Ikea jumps on the porcelain and wood trend with a new line of kitchen accessories ~ this one is the Celeber by Anna Lerinder ~ a soy sauce pourer with lid and base

Bread & Wine ~ one of our fav bag designers, Rebecca Minkoff joined in the "reusable shopping bag" trend ~ How can you not grab a bottle and a loaf with this one on your arm?

Dezeen has a great roundup of the images of the shortlisted entries for the Architectural Jelly Competition! (Now can you imagine an architectural jello shot party?)

Finger Rocket ~ so amidst the GLOW madness, somehow ended up at google santa monica shooting these addictive foam rockets across cubicles until my hand turned red... def, buy in bulk.

Purisme ~ for your carbon fiber loving smokers ~ in addition to their letter opener, here is a carbon fiber PIPE!

sneak peek at the 2009 Louis Vuitton City Guides...

Kid Robot Jewelry line ~ a result of collaboration with Tarina Tarantino... whatever will be next ~

Did you know Oxo bought Candela? The awesome candle alternatives that are portable, cordless, and charge up on their base? Love the new designs!!!

EX-SE-08, Shieh Chieh Huang - Crazy floaty recycled robots made of plastic bags, computer fans, and more that were suspended under the pier at GLOW ~ see the video of some of these bizarre creatures!

GIANT screen of water, night sky as backdrop, rear projection visualizations - and microphones to scream into to directly alter them. See my vid and pics of Primal Source by Usman Haques from GLOW!

I just spent 7pm to 7am at GLOW - where the city of Santa Monica let loose and threw a hell of a party mixing beach, techno/eco art, food, music, park, pier, and more... here's an overview of the last 12 hours!

Love this latest from post Ping Mag ~ on minimalist packaging! (that's tofu that you prick with toothpick to open!)

DesignBoom looks into the history of the foam hand! Thats the first one... ever?

JEEP has an awesome ven diagram like ad campaign where the overlap of camel and husky is a jeep... also see the bushman and eskimo.

UPDATE! The Finale ~ part III is now up! Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog ~ a musical 3 part mini series by Joss Whedon -

NOTCOT Reader, Jessica, wrote in with something she's spotted that's going down in Potters Field - check out the men in black...

Wasp knife ~ as you stab the bear/shark/etc it injects a ball of compressed gas which automatically freezes an area about the size of a basketball...

Love this new Got Milk site! (yes, i found it from my own ads!) ~ they have adorable animated papercraft creatures that have you solve puzzles, and you can even make them!

DELO - all packaging ~ plastic screw caps filled with vitamins, etc, that you simply screw onto your bottled water, and shake! See some of the insane videos they made...

Kissing an ice sculpture of Richard Nouveau of Pocket Change to get your shot from the ice luge going through his head... made by the most expensive ice sculptor in NY - Okamoto Studios

Amy Kate Martin's retro futuristic poster set for the Time Travel Mart are awesome!

iPhone app promoting the new Batman lets you take a pic and "jokerize" it

Feist on Sesame Street!

Sculptural minimalist CONTOUR Ceramic Massage Stones from the design-centric, Jimmyjane, that believes life is better with a sexy twist.

UPDATE! PART II is now up! Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog ~ a musical 3 part mini series by Joss Whedon -

Adidas gives All Black fans a new way to get close to the team to show their support... using nanotechnology, add your name to be engraved on the thread of the new jerseys with adiThread!

Could it be? Are these really spy shots of the Porsche 998 911 mule for 2010?

I love the packaging of Lanvin's latest fragrance Rumeur

Toyoplastic's very limited prerelease of their Black Koguma figure from MPH Labs will be available at Comic-con

Friend of NOTCOT, Michael Salter, just taught a class called the "the dollar-store hack" at univ. of oregon ~ check out what his students hacked out of their finds!

"Get your sh*t together" - "Do something about it" - "Quit your bellyaching" - "Get on with it already" - posters from Orange Beautiful, for those who need some motivation

Nice promo by Jawbone, if you get a ticket for not using a handsfree, you can get a 20$ discount on a jawbone headset.

Fencing Streetart! First i've seen ~ very cool find in London

Dr. Horrible ~ a musical 3 part mini series, with part 1 up now... by Joss Whedon - with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day ~ a result of the writer's strike, and all done cheaply and looks great!

Photoshelter has a fun interview with aerial photographer extraordinaire Cameron Davidson ~ here's a peek of his August Vanity Fair Hamptons shoot

Help VOTE for 1. Cellular by Brevity ~ the jewelry line of NOTCOT.com Contributor, Anna/Sub-Studio! Just scroll down and vote for #1 at this Ponoko 10 Challenge.

The Googling I-V ~ must see Google inspired tech-horror sketch videos from The Vacationeers

Toys R Evil gets us a sneak peek at Doc Von Block, launching at SDCC - Designed by Scott Tolleson and made out of solid resin (it looks like wood, but it ain't!) by JulieB of Pretty in Plastic

Nintendo announces the Wii Motion Plus - to more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space

Awesomest laptop sleeve, ever? Incase + Arkitip + KRINK! Limited Edition sleeve, check out the full unboxing, pics of the details, and video about the collaboration evolution.

Make your own Rocket Pops!

Engadget and Joystiq have you covered for the Sony E3 keynote!

The FUNoMeter! Dispensing good ideas for a mere 50 cents a pop! Read the story, see the pics ~ where it went, what people got, and more!

Third in the Ultimate Accessories Post series ~ Eton FR 1000 ~ a full unboxing of this Self-Powered Hand-Crank AM/FM/NOAA Weather/2-Way GMRS Radio with Flashlight, Siren and Cell Phone Charger!