Pejac “It can’t rain all the time” - Magritte inspired, gas mask wearing, window paintings... a fantastic STAY ART HOME piece!

Hunter for Target - from rain boots to bags and outdoor fun to clothing and more for kids and adults. View the full collection now, available starting April 14.

Raindrop for Elho. A completely redesigned version of the Raindrop rain barrel by Dutch designer Bas van der Veer was unveiled at garden fair GAFA in Cologne this week.

"Rent-Your-Own Rain Rooms Become Big Business in China" at Creators. Random International's installation, Rain Room is being copied for events in China.

Rain & Peacock Fish Plates

VIDEOSpa: The Rain Project is an installation that turns drops of rain into beautiful sounds, lights and projections against the spectacular backdrop of the nature reserve Spa. An Ode to the never-ending source of Spa water.

Japanese artist and designer Kouichi Okamoto, and founder of Kiouei Design, has created a sound installation, called Re-Rain, that proposes a way for the immaterial forces of sound, gravity, and magnetic force to find a physical form.

Yoni Alter's posters for UK Film Festival. Classic films with a UK twist. King Kong+The Shard, Singing in the Rain+a phonebox and E.T+tea.

An installation of 20 different types of rain by Nendo for Maison & Objet 2014.

Hunter Boots takes rain wear/accessories to an absurdly fashionable level in their latest collection for Fall/Winter 2014.

FEATUREDOur week of adventures with the iconic Merceded-Benz G-Wagen. From exploring Malibu to hiding the Mercedes-AMG G63 from the rain in the NOTlabs workshop, from a peek at the diamond stitching to the basketball hoop like cup holder.

FEATUREDButler Overboots for kids ~ adorable branding/packaging (penguin logo!) and these overboots are soft and pliable but ready to take on snow, rain, etc and slip on right over your kids' shoes!

The amazing immersive and interactive Rain Room is now at MoMA in NYC through July 28, 2013.

Russian designer Dmitriy Kulyev created a cloud that produces rain from rain. The Cloud Rainwater Pipe Attachment will make everyone smile.

Quentin Debaene's AIRBLOW 2050 is a prospective umbrella which uses air rather than fabric to protect user from the rain.

Herb Lester Luggage tags: air, rail, land, sea - Able to withstand rips, tears and rain! Printed on tyvek. Designed by us by Two Arms Inc of Brooklyn, NY.

VIDEOThe Rain Shield, a Red Dot award winner, designed by Taiwanese students Lin Min-Wei and Liu Li-Hsiang, puts a clever spin on the conventional umbrella.

FEATUREDRain Rooms, kite-making and hot tub boats all feature in this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

'Before The Rain' retrospective exhibition about the London designers from Random International in the Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

Random International creates a Rain Room within London's Barbican.

VIDEOKinetic Rain installation at Singapore's Changi Airport.

Sculptural Rain Gutters designed by Ruben Ruiz in Los Angeles

VIDEOHeli Video productions use electrically powered helicopters to capture incredible footage around the island of Puerto Rico including the beautiful rain forest, EL Yunqu.

Nissan Technology Magazine looks at the Nissan eco-friendly global headquarters in Yokohama, which recycles rain water, and uses solar panels to power the building and charge up electric vehicles.

London Skyline Umbrella. This foldable black and white London Skyline Squidarella bursts into an array of colors, as soon as rain hits the panels! Brightens up any wet day. By SquidLondon.

Goggles Bubble Umbrella has its sights set to fun! A playful rain umbrella from a playful company.

How to make the clouds rain ice cream. No, really. Designer Cathrine Kramer set out to turn this childlike fantasy into reality with Zoe Papadopoulou.

VIDEOArtist James Bullough & Karl Addison collaborate on a massive Tyrannosaurus Rex sporting a suit and a gold chain. Time Lapse video documents their progress & fun throughout the day of sun, rain, sun & evening.

Rain Campaign ads for Sea life Schevenigen from Fresh Green Ads show up on the sidewalk when it rains. Cute graphics and great concept!

