First recycling plastics and finally... recycled silicone! Oiko Design Office and Lékué are now able to incorporate up to 50% post-consumer silicone in the creation of new products.

The HORNBACH WERKSTÜCK Edition 004 Green Hideaway by HeimatTBWA and Swedish designers Front/ - A plant trellis interior chair (that reminds me of our passion fruit bench/trellis!)

PLAYSEAT TROPHY LOGITECH G EDITION - interesting angles on this new gaming racing seat design

Snakes of Wrath - A tile laying strategy game. I can't tell if i love the game, or if the photography, videos, packaging, and product design have just grabbed (and held) my attention.

NOT Wieden+Kennedy - seriously, how could i not love the new branding and design studio to launch out of their london office? And their NOT Machine is too fun and ridiculous too.

The Standard and NYC design practice Jumbo have reinvented "pool noodles" as giant inflatable macaroni, farfalle, shells, rigatoni, lasagna, tortellini, and ravioli! And they are packaged to look like pasta boxes.

Sea Walls x Pangea Seed shirts - so tempting, with great art meets ocean creature designs for a good cause!

MyMode by Tracy Anderson... ignoring the overly eco mood board vibes and price tag and the wooden box... interesting product design for this woody work out system... look at those ball joints?

Phaidon 1000 Design Classics comes out in October 2022 - a revised version of the iconic massive yellow 3 volume set.

Keith McMillen QuNeo MPE MIDI Finger Drum Controller and QuNexus MPE MIDI-CV Mini Keyboard Controller with no moving parts! Beautiful product design language flowing through these playful interfaces.

BrandNewNoise - simple hand held wooden sound recording devices. Includes DIY options. Kalimbas, 25 key musical toy piano, xylophone, tongue drum and sound recording devices are designed for a hands-on experience for all.

Cognitive Surplus Washi Tape!!! 36 amazing colorful science + nature inspired designs - like Genetics & DNA, Equations that changed the world, Ornithology, Electronics, Brain scans, Mushrooms, Lab Glassware, Jellyfish, Night Sky and more.

IKEA x World Surf League KÅSEBERGA Collection has so many tempting pieces... such good black and white, cork, woody mixes with minimal designs in this limited edition collection.

Mrs. Wordsmith - Stunningly fun, researched backed books, games, and an app to teach kids to read and write. Characters designed by artist of Madagascar. The Science of Reading reports are fascinating and there's a wealth of free resources.

Been impressed with the packaging design (and function) of these continuous mist sprayers from Proctor & Gamble for Dawn Powerwash and Mr. Clean Clean Freak.

Stunning new collection of puzzles from Brainstorm Puzzle Co. Finally a California one! And fun ones for Mushroom lovers, Foodies, Campers, and more!

DinoGlows! Dinosaur plushies that flip inside-out to reveal glow-in-the-dark fossils. Designed by Erin McGarry, artist and founder of Womple Studios.

Advent Calendars! That fun mix of elaborate packaging and graphic design to house tiny surprises... Food52 has a particularly good selection this year. Seen here - La Maison du Chocolat, Lady M, Maison Boissier, and Chapon.

Designing Destiny by Ryan McGinness in 1000 piece puzzle form by Four Point Puzzles

Munipals - painted wood toy trains designed to match NYC, NJ, Chicago, and Philly subway and train lines. A fun complement to the usual Brio, IKEA, etc train sets.

Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer Flyaway attachment - fascinating hook design to blow hair such that it lifts longer hairs and hides fly aways below!

A tiny 3d printed TV (with working dials) that randomly plays Simpsons episodes! Designed and made by redditor buba447.

Racer is a Wooden Toy Motorcycle created by the Portuguese Product Designer and Craftsman, Emanuel Rufo, to respond to the need of developing a product for two-wheel motor vehicle enthusiasts.

Mushroom Calendar Tea Towel by Julie Lynch (cjldesigns) for Spoonflower. She has other fun nature inspired fabric designs as well.

