FEATUREDMike D of the Beastie Boys made a handful of Mercedes-Benz Emblem necklaces ~ a few as tall as you ~ and a few life size necklaces for artists and Mercedes folks at the Avant/Garde Diaries opening last night.

FEATUREDThe kinetic turn signal lights of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé are a fascinating details as they flutter like robotic eyelashes (see the vid for that to make more sense!)

VIDEONature gets a look at the anatomical drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci at Windsor Castle.

VIDEOBody Mechanics: tripped-out kaleidoscopic break dancing sequences featuring Benzo. Music by Grayson Matthews. Directed by Sammy Rawal of The Public Assembly.

FEATUREDCamel racing, the Paranal observatory, and the remote Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland are all part of this week’s travel roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOMary Clerté & Edouard Bertrand created this new advertising campaign for Hermès to promote the new Petit H collection.

VIDEOSuper Slow Motion of Stupid and Dangerous Things, highlights from Danish TV show 'Dumt & Farligt'.

FEATUREDAbsolut Greyhound ~ to celebrate the gorgeous new music + video (first of three!) inspired by a drink ~ Absolut threw a Swedish House Mafia show in LA. See the beautiful venue, video, making of, and a peek at the show!

VIDEOInside, a short film by Rok Predin of Trunk Animation.

VIDEOJetman (Yves Rossy) soars above the Swiss Alps.

VIDEOThis short portrait film explores the craft and philosophy behind bow making and archery with Ireland’s champion traditional archer, Harry. Directed by Dylan Ryan Byrne.

FEATUREDThe magic behind food ads, London cocktails and reinvented Oreos are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

VIDEOMaking of the Whyrymer Atomic Series No. 1 chair.

FEATUREDLevi's Haus Party hosted by Snoop Dogg in celebration of The Snoop Youth Football League. Edison bulbs in the trees... water cooler/football and selvedge denim installations...

FEATUREDSelf-folding origami, beautiful anglerfish, and a bike/turntable are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOAlphabetic, type animation experiment, uses Chunk Five, a really cool and free font.

FEATUREDHippy Tree - fun graphics, tees, stickers, board shorts and more fresh out of socal.

VIDEOEPIC film for the upcoming game Prototype 2.

VIDEOCanon's 'Neoreal in the Forest' at this year's Milan Design Week. Created by Ryuji Nakamura, mintdesigns, Nobuhiro Shimura and Hikaru Mori.

VIDEOThe World's Largest Alpona in Bangladesh was created by 5 artists and over 200 painters for the Bangla New Year.

VIDEOFront Design's Surface Tension lamp blows bubbles that catch the light and burst at the touch.

VIDEO'I would run to you' a charming new ad for Nike from Wieden + Kennedy Portland.

VIDEOFoam Party by Martijn Rigters producing seats from a combination of mass production with hand-driven crafts. The resulting foam chairs are flexibly molded and made to measure.

VIDEOHydro-Fold by ECAL/Christophe Guberan. Christophe Guberan has created an inkjet printer that can produce self folding origami.

VIDEOLouis Vuitton presents 'Taxi Encounters - Venice' the second in a travel series about unique taxi experiences in the cities of the world.

FEATURED Stanley Nineteen13 Collection 1-Handed Water Bottle. Great logo - crowned bear with wings? Gorgeous minimal collection with nice details ~ and the 1-handed water bottle has a brilliantly simple opening.

VIDEOTurnable Rider by Cogoo lets you DJ with your bike with bicycle wheels for jog wheels and brakes for sound pads.

VIDEOBeautiful video capturing the vibration of oil on steel at 1,000 frames per second.

VIDEOBBDO Paris takes Mercedes in a whole new world with a TV ad directed by Ludovic Houplain from oscarised collective H5 and featuring the latest track from Kavinsky.

VIDEOSnapshot of the urban installation 'Éclats de Verre' by Atomic4 for Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles on Emilie-Gamelin square. Music and video by Jean-Sébastien Côté.

FEATUREDA sumptuous feast Dickensian feast with Hendrick’s Gin and the Young Turks at a pop-up dining room perched above an East London pub. The perfect pairing of delicious cocktails with a delectable tasting menu! Not to mention amazing drinksware!

VIDEOAerial footage of Jamie Johnson cycling in the Peak District captured by HeliPOV, which uses a Droidworx ADX-4 Heavy Lift.

FEATUREDA wall full of horns, floor to ceiling skeletons, and rooms full of taxidermy! A rare glimpse at the natural history collections behind the scenes of the Horniman Museum in London.

VIDEOGive the Coca-Cola Hug Machine a hug and it will love you back, by giving you a free Coke.

VIDEOSmart of Argentina makes new ad with an ASCII animation in twitter. Using each tweet as an animation frame, you can scroll through the story.

VIDEOThe Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with this 300-step behemoth!

