• 18 Cool Inventions From the Past has some really neat photos. I love the early GPS.

• The color so composition of these photographs by Matthias Heidrich are beautiful.

• Even though I am terrified of them, I do enjoy the zombify blog for all things zombie related.

• I love book covers & there are 45 gorgeous ones here.

These “lawn chairs” get the job done. Designed by artist Lisette Spee in collaboration with architect Tim Van Den Burg, the playful seats are part of a series of lounge chairs created for public spaces in Valkenberg Park in Breda, Netherlands.

• I absolutely love this street art. How clever!

• Matter Printed is all about judging things by their cover. This site features some great magazine covers for you to look through. There are some great designs here.

• I love ghost stories, weird happenings & unexplained events, so 10 Japanese ghost towns is right up my alley. Speaking of freaky deaky shit, I can’t get enough of ONTD creepy.

How crazy is this bridge? I can’t believe how close the bottom part is to the water! Here’s the info on it:

In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you’re building a bridge between the two, you’ve got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.

You can download a dust jacket template from icoeye and create icons out of your books live. I really love seeing the books and crazy & mismatched on a bookshelf, but this would be neat for a small group of books.

• If you’re being ridiculous (not in a good way), all you need to say to yourself is shhhh! Learn how to STFU & get it together! I’ve used this a couple of times this week & it really does snap you right out of your crazy thoughts before you act like a fool.

• Bonzai Aphrodite has rounded up the best vegan bbq recipes! Everything sounds & look so good, especially her barbecued miso corn. YUM.

• How amazing are these Mardi Gras costume and float designs?!

I hope everyone has a great weekend & share what you’re lovin’ this week in the comments!

· Carnovsky’s Wallpaper is really neat. The animal & skeleton drawings react differently depending on the color of light used in the room.

· I was searching for fitness blogs the other day when I came across Rachel Wilkerson’s blog. I cannot get enough! I stayed up until 2am looking through all the old posts until I got too sleepy to go on.. and then I continued the next day. If you like hilarious people & health/fitness then you’ll love it too.

· David Kassan’s paintings are amazing.

· Subway Douchery is hilarious! Every photo is better than the last.

· Re-nest shows you how to make a wood pallet dining table. I love it!

· This custom return address stamp is gorgeous. I want one!

· This set of New York typographic posters are really nice.

· This blog is full of pretty foods & pretty drinks. It’ll make you super hungry.

· Lettercult’s best custom letters of 2009 has some amazing typography featured.

· I’m into all of these illustrated horror posters.

· Skout is resources for designers by designers. Find everything you need here.

· Loving this Flickr set of travel posters.

· Matthew Lyons’ inspirational tumblr is definitely worth a look. There are tons of great photos here. After you’re done, check out his website and see how he turns all that inspiration into some crazy designs. So great!

· I’m super late to this, but I can’t get enough of the For the Love of Type blog.

· All of these DIY headboards are really cute. I love all the bright colors.

· Baptiste Debombourg made this incredible mural out of 3500 staples. Crazy!

· I can’t get enough of this girl’s style blog. She is gorgeous and has an amazing style. Plus, she likes great music and takes lovely photos.

· I love every logo in the examples of transparency in logo designs. So colorful and fun!

J*Davey – Slooow | I love this song!

Kate Moss in holographic form at the end Alexander McQueen’s Fall/Winter 2006 show. I’ve never really been into the fashion world, but I always thought his designs were beautifully far-out in a very classic way. Sad times, RIP McQueen.

· This glass heart vase is beautiful. I love the colors and shape. Too bad the small version costs $500.

· How amazing is this house?! About this crazy lil’ home:

This enchanting house is located on an island called Elliðaey near Vestmannaeyjar, a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The house was given to singer, Bjork from her motherland as a “Thank You” for putting Iceland on the international map.

· I definitely need these message-in-a-cookie cutters. They come with pre-made sayings and separate letters to create your own message.

· Ohh, man. These red velvet sandwich cookies are the perfect Valentine’s gift & way better than jewels (I love food). The site also has box templates for you to download & print.

· I found this portfolio of gradient mesh illustrations a few days ago and I am still amazed every time I look at them. Absolutely insane!

· I’m loving these creative tea packagings. There are so many great concepts here.

· I’ve been on a font kick lately and I found 65 professional free fonts to help add to my addiction.

· The colors of Andy Gilmore are gorgeous. These color sets have a great feeling and texture to them. Very inspiring for any design projects you have goin’ on.

· Ketee has a couple of new tutorials up that I can’t wait to try: The Digital Painting Process & Creating a Colorful Portrait w/Lighting Effects.

· Hotties from history. Learn all about hotties throughout history who were doin’ their own thing and doin’ it well.

· Pictaculous lets you upload an image & gives you a color palette that gives you colors that go well with it. A neat little tool to have.

Serge & Brigitte performing “Bonnie & Clyde”.

Bjork performs live while Alexander McQueen’s work walks the runway.

I Want My MTV commerical. MTV dropped “music television” from its logo earlier this week. Sad day, huh?

· I’m thinking I like this pixel sofa. I can’t decide. What do you think of it?

· This piece of graffiti is amazing. I haven’t seen a style quite like this before.

· I really enjoy the Dirty Richmond style blog. There are some people with really great style on there.

· I came across this color identifying system for the color blind and think it is a great idea! It is a simple system that is designed very well.

· The art installation “Fuel” by Richard J. Evans is really nice. I like the first the best, but they are all good.

Have you come across any interesting links/photos/ideas that you are loving this week? If so, please share! :]

· The chalk walk makes me incredibly happy. It also make me super excited for summer!

· These historical tweets are pretty hilarious!

· I LOVE the inside of this home! It is owned by a graphic designer in Finland who also runs her own blog about renovating and designing her house. So cute.

· This set of Tarantino movie posters by Ibraheem Youssef are awesome. I may have linked to these before, but he just added some new ones which are really great. I love the Inglorious Basterds one.

· These chalk shadow tracings are really neat. I guess I have a thing for chalk this week :]

· These illustrations by Scott Balmer are so cute. They remind me of old children’s book illustrations. I especially love the Halloween series.

· Ross Berens’ poster series titled “Under the Milky Way” is incredible. Each poster features a planet (including Pluto) and they are so nice. Apparently prints are coming soon and I can’t wait!

· I love finding new fonts and 21 fonts that shouldn’t be free but are has some amazing ones up for grabs.

· The Multicolr Search Lab for Flickr is so neat. Click a color and it will give you a group of images that match. I love it!

· Over at Cargo Collective you can learn something new every day in a fun, colorful and illustrated way.

· A toaster that functions like a printer? Yes, please!

· I am loving the Montague Projects Blog. They have some amazing book covers and other designs over there.

· This set of vintage illustrations over at Flickr is so great. The style & colors are wonderful.

· This is an old post from DesignSponge about how to make a repeating pattern. If you haven’t seen it yet, ya need to because it is very useful!

· I am in love with every photo Cosmic-Dust’s tumblr. Some images may be nsfw, but that makes it even better! :]

· Over at The Hype Machine, they did a post on the top 50 bands of 2009 & had artists create a piece of work inspired by each band. There is some really amazing pieces over there.

Everyone have a great weekend & try to stay warm if you’re somewhere cold like I am!