Even the Diesel Sweeties are loving the Barack Obama LOGO!

Solution found! Here's how you're supposed to use the top of the 1800 Silver Select Tequila as a Shot Glass! (video!)... i was a bit confused about this in #9982...

Unboxing the new “100 proof, 100 percent agave, super-premium tequila”, 1800 Silver Select Tequila ~ beautiful packaging... matte black box, wrapped in leather cord, with a big glossy wax seal.

The latest from Joris Laarman - WirePod for Artecnica - matching his classic radiatior, here's a flexible multi-point electrical "power pod"

Ron Arad's bath for Teuco is wall mounted, and can be rotated to become a standing shower. And i guess the drain is just somewhere on your bathroom floor???

Milan 08 - Kartell's gigantic topiary of designer seating... surrounded by tiny real versions... in the gardens at the Trienalle - absolutely brilliant!!!

Although trying to wean myself of accumulating MORE tshirts - i kind of Paste's shirt that's so meta it has a shirt on it... and they managed to stop there without having a shirt on that shirt and on that shirt and...

Recycle that CAT-5 by making some really cool soldiers and weapons... impressive collection they've created here!

IKEA 08 ~ in addition to the Trollsta (#9958) - this season they seem to be picking up quite a few trends - from vinyl stickers to floating tv walls...

Trollsta (although a town in sweden, i imagine gangsta trolls)... a new line from ikea clearly inspired by some designer classics...

Karim Rashid's Globalight for Veuve Clicquot - their second collaboration - and this one creates and incredible ambient glow - without warming your precious bottle!

Pattern Body Wash - fun packaging, and you can use almost all of them on body, hair, face, etc - in Black Pepper, Eucalyptus, Cucumber, and Citrus!

Of all the high design collaborations, Veuve Clicquot sure has a lot of them - inspired by #9920 - i started rounding them up, and was amazed by the incredible collection thus far...

Red's Scarlet - the camera of my dreams... and i didn't even need one. It has 3k resolution (for reference that largest dark grey rect. is 1080p) - is tiny... gorgeous... and if we get one, we'll make NOTCOT vids... read more...

The Indoor Union Bench from I Do Design has launched! and there is a gorgeous desk as well that is perfect for collaborative working... interesting alternative to a conference table?

Anywhere Sofa - Grey - $280.00 - cheap cute simple sofa bed!

Speakers, Projectors, Ambient lighting - all in the modular form of adorable gnome like creatures and trees for your outdoor spaces... NOTConcept 002 ~ the final renders!

This surprise bottle of Veuve Cliquot Rose 2002 has helped make this monday feel a little less like a thursday...

What is Exhibition Design? by Lee Skolnick, Jan Lorenc, and Craig Berger... Another book for the wishlist...

1800 Tequila takes on 9 artists for billboard/bottle collaborations that will certainly turn your bar into a gallery... and up next are chances to design the next bottles/billboards/sneakers! Click to see more images...

'her' chairs, produced by casamania by frezza, 2008 - fresh from design week in milan... designboom covers the Fabio Novembre opening

Design Public has these Flendsted Owl mobiles... they feel like nightmares waiting to happen.

Nice graphics on this new La Fraise "Naturactivity" tee by Cib

Jaime Hayon Works ~ launching at the salone... i'm already desperately coveting this new book by my favorite spanish designer...

Short on time or just curious what the top posts across the NOTCOT Network were this week? Here are the top 25 from NOTCOT.org, TasteSpotting, and NotCouture!

Material Design Stories of SHOE SOLES! there are some incredible stories behind the new Nike Olympics Footwear... the material solutions they came up with given the problems they faced are inspiring.

22ft Robot Made of Styrofoam inserts from electronics, etc.... ever wonder how these michael salter creations are built? See this crazy video!

David Hemmings' shot of this "Snowy Owl Floating" Shot in Northern Quebec, Canada... is amazing... see it up close to look into its eyes... i want that kind of focus.

Nike's 2008 Olympics footwear line... there is far more than that equestrian boot (#9878) that amazed me... see them all... and see Kobe jump over the Aston Martin in Hyperdunks too!

Oooooh the wallpapers from the Veer - Very Secret Order of Creatives Understanding are gorgeous!... and available in every imaginable size if you solve the riddles...

Glow in the dark marbles! Kit Petit Poucet - Billes Phosphorescentes - by Pepin Le Malin

I got this mysterious envelope today, and it contained the membership booklet of The Very Secret Order of Creatives Understanding... and membership card... best Veer mailer/microsite yet!

Meet your Googlegängers! Interesting NYTimes article about the kinship of meeting people with your exact same name.... these are all Angela Sheltons

Incredible high res image... of the future? With an incredible city with flying cars... dumping out to an archaic town?

Courvoisier teams up with LRG - and in addition to an exclusive clothing line... some exclusive customized iphones, blackberry curves, and ipods too! Adorable logo for the collab...

Garbage Island - Incredible - VBS actually chartered a 3 week trip out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that we've been fascinated by for a while now... and made a 12 part mini series... see the first few parts up now!

From Sony's massive street filling Foam Shoot in Miami... check out some of the high res images!

Superfad's two ads for how Sprint have really helped in times of emergency have gorgeous animations, fun infographics, and stuck in your head music. Awesome stuff.

Vaso's 2.0 Cork Pots!

Strong Bad and the Home Star Runner gang are coming to Wii Ware!!! Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People.

Blue Ant Studio's Chair Exam poster is an eye/mind exam for any designer chair lover!

Seal Line: Computer Sleeve - rain and splash proof rolltop laptop sleeve!!!

When techcrunch met popsugar met LA... very massive techy/web2.0 party hit hollywood tonight... perry ferrell djing... and a very bizarre and surreal night all around.

Canon presents 'neoreal' - this will be a large exhibit held at the triennale di milano that will show off the work of japanese designers tamae hirokawa, junya ishigami, hikaru mori.

Beautiful destruction/sculpturing of books by Nicholas Jones ~ check out this great interview with him by design files.

NotNeutral's Transport Quilt for kids makes adorable use of stitching... found this at the new "feel more human" modern design shop!

Anthro eNook gets knocked off by ikea... and then they slide the price from $399.00 to $39.99... STILL a knockoff... but also still an interesting charging/laptop station solution.