the hall of taste. A colourful -hand painted!- statement in House of Bols, Amsterdam
(design by: ...,staat, photo by: Joachim Baan)

Ridiculously cute claymation video with a little monster guy for the Weepies "World Spins Madly On"

StrangeCo's new Vivisect Playset ~ 8 blind box creatures from a slew of our fav artists that are the perfect characters for that desk you spend too much time at... here is my favorite, The King Of Deadbeats!

Lima 7192's glass rings are quite the work of art ~ so simple and subtle yet impossible to turn your eyes away from.

Vintage Dansk Quistgaard cast iron candle holder at modcat.com

Alyssa Monk's paintings of water and human's are quite stunningly done.

The debate for animal sculptures is on! My favorite is Deborah Butterfield. Bronzed sculptures give the illusion of driftwood.

One of Americas most gifted artists. David Lenz, First prize winner of the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian institution

Fixed gear affectionados take notice. Cog Magazine is here!

Adidas Original presents a collaboration with Diesel - a denim line. The denim comes in several colors and washes and features pretty subtle Adidas branding. Lets see how this venture will go!

366cm's Square is a heat sensitive hot plate that is a subtle gloss black tile or resembles the hot orangy red glow of a stove burner!

Export to World is a creative workshop which takes virtual objects from Second Life and transforms them into tangible papercraft objects. Mmm, virtual donut.

"What has not been done by using rapid prototyping technique? My answer is making sounds." - Noisy by Jun Murakoshi - via Gizmodo.

More animal sculptures crafted from unusual materials; artist John Kearney creates sculptures using chrome bumpers.

Past meets present at the University of Oregon, where a team has created an interactive website that allows you to tour 18C Rome by means of an interactive map.

Series of wooden elephants, just like the horses made of driftwood. The elephants showed the way to the zoo of Antwerp.

How adorable is the Loremo car? lightweight, fuel efficient, aerodynamic...

On creative ways to get a little privacy in open work spaces, Rotor uses leftovers of agricultural textile, composed of aluminum, cotton and polyethylene, that were tended with disqualified adhesive tape.

Series of ads for Listerine ~ showing simple visuals of your breath

This Punisher Ozzel is SO CUTE, and on top of being hand cast in resinplaster, hand finished, and hand painted... he even comes with 2 cute handmade pins.

At CES the sun set at Belkin ~ where you were transported into this pre-fab, dwell feeling space with grastroturf courtyard, hard wood floored kitchen, living room, etc... explore it in pictures!

William Lamson is featured in the group show (Untitled) u=___ opening at fette's gallery Jan. 11th. Each artist was asked to take a self-portrait representing someone else. Same size, edition of 1!

22 Design Studio's Concrete rings are now available at the DesignBoom store!

On another fun surprise package ~ How incredible is this YO FRAGILE! guy on a huge box that just showed up ~ and wait till you see the incredible mixed media piece inside! Awesome ghosty skater boy.

Yay! Refills on the NOTCOT buttons came ~ with the best packing tape ever, and some fun sticker/calendars.

The Matrix M6001 Series wrist watch is, quite possibly, the most captivatingly gorgeous retro styled watch we have ever come across – and we have come across more than a few.

Life-sized horses built out of scrap driftwood by Heather Jansch.

"Kaffebilen" is a mobile espresso bar driving around Oslo, Norway selling good coffee and sandwiches. Cool company and car. Pretty nice graphic profile as well...

Kiley Granberg has designed a nut and bolt wedding ring. The diamond is on the mens ring, but when screwed the it sits on the womens finger.

Some scans from the newest House Industries catalog. Absolutely beautiful type and colors.

A new corporate identity for ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. What, no bombed-out cars, wads of cash or dodgy dossiers?

Vintage Swiss Army blanket, a rare flea market find on P.O.S.H. I love swiss design and this just made my day and my must-have list!

How often you look to yourselves under legs? Small photo report "under legs" from photographer Dan Heller. Manholes of the USA

cool new Zune ad (made by my company) featuring Laika, the first dog in space set to an Aliens song - how appropriate! My own dog plays a supporting role - watch for her eating bacon at the end!

World Aids Day. The person inside the balloon wore a t-shirt wich carried the campaign message: Predjudice is one of the worst side-effects.

Did you know that if you have a baby, and can't bring it around to show everyone, you can have it printed on a sack of rice, and send them their own to hold? Click around all the links to see the packaging and examples.

Although i do desperately need the baby cintiq ~ the special edition wacom intuos in black and gun metal gray is seriously sexy

Belkin's Rockstar ~ i loved the display of this new product at CES ~ particularly how this pic turned out! This is a new way to dj/share music... it can take 2 inputs, and multiple outputs with no loss.

Conserving power just got a little more fun (and simpler) with the Belkin Conserve Surge Protector that comes with this great portable switch! It even comes with a wall plate you can magnetically mount it into.

Not so much a documentary than a film about urban fixed-gear riding, MASH demonstrates the art of urban cycling. Following different riders through numerous cities - book with film and extras on DVD.

ashtray, masking tape and stockings = vase. who needs more

Awdio beta ~ streams you live music from trendy hot spots across the globe ~ stores/clubs/etc... here's an invite code to try it now... kinda fun to listen to while working.

So mean yet so funny. Gizmodo boys brought some MAKE TV-B-GONE's to CES... and well... yea.

Does a chocolate version of someone as a Mii say ~ "i love you" or "i challenge you to a wii tennis match and winner eats all"? Or is it like a delicious choco-voodoo doll?

Japanese artist, Kumi Yamashita creates simple and smart visual effects with light and shadow of the objects.

In order to communicate FOX's 4th Season of House in Portugal, several statues were covered with medical masks containing the info about the premiere.

Footprints on the sand? Besides the ingenious easy-to-disassemble feature, you can have your name die-cut on the sole, literally stamping your name on the sand while at the beach.