Custom shape skateboard deck by Makr Studio. Gray top laminate with hand stained bottom. The board is a White Walnut toned bottom with a gray steel like top.

Photos of crayons in strange and wonderful situations taken by graphic designer Ryan Musselman.

FEATUREDStacks Summer 2010 - really fun collection of decks and tees with knight and retro racing auto graphics! Also *sketchstorming* ideas of skateboard swings.

DiceForChange is a concept that aims to change people's behaviour in a playful way. Wellness Dice stimulate change in daily routines as well as awareness of how simple actions can have a greater positive effect on life.

Yum Yum London's adorable toy designs... so many awesome characters hopefully coming soon!

FEATUREDSanrio x Mimobot = Badtz-Maru + Hangyodon USB toys ~ the final characters in the 6 Sanrio 50th anniversary collection

150 Model planes photographed inside the Airfix factory headquaters. Photos by Anthony Dickenson.

'INUKSHUK' by Dewa Bleisinger for Troika. Puzzle and multi-functional desk object, made up of 5 magnetic stones desk magnets.

For next winter BMW comes up with this big toy for kids from 3 to 5 years. The scaled down model of the BMW M3 GT2 is available as pedal car or with a small e-engine.

Adorable! Scion Racers S1 by Stage 3 Art Toys!

Beautiful hand sculpted anatomical models of popular childrens toys by artist Jason Freeny

Adorable BBQ Grilling set for your little ones! Though the grill and accessories are made of plywood and MDF... so don't keep it too close to the real one!

This hilarious 54-piece puzzle of "Polar Bears in a Snowstorm" was made by the Toronto Zoo in collaboration with Lowe Roche. It's being sold for $7 in their gift shop. Looks difficult!

Meet Ulrike and Annika, your friendly flight attendants of 'Free Space Airlines', by the paper engineer Marshall Alexander

Google celebrate the 25th anniversary of the discovery of Buckminsterfullerene with a cool animated Buckyball Google Doodle

'Zoo' mobile by Eero Arnio.

VIDEONinja Moped's second video of their '8-bit' tour. Legolized NES games.

The Emerson 1:18 Scale Doll House by Brinca Dada ~ is not only a modern masterpiece, but it has functioning solar panels on the roof while illuminate LED lights within!

"Constrained Ball" is a drawing aid created by Korean designer Giha Woo.

CarLashes - Cilia of the car ~ all cars are instantly girlier with eyelashes.

Klik Klik Jewelry - New line of DIY magnetic jewelry. Rearrange the magnets in infinite arrangements to make rings, bracelets, necklaces and more.

Aussie design duo Daniel To and Emma Aiston launch their first desk accessory range called 'D.E.' which includes a rubber band ball paperweight, a magnetic paperclip tower, thermometer and stationery container.

SWITCHKEY, flipper style key fobs from donnykennedy. Push button activated, key springs from the side like a VW...only fast and hard. Made in Canada, machined from billet aluminum.

Vambits are tiny, customizable designer toys made by Drownspire, a Montreal based collective.

Beautiful handmade surfboards by Ocean Green. The wood is sourced in Nicaragua from sustainably managed forests and worked by carpenters and shapers under Fair Trade conditions.

Scoot n Zoom - New Ride-On toy from Radio Flyer, beautiful shape inspires imaginative play, and the casters allow for motion in any direction.

German phone ad campaign featuring Longoland's monsters. Agency : VCCP Directed by Stylwar.

Free downloadable steampunk-style robot update to the classic Skull-A-Day papercraft skull with moving jaw.

Evan Chambers - Ray Gun! Handmade bronze and nickel ray gun

The most high-end deck of playing cards ever produced, printed on the USPCC casino press in Q1 quality. Design by theory11 in association with Hatch in San Francisco.

Magnetic Polaroid Frames! They are like little NOTCOT.org posts!

FEATUREDAreaware Animal Boxes by Karl Zahn - the eyes are the secret hinges to get to your stash... so cute! See the whole collection - rhino, bull, whale, and more!

Toronto based graphic artist 'We Kill You' creates adorable art and toys.

Pixar animator Angus Maclane's 'CubeDude' LEGO-toy gallery.

The Lunocet is the star in a new sport called "hydrotouring." This super efficient monofin allows swimmers to cruise reefs for hours or even circumnavigate entire islands. The possibilities are endless!

Beat Up Boxer “Glorious Blood” version by Brian Harsanto, this art pieces will be limited to 17 pieces around the world to celebrate the proclamation day of Indonesia.

A hotel in Akihabara, Tokyo, has fitted a room with a massive toy train set, modeled on the surrounding area, so that guests can play with the trains when they stay.

