This magical wooden Walking Elephant! Just like some old vintage little plastic toys i have, thanks to a perfectly calibrated weight, it will adorably wobble towards the edge, but never fall off! Hand-made in Germany in the Erzgebirge. See the video!

GIBOARD! Somewhere between a balance board and a slackline and a skateboard and a wobbel... a portable woody slackline perfectly tempting for my living room?

Jeff Soto Naughty or Nice Seeker Ornaments from Prints on Wood! 3"x3" wood prints

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?

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.

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.

tons - a nice minimal collection of 3D printed bike trainer and fitness stands with a woody broomstick tripod look. They use a custom print material called Tons bio polymer custom made by ColorFabb.

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.

S'mores Roaster from chef'n - Comes with 4 stainless steel roasting sticks, ceramic dome, wire mesh, flue, metal tray, wooden base, and snuffer.

CRE8 Urban Fabrication in Amsterdam makes some laser cut and etched wood/acrylic architectural puzzles of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

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.

Play Maysie - mini doll house play spaces inspired by vintage tin lunchboxes and filled with interchangeable magnetic rooms with fixed wooden furniture. Launching soon on kickstarter.

Moon Picnic's A Dozen Bird Eggs in a box and Forest Mushrooms in a box are adorably packaged and so lovely in their minimalist painted solid beech wood... also cute in basket form! Created in a collaboration between Moon Picnic & Erzi, made in Germany.

Ooni Fyra 12" Wood Pellet Pizza Oven. Aesthetically and functionally, we love this for wood fired pizza! Along with the right tools and dough recipe, this has become a NOTCOT favorite over the holidays, and we can whip up delicious pizza in no time.

Londji Wooden Spinning Tops (including some that turn over) - Sun & Moon, Little Worlds, Produce, Fish, and more...

Neue Freunde Corkodile is an amazing, adorable wooden CORK PISTOL!

Amazon Dash Cart - now in LA at the first Amazon Fresh market in Woodland Hills. It lets you "skip the checkout line and roll out when you're done" - complete with build in grocery list screen, scanner, scale, and more.

Janod Kubix 70 Archi Blocks. Modern wooden blocks complete with 13 vehicles and an urban playmat that folds up into a carrying bucket of sorts.

Cliques are wooden peg dolls in such cute packaging! Each has three elements that are held together with tiny magnets to mix and match and come in house-shaped boxes that can be customized with beautiful backgrounds.

Rilla Alexander's IDEAS! (In red, yellow, or blue hats!) Wooden Idea toy based on Sozi's Her Idea book. Wood body and head with rope arms and legs. Made by hand in Prague in a traditional Czech style.

Porsche Taycan Collection Kids White / Red Wooden Toy Car

Janod Spirit collection of animal racers made of wood, beautifully painted, and their springy necks let their heads bounce as you race around.

LIGNOLOC wooden nails - can be shot from a unique nail gun and sanded down easily! "Heat generated by friction when the nail is driven in cause the lignin of the wooden nail to weld with the surrounding wood to form a substance-to-substance bond."

Arthur and Friend's Karl Chair - adorable wooden cube chairs with two seat heights and can be flipped to be a table (or nightstand)

Factory Coffee in Kalamazoo is located in an old pattern shop that made wooden casting patterns and cast aluminum parts for folks like Gibson Guitar... and they had the grandson's factory make them adorable aluminum Monopoly Pieces of their BUILDING!

PlanToys Motor Mechanic - a wooden set for the kids who want to wrench alongside you

Thibaut Malet makes incredible little wooden houses/forests in glass domes.

The Piegatto Pipo Chair is conceived as a wooden surface that integrates armchairs and seat from the same material.

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).

Kumi Mood - beautifully simple, painted wooden animal pull toys (with little creatures riding on the backs of the larger ones thanks to dowels!)

lebird - love the simplicity of the packaging with the wooden bird set into corrugated cardboard, tucked into a bright yellow sleeve.

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.

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!)

Bumpsters by Justin Worsley - adorable chunky wooden bumper cars with illustrated animal drivers

IKEA brought back the ENETRI shelf! One of my favorites that moved thru many college apartments with me! Would look great upgraded with wood planks too...

The Drive Skateboard Shop in Vancouver used wood veneer to create posters that look like wall ramps, which were posted around the city.

