Australian painter Joanna Lamb has created a series of works where she repaints the same high-rise building in different colour schemes.

Torchbox made this cardboard Christmas tree for Recycle Now. If you're in the UK, you can win it at recyclenow.com

For the next 25 days we'll be presenting a digital advent calender, comprised of NYC-themed gift ideas for the holiday season. First up are these Five Boroughs City Blocks from John W. Golden.

Bubble Clox by Darien Lee, bending time and space!

Duffy London Sled Coffee Table and Snow White Rug - A Coffee table that interacts with its Rug!

Balloon Shakers by Masayuki Kurokawa ~ hand blown glass!

Spore Doorbells

Italian furniture manufacturer Poliform has created an inspirational residential interior project called “My Life in 80m²” to show that the quality of a living space does not depend on the size.

Blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, Lance and Nicola Herbst have become the masters of the simple, elegant, functional beach house.

Gino Joukar’s Toy Art Gallery (TAG) is a treasure trove of vinyl, kaiju and contemporary art. Lust.

Mirror, cutout stickers. Stunning! Project by Emocja studio

Inspiring honest interview from illustrator Stevie Gee. Personal and professional ups and downs of a modern day illustrator, as he says keep on keeping on.

Hanging stained glass lanterns by Steve Halterman

The Katakana Lounge Chair is the latest addition to the Dare Studio collection.

FlexVaas by Vij5, with three interchangeable vase tops to create a new look with each flower arrangement.

Forget about the fancy and expensive tea leaves, treat your guest an unforgettable tea drinking experience with the Pig's Skull tea pot designed by Wieki Somers.

Kikku Planter from Tonfisk or Finland ~ stunning!

Eco Fashion for bottles: Knitted coats from Soonsalon

Love the modern/classic look ~ Oscar Sofa - by Matthew Hilton - European hardwood, Wool, Feathers, Walnut-stained Beech

The new VIP pool suites at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas are complete. Local designer Mark Tracy, designed and oversaw installation of the four suites.

Blik + Joe Ledbetter = Amalgamation ~ how adorable are these sticker creatures busting out of your wall?

The Aerialist Series™ is a collection of versatile coffee tables which transform easily to serve as table, ottoman or seating.

Van Dorn Cabinet ~ kind of loving the styling of this cabinet today ~ imagining filling it with colorful toys and books to offset the geometric glass door patterns! by Darryl Carter for Thomasville

Wabi-sabi feels contemporary ceramics by Nathalie Derouet. Each object is perfectly crafted and have achieve a level that we rarely seen in ceramics works.

A typographic interpretation of a classic zen poem by Chinese artist Nod Young. Limited edition

Cable Drawings by Maisie Maud Broadhead is a series of installations created with wire flex and cable fixings to incorporate the cable of a lamp into the decor of a space in most impressive designed way

A sense of british humor: Anatomica from The New English

Want to live like a very stylish vampire? The home used in the Twilight film opening today, New Moon, as the residence for Edward and the rest of the Cullen clan is up for sale.

Give your cat the chance to become the first member the family to own a chalet! Get a nice Canadian hunting chalet by Loyal Luxe

Inspired by mushrooms growing from a forest floor. The MUCHroom wall hook made from reclaimed rosewood.

schubLaden – new furniture with vintage drawers
ready for sale and custom-made

These 20 antique wood stoves are a part of American history so its only right that we remember them.

WIRED.com and WIRED Magazine have lauched their Holiday Store and guess what: its AWESOME

The use of felt in modern decor has been a pretty hot trend for a while now. It's exciting to see it used in larger applications, like these felt rugs from FilzFelt.

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) The Lighthouse Ball is available as a tea light holder or outdoor oil lamp, in glossy black or white porcelain.

The Gorrinucha piggy bank was designed by Milrayas & Ceramics San Gines for a contest in Spain. Originally it was never planned to put it into production, but the demand has been so high that they are getting a batch ready for Christmas.

Ben Javen's Face It Cushion ~ lovely print!

