Incredible toothpick sculptures from Scott Weaver. Incredible what one can do with 100,000 toothpicks!

FEATUREDBottle Green limited edition bottles by Monsieur Qui up close!

Melting Rainbows, stunning series from photographer Taisuke Koyama.

VIDEOFire Painting by Sanela Jahic uses this cybernetic construction to set off explosive levels of kerosene. The sensory data glove allows tactile formulation of the fiery image. Incredible video.

Fun collaboration between Nike+ and YesYesNo plots data from runners to create beautiful three-dimensional visualizations.

Invasive crochet by Crystal Gregory placing handwork on hardened city surfaces around New York.

Beautiful desktop / iphone / ipad wallpaper downloads from Baggu.

Monster in the Crowd. Includes step-by-step progression images.

New / Free digital downloads from Frederic Terral & Right Brain Terrain.

VIDEOLevi's Film Workshop Presents Swoon + Cat Solen. Great video!

Beautiful sculptures and drawings from Gerhard Mayer.

The Center for Digital Art and Contemporary Music designed by architect Manual Gautrand opened its doors to the Parisian public last month.

The Weird Girls Project is an ongoing art experiment created and produced by artist Kitty Von Sometime in Iceland. Participants don't know what they'll be doing or where, only when.

Graphic artworks by Vilius Šileika.

FEATUREDBompas & Parr's Chocolate Waterfall ~ 5 tonnes of chocolatey goodness filling a store, 12,000 L/hr flowing through, and filling the mall with choco-scent. See what visitors get to make/take home too!

A new book showcases architectural photographer Julius Shulman's images of a blossoming 1950s and 60s Los Angeles.

Miniature, walking, wind-powered 'Strandbeests' by Theo Jansen.

Following the successful shows by Jeff Koons, Xavier Veilhan and Takashi Murakami, this summer will see another artist, Benar Venet, exhibit at the Palace of Versailles.

Suzumushi is silent swarm of stylized crickets that display catalogue searches being undertaken by the public at the State Library Queensland. Commonly found searches spread like a meme through the swarm.

Kevin Cyr's post-apocalyptic mobile homes are foretelling and whimsical. If you are in San Francisco April 30th come out and see his solo exhibition at 941 Geary.

VIDEOEchoing the appeal of sports in slow-motion, here's an amazing video capturing the surreal beauty of sky-diving, produced for the Melbourne Skydive Centre.

Animated Title Sequences in Movies & TV and designers behind them (Pacific, Sherlock Holmes, 300, Human Target ...)

Daavid Moertl's watercolors are something to see, mixing design icons such as Gio Ponti and Ettore Sotsass amongst the scenery.

FOCUS! Awesome reminder of an art print for every studio space from Delicious Design League

The online magazine Polkadot presents its printed version. You can browse the issue online. Designed by Dario Verrengia. Illustrations by Alvvino, Mklane and Oisin Orlandy.

Francois Robert's Stop the Violence series in a beautiful book.

"I Like It. What is it?" by Anthony Burrill

I see U U see me Pillow by Rinzen

Delicious Design League has an awesome new Hour Glass print!

VIDEO The worlds of print and motion coming together in this new launch video featuring the latest line of European city prints from These Are Things.

Interesting featurette on vintage Japanese design on the LogLike blog.

Serie Architect's installation at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Monsoon Club, opens in Washington D.C. for the Maximum India Festival.

Choco Shock bars enable visually-impaired to recognize varieties of chocolate by touch. Packaging design by Andrea Giorgi.

Star Wars Episode V retold in Iconoscope by Wayne Dorrington captures all 63 scenes.

XKCD #888 = Heaven ~ tetris style

'Places, strange and quiet' a new show at London gallery Haunch of Venison, featuring the work of Wim Wenders.

Fast Company Design shows the work of Louise Despont, a Brooklyn-based artist who draws enigmatic, intricate graphite patterns on ledger paper designed for recording turn-of-the-century bank balances.

Presented this month in the garden of the Sully Hotel in Paris, 'La Danse des Abeilles' (Dance of Bees) is a caged hive representing the barrier between man and bee. By French designers Vaulot&Dyèvre.

