The Bee House Saltbox provides a pretty living space for your table salt. The ceramic Saltbox comes in a variety of colors, and keeps moisture away.

Sigur Rós put out a delux edition of their fifth and latest album, Meó suó í eyrum vió spilum endalaust. The book is full of fun goodies, including 200 pages of artsy photos, a DVD shot in Super 8 of the band on the road and, of course, the CD of the album itself.

Domestic Aesthetic makes eco-conscious goods. My favorite is the Spice Block which is made from reclaimed mahogany scraps that were being thrown away by a neighboring window manufacturer.

Donald Weber has an amazing photographic series entitled "White Nights: Russia after the Gulag".

Laura Lobdell's Free Bird necklace - randomly inspired by a "free-spirit who plays with matches, knows Rome and eats candy". Available in sterling silver and in gold.

Ashley G's new miniature porcelain artwork - already sold out since debuting yesterday!

Awesome bath-time building blocks by Cocoon Branding for Hair Do Zoo. Can be used as containers for soap and shampoo, as well as a play toy for kids.

I like this inverse pot called Terra, by Umamy.

Beautiful, eco-conscious wood furniture from A Single Tree.

Love this amazing print by Tugboat Printshop.

Jorine Oosterhoff's playful Mad Hatter tableware. Love the oversized lids.

Yuichi Higashionna's fluorescent light sculptures.

Neumeister designed these mini milk packets for Arla - they are way cooler than your typical diner half and half!

Method has launched a new line of body washes - always with pretty packaging!

I'm really not crazy about the base, but I love the multi-colored wood and the curved shapes behind Lop Furniture's Zeeen line.

The Church of the Holy Cross is beautifully minimalist building by KHR Arkitekter in Jyllinge, Denmark.

Hamburger Panda has some fun prints in her Seabots series.

Beautiful porcelain bottles inspired by memories of antique bottles dug up as children. The bottles are embellished with platinum decals of insects, weeds, roots and dirt.

Daniel Blackman designed packaging for Biker's Band, a fictional multi-purpose bike strap company. I like the diagrams that explain the various uses of the straps.

Sang-Kyun Park's LightDrops is an umbrella powered by rain - as water hits a conductive membrane that is integrated into the surface of the umbrella, energy from the impact of the raindrops is transformed into power that lights up embedded LEDs.

Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects' "Silent City" proposal for the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Park in China. The swinging lanterns are dispersed throughout the park and are a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Chinese rice lamp.

Loving the minimalist simplicity of Gee Beauty's packaging, by GJP.

Hola Ola No1 is a pre-molded soft silicone pouch that you open and close with a squeeze. Great for spices and great looking, too!

Love Chigo's versatile Tree Stacking Cabinet - three separate cabinets made of white ash that can be used separately or stacked on top of each other.

Nice packaging design for Bull-A-Rook whiskey by Kyle Poff. I like how both sides of the label are considered, with the plainer side on the exterior and a layered map that can be viewed from the backside.

Wow. I really need to go Siberia - some amazing photos of windows/home exteriors. Love the ornate facades.

Very interesting roofscape at the Future House by Innovarchi architecture - love how the roof becomes the ground of the courtyard between the two volumes.

Freitag recently introduced the F22 iPhone sleeve, made with an individual roadkill tarp exterior and a velvet interior lining that automatically cleans the iPhone.

Love the minimal use of labels in John Sleeman Presents Series beer and the slightly tweaked bottle shapes. Designed by Dossier Creative.

Love Erika Lövqvist's Water-Lily Lamps - the height really makes you feel like you're underwater. Am curious as to how they stand with such thin bases...

Futuristic Shell House by Kotaro Ide. The volumes are raised above the ground a bit and appear to float.

Beautiful photographic series called Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alex Soth.

The 5kg Doorstop by Landscape, available at the Future Perfect: "For when you need to keep the door open in a hurricane, this doorstop will act as the ultimate gentleman."

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

A necklace from Paraphernalia's soon to be released Victoriana Collection. Gorgeous!

Love Stéphane Vigny's untitled installation of two fluorescent tubes encased in two candlestick holders.

Daniel Libeskind finally gets to build in NYC - One Madison Avenue is a 54-story condo building that incorporates a series of visible "sky gardens".

The House Candle Holder by Sonodesign plays on the traditional form of a house, replacing the chimney with a candle.

Crazy renderings of MVRDV's winning proposal for the city center of Gwanggyo, a Korean town, which incorporates greenery into the buildings.

TAG commissioned designs from a set of diverse celebrities for the packaging of their body spray - Ami James incorporated classic tattoo artwork into his design while Jay-Z's speaks more about luxury with a faux (?) reptile skin covering.

Zoran Konjarski's conceptual project for beer bottle design - “My concept to the bottle graphics were to move away from traditional beer graphics, and make the bottle design differentiate in the market by taking on an extreme modern and minimalist design."

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo's Melting Men installation. Must have been complicated to make and install...

Love the crazy interior courtyard of Fundo Izaro, designed by Martin Hurtado Architects.

The Book Design Review posts the covers of some of the best designed books of 2008.