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.

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.