Besides traditional wooden matryoshka doll, here are some matryoshka that’s made in different style.

Click on the image to link to see the creators’ site.

Designer Matryoshka Dolls – Vogue Russia November 2008

Handmade candy colour series by PIV-Cat

Seasonal designed matryoshka by Ravenhill

Rose Hip’s version of matryoshka.

Irina Troitskaya

, a Russian illustrator, came out with few sets of amazing Matryoshka

design. One series is ‘most popular animals of Russian fairy tales’ another is ‘naturally white animals’. Click on the pictures

to see more after the jump.

The KLDW Festival is the 1st mega Creative Event of its kind to be organized right here in our proud capital of Kuala Lumpur. To be making its inaugural mark in KL soon, KLDW

2009 promises a wide mix of creative thoughts and eclectic ideas, of imaginative programmes and inspiring showcases, plus loads more under one grand event of “Show + Shine”

27th March – 4th April 2009

Concept:
“SHOW + SHINE”

Showcasing What We Don’t Have,
Enhancing What We Have

find out more about it here .

S.U.P.A which stands for “Super Unique Producers Around” was formed in late 2007. Having had performed at the recent Heineken Music Event (Impulse)-together with influences of trance, rock and funk in their music style, S.U.P.A aspires to collaborate with new and established talents from around the region to possibly synergize their musical odyssey across the globe. One of the collaborations are with Purple Houz

& Animasia Studio

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Idea is the new creative agency for ChildLine .There will be new brief generated frequently in order to encourage kids & young people to share their thoughts and worry. Everything they do for Idea will shape the way ChildLine

promotes itself in future, so that they can reach out to children and young people in ways that matter to them.

“There’s nothing like a good campfire to get people talking. We put together a direct mail piece to invite people to reconsider the way they’ve been marketing themselves and to believe in the power of a good story — their story.”~ Swink INC. Visit their site here

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Illustration Mundo

is a portal that collects tons of art piece from different illustrators around the world. There is a blog and interview section. Hope you will like it. Enjoy.

Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana

. Set to the 1920′s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told .” More still images here.

Thanks kenny.

The doll is sold in 150 countries, has represented more than 50 nationalities and ethnicities. ‘Totally hair barbie’

was released in 1992. The doll’s extra-long hair reached all the way to her toes. More than 10 million of these dolls were sold world wide, making ‘totally hair barbie’ the best-selling barbie doll in mattel’s history. Designboom features steps of barbie making, from a designer’s point of view.

More often than not, designers take inspiration from the natural environment to come up with something spectacular in technology. If it weren’t for the dragonflies we wouldn’t have helicopter now, would we? The project we see here is a simple home phone taking inspiration from the Hosta Plant. For those with a serious lack of green-thumb-knowledge let me tell you that it’s a foliage plant that is not fussy and comes in a broad range of solid colors.

Similar to the Hosta is the Non Literal Phone. Its basic premise is to add the beauty of a sculpture to a mundane device. A simple user interface married with a practical design, it looks ideal for the mantle place to me. Since technical info is scarce here, lets enjoy the design for a bit.