Barca chair by Jacob Joergensen.

Dirk Winkel's Minai Chair. The central aluminum bars allow different kind of shells (wood or upholstered aluminum) to be clamped in.

Nendo recently released “Talking”, a set of seasoning dispensers. The mouth on each dispenser is a phonetic representation of Yu, Shi and Ko (shoyu, shio and kosho - soy sauce, salt and pepper - respectively). Cute.

Sebastian Gronemeyer's Orchid Chair.

Barry Sheehan and Gregor Timlin have teamed up to fabricate the Shelter Cart, a mobile living unit
for junk collectors/homeless. It would be nice if the cart had small perforations so that you could get air when sleeping.

Nice brooch/medal by Wildcatters, stamped with either "Blood & Sweat" or "No Tears". Made with grosgrain ribbon, brown suede, and a hand-stamped I.D. tag.

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.

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

Christopher LaBrooy's Marble Lamp - with a gathered synthetic felt shade that creates gorgeous shadows!

A lamp with two functions - light and catch-all storage. LifeGoods Bedside Lamp.

Hello there, pretty little PLAY Mouse. Designed by Hacoa.

Charlotte Skene-Catling converted an old dairy into a five bedroom home with a bathing pool. I like the way the wood exterior references traditional barns but allows a tremendous amount of light into the house.

The Louis XV Commode by Axis FormLAB is a twist on the traditional chest of drawers. It comes in three variations - plywood, mdf and acrylic. The acrylic one would be my choice since the commode would essentially read as a line drawing.

um...craziness! Coll-Barreu Arquitectos' Basque Health Department Headquarters in Bilbao. Turns out that crazy facade is really just a skin over a much more regular building - check out the night photos to see.

Bola Sociology Design's new identity for Arroz de Festa (a catering company - the name means Party Rice in Brazilian). I like how the intricate patterns are disturbed and become chaotic.

The Mighty Bearcats' Skin Series Bud Vase looks like porcelain but it's actually made of a soft and flexible plastic.

Ryan Frank's Isabella stool, launching this September at the London Design Festival. Isabella is made out of Strawboard, a sustainable formaldehyde-free material made entirely from compressed straw.

Sam Wolfe Connelly's contribution to Follow the Leader - an ongoing collaborative project with Sub-Studio featuring 6 drawing "seeds" and your drawing skills!

Student work by Thomas Wilder - "Buggin' Out" - a bath and body product designed to make the viewer "bug out" when looking at the bottle's typography. Nice design, but somewhat counter-intuitive to the desired relaxing effect of bath products.

Anna Haas' Waiting illustration for indie mag. Love the levitating man...

Attractive forms for Patricia Urquiola's Lazy seating collection for B&B Italia.

Knoend's Lite2go eliminates packaging waste by making the lamp shade itself the packaging.

Interesting - almost spatial - paper bags by Good Design Company for the Takeo Paper Show.

Lyle Owerko's photographs from The Boombox Project catalog the iconic, visually beautiful ghetto-blaster.

Cameron Moll designed this crazy letterpress poster of the Salt Lake Temple using bazillions of tiny letters to create the image.

Designboom features a nice collection of silicone lemon squeezers.

Great interview with illustrator Adrian Johnson on Grain Edit.

Lula Dot's CAPtivate lamp recycles old bottles and their caps to make this beautiful fixture.

Satina Turner's Flybrary bookshelf - the books hang on metal strips to create the surface of the shelf.

Bigger isn't always better - the world's thinnest ring.

Part 3 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 Year in Photographs.

Torch is a light bulb inspired flashlight from plusminuszero.

Poor Design came up with several adaptations to the clothespin. My favorites are the Pencil and the Bedside Lamp.

Colorful nesting bowls by Joseph Joseph.

Quirky jewelry by Natural Historie - love this cloisonne deer on a strand of pearls.

Bruno Fosi tackles an iPhone issue - the exclusion of visually impaired users. His Tactile Silicon Case for the 3G works with an app that incorporates functions like text to speech. The case is engraved with buttons that correspond to a modified home screen.

Jethro Macey's Textile Side Unit, in collaboration with Decode London. Love the texture of the doors.

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

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).

Nori Morimoto's Forest Pendant Lamp is a gorgeous piece of work - the shade is made up of thin, hand-cut strips of wood.

Yuko Tokuda and Yumiko Komiya's The Story Behind the Bookmark - bookmarks that tell their own stories - a lonely mermaid, a silly goose, a word thief.

Love the illustrative work of Ryan McLennan. His website is full of goodness.

JLCG Arquitectos' School of Music in Lisbon - each practicing student is on display.

Limited edition print by Gustavo Aimar - love his use of color.

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

Simple, sculptural Architectonic rings by Mayza João.