The exhibition will address the development of utensil forms, innovations in production and materials, etiquette, and flatware as social commentary.

anyone who knows me will understand my excitement over vending machine ramen.

iannone's elk mod lodge sideboard made from the reclaimed stalks of the sorghum plant and bonded using a formaldehyde free adhesive.

loved the national assembly for wales in cardiff. great sustainable, ecofriendly building. uses natural light, materials and feels really open. it was shortilsted for the RIBA. more info at richard rogers.

DIY duct tape wallet from my duct bills.

im guessing these guys are well known, but i still like the mix fo recycled junkiness with the fish images. =)

becuase we love icons.

nanopitch! now all we need is microbe-sized footballers. gotta love nanotech.

with all the recent hype about "grass armchairs" on big brother, i felt i had to remind everybody about the WAY cooler sod-couch.

doing hedgehog research for a logo - WOW. look how tiny yet pokey they are!

remember that coolhuting/popdeck design a skateboard deck contest? they have a winner and you can get one.

as new year's resolutions come around. it seems time to bring back the NeXfit's BK-A6, an exercise bike for gamers. The arms of the bike move, and a control stick is integrated into them, allowing you to navigate your favorite games. SWEET!

i feel guilty posting something this retarded, but it also struck me as kinda cute. "animals" of the underground. hehe.

Frances Whitehead and James Elniski's house in Chicago was built using a number of green technologies.

juan francisco casas does some impressive drawings with a biro.

i love getting mail and sending it. old fashioned though it may be...so i just joined Paulo Magalhaes's postcrossing and am looking forward to receiving all sorts of crazy postcards from strangers. =)

In Brazil, the Salvation Army has launched an interesting outdoor campaign to raise awareness, donations of clothes, and money.

for some reason i love this flowery seal...and lots of other cute things on papa stour.

remember glow worms? mood beams are the modernized version. =)

im not sure how i feel about these fused-glass belt buckles. interesting, novel...marginally nice?

this hoodie is supercute!

website doesnt look like much, but this was so cute

my poor double horned friend...

just came across the bird machine and thought some of their prints were kinda fun.

its fascinating to look at old maps...

an old one, but nonetheless. pingmag on fencing. awesome.

one of many stunning images put together by the nyt from the hubble telescope.

trippy skull poster from julien notter and sebastien vigne at at-elier for the maison d'alleurs.

its an ifone! hehe...great iphone spoof. it could only be better if they'd gone with duct tape.

i love these wallets! theyre made from old orange juice and milk cartons...giving them a touch of regional flair...and filling me with nostalgia.

love stylized animal forms, so when i saw this piece on mocoloco, i just had to post it!

i love studio1 am's joujou series. totally sweeter than the cork cuff!

cute? but what an odd handle...

just watch the intro to this site, its beautiful. though of course having 2 olympians helps you get press quality photos of your athletes...

super close up insects - some really impressive pics here.

France is making a fuss this week over Richard Serra, the 68-year-old American bantamweight who fashions elegant, gargantuan art out of steel.

National Cryptologic Museum, an institution devoted to two contradictory human impulses: keeping secrets and telling stories, funded by the National Security Agency!

Check out Wooster's 'All My Friends Are Made Of Paper' - A Survey of the Work of Armsrock' , the latest limited edition book in the'Wooster On Paper' series.

‘Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega Beasts’ by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart has it all: pop-up action, prehistoric beasties, what more could you want?

Holy Cow, eco-friendly wallpaper by Louise Body, is decorated with a water buffalo pattern and printed with waterbased inks and nontoxic solvents on paper from managed forests

great shot by Muhammed Muheisen, an AP photojournalist working out in the middle east.

how cute are these baby spoons? they're airplane spoons! they come in blue too.

i love books and illustrations...this blog is amazing and these anagram bookshop promos are great. [editor's note: prev seen on .com]

great times article on skull imagery in society.

apparently your monkeychow boy is selling his excess chow. wuss. the weirdest auction site is generally pretty awesome/gross though. =)

nyt architecture review of the bird's nest, the olympic stadium in beijiing.