anyone who knows me will understand my excitement over vending machine ramen.

Canon USA drops 11 press releases today... including the (finally!) EOS 40D - and the 21mgp Canon EOS-1D Mark III - both of which i'm completely drooling over already

Shoes as architecture. The conceptual collection by Gil Carvalho. Alloy, leather and elastic metallic thread.

Irish Panda! Shirt by Scary Go Round

A painstaking stop-motion video made from coloured dice, with the numbers being used for subtle tonal variations. Music video for Fujiya & Miyagi's Ankle Injuries. Directed by Wade Shotter.

Gloji juice ~ goji berry juice - and goji+pomegranate juice.... the ones in the light bulb shaped bottles.

When art meets food... it doesn't get more delicious than the work of Lesia Chernish's portfolio i-delicious... her girlie pics are really fun

Sung-Hee Seewald has a gorgeous photography portfolio

Inspiring work of John Bauer Swedish Illustrator (1882–1918)

Pink and powder, puf and pillow by Maria Kirk Mikkelsen

Tord Boontje's classic Garland Light now available in white.

Stunning toaster from the German Manufactum, check out the other pictures too!

If your kid (or you) is going to have a traditional wooden toy yacht ~ make it black. With a pirate flag sail.

Topiade is a lay-over facade structure designed to renew an existing Louis Vuitton store building without a major reconstruction. The concept of topiary and the French garden were taken to extend and exhibit the luxurious quality of Louis Vuitton.

wood etching on skateboard by nico puertollano, pablo gallery, cubao philippines

James Westwater has a whole new take on "prefab". His 48" x 48" Plywood Chateaux incorporate a floakti cushion on wheels in it's own artsy cube environment. Check them out.

Danish artist Julie Nord had her first UK solo show this summer... her work looks amazing!

Currently obsessing on the incredible fishtank worlds of Takashi Amano

Amazing video of the Post Secret project!

Asymptote Architecture is developing a signature 50-story residential tower now under way in the United Arab Emirates.

Updating the image of Italy - the boot-shaped peninsula - with these thigh-high Bootleg wines.

Interiors for Rocco's Pizza in Santiago de Chile by Ramirez Moletto Architects.

Skateboard art by Ken Mori. Inspired by hand painted Mexican street graphics, retro technology and the ubiquitous shape of decks as a blank canvas.

Pouvlov, the beginning of a changing behavior. Fabrics by Kvadrat.

Designer Paul Smith took his signature multistripe vertical patterns and printed it on this leather soccer ball ('football' for purists).

Very funny and informative Video Introduction to Design. Guaranteed to make you laugh!
Directed by David Ngo (Stanford Designer)

Very clever use of pop-ups in a music video. Video for Shitdisco's song "OK". Pop-up book puppetry at it's best!
Directed by Price James.

Reware's Juice bag solar beach tote lets you charge with cigarette lighter adapters... pity that the bag is so ugly though...

BYOBag to the market is great and all... but back in italy, i remember that when THAT tired, i envied the old ladies with their rollers... this PUMA one is pretty sweet. (and 20% off with BTS20)

Headhoods ~ pull your hood up and take on a whole new persona

Ayako Takagi's new limited-edition Buuts Buuts Uamou figures - there is something incredibly calming about these guys. As if they are anti-stress deities?

Design Gangster Video - hahahaha - "my clients call me snoop 'cuz my concepts is so high"....

Lyndon Wade is a NY photographer who shoots for world’s most famous ad agencies, such as BBDO, makinġ ads for Nintendo, Sonic, Vox vodka and others

AIAIAI earphones from Denmark. Cool colours and design. Nice alternativ to your white iPod earphones...

red flag, more sails reincarnated as totes.

Portland artist/designer Stephanie Simek's Tammy Faye Necklace uses real human hair and sterling silver...and it freaks me out. [Also NotCouture #747]

So many fingerless gloves, so little time. These are just some of the ones I found today! Personally I like the black ones by Generra (check out the post on notcot.com to see 'em!)

Jennifer Gooch pushed "Minimalist Tacos" (empty taco shells) for a day in Marfa, Texas - interested in the anomalous intersection of art and culture in this southwestern rural landscape. Lots of other great projects on her site.

New auditorium and facilities for Universidad de Chile's Art Faculty by Emilio Marin + Albert Tidy in Santiago, Chile. Featured in Plataforma Arquitectura with Cristobal Palma pictures.

Can you believe Fake Steve Jobs is doing a book? I kind of want it...

BMW Art Car project - this "vehicle" is the result of handing over BMW's hydrogen-powered H2R race car to modern artist Olafur Eliasson... and yes - that's ice

Beautiful website of make up artist Filippa Smedhagen in full flash. I like the navigation in drag and drop.

On cool new coat hook options - Bach Coat Hooks from Delta Design aren't supposed to stretch your clothes as much

I'm so mesmerized by the perceived fragility of these glass bubbles by Crumley... also their peace under fire collection is making the rounds on the internets today

Custom painted Transformer figure transcends the original design. Sublime.

Sarah Hirneisen's work titled "Shrine" is a Levantine reliquary housing over 3,000 oil-filled glass vials. Working with Kadie Salfi, their show opens at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art in San Francisco on September 6, 2007.