FEATUREDHighspeed Pumpkin Carving~ Knowhow Shop gets in the holiday spirit with some precision CNC milling to carve pumpkins.

VIDEOBeautiful Premium Wood Ampersand from Ugmonk. The 18-inch tall ampersand balances effortlessly on a hand-buffed stainless steel plate thanks to a super-strong magnet hidden in its base. Lovely making of video.

VIDEOBerlin based artist duo S. Guzy and B. Wiede invited us to their studio and allowed us to get a glimpse of their fascinating screenprinting techniques.

VIDEOBen Wilhelm at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 on the documentation of video games, a part of our technological history in The Digital Game Museum.

VIDEOThe International Printing Museum is holding to raise funds to support their Ludlow Typograph Project.

VIDEOA pillow destroyed in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.

FEATUREDTime Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock.

VIDEOTime Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock.

VIDEOThe Fly Installation by rAndom International at the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.

VIDEOHYBRIDScope, a space, light and sound immersive interactive scopic experience. A viewing interface which designs ‘hybrid’ relationships between users and the abstract, recognizable city fragments of sound and image.

VIDEOThe Carpenter by Dimitris Ladopoulos.

FEATUREDScenic trains through the Swiss alps, New Zealand super lodges and plenty of winter sun are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOThe 1972 Polaroid SX-70 Orientation Film by the office of Charles & Ray Eames was made for Polaroid Corporation. Check out how the guts of this classic camera work while you listen to a funky soundtrack.

FEATUREDA microscopic look at the new security details of the CA Driver's License ~ Toys R Us style backward Rs, initials and bdays tucked all over, ascii waves and more. Also a look at the TN License's amibgram hologram.

VIDEOofficial title sequence of TEDxVienna 2011 conference, made by funfairfilms.

FEATUREDJelly cones dance on speakers in this series of videos: Get Your Jelly On ~ Billy Law of A Table for Two

FEATUREDFukuburger LA ~ Las Vegas's Asian fusion burgers have landed in LA. Lots of inventive flavor combinations and a sort of Japanese inspired poutine!

VIDEOAwesome violin covers by Teppei Okada. It's the Super Mario Theme!

VIDEOCore Deco by graphic artist Matt W. Moore.

FEATUREDMar Mar Co's Cocoon thermos flask designed by Torsten Neeland

VIDEOSenseless drawing bot by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi.

VIDEOSpherical Flying Machine Developed by the Japan Ministry Of Defense.

FEATUREDSpiderweb Devilish Ghoul Eggs, Spinach pancakes and dry ice cocktails are all a part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDStella Artois has the lovely Audrey show you how to make the perfect pour in this bizarre surreal fake 60's era video.

VIDEOA creative retrospect of skateboarding covering the evolution of skate tricks, style, filming and music.

FEATUREDBeautiful curved woodwork and laser etched wooden nickels.. all made by Knowhow Shop LA for Los Angeles's slow fast food mecca The Oinkster.

FEATUREDMap of California's Post WWII Automotive Design Studios

FEATUREDA tiny lighter, screwdrivers, crowbar, tweezers and more that fit right on your keys ~ Kauffman Mercantile EDC Kit.

VIDEOBeautiful video of waves by Chris Bryan shot on the Phantom HD Gold.

VIDEOMaking the Nokia N9 smartphone.

VIDEOJotun Paints, one of the leading manufacturer of paints globally, launched the new color trends with a igloo party with penguins for the architects and designers in Istanbul Modern Museum.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes a Periodic Table of Swearing, quantum levitation and an insect-powered smartphone.

VIDEOCubeStormer II solves the Rubik's Cube puzzle faster than the human world record.

VIDEOPure Smoke allows you to make thick, vaporous, ethereal streams of smoke emerge from your bare hands. Used by magicians, bartenders and stage performers around the world.

FEATUREDHelp Remedies ~ a peek in to the large pill filled box, Take Less board book (for grown ups!), and the packaging of their basics for headaches, colds, boo boos and more...

FEATUREDQuail egg cakes, dodo cakes and medicinal marshmallows were all part of this year's Experimental Food Society Spectacular!

VIDEOONE PIG, by Matthew Herbert, an album of music made exclusively from sounds recorded during the life cycle of a single farm animal, from birth to plate.

VIDEOProcess video from start to finish for Juxt Interactive's work on the Toyota Touch Wall.

VIDEO'Reverse: a space odyssey 2011' by Helmut Kool, a film created with analog techniques and all object movements are based on physical forces within their real environment.

