Art Lebedev studio always has fabulous wallpapers in various resolutions incorporating their bar code. This one is perfect for today! New Champagnes By Den Poddubny. Happy New Year NOTCOT!

A collection of photographs from IDEAS magazine (from Barcelona 1936). The collection highlights the vintage typography and lettering throughout two issues.

Nice campaign featuring tiny boxes of popcorn that say the slogan, "iPod: Movies in your pocket."

Thank you, Rob Sheridan, for making Christmas as spooky as Halloween!

Joshua Ben Longo's cuddly but curious creations are a must-see. With felt wool monster rugs , furry monsters that have anatomically correct bums & more. The above pic is of the Longoland booth at Brooklyn Design 07

Many well respected book cover designers have taken their stab at designing a cover for J.G Ballard’s Crash. Now, Times Online and HarperCollins are opening a competition to the public for a new cover design of this 1973 classic.

Banksy, Kelsey Brooks among other artists go to Bethlehem to paint the walls and bring across the message of freedom and peace! ~ For Santa's Ghetto 2007!

Dripping bottles can be a problem. Spanish designer Noro has solved the problem with something called the "Two lip system". And it doesn't hurt that the bottles themselves are really pretty...

New toys for the art enthusiast. The Tofu toy by Japanese company Medicom comes under the "Art of the World" theme!

Casey Sheehan updates his site with new projects. Nice interactive touch-screen

Tub tattoos (stickers) for your bathtub. Reenact Herman Melville's classic book Moby Dick in the comfort of your own bathtub!

E. V. Day’s ‘‘Mummified Barbie’’ series is a wry commentary on society’s obsession with preserving female beauty. This one is $3,000 at Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street.

Amnesty Sweden release three campaign posters against female circumcision. The female circumcision illustrated by sewn up roses.

Lavazza's 2008 calendar is here. Amazing photos by Finlay Mackay and a fabulous flash site with stories, games, behind the scenes and more.

Custom KR Dunny from mheisler. This one is called SLODUNNY HYDRO.

Studio Job's newest work was unveiled at Design Miami. This table is a patinated bronze “factory”, whose four chimneys produce a “polluted cloud” of polished bronze, which becomes the open-work tabletop.

Fingertips is a typographic study by Jonathan Looman

Great, playful, logo and mascot for Poky by Tak! More companies should use clay figures as mascots...

Puma released in their two Black Stores (NYC and Tokyo) a new range of urban bikes. Each bike has matching sneakers, clothing and accessories such as bags. Love it!

The Crucifixion according to Google Earth: photographic project featuring four Biblical scenes as viewed from on high

Who knew that great tasting chocolate could come from Scotland? It doesn't hurt that Kchocolât makes their chocolate look great either...

Bug + Paint = Bug Art. Steven Kucher dips each leg of his miniature artists in watercolors, and let's them scurry allover the paper to create these abstract paintings.

The latest figure by designer Genevieve Gauckler - furry Pierre!

Rodrigo Braga, nice porfolio of this brasilian art director, illustrator and dj.

4,200 windows lit with 150,000 LEDs make for one heck of a light show at the Dexia Tower in Brussels

Woof Love! 12 Artists have each decorated a Magis Puppy for an auction whose partial proceeds go to Action for Singapore Dogs. Auction ends January 6th and you can download bids forms here.

Christina Natsuko Paulos is a traditional animator by day, but paints whimsical characters with eyes that look just like my online signature. (oO)

Fernando Brizio's Painting with Giotto, uses a ring of felt marker that slowly leak onto a porous ceramic vase, meaking each creation unique.

"As Long As It Lasts" tattoo parlor at Art Basel Miami hosted by Tobias Wong, Jose Lapage and Aric Chen, will have many great designs by todays most influential contemporary designers. I might suddenly need a tattoo!

Sparkle and Spin is a playful collaboration between Ann and Paul Rand. It was originally published in 1957 by Harcourt Brace. Chronicle Books gave it a second life in 2006.

Alex Cherry's painting are all inspired and named after song titles.

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

Forgotten design genius Will Burtin is celebrated in a new book, reviewed here by Rick Poynor

Art Asia Pacific sent a custom lego set to notable Asian architects. I almost want to order a box of the neutral grey bricks from myself.

Jung von Matt mixes Architecture and Typography for IKEA.

Interactive Christmas lights on London's Regent Street courtesy of Nokia and Wieden + Kennedy

The Aesthetic Poetic reviews a shipment of the freshest and funnest new Japanese products.

An old Mac painted to look like the old Mac happy face icon. Genius.

Selection of creative Business Cards, visual identity to make the difference.

Paula Scherr's infographic maps are entirely hand-lettered. The result reminds me of a typographic equivalent to australian aboriginal art.

All the holes from Daniel Eatock's hole-punch - from a fantastiic new show of his work

I Killed Adolf Hitler, a brilliant new graphic novel by Jason, from Fantagraphics, of course

Orangina goes all naughty and furry thanks to the brilliant minds at Psyop.

I wish I'd noticed this sooner. Tonight was the opening of STUFFED, the Plushed Food show at Munky King in LA.