Splendid husband/ wife team of graphic designers, whose t-shirts you can buy right here on-line. Except you'll never wear them cos they're too nice to actually put on.

An organization based on a highly creative philanthropic idea. You loan a small amount of money to a start-up in a developing country, they pay you back when they can, you re-invest the cash in another start-up. Muhammad Yunus, the economist who invented the system Kiva uses, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Deserved.

Supernaturally talented young man from Glasgow. Makes music videos that are low on budget and high on brilliance

Production company with a nice line in side-projects, including a book of movie posters re-interpreted by artists.

Like MTV, if MTV had a soul. A collection of strange films and pop culture oddities from the distant past (for example, the 1980s rap classic section).

Great illustrator who somehow made a living perfecting what looks like exercise-book style doodling. You probably know him already, but look again, cos he's amazing.

Talented photographer who takes pictures of plates piled with 20kg of pasta, and portraits of people with improbably large versions of household items. Never seen a 2.5 meter long baguette? Click here and you will.

An L.A based artist who plays with urban elements, creating a multi-faceted, post-modern, self-reflexive comment on early 21st century society. He also blows stuff up. Which is nice.

More video art to complete my first days' posts. Falls into the category of I-could-just-about-do-that... if only I had more time. And talent.

Kawashimi specializes in clever but accessible art. The gateball film is great, demonstrating what's possible with just a video camera, Final Cut, After Effects... and a bunch of Japanese pensioners imbued with magical powers.