

I'm so bummed that these are sold out - a pair of Dorthe Alstrup's photos on 20x200.

Interesting tableware by Piet Hein Eek- almost looks like they are inside out.

Love the illustrative work of Ryan McLennan. His website is full of goodness.

James Owen's Clip Chair - I like the side profile better than the front, but I definitely dig that there is the possibility of storing magazines underneath the seat.

New work by Richard Saja of Historically Inaccurate - he's reworked his Frankentoile concept, and I love the recontextualized imagery.

Odd but interesting "Skin of the City" t-shirts by SQY-T.

Heart & Design is staging an auction to benefit the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Charitable Fund. A bunch of great work is being auctioned, including pieces from Matthew Williamson, Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders & Karl Lagerfeld.

Interesting workshop, 'Darkmark', on experimental type, run by the Dutch design studio Underware. Attendees were asked to create type with shadows, with lots of interesting results.

Amazing marquee text and light installations from UK artist Nathan Coley.

PingMag have opened their own online shop - shopPingMag. Where overseas reader's can now buy the beautiful products they feature, directly from the makers.

"Eat this ad. We went so deep into the sustainability issue that this ad was made with eatable paper." for MTV

Kanye West's diary stolen! Insights into the secrets of a creative genius.

Immediately engaging prints by Allan the Gallant. They accept commissions and designs can be applied to anything and everything you could think of, from wallpaper, furniture, textiles, clothing, tiles to note books.

Marie Antoinette never said her infamous line 'Let them eat cake.' Think Anne Boleyn had six fingers? Carlyn Beccia illustrates Royalty's ugly rumors for Houghton-Miflin.

Papercup has just released a bunch of cool miniature charms. Since I live on coffee this is my favorite. Papercup is from Brooklyn, Wellington.

Print a House - "Contour Crafting" system that looks like a giant 3D printer, will print out our houses.

Ancient stained glass product placement? Found in the Notre Dame de Reims (where the kings of france were crowned) ~ Veuve Clicquot yellow labeled champagne bottles hidden in the panels...

Vogue Italy and Steven Meisel come together to dazzle us with all sorts of patterns in this unique photoshoot.

The Veuve Clicquot 1960's Bentley S3 has GPS! And some of the most incredible details i couldn't get over... and it's quite a trip to drive around Reims in it...

To kick off the Pictoplasma NYC conference, artists were invited to draw elaborate character illustrations on black boards during the opening party...

Ambient billboard transformed in a fish tank, filled with tadpoles. To promote the screening of "Knocked Up" on SKY Movies.

Helicopter ride over the champagne region and Madame Clicquot's historic Boursault Castle. Mind. Blowing. The 27 year old widow becomes the richest woman in a female unfriendly 1800s...