Messenger Bags with city maps printed on the liner! Not as fancy as an iPhone, but a darn sight better in the rain! Made by Trakke, collaboration with Grid.

The upside to all the rain in New York City? Looking down at the ground the morning after. 'Architectural Puddles' is a photography blog that just might change your perspective on dreary days in the most iconic city in the world.

Take a Goggles umbrella and dive into the adventurous world in the rain! From 25togo design.

Lou Mistraou's aviator style caps are available in lambskin and rain-proof wool felt.

Rain Forest. French architect Patrick Nadeau combines epiphytes wit Corian for Boffi Bains Paris.

An enormous plastic rain flower from plastic water bottles, sugared beverage containers, and other scrap plastic constructions that could be used for capturing and purifying rainwater.

Regina Regis rain boots have been created to add a touch of design and fancy to the “water protection concept”. These cool looking rain boots comes in a whole scale of rainbow colors.

Guerrilla Stunt by Torke for Tequila Olmeca - in Istanbul - a rain of fake lemon slices over the nightlife areas of the city. The slices had a codes for prizes...

VIDEOTroika 'Light Rain'- UK Pavilion, China-. From a drizzle to heavy rain, light raindrops enliven the space, creating a beautiful environment in which to reconsider the importance of one of the most simple and essential natural phenomena.

Paper Rain's Paris based accessory brand COTEetCIEL creates functional yet aesthetically pleasing products for creative talents on the move.

GREEN KIT by Bubble Design. Serravaso, a balcony greenhouse available in different sizes; it creates the best environment for plant growth, protected by cold, rain and hail and when the plants are grown, you can use it as a pot.

The 'Capture the Rain' skyscraper. Ryszard Rychlicki and Agnieszka Nowak, of H3AR, entered this skyscraper that collects rainwater to the 2010 eVolo competition.

A green roof can reduce HVAC costs, recycle rain water for landscaping, and prevent habitat disruption for local wildlife. Not to mention being beautiful! Here are 10 great green roof designs.

A pair of rain boots created from recycled plastic bags. Created in conjunction with the Waste for Life collective based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The solar passive designed dollhouse features a wind turbine, a solar cell panel with electrical inverter for generating electricity, a rain barrel for collecting rain, a green facade which helps control the appropriate temperature of the house, and much more ...

Designer Liu Hsiang-Ling quite poetically brings out the relationship between an umbrella and the rain: The Rain Brush Umbrella.

On beautiful blogs to LISTEN to ~ Left As Rain is pretty amazing and slick UI as well ~ can't stop listening now...

FEATUREDGiveaway!!! Mixko Here Comes The Sun necklace ~ check out what you have to tweet for a chance to win! Also check out the unboxing and close ups of this fun necklace! Rainbow pulled by a dove ~ last drop of rain on your back...

'A Drop of Water' is a rain barrel that makes saving water really easy by providing a watering can that is automatically filled when it rains.

New spot form AlmapBBDO to the new Volkswagen Saveiro. Nice and beautiful popcorn rain.

8x10 art print featuring bright rain clouds that shower down beautiful rainbow raindrops.

Twilight Rain by collisiontheory ~ awesome tshirt design over at design by humans

Xu Bing's installation in IM PEI's designed new Chinese embassy in Washinton DC. The piece is made of ancient chinese characters describing a passing rain cloud.

We've seen rain gutters mounted on the sides of buildings for planting... now as indoor desk mounted cable management!

FEATUREDHero 365! The new products from Hero Design Lab duo and close friends of NOTCOT ~ the RC-1 Rain Collector and DR-1 Clothes Dryer are showing at ICFF ~ here's a first look! Gorgeous, simple, and oh so useful!

Light of the sun and moonlight play in the LOVE HOUSE, and rain and wind visit LOVE HOUSE, and birds and insects visit a tree and a fruit tree of LOVE HOUSE. The situations differ every day...

Interesting idea to use rain gutters mounted on siding for layered garden space...

