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.

Biocol Labs is the post-chemical pharmacy - cute, cheeky branding for these cures for whatever ails you. Reminiscent of Help! meds from a few years back.

IKEA x Swedish House Mafia OBEGRÄNSAD Bag. For anyone who likes the super useful IKEA bags and blacked out goods... this is my favorite from their collab. A 13.75" cube of a bag that fits records perfectly (but also cake boxes and so much more!)

HUDS + GUIS!!!!!! I got sucked in with the Expanse post, but now i'm lost in the rest... there's something always so fun and inspiring about futuristic movie/tv scifi interfaces and tech.

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.

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...

The Washington Post Magazine has 24 stunning covers about climate change

"When Basketball Inspires" runs Feb 8-10, 2019 in Paris. Stunning art exhibition by Trajectoire Studio featuring 30 artists. Particularly loving "Wireframe" by Town and Concrete.

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)

The LAnd Magazine is coming soon! "The spirit of the alt-weekly is still alive in Los Angeles: A conversation with Jennifer Swann, co-editor of The LAnd magazine." in The Outline.

‘First Gear’ by London-based V2 Studios. The minimalist toys are also eco-friendly, using cork and plastic parts made from 100% post-consumer recycled high density polyethylene and 100% recyclable packing printed with soy based dyes.

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

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

Seed Phytonutrients are packaged in a "shower-friendly post-consumer recycled paper bottle" made by Ecologic. Apparently "The plastic liner is so thin—95 percent thinner than conventional bottles— that it collapses as it’s used."

Sorry I Have No Filter from Sagmeister & Walsh. Clothes, pins, totes, pillows, phone cases, etc that are an updated twist on their Still Nasty collection (#62016).

Kodai Iwamoto Design EX-PORTATION 2018 at Ventura Future. Stunning "Plastic Blowing Project" heats and blows PVC pipes like glass into vases!

Post-it Extreme Notes! Water resistant, durable and writable. Made with ultra-strong Dura-Hold Paper and Adhesive. Sticks to textured surfaces and in tough conditions. Sticks in hot and cold environments.

FRAME takes a closer look at Filling Pieces' amazing sneaker landscapes at Paris Fashion Week

"This plant will never die!" card with a Fiddle Leaf Pin by The Good Twin.

BOOOOOOOM: An Interview with James Jean — Creating Posters for Blade Runner 2049 and the Year’s Most Anticipated Films. (I can't believe his sudden foray into movie posters were all a coincidence!)

VIDEONIKE Unlimited Stadium in the Philippines. Beautiful running track design inspired by a shoe sole and infinity symbol, but more interesting is the digitized version of runners that run alongside (and challenge) the real runners.

Olive & June Saturday Sandals - the perfect post-pedicure sandal you can tie a multitude of ways without touching your toes.

Runamok Barrel-Aged Maple Syrups. Aged in Bourbon, Rye Whiskey, or Rum barrels. Great bottle shape too!

GearJunkie takes a first look at Crescent moon EVA Foam Snowshoes - super light, rocker-shaped, and apparently responds more like a running shoe than a traditional showshoe.

Winners and runners-up from this year's record-breaking 12th annual Button Badge Design Competition run by London-based graphic art label and online boutique Stereohype.

EDEN, Kinetic sculptures that celebrate natural beauty and balance by Agustina Bottoni.

Skala - From Swedish design & animation studio Tenggrenska comes a different runner-game. With inspiration from Bauhaus and Kraftwerk they combine sophisticated simplicity with analog imperfection.

Shoe bike created and showcased by Continental Tyres UK at the Prudential RideLondon, a world-class festival of cycling in London.

Progress shots from Charlotte Dutoit’s 2016 Unexpected gathering in Downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas. The immersive street art festival runs until the 11th of September 2016.

Climate Inaction Figures - toy-inspired likenesses of prominent public figures who claim, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that there is no reason to act. They are the brainchild of creative directors Cabot Norton and Arturo Aranda.

