Oregon, US based TreeSmart recycles newspapers to create amazing pencils. Apart from the ecological benefits, these pencils creates a new pattern each time it is sharpened. [via]

These amazing coconut shell bowls are from Bambu, a company that makes contemporary products using eco-friendly and renewable materials. [via]

Here is an interesting and easy-to-use US dollar design concept for the US Dollar ReDe$ign Project. This is created by a graphic design firm Dowling Duncan.

According to the firm, the reason for the vertical format is that “When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money [...]

Geosocial universe is an info-graphic created by the digital creative agency Jess3. It shows the relative size of social networks and online services such as Skype, Gmail, MySpace, Twitter and Foursquare, and also shows the proportion of their user base that access the service via a mobile device. [via]

The illustrated guide to Ph.D is an interesting explanation of what Ph.D is by Matt Might, Assistant Professor at the School of Computing University in Utah.
I think this illustration is applicable to knowledge in general. [via]

Created by Design Glut, Jar tiles are ceramic tiles with a little storage.
Perfect for little things that you want to hide away. The half-jar appears to merge into your wall, making for a completely surreal effect. Tile several together to create a beautiful storage system.
This 6″ x 6″ x 3″ deep tiles are [...]

Ojue is an innovative lunch box design created by the Japanese design brand Metaphys.
The ojue is a small, vertically stacked lunch box that can fit smoothly into briefcases or small bags. The elegant design turns the lunch box into an easy to use accessory, and for an added bonus, each box is stocked with [...]

How true! [via]

Meet your type is a beautifully designed and helpful booklet on Typography from Fontshop. FontShop is a digital type retailer and they offer more than 100,000 fonts from dozens of expert-selected foundries. [via]