Wimbledon's Centre Court recently received a new retractable roof constructed out of translucent fabric. It stands to eliminate rain delays, ensure greater security for the grass courts, more comfortable viewing for fans.

Chocolat Factory! Finally stumbled across one of the Spanish Chocolatier's shops in Changi Airport ~ and the packaging is darling! Check out close ups of the Pocket Tube and Chocolate RAIN and fun poster!!!

The Cloud Umbrella by Dutch designer Joonsoo Kim. Carried around as a stick, then inflated when it starts to rain!

A bold and detailed piece of installation art that attempts to represent rainfall - drop by drop... By Installation artist Stacee Kalmanovsky.

Hydrochromatic ink umbrella from SquidLondon, changes color in the rain.

NAO´s villa for ORDOS 100. The skin of the house is designed to keep weather elements on the facade: snow, sand, rain and moss, changing during the four seasons of the year.

This Much Depression, the book, is about the seasonal affective depression(SAD) in vancouver. Signage designed to measure the depression of the day by the amount of rain and color of the sky.

Rain water collection concept. The rain water will store in many standard plastic bottles, you can use it water your garden or washing your hands!

The iXi bicycle has a sturdy, lightweight aluminum frame that comes apart easily for stowing and transporting. Survival gear is also stashed right in the frame - tire pump, repair kit, even a rain poncho.

Sang-Kyun Park's LightDrops is an umbrella powered by rain - as water hits a conductive membrane that is integrated into the surface of the umbrella, energy from the impact of the raindrops is transformed into power that lights up embedded LEDs.

Modern fashion umbrella inspired from Japan. Clear rain umbrella.

Fred Flare's rain parade mini umbrellas are adorable

Oh, Penny Arcade - "Hothead Presents: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two Papercraft Contest" - only you could make me really want to print and cut a Fruit F*cker

Mazda's new Kiyora vehicle features a liquid display system, slick curves and solar panels, and is also capable of capturing and purifying rain as it falls from the sky.

Fuck the Rain umbrella ~ art lebedev, even though it doesn't rain much here, i kind of want one... esp for walking next to tall office buildings? Automatic open/close + carabiner handle

Harmonia 57 is a commercial building designed by Tryptyque, which acts like an ecosystem. Two blocks with a vegetable skin that grows during time, reusing rain water.

The water that drops from a roof when raining inspired Nur Alam for this chair / bench. He got the idea when sitting in his room once and staring at the poring rain outside.

35 beautiful examples of rain photography.

FEATUREDSo, for some reason still unknown to me, i was trying to shop for real things, but kept finding rain boots and posting them to notcouture ~ here's a bunch of things now tagged RAIN!

FEATUREDRain Jackets refashioned into Reusable Bags ~ by the City Bag Trade ~ see the NASA one i picked up at Outside Lands! And there are even patterns to make your own... lightweight, with functional POCKETS!

Improv Everywhere has struck again ~ this time - "700 agents lined the length of the Brooklyn Bridge a week before its 125th birthday. In the rain and cold we created a wave of camera flashes across the bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan."

FEATUREDI went hunting for some rain so that i could slip on some Swims over my suede flats, and give them a proper review!

These rain chains are a great way to beautify your water harvesting system using this ancient Japanese linking system.

Seal Line: Computer Sleeve - rain and splash proof rolltop laptop sleeve!!!

The Cape Schank House in Victoria, AU, has an internal water tank that cools the ambient air temperature of the living room during summer, supplies rain water to the house and garden, and structurally carries the roof load.

FEATUREDAnother series of gifts for new parents ~ the Twilight Turtle and the Sleep Sheep ~ the turtle is has different colors and projects constellations ~ and the sheep make whale, heartbeat, rain, surf sounds...

The At This Rate booklet and poster were produced to raise awareness of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for the US-based charity Rain forest Action Network.

