Karen Reimer uses embroidery to bring attention to the details in the most mundane paper objects.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is now open for business. The vault is planned to hold "backups" of 100 million seeds from of all over the world. And it looks like a super villain hideout.

Artist Pete Fowler works with English label Boxfresh on a capsule collection. His designs appear for the first time on clothing! Cannot wait!

Animantion created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for Adobe Creatvie Suite 3 to promote integration between web, design and video.

Red Glass Ibis from Ittala - The Iittala Birds collection was created by Oiva Toikka, an internationally renowned artist and one of the greatest names in Finnish glass.

H for Hannah ~ LA based Hannah Morrow creates these beautifully simple bone china pieces, i can't stop staring at this pretty little mug!

Just a few KBs of data can hold so many memories. If you still remember paper sticky tabs for writing your favorite VGA game then this colorful nostalgic set is for your desk. Ah the good old days of beeping PCs.

Small Tree > Big Ax : Designer Brian Ponto recently relaunched his site showing how the little guy can still chop his way into big design.

"What's On Your Mind?" A whimsical ad campaign out of Italy for Durex Condoms.

Daseo. pretty tight illustrations.

Choplery concept from DesignGo. "The design forces the user to make a decision." Choplery is made from 100% bamboo. - This cutlery/chopsticks mashup gave me a grin.

Dr. Scholl's gets sexy.

Where does it go the Portable Network Device's future. Afte eee PC, may be this is an answer: iRiver Wing

A marble track in a table. I've created this new type of functional woodcarving, that invites you to play with it... photo: Rene van der Hulst

The AWARE Lifestyle Collection is a collection of thoughtfully designed energy aware products that fit into people’s everyday life, their personal needs and their different lifestyles.

Pottok Prints - New wallpaper company by artist/designer Geoff McFetridge.

The Nubrella is the new way to protect yourself from the weather.

The Myoto Chair designed by Konstantin Grcic with help from chemical engineers at BASF created from a single mold for Plank

"1000 demons" blog is only 12 demons in, but I can't wait for the other 998. It's quite amusing as well!

INFLATE ~ i fell in love with their Luna stark white glowingly cool igloo of air while at IDS, and you simply must check out the various sized semi-perm and perm structures!

Salt and Pepper Maracas - Naoto Fukasawa

Collection of bottles of Coca-Cola made by the Agency W + K

Poolga - awesome iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers from a selection of designers and illustrators from around the world.

Hi-Can project by Italian designer Edoardo Carlino, this concept is a bed that smartly integrates with great sound system and screen to watch movies, play games and surf the internet - all in one place.

"If your girlfriend were a PC. A Mac turns heads for the right reasons. Sculpted surfaces, gorgeous graphics - it's always perfect eye candy. No pain. More gain with Mac."

Smokers Island is a cute ash tray designed by Alessandro Loschiavo. The plate center contains a candle which eats the smoke.

Parque España library by Giancarlo Mazzanti

Really effective billboard advertisement by Cultivator advertising & design. The ad is for giversneeded.org, the website for the Denver rescue mission.

The "Discovery 925" by Plantronics are the latest in luxury Bluetooth earpieces.

Sheridan's Coffee Layered Liqueur ~ finally tracked down a bottle, and it is still the coolest bottle design yet. The two separate black and white filled glass bottle share a cap, which pours perfectly layered drinks.

"Fall" by NYC dance company, dre.dance. Featuring incredible piano music by 26 year old composer, Nico Muhly (recently featured in the New Yorker as the next, hot "up and coming" American composer).

Marino Parisotto Vay - Great Italian photographer

Illustrator Lee Woodgate has re-designed his site

The new Cafe Racer Super Naked bike designed by Phillipe Starck

stunning folded and woven paper jewelry from italian-born california artist francesca vitali.

Ceramic Wall Heater concept for home use. The main problem is its similarity to the inner blocks of usual conditioner, but we’ve made all possible to avoid it and designed it vertically ~ by Anvos Design

Onigiri House, by NKS Architects, was designed and built for an elderly couple in the Japanese countryside. The 'quasi-triangle' tube shaped house is built entirely of cedar normally used for ship scaffolding. And I totally want to live there.

Set of free fonts is based on hair gel, toothpaste, and tomato ketchup.

Burbujas / P&G designboom
Design by Ignacio Pilotto
The design turns the package in a toy, and besides it allows us to interact in another way with the product.

Little Red Samurai!!! And other adorable woody Pop Ink Decor-a-Boards!

Food vending machine in Japan. Packaged hot noodles are among the culinary delights offered at this vending machine at the Shin-Yokohama Prince Hotel.

We love the Monster Factory critters ~ remember that incredible Guster Music Video they made? Check out our visit to their "factory" in Toronto!

Mens Vogue fashion director Stephen Watson and photographer Raymond Meier's stunning photo shoot, showing off the best in diving watches. Each shot was done inside actual tanks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

The ebb and flow of movies from 1987 to 2007. A beautiful graph of movie theater box office revenue over the years.

Improv Everywhere just took their desktops to Starbucks, in their classic straight faced comedy style. Check out the great video.

Office for CIME by AD11 Architects in Guadalajara, México. A very stylish design on an historic neighborhood.