A new brush set is released along with the new Departika website. Bangin' Border Brush Set by Jason Gaylor of Departika.

PSP | Adrenalin, in small doses. |
Printouts of Euro RSCG, Buenos Aires, Argentina for the PSP.

This year Lladro hired British design team Committee to hip up their products in their latest Re-Cyclos collection. Not yet available for purchase, it also includes new Bodo Sperlein and Jaime Hayon pieces.

Mariana Monteagudo makes stunning ceramic dolls. More like art, they are only available through galleries. But take a look at them, wow.

Vaso's 2.0 Cork Pots!

The best of 101TOKYO Art Fair

Softbank Hello World - a bizarrely mesmerizing space to explore... More impressive interactive work from Tokyo. They have a witty style.

I'm really liking the art of Scott Silvey

Mona Lisa waves at you? The Alive Gallery in Seoul, South Korea breathes new life into old paintings using modern technology.

Strong Bad and the Home Star Runner gang are coming to Wii Ware!!! Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People.

Blue Ant Studio's Chair Exam poster is an eye/mind exam for any designer chair lover!

Seal Line: Computer Sleeve - rain and splash proof rolltop laptop sleeve!!!

When techcrunch met popsugar met LA... very massive techy/web2.0 party hit hollywood tonight... perry ferrell djing... and a very bizarre and surreal night all around.

Air loung system designed by Fabio Novembre; check all portfolio of this striking italian designer.

John Campbell’s webcomic Pictures for Sad Children is about “a bad feeling you get when you are feeling good, or a good feeling you get when you are feeling bad.”

Current favorite artists, Noferin from Australia, opened their show at CoproNason Gallery in Santa Monica.

Maid Cafe is a Japanese anime inspired roll playing cafe, where waitresses are dressed as a “maid” and treat you as a “master”. Maid Cafe opens in Culver City, CA

Great animation by Euro RSCG for Zurich Chamber Orchestra. They transformed classical music into an animated roller coaster, very nice!

New York-based artist Maya Hayuk does everything. Literally... from paint to murals to photography to graphic design to print to product design and way more.

Flickr users revolt against the new video application by creating a bunch of awesome custom graphics.

IKEA has converted the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a moving showroom before the April 14 opening of a new retail outlet. The exteriors are very cool, too. This will stay in place until May 8.

The heat, the humidity, the hurricanes, the roaches, the mosquitos, the traffic, the sprawl, the refineries, the pollen, the billboards, the short springs, the long summers. Houston, it’s worth it.

The Ufocap umbrella, which has no handle. Produced by Koryo in Seoul, South Korea. [Editor's Note: scary!]

This futuristic architectural design is shortlisted in an international contest to create a new observatory in Liverpool, England, reminding us that space-age proposals have a great way of stirring the imagination.

Canon presents 'neoreal' - this will be a large exhibit held at the triennale di milano that will show off the work of japanese designers tamae hirokawa, junya ishigami, hikaru mori.

Beautiful destruction/sculpturing of books by Nicholas Jones ~ check out this great interview with him by design files.

This is a collection with almost all the Unilever Heartbrand logos, the name differ from country to country but the symbol is always the same. Look for Kwality Wall's logo. Why is it the only one different?

Optimizing passive solar gain and using untreated local wood are just a few of the ways that this sustainable home on Lake Laka in Poland has earned the moniker CO2 saver.

NotNeutral's Transport Quilt for kids makes adorable use of stitching... found this at the new "feel more human" modern design shop!

No more green and new cups for S*Bux...my chai still tastes good. :)

No design studio is complete without one: the history of the Herman Miller Aeron chair

Really cool new initiative by Converse and Pepsi. In May Pepsi cans will be coming with a miniature Converse sneaker cellphone charm. Overall there are 12 of them - happy collecting!

Big time controversy and calls for a boycott after Absolut runs an ad in Mexico depicting the country's borders prior to the American-Mexican War of 1848.

Their fire can't be extinguished, even by wind, as this evocative Zippo advertisement shows. Agency is FP7 Doha, Qatar.

Anthro eNook gets knocked off by ikea... and then they slide the price from $399.00 to $39.99... STILL a knockoff... but also still an interesting charging/laptop station solution.

“Black and White” promo video by Julien Vallée for a division of Bleublancrouge Montreal’s agency ; BW.

This beautifully quirky, Lego brick inspired desktop calender is sure to brighten out any office space and can be arranged at will (just like real Lego).

We are sending out mini accordion file folders. Take them with you and fill them up with your personal objects - receipts, ticket stubs, lists, Polaroids, or anything else that defines you and your life. They will be put in a gallery in Atlanta.

Knife hooks-coat hooks for the wall! Easy to install, simply screw in the handle and hang! Available in matte black only.

Animation artist Eliza Frye posts a new drawing on her blog every single day.

Kick ass illustrations for Numericable from visual designer Théo Gènnitsakis.

Another great twist on traditional looking toile or damask wallpaper is Dan Funderburgh's City park with it's parking meters and fire hydrant design. For flavor Paper. Available in 4 combinations.

Iris by Michaël Bihain is a coffee table that you can pile. It is made from a single sheet of steel and comes in black or white. [Editor's Note: looks like a lesser version of Ross Lovegrove's in #9166]

Lenovo, a Chinese based computer company, designed the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch.

Tame is a concept that sets a status message synced with all of your devices and applications. If you’re driving or need some privacy, you can tell Tame to handle auto-responses to your phone, IM, text, Facebook, and more.

noisy fish? great nytimes interactive on bioacoustics in fishes!

Doc, a modern sofa with a removable cover, from resource furniture converts into bunk beds with a built-in ladder. What a great space saver!