VIDEOBeautiful speed painting by agnes-cecile (Silvia Pelissero).

VIDEOBeautiful video using particle image velocimetry (PIV) to explore the flow field around brine shrimp.

VIDEOEaston launched its first anthem film, shot with over 100 GoPro cameras attached to players and their equipment to bring a fresh look at team sports from the inside out.

VIDEOBrown University researchers take a closer look at bat flight and discover that bats fold their wings on the upstroke, saving energy.

FEATUREDDogs with monocles, ants in a scanner and a water drop for a macro lens are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

FEATUREDUp close with Incase's DSLR Sling Pack and DSLR Pro Sling Pack. When having trouble picking between the two tempting camera bags, we show you all the details that helped us decide!

VIDEOMicro Empire from Clemens Wirth & Radium Audio.

VIDEODouble Helix house by Onishimaki + Hyakudayuki Architects.

VIDEOPablo Garcia's "Machine Drawing Drawing Machines" - CNC draws twelve drawings of historical drawing machines in ink on Stonehenge artist's paper in editions of 4.

FEATUREDSkittles Easter Eggs ~ announced via Easter Basket! These easter eggs are digital surprises hidden in some of their Skittles Touch YouTube videos... like the Goodnight Werebaby book...

FEATUREDDiscover top spots for high tea in London, exploring the diverse habitats of Chile and the picturesque town center of Bodrum with this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOSilent World by Lucie & Simon is an eerie depiction of typically crowded cities with no one in it.

VIDEOFrançois Vautier scanned an ant colony he set up in a scanner once a week for five years. This is the impressive result.

VIDEOLuminaris by Juan Pablo Zaramella, a beautiful stop motion short.

FEATUREDJim Dunlop's Tortex guitar picks turn 30 this year... and the packaging redesign turns the iconic turtle logo into a sticker!

VIDEOMoscow Design Museum is 'the first museum in the world - on a bus!' with great design from Lava.

VIDEOBeautiful secret life of plankton captured by marine biologist Tierney Thys.

VIDEOEdding 850 Font by Büro Destruct is a downloadable font made for the marker company. The endless sketching led them to a remarkable font and interface.

VIDEOAlex & Steffen's collaboration between Adidas and Foot Locker, by Creature of London, creates world of neon electric auras.

VIDEOHitch; Rear Window Loop by Jeff Desom is a visual stitch of Alfred Hitchcock's infamous film. The installation loops the entire courtyard's action from one view.

VIDEO'The Joy of Books' by Sean Ohlenkamp, beautiful books come to life at Type bookstore in Toronto.

FEATUREDA look at the design details of TaylorMade's golf clubs - the R11S driver and new Rocketballz... armed with a torx key you can easily customize the loft, face angle, and flight path in an instant!

VIDEOVernissagge's preview of the new Damien Hirst Retrospective at Tate Modern, London.

VIDEOInsects! by Tor Even Mathisen, a great macrovideo offering a super up close look at arthropod lives.

VIDEOIncredible fly-through of the Linear Coherant Light Source (LCLS), a free-electron laser facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

FEATUREDWatermelon kegs, Blue Persian Salt Caramel Sauce and art in food waste are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDOur look at 'Animal Inside Out' at the Natural History Museum in London in collaboration with Body Worlds. When else will you have a chance to see trisected horse heads, a capillary shark and plastinated elephant?

VIDEOJohn Wood & Paul Harrison "One more kilometre". Beautiful short film of a sander and a pile of paper.

FEATUREDTrampolining elephants, The Dark Knight rises in LEGO and how Aeron chairs are built every 17 seconds are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

FEATUREDFun to see the design/inspiration behind the new Nike Free Running Shoes. There is awesomely glowing photography of them (they remind me of nudibranchs!) as well as videos with designer Mike Miner.

FEATUREDNatalya Zahn's amazing natural illustrations up close, a peek at her book, Tropical Forest, and the stunning packaging it arrived in!

VIDEOCute ad campaign encouraging people to take buses rather than walk alone from De Lijn, the Flemish public bus company in Belgium. Concept by Duval Guillaume Modem in Antwerp, 3-D production by CC (Creative Conspiracy).

VIDEO"A Strat is Born" takes you on a high-speed ride through the creation of a Fender Stratocaster guitar at Fender's U.S. manufacturing facility in Corona, California.

VIDEOThe Ubi-Camera concept developed by a research group at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences will allow you to take photos by framing targets with your hands.

VIDEOBBH's new campaign for the Audi A5 with a bit of ugly duckling inspiration.

VIDEOGiorgio Biscaro's YaLog experiment with blown glass and wood molding it has a beautiful and fascinating video sharing the process and story behind the project.

FEATUREDGreat giftset packaging from the Savory Spice Shop, and a peek into the new OC Mart Mix, an interesting interiors/fashion/foodie space in Costa Mesa.