Cinta Vidal's latest solo show "Viewpoints" opens at Thinkspace Gallery on Sept 15, 2018, and the preview looks amazing! Note that some of the wood pieces come with an "Optional Rotator" for optimal viewing!

Concreto Lab Maceta redonda en concreto - hemispherical concrete planters with wood bases.

Bunny with a Toolbelt Window of Wonders! This is a street's-eye-view window gallery, loaded with original characters from the books and playing card deck, an ever-evolving woodland scene, and more in Portland, OR.

Conos - wooden spinning tops inspired by seeds. Designed and manufactured by chilean designer/jeweler Nicolás Hernández.

Briki Vroom Vroom - adorable wooden kids toys and card/prints.

&me baby cribs are inspired by vintage cribs with a new modern twist. Made of coated steel and FSC Birch wood. And they even have matching mini cribs for dolls.

Paulette et Sacha wooden toys with fabric wings/fins!

Bermbach Baby Bed LOLA - handmade rattan, leather, and wood crib. Stunning details.

The Balsa Turbine is a custom designed lamp shade made from ultra light weight balsa wood and laser cut acrylic. It is intended to be used as a replacement for the IKEA REGOLIT floor lamp shade.

Zakh Architects Gate Shelving/Furniture System. A modular collection of movable wooden bars placed on a metal rod creating dynamic structure changing to fit fast and always changing pace of daily life.

Copenhagen Islands by Fokstrot. CPH-Ø1 is a small 20m2 hand made wooden platform with a linden tree at its centre. The first in a series of moveable, floating, public spaces free for people to explore and conquer.

Picklestone! The Picklestone consists of a glass bin, a hinoki wooden press that is attached to a stone and wooden lid. Designed by Tomonori Tanaka.

Neue Freunde Bronco - a playful beech wood truck that holds a plastic scoop

FEATUREDTiffany Bozic's solo show "Spectrum" at Joshua Liner Gallery features stunning juxtapositions of creatures in acrylic on maple panels! The way she integrates the wood grain into the imagery is gorgeous!

Mr. Woods by Thorsten van Elten. A wood and plastic golfer - simply push the lever and see the ball fly! Comes with two miniature wooden golf balls and a flat-pack paper obstacle course. Designed by Neue Freunde.

Woodendot Pelican - Triangular wooden shelves with hidden hooks. They are ideal to install next to the front door so you don't forget your essentials.

PA Design Olympiad trio of wooden Spinning Tops

The Design Files has gorgeous photos of this Eco House in Western Australia of Tanya McKenna, Peter Chadwick and Henri the boxer. The greens they chose (paired with the whites and wood and plants) are just stunning.

Farmacy Honey Harvest Kit - Honey Drop Lightweight Moisturizer, Honey Potion mask and Sleep Tight night treatment. All 3 products are NOTCOT favorites, and the packaging is fantastic. (The spatula magnetically attaching to the wood cap is a great detail.)

Kay Bojensen Automobil Sedans - gorgeous wooden cars originally created in 1937. Made of beech.

Target Hearth & Hand with Magnolia (the home and lifestyle brand of Chip & Joanna Gaines) is pretty cute for holiday gifting. Even a land cruiser looking cookie cutter! As well as fun wooden kids play sets, nice matte black kitchenware, and lots of green plaid.

Nervous System has stunning new Geode inspired wooden puzzles utilizing their new Maze Puzzle Cut Style to make it extra challenging. (They also now offer custom puzzles!)

Strata By Valentin Pelayo is a sculptural puzzle designed to engage your sense of touch as well as sight. Form and contour lines flow across wooden blocks, creating a deceptively challenging puzzle.

Tide X Otter Handmade Wooden Surfboard, sourced from sustainable woodlands, designed to complement the environment.

FEATUREDIKEA Vinter 2017 Gift Wrapping has great patterns from super fun gnome/elf/santa folks to adorable woodland creatures! (Even though it feels too early for the holidays, it made me smile!)

The Modest Matter Lander Planter - Porcelain and hard wood, self watering planter. Handmade in Santa Cruz California. Bringing life to living and work spaces in a simple, modern design.

Batea tables designed by Daniel García from Woodendot. Batea S is a tray table and Batea M is a coffee table with a small storage space beneath its table top.