Sara Pfau creates wearable maps that stimulates self definition according to location. Above is a gold necklace of Brooklyn, NY!

An interview with Timothy Karpinski, who runs Together Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and is currently showing 'This Is Forever' with Dan-ah Kim at Thinkspace Gallery.

'Bang' by Fabio Novembre for Lasvit, part of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which Novembre curated including work by Mathieu Lehanneur and Nendo for Lasvit.

A seaside shot of the new Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate, England, which opened the weekend of 4/15-4/17.

Marimekko celebrate 60 years with the results of a crowd sourced Facebook competition shown at the Milanese shop an Jannelli & Volpi and a cute accompanying book called "Surrur".

If your mom drove a van, this is the Mother's Day card for her. This three-color, letterpress card from Paper Plates Press brings back nostalgia of getting picked up in that faux wood panel ride.

VIDEOA string map of the London underground by fsm vpggru.

Minimalist movie posters by Matt Owen shows that less is more.

Aldo Bakker presents the 'Wood Project', 'Jug' and 'Handle' collections at the Salone del Mobile Milan Furniture Fair. And tells us about the exhibition currently at the Zuiderzee Museum dedicated to his family of designers.

Sugar Chair - A chair made out of pure sugar. You can lick it and personalize it your way. You are the designer!

For their 350th year anniversary, The University of the Arts Bremen created a striking paper installation over their library staircase.

A thorough look through the new ART IN THE STREETS exhibition at MoCA in Los Angeles. [Editor's Note: Amazing pics!!!]

Three beautiful skateboard designs by Shan Jiang for the Antwerp skate shop Lockwood.

Akko Golenbeld's Stadsmuziek was part of Design Academy Eindhoven's exhibition in Milan.

Arillo, lovely vases designed by Luca Nichetto, inspired by Italian glass pearls. Shown at Designgalleriet in Stockholm.

Coke is celebrating their 125th Anniversary in style with the help of British illustrator James Jarvis.

Woodshop in San Francisco has beautiful birdhouses by Luke Bartels and Jeff Canham. Amazing details. From the collaborative studio with Danny Hess and Josh Duthie.

A look at all of the work shown in "Required Reading - posters inspired by classic novels" ~ Gallery 1988 and OMG Posters! (All purchasable prints)

Minimalux has devised a beautiful concept to present their current collection of objects at this year's Salone del Mobile, using Milan itself as a backdrop.

Bldgblog looks at a study of water towers in Ireland, which the artist calls 'part inventory, part photographic essay and part history'.

FEATUREDAir Vases ~ Canon Neoreal Wonder version ~ with favorite photos printed on each side, a piece of paper is perfectly cut and extruded into these gorgeous vases!

FEATUREDStunning bottles for Bottle Green are the limited edition, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer series. The beautiful designs are by illustrator Monsieur Qui.

Paper art design of a story about finding a little bit of England in San Francisco. The paper works were all individually created and photographed by artist Chloe Fleury for The Bold Italic.

Penguin revitalizes the classic story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' with Jen Wang's hauntingly beautiful hand-lettered type on a new movie tie-in edition of the book which includes other 'French Fairy Tales'.

Austin Kleon's 'How To Steal Like An Artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)' created a simple list of ten things he wishes he would have heard when he was in college.

Graphic Design for Rainy Days, beautiful book about the history of graphic design.

A new concept in self-promotion, Ben the Illustrator has launched 'Ben's Seasonal Billboard' as a unique paper-free way to share his illustration work.

Chaos at breakfast? These 'buds' are an elegant solution to organizing cereals, milk, and sugar. By Pratt Institute senior Collin Velkoff at the 2011 Pratt Show!

Tea shelves are a great way to show off all your gorgeous tea accessories, and also a beautiful design piece on the wall! Check out more top student work at the 2011 Pratt Show!

My Way, a beautiful exhibition from French contemporary artist at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Maps - new book of illustrated cities by Lena Corwin.

VIDEOCool stop motion video from swedish hi-tech school Hyper Island when they show facts about their school on a real wall. A true piece of art!

'Notes de lectures féminines' is a toile de jouy fabric created by French designer Vérane Cottin and inspired by Simone De Beauvoir's poetic writings.

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava with minimalist American painter Frank Stella have collaborated on a new piece in Berlin.