FEATUREDKBL Eyewear ~ fell in love with a few of their sunglasses at Alexander Gray. Fun to see their inspiration for collections like sea glass and guitars!

VIDEOIGNITE CHANGE! Stop-motion video made with 11,400 matches for Green Sheep.

VIDEODream Machines - New Syfy tv show where the Parker Brothers are building dream machines, which you thought only could exist in your dreams! (Think the craziest movie automobiles...) Show package and video by Onesize.

FEATUREDGoogle Maps now in 8-Bit QUEST View! Everything from giant Androids to t-rex skeletons and flamingos to eames houses and more… pixelated! And an adorable intro video to go with it as well.

VIDEOMusic video for the song "Skyscrapers" by OK Go.

FEATUREDMystical Antelope Canyon, stunning Chilean national parks and Roman ruins in Morocco are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

FEATUREDA look at some of the incredible biodiversity of the Amazon. Check out this bizarre and beautiful selection of insects we encountered on the Rio Negro.

VIDEOTrailer for The Dark Knight Rises in LEGO by ParanickFilmz.

VIDEORethink Canada partnered with Untitled Films to create this animated PSA for the Alzheimer Society of BC.

VIDEO'Birth of a Book', beautiful short film by Glen Milner capturing the creation of a book at Smith-Settle Printers in Leeds, England.

VIDEOWes Anderson directed this amazing stop motion animated TV spot for Sony Xperia smartphone.

VIDEOSamsung Portugal's latest ad from Excentric, projection mapper Oskar e Gaspar and video agency Droid I.D. called 'Explore Your Dual World' using Human Face Video Mapping.

FEATUREDElderflower Gimlets, Easter egg cupcakes and noisy jelly all feature in this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

VIDEOLe vent directed by Simon Iannelli & Johannes Berger captures Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin at 1000 frames per second set to Radiohead.

FEATUREDWays Machines Can Hurt You! WESTEC (manufacturing show from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers) lead to a look at the many amazing WARNING graphics on heavy machinery. SO fun!

VIDEOGraham Coxon's "What'll It Take" directed by Ninian Doff crowd sources 85 fans from 22 countries into one music video.

VIDEODeeper That Water, stop-motion animation by production studio Hornet Inc. for Columbia University’s Columbia Water Center.

FEATUREDOrphaned owlets, flying babies and erotic geometry are all part of this week's roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOA Foggy Sunday in downtown Chicago - A time-lapse video filmed from a thousand feet up, captured by Craig Shimala.

VIDEOsilenc - a visual interpretation of the silent letters within three languages. The project was created using Processing at the Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design.

VIDEOThis is a spring bike re-work project from Ljubljana, Slovenia, where 20 artists reworked 20 old bikes in 10 days.

FEATUREDPear Sports Square One Unbox! This new system puts a super-smart running coach in your ear. A coach that's tapped right into your heart and foot sensors and responds accordingly to motivate you!

FEATUREDOVM Love - James Jean goes from sketches to breathtaking sterling silver/diamond jewelry handcrafted in Japan and cased in stunning boxes with milled wood inside... beautiful photography too!

FEATUREDThe Logitech Cube ~ interesting that the only cube you find is the adorable black and white packaging it comes in. Intriguing product (mouse/presentation controller) in adorable packaging!

VIDEOOrigami Rhino Unfolding with origami by Sipho Mabona and animation by Stoptrick Hamburg.

VIDEOGeometric Porn, by artist Luciano Foglia is ultra minimalist, created from basic shapes. The project uses visual geometry containing the non-explicit description of sexual organs or activity. Sadly the app was too hot for iTunes.

VIDEOMirror image, a short animation for motion design class, by Adar Rom, Bezalel.

FEATUREDHappy Friday! Get inspired for your next adventures with NotVentures.

VIDEOChildhood of a Circle by Kadavre Exquis, a charming animated story of Archibald, a creature to whom nothing ever happens as he sees his routine changed by the arrival of a mysterious circle.

FEATUREDBompas & Parr and KitchenAid celebrate the launch of the new KitchenAid 6.9L Artisan Stand Mixer with A Culinary Odyssey featuring a cloud of intoxication, bioluminescent lollipops and a cocktail tropism well.

FEATUREDA close up look at the tiny bicolored and strawberry poison dart frogs at London Zoo.

VIDEOJoseph Mann's music video for Keaton Henson's song Small Hands. Beautiful puppetry by Jonny & Will and a stunning handmade forest and animals! Produced by Blink.

FEATUREDWS-JF26 Hardshell Packable Windstopper Active Shell Jacket is awesome... The video of it in action shows off all of the design details and quality wonderfully... bonus peek at the amazing new Escape Zip too!