Any Old Iron Nashville from designer/stylist, Andrew Clancey. Shown here: Safety Punk Dress and Disco Planet T-Shirt

Paddywax Flora Collection of Diffusers have glass vessels with a brushed gold metal plate that turns into the perfect bulb/seed vase! (My avocado seed would be perfect in this!) They always have such lovely simple designs with gift worthy packaging.

Eliqs Mother's Day Beer and Rosé offerings - the packaging is everything! And for the ultimate gift, Mother's Day Garden Party lets you "add a photo and custom text to our design to surprise Mom with the drink she deserves."

Orvis Pro Dog Waders! (My favorite 2021 April Fool's design yet)

VIDEO"A Tale of Two Slings: Peak Design and Amazon Basics" Is brilliantly funny, and highlights a growing issue of Amazon knock offs... and don't forget, you (usually) get what you pay for.

Cognitive Surplus Tea Towels - the eggs would be a great twist to the usual Easter treats... and the octopi, mushrooms, equations, insects, anatomy designs are lovely too!

Cognitive Surplus drinking glasses are so tempting (even as educational vases?) - especially loving Above the Earth, Beneath the Waves, and the Solar System designs.

IYKYK & If Not, Now You Do - new zine from The Infatuation looks interesting. This "limited-release zine for people to learn about foods they may not know about and also instill pride and excitement in those who do." First issue is about Cha Chaan Teng.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian Paris' Les Bulles d'Agathe - "Scented bubbles designed to introduce children to smells..." Perhaps the most luxurious bubbles you could blow... A Rose is a Rose, Cut Grass, Cold Mint, Pear, and Violet

La Bouclée makes lovely, minimal, single piece leather bike carriers for your beer, wine, and more. Beautifully simple designs. (The 4 pack carriers look great too!)

Dodo Banana - adorable happy illustrated prints on these GOTS 100% organic pima cotton kids pjs. Favorites - Shapes, Ornaments, and Clouds! Collaboration between artist Alessandra Olanow and retailer/designer Fiona Montgomery.

United States of Letterpress is the latest limited edition memo book collection from Field Notes. Three sets of books feature covers designed and printed by nine letterpress artists and studios.

Mophie Powerstation All-In-One contains a 8,000mAh wireless portable battery with built-in Apple Watch charger. Nice design detail where the watch magnetic charger flips out.

San Diego Design Week! September 9-13, this is the first of hopefully many to come!

Yummy Toddler Food's Zucchini Carrot Banana Raisin Muffins have become a delicious, healthy staple for the NOTtoddler (and adults!) - definitely recommend using white whole wheat flour, raisins, and making them full sized (bake time 18 min).

Fast Company has a look into the origin of Dandelion Chocolate's facets - their version of the perfect chocolate chips, designed by industrial designer, Remy Labesque.

Studio PAULBAUT designed "daycare-at-home" watch is the result of two very busy parents, featuring a dial that displays recommended school activities and reminders for their 3-year old son throughout their work from home day.

Pyrex x Star Wars decorated glass containers - The Child Snack and Yumm designs are pretty cute, but look at those deviled eggs!

Halfway between art and design, OOO My Design Studio presents Nomino Post. It’s a peg board storage system, which allows different compositions on the board and countless configurations to organize an decorate your home with a flare of optical art.

Plastique Fantastique iSphere might be the most amusing DIY face shield/mask design yet.

Lily & River Little Climber Pikler Triangle and Slide/Rock wall, for crawlers to 5 year olds. Impressed with the quality and details of this design (see vid at the bottom for a peek in their factory.) This has been a game changer for our NOToddler!

The House Industries Lettering Manual just launched - "House’s Chief Lettering Officer, Ken Barber, reveals the secrets for creating virtually any letter style in nearly every design scenario imaginable."

EVERYMASK by Roo Williams is a unique DIY mask design that uses a custom harness to tightly fit a sheet of filter material to a person's face. It follows NASA's ISRU principles, using common household tools/materials.

Designers Against Coronavirus - lovely collection of global posters/graphics curated by CaroselloLab

Design Observer: The Self-Reliance Project by Jessica Helfand is a daily essay column about what it means to be a maker during a pandemic. It's just the daily dose of calm, thought provoking inspiration I need these days.