VIDEOA look at the House Industries Eames LTR Exhibition at Herman Miller Japan.

VIDEOQualcomm: Check out the world's first 100 percent insect-powered smartphone.

VIDEOTel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field.

VIDEOA time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011. A beautiful look at what 24 hours of light looks like.

VIDEONovum Magazine Cover by Paperlux covered with 1,000 flexible colored triangles.

FEATURED The Pie Hole ~ Downtown Los Angeles's newest pie shop just wants to "do right by the pie." They have a cute shop full of a great selection of rotating handmade-from-scratch seasonal pies... and one filled with mac and cheese.

VIDEOTeam Loro - Beautiful shortfilm with singing, skydiving parrots, by amazing swedish animation studio Meindbender. (HD definitely recommended)

VIDEOCooper-Hewitt’s Icy New National Design Award Trophy and the story behind the award.

VIDEOChris Harrison's OmniTouch turns any surface into a touchscreen. The prototype uses a body-worn projection/sensing system to capitalize on the tremendous surface area the real world provides.

FEATUREDAvocado Witches Fingers, Cider Apple Chicken and Harvest Sours are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

VIDEOLed Zeppelin Ladder by Arthur Analts.

FEATUREDThe Foldboat at the Dock in london ~ amazing to see it in action as well as how compactly it can be flattened.

FEATUREDBaggu goes LEATHER! With large and small versions of their traditional reusable shopping bag style and two zip pouches available in black, apricot, and platinum leather!

FEATUREDGif Back - Kinky Beatles LCD Mash-Up: Random nonsense from the world wide intertron. Gifs collected from the web - cut to a mash-up of The Beatles, LCD Soundsystem & The Kinks.

VIDEODesign, only for humans? Care for Cows by Andreij Nylander is a product that improves the living situation for dairy cattle. The design was awarded the red dot award: product design 2011.

VIDEOTrip Print Press & The Making Of FreshSox.

VIDEOAdorable animations in this Pop-tarts or Joyalicious ad

VIDEOMaterials researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a highly conductive silver ink.

FEATUREDThe architecture of Gotham, a panoramic ball camera and sentimental cartography are all a part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOa_Live_Arch, the implementation of a "site specific" sonic and visual installation in the SCIARC building creates a 'real- virtual' environment. It is an immersive Architectural space that is transformed by and interacts with users.

FEATUREDDemonBells ~ like kettlebells, only works of "art in motion"

FEATUREDGolden Road Brewery ~ A look at the grand opening of Los Angeles's newest and largest craft brewery.

FEATUREDDavid Roux-Fouillet’s Diamond Shot, the gun literally shoots magic diamond bullets into the ring setting!

FEATUREDUnboxing of the Parrot AR.Drone! Quadricopter augmented reality flying video game with multiple cameras and controlled by your iPhone/iPad or Android!

VIDEOArt Spiegelman's new book, MetaMAUS, about the making of MAUS, his Pulitzer Prize winning comic book about the Holocaust.

VIDEOArtist Bruno Kolberg from Berlin talks about the living disco ball-performance by Bella Berlin. She is wearing a tight suit covered all over with small mirrors and the reflecting laser-lights turn her body into a kaleidoscope.

VIDEODiscover the V&A's "Power of Making" with an in depth look at the working lives of shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer, crochetdermist Shauna Richardson, artist, curator and glass designer Matt Durran and flute-maker Stephen Wessel.

VIDEOMatthew Goodman captures Burning Man from dust to dust. The film covers 5 weeks including the preparation of the event with each second representing about 3 hours.

VIDEO3D Projection by French water brand Contrex in Paris.

VIDEOJames Curran's unofficial title sequence for 'The Adventures of Tintin', featuring elements from each of the 24 books.

VIDEODvein's beautiful film title sequence for 'Eva' by Spanish film director Kike Maíllo.

FEATUREDThe HUGE robber crabs of Christmas Island that eat coconuts... and their red crab friends... who migrate by the millions each year... across the forest floor, across roads and bridges, and more!

FEATUREDAmazingly fluffy teenage boobies on Christmas Island ~ also adorable adult ones, other crazy birds, and a stunningly jagged coastline!

FEATUREDInside Veuve Clicquot's Hotel du Marc which isn't exactly a Hotel at all... so much as a guest mansion of sorts in Reims... recently remodeled and filled with gorgeous art!

FEATUREDA peek into Gallery 1988's newest show - Peter Gronquist "The Evolution Will Be Fabulous" - a mix of gilded luxe brands, weaponry, skeletons and taxidermy...

