CES time of year already ~ we're off to run around vegas and get fully immersed in the latest tech for 2008... any requests or suggestions? Will you be there?

The Bubble Trouble Glass puzzle vial ~ is as elegantly designed as its solution... a fun one to trump clients and friends when left on your desk.

UPDATE ~ i found japanese ads for Cup Noodle featuring our Governator! Too funny... ahh, the 80s. Also some other japanese 80's spots as well.

Design*Sponge highlights this incredible bathroom. I now need a matte black classic bathtub with that shiny white spilling out of it someday... only mine would have crazy claws/feet not wood blocks.

And to finish off my trilogy of late night posts on Nissin Cup Noodles, i have a new found respect for the brand and innovation behind this company... and see eco friendly reusable cup/refill packs with DIY inserts!

Continuing on Cup Noodles, we couldn't help ourselves and rounded up about 20 ads for you to watch... the caveman series has me laughing so hard tonight... also the No Border! and Freedom campaigns.

Did you know there is a Cup Noodle Factory and Museum in Osaka? And you can create your own custom flavored Cup Noodle! I am amazed by these videos of Cup Noodles made from scratch.

Incredibly inspiring illustration work of Koren Shadmi, just as breathtaking as the finished pieces are his walk throughs of the process...

Wickle ~ some pretty little designer fragrance packaging, that is simple, beautiful, and comes with cute necklaces to decorate them.

Awesome hall of fame of Mario Power Ups! And video...

Red Monkey Designs ~ these leather craftsmen in West Hollywood make some beautiful guitar straps, camera straps, watches and more... with great packaging! Here's an unboxing and some pics of the store!

Negativity Refuse Bags ~ a new way to literally THROW OUT your ex, your anger, your baggage of any sort emotional or otherwise....

Nice logo on the Whiskipedia page.... yes thats the wikipedia of WHISK(e)Y

Here's an interesting look at apple stock prices before and after apple keynotes for the last 10 years... Apple Keynote Index Fund

oooh nostalgia kicking in... The Official Nancy Drew Handbook: Skills, Tips, and Life Lessons ~ i used to go through these a book a day when i was a kid! Loved the old cover designs.

Hilarious You Tube on Chinese having English Names and vice versa ~ from Sexy Beijing (couldn't stop laughing through this one, even the faux sex in the city rip intro was cute) ~ ah Samanfar and Smacker.

I can't believe the size of this birthday candle, OR the beautiful box it comes in... the ultimate torch for embarrassing birthdays perhaps?

Toy Me gives us a sneak peek at their latest collection... particularly this silver scissor cuff that we're smitten with ~ you can wear it open or closed!

And to be thorough, i couldn't leave you without your annual dose of TasteSpotting as well. 100 of the most delicious posts of 2007!

And from our first few months of NotCouture ~ here are 100 of the most popular posts from NotCouture for 2007! Mmmmm shoes, bags, and coats sure seem to be popular.

100 of the most popular posts of NOTCOT.org in 2007! Playing with my new toy, we're celebrating the close of 2007 with my first *automated* roundups to look back.

Think Tank designed by Renate Hattinger Keramik - Think Tank is part of the series Human Interior - Material: porcelain, gold plated, luster

Incredible body of work by Geraldine Georges

Wow, pleo dissection video... i would have done this had mine not been a review unit! Unfortunately this person really needs to learn how to speed up the frame rate... 23 min?!?!?!

Found it! The awesome HANDMADE intro sequence to Juno i was telling you about in #7894 by Shadowplay.

Finally got around to seeing Juno ~ and its one of my favorite movies this year, the real world/animation intro is great, and the design details awesome. I also can't stop listening to the soundtrack.

Quick shoutout for a place to go and get inspired on this final day of 2007 ~ my friends over at the fabulist have such a beautifully inspiring site and its been filled with so much GREAT music to listen to while you work!

Q-BA-MAZE it was on the gift guide ~ and i got bored tonight and put one together thats about 5ft tall... its an interesting twist on the old school 3d wooden marble mazes!

JK Keller made a series of American Sign Language hands out of match books.

Solitary Arts is the product of Geoff McFetridge and Yong-Ki Chang - with a mini skate store and tshirts, decks, stickers, buttons, and more! Love the Drifter logo.

Green Lady + The Nerve collaborated for this adorable cotton canvas turtle pillow

Will Ashford manages to recycle words ~ pages of emerson becomes artworks filled with doodles and highlights ~ bringing out beautiful images you didn't even realize could be there

On more reusable bag options ~ Porter has some fun collabs in nylon, cotton, leather, etc

Incredibly beautiful animation by Cory Godbey found over at Zune Arts entitled "Le Cadeau du Temps" ~ and a beautiful message as well!

Liquid Image ~ digital camera for stills and vids built into a diving mask for all your handsfree underwater imaging needs. Can you imagine the other possibilities? I came up with a few.......

Logo Lounge has a great roundup of Logo Trends of 2007 ~ like dna, crests, flora, eco, bursts, bands, shrinking dots...

LOVE this "Let's Eat Cake" painting from Brandi Milne's “Sugar & Silence” show! She paints some really cool octopi in her works

Here is one of the beautiful new pieces from Stella Im Hultberg's Thinkspace show "snow angels"

You would be amazed what beautiful prints you can make from placing a set of pantone pens with nibs gently resting on a ream of paper for a month... daniel eatok ended up with 73.

Tile Tattoos! A nice variation to the wall stickers ~ cute way to spruce up tile bathrooms, kitchens, etc? by mibo

Toastvertising ~ a fully animated advert that was toasted slice by slice for each frame... see the making of, as well as the video for the Book of Spam.

Daniel Edlen makes acrylic on vinyl paintings that bring out the artist's portraits from their records... and it turns out i knew him as a kid! (worked for his parents) ~ and the videos of the making of are worth checking out

Puma's Urban Mobility range teaming up with the Serpentine gallery = a $1400 instant art gallery filled with artists goodies, and this gorgeous shiny brainy bag

HELP! In looking ahead to 2008, trying to figure out where to be and what to cover ~ any ideas to add to the list? any interest in sponsoring an event we MUST be at?

Curious what fun digital xmas cards we received this year? Where here is a roundup of some of the great designs we saw!

What more would you expect when Diesel, Michael Lau, and Terry Richardson team up? An incredible hong kong art show, and a larger-than-life, anatomically correct, fully-articulated action figure...

On totally random posts, this is one of them over at NOTCOT.com. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY goes out to NOTCOT co-founder, dan, who finally joins me full time!