Moxon Concrete Animals - Meticulously designed by Korridor in collaboration with MOXON, the concrete animal collection includes a Lion, Moose, Giraffe, Rhino and an Elephant. Made of concrete and fine ash wood.

The Desert Pavilion by Designers On Holiday sits in the surreal landscape of Joshua Tree. This wooden cube features a hidden fire pit for those chilly desert nights.

BioLite FirePit now on kickstarter. "See Fire, Not Smoke. A smokeless wood-burning FirePit that can cook your meals and give you a front-row seat to everything going on inside your fire."

Architect Made Discus Birds designed by Hans Bølling in 1961. Adorable family of 4 wooden birds.

Wooden Elephant and Hedgehog Walking Toys. Handcrafted in the Czech Republic.

Map on Table by Hasan Agar - London and New York City streets are laser cut into metal side table tops. Flat packed, simply screw the wooden legs on. Currently on Kickstarter.

Porsche Wooden Racing Truck (complete with 3 red, white, and black cars)

Linda Loland's BIBO BI-HOTELL - a lovely woody home for bees!

The Ark of Noah is a ring of animals with a changing profile made by toy designer Shlomi Eiger. The project is based on a traditional technique called "Reifendrehen” which is being used for creating small wooden animal toys.

Joint Chopsticks collaboration by Yuma Kano and traditional carpenter Katsuhisa Toda. This design applies the art of “tsugite” joints traditionally used by carpenters in Japan to attach pieces of wood together without nails or screws.

Jacquelin de Leon's Greenhouse Print. From her solo show from June 2017, about growth. The original piece is a large 18x24" watercolor illustration on wooden panel (which goes on sale 12CT July 3!)

Oliver Sweeney x Talisker Limited edition ‘Made by The Sea’ Gift Set. The boots have a unique flask pocket complete with 2oz etched sterling silver flask, the sole includes a piece of cask wood, and there's a compass built in as well.

Nectar by Cuddly Rigor Mortis. Adorable hummingbirds hanging out on the green creature in this print on wood.

Each piece of wood in the STIX single bench by STAY floats freely on a soft platform, the group supporting and molding itself instantly to the weight of the user.

Gather: The minimal, modular organizer that cuts clutter by Jeff Sheldon (Ugmonk) Made of wood and polished white thermoplastic. Magnets in the bases allow you to attach more pieces, and you can also combine two sets for even more configs.

A bear trophy head made of wood by LLLOOCH. The perfect accessory to brighten up your home or a contemporary office space.

FEATUREDNoseGo has an amazing series of 10 (so far) creatures painted on wood, with natural scenes hidden inside them! Lovely juxtaposition of styles, and fun to see the making-of.

SKIN chair - by the french designer Julien Vidame. wood or plastic.

WOOD U? Wooden iPad and Tablet stands perfect for the bed, couch, and even the bathtub. By Trimborn & Eich.

Le Labo SANTAL 26 home diffuser - Forged from the reclaimed wood of New York’s water tanks.

Seeds in glass vials in laser etched wooden boxes. Unique packaging by Humboldt Seed Organisation.

Skip Hop Camping Cubs Baby Activity Gym. Perfect for those outdoor/animal loving parents! Complete with light-up firefly, turtle mirror, bear rattle and musical raccoon with wooden teether that plays “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

JSOUV by Konstantin Kolesov. 15 architectural landmark souvenirs from around the world in a small sculpture you can hold in your hand. They magnetically attach to the engraved wood bases.

The Macaron Seats by KALO uses recycled rubber crumb made from old tires and wood chips to explore new ways of transforming waste to functional design.

Sky Villages by James Paulius - Interactive wooden block toy installation at SPARC Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York.

"Immersed Birds" collection of decorative CNC'd wooden figures hand-painted by Moisés Hernández Design Studio to achieve an interesting texture that resembles the plumage of birds.

FastCo Design "Airbnb, Instagram, And The Rise Of The Optimized Cabin: Hudson Woods is a $25 million bet to suburbanize cabin life" Interesting read on instagram bait, designer cabin prefab subdevelopment (131 acres, 26 cabins) in the woods.

Morphosis designed new guest suites — the wood rooms and the stone rooms, for the House of Architects at 7132 Hotel in Vals, Switzerland, re-examining the definition of luxury.