Sina Gwosdzik and Jakob Dannenfeldt made this fantastic mobile for moustachio’d babies around the world.

New interactive portfolio for LA based Designer and Illustrator Richard Charlton.

A super cute 3" Treeson plush keychain for fall release by Crazy Label

Nearfield's iPhone media player uses physical objects to control media playback thanks to RFID technology.

Exclusive, giant 2 foot plush makes its debut at San Diego Comic Con. The cutest plush you've ever seen, produced by Camilla d'Errico, is limited to 100 pieces and available online while supplies last!

FEATUREDFred's XYZ Blocks ~ adorable wooden alphabet blocks covered in illustrations by Christian Northeast!

This info-graphic about fads across time was created by Plaid-Creative. Who knew beanie babies would have lasted so long!

The exclusive Porsche 911 Carrera S Centurion Edition. Only three will be made exclusively for American Express Black card holders.

Andrew Bell's comiccon line up is out! Including the introduction of an Android Collectibles Do It Yourself edition...

How to be an ironic hipster and ironic at the same time, brought to you by Mette Hornung Rankin and the Bureau of Betterment

Matryoshka, taking a different look at the inside of the traditional Russian nesting doll from Inon Rettig.

'Pile on game' by Umbra's U+ is a hand-made set of wood cut-offs. Create your own challenge by stacking the blocks in any arrangement.

Coarse presents their latest set of toys - the False Friends in Pain edition. Beautiful execution and once again I am more than impressed with the photography of the toys.

Cool wooden-magnetic mosaic game at the MoMA store. Design patterns, learn sequencing, or create decorations and pictures.

The idea of Tiranito is to express the cultural identity of a tradition celebrated not only in Chile but in other countries of South America.

New Zealand engineer Shayne Irving developed this wooden kiwi toy in his after hours. It's made from untreated locally grown wood & non-toxic child safe paints. The wheels are offset so it wobbles along like a real kiwi.

Pulsate - from Andre Michelle's lab - Organic and aleatoric music generation device.

The Lomographic Society and Rip Curl created a special edition of the Fisheye 2.

Art-Toys: Photographs by Brian McCarty - The toy photographer super-star, releases his 240 pages of toy glorious goodness. Also a Special Edition, Signed and Numbered limited edition of 600 available.

Shawnimals Wee Ninjas are going Ninjatown blind box this summer over at Kid Robot!

VIDEOWhat if the graphics on your mobile seemed to have real depth? Imagine tilting your mobile to look behind objects in the GUI. Eye-tracking and the real 3D capabilities of TAT Cascades open new possibilities.

kubrick releases a look at the prototypes for their upcoming harry potter line for december 2010.

I love this Boattail Racer from Auditorium Toy Co. Designed by Brad Denboer and handcrafted and engineered in extremely limited, numbered editions in their Tucson studio.

Cool little Anchor Guy figure by MoShape - made using Shapeways 3D printing technologies - nice.

Likea is a pinhole camera made to look like a Leica camera.

Mr. Spray ~ new StrangeCo figure by Obey/Shepard Fairey!

Millions of tiny micron-sized magnets are embedded in each handful of Magnetic Thinking Putty. Use the included super-strong neodymium iron boron cube magnet to control the putty like a snake charmer.

The cover of the current issue of the UK magazine Design Week can be made into a wearable paper beard.

Outback Safari Friends Stamp Set from Ink and Wit. Set of 8 natural rubber stamps mounted on birch wood. Packaged in a natural wooden slide top box with custom twill ribbon pull.

The Loyal Subjects and artist Joe Ledbetter are proud to announce the release of PICO AND WILSHIRE.

New Memory Game for Kids with Watercolor and Ink Illustrations by New York based Designer Senem Oezdogan.

Back by popular demand, the Nintendo Love Tester is a groovy remake of the version that was first released in 1969.

Interesting Renders for Camper shoes (Hybrid)
By 3D artist Emilio Gomariz.

NYC-based Brinca Dada make stunning minimal dollhouses. This is Bennett House.

Swing Necklace by Johanna Richter - A handmade swing made of grey balls of felt or oiled beechwood that acts as a jewelry piece for your home.

Ferg has unveiled his sweet ‘Fort Burnout’ Doc. Part of his deadly dozen Fort Burnout custom project, this desert hardened warrior is rocking what appears to be a new piece of SQUADT armament.

A great DIY Simon kit. All components are through-hole, making this kit great for beginners.

The Fingerist is a new iPhone/iPod touch accessory that enables you to play your music applications as if you were actually playing musical instruments.

VIDEOAT-AT Day Afternoon by Patrick Boivin. Two things he wanted badly and never got... A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker.

