Turn your iPhone into a numeric keypad for your notebook - NumberKey, by Balmuda Design.

Interesting project, 'Touching Strangers', by Richard Renaldi, where he photographs (you guessed it) strangers touching. Some are awkward, some aren't.

Nice collage drawings by Weston Takeshi Teruya.

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.

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

Sebastian Bergne has a new exhibit called 'Cru' at the Aram Gallery featuring his amazing 'Corked' series of decanting and serving vessels. The exhibit will run in London from 11/28/08 to 01/10/09.

Masahiro Minami's Glory light.

Driftwood sculptures by Yalos Alanya.

Amazing, affordable animal portraits by Sharon Montrose.

Love the base detail of Demacker Design's Take.Off Series.

The George Console by Oly Studio has an Eiffel-tower-like metal base with the option of a resin or shell top.

The DogPot by Young-Long Choi is about as hands-off and pleasant as you can get when walking your dog - a recyclable alternative to the plastic bag, and it keeps your hands from getting dirty!

Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun-Kyung Kim's Solar Vertical Lamp is envisioned as being integrated into window blinds that are powered by solar energy during daylight hours, which can then be used to light a room at night.

Love this intricate t-shirt design by Paramodel, called Huge Tokyo Mansion.

Ekubo means "dimple" in Japanese. Artista came out with a series of ekubo-inspired tableware.

Daniel Becker's modular Hunting Lines two-seater.

Jorre Van Ast, Mathias Hahn & Tomás Alonso collaborated to design the Ventiquattro Food Bag - a cutting board made of American oak and paired with a flush, sterling silver knife. Come with a washable synthetic bag.

Avril Loreti makes cute Mustache Handkerchiefs.

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.