Fabio Cuttica photographed the annual Miss Prisoner pageant at the Good Shepherd Prison in Bogota, Colombia, a beauty pageant held in honor of the Virgin of Mercedes, the patron saint of prisoners.

I love the Roto family by motion designer Yann le Coroller. See his other sweet character, Carl, on post 5439.

Moss graffiti by Anna Garforth.

Tamsin van Essen's Contamination cups are a little on the gruesome side - each appears to have been infected by a different bacteria type, bringing the microscopic to the macroscopic level.

Katrin Schacke's Stanley series of photographs - a lovely and odd collection of photos. I especially love the photographs with objects in motion.

The Third Space - an incredible installation put together by 52 German design students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich who created a gorgeous space out of 1.3 million cable ties. The project took 16,870 hours to complete.

The Light Modulator by Studio Lazerian - not sure I'm ultimately convinced by the final bat-inspired shape of the shade, but I do love the modular components that make up the fixtures, and the delicate connections between each piece.

Really nicely designed handmade journals from WienerPapp.

Ricochet Studio cast these 'Best Before' Milk Cartons in vitrified porcelain, using the original containers as a mold.

Rebecca Rothfus draws utility landscapes. The quietness of the line drawings and the muted colors are very nice!

Chris Gray of We Shall See won Freitag's Design-A- Truck competition. In keeping with Freitag's recycling philosophy, Gray's tarpaulin will be cut up and made into bags. 2nd and 3rd place went to André-Alexander Glesemann and Anna-Paula Henschke.

Kings, Queens and spades infiltrate the amazing illustrations of Plane Jane.

More disappearing chairs - Cube 6 by designer Naho Matsuno goes from a cube to six stools.

Yuichi Higashionna's fluorescent light sculptures.

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

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

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".

Ania Wagner's Barnacle Chair is made from sustainably harvested ash and lined with reclaimed industrial felt. It has two faces and two functions - the felt chair side, and the ash side that can be used to lean back on.

Designboom has construction photos of Reiser+Umemoto's 0-14 tower in Dubai.

Gorgeous new print work on Atelier Aquarium's website.

Siri Brekke's fruit bowls are made out of ceramic and playfully take on the appearance both of a bowl and of the fruit they're meant to hold.

Frida Jeppsson’s Brilliant ring for the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Awards. I love the ridiculous size and the way it references both a diamond and a cocktail glass.

Gorgeous, limited edition, leather wallets from Makr.

Part 2 of 3 of the Big Picture's 2008 in photographs.

Gorgeous, minimal concrete planters by Obleeek.

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.

A Toile de Jouy Shoes pillow by Anne Hubert.

Peter & Johanna Biľak's Pocket calendar/sketchbook, published by Typotheque.

Love (rī) 1 whiskey's sleek and slightly concave bottle design by Doe Anderson Ad Agency.

I love this amazing photograph by Dustin Snipes of chihuahuas racing.

Plug - a light fixture by Tomas Kral inspired by a wine cork.

Muji is opening MUJI to GO at JFK airport on 10/22 - the first in the USA. The store will offer over 300 household items and 80 apparel items.

Valerie Hegarty takes a counterintuitive approach to art - recreating and then destroying famous works of art - burning, ripping, shooting and otherwise destroying the work of her hands.

Matthias Lange's CMYK "converts failures and adversities that happen in everyday life into a poetic moment" by surprising its user with a colorful layer hidden beneath the white glaze.

Feric illustrates fantastical, mechanical characters in his "fevolution" series.

Love the idea behind the Parr House by Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects - a rectangular home with a series of rooms, each which gets its own sloped roof and skylight, and a series of internal (but exterior) courtyards dispersed throughout the home.

Zaha Hadid's Chanel Pavilion comes to NYC's Central Park, open until November 9th.

Eduardo Berlin Razmilic's House 2 in Santiago, Chile. The house is excavated into the site, with the main facade appearing to be only 11.5 feet above street level.

Selected photos from Yann Arthus-Bertrand's amazing Earth from Above project, coming in exhibition form to NYC in 2009.

Halla Helgadottir's Brennivins-sock. Brennivin, the original Icelandic Schnapps and the unique Icelandic woolen sweater have kept Icelanders warm and lucid for decades. Here is a woolen sock designed to keep the Icelandic schnapps Brennivin cold or hot.

Fragile Lab is an apt name for this retail showroom by Import/Export Architecture. The facade appears tenuous with its off-kilter columns. Designboom has some great interior shots.

Jahyun Rita Baek uses cut acrylic to topographically create geometric forms. Really beautiful work!

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.

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.

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

Hammacher Schlemmer will make a jigsaw puzzle out of any New York Times cover, from 1888 to the present.