These deadly cupcakes were created by Craftster user Lethargic. The cake was red velvet  with butter cream frosting tinted to look like a skin tone. The knives were made out of melted and colored white chocolate. “I just piped onto some parchment paper in a knife-like shape and stuck in the fridge to harden. Once they were nice and solid I stabbed them into the fleshcakes and added a little of that horrible food decorators gel stuff to look like blood.“  [via..]

This amazing video was created by Wieden + Kennedy’s Amsterdam office. A bank of cars (Honda’s, naturally) arranged in a grid, use their headlights as pixels to create an animated sequence…   [via..]

The Hotelicopter is the world’s first flying hotel. It was designed with the sophisticated, affluent traveler in mind. “You’ve just taken off your belt, your shoes, your jacket, and put your laptop in a separate bin.  You’re feeling a little bit - shall we say - undignified. All you want to do is melt into your hotel the moment you step onto the concourse.” The Hotelicopter features 18 luxuriously-appointed rooms for adrenaline junkies seeking a truly unique and memorable travel experience. Each soundproofed room is equipped with a queen-sized bed, fine linens, a mini-bar, coffee machine, wireless internet access, and all the luxurious appointments you’d expect from a flying five star hotel.
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Contrail created by Studio Gelardi, is a tool that attaches to your bike’s seat tube and leaves a colorful chalk line behind you as you ride. The goal is to encourage a new cycle of biking participation by allowing the biking community to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space. It lets bikers take same route, and aslo reminds fellow cyclists where it’s safe to ride if more bicyclists using the Contrail. The Contrail was a finalist in Design 21’s Pedal To The Medal competition and is not in yet in production.  [via..]

This is an interesting product. The basic frame is actually 2D picture and the coat hooks are actually 3D things that allow you to hang jackets, coats, etc.  [product page  via..] 

Those painted line dividers we see everywhere this days. But Korean designer Ji-Hye Koo has come up with an ecodesign that covers painted lines on the streets with Nature On A Tape - essentially a pre-potted strip of grass that’ll grow with no effort.
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Parisian trunk makers Pinel & Pinel have created this unique iCase, a portable ipod speaker system built into a travel bag. Each case comes with Altec Lansing speakers to ensure decent sound quality unlike those cheap portable speakers. The case is made of wood covered with durable leather and feature pockets in which to hold accessories. Maybe you’re rocking to a second or third generation iPod, but don’t worry, the iCase is compatible with all iPod models. Available from Pinel & Pinel.
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This new design, the P-Bookshelf by Yar Rassadin is a combination of old-time floor pendulum clocks structure and functional shelf for books. In this way we make ironic combined style and change the meaning of functions. This is the combined product with fifty-fifty distribution between two old ideas. I really appreciate this clever design. Apart from being multi-funcional, the p-Bookshelf looks quite modern and fetching.
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A new field McDonalds. Funny, I want to eat my hamburger there.
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This is a stylish and sturdy laptop case made of 100% recycled cardboard. By UK designer Giles Miller, it’s especially designed for those earth friendly computer geeks. You can personalize the case with your initials or stick with the generic Apple logo shown below. Or if you are looking for something a little warmer, the case also comes in cosier-looking versions craftily constructed out of old carpet patches. 

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