YIELD's new Architect Candle Series is inspired by famous 20th century architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, the Eames, and Carlo Scarpa.

Prometheus Design Werx CaB-2 Multicam Black Special Edition Tote Bag! Fits a paper grocery bag and has both short handles and shoulder straps.

Apple Piazza Liberty, including both a grand public plaza and a store below, opens in the center of Milan.

Sebastian Maluska Nest Tent - a lightweight pop-top roof top tent inspired by sailing materials. The ladder is stored in a fabric pocket under the sleeping surface.

GOREN is a wheat installation presented as part of the Jerusalem Design Week 2018. The project display a selection of genetically diverse varieties of wheat - all on the brink of extinction - having been replaced throughout the 20th century.

Yuri Suzuki's Sonic Playground at the High Museum of Art. It includes 6 interactive sound sculptures that manipulate sound depending on where you are standing, listening or speaking.

FEATUREDMax's Sandwich Book by Max Halley + Ben Benton of Max's Sandwich Shop in London is as beautifully designed and illustrated as it is mouth-watering. Here's a peek inside and a quick flip thru.

Barbie's Career of the Year 2018 is Robotics Engineer

Compass Real Estate makes the home 'For Sale' sign high tech...

VIDEOMade of Mettle: The Leatherman Documentary

Popcorn Driven Robotic Actuators! By Steven Ceron and team at Cornell University.

Martini & Tonic - stunning new bottles/packaging by Stranger & Stranger!

The Design of Childhood by Alexandra Lange - "From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development." (And the Free Universal Construction Kit is on page 67!)

Bunny with a Toolbelt Window of Wonders! This is a street's-eye-view window gallery, loaded with original characters from the books and playing card deck, an ever-evolving woodland scene, and more in Portland, OR.

FEATUREDSadly Norris Hardware, our local hardware store, is closing down after nearly 100 years... so we made an offer on this entire hardware aisle! Which is now moving into our NOTCOT workshop!

To Celebrate 10 Years of the Knoll Luxe textile collection, Heavy Eyes designed 2 displays featuring larger than life insects and plants made out of over 100 Knoll fabrics and wallcoverings.

Citroën has launched SEETROËN, the first glasses that eliminate motion sickness by recreating the horizon line to resolve the conflict between the senses that causes the affliction.

Emile Henry Modern Classics Pie Dish. Impulse bought this for strawberry cake (#63277) and have been loving it for pies, cakes, casseroles, and more!

The NOTCOT Strawberry Patch has been busy this year! And we've made this Smitten Kitchen Strawberry Summer Cake 3 times so far... it's so good with our fresh berries, we had to share it!

THIJS BIERSTEKER x WEVAL. CLAVILUX NEUE - The installation, consisting of 6 rotating lens structures, translates Weval’s warm layered electronic rhythms into a world of refracted light particles.

DOIY Sonora Cactus Juicer

Apple Store in Cotai Central, Macau by Foster + Partners. A glowing cube with pockets of bamboo!

Millie Lottie Eva Signature Food & Picnic Tote - lovely leather handles with double canvas base and a perfectly sized bamboo cutting board to fit in the bottom!

La Vaca Designhouse MinniDip "designer inflatable pools"

Gunner Dog Kennels. The only 5 Star Crash Test Rated travel crate according to the Center For Pet Safety. So many interesting, thoughtful, design details. (They seem like the YETI of kennels.)

Piano. Push. Play. is distributing pianos painted by local artists all around Portland again. May your summer be filled with spontaneous public jam sessions…

Ramen + Coffee lovers - Stasia Burrington makes some adorable pins and stickers of her cheeky girls and cats! (She also makes lovely illustrations and paintings!)

Anna Kincaide Paintings feature lovely ladies (often in little black dresses) with bursts of flowers over the heads...

A look at the design by Tandem Design NYC for Ocasio-Cortez's big win. FastCo Design "How the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign got its powerful design"

Conos - wooden spinning tops inspired by seeds. Designed and manufactured by chilean designer/jeweler Nicolás Hernández.

H&M Round Metal Tray (Diameter 15 1/4")

The Remnants Table Series by Josh Carmody Studio is a clamp on leg system designed to inspire interior designers and architects to reuse the stone, tile and timber samples that are regularly thrown out.

H&M is launching furniture and lighting? Happy Interior Design Blog has a peek!

MISSIOO Luxury Ball Pits for kids... with optional slide!

VIDEODisenchantment! Matt Groening's third animated series is coming to Netflix in August following the misadventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf, and personal demon.

Batched & Bottled. Make ahead batch cocktails from brothers Max and Noel Venning of London cocktail bar Three Sheets. (Currently available in the UK, coming in Aug to the US)

Flexzilla Garden Hose with SwivelGrip. NOTCOT Recommended! Having been through so many hoses over the years, finally found this one to work the best (and great design details too!)

Dodgy Dogs! A card game illustrated by Jean Jullien, created by Yolky Games. Currently on Kickstarter (just backed by NOTCOT!)

STUDIOKCA Skyscraper (The Bruges Whale) - 5 tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, turned into a 4 story tall whale for the 2018 Bruges Triennial

Plate Recorder by artists Liat Segal and Roy Maayan, is a custom-built painting machine that etches sound waves, creating ‘ceramic plate records’.

Tiffany & Co has a beautiful Flora & Fauna collection of vases, bowls, and glassware.

Drucker Confident Armchair - classic colorful rattan in such a unique shape.

Moulin Roty Construction Stamps

Vogue has a video recipe with Lori A. Stern to make her lovely Flower Pressed Shortbread Cookies from #63251.

Lori A. Stern's signature Flower Pressed Shortbread Cookies. Her instagram is worth a peek too! (Flower pot pies, pastas, cakes and more.)