Design company Seymourpowell has unveiled a new transport concept, the Aircruise - a giant, vertical airship powered by natural energy and designed to carry travellers in style and luxury.

a cool coffee container for the road by nescafe

Few things go together better than great hotels and great cinema. Inspired by a common passion for unique experiences, Design Hotels has joined forces with The Auteurs to create Hotel Cinematheque.

Nickel and Nickel Wines ~ my favorite from #time4wine in Napa ~ amazing wood boxes! And stunning juxtaposition of sterile and rustic and modern for their offices/lab/event space!

Eco-friendly RV clad in recycled aluminum fades into the background.

Through the (orange) looking glass ~ and other stunning views of SF and my suite at the Clift Hotel San Francisco by Morgans Hotel Group ~ b/c its true "The World Needs More Interesting."

80 years of the French Douk-douk... special edition !

New tripwolf iphone app released today. Combines Marco Polo & Footprints travel information with user generated content and includes future updates. (the Austria Country guide is currently free)


Printed travel guides are so outdated!

An analysis of BMW's current global promotional strategy which places huge emphasis on 'Joy'.

Looking down on a city cross walk that can feel like a math/physics diagram... unique room at Hotel Vitale in San Francisco with a huge curved window spanning most of the room

A Bathing Ape worked with Rimowa on their iconic Cabin Trolley suitcase. It comes this month in gold and silver - love it!

Hubble has discovered a mysterious X-shaped object traveling at 11,000mph. NASA says that P/2010-A2 may be a comet, product of the collision between two asteroids. But what if..

Crazy weather balloons

Love the design of this 2 meter dome of a tent from North Face

The how to guide to designing your very own streets clock by fluid forms... A simple video explaining the interface design.

After searching high and low for a simple and modern world map, we gave up and decided to design and screen print our own. Limited first run edition of 55, available now!

Carryology is a new community exploring better ways to carry. From unearthing excellent bags, to defining what makes a great wallet, it hopes to improve the art & science of carrying.

The Ornj Shoulder Bag is made from recycled construction fencing

Beijing's Green T. House is a unique concept that brings together art events, haute cuisine dining, tea houses loft style accommodation and a world class bathhouse style spa.....

Snapshots of Provence ~ Stunning UI for website of travel book of photographer Thomas Duval and sound designer Tacteel

The basic exterior of Les Bains des Docks in Le Havre, by Jean Nouvel, offers only abstract glances of the wonderful interior.

24 hours in Madrid, Spain. Illustration for the Oryx Magazine for Qatar Airways, designed by Fernando Volken Togni

My first cosmo made with SNOW ~ and it was snowing on the outdoor furniture made of ice by the fire on the patio... Amazing Absolut party at Sundance for the launch of their Spike Jonze film.

Sauna, jacuzzi, 24/7 hostess, 3 flat screens, Blu-Ray player…… sounds like a hotel suite and half hey? What about the Cold War-era cockpit? Yes, Vliegtuigsuite is a hotel suite housed in a former East German government aircraft.

Mark Muller’s dream of 40, 0000Km trip around the world without emitting even a single gram of Co2 got wings when he designed Wind and solar powered car.

The Jewel of design gives a face lift to the jewel of aristocracy and glamour *Faberge Salon by Jaime Hayon in Geneva.

The Bullit Cargo Bikes by Larry vs. Harry are really great. Especially with those great details like portraits of cool men on their frames. Check out the Steve McQueen version.

Flying in to LA the other night ~ there was something so lovely about how the city sparkled on such a clear night... is it all the blindingly bright billboards?

Delightful new printed sleep masks from Bucky. Perfect for long flights or lazy Sundays. Contour allows you to blink naturally and won't smudge your mascara.

Liz Linden is a graduate of Yale University and a recipient of the Richter Fellowship. Currently in Australia for vacation and work, Linden shares how her experiences in Oz have helped shape her as an artist.

Join us for a day at KETTNER's in London's SOHO // Ilse Crawford has shown us that a body of excellence is required along with design in order to perfect the acquired ambiance..

Maison Martin Margiela's first perfume launch in Paris ~ we were the only US site present! Absolutely stunning details ~ and i'm loving the packaging, presentation, and dot matrix press kit print outs!

The Mercer ~ Soho, NYC ~ so many design details not to be missed in my room here ~ this is just one of many in the post! Love the way the bubble bath is measured in bubbles! See the key and magnets too!

KWINT restaurant in the Heart of Brussels by SAQ // Studio Arne Quinze.

A mashup of sketches and images of Antoni Gaudi's Park Guell done by an architecture student in Barcelona.

Adventures in vegas with Cool Hunting and HTC = endlessly playful inspiring explorations... and a series of pictures where i think i got really in to pretty textures and patterns...

10 top cities from the Wallpaper* City Guide book series (published by Phaidon) have been modified for the iPhone. The apps can can be downloaded through iTunes (and the Berlin guide is currently free)...

A lovely glance at the classically-themed illustration works of Jonas Bergstrand, including a blerb that amounts to a wonderfully brief manifesto!

Never seen before outside the walls of Rajasthani village homes, the Mandana tradition of painting is practiced by the women of the Meena tribe. Handed down from mother to daughter, this stunning public art is a community tradition.

The Monocle x BlackBerry Bold 9700 handset is the first media collaboration for the BlackBerry brand. Monocle magazine's creative team has designed 100 of the limited edition leather backed handsets, pre-loaded with Monocle's 25/25 travel guides.

I was at an antique store and I found the greatest book of all time, and inside it, a chart depicting symbols used by hobos in the 1950s to communicate with each-other using chalk on the streets.

Gorgeous limited edition bottles of Magners Pear Cider exclusively for Bungalow 8 London by Cake

Liquid Image announces two new digital still/vid cameras! One that built in to swim goggles ~ another in to snow goggles! Nice addition to their scuba goggles!

White Line Hotels ~ pretty site for this interesting new luxe boutique hotel site