JUST got back from trade day of CA Boom 4 ~ "the west coast independent design show" ~ so for those who cant wait for posts or can't make it, here are my random pics.

This is a plaster ceiling tile! Above View makes plaster ceiling tiles in every imaginable texture. This is the crocoldile, make sure to see all the others!

Belkin's latest ~ hubs to plug your desk holes...

Ross Lovegroves' new 2 meter tall floor standing audio speaker For KEF audio, due out later this year.

This clever scale lets you compare your weight to famous people and pop culture figures instead of displaying your weight in pounds or kilos.

In time for Easter: Resurrection Bunnies, Eggs, and Chicks. They're adorable little dead plushie dolls guaranteed to resurrect in time for Easter-- get em' while they're dead! (This is deliciously wrong. I love it.)

Jason Miller's stoneware Lego vases, now available in large or small from his gallery and soon available from Areaware!

A true Heart made of Murano Glass by French designer Melanie Fontaine, one of the winner of the competition.

In The Palazzo Reale in Milan - by Gino De Dominicis.

flickr related tag browser - freeform image search engine lets you play - gorgeous!

Riding on a tide of interest in personal submersibles, these stunning Duo Beta and Trio Alpha concepts from Guillermo Sureda-Burgos look like they have been pulled straight from a sci-fi flick.

Ron Arad brings this simple fastener into focus with the eponymous Screw stool. Made from mirror polished aluminum and satin stainless steel. Only $1539

get a sense of how huge a whale really is. check out this blue whale life sized thanks to the whale and dolphin conservation society. well spotted core77!

This might need to be the next house for Shade Elaine's Mr. Chompers (the venus fly trap) - Regent House Tabletop Terrarium

Fredrik Johansson's centerfolding guitar. From the DeVillain Guitar Company.

Kinetica is the UK's first museum dedicated to kinetic, electronic and experimental art. It opened in Old Spitalfields Market, London, on 6 October 2006.

"each piece is unique. four to six feet in length." There's something timelessly romantic about clawfoot tubs... amusing that they use icy blue sensuede ~ is that supposed to be like water?

Exhibition at Stephen Wirtz Gallery in SF - CATHERINE WAGNER - A Narrative History of the Light Bulb ... March 28 - April 28, 2007

Ben Dunn Library - From the guys that brought you thelazerdome.com, here's their newest creation. Ad geeks everywhere should enjoy it.

Adobe CS3 announced and available for pre-order! YUP

Beautiful cut leaves from Jen Stark. So delicate and complex in the simplest way.

Vertikal claims to be "the world's first neckless bottle" ~ which makes me wonder if the pom tea glass count as a bottle?

Solid teak and stainless steel trivet - Design: Designit, Denmark - gorgeously minimalistic and oh so functional.

There are climbing walls... then there are what feel like alice in wonderland goes to the museum and has to climb her way out... Illoiha gym

Easy access, stainless steel cube, condom dispenser for your bedside? Particularly like their attention to detail with the shape on top... from Germany

Isaak Fernandez Rodriquez created a fantastic batman animation short. Check it out!

Amazing speakers from the Chinese mixed media artist Guan chun.

architecture overload! austria's summer house is gorgeous. reminds me of a sexy version of home. love the editorial by matthew hussey too.

Flying bed is a reality now. Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars spent last 6 years trying to develop this wonder of science and he finally did it.

im not so sure about the bookbag by Cogitatio...it seems somehow sacriligious to gut a book like that...

now that is a sweet attic.

Bigfoot's Survival in the Modern World Show ~ i'm currently obsessed with the collection of pieces that bring bigfoots right out of the woodgrains....

David Weeks little votive candle look like miniature fireplaces

Designboom launches their shop! Congrats! (some fun designer goodies, shirts, rings, lamps, books, you name it!)

For those with a love of condiments (or redbull, or haagen daz, or vodkas?) ~ Theo Fennel makes silver sleeves for your foodies.

Motorola's latest announcement - Bluetooth Headset H680 - 8 Hours Talk Time!

The Nodal Ninja- a panoramic tripod head. This is about as cool as camera equipment gets. Great industial design.

Boring old Japanese purikura becomes Videkura. What on earth will those schoolgirls do?

Songbird, an up and coming media player, has some sweet little mascots and the player is nice too. Still has a few kinks, but they accept user feedback with open arms.

check out Re:mo. SOZ will open its flagship store this spring in Osaka, Japan, and from March 12 will be featuring in a window display at the Musee des Arts decoratifs in Paris.

this ninja dreams shirt at owl movement had to be posted. lots of fun designs, including my favorite, Eleanor Grosch's platypus. [Editor's Note: YAY! Wee Ninja!]

Mint - See your website's statistics in style. Really love to look at my stats now, and understand them too.

...BuonaPasqua with PiOPiO new PaperToys Scarabokkio...freedownload!!! [Editor's Note: thats pretty adorable]

Computerized 3dimensional woodworking machine! The interface looks pretty user friendly too. Mildly pricey though, at $2K. I want one!

'MINI the book' details the history of the Mini from its birth in 1959 all the way through to going head to head with Charlize Theron for hottest cast member in the Italian Job. I'll let you decide who won that battle...

Monopolylive.com let you play Monopoly in the real London with 18 real cabs fitted with GPS systems as your movers.

Also love the idea of these wood slat tiles ~ instant patio, that you can even store when not in use... or in the bathroom? West Elm ~ 4 for 99$