Haunting photography by Nina Buesing.

Marc Praquin designed the gorgeous packaging for Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Gorgeous gift food packaging by Pearlfisher for Fortnum & Mason.

Ania Wagner's Barnacle Chair is made from sustainably harvested ash and lined with reclaimed industrial felt. It has two faces and two functions - the felt chair side, and the ash side that can be used to lean back on.

Love these Newman's Own mint tins by Moxie Sozo - inspired by retro Italian candy packaging and fruit crate labels.

Peter & Johanna Biľak's Pocket calendar/sketchbook, published by Typotheque.

Beautiful product by Dior Homme.

Beautiful concept design for Mockingbird Lager by Samantha Wiley. I like how the bottle is opaque, except for the figure of the woman - nice use of negative space. I also love the fortune cookie-esque messages on the inside of the bottle caps.

Great attention to detail in the bottle for Slovakian Double Cross Vodka - clean, rectangular lines with no seams, screen printed verses of old-world Slovakian poetry, and an individually-numbered tamper seal.

Sweetie Pie Press is collecting security envelopes for her new pin set. In exchange for your old envelopes, she'll send you a set of pins.

Frank Gehry designed the visitors bench for the World Company building in Tokyo.

Nice gig poster by Garrett Karol for The Broken West.

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.

Kathleen Hills' Made in England rolling pin leaves its imprint in your pastries.

Gary Allson's wooden bowls & utensils have a really nice feel to them - the grain gives the bowls the illusion of being thicker and rounder than they are.

JVC's Sound Garden concept - a green sound system made of renewable, sustainable materials - and it doubles as a vase!

CareerBuilder's "Maybe it's time to move on" campaign.

Interesting Tender Tub by Maren Hartveld. It's made from a polyurethene coated foam rubber, which keeps it soft and warm instead of the traditional hard and cold tub.

Love (rī) 1 whiskey's sleek and slightly concave bottle design by Doe Anderson Ad Agency.

Gwendolyn Huskens' super awesome Medic Esthetic footwear - inspired by and made out of medical supplies such as synthetic plaster, bandages, stainless steel and band-aids.

Great logo design by 300million for the Guild of Food Writers.

Susana Raab has a knack for capturing the absurd...This one is entitled "The Unfortunate Result of the Demise of the Public Pay Phone".

Claire Beckett photographed fabricated Iraqi spaces that were created within the U.S. for the purpose of military training.

Richard Prince has forayed into furniture design with a show at Paris’ Galerie Patrick Seguin that features his Nurse Hat Chair.

Beautiful wire frame rocker by Egg Designs.

Kate Broughton has a sweet line of felt animal brooches.

Beautiful specialty Craft Scissors by Kiya in the ancient "grip scissor" design.

New white and gold geometric necklaces at Brevity.

Pretty acrylic Hitofude hangers by Yasuaki Chiba.

Besides just being gorgeous, Akihiro Kumagaya's Sumizara charcoal ashtray helps to deodorize the smell of cigarette smoke when they are put out.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Template sculpture - made from 1001 wooden doors and windows salvaged from destroyed homes from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Illustrations from the Brazilian artist, Herbert Baglione.

Really nicely designed handmade journals from WienerPapp.

Gorgeous, conceptual fashion photography by Phillip Toledano.

6 West Design created this bottle for USB wine - due to TTB/Cola regulations, new wineries can't use the term "Port" (to protect Portugal's geographic indication). The packaging playfully incorporates words that imply the missing word (im____ant).

Michael Geertsen's Closely Separated Vase for Muuto. Inspired by a stack of dishes, the vase is available in white and yellow. A visual reminder of the beauty in disharmony.

Packaging for Oloves, by Cowan - clever little design for pitted olives on the go!

I was in Chicago with Volkswagen and saw the 2009 CC - the experience included a 20-course dinner at molecular gastronomy restaurant Moto, and a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio!

Martha's alternatives to the standard jack-o-lantern.

A yummy idea - Chocolate Mail stamps by Toby Ng Design - they come in dark, milk and white chocolate flavors.

Free downloadable halloween cards by illustrator Samantha Hahn.

Pretty gift wrap - a collaboration between rifferaff and Black Pearl Press.

Russian based ONY designed the packaging for Comtech's light bulbs.

Loving My Paper Crane's Ginger-skeleton cookies!

Spirit Houses, by Oliver Hunter.

Toby Ziegler's geometric sculptures reference computer mapping programs with a figurative element.