FEATUREDTraditional Irish coffee, Momofuku Redeye Mayonnaise and homemade marshmallows are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDDominic Wilcox recreates some quintessentially British scenes out of Jaffa Cakes! (Yes, that's the Lochness Monster, Nessie!)

VIDEOLeg Bound, the latest video collaboration from visual artist Sam Spreckley. This time he collaborates with Dutch sound creator Steve Mensink aka Urkelle on his track Leg Bound. Digital video with 8mm celluloid.

FEATUREDA look at the wide-eyed, mesmerizing grey slender lorises at the London Zoo's nocturnal house.

FEATUREDHotel Tonight's sleek app led us to La Valencia and the brand new Pantai Inn in La Jolla for a spontaneous weekend getaway... last minute luxury hotel deals accessible only via iphone/android!

FEATUREDRacehorse compression suits, Frank Lloyd Wright doghouse and a drone’s eye view of a ninja fight are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEO'Prometheus' marks Ridley Scott's return to the origin of the Alien series and the genre in which he defined.

FEATUREDThe Free Universal Construction Kit is finally here ~ 3D print pieces to make your toys play nicely together (specifically Lego, Lincoln Logs, Duplo, Fischertechnik, K'nex, Krinkles, Tinkerytoy, Zome, Zoob, and Gears Gears Gears!)

VIDEOThe new Ducati Monster Diesel is the company's newest machine and emerges from a collaboration with the Italian design house Diesel.

VIDEOWalk off the Earth cover Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye with an amazing twist. With 10 hands on one guitar, this band ups the ante.

FEATUREDPlan your next getaway with NotVentures. This week’s roundup includes Irish castles, tropical overwater bungalows, Ecuadorian birdwatching and more.

FEATUREDBeautiful pillows from East Camp Home Pillows featuring the creature photography of Valerie Shaff - rhinos, doves, snakes, peacocks, hawks, bunnies and more!

VIDEOArtist Burton Gray's "Animal", introspective paintings of animals by the artist. With introduction by the artist himself.

VIDEOEcotricity created this compilation film, Collapsing Cooling Towers, which shows several anthropomorphic towers looking quite surprised at their sudden demise.

VIDEOPlace your bets. Absolut releases the hounds with a galloping soundtrack from Swedish House Mafia.

VIDEOomstudio's Ninja shoot with Epic. Impressive footage captured by the OMCOPTER drone.

VIDEOPete Fowler has directed a new video for UK band The Horrors. The bands website also hosts downloadable masks & screen savers featuring images from the animation.

VIDEOThe making of the extremely durable, premium finish for HTC One S through a process called micro-arc oxidation.

VIDEO" MISS U " Typographic paint in a bomb, with love words in many languages. By Mario Niveo.

FEATUREDGlowing sushi: a video shows how to make fluorescent sushi at home.

VIDEO'Metamorphosis' by Antfood for Good Books. Incredible animation.

FEATUREDJourney for PS3 launches today from TGC (thatgamecompany), the company that brought you Flow and Flower, and they continue to show how stunning a simple and beautiful game can be.

FEATUREDBacon waffles, frozen egg whites and the story behind the Whiskey Smash are a part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDTop Chef's Marcel Vigneron and a private rooftop dinner for Kitchit's launch in Los Angeles... Private chefs and caterers available at your own home with just the click of a button!

VIDEOLegendary image meets sounds of the harp. KORB created this Coca-Cola promo film for Eyeka co-creation community contest in 2010.

VIDEOMade by Many's Alex Harding invented Picle, an app that captures the sounds surrounding your photographs.

VIDEOThe City of Geneva visualizes the digital traces created by our mobile phones with Ville Vivante.

FEATUREDA tiny chicken embryo’s beating heart, LEGO shuttles in space and stories behind the Kraken are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

FEATUREDClaesson Koivisto Rune Tiles - gorgeous casa and dandelion patterns!

VIDEOSpectacular reopening Holland Casino Scheveningen with DJ Ferry Corsten and interactive building 3D Projection Mapping.

VIDEO'Drawsome intern' is an initiative to recruit talented young creatives for an internship at Muse Amsterdam.

VIDEOLooking back at Moooz's very first video mapping in spring 2011 for Archisound festival in Lyon where they will also be this year.

VIDEOStop-motion making-of for the I Feel You video, set to the song Longitude by designer Lucas Wareing.

VIDEOSweeping Beauty, beautiful Calligraffiti by Niels Shoe Meulman.

VIDEOAngry birds in space brought to you by NASA and Don Pettit from the International Space Station.

FEATUREDCupcake ATM ~ Sprinkles adds a fun automat to its Beverly Hills location in order to satisfy late night cupcake cravings!

VIDEO‘Intervelometer’ by DAK (Deniz Merdanogullari, Aparna Kapur and myself) was made at Trick 17- a 52 hour Stop Motion Competition.

VIDEOA bench made by hand by Street & Garden Furniture Co.