"allows adults to play in the rain"... there is a water gun attached to the umbrella...a constant flow of water...as long as the rain keeps coming down - by alex wooley

"Come Rain Come Shine" by Toot Boontje for Artecnica. Beautiful large lamp covered with a rainbow of colors!

Old buildings, abandoned hospitals, industrial palaces overgrown with plants and trees, the remaining walls decorated with graffiti, smashed windows, rain dripping through the roof...

i love interactive art - i believe it'll become more prominent as computers become more powerful, and people get better at coding. anyway - camille utterback does it wonderfully. untitled 5, and text rain are my favorites.

Smith and Hawken - glass rain drops... pretty...

Possible alien life discovered.

Luke Flowers Raised by Rainbows print at Gallery 1988 is an absolutely stunning piece filled with 150 references to books, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the LA Public Library! 16 x 20 inch signed open edition.

Tandem Shower by Boona. Recently been fascinated by this growing category of bathroom hardware upgrades/customizations for renters in a rainbow of playful colors. (i.e. sproos!)

Camilla d'Errico's Rainbuns - as a bandana! A NOTCOT fave from 2014, now in a 22" square, 100% cotton and perfect for easter. (This image basically sums up how parenting feels lately.)

Quentin Blake has lots of e-cards! And he's just added a series of rainbow ones for your friends that need a little happy boost. (Also check out the coloring pages.)

SoraNews24 shows you how to make Rainbow Milk Gelatin Cake by twitter user @tsunekawa_

The GIR Silicone Ladle (in Ultimate or Skinny in a rainbow of colors) is our new favorite in the NOTCOT kitchen. It's flexible in the front half of the scoop to conform to any edge! And has measurement lines! And a no spill edge!

The Type Set Co Magnetic Letters ~ in a rainbow of colors, both serif and sans serif, and hard ABS plastic or soft foam.

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.

Fermob Rocking Horse Adada! With a light aluminium frame and pads that will not scratch the floor, it comes in a rainbow of colors, AND it's made from existing parts and tubes from other items of Fermob furniture, inspired by their Luxembourg collection.

Yoni Alter's new Rainbow Clear Puzzle. Made of clear cast acrylic puzzle with translucent dots encapsulated in the centre of each piece.

VIDEOHonda Range "Over The Rainbow" ad by Simon & Stephen uses neon karaoke to share Honda's pursuit for better.

SPIKED BKR Water Bottles! The same glass bottles with plastic cap and silicone sleeve... but with a silicone spiked sleeve. Available in a rainbow of colors.

Urban Ears branches out from their rainbow of headphones to wireless speakers in 6 popping colors and three sizes.

Rainy Sunday HOME Vase Frame + Jar. The curved steel frame has holes that are perfectly placed to hold flower stems in place.

Thirsty For Tea makes a Raindrop Cake with Black Tea Syrup. Also called Mizu Shingen Mochi.

Tasting the elusive raindrop cake and FoodGal's other adventures eating through Richmond, BC in 48 hours. [Editor's Note: THE DIM SUM! Mmmmm...]

Fermob Planter Baskets at Horne. Available in long and tall and a rainbow of colors. Feet and trays separable. Protected with anti-UV powder coating.

VIDEO"Raining Octopuses" - GE advert where it literally rains octopi all over the world!

Isosceles is a unique, independent lingerie label making waves out of London with their debut collection. Deriving their name from geometry, their designs swathe the female body in an architectural rainbow of graphic and figure-flattering neon shapes.

Habibi Suculentas Plantitas Búho! Adorable owl planters in normal and hanging variants and a rainbow of color options!

FEATUREDThe Qeeboo Rabbits by Stefano Giovannoni seem to be taking over Milan Design Week! Adorable in a rainbow of colors in polyethylene - normal, baby, and light up styles!

Ommatidium by Samuel Wilkinson and neuroscientist Beau Lotto Made from a canopy of 1,500 glass crystal lenses, this giant, multifaceted lens canopy turns sunlight into an ever-changing display of rainbows on the pavement below.

