Gary Allson's wooden bowls & utensils have a really nice feel to them - the grain gives the bowls the illusion of being thicker and rounder than they are.

Alfredo Häberli's very lovely Los Bancos Suizos.

Love the patterns on Salvor Projects' wool scarves.

Fantastic Norway recently completed this cabin in Norway. The architects utilized color to break up the facade of the cabin and to carve out areas of entrance.

The Experimental Pavilion, pushes the limits of ultra high-performance concrete. The thinness and forms achieved contradict the heaviness and thickness that we think concrete is limited to.

City Escape illustration by Rozefire.

Gorgeous paper dresses by Valerie Hammond - part of her new exhibit at Garson Baker Fine Art that opened yesterday, 9/11, in NYC.

Interesting typographic experimentation by Daniël Maarleveld.

Loving Caroline Thaw's Little World shadow boxes...

The Madrid House by A-Cero Architects is made up of a series of shifting volumes.

Beautiful Crystal Bling Speakers by Harman Kardon.

Yoav Avinoam explores topography in his Nood cabinet.

Love this screenprint by Aya Kakeda from her Blue Bird series.

Amazing photographs of Hurricane Ike on Boston.com's The Big Picture.

Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.

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

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."

Love the E27 Lamp by TAF Arkitektkontor for Muuto. A set of these would be great over a dining room table...

Intriguing facade by Future Systems on London's Oxford Street. They call it a "vibrant jewel-like glass frontage...Through the repetition of crystal-like glass bays, a sense of scale and rhythm is created."

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.

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

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.

Love this dreamlike pastel painting by Jacek Yerka.

New white and gold geometric necklaces at Brevity.

Images from Salzzeitreise, a museum located deep in a salt mine in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

Interesting furniture from Lars Contzen's System Crash series.

Beautiful product by Dior Homme.

The Blofield Inflatable Chesterfield Seating by Jeroen van de Kant - I just love this because it's a fancy, self-important inflatable couch.

Beautifully detailed furniture by Christian Vivanco - all sides are carefully considered and the back is often as nice as the front.

A black-plated steel paper knife shaped like scissors, by Atypyk.

I like this inverse pot called Terra, by Umamy.

Cute and timely packaging idea by Purpose for Selfridges' Credit Crunch chocolate.

Gorgeous, conceptual fashion photography by Phillip Toledano.

A studio and library for Andrew Berman, a writer on Long Island.

Brand Image designed the 360 paper water bottle in response to the 60 million plastic bottles thrown away daily in the US. 360 is made from 100% renewable food-safe resources, and is fully recyclable.

Emergent Architecture's Emerald Plaza addresses Abu Dhabi's hot climate through a network of canopies that offer shade to the walkways below. Pools also help cool the space.

Elegant packaging by Concrete for Sula by Susanne Lang Parfumerie.

Hanna Backman designed the visual identity for these wines by Mont Tauch.

Clean black and white packaging from Taxi for their chain of cafes.

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

The House TTN is an interesting project by Teruo Miyahara - I love the louvered steel panels that open up the second floor to the street.

Marc Praquin designed the gorgeous packaging for Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

I love how the dripping seal reinforces Sloe Gin's snail logo. Packaging by Blackburns.

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

Dag-Henning Brandsaeter created this series of posters for a performance of ACT! Follow the link for great images that catalog the use of confetti in the making of the poster.

Interesting pixelated facade by Splitterwerk for the Prisma Engineering. The interiors are worth a look, as well.