sweet!

arnaud de vicq et al's scratch my back cheese grater is too cute! part of the dining in 2015 competition over at designboom.

i was attracted to jordi canudas's site by the less lamp, but really love the dripping light too. fun stuff, worth checking out.

bulimic birds? all about cormorants.

Portland-based Esque Studio makes mind-blowingly beautiful booth and blown glass.

'the italian alphabet' by olivier quagliotto, a shortlisted entry to the 'FIAT 500 wants you competition' in the lifestyles category.

powerful images from beirut. but its nice to see graf with a positive message of hope.

i stumbled joshua middleton's site and some these are just gorgeous!

eyl and green's aperture, a facade installation with interactive and narrative displaying modes, creates new imagery as well as a new channel for communication between inside and outside

check out Re:mo. SOZ will open its flagship store this spring in Osaka, Japan, and from March 12 will be featuring in a window display at the Musee des Arts decoratifs in Paris.

VICTORINOX x WK INTERACT = awesome swiss army knife on a chain.

butterfly nightlights.

the swiss company tarzan has some pretty cool shirts, the black cockatoo's kinda cool.

i love frieke janssens site. the little drawings besides the photos are such a nice touch too... =)

comet dust, red fluorescing fish and fungal catapults are just a part of this week in science.

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.

Eighteen artists based in London were asked to design a dartboard with the thing they most hated on it for an exhibition curated by Garudio Studiage that starts at the Dazed & Confused Gallery this week.

A samovar is a water heating container, mostly made of brass, with a pipe and built-in brazier inside...and more importantly, this one is gorgeous.

undersound is a new type of experience, an interface that is on your mobile phone and in the underground stations you pass through every day. It is part personal, part public and all about the tube.

that's right kid, you better be scared. robocup = sweet! with sims, minis, four-leggeds and humanoids all going at robosoccer. the robo world cup looks pretty awesome.

It's like notcot on the nytimes! And you could be too! The Polling Place Photo Project is fantastic. and gives those of you with undocumented polling places an extra push out the door!

Aiming to reduce the volume of PET bottles carried by "catadores" (people who collect waste from streets), Takashi Utsumi developed a device with which one can rapidly shred PET bottles into ribbons suitable for use in crafts. I want one.

the graffiti project: Beginning May 10th, for 30 days, OS GEMEOS, NINA and NUNCA will be painting a thirteenth century castle in the countryside of North Ayrshire, Scotland.

i know we've already featured elephant dung paper, but "poopoo paper" offers its own collection, though sadly, does not include images of the process.

i love these teak boxes. so simple and understated, yet gorgeous and practical. =)

'botanical martini' glass by benjamin hubert studio has received the runner up prize in the UK
bombay sapphire designer glass competition. check out how they're made too!

Paul St George's giant telescope connects Fulton Ferry Landing by Brooklyn Bridge to London's South Bank by Tower Bridge. Open till June 15th. Where are my NYers?

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

i have a confession to make. i've spent the morning working on einstein's fish rather than real work. not sure if i love or hate coudal for introducing us, but i simply must know who owns that pike.

Derek Cruz, of Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons, vintage ivory piano keys proved the perfect canvas for his latest collection: a limited-edition line of necklaces made exclusively for BBlessing in New York.

antlers, like skulls and pirates are a meme thats taken over the past year or so, and according to the nytimes, theyre still good for spring.

mike newton of blackpool gives new life to boarded up houses.

if you like tshirts, you should like without pockets.

Olafur Eliasson's New York City Waterfalls: a public art project of 4 man-made waterfalls rising from New York Harbor. It will appear June 26 -Oct. 13, running 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

just had to pick out this gem from the ICFF gallery. i didnt really play house as a kid, but if i did, i'd want a cardboard setup as stylish as this!

the abstractor lets you turn your idiot box into a work of art. fun idea...with lots of possibilities. a new way to play with your tv thanks to ji lee.

love this short directed by Tony Roche. "how to tell when a relationship is over". via coudal.

this kids desk is too cool. a space saver...stylish design...and it just oozes fun vibes.

carrying on the theme of interesting rugs, alex carpenter's drop dead seemed worth a mention.

i love the simplicity of yoann lemione's pieces. and they all feel so lonely...

Boston is home to some fantastic science museums.

i love susanna hertrich's chrono shredder. watch the days shred by. via core77

we've seen some gift wrap winners on .org, so i threw together a short list of my wittier favorites. ;)

ive always been a sucker for a pretty box. the function project by ecko have gorgeous packaging that can be used as a frame!

wow, talk about simplicity. these chairs are sickeningly sleek.

in 1891, Irritated by the foul stenches that wafted through their northeast Brooklyn neighborhood, members of the 15th Ward Smelling Committee embarked on a boat trip in search of the responsible parties.