Congrats to all the medal winning Olympians - female and male! Poignant post in Babe - "Congrats girl! Fiancé of former Miss California scoops his 25th medal: AKA – if we talked about male Olympians the way we talk about female athletes"

Max Mertens "Swings" - an installation with 450 swings hanging above the Rue Philippe II and the Avenue de la Porte-Neuve in Luxembourg. Installation runs until August 2016.

VIDEOAkinori Goto's 3D printed zoetrope is a beautiful study of human motion expressed in a sculptural object.

IKEA PS Collection 2017! Dezeen gives us a peek at the preview - and this year is all about minimizing waste. They collaborated with 21 designers to create 60 products focused on "high design values at a great price".

Sight Unseen's Q&A with IKEA’s Head of Research on the Future of Furniture, Mikael Ydholm, is fascinating. Interesting insights into how they mine their global data, focus on feelings, and innovate. (It's a sponsored post, but still a good read!)

University of Manitoba Active Living Center with a 12-metre climbing wall and an elevated 200-metre indoor running track by Cibinel Architecture Ltd+ Batteriid Architects.

VIDEOTurn any post or tree into a swing with the portable swing by Dutch brand Weltevree. Fun design and concept by Dutch designer Thor ter Kulve

Fob Ruler is a leather fob for your keychain, combined with a 6-inch ruler. Fob Ruler is made in the US. They are produced in small runs and individually numbered.

Window Seat Please. A limited edition zine by Karl Hab sharing 10 years of window seat views. Reminds me of the NOTCOT "Operation: Window Seat" posts!

In an effort to share great designs and designers with others, Jung Soo Park started creating pixelated interpretations of iconic designs from the history to post on Instagram with little nuggets of information about each piece.

ADA is an analog interactive installation, kinetic sculpture, and post-digital drawing machine by Karina Smigla-Bobinski.

The "Architect's Christmas Tree" version 2.0 - this time with the NYC subway map! The post includes instructions for you to make your own.

Nervous System is working with New Balance to develop functional 3D-printed midsoles for performance running shoes creating proprietary systems to generate midsole designs from pressure data from runners.

Nanan's Antifacto Urban Lights - made in Lille, France since 2012, these are amazing headlight creatures! Predecessors to the Lampsters in #60616

Utilizing old tractor headlights, a young architect and an engineer created 'The Lampster' - a fantastic lamp that looks like a little superhero robot. (Also see #60624.)

Houe CLICK Rocking Chair designed by Henrik Pedersen. Black plastic lamellas. Armrests, and runners in bamboo. Legs are gray powder coated metal. Also comes in gray, white, multicolored.

VIDEODUELS - From Bruton Stroube, the creators of the Slo-Mo Booth (#54107) comes the sequel with a full back-alley set, 3 Phantom HD Gold cameras, and 6 racks of costumes and props and duelers fueled by 6 kegs of beer.

FEATUREDLIGHT L16 Camera - 16 cameras in one combine for up to 52 megapixel images, post processing depth of field control, 35-150mm zoom and more... and we got our hands on a prototype to see what's inside.

VIDEOApparently it will take 2 phones to watch yungjake's music video via snapchat... BOTH. Looks like a BFF necklace split in two?

MAD WORLD - The vehicles of Fury Road. Amazing series of illustrations from Scott Park inspired by Mad Max!

FEATUREDRESEARCH: Stacking + Totems. Since NOTCOT is where all my inspiration lives, here's the first (ever evolving) NOTlabs Research post as i dive back into the archives and around the internet on things i'm thinking about for experiments/projects!

The Good Twin Co. Pin + Post Cards! Cities, Horoscopes, and more little enamel pins mixed with 4"x6" cards you can give to a friend.

To recruit runners for The North Face 100 Ultra Marathon, Fred & Farid Shanghai created The Warm-Up Cup, and gave it to finishers of a competitors's marathon. The message? Great Warm-Up. Now sign up for a real race.

FEATUREDLaser cut interlocking wooden boxes - a new alternative to wood crates? And they can easily turn into coffee table or kid's play tables upon unboxing! Fun packaging from Front Runner Outfitters for their vehicle drawer systems.

3D printed tabletop planter for succulent or cactus designed by Emmanuel Carrillo. The 3D model is available for free. Glass top from ebay. [Editor's Note: Inspired by the Domsai of #21263?]

