Yuri Majic's conceptual design for a limited-edition Orangina bottle - designed around the French catchphrase "C'est la vie", and incorporating lyrics from Alanis Morissette's Ironic.

Alejandro Chavetta's awesome collage work.

Karim Rashid's Happy People glassware is designed to be reversible - eg. a margarita glass that becomes a shot glass when reversed. Love all of the contrasting shapes.

Gianni Botsford Architects and Morphogenesis are collaborating on a five star hotel and cultural center in Kolkatta, India. Tagged Porous Morphology: the intent is to create an environment that captures the cultural and intellectual intensity of Kolkatta.

Ornamentum Gallery is showcasing some great artists, including Gerd Rothmann, who works with fingerprints and metal. The above is his 'Freundeund' piece.

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.

Angus Hyland and assistant Fabian Herrmann have designed the hardback edition of Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories. The book collects together all of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories in a single volume for the first time.

Wireframe lamps designed by Ziglam & Brook for Deadgood.

Klara Zavadilova's Picnic'n'Party is plastic cutlery with style. Each set can be customized by the napkin inserted.

Yuki Abe's "I'm so Lazy" picnic blanket.

Interesting expandable table by Nueva Linea.

Love Joseph Riehl’s Alright rocking chair.

Love these fig-shaped outdoor lamps by Parade Design, Lampe de Jardin Gonflable Figue.

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

Robert Hunter is a British illustrator with a great portfolio of work - I love this illustration for the cover of Penguin Classics' reprint of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man.

Cool Tidbit notebooks - with little perforated sections that you can tear out.

The Xiao, a 5.0 mega pixel digital camera with a built-in printer, by Takara Tomy. The camera prints borderless photos and holds up to 20 sheets of paper at one time. Xiao uses Zink technology, which is an inkless printing process - so no changing cartridges!

Qubo is a multi-disciplinary design firm in Uruguay with a lot of nice work. They took a mention in a competition for the new CAF headquarters in Caracas Venezuela with this interesting design.

The ICE bench, by Madelen Schelin - a Plexiglas base with faux-suede cushions, available in ten different colors.

More great packaging by Moxie Sozo (see post 15672) for Red Dog Candy.

Alexis Themistocleous's Caged Message vases are cast in bubble wrap and contain secret messages that are laser-cut into stainless steel. The messages can only be revealed when the vases are smashed.

Some interesting "jewelry" by Jo Cope - the 'Non-collar' is designed to create the illusion of formality and conformity. 'Hand-bag' creates a visual extension to the arm when held.

Yes, please! Miju's Wing and Prayer necklace in black acrylic with a bronze-color chain.

Exposure Architects' Octospider - a corporate cafeteria in Bangkok that sits on stilts over water with concrete and steel legs. The cafeteria has three arms, providing a view in all directions.

Beautiful light fixture installations at Designers' Saturday in Langenthal, Switzerland. 'Underwater World' was designed by Aqua Creations and installed in the Création Baumann textile factory.

Tine Roeder and David Krings collaborated on Structures/Facades. Love the super intricate weaving that becomes more loose/transparent as you get closer to the middle of the sideboard.

Maxim Velcovsky designed a series of glasses that combine the traditional Lobmeyr glass shapes with chandelier parts.

Love the solution by BIG Architects and NOD Landscape Architects to revamp the Slussen area of Stockholm - providing pedestrian and bike access over what is now a very busy intersection. A huge, terraced sitting area is just part of the project.

Nil Güları's ASTER-IST six-person rocking chair was inspired by the movement of the ships on the Bosphorus.

Takeshi Hosaka's incredible Garden House merges indoor with outdoor, incorporating an enclosed, two-story courtyard within the confines of the perimeter walls.

Wooster Collective caught Supakitch's installation usurping the subway lights at the 2nd Ave. F stop in Manhattan.

Chris Kirby's Spiral Lamp is reminiscent of paper lanterns (and the design was in fact developed in paper). The lamp is made from a single sheet of slit material which is then bent to mesh together with itself.

A collaboration between Reona Ueda and Newwork - a wearable piece of art inspired by the traditional Japanese hair ornament, kanzashi.

Giorgio Biscaro's Kappu lamp has an interchangeable polypropylene lens that allows you to mix and match the finish and color of your lamp.

The Big Picture compiles incredible photographs of Antarctica.

Interesting Chaos and Order installation at the Kobe Biennale by 000studio.

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...

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

More Ai Weiwei love (see also post 15524) - a sculpture of China - not sure how it's made - extruded with wood veneer? or carved wood? Either way - beautiful!

A corrugated pressboard wall by Enzo Mari - ten panels with different decorations, perforations and shapes to enhance a kid's playtime.

Leo Kempf designed this house for his cat, Olive, complete with a panoramic plexi-glass window, a thick sheepskin rug, some small paintings for the walls, and a cardboard scratching porch.

Torsten Klocke designed this beautiful birdhouse - Rohbau - a concrete shell in an iconic form.

Enjoying the slight curve of the Method Lounge by Davis Furniture.

The Magnolia lamp by Autoban is reminiscent of topography and flora.

Love the strong lines of Michael Hill's golf course Clubhouse, designed by Pattersons Architects in New Zealand.

The Snowshoe chair by Luflic - inspired by traditional wood snowshoe construction.