Munky King will host an advanced release of the OG colorway (800 pcs) of Luke Chueh’s Black in White (8”) figure at SDCC.

Playsam's 'Playtown Stockholm' polished wood buildings, replicate four well known Stockholm landmarks. These make a special and original gift or souvenir!

From July 16h till August 8th, rotofugi gallery in Chicago, will host a retrospective of sculptures, paintings and photography by Coarse.

App for iPhone/iPad and online interface that uses previous user input to generate meaningful responses to your instant messages.

Geekologie reader Brandon (associated to the Little Mountain Productions) has has created the world’s most startling backyard fort-TOPPER to gratify a wish of a 9-year old. It even has solar powered LED interior and exterior lighting.

Twenty-three colored ceramic pieces in one color, pieces for use in food variable size and ornamentation. Decoration in positive and negative. Blue contaminates the white.

Toasted Marshall ~ by 64 Colors ~ can you believe these guys are hand painted? So no two marshmallows are toasted quite the same.

FEATUREDReactor-88's new VP-T Celsius ~ we have a sneak peek at all sides of this adorable new toy!

Disney has released images of the merchandise for the upcoming TRON Legacy movie, including an action figure with amazing Impulse Projection Technology that lights up life-like images of the character's face.

Arbito's new Cosmic Hobo! Who knew a cosmic hobo could be so cute (though lacking bindle?)

Mugo, the first limited edition designer MP3 player and USB flash drive is finally here! 'Artist Series 1' has super limited designs by some of todays top urban artists, including Julie West, Shin Tanaka, Tougui and Yup.

Raving Rabbids Invade Football! After their "invade the world" series of little collectible blind pack toys... now there are 9 collectible football characters! See the fun video too!

French designer Stéphane Munnier's adorable Goa Toy prototypes.

MoMA Modern Play House -- Create a delightfully modern house with this innovative set of modular nesting boxes! Aspiring architects and designers of all ages can create modern spaces.

Scan Toys, an exhibition by visual artists Mónica Rojas y Hernán Eliaschev is currently showing at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, lets you peek at their guts.

Designed by Hans Brockhage and Erwin Andra in the 1950s, the “Schaukelwagen” can be flipped one way to use as a child-sized play car or tilted upside-down to become a rocking chair.

THQ and Infrared 5 are set to unleash an upcoming update to Star Wars: Trench Run for the iPhone with Brass Monkey SDK integration, allowing any Star Wars: Trench Run 2.0 owner to play on the Web using their iPhone as a controller.

Read more: http://techland.com/2010/06/18/e310-exclusive-first-look-at-star-wars-trench-run-2-0/#ixzz0rEg0yM43

Shopping for a desk humidifier / aroma diffuser. Loving the "Wacca" by Yuen'to, and the vapor rings produced via ultrasonic vaporizing and aroma diffusing systems are just fun to watch.

Combine augmented reality, a helicopter and an iPad/iPhone and you get the AR Drone from France based Parrot. The helicopter has four fans that allow it to fly in any direction.

Breakfast NY designs an iPad controlled Blimp for the MunNY Exhibit 2010. The blimp flies around superimposing Munny Characters on people's faces using live video.

CAIRN is a fun wooden-magnetic box ensemble designed by Constance Guisset that can be assembled in awkward positions.

In celebration of Elvis Week 2010, Hasbro has come together with Elvis Presley Enterprises and PPW Toys to release this special edition Mr. Potato Head Elvis.

British cycling inspired brand Rapha will be opening their Cycling Club in NYC on July 1st. The invite is a delivery truck - just beautiful.

Super nice details on the city smart workhorse bike D8 by Public. This model has become the standard for many bicyclists in Europe because it is so dependable and versatile

Toy2R and David Horvath will release a limited release of some vintage looking Bossy Bear & Friends figures!

UK Illustrator Ryan Chapman has recently released the Mystical Thinker, limited to just 10 each figure is unique and comes with a removable 'piece of mind'.

This amazing Monster Chess Set is made from 100,000 LEGO blocks. The pieces are robotic and move on their own. It was designed with the help of the LEGO company itself and took 4 people a year to construct!

This isn't a photo, but a drawing. All made in full color with permanent marker on paper by designer/artist Hollis Brown Thorton. Part of an ongoing series.

Adorable - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 8" Plush Scott and Ramona set

Very poetic cloud and bird mobiles for children and art work exhibition. By Guillemette Lanthiez.

Electronic Popables (MIT high-low tech ) integrated traditional pop-up mechanisms with paper-based electronics to create a book that looks and functions much like an ordinary pop-up with the added element of dynamic interactivity.

