Marmol Radziner assembles a Venice prefab, and video captures the coming-together - Los Angeles Times. interesting to see a prefab house actually being put into a residential lot.

CONTEMPORIST » Modern Treehouses by Baumraum. crazy.

CONTEMPORIST » Supermarkets with Style. that definitely makes loblaws look ghetto.

A clever solution to a critical problem - (37signals). covering a reservoir with 400,000 plastic balls.

Spin doctor — chicagotribune.com. about decorating a Calatrava building. He’s also got an insane 150 story residential project in Chicago.

russell davies: BlackBoardPro. this guy put chalkboard paint on the back of his macbook so it doubles as a to-do list. i suspect there’s lots of chalk dust now in his computer.

The Penguin Blog: Covering Bond. cool set of book covers for a reprint of the James Bond books. via ram.

Making a Rubik’s Cube studio seem effortless - (37signals). the nytimes has a series of articles about making use of small spaces.

Standing versus Sitting - (37signals). on using a stand-up desk. i know a bunch of managers at amazon who have stand-up desks but they’re rarely at their desks.

Random Etc. - Data Visualization Blogs You Might Not Know About. who doesn’t love data visualization blogs.

Necessary Ingredients “Four top American chefs talk about the custom designs and unique tools that define their celebrated kitchens.”

CONTEMPORIST » New Condo Building in New York. i can’t wait until everything looks like minority report.

Cocoia Blog » Swiss Interface Syndrome.. on the misuse of helvetica in MacOS.

Interior Design Show 2008 - a set on Flickr. Pete took some cool photos of some cool stuff.

Taking Back the Streets - New York Times. ten urban planning ideas for more people-friendly streets.

Colbert: First Vid of Dean Kamen’s Miracle Water Distiller. for real? via josh.

The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed. now that is some cool modern design for coinage.

Brand New: Can Ford Afford a Redesign?. ford is dropping their old wordmark for a blue ‘f’ and a modern rounded font. wtf?

CONTEMPORIST » Study Space at Ørestad College in Denmark. that’s one nice study space. think my next workspace needs some sumo bean chairs.

AFP: Philippe Starck tells magazine design is dead. awesome. no more web design, back to command line.