Wow. Joe Ledbetter is launching 48" Fiberglass Limited Edition COLOSSUS Bunnies!

Director Philip Andelman documents Marc Newson's modern take on the classic hourglass in a film for Nowness.

Canadian artist Lissy Elle's images offer a strange, yet wonderful break from reality...

Fresh Stuff From Vilks in Angouleme, France

Delicious Design League's version of Darwin's Origin of Species Poster for Gallery 1988 “Required Reading”

Aruppel's adorable tree prints of various states ~ here's the California Redwood edition ~ Wisconsin, Washington, Michigan, and Oregon too.

Another great poster from Pop Chart Lab, the Illustrious Omnibus of Superpowers.

Beautiful illustrations by Erika Altosaar in an unbound portfolio, L’Étranger.

Tony Orrico, the human spirograph. Incredible drawing performances lasting up to 4 hours.

White Vinyl Design's For Nihon - Interactive musical micro-site, promoting a compilation with all proceeds to benefit a Japanese earthquake fund.

FEATUREDFlylight by Design Drift, fascinating light sculpture that mimics a flock of birds and responds to the presence of people! The video really helps make sense of it...

Dan Holdsworth's Blackout series are a selection of photos of receding glaciers in Iceland with the landscapes presented in negative.

Behind-the-scenes with the amazing collaborative sceenprinting duo Seripop at their Montréal studio.

Walter Hansens latest screen print is a band poster for their final tour. In this case its 1921, the last year there was a sighting of the Huia, an extinct New Zealand bird.

A4, a multimedia performance with great use of digital media. Featuring Jin Wook Lee and the collaborative visuals of Lumpens and Octamin.

What is Llama Font? It's a font made of llamas. Use it to write out any message you'd like and share it with friends. It's especially helpful in taking the edge off of bad news.

Dale Chihuly has a new exhibition on now at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Chihuly has revolutionized the art of blown glass, moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture as a vehicle for installation and environmental art.

VIDEOBaillat Cardell & fils produced and designed 2 video installations with illustrators Capucine Labarthe and Lino in the Hall of the Place des Arts Complexe, Montreal.

Beautiful portraits created by French illustrator Ëlodie from the collection of 6 postcards printed by La Marelle Editons.

You Took My Name - A series of paintings that strip famous logos back to their basic graphic forms.

Robert McGinnis' paintings are sexy and sensual, the girls are always hot and the guys are looking tough.

BLU is set to release a new print through Studio Cromie. The new print is based on his mural in Rennes, France.

bbass, an installation which combines projected light with graphic animation, architecture and sound. The Florian Licht installation here uses light and sound to transform architectural spaces.

“Expect to be surprised.” Illustrated by Caitlin Heimerl for 1200 Posters

Marks of Excellence is a book by Per Mollerup wich deals with the evolution of logo design from 5000 years ago to our days. An amazing travel through history.

Superego editions presents two new collections:
Oro Collection and Bosco Collection designed by Andrea Branzi.

The Mask of Noguchi, Madam Ichiyo, and Phantom Yukichi, Kasou Pochi Bukuro, envelopes for money.

Italian artist Moneyless has created wire sculptures around San Francisco.

Exclusive coverage of New York based fashion photographer Jimmy Fontaine's solo show 'Everything Went Black' at Comune.

Artist Dan Berglund takes a sheet of glass and paints pictures to accompany Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World in this very cool stop motion animation.

Envelope paintings by Sage Vaughn.

L’Artisan Electronique, a virtual pottery wheel by Unfold in collaboration with Tim Knapen.

Beautiful watercolors from Marion Bolognesi.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Brandon Boyd's first-ever mural project at Hurley's H-Space in Costa Mesa, CA.

Sam Winston's Dictionary Story Book.

Michael Eden’s ‘Grey Bloom’, part of the14th annual SOFA (Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art) Fair, which runs from April 14 through April 17 at the Park Avenue Armory.

Portfolio Update by Elmer Duyvis. Blurring the borders between fiction and reality.

Gregory Euclide prepares an installation for the Museum of Arts and Design's 'Otherworldly' - Opening June 7th in New York.