Shattered Light is a compelling wallpaper by Rollout, based on the imagery of artist Brent Comber. The original design is part of a collection of LED embedded wood light fixtures, inspired by the instinctive process of finding order within imposed chaos.

One-off table designed by Beirut-based studio Nada Debs - geometric patterns in tin inlay on solid organically-shaped acacia wood.

Topanga Corner Bar - CB2 in collaboration with Kravitz Design by Lenny Kravitz. Walnut and hardwood veneer over engineered wood.

Weltevree Patioset designed by Bertjan Pot. Made of Accoya wood.

Gemma Gene's Unapologetic Paintings - Oil on wood paintings that look like tin foil wrapped objects.

VIDEOCasey Neistat and his custom Human Flying Drone go snowboarding in Finland... through the town, through the woods, down the slopes, and flies off into the horizon by drone!

Nuse Design's Corvo, a family of birds turned one on one in three types of wood: walnut, ash and oak. From a simple cylinder and precise cuts, the expressive corvos take shape. Corvo the largest, Tordo the smallest, Pega right in the middle.

Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo creates a giant wooden coffee-cup xylophone that makes music while your drink is prepared.

Light emitting wood brings happiness and wonder to a Children's hospital. deigned by ENESS, installed at Cabrini Hospital Melbourne, Australia.

The Woodlabo Eagle collection was inspired by the lunar module which took the first men to the Moon in 1969. Woodlabo has reworked and developed part of the spacecraft’s fuselage and transformed it into an eagle.

Urban Masquerade - A collection of laser cut wooden animal heads. A modern, humorist take on the traditional hunter's wall

School House Electric's Woodsman Incense Smoker Set - their take on the traditional german Räuchermann.

McKean Studio Palm Springs inspired wooden mini city sets. Adorable midcentury modern houses and the cars, trees, and pools to go with them.

Happy Interior takes us inside The GIR Store in Belgrade. I can't stop staring at these amazing huge wooden pots on huge modern looking push carts. Imagine wheeling your huge trees around as they need light?

FEATUREDA peek into the LA Auto Show 2016. Everything from a half lego Porsche 919 to a wooden moose and champagne in the back of a Volvo to the Jaguar I-Type, Pink Panther Limo, 911 RSR, and more.

Little Big Things Whale Jon0+ is part of a series of grasping toys for babies. Made from genuine wood and all-safe TPE, little hands can discover different shapes and materials. The soft plastic parts helps sooth the gums when the baby is teething.

Makers Special Reserve Playing Cards by Dan & Dave. Luxury Playing Cards featuring 14 custom illustrated court-cards. Housed inside a gorgeous wooden box featuring green-leather interior and a vintage-inspired lock and key.

J.Ruiter's Tinnie 10 Side by Side Vessel - a fun triangle boat! It really pops in the black/wood combination. Made of formed 1/8” thick aluminum, welding, powder-coating with White oak plank flooring, Xorel upholstered seating, 6hp 4-stroke motor.

MAPLE by MOXON London is a contemporary and playful coat stand design. The wing nut shaped hooks spin around to easily move them up or down the wooden screw thread shaft.

Naef Sphaera - a hemispherical wooden maze puzzle designed by Sarah Ahart and Bryanna Dering. Little steel balls are to be moved through five rings into the centrum.

Minimal 2 Storey Planter, dodecagon-shaped container by designer Kunsik Choi based in Malmo, Sweden. A series of wooden planters, inspired by the wooden barrels used for Swedish herring.

DodeCal is "an innovative polyhedra calendar system, designed with mathematical precision and finished in high quality European sycamore." Laser etched wooden 2017 calendar - fun making of images on their site.

Edge Wood Made Wood Grain Cup - a stunning porcelain cup with unglazed wood grain textured exterior and glossy glazed interior. It feels incredible in person!

Jikka, a Japanese home complex developed by Tokyo-based architect Issei Suma. Stunning wooden teepee like structures.

Cosmos – a set of timeless, magnetic, spaceship building blocks. Boost your creativity and inspire the spirit of exploration while snapping together these interchangeable wooden pieces. By Huzi Design.

Handmade wooden toys created from industrial off-cuts by Sarmiento.

LEKKA's Tour de Suisse is a range of 12 graphic illustrations by designer Gareth Knott. Selecting icons of Switzerland and re-imagining them in a retro nostalgic way paying homage to times gone by. available as prints on wood, notebooks, cards.

