From April 12 through 22, DesignPhiladelphia will celebrate design with activities all around the city including studio tours, gallery openings, exhibitions, book signings, workshops and parties all about product design, architecture, fashion, landscape architecture, urban planning, textile design and graphic design.

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The Virtual Shoe Museum has tons of great photos of and information about designer shoes, like the Mobius shoe designed by Rem Koolhaas, which can be purchased on Zappos.com.

Blu Dot, fine purveyor of designer furniture and goods, commissioned a short film series to go with their "Good Design Is Good" campaign. The latest film, "Eric's Really Good Idea," features a trio of silver-painted monkeys who wreak havoc on a group of British students.

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Beth Fuller, a grad student at Pratt Instittute designed The Beetle Bag using the scarab beetle as inspiration.

Fine Cell Work is an organization that teaches prisoners in the UK fine needlework skills and helps them earn money to send to their families by selling their creations. You can buy gorgeous, handmade pillows, bags, rugs and quilts and help a good cause at the same time.

According to a recent study, 29% of American say they have no use for the internet. Seriously?

"A little under one-third of U.S. households have no Internet access and do not plan to get it, with most of the holdouts seeing little use for it in their lives, according to a survey released on Friday.

Park Associates, a Dallas-based technology market research firm, said 29 percent of U.S. households, or 31 million homes, do not have Internet access and do not intend to subscribe to an Internet service over the next 12 months."