Art is always one of the best sources of inspiration for designers.
Korean artist Jin Young Lu creates transparent sculptures with expressive masks that she partially covers with nicely patterned clothes, and the result is quite astonishing. Wonderful ghostly figures that stair right at you.
I just discovered these paper foldables and totally loved it. In fact they even get better when used for promotional purpose (see the handsome family one).
Urban Cursor is a GPS enabled object designed to facilitate social interaction and play in public space. It was created for the Ingravid festival in Spain, and placed in a square in the city of Figueres. You can see how people interacted with it there.