A roundup of all of the silhouette rings we've been coming across, from diamonds in plastic to handscapes and farm animals...

It's about time someone designed a gorgeous line of luxury bags with built in solar panels. Noon Solar has black Cortland Tote that i'm craving, and the Logan Satchel for guys.

Am I the last person to see these Comma cuff links by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co? Subtle style for the typography lover in your life.

Oooh ars got hands on with the Nokia N810 ~ full unboxing, and unfortunate to hear that the gps and full keyboard are a bit disappointing

Virgin America ~ full of goodies from plugs at every seat and seat to seat chatting to live tv and crazy mood lighting... also an adorably cheeky animated safety video you have to watch! (including this tech happy nun)

Blender 12 hr Lantern! What happens when you throw a pile of glow sticks in a blender... fun video (and yes, i'm on a little catch up burst of 'will it blend', all done now)

The Sikkens Prize for colour application will be awarded to Krijn de Koning on the 1st of December in Rotterdam.

The Global Incident map is a live world map of suspicious and terrorist related activity. It has so much scary information, you'll hardly want to leave your home!

These new Tea Code cups by Gazin Create have a silicone button -available in three colors-- to which to attach your tea bag. The mugs are double walled too, keeping the tea hot and not your hands.

Documenting the polar regions of the world, Camille Seaman launches her first solo exhibit next week at the National Academy of Sciences.

Was your Thanksgiving filled with tech? Family bonding over wiis, rock band, guitar hero, etc? Also, can you believe the Will it Blend guy blended a Guitar Hero Guitar?!?!

Great video of the making of this image (and you can't even see the guy getting shot in this crop!)... the painstaking photoshoot then photoshopping...

8th wonder of the world? Its incredible what these guys have dug out from under a house... an incredibly intricate temple that you need to see the pictures of!

Plumen, those kids at Hulger are changing the way you think about lightbulbs... where do YOU think the future of bulbs is going?

Gift Guide Day 27 and counting down... for this first sunday, here are some techsessories, because there's no excuse for fugly tech.

Amazing Flash animation about a man and a mysterious door, by pascal campion, it is guaranteed to sneak a chortle out of you.

trippy skull poster from julien notter and sebastien vigne at at-elier for the maison d'alleurs.

Barneys goes green this holiday season with some great typography throughout their campaign and a hilarious video with Creative Director Simon Doonan and Fashion Director Julie Gilhart.

An enviable collection of vintage Type Foundry Specimen book covers

new website of product design students of israel's leading design academy "bezalel". play with it, surf throgh the categories, comment, enjoy!

The denim brand G-STAR RAW’s interior design team took a vintage steel canal ferry boat and refitted it into a wicked cool looking party boat that you can rent. Located on the Amstel River.

LOOTone is one of the best and most established graffiti artists in Japan.

This new video technology let's directors swap out the intricate textures of cloth long after actors have left the set.

Left of Center. This great ad for Il Manifesto, the Italian Communist newspaper, leaves no doubt as where on the political spectrum this publication falls.

Gift Guide Day 28 - For Creatives - aka my collaged page of goodies that i either own or crave that are both amusing and useful?

Birds series are a design graphic work by S7S using GRÖNÖ lamp.

Branchement wine decanter lays down some very visible test tube like roots.

Farewell Pixelsurgeon. It was a great 7 year run, and you'll be missed!

SWIMS ~ these modern galoshes give you a classier way to keep wearing your fancy shoes while running off to go puddle jumping.

Joey Roth's long awaited Sorapot teapot is finally available for preorder!

And the five WINNERS of the Great Indoors Award 2007 are ..

The Black Plague causing bacterium, "Yersinia Pestis" has invaded the Land of the Traditional Paisley necktie, forming the mutant strain, Plaguesley.

That octopus girl is Audrey Kawasaki! and behind her is Amy Sol! and that's luke chueh in the bear... Art Army returns to LA and this time takes on some of our fav artists

I can't get over that one of the main selling points of the Branche Beauty Sleep Silk Pillow cases is "prevents wrinkles by minimizing morning facial creases"

"Tokyo Noodle" is a project to photoshoot a girl eating Ramen noodle in the middle of Tokyo. Just that simple.

Day 29 of the gift guide is all about some of the most eco-friendly, let luxurious feeling wallets (with great packaging, so they look great as gifts) by db clay... there are even 500 one of a kind wallets!

UPDATED! I just found a video of Bryan demoing all of the tests in the Oakley O Lab! It really is even cooler to see it in video ... shooting balls at glasses on dummy heads at high velocities, playing with lasers, etc.

While the advertising world has been busy debating whether the latest Sony Bravia spot, Fallon in London has slipped out another spot for Sony online, this time for the brand’s new Walkman digital media player.

Francis Ford Coppola has released his Wine By The Glass. Packaged in reusable, recyclable PETa glasses molded after his favorite trattoria glasses. Enjoy fine wines everywhere.

Art Asia Pacific sent a custom lego set to notable Asian architects. I almost want to order a box of the neutral grey bricks from myself.

Jung von Matt mixes Architecture and Typography for IKEA.

A prefab house in the middle of a very greenish enviroment, in Ecuador by local architects Jose Maria Sáez and David Barragán.

Interactive Christmas lights on London's Regent Street courtesy of Nokia and Wieden + Kennedy

Catherine Ledner became fascinated by the idea of using wallpaper patterns in animal portraiture. Her new book, “Animal House", makes for one of the prettiest nytimes slideshows yet.

Porsche Design's latest and largest airport store opens in Frankfurt ~ jetsetting is a must to keep up with all these airport "malls".

A poster on a hand dryer to communicate hotness. Made by McCann Erickson, Thailand.