Zeitgeist Toys: Gorgeous toys made from porcelain and precious metals. More pictures at Beautiful Life.

Common Projects makes shoes. Really sexy ones. Or do they do more? The black nappa leather duffle bag would look good filled with a weekends worth of clothes for a getaway. Bag available for $600. Via Hypebeast

Good little collaboration between California skateboard legend Buddy Carr and New York based graphic designer Antonio Carusone. A Skateboard and T-shirt combo. Limited to 100 pieces. Looks fun, thanks Anthony!

If I had pets in NYC, they’d be eating and drinking out of bowls that looked this good from Doca Pet.

The NNew Can, designed by Jiwoon Park & Kwenyoung Choi. Interesting, but are we creating a solution in search of a problem? Via Yanko Design

The super-duper popular IKEA bookcase we all know and love by the name of Billy is turning 30 this year. IKEA is celebrating the occasion by releasing a couple of limited edition models. Fun!

Via Below The Clouds & Notcot.org

Why can’t all batteries look this good?  Unique and colorful packaging for Volta Batteries by ACME Industries in Romania.  Good enough not to throw out and remember to recycle? Hope so.

The new Buckyballs packaging is fantastic. So happy for Jake and the Zoomdoggle crew. Want to win a set? Comment below and we’ll pick some winners later this week.

Disclosure, I’m a part owner in Zoomdoggle, which is a part owner in Buckyballs.

The Dieline Awards by, well, The Dieline– which is one of my favorite package design sites. The official ceremony will be held at the FUSE Conference, April 14th, 2010 in Chicago.

Fatty Bum Bum lives in the Fatty Dream Galaxy where dreams like him can grow up to unimaginable sizes. Their life is simple; they eat and they sleep. If they’re not eating they’re sleeping. If they’re not sleeping they they’re eating.

Odd game, fun graphics, time waster for sure. Check it out. Via QBN.

On Friday October 16th Cut & Paste will take over the Hammerstein Ballroom with 48 competitors from around the world (16 different cities) duking it out for design championship and victory. Onsite and webcast viewers can tweet during the show with #cutandpaste, and all the comments on the work as it’s happening will be shown on screens between each round. Interactive awesomeness.

Want in to the event with a pair of free tickets? Tweet “I want to go to #cutandpaste NYC @joshspear” and I’ll choose two lucky winners randomly by the end of the week.

Wonderwall is the interior design firm created by Masamichi Katayama– they’re responsible for all kinds of incredible spaces around the world (but especially in Japan). Ever been inside a BAPE store and wondered who was behind the genius interior design and architecture? Some other highlights include Dean & Deluca in Roppongi, APC in Aoyama, Collete in Paris, the UNIQLO store in NYC (with the moving mannequins) and more. Look into more of their amazing work here.

Am I too big for the Wishbone Running Bike? Starts as a tricycle and on converts to two wheels as you (or your little one) grows. Via Grassrootsmodern

Dustin Cantrell’s handmade Plasma Dunnys (as seen here on JS last February) sent a ripple through the art toy community–and beyond. First appearing on custoMONDAYs (a series of 20 emerging toy artists curated by yours truly), Dustin’s Dunny quickly attracted attention from Gizmodo to Kanye. Everybody wanted one, but only 4 existed, and they sold out fast. Enter Kidrobot, makers of the Dunny toy. They tapped Dustin to create 3 more Plasma Dunnys in metallic gold with wood bases. The Dunnys are currently on display in Kidrobot’s New York store and for sale at $600 each in the custom art section of Kidrobot’s website. This puts Dustin in the same category previously occupied by Tara McPherson’s sculptures. Congratulations to Dustin, and let this be an inspirational story for those who tweak their toys worldwide!

Update: They sold out in less than 24 hours. At $600 each. By an unknown/emerging artist. What recession?

Great looking goods from my friend Jason at MAKR, the line has come a long way!