We’ve just launched a cool Flash application that uses Papervision3D to create a simple yet fun 3D modelling environment.

Developed for games publisher SouthPeak Interactive’s upcoming launch of 3D Dot Game Heroes™ on PlayStation®3, the tool has been spectacularly well received by the games’ fans and has led to over 2,000 designs being created and saved in the first 24 hours alone!

So why not plumb the depths of your imagination and create your very own original 3D gaming sprite. Or, if you’re old enough to look back in fondness at the old Atari and NES games of yesteryear, try recreating your favourite 8-bit game character in 3D instead. Go on, try it!

Taxidermy is hip, but far from child friendly. Fear not! Etsy to the rescue…

I’d kill a puppy to own this poster, it’s so very, very lovely. A fantastic piece of work by the legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser.

If you’re unfamiliar with Dave or The Count, go hide in a dark room for a while and punch yourself in the face repeatedly, then go buy some records, philistine.

The “pixel hand icon” wall hook (a.k.a the 8-bit hanger) is jolly nice indeed.

Nina Maria Kleivan’s photos of her daughter dressed as various dictators are as compelling as they are shocking.

A lovely lamp, inspired by the AT-AT Walkers from Star Wars.

Bears – you can’t help but love them. There’s one for each day of the year right here.

Eric Smith’s perspective on life changed upon being diagnosed with cancer, leading to the Live Now Project:

“Before cancer I was like most folks, just cruising along. It was during my treatment, when I started to discover what cancer could gift to me – the ability to absorb every moment as if each one were my whole life. The Live Now Project was born!”

Childrens’ illustrator Marc Boutavant’s work is delicious, like a toasted cheese sandwich.

Throughout my childhood my mother and grandmother would endlessly take off-cuts of plants to nurture at home, or give away to friends and family. The Osusowake planting system could have been made for them.