Just released: winners and shortlist with runners-up and stats of Stereohype's 10th anniversary doodles only button badge design competition – bringing the collection to a total of 1030 individual button badge designs by over 300 international talents.

Tripod, new installation by LIKEarchitects, a tribute to stairs and balconies.

The Running Rabbit Bracelet is inspired by Italian Futurist. The idea was to record several phases of movement in wave-like trails on one surface. The Running Rabbit Bracelet looks to capture the beautiful rabbit running in motion.

The first edition of the House Shelves is a series of wall-mounted shelves inspired by the post modern architecture in Palm Springs. The Walled Estates are designed to hold items that don’t necessarily have a home – such as keys, glasses and mail.

Narita International Airport Terminal 3 opens with running tracks and Muji furniture.

Hello Kitty does cosplay in an exhibit showcasing Japan's regional charms, in collaboration with Tokyo's Fukoku Life Insurance Company, running through June 30.

We've always wondered what it would be like to go for a run around the world. So we did the next best thing: New Balance #SeeMyRun is an interactive site that captures what running looks like in cities all over the globe

VIDEOOne year later (#56963) after losing against the champion Timo Boll in table tennis, KUKA robot asked for revenge. See the different kind of challenge, for both, with the new and surprising set of rules.

Icebreaker Oasis Leggings. After living out of these for nearly 2 weeks of Alberta winter - running around the cities, ice climbing, dog sledding, and more. WOW. Love the merino warmth (without being too warm), and they even fit under skinny jeans!

Liddy Scheffknecht's POP UP furniture is like a life sized pop up book!

Mike Bain turns airport runways into abstract art.

LIKEarchitects designs wonderWALL, an exhibition space with 20,000 fabric strips, to host Jen Lewin’s interactive light installation, ‘The Pool’.

Forest Loops, a sculptural playground in Hamakita, Japan by Suppose Design Office.

A collection of paper cut-out models representing brutalist architecture of London from 1960s-1970s.

Ty Foster's Hecksher Farm livestock portrait series was a collaborative effort with the Stamford Museum & Nature Center that runs the farm. Love the images, especially the highland cow!

Parable of the Polygons - an interactive post by Vi Hart and Nicky Case. Both fascinating from a usability/creativity perspective and from a content perspective as it helps illustrate Schelling's Dynamic Models of Segregation.

Maple Set, a Red Dot Design Award winner is now available for pre-order!

The New York Oyster Map features 30 great places to slurp the freshest shucks in the city, curated by oyster expert and bivalve blogger Julie Qiu of In A Half Shell. There are also Diner, Burger, and Ramen Maps!

Mirage pavilion for Sziget Festival 2014, by Studio Nomad.

Leaf Beast. Baku Maeda turns dried magnolia leaves into creatures!

LIKE architects‘ playLAND is a set of three bouncy and colorful spatial interventions set for children in the public space of Paredes de Coura, Portugal, using beach floats as construction module.

Post Club HQ is a subscription Postcard Print service! The August 2014 issue is "Use yer hands"

FEATUREDNOTFZJ80 Project: Test Trip, Big Bear! First part is testing out camping. From popping the rooftop tent, annex, and awning, to cooking a few meals and curling up under the stars we explore dispersed and yellow post camping.

Dip Bench, rubber dipped feet with walnut wood top. Built to order by Synecdoche.

Philips Hue Tap - the wireless smart switch to control all of your Huge lights. Four buttons - for your favorite scene, light recipe, switch some lights off, etc. Runs on kinetic energy - so no batteries needed!

The Swings: An Exercise in Musical Cooperation from Daily Tous Les Jours inspired by their previous work 21 Balançoires.

FEATUREDThe NOTFZJ80 Project: Update II! Debadged, detailed, removed running boards, visited Oakley, got Warn Winch, ARB Awning + Roof Top Tent, Snorkel, Rotopax, etc and installed the Roof Top Tent!

A bold post-modern vertical fluorescent lamp, inspired by Gian Nicola's Gigante floor lamp (c.1981). All made with off the shelf items!

