Feeling free is having a choice and something I often forget to be grateful for. I am masterminding a scheme with my local council to support small creative start ups and promote pop up shop culture within the local community. I quit living in London to live by the seaside. You need to have love. [...]

Villa Vals project represents the perfect example of environmental design/architecture. The dutch house was designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek and Christian Müller, respectively of the architectural offices SeARCH and CMA. Thumbs up for these guys!

DesignersCouch is hosting its very first contest for members of the community to mark the formal launch of the community. The website is a heaven for designers who search showcasing their portfolio, networking and inspire/get inspired. The DC Community Participation Contest runs through September 20th, 2009 to October 20th, 2009 and is open to all [...]

Buamai is an image bookmarking website where the curators post interesting images they have found from various sources online. Buamai is currently a closed collective of artists, graphic designers, programmers, architects and fashion designers based in various cities around the world. They typically post images based around these same professions but also feature other strange [...]

Capanueva e-zine. Free graphic design magazine from Chile, for Mac and PC. Many interviews, articles and showcases. The second issue is now online! with 5 very special interviews: Christopher Peters, Sara Rojas, Paulina Díaz, José Quintela and Jorge Roa! More about the e-zine here!

Rainer Maria Latzke is one of the foremost European artists in the field of Trompe l’Oeil and mural painting. RML’s work may be found in public buildings and private residences throughout the world, such as the Vienna Town Hall, royal palaces in the United Arab Emirates and cruise ships like the Royal Clipper. Following the [...]

MySpace has just launched a brand new community for artists, illustrators, photographers and designers. You can submit your artwork to become featured, even theme the community with CSS style-sheets. You can visit the community at My Space Arts.

Love Anna James brings vintage furniture up to day with her hand-painted art. Her Verona collection is definitely an exceptional graffiti piece of art. How could you not love Anna Love’s work?!

You’ll simply love what these guys create: their products are the perfect combination between old and new, simple yet very much expressive! Although they are “very much dutch” designers, their work has the ability to travel through space and culture and tell a story, a fantasy, to each and everyone that takes the time to [...]

The New York classic restaurant The Oak Room just turned 102 years of beautiful existence! Pentagram just gaved it a brand new start..with a brand new image! I find it deliciously representative and very, very well done!

Luiz Pedrazzi finished the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas in 1990. He accumulated experience and traveled in Europe, Africa and North America. Between 1994-’96 he conducted several courses on designing objects and furniture, worked in design offices and opened its own office, selling pieces in the Netherlands, Germany [...]

Shiotsuka’s “weekend house” completed just near the end of 2008 is absolutely fantastic: everything is so….transparent! I love the materials used, the shades and especially..the design. I would call it minimalistic. Japanese style!

It comes in two languages and it’s free for everyone out there with a curious mind and a broad vision on what’s the part advertising, design, technology, graphics and so on…play in our lives. We like it, you’ll love it! And now..you have to check out their latest refresh: V3 from Fubiz!

Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London) is hosting from 5th February ’till 14 of March the latest Sebastian Brajkovic design art collection, Lathe. Sebastian was born in Amsterdam and gratuated in 2006 the Eindhoven Design Academy. His artistic process starts by deconstructing historical pieces of furniture, in particular seventeenth-century chairs, then through a combination of wood carving, [...]

Just found on FWA the Allstate newest project, a Playground for all the kids out there…small or big, short or tall, slim or slick. Creativity is the only thing you need! Just enter the website and submit your creation to have the chance of turning your playground into reality.

The New Zealand Yellow Pages is conducting a marketing promotion to show that no matter what your project is, the Yellow Pages can help you complete it. To prove it, they’re building a restaurant 10 metres up a redwood tree, and the idea is to source all products and services through Yellow Pages listings. The [...]

Updated portfolio of french designer Karl. Love the shelves!

When opening his new prêt-à-porter Tokyo shop, Neil Barrett decided to go for Zaha Hadid Architects for the shop’s design. As these images show, his decision couldn’t be better: the two blocks of white corrian give a beautiful flow and dynamic line supporting the shop’s theme.

Vancouver based Bocci chandeliers installations are simply gorgeous. With a modern, contemporary design, the chandeliers are made of cast glass that spreads lights powered by frosted hollow centers which hold 10 watt bulbs, giving the illusion of candles floating in water.

Fantasticnorway’s team of architects presents their Vardehaugen Cabin, a leisure spot right between the rocky hills from Fosen, Norway. Fits just right!