MIT Project Manus COVID-19 Face Shield is a single-piece design that comes flat and can be assembled into a 3-dimensional face shield. Ideally die cut (but could be laser cut on demand too.)

Foster + Partners prototype design for a Reusable Face Visor. All parts are laser cut - the 0.5mm optically clear PETG, an interlocking soft PP headband, and a surgical silicone rubber head strap. It is designed to be easily sterilized and reused.

Dyson CoVent Ventilator being produced in coordination with The Technology Partnership (TTP). FastCo has a look at the design.

The Free Sewing Fu Face Mask Pattern is the cleanest design i've found aesthetically. (While there are many arguments on materials, styles, effectiveness, etc of DIY masks currently, I found this to be a noteworthy template to explore/tweak!)

Koll Guitars High Rise Pedal - The High-Rise was designed by Saul Koll and Portland effects maestro Jack Deville, with graphic design by Aaron Draplin. The knobs were custom designed by Saul and cast by Matt Haramis.

IKEA x Pizza Hut Säva table - on surprising collaborations, IKEA Hong Kong has created a limited edition table that is a giant version of those tiny "pizza savers" that come in pizza boxes.

The iconic Campari Soda gets a redesign/upgrade... different, but still lovely and adorable.

"For Decades, Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside of Switzerland’s Official Maps" on AIGA Eye on Design by Zoey Poll - amazing!

Rollis Toy Cars - adorable design with their drivers packed right in.

Teenage Engineering x IKEA's Frekvens collection of modular electronics is just arriving in stores... and they have celebrated the launch with a lot of 3D printable frekvens hacks!

The Story Planter designed by Afteroom for Design Within Reach is so lovely! Available in black and white, 5 and 9 piece and pairs so well with their iconic Story Bookcase stack!

Caña Magazine's "2019’S BEST CRAFT BEER ARTWORK" - As label art became the new record sleeve, craft beer aesthetics scaled new heights in 2019; for pop pickers with an eye for design, here's a countdown of the year in beer art.

Yeti & Squatch in the Winter Wonderland of Oregon! Beautifully illustrated picture book from Travel Oregon - read the whole thing online! (The mushroom buddies tucked throughout are too cute!) Designed by Wieden+Kennedy with illustrations by Psyop studios.

The State of UX in 2020 - From designing for the post-truth era to the rise of micro-communities, design as a team sport, invisible design systems, and more...

Urchin is a ceramic lemon squeezer with a striking design and a unique way of juicing that makes each time using it a joy. Urchin will be handcrafted in The Netherlands.

BWArchitects sets the stage for Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit in LA. The featured design element is the BMW Vision pavilion, showcasing the M NEXT electric car in style.

Do the F*cking Work: Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity by Brian Buirge and Jason Bacher - from the folks behind Good F*cking Design Advice (with some of our favorite prints!) comes a BOOK!

Illustoria #9 is the first issue to be published by McSweeney’s. The periodical “for creative kids and their grownups” includes storytelling, crafts, comics, interviews, recipes and more with contributions by illustrators from around the world.

Bookniture's Wisdom Tree is a way to display your current reads and the front loading design lets you quickly access the page where you left off.

The DANCE is not your usual side table, it is designed to be different. Designed by Marc Th. van der Voorn for Ignore Amsterdam.

The Oriens Tarot Deck: 78 card animal themed tarot deck, that gives back to our rainforest! Designed by AmbiSun, Illustrator + Graphic Designer based in Melbourne Australia.

Target : 20 Years of Design for All: How Target Revolutionized Accessible Design - THE BOOK! Along with the new capsule collection coming out to celebrate Target's 20 years of design collabs, there's a Rizzoli book!

Maledetto Design (Damned Design) by Alessandra Coppa - Domus has a peek into this new book which "examines design in an ironic and intelligent manner, from the point of view of its most important players."

OTOTO Design's Summer 2019 Collection just launched - lots of fun, playful designs for your home and kitchen. The Magic Mushroom funnel and Blade Rhino Knife Sharpener caught my eye.