The Making Of David Kind Luxury Optic Lenses - interesting to see how these high end Trivex prescription eye glass lenses are made.

EKOCYCLE Cube - latest 3D System Cubify 3D Printer that prints in post-consumer waste. Apparently each EKOCYCLE Filament Cartridge contains 25% of post-consumer recycled materials, using an average of 3 assorted recycled 20oz PET plastic bottles.

FEATUREDRock Creek, Mammoth Lakes - a look into disconnecting and hanging out in nature. Bucky's first time in snow and running through the creeks and meadows in the Eastern Sierras. Also jerky, pie, flying carrion, and more...

Whipping Post Military style leather duffel bag.

FEATUREDThe NOTFZJ80 gets equipped with the super modular Front Runner Slimline II Roof Rack - as well as a camp table that slides in, shower arm, ratcheting shovel mount, tie down rings (that are hammock perfect!) and more!

FEATURED"Go to extremes. Bring back proof." Fantastic ads from Front Runner Outfitters. They are the go to for everything your adventure vehicles could need! Also love "Home is where you make it."

Sandow's London Coldbrew Coffee. Beautiful images from DunneFrankowski.

Runbell is a fashionable, stylish, lightweight running accessory, for both men and women that provides frustration free urban running.

Front Runner Spare Tire Braai/BBQ Grate - Laser cut stainless steel grill on solid steel legs that hooks right over your spare wheel.

A third running of ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved' print by Rachael Sinclair.

The Science Cafe & Library in Chişinău, Moldova draws on the legacy of post WWI Parisian cafe culture, but focus on science and engineering is reflected in the sleek and modern design of Anna Wigandt.

FEATUREDHighland Park Cynthia Rowley Flask Bangle! A fun update to #54091! Even holds around 3 fluid ounces.

VIDEOFINELL's Join silicone placemats work three ways: They can be used as individual mats, aligned to create table runners, and work great as heat-resistant trivets. Shown here in black Facet.

FEATUREDVertty ~ a new geometric take on the beach towel! Dreamed in Australia, Born in Portugal and seen as #55052 - here's an unboxing of the fun packaging and towel up close!

Muni Power! A hacked Toyota Prius in San Francisco pulls its power from the MUNI overhead lines! (Too cute an april fool's not to share)

Leonie Brailey's illustration of the sharks of Perth with proceeds going to the Australian Marine Conservation society.

VIDEOFollow up for the post #56933: the Man vs. Machine (Timo Boll vs. KUKA Agilus robot) ping-pong match for KUKA Robotics.

Hikaru Cho's 'It's not what it seems' paints common foods to disguise them as other common foods.

Not Another Bill - Receive a surprise present in the post every month. A subscription service where the lucky recipient will receive a beautifully wrapped surprise present introducing them to great artists, designers and brands.

iHeart's latest work displayed in Stanley Park Vancouver.

Boeing Black ~ "Security, modularity and productivity delivered – all in one trusted mobile device." That runs on Android, layers of encryption, and ready for all kinds of add ons and sensors...

AREA, pretty modular storage designs from Anya Sebton for Lammhults.

Deer with headlights? Glowing antlers as the The Finnish Reindeer Herder's Association reportedly improve nighttime visibility of their herds.

Fendi teams with Google and Parrot to use drones which will fly along the catwalk and capture their latest runway show.

Cards Against Humanity made a special House of Cards pack for Netflix... what's even more interesting is the look at how the pack came to be and what didn't even make it in...

Fun 2014 calendar from Nearly Normal featuring fruits made from paper.

Ice Glasses by Baku Maeda.

Latent Productions' "Belly Blocks" are cinder blocks made from molding concrete in 50lb flour sacks for Gowanus bakery and restaurant Runner and Stone in Brooklyn.

Running Through by François Xavier Saint Georges - ice cold vodka running through lemon, pure shot of citric good.

Vincent Fournier's Post Natural History explores the ideas of technologically enhanced wildlife, like a GPS tracking rhinoceros beetle and robotic jellyfish drone for transporting freshwater.

Character & costume concept design from the Xbox One's Ryse: Son of Rome by artist Kaija Rudkiewicz.

