Very fun Toy Characters come to life and follow an average guy on an average day in this video. Audio by Nylon. Directed by Jonathan Baker. [Editor's Note: adorable!]

Robot-like animal sculptures out of broken electronics and machines by Ann Smith.

Such a modern building may seem unusual in Rome, but King Roselli Architects are helping to update the Eternal City's image with sleekly designed buildings like this new library at the Pontifical Lateran University.

Gorgeous new linear ad for the Audi A5 by London's The Mill

Soap Leaves: the process in which soap resin mixed according to a secret Thai formula is hand poured over a dried and cured lattice-like frame of real mango tree leaves to form individual soaps

The new Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Beautiful work, and nice pictures by Jean Yves Lemoigne.

Arthur & Gordon lamps by Petri Nojonen

This revolutionary power outlet system by Eubiq allows you practically add, remove, reposition power outlets anywhere. So no more messy cable and say bye bye to our old powerboard.

The Shift present "UNLOCKED", a collective of twelve artists from Trentino Alto Adige for the first time in Second Life. The event inside the event will be the first "mirror-installation" ever realized in Second Life.

SURU Droid is a limited edition Vinyl Toy created by Nathan Cabrera. SURU Droid is only available exclusively at SURU-LA. Regular Edition run of 70 pcs.

So Watt! is a design exhibition in Paris focusing on energy. A lot of the designs have been seen on .org before but it's nice so see all of them in one place.

Petit Jardin garden bench by Tord Boontje, featuring his iconic graphic forms laser cut in white powder-coated steel.

If LA had a london style underground... here's my side of town. by the transit coalition

How many locks before your bike is secure? Fun image of bike lock art by random dude.

Desk Lips speakerphone moves with voice

Twist sponges - are a unique and more green conscious sponge line... that even has a cut+build bird feeder on the interior of their packaging.

Hands on review of Reyka Vodka - pics, videos, the works... i think its my new favorite, and its made from glacial water and it's the first vodka distilled and bottled in Iceland and completely eco friendly.

The Issey Miyake OVO designer minimalist wrist watch. Does watch design get any better than this? We are in love.

Wii got hands on with the Wii Strap Ons... the Sports Pack and the Combat Pack, you won't believe how funny these are ~ from materials to logo to design details.

Photographer Todd Baxter does cool stuff with taxidermy and a 70's vibe. Check him out.

Beautiful slideshow. Score one for analog... archipels by philippeb.ca

Broker's Gin - its the gin with the bowler hat! (how very Magritte?)

Shelving system designed by Collective/4, a group of Brooklyn-based ID students for Dwell Magazine's Building Green in Harlem house.

Coke buys Glaceau (makers of Vitamin Water, Smart Water, etc) ~ 4.1 Billion

Marc Owen's The Da Vinci Alarm Clock works on a very basic system. The Dot Matrix display will always show either Sleep or Awake.

The beetle shelf system by Amaridian at ICFF

Diesel's New Art 2007 Competition - win 10000 euros

Shin Tanaka does the onitsuka tiger mexico 66 trainer. download, customize and send in for a chance to win your design in an actual shoe! brilliant!

Eclectic portfolio from Manila design duo CollisionTheory which include these calligraphy patterns.

The Break Up - video of the relationship between *advertiser and *consumer.... brilliantly hilarious.

World photos from Brett Buchanan.

Lo-Fi Saint Louis has a great video showing what went down at the Star Clipper Comics sponsored Munny Art show

Darth Vader like you've never seen him before! 66 artists give 1:1 scale helmets their own spin in the Vader Project via Star Wars Blog Flickr set. More info at thevaderproject.com

Twisted subversion of landscaping service pipe to form modular organic furniture - nice one.

Sony has developed a 2.5-inch Flexi-OLED display that measure just 0.3mm thick made from glass substrate. Continue reading for a video.

Emi Fujita and Shane Kohatsu’s brand new Corona Solar Light, an outdoor lighting solution that combines a photovoltaic cell, LEDs

Beautiful, edgy jewelry from Anne Kiel.

McDonald's is trying to be open about their food... but they are using nice graphics to do it.

On 24 - 25 May, for the first time ever, 2,000 square metres of green turf will cover Trafalgar Square, transforming one of London's most iconic attractions into "London's village green".

Back in the south of the continent, in Medelli­n, Colombia, a beautiful structure gives a warm welcome to the renovation of the city's Botanical Garden. Named Orquideorama after the orchid, this design award winning space is worth to see.

Beautiful poster for the Salazar Student Awards by Marian Bantjes.

SPUTTR - its so cliche web 2.0 (logo, styling, r-naming, colors, tapping in to every other web 2.0 searchable site) - i actually laughed, and thought it was a joke.

Where's My Jetpack? Love this book cover... not to mention the concept "A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived"

Virtual hub of mobility experiences on Nokia Trends Lab Beta.

Wall mountable wireless printer. Genius...

NextMuni (SF): Vote for SF's new bus shelter design. I'm partial to this one myself.