Site of russian design studio Ladio. Follow the ornament!

NOTE: Flash site best viewed at full screen.

Wheely dope // Michelin have re-invented the wheel!

Ladies and gentlemen - the TWEEL.

Dutch designer Tejo Remy's presentation 'Playground Fences' allow for a more active interaction between those on either sides of the fence, providing seats, benches, nooks and playspaces for children.

Dirk Westphal has elevated the status of the goldfish from pet to creature worthy of worship by putting its photo on, of all things, surfboards

Designer Slash Model: This video from Digital Kitchen shows why all models must become designers now. Art school might be like this. [Editor's note: this hurt my head... but its bizarre enough to share]

Jimmy Jane's new ultimate members vibrant vibrators collection.

Illustrated by Craig Thompson of "Blankets" fame, the front cover has eight possible permutations, four when the CD is in the case, and four when it's in the player and that's not counting all of the slight variations you can get by rotating the disc.

Is it a carton box? No and Yes, but overall it's a simple but great object to use as table or seat.

Malin Lundmark's "As if fantasy was reality" collection has some great functional organization pieces that hold and display everything from necklaces to tools.

Radiator from swedish student Daniel Enoksson.

World's Largest Multi-Touch Screen: Designed by HP. The screen is 16 by 8-feet and allows multiple visitors to simultaneously control audio, video, photos and other multimedia content.

Because We Can has created an office based on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- detailed and fun design!

An amazing new brand all about American-Italian culture. The graphics are insane. GOURMET, is from Buscemi, Lucci and Johnsen, world renowned street wear designers. CHECK IT OUT !

COCAINE + SUGAR = ART

FWA Hall of Fame to celebrate the FWA's 7th birthday

How to explain RSS the Oprah way.

Amazing new spirits range out of Sydney - tasted them all today. Vodka-O is smoother than Absolut, but cheaper than Smirnoff. Cheap, great bottles and chemical free.

The AUDUBON BIRD CALL is a small instrument made of wood and metal, with which one can create a curiosity in birds.
Produced since 1951.

‘Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega Beasts’ by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart has it all: pop-up action, prehistoric beasties, what more could you want?

these nexx helmets are pretty cool.

Shyno ~ apparently the milanese company had the same ideas as Reactee, only sexier campaigns and shirt designs... put your username on a shirt, and people can sms you.

amazingly interactive portfolio of a romanian advertising and design company - Etcetera

The British artist Katie Paterson has made it possible to listen Vatnajokull glacier melt with one phone call.

Customize your glasses by stitching it. Seungyoub Oh's Stitch design won the 2006 Opus Design Award.

The first luxury flashlight - at $500, this is the Surefire Titan, titanium pinky sized variable outlet led flashlight.

A Miami based magazine featuring articles on Music, Art and People. Including one of a kind printed pieces by international artist. The magazine is available in print and online. Artist submissions are welcome.

Cool Hunting mentioned this SteriPEN Adventurer Handheld Water Purifier that uses UV light to sterilize sketchy water in under a minute ~ and i can't think of a more useful gadget to have around.

Forget diamonds or pearls.... if you stick a diamond in the oyster you get diamond IN a pearl... incredible carved diamond in pearl jewelry by Galatea.

White Stripes are releasing their latest album on what resemble mimobots of Jack and Meg.

Binth makes one-of-a-kind and limited-edition prints, unique stationary, and swank baby art. Yum.

Humanscale Design Studio's prototype for its new chaise lounge workstation. It was ergonomically designed for laptop computer support.

The Dog Cage. A great design to replace the usual, ugly crate. Designed by Peter F. Pracilio for Design GO!

Replate is an open-source food activism project (in which you may already be participating). Spread the word and join the movement.

Pantone has been making lots of cool things other than their color matching systems. Check out these stools, available now in limited supply..

Koji Yamamura created this beautiful animation about whales for Greenpeace. As well as being smart and majestic, this animation gives another reason why the big beasties should be saved. In Japanese with english subtitles.

Heavenly Sword is a PS3 game featuring Andy Serkis (doing some crazy ping-pong balled Motion Capture). But asides from that the character artwork is blimmin' lovely! (You need to register to download though - boo!)

Good old Safari is now available for Windows, nice and convenient for web designers! [Editor's Note: lets just hope they worked out all their css standards related kinks.]

via our buddies at MEDGADGET... something cool to get around in... the sexy porsche pegasus

This is an electromagnetically levitated lightbulb that is wirelessly powered. This piece will be shown at Sonar in Barcelona, June 14-16 created by Jeff Lieberman.

Issey Miyake's website has a great little animation, using rotoscoping.

Surrealien wallpaper is slapped onto walls, disregarding the surface. Windows, doors, switches rip holes - all transformed into continuous patterns

Soo-in Yang and David Benjamin (The Living)'s RIVER GLOW: a floating LED light system embedded in bodies of water to warn of water pollution (in addition to creating an ethereal glow at nighttime

The classics go plastic in Dirk Winkel's "A Stacking Hommage" ~ Eames' Lounge Chair and Barcelona Chair in stackable plastic goodness.

Half Time Clock ~ splits the time into its important bits... cuckoo+pendulum, and the other part. Its at newly launched Night-Lab, the store for boys, by BoyCraft

BoyCraft's portfolio UI is another interesting use of Grid layouts... love the vibrant colors and simplicity.

Spanish site DesignCode just relaunched, with a very fun bouncy grid product UI ~ not to mention products worth checking out as well.