FEATUREDNOTCOT 2013 Holiday Coupons ~ More help on your holiday shopping for goodies for your loved ones... or a little something for you!

Drop Kicker - "Providing a healthy dose of pessimism" - a fun read, particularly this post about how "Kickstarter project creators like to quote people who summarize their words"

Wolf Pack and FlatPack Storage Box from Front Runner Outfitters - Motus World has a nice close up look. Love their detail shots.

FEATUREDA close up look at Bruce Lee Playing Cards by Dan & Dave. "The faces of the cards were inspired by the iconic tracksuit he wore in Game of Death, and feature a black stripe running through them, “like water”."

Hundreds of tiny clownfish hatch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Colourful, 2014 Letterpress Desk Calendar printed with 50-year-old vintage platen press, on 100% cotton, extra thick card stock.

FEATUREDCycle Dog's 3-Play Turtle Dog Toy. Squeaker in the head, treats go in his belly, floats, and it's made from eco-last material from post consumer recycled rubber.

VIDEOAn utterly breath taking video of professional Parkour free runner, James Kingston, shot from a point of view perspective.

The Monsters of Mental Illness, Illustrations by Toby Allen.

Minnesota architect Josh Lewandowski has started a blog where he'll post one meaningless architectural diagram every day for a year.

Soothe your post-Breaking Bad depression with the lighter side of chemistry. Designer Agustina Bottoni's Glow Set brews tea in a flask handcrafted from cork, turned wood, and borosilicate glass

Jimmy Grants took six items from their menu and deconstructed them to their core elements.

Funny and clever street art from Toronto animator Aiden Glynn

Remember the audio recording program featured in #55047? Check out the rest of Sam Droege's incredible portraits of insects and other creatures from the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab’s Flickr page.

Post is Post Swedish lines serving tray

The Antipode - The diffusion of the frozen coffee cube into the whisky gradually inverts the ratio of each of the drinks individual components, resulting in a glass where the taste balance constantly shifts and ultimately ends at the beginning’s antipode.

MoMA PS1 brought colonial times back to New York City with their post-apocalyptic 'artists colony within a museum'.

Poler x Stumptown Camp Coffee collaboration. 2 Enamel Mugs, AeroPress Kit, Porlex JP-30 Burr Grinder, Custom Bag, and a 12 oz bag of Holler Mountain Coffee.

FEATUREDNetflix's Orange Is The New Black show is pretty fun... and they've taken it to the next level with PRISON RECIPES! From pad thai to cheesecake to tamales and more... fun graphics, great concept.

Modern steel table with rubber dipped feet by Synecdoche.

FEATUREDPoke! Our simple recipe that we use with fresh salmon and tuna!

Orange Mud's HydraQuivers! Single and Double Bottle designs allow for "Ultralight, ultra running, no bounce awesomeness!"

In time for the holidays haircare line Kevin Murphy launches a set of travel sized minis. Designed by Container each comes with an eye catching 'lenticular' changing label.

Oooooh Wooster Collection turns 10 and has a anniversary show with Jonathan Levine Gallery! 10 Years of Wooster Collective: 2003-2013.

Juan Sebastián Rodríguez Moranta goes running every morning for two years to watch the sun rise over the Barcelona sea. When he reaches the shore, he stops and takes another photo, grey and minimalist = Silence Is Grey.

Carne Asada Fries! A San Diego staple (esp from cotixan's) gets posterized for this Gallery 1988s Comic-con special print from Eric Tan.

Cyclemon is a series of very successful visual imagining types of bike users. From the gangster hipster to the runner, fantastic creations Thomas Romain and Bourdieux Pomarelle.

Run, Freak, Run! Grim fantasy comic set in the high point of the European inquisition. Each page hand drawn with traditional inks. By German artists Kaija Rudkiewicz and Silver Saaremael.

The Ikea Foundation has been working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), to create flat-pack designed refugee shelters.

Cute story of J.Crew's new ballet flats - "Italian shoemaker E. Porselli occupies a tiny storefront in Milan. each week, ballerinas from nearby La Scala come in to pick up shoes on Wednesdays, when new shipments arrive."