Great business card design for Broke Bike Alley by Rethink! Place it in your wallet and use it as a multifunctional bike tool or to open your beer. Wait, there's also a tire patch version.

Photographer Brett Arthur took his own vision of the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu and applied it during a personal photo shoot of his to hopefully use as an awareness tool for the serious effects of the virus.

ha hah haha hahahahaha ~ a helpful translation tool for just how amused you want to seem

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.

Enable 3D's Print & Play Construction Company - a cute collection of free 3D print files for kids, from tool box to tools to watering can and sand mold.

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.

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

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

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)

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.

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 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.

Land Rover Defender Multi Tool

Benefit Brow-Try-On AR tool let's you shift your eyebrow shape, shade, arch, thickness, definition and placement. Created with ModiFace.

Precision Demagnetizer/ Magnetizer by Katzco. To magnetize a tool, simply slide it through the center hole. To de-magnetize a tool, slide it through the side slots. Perfect for screwdrivers and bits!

Leatherman Tread LT - a new slimmer version of the multi-tool wearable bracelet! Available in stainless steel and black.

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

HUMANSCALE!! A reissue of the the entire classic design reference tool by Henry Dreyfuss is now live on Kickstarter.

RING Video Doorbell Packaging by Bluemap Design. the mini tool roll is a particularly fun touch.

Corona LR 3460 Long Reach Cut 'n' Hold Pruner. NOTCOT's new favorite garden tool - cutter and grabber in one! Perfect for hard to reach precision trimming.

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

When attitudes become typeface, Sooji Lee's DAE master thesis project involved designing a physical tool, process and behaviors for handwriting the typeface Bodoni.

The 3D Additivist Cookbook is a compendium of strategies that aim to turn 3D printing into a tool for emancipation, activism and disruption. It brings together speculative texts, 3D models, prototypes, recipes and practical suggestions.

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

Bad Habit Coins - A simple tool to stay focused and break bad habits. (Currently being kickstartered.)

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.

Bill Ham was responsible for the first light shows in 1966 at San Francisco's fabled Avalon Ballroom. In a new interview, Ham explains what those days were like, and how boring overhead projectors became the light-show artist's coolest tool.

Retro Photoshop Tool Bar Enamel Pin! 3" of throwback fun by Maxistentialism.

VIDEODeWalt FlexVolt System - Power of Corded. Freedom of Cordless! A look at their new system and product videos! So much power tool lust, wishing we had some of these while working on the NOTCOT Project House right now!

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!)

Terrapattern - a visual search tool for satellite imagery by Golan Levin, David Newbury, Kyle McDonald, Irene Alvarado, Aman Tiwari, and Manzil Zaheer. Here's an example of a search for cul-de-sacs near Pittsburgh.

The tool roll series from British 'Malle London' are the perfect pieces of kit for the bicycle, motorcycle or motoring adventurer. Handcrafted from Scottish waxed canvas and bridle leather in the Malle workshop.

TeamDoW Real Marble Kettlebells - A sculpture, an exquisite home decoration and a real fitness tool.

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

SOG MACV TOOL - Whether you need to open a bottle, tighten a screw, pry a staple out, or touch up a blade on the go, it has what you need. Designed to resemble the original skull from the MACV-SOG group of which the company is named after.

Modular Hand Tools is an innovative set consisting modular pieces to create tool combinations including the stand for the storage and the turn-screw accessories.

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.

Keybright is an opensource tool to help anyone make a fun and beautiful light-installation at home in minutes. The vision is to build a DIY happy physical/digital experience at home.

Kikkerland Animal Multi Tool designed by Studio Scratch. Includes flat head screwdriver, bottle opener, knife, wire stripper, file, phillips head screwdriver, and punch.

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.)

Filippo Minelli "So I decided to experiment by counterposing the beauty of a tool that creates chaos with the romantic beauty of landscapes."

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.

Smoker by Francesco Sillitti is a tool designed for cold-smoking, made ​​entirely of ceramic, which allows us to flavor different types of food.

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!

Poritz & Studio Tool Boxes - handmade from reclaimed hardwood in walnut or teak, tool boxes with a smart stacking design (upper tray and lid slot seamlessly through the handle) and all fused with finger joints!

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?]

FEATUREDNOTlabs Unboxing! The Roland MODELA PRO II MDX-540S Desktop CNC Mill. The latest tool in our workshop - join us as we unbox the two palettes and get to know this machine and its software the next few months...