'Skull 03' is the latest print release from London based artist Von. Due to the holographic stock used the print changes colour depending on the light and position from which you look at it — from beautifully subtle tones to a trippy rainbow explosion!

Dai-ichi Yochien in Kumamoto City, a preschool with an open roof and design that forms puddles perfect for splashing in when it rains.

The Rainbow Chapel, designed to be a place for nuptials of young, creative couples, situated inside the G+ PARK in Shanghai, is a part of the Shanghai Museum of Glass.

Atelier Dion - beautiful ceramics, great display of their rainbow of mugs!

Skruf Glassworks Rainman Carafe

Japanese artist Aiko Miyanga uses Napthalene to model everyday objects. This is Strata, an ever-evolving series of objects in collaboration with White Rainbow at Picton Reading Room.

Maurie Novak's Prism Table with a rainbow design created in elastic.

Sanctuaria, a series of endangered rainforest flora in capsules by Morgan Ruben Jansen op de Haar.

Kalon Caravan Crib - Lovely minimalist design, beautiful curves, and a rainbow of colors. Also converts to Platform Style Toddler Bed!

Colour O'Clock by Duncan Shotton for Rainbow Spectrum. As time passes, the colour in the round window continously glides through the full spectrum of colours, creating a more relaxed method of telling the time, not by number, but by colour.

The Pour, a raindrop crystal chandelier from Dara Huang and Lisa Hinderdael of Design Haus Liberty in New York.

The Google Doodle goes Rainbow in time for Sochi Winter Olympics opening - quoting from Olympic Charter: equality for all.

Rainy Pot by Korean Designer Seungbin Jeong.

Rainbow pencils from Duncan Shotton.

Assembling model cars and planes is a rite of passage for many youngsters. Glenn Klecker, working with his son, has come up with a plastic knife kit rounded for safety; available in a rainbow of colors.

Almond Surf Boards' SURF BOTTLE Tshirt! "Sometimes, when there is swell in the water, and the sun is shining, you wish you could just bottle it up and save it for a rainy day." Art by Dave Hill.

Tokujin Yoshioka's Crystalize exhibit including the crystal Rainbow Church at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

Francien Hazen's Watercabinet is a compact system that is part greenhouse, part shed/potting table, and rainwater harvesting system in one.

Rainbow Jelly Mould - use this jelly mould and 4 different colors of jelly to make a colorful rainbow shaped dessert.

Baffin Packables Rainboots that you can easily roll up and travel with...

Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain in Seoul, South Korea, is the world’s longest bridge fountain. The fountain is programmed to play different shows during the day and night.

Andrew Bell's Android Mini Collectibles: RAINBOW SET! Best part ~ these little guys' heads open, so you can stash things inside!

Crown Vase by Lambert Rainville

Lanvin Rainbow Effect Metal Screwdriver Keychain

Rainbow highlighters will color your messages and cheer up your workplace. Ideal for home, office or school use. A colorful way to leave your mark!

Colectivo Da Rainha's CASA DE PÁSSAROS ~ Plastic Bird House. Challenged by Remix project and Serra da Estrela water company to re-use/recycle their PET plastic bottles as the main material for a new product, they created a bird house!

The rainy weather has me wanting Stutterheim Rubberboots Ravlunda that are based on 1979 ones found in a Swedish army depot... lined with canvas!

Technological Rainforest Furniture designed by Muuaaa, using parametric design and assembly to create tessellated wooden furniture by local carpenters.

'When The Rains Come', an adorable children's book illustrated by Malika Favre for the charity Malawi Underprivileged Mothers.

'Insurgency' by John Rainey at an exhibition of graduate projects of the Royal College of Art. A series of hybrid objects exploring the instability of identity in the fusion of real and virtual.

Shelter @ Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia designed by Marra + Yeh Architects is a zero-energy house in the deep jungle of Borneo.

Four Square Table from Industry West ~ love the bold metal legs (available in a rainbow of colors!) in contrast with the teak top!

A rainbow sprinkler of paint by Edwin Deen.