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."

FEATUREDA Valentine's Day look inside the inspiring world of Wieden + Kennedy's NYC office... from fun murals to giant shoes to post it maps and sportscenter ads in the making... and a fun vday surprise!

Artist Jenny Mortsell translates Loeffler Randall shoes into fashion illustrations for their latest surreal campaign.

Post #523 opened my eyes to a whole new world... some awesome crazy fashion going on there. diggin' his shoes.

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.

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.

CLAE Bradley Cactus Collection - shoes made with a 100% Organic Cactus leather upper!

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

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.

Bobby Martin is behind the Shoe Your Food Instagram. His obsession with details drives every pairing he creates. He creates a food pairing based on the color wave of some of his favorite shoes!

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

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

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

New animal series by Blank William. Stampede is a mix of horned animals with Nike shoes.

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"

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

Puma has teamed up with BMW's Designworks division to develop these ultramodern shoes inspired by the GINA Light concept.

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!)

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

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!

VIDEOSavoir-faire: The Making of 'Dioressence' pumps - “A touch of color is enough to change your appearance,” wrote Christian Dior in his Little Dictionary of Fashion.

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.)

Fayvel "Shoes for dreamers" - the velcro patch game has expanded to kid's sneakers. Adorable double fox logo too!

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.

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?]

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.

Light painting with your shoes. Orphe contain motion sensors and 100 serially-controlled color LEDS.

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.

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

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.

Adidas Star Wars Kids Originals S/S15 Collection has really fun Darth Vader Shoes.

Oliver Sweeny Johnnie Walker Brogue Shoes... with a special heel compartment to keep some nips of Red Label.

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!

Upper Playground x Al's Attire Jeremy Fish Moc Toe Shoes. The pattern is laser etched on premium cowhide.

Ledia Trubat's E-Traces project uses Lilypad Arduino tech on ballet shoes to capture dance movements and transforming them into visual sensations.

Mirage pavilion for Sziget Festival 2014, by Studio Nomad.

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

Stay Dry // Introducing a waterproof cotton fabric and taped waterproof seams intended to help protect the items carried inside. It also fits up to men's size 13 shoes.

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.

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

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.

Whipping Post Military style leather duffel bag.

Crayon shoes and helmets at the National Gallery of Victoria's new Pastello Draw Act exhibit encourage kids to truly free to become active components in the drawing process.

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

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.

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!

Common Projects Olive Leather iPhone 5 case ~ that buttery soft leather in that perfect olive green on your phone instead of your shoes...

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.

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

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.

Serial Cut created the visuals for the new Nike Lunar Ballistec, one of the lightest and fastest tennis shoes ever made, using CGI.

Small Foot Inflatable Snow Shoes!

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.

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

Bespoke shoes tattooed by Henry Hate.

Fimbulbetr Snow Shoes - beautiful design, nice making of video. Norwegian, ergonomic, made of DuPont™ Hytrel® TPC-ET and only 12 pieces, with a specially patented all direction hinge.

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"

12 Shoes for 12 Lovers by Sebastian Errazuriz ~ and viewable at the Melissa Pop-Up in Miami Dec 6 - Jan 6. They have finally all launched on his site ~ and beyond the designs, see the photos and stories of the women who inspired them as well as the 3D models.

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.

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.

FEATUREDNike Studio Wrap 3 in 1 "shoes" are an interesting concept with fun packaging and nice design story.

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.

Wave by Marita Design - shoes from Finland.

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!

Spiny translucent 3D-printed collars were paired with magnetic dresses and shoes that looks like tree roots in Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's latest haute couture collection.

FEATUREDSTR/KE MVMNT (Strike Movement) - this new athletic line takes its design inspiration from "skateboarding and going to punk rock and hip hop shows" resulting in clean styling and fun colors! (And the shoes have pleasure pockets!)

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!

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.

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

Cast Cutlery is a minimalist design created by Japanese-based designer Oji & Design.

Minsk style: The new identity will begin to be implemented this summer.

Henry Hargreaves's photo essay "Burning Calories" literally sets caloric foods alight.

The first nine stages of The Tower of Babel, a collaboration between artists Adam Toht and Jeff Konigsberg.

STOYN Ice-Cream is a design experiment in which the ice-cream is shaped in the images of several key cultural figures of the 20th century, each with a unique flavor.

Puntada Coffee Table by Agustina Bottoni

"2. The introduction of 3 types of Exclusively Fab products: Products Designed by Fab, Designer Collaborations, and Products Found by Fab." Interesting 5 Major Fab Announcements from the CEO...

Process shots from the Mama's Sauce letterpress studio as they smushed up some cards for Bandito Design Co.

NIKE PHOTOiD - for those who can't pick their colors... you can pick your favorite instagram photo and it will auto generate matching shoes...

Using a combination of 3D printing, ABS vacuum shaping and carbon fiber lamination, designer Pavla Podsednikova created 'Instant Shoes' an insane shoe concept for her final thesis.

Andrea Rekalidis' PiantaLà ~ lovely combo of metal fencing and a traditional white picket fence... perfect for plants to climb up.

VIDEOUnique 3D projection mapping performance using a pair of shoes and a pedestal.

Jasmin Lai's beautiful and adorable kite girl digital doodles - i hope they become something more!

Red Panda mural by the artist DAAS, part of the Kolor Kathmandu project in Nepal, to bring awareness to its endangered species status.

VIDEOShiny Ponies ~ J.Crew takes us on an adorable little journey behind where/how their shoes are made... and how much the right shoe can change the way you feel.

Kapil Bhagat's minimalist scientist poster series.

VIDEOA further look at SpaceTop, which we first saw in #46468, the transparent computer that allows user to reach behind to manipulate content. Designed by Jinha Lee with Alex Olwal, Hiroshi Ishii, and Cati Boulanger.

Playful ad campaign for a tattoo parlor in which would-be tattoo artists color in a QR code.

Artist Klari Reis' newest Petri dish art blog will post a Petri dish painting everyday in 2013.

VIDEO“A Million Times” is a new project by humans since 1982, a large scale version of their previous project featured in #51115.

Gaspard Tiné-Berès's flat packed slippers, Lasso.

VIDEOHow To Tie a Bow Tie by Hickorees is a stop motion animation walking you through the steps of how to master this tricky tie. The animation is clever too.

Laser cut 3D poster by himHallows to advertise a group exhibition based around paper lanterns.

VIDEORobbie Maddison's AIR.CRAFT for DC Shoes was filmed in a military service airplane graveyard in Tucson, Arizona. The short film showcases Robbie's freestyle motocross skills.

The Letter Writer's Association brings by post by pigeon with their plastic Pigeon Post.

Suspended forest, an installation of former Christmas trees by Michael Neff.

FEATUREDThe making of video behind the amazing tiny Audi Slot Car world that popped up earlier in #50411. Every detail is beautifully painstakingly hand crafted.