Re-Cycle Laundry Centre, by Fernanda Villanueva & Arturo Ariño - literally inspired by the recycling logo both in form and function. The 3 units include a washer, dryer and a water tank/filtration system. Minimal water is used, & dirty water is recycled.

Skeet Wang's Meltain eraser - an eraser that reminds us of the significant effect dirty snow has on global warming. Dirty snow absorbs more of the sun’s heat and therefore melts more quickly.

The Chapel of St. Loup by Danilo Mondada in Pompaples, Switzerland - love the accordion form.

Zakee Shariff has some great illustration work, both in textiles and in print.

Ward van Gemert deconstructs an old chandelier and reconstructs it into a more modern form, resulting in the Exploded Chandeliers series. Debuting at Mint Gallery in London today, 09/18.

An interesting renovation of a building in Cádiz, Spain by MGM Arquitectos. Love the contrasting plywood shutters and white walls. The use of plywood is interesting, as it is the material typically used to board up buildings while construction is in progress.

Leonardo Glass Cube by 3deluxe - I love how the detailing of the facade is picked up in the ground work.

In his ‘Camouflage’ series, Liu Bolin painstakingly paints his subjects so that they blend into their surroundings.

Method has launched a new line of body washes - always with pretty packaging!

Renderings of Oppenheim Architects' new Campus Center for Miami Dade college - definitely looks like it was inspired by OMA's China Central Television Headquarters. The building will house apartments, offices, and educational facilities.

Luis Porem's Trico Chair - made from three materials (wood, metal and textile) in three colors.

Till Schweizer designed this Welcome Center for the JinHua Architecture Park in China. I love the latticed exterior that provides a filter for light, air and privacy, as well as a texture against the natural surroundings.

Ljburg House by Marc Koehler - I like the use of protruding blocks to create visual interest in the facade.

Ivo Vos celebrate the mundane and our neuroses with their Brunch series of consumer products - a bread slicer that allows precision slicing, a toaster that allows you to set the angle for a precise toast catapult to your plate...and more!

Interesting use of materials by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for the Kanno Museum, a private art museum.

Love Alex MacLean's photographic series 'Going', especially this photo titled 'Houndstooth Pattern in Parking Lot at Disney World'.

Lebello's Chumy chaise lounger - love the clean lines and the colors, plus there's space underneath for towels or magazine storage.

If you are in Paris 9/30- 1/11 stop by the "Mingei Spirit in Japan, From Folk Craft to Design" at the Musée du Quai Branly. The exhibit showcases the work of Japan's artist-craftsmen, a dying tradition with today's mass-production methods.

Something's Hiding in Here's two month exhibition at Urban Outfitter's Sansom Window Project in Philadelphia. The message will be changed every day, so submit your own to their blog for a chance to be included in the project.

Designboom has a great roundup of tiny houses, both built and conceptual.

Hola Ola No1 is a pre-molded soft silicone pouch that you open and close with a squeeze. Great for spices and great looking, too!

Beautiful portraits of Sikh-Americans by Fiona Aboud.

Luca Ionescu's Laser Etched Poster for Refill 7 (see also 3453 for their gorgeous laser cut skate decks).

looks like a candle bulb, but it's not a bulb, it's a candle, which looks like...you know...

Jason Hawkes is an aerial photographer. Love this photograph of a house and small holding in Morocco.

Love these "still lifes in the style of colour-shifted 3-dimensional images" by A Nice Idea Every Day.

Simon Bent has a great portfolio of design work. This graphic is from his CD artwork for Beat Broker & Dj Perplex.

The Bjarke Ingels Group recently unveiled designs for Walter Towers, a residential/commercial complex in Prague. The building form is pretty intense.

Wood tables with ceramic tops by Hanna Ehlers.

A walk through one of Target's Bullseye Bodegas - only open in Manhattan for four days, today being the last.

New Lydia Fong - AKA Barry McGee - solo exhibition "A Moment for Reflection" at Ratio 3 in San Francisco, until October 18.

The Book Design Review posts the covers of some of the best designed books of 2008.

The HYmini is a handheld, universal charger/adapter device that harnesses renewable wind power and conventional wall plug power to recharge almost all your 5V digital gadgets - cell phones, MP3 players, iPods, PDAs, digital cameras...

I love Francisco Mangado's spanish pavillion for the 2008 Zaragoza Expo. There were 750 clay columns that provide a modern take on greco-roman temple architecture.

Amazing photos of Socotra Island, located off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen. The tree above is called a Dragon's Blood Tree, and the island features around 700 rare species of flora and fauna, 1/3 of which are found nowhere else on earth.

Love the packaging design for Woolrich Woolen Mills by D-SIGN.

The WAW coat stand by Michael Bihain, made out of lacquered steel.

Beautiful, quiet photography by Nilgün Kara. I'm reminded of Michael Kenna's work.

I appreciate the whiteness of Fabrica's new object collection launched for the 60th anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim collection. I especially like how color surprises you when objects are opened or more closely examined.

Expressionist Bass - nice looking desktop sub-woofers by Altec Lansing.

The Joanopolis House by UNA Arquitetos, which uses local Brazilian materials and is beautifully integrated into its site.

Came across these very awesome Anything Scissors by Michael Sodeau for Suikosha via the Core 77 Gift Guide.

Wireframe lamps designed by Ziglam & Brook for Deadgood.

Nextmurani released a wider version SANAA's chair recently, which is made of translucent white beechwood.

Dezeen is featuring a nice selection of graduate student work from the show at Designhuis in Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week.

Kind of silly, but worth mentioning anyway - Thwart Design's Tools for Dying, a tongue-in-cheek variation of DWR's Tools for Living products.