Using fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs, four female designers known as the Egg Collective, built a series of limited edition, “Stumped Lamps.”

FEATUREDMetamorphic Candelabra ~ took it out into the desert to play with ~ love the idea that you can move the arms around...

Suitcases as storage, like many other beautiful ideas by designer Lotty Lindeman from Netherlands.

Cassettes + Rainbow = Double Retro Whammy. Matt Whitwell for L'Affiche Moderne. Limited edition.

Beautiful porcelain sake set from White Bike Ceramics artist Lauren Adams.

snowlight. Porcelain cover LED ambient lamp.

Customize your computer keyboard with this pictoral alphabet keyboard sticker set. Great for kids and adults!

Hommu minni launch the ‘learning’ collection: Eco-chic wall stickers that help your little ones learn, for example, the animals.

FEATUREDAce Hotel Palm Springs ~ a peek at the stunning Room 214. So cozy, so spacious, and so many incredible design details (just as one would expect from the Ace!)

Who knew a water pipe could be so elegant? The simply titled "A" pipe from the new "White" series of products designed by TRIBUDESIGN.

The 'Tio' ghost light switch system teaches kids to conserve household energy.

Brilliant (and silly) idea of spinning plugs so it doesn't matter what country plug you have, it can work!

Beautiful hand carved wooden spoons by Nic Webb

Back to basic. Forget everything about fancy 3D designing. The Danish designduo Claydies only used a compass, a mirror and colored pencils for their super nice flowery rug.

Super-nice new mugs designed by Build for the Design Museum Shop.

HOI Magazine Chair has been designed by Jules&Jeremy. It is an exclusive piece of furniture for your magazines.

A new draft table by the Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka: A simple form with a double tray to store many items. This table, named “Sleepy Lagoon” was announced at the festival 100% Design in London.

These silicon light switches from Normal Design take on a radical new form, not to mention material. Pressing the raised bumps activates the switch.

A chandelier designed by a mathematician, Raimond Puts. The electrical current flows through stainless spring steel frame to the LED terminals.

Zipper Mug!

FEATUREDDayna Decker Chandel up close ~ the EcoWood Wick is a unique wide woody wick that creates a lovely crackling flame in a beautiful votive. Quick video and up close pics...

FEATUREDUndergrowth Design "Wash Away All Sins" Soap Dispenser ~ nice definition of "clean" on the back for your guests to read while washing up as well!

The new Shape and Form collection from wallpaper king Graham & Brown is full of mod, geometric goodness!

This is a web comic made entirely by an old industrial robot that finds basic geometric shapes that IT draws funny and full of human-like expressions.

Apostrophe orange peeler by gabriele chiave for alessi - designed by gabriele chiave

Stunning Hakutan Coal Air Purifier

Silk Map Cushions by Alex Jowett of Atelier 688. The history behind these silk map covers carry a piece of World War II history.

Three Makes Five by Ragnar. Exhibition November 7 through 30 at Rivet Gallery.

The Vivienne Westwood for Cole & Son wallpapers are all based on signature designs from her fashion collections

An industrial oil barrel turned into a outdoor fireplace. The Philadelphia street grid creates the structure and pattern... I want to see it while it is burning a fire!

Irrational fear handmade wallpaper by Dupenny should probably be avoided by those with arachnophobia

Eric Jourdan's Hampton's Chair evokes the utilitarian aspects of Enzo Mari as well as the sleek stylings of aviation.

Glass Terrariums by UMA. New glass bubble morph shapes that are organic in their own right. Each glass terrarium is slightly different but the shape if very similar due to the hand blown reclaimed glass process.

The futuristic water tap by Zaha Hadid with her signature curvilinear aesthetic sense.

Beard Art: prints, paintings, prosthetics, T-shirts, bearded fruit and a stellar moustache chart for your desktop.

Picked up these Jenny Jurnelius pot holders ~ love that they fit my not so huge hands perfectly and you can just flip it inside out to work for the other hand!

