Jorge Oswaldo creates incredibly deep/layered mixed media art using vinyl stickers and plexi... check out the video that takes you through his studio and his process ~ awesome use of a vinyl cutter!

Now it's time to let them go! This is the end of an experiment of ambient marketing called freethefrog! Jump in and make friends with your favourite origami frog!!

Valentine's Day isn't always simple. So Diesel Sweeties has you covered - taking a cue from the Facebook Relationship Status option: It's Complicated. So complicated it glows in the dark.

we never imagined that a kid would soak up a digital tree with such style, the surprises keep coming - electronic miracles. Yarra River, Fed Square, Melbourne

For any one that wasn't sure what to do with that gorgeous plastic box the ipod nano/shuffles come in... how about recycling it into a portable speaker system with the bird-electron kit? Also great for water bottles...

Music video for the song, "What's a Girl to do" by Bat For Lashes was chosen by Directors File as one of their top ten videos of 2007.

Comedienne Sarah Silverman graces the cover of WIRED this month... and gladly helps point out "why things suck"... from cell phone batteries ~ to being stuck on the tarmac in a plane........

Czech clothing company UAX has a great office/store designed by Kamil Mrva Architects. I really like the contrast between the old and the new structures.

Loving the positive message and cross stitch style of these screen prints from Hazel Nicholls! (Of Keep Calm Carry On Fame...)

Another great structure by Kamil Mrva Architects. Raw concrete blocks, wooden paneling and glass with aluminium frames make up this house in the middle of an ancient orchard.

Jonathan Adler launches his Apothecary of Emotion ~ a series of gorgeous porcelain mugs and vessels ready to help you bottle up all those feelings.

Composer is a public sculpture in Vancouver, Canada. Designed by Swiss artist Heinz Aeschlimann.

YaYa Chou has a thing for gummi bears ~ i just saw her bear rug at the Tinlark opening ~ also take a look at her gummi chandelier, gummi covered porcelain, and more!

Staffan Strindberg's 'Red Cabin by the Sea', a modern interpretation of the traditional Swedish 'Red Stuga'.

Nice graphic design on the Patagonia Sigg Bottles... particularly liking the "live simply" whale.

Furniture lust objects of the day ~ Modernica's Day Beds ... with no, 1, and 2 arms... and side tables! In quite the range of colors and materials

It's that time of year again... Coachella 2008 line up announced!

Gotochi Dissection Animals - For all the carnivores, biologists, and butchers ~ here are some crazy anatomical keychain/charms in tuna, bull, panda, rooster, monkey, etc...

French made set of six Western American Bird Calls - Robin, Mourning Dove, Owl, Common Gallinule, Warbler, and Mallard Duck.

Readius from Phillips is a cellphone with a pull-out foldable screen. It's a shipping product.

Gatica House by Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido. A contemporary modern house in chilean countryside.

Last week in Munich at the Optics Trade show, OPTI 2008, Porsche Design unveiled their new ultra light reading glasses, the P'8134. Colors vary from matte gold and matte titanium, Price: TBD. Pretty wild.

Stelton mi:key keychain ... the tip screws off... and you can put a picture/logo/whatever on the flat side.

For those on the fence about whether its worth staying in it through vday... can't argue with "I - You = Double Awesome" logic. Great Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

Preview video for LVHRD's upcoming Architects Duel in NYC. Two teams of architects designing structures in the Alaskan Wilderness for a post-oil world circa 2029 AD.

The Morgan LifeCar is the most gorgeous fuel cell car I've ever seen. The LifeCar will be displayed to the public at Geneva Auto Show in March. Can't wait!

Pasta tool in stainless steel for measuring and serving pasta and grating cheese. We like to call it Pasta & Parmesan. Designed by Transformer for Sagaform Spring 2008. In stores and internet from February/March.

Beautiful work from LA-based artist Joe Biel

A Bathing Ape renovated their Shibuya store in Japan and as usual it was designed by architects Wonderwall and as usual its really impressive!

Samsung’s new SC9540 Silencio vacuum cleaner boasts nano technology and a distinctly Haloesque inspired design. Not so much a dust buster as a dust fragger.

Problem: how to reduce the wild fires that ravage Table Mountain every summer. Solution: install wooden fire extinguishers that are completely useless. It’s not as dumb as it sounds…

the zoological society of london has set up EDGE pages for amphibians. that is evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered.

More valentine's day ideas ~ how about a gift set which amongst many other things contains a pair of silk restraints with a playful handcuff print?

turn your pens into utensils! din-ink by cingoli, bellisario, cellini + fontana tied for first in designboom and macef's dining in 2015 contest.

A long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Street wars, new Urban intervention by SpY... [Editor's Note: Those are glow sticks! Great gallery of projects]

Another mysterious email from French duo Myzrk and Moriceau ~ images of their latest show “Golden Eyes” at the Caixa Forum in Barcelona... INCREDIBLE, must see, installation of wall drawings and framed pieces.

Global Package Gallery ~ a gallery of packaging...

Will Hudson and Jon Widdow's Open Day Poster
June 2007 ~ is such a fun concept using cardboard boxes

For those curious on how designers live... betsey johnson's PINK apartment is extremely pink, but in an awesome livable combination of modern and vintage pieces.

Oh Diesel Sweeties, my mail auto completes me too.... and on cute possible vday gifts : limited run of 50 wooden pixel hearts (such a nice fusion of the digital and physical)

Pocket Guitar for the iPod ~ well those which haven't upgraded and still have it unlocked...

2007 pictures of the year by Reuters.

Check out the digital art, music and photography at evokeone

Fascinating exhibit ~ “Seventy Years of Penguin Design” at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath - i love seeing all the old book covers and the evolution of the Penguin book logos!

OS house. Located in Cantabria, Spain, this house builds an inner yard to get an open space protected from winds, while taking advantage of solar gain and cross ventilation and integrating with the landscape through a green roof. By Nolaster Arquitectos.

Pratap Ganapathy of National Institute of Design , India developed this injection guide to assist diabetic patients while preparing insulin shots as a part of his classroom project. The Guide prevents needle from bending and helps measuring insulin doses accurately.

One of the standouts from the Tinlark anniversary show... getting to see Diem Chau's insanely cool carved crayons in person!