Photos from Cooper Union's Silkscreen Reclamation Project - a collaboration between designer Paul Sahre and CU students. 200 of Sahre's unfinished posters (with one color word bubbles) were reclaimed by the students and overprinted with their own designs.

The Trust Creative Society created this limited-edition bottle design for Loimu, a Finnish vintage mulled wine flavored with raspberry and clove.

Gorgeous packaging work for Grind Coffee by Talia Cohen for her thesis project at RISD.

BiCuadro Architects designed the Italian pavilion for the 2010 Expo Shanghai. The pavilion is made up of a series of plates that are meant to illustrate Italy's cultural and architectural history.

Modulorbeat designed Kubik, an outdoor club in Berlin, made from translucent containers that light up in response to the club's music.

Poketo launches their Australian Series wallets - showcasing designs from artists down under. The wallets will launch stateside in late November.

Designboom features a nice collection of silicone lemon squeezers.

Love Merijn Hos' super detailed, old-school China Ink On Paper drawings.

New hoodies from Headhoods (see post 5698).

J.R. Watkin's natural cleaning products with gorgeous packaging.

Studio Mango created the Sliced lamp by cutting up an old fashioned table lamp and dividing it over 40 Perspex plates.

Callie Shell has had the opportunity to photograph Obama throughout his bid for president and has compiled a great set of photographs, including this one of him doing pull-ups before making a speech.

Li Jianye's Nutrition Pyramid Lunch Box allows you to align your diet with the food pyramid.

Charles Kalpakian's Dog book stands/light fixtures. The dog's tail/handle becomes the cord that switches the fixture on when you pull it out - cute detail.

Oloom's Oloomette light fixture.

I love this amazing photograph by Dustin Snipes of chihuahuas racing.

Nano-Tech Water Drop - similar to the age old children's game, only using water drops instead of metal balls.

Camilla Diedrich's Nature Ray Charles Wallpaper series is a luminescent wallpaper. I wish it was clearer as to what the light source is - maybe fiber optics? Regardless, it's beautiful!

The facade of the Auditorio Ciudad de Leon by Mansilla+Tuñón plays with view and perspective in a beautiful way.

Compact, by Laura McCusker, is a modern day vanity. A reinterpretation of a traditional piece, it is designed for the bedroom or hallway where the busy modern woman can apply her lipstick and mascara, grab her keys and phone, all on the way out the door.

Gorgeous and sobering photo-journalism from Christoph Bangert.

Love Juxtavision's illustrations of strange men in jars.

Hans Zwimpfer's 'Pile up' facade is a bit of a one-liner, but I love the sectional view articulated in the facade.

Elisabeth Timpone's "Maybe Life Is A Fairytale" illustration.

Yoav Kotik's work with bottle caps has focused on jewelry, but he currently has an exhibition at Periscope Gallery in Tel Aviv showcasing bottle caps transformed into sculpture and home decor products. My favorite is the bottle cap light shade.

Abandonalia has some amazing photographs of abandoned sites. Textures and colors abound in these old institutions, reversing the previous sterility and order.

Super nice Rings screenprint by HunterGatherer.

Another great illustration by Studio Volk (see post 14044) showing an inclination towards city planning. An illustration for Radio Citta' Futura.

Gorgeous bottle design by Barber Osgerby for Ipsei - a non-carbonated fruit drink manufactured by Coca-Cola for the European market. The indented portion makes for an ergonomic design.

Beautiful Cubematic Max graphic by Eric Carl.

So strange - the Tuttuki Bako, an interactive game system that requires you to insert your finger into the device to interact with the games. The display shows a digital replica of your finger - you can then play with a panda or annoy a girl by touching her face.

Nice packaging by Interbrand for Stolichnaya's Elit brand.

Jin-Young Lee's Da-Bloom table - a multifunctional piece of furniture with layered 'leaves' that can be used as table surfaces, a bench, etc. The design was inspired by a blooming flower and is made of plywood and plastic.

Lacy lamp shades by Kicki Möller.

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

Emergent Architecture's Emerald Plaza addresses Abu Dhabi's hot climate through a network of canopies that offer shade to the walkways below. Pools also help cool the space.

Nice packaging for the final shoe in Adidas' Originals aZX series.

I'm loving Andy Velgos' Ring Studies - some very conceptual and amazing pieces to be found.

VerTerra is a biodegradable, disposable dinnerware collection. The dinnerware is made by collecting fallen leaves, and applying steam, heat and pressure to transform the leaves into a durable product that will naturally biodegrade in 2 months.

Tessa Farmer creates amazing miniature sculptures out of insects and plant roots - the above is from Swarm (Hornet vs. Fairy).

Ricochet Studio cast these 'Best Before' Milk Cartons in vitrified porcelain, using the original containers as a mold.

Shaz Madani plays with paper in his Arctic Paper project.

The Blofield Inflatable Chesterfield Seating by Jeroen van de Kant - I just love this because it's a fancy, self-important inflatable couch.

The Wohlfahrt-Laymann Residence by Meixner Schlüter Wendt blends old with new via interventions that link the existing to a new outer skin. The old cottage was painted white, separating its past and renewing it as an artifact of its previous self.

OMA's Torre Bicentenario in Mexico City - OMA describes the project as two stacked pyramids. Public programs are located where the two pyramids meet - at 100m, the datum of the surrounding buildings.

Macalula's "Buttom Stool" - inspired by buttons - the perforations in the seat make for a perfect outdoor chair, allowing water to pass through, keeping the seat dry.