Woodstaches - Faure. Brazilian design by Juan Pablo Cambariere. Handmade wooden robots.

Sol de Janiero Samba 2-Step Foot Fetish Care with a Smoothing Foot Board and Samba Foot Fetish Cream. Cute design detail with the wooden surfboard smoothing foot board in a little bag.

"WELCOME TO AIRSPACE: How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world" By Kyle Chayka. It will have you rethinking that cliche mid century modern, subway tile, reclaimed wood, Dwell magazine look that's gone global.

Onnit Quad Mace - 25lbs of perfectly balanced hand-sculpted cast iron and bronze head mounted on a slip resistant ash wood handle inspired by the artwork of Alex Grey. Stunning piece of fitness equipment.

ButterPly: Better furniture, better lives. Inspired by Japanese wood joinery, the assembly is easy and requires no screw not tools. Even better, the height of the frame can be adjusted thanks to the in-house developed smart joinery system.

The Tyrolean Answer to Light. Almleuchten are radiant bodies of light made of old wooden beams, that bring the bold energy of their Alpine setting into your space.

Itero Pocket Watch and Walnut Wood Stand. A beautiful way to display/use your pocket watch more regularly.

FEATUREDEpic skatepark octopus mural by Brian Wooden at Salem Town Board Co. in Nashville.

The Woodieful Chair isn’t limited to the sitting function of a chair can be used as a end table.

Pat Kim Nest Mortar & Pestle. Inspired by woodpecker nesting holes, the mortar houses the pestle when not in use. Mortar is hand turned American Sycamore, finished with mineral oil and beeswax. The Pestle is Black Tourmaline, speckled with white quartz.

Huting & De Hoop designed for the Heritage square Slochteren (The Netherlands) a wooden folly called De Swoaistee.

The Woolsey Agent Desk comes with a built in leather mouse pad, that secretly opens with a magnetic wood geode to provide storage for your notepad, mouse, and pencils. Brilliant!

Interesting stealthy wood slat windows for this house in Isfahan, Iran designed by Bracket Design Studio.

Creative video loops by carmela.work for Woodendot. Hands and holes in order to show the functionality of their furniture and accessories.

Seersucker Candy Co. Factory Exclusive (in Nashville, TN) Bourbon Lover's Collection of Chocolates. It includes Belle Meade Sherry Cask Bourbon, Bulleit Rye Whiskey, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon, and Weller Antique 107 Proof inside!

Killwood Bika is the perfect display centerpiece for the urban cyclist. Crafted from upcycled kill wood, Bika has storage for gear, and a rare-earth magnet that acts as a dedicated keyholder.

Valek Originals Rolling Pins! Adorable laser etched wooden rolling pins made in Poland by a young designer. The embossing rolling pins are made from local solid beech, protected with oil.

Hey Shop has some lovely abstracted travel posters - from the cabin in the woods to the basecamp tents to overlanding, tropical boats, and more!

FEATUREDAMC "Feed The Beast" TV Show put up a 16ft meat cleaver and butcher block in Times Square NYC! And since we couldn't make it out, they also sent a surprise press kit over - a meat cleaver and corkscrew in a laser etched wood box.

Handmade wooden surfboards from Graz (Austria) made by Hermanns Shaping Company. Manufactured from nature,- for nature.

Designed by Iratzoki & Lizaso for Alki, the Kea collection epitomises time-honoured traditions and values of unity between the know-how of yesteryear and today by offering convivial items that subtly combine wood and wrought iron.

Katie Paterson in collaboration with Zeller & Moye has gathered 10,000 tree species spanning time and space for Hollow, a new public artwork for Bristol, commissioned by the University of Bristol. 

Secret Wood's wooden rings with magnificent tiny fantasy landscapes

Super Amazing Dessert Sprinkle Mix! From Atlanta's Beautiful Briny Sea (the folks behind Magic Unicorn Salt!) for Williams Sonoma

Famous Glasses is a graphic design on wood dedicated to famous people. CUT (Carlo Cazzaniga) worked the boards (22 x 22 cm) with the technique of fretwork.

Farmhouse Pottery Laurel Pie Dish - wheel thrown stoneware clay, made in Woodstock, Vermont. 11.5" X 2.5" and oven, dishwasher, and microwave safe.