Besito - new marijuana vape. Fun hexagonal packaging and product design.

Munchkin Sit & Soak Infant Bath Tub [NOTCOT recommended!] So many great design details - butt bump to keep even newborns upright, smart drain plug, handle/hanger, comfy padding and more. (Like a better Shnuggle)

100% Soft limited edition DUMPSTER FIRE resin toy dropping at SDCC 2019! (Based on their enamel pin design.)

Nuna x PBK Leaf Grow Baby Bouncer - We love this Red Dot award winning bouncer for its silent (motorless) swing action, modern design, three tilt settings and evolution into a toddler lounge chair... the Pottery Barn edition has the best colors!

Bonsai Room Diffusers designed By Takafumi Nemoto for Design House Stockholm in Breeze, Blossom, and Cloud. Each comes with a ceramic vase, natural rattan fragrance diffuser and scented oil.

Playdate is a new handheld gaming device/platform from Panic and Teenage Engineering! With that combo, you know the software, hardware, and design details will be even better in person! 4 years in the making, complete with a CRANK!

Charmin "Forever Rolls" are 12" diameter toilet paper rolls that look like absurd design objects in your bathroom with the freestanding holder. (The reviews and customer photos are worth a look... and i just ordered one for the guest bathroom)

Jägermeister COOLPACK - an ice pack inspired new bottle design - stackable, compact, and portable.

Future Food Today: A SPACE10 Cookbook has launched! It promises a collection of delicious and sustainable recipes and a tangible vision for what the sustainable kitchen of tomorrow may look like. (SPACE10 = IKEA’s future living lab)

Mooki Mello Posse Stool! Saddle shaped stools made of recycled paper pulp that is "light enough for kids to carry around but strong enough for a 220 lb adult to sit on it." They are the official chair of NYC Design Pavilion in Times Square for NYC Design Week 2019.

BUGA Wood Pavilion and BUGA Fibre Pavilion at the Summer Island of the Bundesgartenschau by the University of Stuttgart Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE).

Well Beings CBD Inhaler - unique design for this custom inhaler

Weltevree Stringlight has stunning mouth-blown glass lampshades. Designed by Floris Schoonderbeek.

Automated Micro-Cafe designed by Leadoff Studio for Truebird Coffee. The kiosk brews, pours, and serves cups of coffee, which can be ordered from the Truebird app or ordering stand.

Octopus Rum branding/packaging concept design by Pavla Chuykina. Melted wax drips into tentacles...

Blueland - cleaning system of reusable spray bottles and tablets (just add water!) Nice packaging design and concept, but curious how well it really cleans. They are starting with Bathroom, Multi-surface, and Glass cleaners, with plans to further expand.

Leander Changing Matty - of all the baby changing mats we researched, we're most impressed with the design and quality of the Matty! (Also, no need to air out the foam smells like Keekaroo/Bumbo options and feels far better.)

Sleeping Piles installation by Estudio Campana and Apex Brasil for Interni's Human Spaces - Milan Design Week 2019. These grassy conical structures pull you in to relax...

RoBOTL - Timberland partners with Giò Forma for this massive 6m tall installation made of recycled plastic bottles in Piazza XXV Aprile for Milan Design Week 2019. (Inspired by ReBOTL, Timberland’s new footwear collection)

String Pocket 70th Anniversary Limited Edition by designer Mats Theselius - featuring glass shelving and powder coated stainless steel panels, it will be produced in 2019 reproductions.

Bauhaus 100 Poster by re:design studio celebrates 100 years of the Bauhaus school through illustrations of its iconic designs

Panorama - Interesting hard shell roof top tent design by Jan Loss and Lukas von Rantzau on Kickstarter. What's really most striking are the images of it on that cherry red vintage Mercedes station wagon!

The WW Colour Series collab by HAYCHE x Studio Makgill is a bold experimentati with colour, typical of the studio's adventurous creative ethos and is available in a selection of 3 colourways. Designed by Alejandro Villarreal + Studio Makgill.