Harmony Gong's Ema for 'Artists Help Japan' Give2Asia Auction on eBay. Artists include Audrey Kawasaki, Yoskay Yamamoto, Allison Sommers and many more talented peeps!

How would you interpret the phrase One Plain, One Fancy? Here's a collection of entries so far to this open submission series.

A french collective of three insane illustrators (Nicolas, Mathieu et Sebastien)

What happens when you take an artist obsessed with the sea and place him in a landlocked country, a 1000km from the nearest surfable wave. Tom Phelan paints the ocean.

Banksy's nemesis King Robbo launches his first show, including his controversial re-graffiti pieces.

VIDEOThe Wisconsin Institute for Discovery recently unveiled two of the highest resolution interactive surfaces in the world.

Laps, an interesting installation by Art of Failure and Nicolas Maigret that focuses on generating sensible representations of internet by using it as a space for sound broadcasting.

Strange Attractors is a 36-page book that helps people understand its underlying concepts by introducing them to beautiful, mathematically-generated visuals. By Justin Edmond.

Bohyun Yoon explores the issues of gender and identity in his installation 'Structure of Shadow' opening this week at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia.

Eske Rex's Drawingmachine at MINDCRAFT11 at Salone Milan 2011. The sculpture features two drawing arms that create images with a ballpoint pen via two pendulums. Check out the videos for more!

Fun installation work from Ivan Puig. In this piece, robotic arms rotate to hit the bottles, creating echoing sounds.

Jeffrey Milstein’s Flight Recorder Do Not Open collection, captures the hidden beauty of the indestructible black boxes of air travel.

awmoo, a new elegant and sophisticated smoking device hand made out of bone china in the shape of a sphere.

If you missed the live stream, here is Death Cab for Cutie's recent project. The first-ever, live, single-take music video.

Kyle White designs a beautiful series of postcards for the city of Poplarville, Mississippi.

'Sooner Or Later it All Comes Down' by German collective Via Grafik: such a perfectly apt title for such a rad installation.

Transiessence. Some really nice student work coming out of Northern Michigan University's School of Art and Design, Human Centered (environ and product) Design department.

Laser-cut trophies made from repurposed materials including old wood veneer samples. Created by Another Limited Rebellion for the Better Housing Coalition's Groundbreaker Awards event.

Martin Messier's sewing machine orchestra!

Architecttura Sonora will be presenting their new line of specifically designed sonic modules at Fuorisalone in via Tortona 26 in Milan.

Desktop dumpsters made recycled steel with urban art style from SteelPlant.

The ArtWhatsOn iphone app. Although only for Australia right now, this great directory app for art galleries and shows is a nice, simple app by The Nest. If you're in Oz you should check it out.

Interview: Chinese master painter Xia Xiaowan waxes lyrical about his quest for three dimensional space on a two dimensional backdrop.

'Throw Floor' is just one example of the extremely creative and diverse work of Pittsburgh based artist Will Schlough.

0 to 100, a poignant glimpse of the true face of the human lifespan: 101 portraits of folks at every age, from mere weeks to a full century old.

Cary Norton's Legotron, Mark 1, a 4x5 camera made of LEGO.

Jennifer Brial creates objects based on map modifications. She plays with the senses and materials to create a new form.

Maarten De Ceulaer's Balloon Bowls are made from mass-colored, strong synthetic plaster, cast between 2 balloons. These flexible molds give them unique shapes and the material creates unique colors.

Interview with Vancouver-based artist Andrea Wan whose illustrations read like dreams, mystifying yet lucid. Her characters explore environments of the subconscious, seemingly suspended in a white void.

SubMap from Dániel Feles, Krisztián Gergely, Attila Bujdosó, and Gáspár Hajdu, of new media research lab Kitchen Budapest. Abstract subjective maps of Finland that represent online and offline activity and personal preferences.

Intermittent Light - the new series of paintings by artist Alison Jardine - explores light at the intersection between art and science.

Typick font made from toothpicks by Jerome Haldemann.

Microsoft Surface housed in Folded Acrylic Shell holding an interactive 11,000 artwork collection at Ball State University's Museum of Art.

'Can't Stop' music video based on audio reactive visuals. Video, code, iTunes visualizer, projector and video camera are all you need to make a video like this.