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.

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.

The Utility Mirror, made by polishing a piece of stainless steel to a mirror finish, dipping it in an industrial rubber tool grip, celebrating marriage of industrial methods. By Visibility for Good Thing.

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!

The OpenReflex is an Open-Source 3D printed analog camera with a finger activated mechanic shutter, and compatible with any photographic lens thanks to a custom mount ring. Created and designed by french artist Léo Marius.

Mirage pavilion for Sziget Festival 2014, by Studio Nomad.

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

The Bézier Game - a game to help you master the pen tool. Amazing, maddening, addictive.

Chrome Industries Motor Barrage Bag - The tool panel is a great detail! It is a 100% welded-waterproof HD ballistic nylon rolltop with military grade 18 oz. truck tarpaulin floating bucket liner.

The Floyd Shelf is a tool that allows you to create a shelf from a flat surface by clamping to it. Like The Floyd Leg, the shelf is produced in Detroit.

Tool The Bookworm Quill from Tom Dixon.

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

This unique set of hand tools from ChauhanStudio -a London based industrial design practice founded by Tej Chauhan- are designed to turn a once industrial item into a tool that will fit in outside of the workshop.

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.

Treeline Outdoors Half Hatchet - "More of a tool than an axe, the Half Hatchet is a lightweight, highly adaptable hatchet. Use it for chopping, trimming, as a hammer, a splitting maul, for removing nails, or just for getting you out of that jam"

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

Hazet Tool Trolly Assistents - love the way they collapse down taking up less space and keeping dust, etc. out.

DestapaBanana is a tool to customize regular bananas with amazingly cool and sweet fillings.

Leatherdos - stainless steel multi tool hair clip to arm your... 5 year old girls? Designed by Yaacov Goldberg.

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

Prometheus Design Werx Dog Tag Tool - A one piece milled titanium tool with the same footprint as the universally recognized American Military issue “Dog Tag”.

Blue Trusco 2-Level Cantileve Tool Box from Japan at Hand Eye Supply.

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.

VIDEOArt piece reimagines our relationship and interaction with the robotic arm. Hexis is an exploration in aesthetic human and robot movement as well as de-utilization or liberation of a powerful tool.

Whipping Post Military style leather duffel bag.

Jerry Can Tool Storage Box - lockable and filled with drawers, screw driver slots, lift out tray and more.

The School Of Life's Tool Kit For Life Boxsets1 and 2 are filled with everything from "How to Connect with Nature" to "How to Develop Emotional Health"... "How to Age" to "How To Find Fulfilling Work" and more!

The rOtring 800+, hybrid tool: mechanical pencil + stylus hybrid debuts at NYCxDesign 2014. Think on paper and think on digital.

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

A new kitchen tool called 'The Goose'. It is A Goose That Lays Golden Eggs. Golden Eggs are eggs that are mixed/scrambled in the shell to create scrambled/hardboiled eggs.

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!

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.

Tiny farming: Daily Needs Modular Chicken Coop & Garden by Studio Segers provides all the components you need to assemble housing for chickens, raised beds for vegetables, composting bin, and tool shed in a configuration of your choice.

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!

SOLID: Series One Titanium Tool Set by INDUSTRY. It is a pair of modern tools that ship as a set of two; one Edge tool, and one Opener. The Titanium is a Hand Eye Supply Exclusive.

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"

Hundreds of tiny clownfish hatch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

KRTZ, tool for opening walnuts, with its shape based on a walnut leaf, ergonomically adapted for use. Hand crafted from stainless steel.

Leathern Tool Series is a minimalist design created by Germany-based designer Ann-Kathrin Wustrack.

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

Lever+ by Townie Syndicate. Minimalist bike tool. High on form and function, low on unnecessary tools and weight. The video tells the story.

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.

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.

The Fix It Sticks from Ippinka is a compact and lightweight multi-tool for repairing your bike that can come apart to better fit in your pocket.

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

mem:o is a charming new tool for visualizing your personal data. Check it out for free on the iPad App Store. Use mem:o to record how many hours you worked, books you read or anything you can imagine.

The rugged and electronicless Vaavud Wind Meter turns your smartphone into a high-tech meteorological tool.

InfiniScroll is an open ended storytelling tool for curious minds. Discover the storyteller in your child, and in you.

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.

Loop by Universal Everything is a drawing based animation app for iPad.

Modern steel table with rubber dipped feet by Synecdoche.

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