Lego frames

Giant wooden lego minifig? Yes, please!

Handmade, with beautiful packaging. Check the wood shavings, and the individually numbered feet! 

Images from Thibaut Malet. Via NOTCOT.

Bird vs. Evil

There's a brilliance to this, and I would LOVE to know how they did this. In case you don't want to click through, here's the quick notes version: The took the basic handled water bottle and *somehow* re-molded it into a birdhouse. Somehow they managed to hold onto the opening. The resulting product is adorable. 

So, how do you feel about this if you think bottled water is one of the great evils, but you like birds? Who doesn't like birds? 

Images from Colectivo Darainha

These aren't Lincoln's Logs

Michael McGillis works magic with natural materials and extremely well-chosen paint colors (or, in the case of the stonework, plastic bags).

 If you live in Minnesota or France, you might be able to visit one of these in person. The rest of us will admire from afar.

Images from Michael McGillis. Via NOTCOT.

Stone cold...bookmarks?

OK. I realize these aren't very portable, and most of you are using eReaders anyway, but for those of us luddites with books and a nightstand, how perfect is this for holding that spot where you just dozed off?

He even made a giant one for newpapers! Have you kids even heard of newspapers? 
 

Images from Mocoloco. Via NOTCOT.

This little piggy

What's there to say. It's adorable, it's made of cork, and it lights up!

 Images from Corkway. Via Apartment Therapy.

760 bikes

Chinese artist and political dissident Ai WeiWei created this amazing maze of bikes and frames. Fast Co has a good explanation of the political commentary involved in linking 760 Chinese Forever bikes together to create a seeming perpetual motion machine. 


At the lab, we're just going to show you the pretty pictures....

Images & details from Fast Co Design.

Fire in the hole!

Sometimes I find something that is just visually stunning. There's a smart write-up (and more pix) about this Norwegian fire pit on OHIO's blog. For my part, I'm just going to post the pretty picture. Enjoy!

Via OHIO.