VIDEOEl Leñero is boardgame for 2 players, strategy and balance are very important to win!

Ferg is gearing up to drop the first K11’s – a Midnight pairing of Spike and Spot.

The wonderfully quirky PostCardens are back, and just in time for Friday's big kick off, with their new football pitch edition, complete with upright goalposts and a flickable ball.

Looking for a new outdoor game for the summer? VKing, based on a centuries old Swedish Viking game, is simple and elegant. Use your Battle Axes to topple all of your opponent’s Shields; the first team to conquer the King claims the crown.

Noch aluminum brief case with "Blumenau" model train set with a high-quality ready assembled summer landscape. Paul Smith used to take this train set to Japan on his early trips and would produce it at meetings when he became bored.

Capture breathtaking aerial videos with this lightweight RC plane camera for RC planes, helicopters, kites, park-flyers, and more!

Created by John Christenson, Nuzzles® are custom designed handmade wooden name puzzles, each with its own unique typographic style. Every puzzle is crafted from a single block of wood.

It's been a fabulous trend over the past few years or so to take photos of Star Wars Stormtrooper action figures in compromising positions. Lots have done it, only one, Stéfan Le Dû, did it 365 days in a row with a storyline attached.

FEATUREDVitamin Living Fang Bottle Opener collection ~ the latest in their Urban Creatures Line! See the whole family of 10 up close!

FEATUREDTiger Balm Wooden Toy Prototypes that never came to be more... but so cute! They had to be documented...

Parra's Not So Happy Birds

FEATUREDHungarian Hand Carved wooden toys ~ here's a peek at the Knight on his horse i gave in and bought in Tribecca, NYC at Playing Mantis! See the incredible chess set too!

The Carrot Slayer is the only 100% vegetarian toy, designed by Mauro Gatti for Very Bravo.

Excited football fans may be interested in our look back at the design of Panini sticker albums from years gone by – as far back as their first international album in fact, Mexico’s 1970 World Cup.

Ghost Girl is an icon, combines the female form and Ms. Pac-Man. Derived from Matt Siren’s classic 2D graphic representation, Ghost Girl comes to life in vinyl form as three dimensional character art.

3D Wall stickers from Optimistic Living. Wall decorations from cute anime characters to typographic statements.

Salt n' Peanut is an adorable DIY Soft Circuit Kit that teaches you how a basic LED circuit works. The circuit is sewn using conductive thread (no soldering involved). Great weekend project for you (and your kids).

‘daily stack’ is time management tool created by designers sebastian rønde thielke and anders højmose. the simple design allows users to help track their work flow by creating physical representations of their tasks.

Bnko's latest piece is called sharptrooper, member of the trained nursing staff. He's entirely assembled through friction fit and screws, no glue involved.

As part of their 4th anniversary celebration, Orginal Fake teamed up with Bicycle to created limited edition playing cards.

Pictures from the model citizens show, during ICFF

FEATUREDCore77 distributed Photopaddles from #30798 at NY Design Week and gave me a set tonight... see all the crazy faces i found!

Pulse News reader, previously #30460, went live on the App Store today. It has already broken into the top 5 iPad news apps. Developed by two Stanford graduate students, Akshay Kothari & Ankit Gupta.

Kate Dixon's ferris wheel toy box.

Commemorating 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company, the Bicycle 125: Anniversary Edition feature a distinctive, vintage aesthetic and a signature metallic foil design on a special edition tuck case.

Sticky Monster Lab from Korea has created a series of characters, as well as an animation film for Nike Sportswear.

Cue the imperial death march - Thunderdog Studios designs a Darth Vader helmet for www.thevaderproject.com.

24th edition of the Mercado Mundo Mix in Portugal, presenting TOSCA.lab and its ceramic
"Pontos Negros".

This japanese bike bell is made of brass and sounds so bright and happy you'll always try a to find a reason to use it.

FEATUREDShin Tanaka's Baggies ~ Grab your Xacto and printer ~ his latest line of papercraft toys are adorable bags and purses!

Nerd Merit Badges makes badges for nerds -- but has now come full circle, when a Girl Scout troop in California liked their skull badge so much, they asked for custom skull troop crests.

Dutch artist Parra is back wtih the "The Not So Happy Bird" Figure. Really cool!

Playing Super Mario World on the iPad with the Wiimote!

Coarsetoys continue to create some of our favorite collectibles with their newly updated False Friends Blackout Edition.

Keith Poon from ToyQube gives us a peek at an unpainted prototype of his next character release, a 5" tall SHARKY!

The grad show at Emily Carr University in Vancouver BC featuring work from over 70 students from the Design Program as well as student work from the other faculties.

Raiser Munny Toy by Adam Haynes