THE END IS NEAR! Armed with money and some textual folding skills... Dan Tague uses bills to make politically provocative prints. There are more discussing oil, liars, american idol, god and more...

Gallery NOTCOT presents - SUB-STUDIO! Check out the gallery tags along the left and right with peeks at some of their work - click them to see the pieces in the gallery!

Shigeru Ban - all of his structures make me crumble at the knees... SO amazing - here is his paper tea house which will offered with pre-sale estimate of £20,000 – 30,000.

LV pops up 10 Canal Street like fake bag vendors outside their brooklyn murakami exhibition launch... selling REAL BAGS. Fight Counterfeiting by doing... not just talking...

Yay! Lorem Ipsum now as filler banner ads in all IAB sizes... so when mocking up websites we can now use these instead of dealing with clients focusing on real ads/ads we invent...

It looks like you're at Daily Candy, but really its a Target CLUB WEDD (yes, for weddings) ~ really cute online catalog that they enlisted Sujean Rim of daily candy fame for!

Stephanie Posavec takes on books and turns them into incredible infographics ~ see what happens to kerouac's "on the road" in the "On The Map" exhibition...

Intriguing Pro-Kitchen - "the affordable, all-in-one, professional kitchen set for everyday cooks. 36-piece set has every must-have item for a well equipped kitchen" from commercial restaurant suppliers

MocoLoco has a first look at Joey Roth's Sorapot... full unboxing.

NOTConcept 002 - part two! We continued sketching out the concepts around having a modular clan of tiki torch like trees and gnomes that can serve as projectors + speakers... with fun solar chargers!

SUPERGOOD SUPERFOOD! Supermarket impulses, i couldn't resist the pretty typographic packaging of these dark chocolate covered dried mulberries... also interesting video about the biz side.

Audrey Kawasaki just finished 'She Who Dares' - oil and graphite and gesso on stained wood panel - i'm super excited to see her work going darker. Yay. See the behind the scenes pics too!

Sea Pig! and other "Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica"

T-mobile is at it again? Claiming ownership of MAGENTA? This time they are targeting engadget mobile, so they are fighting back by painting the town and many sites magenta. Not a joke.

Muse Candles by Jonathan Adler - for some multi-sensory inspiration, these sound like a good way to go (or a fun gift).

Ole Jensen has scaled up his iconic Washbowl and Brush to make a rubber bath tub! Will be shown in this years salone in milan at the MINDCRAFT Exhibition

JUST KIDDING! Apparently the Eiffel Tower Extension is a fake... but wait, before you hate us... even the NY Times fell for it!!! I guess its an early april fools?

DASH Express Two-Way Internet-Connected Portable GPS Navigator - FINALLY out ~ on amazon. I'm so tempted... esp since it learns from others driving as well and gives you more optimized real time routes!

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti One-to-One Program - on lustworthy cars, add this to the list....

DAMIEN HIRST x WARHOL FACTORY x LEVI’S POP-UP SHOP & BOOK LAUNCH AT FRED SEGAL MAN, Santa Monica on April 3rd, premiering two original Damien Hirst Art Pieces. Sneak Peek Pics!

Jellies as art ~ even framed in ornate gold frames as they floated around in the tanks... incredible exhibition at Monterey Bay Aquarium ~ see some of the inspiration we found on my day off yesterday.

What has the body of the iPhone, the glossy ui of the PSP, and the brain of a Blackberry? Apparently the Blackberry 9000 is quite the chimera.

The WF337 Samsung washing machine with vibration reduction technology, which utilizes stainless steel balls to offset the effects of vibration and creates virtually vibration-free performance.

How To Speak Hip ~ as taught by an ACTUAL HIPSTER! converted record by del close and john brent. it's pretty hilarious to leave on and listen to in the background...

Eat People not Aminals ~ silly owl shirt from P is for Panda

Angry Panda Print!!! Angry Woebots will release his 2nd ever giclee print this coming Tuesday, April 1st 2008 (Noon PDT) through the Kidrobot Sales froum for $60 - limited to 50 pieces

Plastic Bag Animals! ....that pop up to life when subways rush past ventilation grates!!! So awesome.

ROADTRIP! Ok, so editing got quiet today b/c my quick drive to SF from LA got sidetracked... by insane ostriches, danish pancake balls, tiny cliff hanging roads, pirateship treehouses, otters, and more...

Buy a shirt - get a free game! And not a random shitty game, but a pc game you (well i) actually WANT. Interesting concept by EGP Apparel to get indie games out there - apparently in Target, but i can't find it!

Moco Loco's new startup Praized ~ has a tshirt design from Jean-Philippe Rajotte, art director for game developer Ubisoft by day and artist by night

MYBrain. The table lamp - A replica of the designer's brain, originated from an MR scan at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The image was processed through a 3D-printer - by Alexander Lervik

NOTConcept 002 is starting! And this time we've begun sketching ideas around the theme of outdoor ambient speaker concepts... so far i'm loving this gnome direction (but this is only 1 of 6 ideas)...

Tiger - Spy in the Jungle... elephants are the new steady cams - as spy cams go into the jungles of india to document the lives of 4 tiger cubs in this upcoming BBC series! Incredible video footage.

008 Movement and Upper Playground strike again with their latest artist collab posters in support of Obama, this time from Munk One and Sam Flores! Also, special NOTCOT giveaway...

Moco Loco has an adorable pic of Sitting Chairs by Lucas Maassen is part of the Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition at MoMA

Lovecraft by At-elier for People Like Us ~ this crazy black on white line drawing has a huge skull hidden within it... on shirts, and also ipod skins.

Orbit Baby's Modular System = Stroller + Car Seat + Carrier/Basinet/toddler seat... and is the brainchild of Stanford ID/Ex-IDEO designers. Incredible stuff, check out my first vimeo video!

Felted Wool Teddy Bear Fetuses and Skulls... as well as large breasted cows, bulldogs, puppies and more from Stephanie Metz

Butterfingers - Fun music video using a puppetized soundboard? synthesizer? by Perish Factory

60's Danish Modern Sleeper Sofa ~ fascinating to see how this opens up!

Torre Agbar architect Jean Nouvel has designed YSL L'Homme's rather phallic new limited edition bottle. "I wanted it to be very ergonomic, so you can put it in your coat pocket." and there's a logo bobble inside...

Wooden Knuckles ~ not quite as heavy, and more likely to get through airport security...

TED BIGVIZ pdf Book ~ a MUST read, 200 pages of "spontaneous sketches" on a cintiq throughout every TED 2008 talk.... inspiring visually, and an incredible overview of the concepts discussed.

Amazon is now doing fulfillment ~ you send them products, they store it, pack it. and ship it. Might be a nice solution for ambitious designers trying to figure out all the details of selling their goods.

Engrave Your Book ~ custom laser engraved moleskines

Beating Heart - an art piece/spurting fountain by Billy Chasen shown at the American Heart Association's 2008 Heart of New York Gala (see the vid of it in action!)

EEP. Sorry to everyone who experienced our downtime late last night ~ had a stats error break the server... fixing it all up now... here's a nice site to check if a site is "down for everyone or just me"