Parachute Coffee - great packaging design by Korefe

Kathmandu Adapt Wedding Dress! Made of GORE-TEX, lined with pale blue merino wool, water and wind-proof, and the train transforms into a cape with hood! Designed by Tanya Carlson. One of a kind, and complete with pockets!

The new DL Collection by Dion Lee and GibsonKarlo is for DesignByThem. It references the iconic Bauhaus slung leather furniture typology, and combines Italian saddle leather tensioned over a steel frame.

Under - the first underwater european restaurant just opened in Lindesnes, Norway. Designed by Snøhetta.

Prometheus Design Werx pair of SPD Kraken DIY + All Terrain Enamelware Mugs 16oz featuring the fun tool wielding octopus we love!

The Joaquin Bench by Arrow Furniture Works is a Windsor inspired bench designed and handbuilt in Portland, OR. Made of Solid Ash.

Nanami - Adorable animal nursing/hang out baby pillows in polar bear, whale, dog, and fox designs.

John Maeda's Design In Tech Report 2019 - read it!

Chrome Dino Set designed in New York by Andrew Bell for Google to celebrate 10 years of the Chrome browser! You recognize this cute pixel dino and cacti from when your internet goes out! Limited sets available to the public 3/11/19.

The 10 Barrel Brewing BEERCAT designed and built by pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich! A 1987 Spryte Snowcat turned into mini tavern/mountain pub with three taps and fold down walls! The videos share the making of and adventures as it pops up all season.

Giantsuper kids products by Paul Lee Design - Beautiful illustrations and smart designs. Especially the Construct-O-Cards Tummy Time Flash Cards and Tummy Time Playboard + Art Cards (that can pop up with magnets) and have mirrored surfaces.

Move Airline Seat Concept for Airbus designed by Layer Design. A dreamy futuristic air travel concept with so many lovely details, from the materials, to the back of seat table design, to the colors and more...

Good Ship IKEA by Mother London is a life sized version of the IKEA SMÅKRYP bath boat that can clean up 20kgs of trash from the waterways! The public is currently invited to remote control them in Deptford Creek, east London.

Stokke Flexi Bath - interesting design for a collapsible baby bath tub (that you could easily use for everyday things!) with a unique, color changing, temperature sensitive stopper.

Lampa Fotosyntes by Sofia Ljung & Elia Anis. Such a lovely concept where the solar grow light can be moved to shift the growth of the plants!

Front Design Curve lights for Zero. From the small but heavy base springs the lamp like a sprouting plant or mushroom. The collection now contains pendants, floor and table lamps in green or white glass or with metal shades in blue, ivory, white or green.

Bleu Carmin Design Collection Animo Lights - Toucan, Dragon, Parrot, and Mouse in bold, colorful powder coated sheet metal.

Vas Kurbits Rosa by Sofie Johansson & Jessica Westerberg - lovely single stem flower vases

ODLO Spring/Summer '19 Women's Activewear Collection – By Zaha Hadid Design.

National Park - that iconic National Park Service signage look was actually created by the size of the router bit used to make the signs... and it's been turned into a typeface (in 4 weights) by The Design Outside (DO) Studio!

USPS Military Working Dogs Stamps - designed by Greg Breeding with artwork by DKNG Studios featuring a German shepherd, Labrador retriever, Belgian Malinois and Dutch shepherd.

The Sp!n Spinning Top designed by Kutarq for +d creates an optical illusion of levitation. When spinning the top, an exclamation mark appears. 'Sp!n' is available in 5 colors and spins for more than a minute.

Volvo Living Seawall - made of tiles designed to mimic the root structure of mangrove trees this seawall turns into a viable marine habitat that attract filter-feeding organisms. Fifty have been installed in Sydney Harbour to combat urbanisation and pollution.