Last week, artist Karen O'Leary's NYC Map Cuts (#25841) were all the rage. Now she's back with another intriguing project: Paris In Pen and Paper. Check out an exclusive interview with her as well!

FEATUREDVacu Vin Glass Markers - Party People!!! These are adorable mini silicon suction cup creatures to mark glasses during your next party! Even cuter in person than i imagined!

embroidery and lace? the old look is coming back with a new edge.

FEATUREDBorn In Sweden Watering Can ~ designed by Pascal Charmolu. A simple stainless steel cylinder with a rubber hose and magnet...

B-Line Zig-Zag Modular Bookcase

Super cute idea for a Book Rest ~ powdercoated steel with cutouts ~ ready to hold your page and your glasses...

Presence in Absence designed by Colm Keller, hopes to open a dialogue about how we will value our digital artifacts in the future - our digital heirlooms.

Studio Choo also visited California Carnivores! For Design*Sponge they write up how to make some awesome carnivorous terrariums

Bodum Flatbed Toaster!

I do fall in love for Lidsay Taylor and Paula Hayes' supercool idea: little lovely green habitat inside of glass bubbles and cubes

FEATUREDThe Grand Hotel Stockholm ~ can you believe it was dark out when i took this? Fun look at some design details of this historic hotel ~ and more fascinating looks at chandeliers from below!

FEATUREDGrodan restaurant in Sweden has this little red frog on everything... from menus to napkins... to the bottom of their glasses! Really fun idea for a simple way to subtly brand your drinking experience easily...

FEATUREDAbsolut Art Collection ~ a few pieces took over a suite at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm, and while the pieces are fun, the way they are installed and interacting with the room are fascinating! (quick vid too!)

FEATUREDA-Stools and an awesome custom, flexible, modular panel background ~ brilliant design at the Absolut panels celebrating the 30 years of creative collaborations! See the designs close up...

Belgian architect Axel Enthoven has designed a mobile holiday home that resembles the Sydney Opera House.

Monster Monster notebook stand. Give your laptop the evil arachnoid pedestal it deserves.

Floral foam (usually used for arranging flowers) shaped as a vase. another beautiful idea by designer Shay Shafranek.

'Interaction' is one of four contemporary installations at H&M Sweeden’s HQ. The giant wooden display unit is 34m2 -full of pulleys and levers to operate like an analogue search engine.

An umbrella stand made of twenty three blue aluminium tubes. Brilliant idea from design duo- Loris & Livia.

FEATUREDMy bathroom at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm ~ the lighting is just fantastic, and the slate and design details... and the room key looks like a car key, and they are all on different keychains!

These series of furnitures is made of used sports equipment with a stunning vintage look.

FEATUREDChandelier Mandalas from the bottom up as found in the Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm ~ quite the modern contrast to the ornate chandeliers of Versailles?

Striking the balance between modern and classical design, Kara Mann's bespoke interiors excercise complete design auteurism

FEATUREDChandeliers!!! Chandelier Mandalas? When shot from directly below? Lying on the ground in big empty rooms in Versailles after dark before a dinner fit for the Sun King himself while sipping '76 Dom Perignon?

Make wallpaper a unique place for storage. A unique solution and replacement to the wall mounted racks.

Tiles produced by INAX, a leading manufacturer of building materials in Japan, include contemporary as well as timeless interpretations of Japanese ceramic and aesthetic traditions.

The Wire Group of occasional tables by Dare Studio, inspired by Victorian birdcages

A range of bottles with collapsed bases!!!

Check out this interview with lighting designer Shelly Sabel, one of the 35 designers commissioned by Vipp/DWR for their latest collaborative project benefiting DIFFA.

There is definitely something sleek and sexy about this matte black new soap dish and toothbrush holder from Vipp ~ although i can imagine the drying soap/toothpaste drips already...

Vipp manages to transform the shower wiper to be even sexier than usual ~ and with glass shower doors, i'm terribly tempted!

Hommu Everywhere wall murals collection demonstrate work of the emerging talents from the world of graphic design and illustration, like the ‘Plin’ collection, brought to life by illustrator Cristobal Schmal (Nomono).