VIDEOThe throwable panoramic ball camera captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air.

VIDEONice installation by Australian artist Rebecca Baumann involving 100 flip clocks, laser cut paper and lots of batteries: 'Automated Colour Field'.

FEATUREDCave hunting in Thailand, stunning Sardinia and a 48 hour adventure in Amman are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

FEATUREDSeize sur Vingt names their bespoke shirt fabrics after phrases from Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire... From British Beatlemania and Foreign Debts to Joe DiMaggio and Pope Paul Malcom X to Strangers in a Strange Land and Watergate Punk Rock.

VIDEOTwinings Gets You Back To You - The latest from Psyop via Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. The beautifully animated spot features a cover of The Calling's Wherever You Will Go, performed by Charlene Soraia.

VIDEOIncredible spiral drawings of three masterpieces created with Faber Castell's artist pens by Chan Hwee Chong.

VIDEOMattias Adolfsson finishes moleskine sketchbook number 18.

VIDEOThe Great Volkswagen Art Heist - VW Canada creates outdoor exhibits featuring limited edition, framed long-exposure light painting photographs created by the taillights of the Jetta GLI and encouraging people to 'steal' them.

VIDEOBerlin based artist Yvonne Andreini gives an insight into her creative process from her studio...

FEATUREDThis week’s sumptuous roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes the Bee’s Knees, high teas and scary apples for Halloween.

VIDEOJi Lee's 'Word as Image', adorable video trailer for the book.

FEATUREDDark matter, slime molds and stools created with the help of magnetic fields are all a part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEO'Howl'. Natalie Bettelheim & Sharon Michaeli's graduation film from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

FEATUREDTakeya's Orange Juicer and Flash Chill Lemonade Makers are nice and simple containers that let you juice right into them with the swappable screw top lids!

VIDEOHaerskogen, woodland creatures by David Luepschen.

FEATUREDDrinKlip ~ the clip that can hold just about anything your heart desires, from plants to coffee... and clips just about anywhere!

FEATUREDRoasting Chickens - One baked in clay, another baked in bread. Both smashed open. Delicious.

VIDEOSuwappu toys from Dentsu London come to life with an iPhone prototype app.

VIDEOEnglish singer/songwriter Piers Faccini just released a new stop-motion video for the track ‘Tribe’. The stop-motion video made completely out of old discarded maps.

VIDEOShepard Fairey's murals in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

VIDEODark trailer for the Czech animated film Alois Nobel.

VIDEOSashimi by Paco Roncero. Film by Lausiv.

VIDEOPlaylist cards, miix tape greetings cards that use beautiful QR images to link to themed Spotify playlists.

VIDEO'The Value of Data Visualization' by Column Five.

FEATUREDVisits to an elephant camp, idyllic Antarctica and the Valley of the Sliding Stones are all a part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEO19 spheres come to life in the next generation of Floating Forecaster, the Floating Orchestra by Poietic Studio.

VIDEOAudi creates the world's first interactive YouTube driving game.

FEATUREDCome into the AETHERstream! Aether Apparel's mobile shop is in a gorgeous airstream! It's amazing what you can fit in there ~ products, reclaimed wood flooring, pelican cases for storage, fireplace, vintage tech and more!

VIDEOGreat video showing 13 British illustrators working togeather to create the cover for Google's 'Think Quarterly' publication, resulting in 2500 individual covers.

FEATUREDA trip to High West, Utah's only whiskey distillery, and a look at some of the hand crafted cocktails at Montage Deer Valley... Bourbon mixed with rye and a whiskey made from oats!

VIDEOMesmerizing video of projections. "As Above, So Below" as part of Immersive Surfaces.

VIDEO'The King of Legoland', a film by Micaël Reynaud capturing toys from the 80s.

VIDEOHow to dismantle a bridge in one night over Insurgentes street in México City. By Javier Romero.

VIDEOI love when NOTCOT friends get together ~ Triple Aught Design video as made by Acquire! Gorgeous hyperfunctional tactical fashion with minimalist branding to have you ready for anything!

VIDEOThe Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design establishes a LETTERPRESS STUDIO. This video shows a few Visual Communication Master students on their first journey into the world of Letterpress.

VIDEOThe Innovator's Cookbook by Steven Johnson. Love this video which captures the making of the 3D printer cover with the MakerBot.

VIDEOBeautiful dark matter in this Bolshio simulation.