FREIFRAU Leya Rocking Wingback Chair and Rocking Lounge Chair designed by Birgit Hoffmann and Christoph Kahleyss look lusciously loungey (and would make a perfect modern cozy leather nursery chair that doesn't scream baby)

2019 is the beginning of the end of Design*Sponge! And i'm sad and excited to see what they have up their sleeve to go out with a bang! (Especially as i'm still grappling with what the future of NOTCOT will hold... ideas? let's talk.)

bbhugme pregnancy pillow designed by Norwegian pre/post-natal chiropractors. It's multipurpose (full body, arm/back rest, rest ON your belly, nursing, newborn hangout) and adjustable (slide the silicone pebbles to adjust density and double as teethers)

Absorbed By Light sculpture by Design Bridge's Gali May Lucas for the 2018 Amsterdam Light Festival. Perfectly highlighting our screen obsessions, while becoming the perfect instagram photo spot too...

"The Rise of the Designer Bakery" on The Cool Hunter is a great roundup of stunning bakery spaces around the globe.

Vornado Glide Heat Whole Room Heater - adorable design with round body and metal & wood wide stance base. Almost looks like it's ready to crawl away.

Striker Concepts LED Lights - fascinating designs - from LED mines with 11 neodymium rare Earth magnets to stick at any angle, to triple LED panels that screw into a light bulb socket, to flexible/magnet LED panels and more.

Prometheus Design Werx: The SPD Edition Titanium Tool Bit Driver by Audacious Concept of Finland. Beautiful titanium billet hex bit driver comes with 6 torx bits, 3D Printed Integrated ABS Bit Holder, and SPD Kraken Laser Mark on Ball.

Beautiful Geometric Wooden Tray from Art of Play. Designed by Kenichi Mizushima in Fukui, Japan. (Also, they have great spinning tops - so many that are part of our NOTCOT collection!)

Prometheus Design Werx - a NOTCOT favorite for great quality, design, and ethos.

Shigeru Ban Architects are designing a 420-acre campus for Kentucky Owl bourbon in Bardstown, Kentucky. It includes everything from a vintage dinner train to fishing, swimming, an art gallery, convention center, and an “owl forest.”

Food Fortunes - a foodie twist on tarot cards by Josh Lafayette.

Sall Whiskey is making SYVSINDGIN, a Gin White, while waiting for the whiskey to age. Design by NO HEROES.

Weleda expands their super popular Skin Food (a NOTCOT fave) into a line of products - from the original cream, to a light version, body butter, and lip butter.

The Center for American Politics and Design (CAPD) has created a searchable collection of every campaign logo from the 2018 election for US Congress. The archive is a tool to explore trends and typologies that reveal themselves only when viewed in aggregate.

The Pottery - beautifully designed cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles (Mid-City). Also lots of fun merch featuring sayings like "Plants over pills" - "Not your typical flower shop" - "Earth grown goods."

The WAYB Pico is an 8 lb compact travel car seat made of aerospace-grade aluminum and high-performance mesh designed and manufactured by outdoor gear vets. It looks like the Aeron Chair of car seats. Currently crowdfunding.

RastaMoon's UOMINI are dropping soon! Such adorably dapper, bearded gents with all the tailor shop details beautifully designed as well!

FoodHype! It's hard not to keep clicking "next article" to see what foodie madness it will generate next... and so many seem far too believable.

FEATUREDToday, NOTCOT is retiring NotCouture (est 2007), Liqurious (est 2008), Tasteologie (est 2010) + NotVentures (est 2010) to refocus on design. it's been a fun adventure, but all experiments eventually come to an end...

Finell (of so many amazingly designed silicone goods!) has launched their Zip Top bags kickstarter! [Just backed by NOTCOT!]

Cinsa Cocinova by Joel Escalona. With more than 80 years of experience and recognized as the number one in the Mexican kitchen industry, Cinsa asked Escalona to re-design the usual blue pewter pot present in every corner of Mexico.

Matter Design Megaphones for the New York Philharmonic. 20 custom robotically printed megaphones focus acoustic energy into hyper-directional streams.

Design Legend David Carson and artist Thijs Biersteker created a brainwave controlled globe showing us that if we lose focus on climate change the world goes to shit.

Exhibited during the 2018 London Design Biennale, “Matter to Matter” interactive installation by Arthur Analts invites visitors to leave their own message or print on a large glass wall of condensation.