A lounge object made out of honeycomb cardboard.
Dozens of layers together forming a 'Flow'.

Never did know what to do with lots of tea towels, but always want to buy them... love the Aesthetic Reverie's idea to turn them into throw pillows ~ how cute is this one???

einblattkalender - an annual calendar on a single sheet of paper, a limited edition, sketched by hand and: Yes, in German!

Twine Table is a series of tables inspired by one of mankind’s most simple inventions: the button.

Italian design graduates Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma present a series of baked objects at an exhibition in Eindhoven this week.

The Karim for ALLOY collaboration has resulted in the development of eight innovative metal tile ‘cells’ designed to change the ‘face’ of metal tiles.

Stunningly simple pendant light made from a solid block of walnut.

35 artists and designers (and one supermodel) remake the classic Vipp trash bin for a charity auction.

Container DS is a series of furniture that looks like miniature shipping containers.

This retro-inspired iPod dock revamps the rotary phone.

Brooklyn based urban designer is optimizing efficiency of your limited space in the big city.

Biosphere home farm concept by Philips, stacking mini eco-systems together to enable at-home farming in your apartment.

The House Industries "Type as Object" Exhibition and Pop-Up Shop is currently up at the Type Directors Club in NYC...

Wall and Piece' was conceived as a piece of furniture as meeting point. The oak frame supports steel plates at cleverly considered heights: sitting height, table height, counter height, bar height and the highest plate at a height which you can just about reach.

A recent winner at the 2009 Australian Interior Design Awards, the Yarra house in Melbourne is a beautiful source for inpiration. Absolutely love the colour palette!

Fireplace screens that commemorate the great fire sof London and Rome.

This Royal Purple and Gold wreath gives a modern look to traditional holiday decorating.

The Practice of Everyday Design launches their Mobile Office installation.

Design House Stockholm finally expands to Germany

How beautiful is the imprint of manufacturing processes in objects, here's a great example by Tim Parsons.

Genius! Russian Doll measuring cups ~ what kitchen couldn't use these?

Leave it to Suck UK to transform the shoebox to be "Specially designed with integral ring binder, folders and sections including space for all your important documents, passport, driving licence, identification cards etc."

Ready for Christmas? Check out this nativity set by Berlin based Oliver Fabel.

Wall to Wall by Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer is a really interesting parquet flooring installation.

Fritz Hansen "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Egg Chair in collaboration with Lost Weekend and Penguin. Exploding earth graphic on white leather backs, limited edition of 42 chairs [Editor's Note: of course 42.]

Futuristic tea set design by Vuk Dragovic.

To crate and barrell this is a pumpkin scoop - but my first reaction was "hand held dyson fan"?

A collection of tattoos inspired by Maurice Sendak and Where The Wild Things Are

Dining with Technology is a re-emergence of bringing technology to the Dinner table. Designed in the style of the early black and white televisions, DWT enables usb powered objects to be connected and operated without being connected to a computer.

Beautiful modular Cantilevered bench by StokkeAustad

love this adorable cuckoo clock by decoylab! how fun!

LOVE the new flock wallpaper collection by Barbara Hulanicki for Graham & Brown. The skull pattern is subtle at first and almost shocking once you realize what it is.

FEATUREDDyson Air Multiplier Fan Launch Party! As can be expected, the details were flawless, down to the most adorable branded miniBLTs + awesome reactions to the fans!

The modern bug trap by designer CuldeSac- with fairytale-like frog sitting beside, catching all the bugs for you. Double as an ambient lamp at night!

A stunning look behind the scenes of Kasthall's Swedish rug mill.

Le Cherche Midi - creators of luxury fragrances and designers of amazing packaging, have added a new service; LCM Bespoke. Users can create their own fragrances and have them produced in eau de toilette and candle form.

a lamp inspired in a bicycle!! the latest work of Christian Vivanco.

Karacho & Bros. concentrates on cool elegance and pure form with a furniture series made of a special concrete.

A clock was made from an old recycled aluminum bike wheel.