FEATUREDSweet tea cocktails, Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin pies and Oreo cookie bark are all a part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATURED"Romantic Star Projector" fills your rooms with a spattering of light constellations...

FEATUREDPress Club ~ San Francisco's wine lounge and tasting room now offers an ever growing collection of eclectic beers! The are getting as serious about beer as they are wine.

VIDEOExplore planets outside our Solar System with the "Journey to the Exoplanets" iPad app from Scientific American and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

VIDEOLOV, the new autumn-winter 2011-2012 film directed by Stephanie Di Gusto for Vanessa Bruno, featuring Kate Bosworth.

FEATUREDAn installation for poking, a Tokidoki Barbie and a connect the dot transformation of Michael Jackson are all part of this week’s roundup.

VIDEOA seven-foot motion-activated interactive wall developed for Bally Total Fitness. Integrates Adobe Flash and Microsoft Kinect using the SoftKinetic IISU SDK.

FEATUREDClift's Living Room playfully maintains the feeling of a hunting lodge, replacing stuffed animal trophies with a whimsical portrait series of a toy collection by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.

FEATUREDLilitu by Tara McPherson for Kidrobot Black ~ a first look at the painting inspired new vinyl ~ full spin around! As well as a peek at the packaging...

VIDEOEver wonder how drill bits are made? Here's a drill bits special from "How It's Made".

VIDEOCéline Desrumaux worked two years on this stunning, beautiful animated short, Countdown, about a space rocket launch.

FEATUREDCurrent NOTCOT Obsession: Eames La Chaise 1948. A fiberglass, chrome, and oak icon.

VIDEOSasha Aleksandrov captures the painting of an industrial pipe plant. Incredible time lapse of an impressive transformation.

VIDEOThomas Pavitte's 'Transformation Series' of dot-to-dot drawings. This is the transformation of Michael Jackson.

FEATUREDThis Peruvian chocolate was once thought extinct. They managed to bring it back and Montage Deer Valley makes it the centerpiece of their housemade chocolates.

FEATUREDBritish jellymongering duo Bompas & Parr launch a new book on cocktails. We were there to celebrate the launch in eccentric style with a medieval castle, a kiosk of curiosities, glitter snake pit and plenty of cocktails!

VIDEOAirstream Living by WEREHAUS. Meet Andreas Stavropoulous, a landscape architect based in Berkeley, CA who bought and converted a 1959 Airstream into a design studio/living space.

VIDEOThe Silhouette and Eclipse Light-Lights by Angela & Ger Jansen.

VIDEOSingle screen edit of a two screen video installation by Sam Spreckley, created as part of the Cooper Summer Residency for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.. Dundee, Scotland...

VIDEOPeople Mover, a short film capturing 24 local artists, cooks, thinkers and musicians as they came together to showcase Detroit's spirit, performing inside the train one day in April.

VIDEOA professional display of 50 no-handed bike moves! Performed to 'Golden Tree' by Martin Brooks.

VIDEOHomeless guy discusses how he accepts mobile contributions.

FEATUREDA secret river under London, touring JPL and islands to visit before they disappear are all a part of this week’s roundup NotVentures.

VIDEO'The Bracket 7685' handmade in England by Davey Lighting.

VIDEOMaking of M3 Chair by Thomas Feichtner.

VIDEO“Infinity water” is a journey through physical properties of the most abundant compound on Earth's surface.

FEATUREDMic-O-Mic ~ awesome line of german kids toys you build yourself with versatile pegs and rubber connectors allowing for a unique flexibility in the construction. From helicopters to cars and boats and more.

VIDEOHistory of Graphic Design Avant Garde is a 30-second animated film short by Minji Aye Hong that visually describes the beginning of Avant-garde modernism.

FEATUREDMethod and Denham's The Journeyman Trunk ~ beautifully handcrafted in wood ~ see pics as well as making of vid! Truth is in the details.

FEATUREDAdventures at Oktoberfest, Munich with Mercedes-Benz. Pictures of the food, the people, and the incredible "tents" and booths popped up to hold hundreds of thousands for a mere two weeks.

FEATUREDWiesmann GT MF5 ~ it's the car my batman: the animated series character would drive. So beautiful ~ can't stop staring at the curves... see the others at their IAA 2011 booth too!

FEATUREDRobots, Weddings, Cars and car parts flying by ~ adventures in the Mercedes-Benz Bremen Factory #9. We couldn't resist lots of pics and videos!

VIDEOA smart and simple way of reaching dog owners when Hertz wanted to announce that they now have dog cages fitted in their hire cars.