FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #6: Design Public. Here's a chance to win the awesome Offi Mod Lounger (in the color of your choice!)

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes pumpkin pie martinis, 3D dinosaur cookies and a snowman in a spoon.

FEATUREDMercedes-Benz Ener-G Force concept car. From stunning sketches (in polar, jungle, and desert scenes) to an epic teaser video... to the unveiling of the full sized model in Beverly Hills. It looks like a car for the Team Fortress/Rescue Heroes.

FEATUREDFeasting with Bompas & Parr launched with a celebration complete with a steaming cauldron of tropical Guinness punch, donut topped Ziggurat, exotic cocktails and some incredible botanicals including a flower with an electric taste!

VIDEOThe official music video for Nosaj Thing's 'Eclipse/Blue' by Daito Manabe, takcom, Satoru Higa, and MIKIKO with support from The Creators Project.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #5: Hard Graft. A chance to win the stunning new Laptop Bag #OldFashioned - more versatile than you'd expect with its various ways to use the straps and carry it.

VIDEOHerman Miller interview Sam Hecht + Kim Colin of London based Industrial Facility who design products for Muji as part of their Why Design series. "We need contrast and tension to be able to create" and describe the imperfections that inspire design.

FEATUREDStop motion Lego racing, safari hooks and an electron microscopic look at seeds are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOPod, a fogponic indoor gardening system from Greenfingers.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #4: Autodromo. They are giving away one of their stunning (and beautifully packaged) Brescia Motoring Watches. Perfection for clean minimalist design and vintage car detail lovers.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #3: Ben The Illustrator. A chance to win an illustrated bundle including the Fluid Animal 2013 Calendar, three sets of fluid animal postcards and a set of 15 Robin’s Christmas Cards.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #2: Nervous System! You have a chance to win one of their new Natural Series Puzzle and a pair of Cellular Earrings (in the color of your choice).

FEATUREDBalinese handicrafts, skiing breaks and holiday shopping destinations are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

FEATUREDTorani Chicken 'N Waffles Syrup - from april fool's joke to REALITY! And it came with waffle mix and a chicken leg dog toy that the NOTpuppy, Bucky, quickly took over. See the Southern Fried Cocktail!

FEATURED#NOTCOTxACQUIRE Adventure Giveaway! A huge bundle of goodies to be won from our friends at Apolis, Baxter of California, Topo Designs, and Triple Aught Design!!!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Coupons 2012 are here! Happy Shopping!!!

VIDEOSherbet director Clement Bolla’s brand new trailer for The Man with the Golden Beard, an action packed mini series project about a field operative with very special facial hair skills.

VIDEOMakiko Shinoda's Playing with Senses, a perceptible chess game, with pieces that vary in weight, smell, material, form and texture.

VIDEOFirst part of the Set Up Shop duology while Nuka is painting the Çapasunta surfing shop.

VIDEO3D projection mapping by iris worldwide for Saks Fifth Avenue

VIDEOShwood Eyewear presents MAKERS Part 2 featuring Beam & Anchor; a collective workspace and showroom in North Portland where an assortment of local craftsmen make and sell their work.

FEATUREDColourful wooden woodland animals from Enormous Champion are part of Gap's new holiday window displays. They're like giant versions of The Kingdom Animalia! Moose, Deer, Foxes, and Squirrels!

FEATUREDThe flaming Bizet, chicken lollipops and maple pecan blondies are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDBrilliant W+K Studio Goodness 2013 Coaster Calendar! A limited edition of 100, these sets of 12 letterpressed coasters have art one one side, month info on the other! And each is useful long after the month has ended.

VIDEOFingerSense by Qeexco is an enhancement to touch interaction that allows screens to know how the finger is being used for input: fingertip, knuckle or nail. Looks awesome!

VIDEOThe Decelerator Helmet offers the user a perception of the world in slow motion. It is a experimental approach for dealing with our increasingly fast moving, globalized society.

VIDEO Hyundai makes a stop motion Lego racing video for the Veloster Turbo in Asphalt 7: Heat game for iOS.

VIDEOResearchers from Keio University use optical camouflage to make the backseat of a car disappear!

VIDEOMozaa is a colourful combination between domino and mosaic. It is the edge matching game that brings out the artist.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes wooden cushions, bacon scarves, elephant shrews and more.

FEATUREDAJ's Original Toy Boarders Series 2 - these adorable little green plastic skateboarders now have a girl! and a camera man! ... as well as a Bomber, Front Lipslide, Backside Boardslide, Switch, 50/50m and Tailgrab.

VIDEOThe Biblio-Mat is a random book dispenser built by Craig Small for The Monkey’s Paw, an idiosyncratic antiquarian bookshop in Toronto.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures includes fire festivals, Christmas markets and diving in Bora Bora.

VIDEODumb Ways To Die - adorably illustrated music video animated PSA from McCann Australia for the Melbourne Metro train system.

FEATUREDSonos and The xx pop up a sea of interactive speakers and kinects that will track you and aim speakers towards you as you move through! Nice piece from Aramique Krauthamer, Kyle McDonald and Matt Mets.

VIDEOThe new 2013 Subaru Forester + projection mapping made for a stunning world premiere in Tokyo this week.

VIDEOMercedes-Benz has created the NEXT A-Class, a short anime film for the Japanese launch of the car, featuring the new A-Class hatchback chasing a 1955 Blue Wonder legendary noodle truck. Awesome!

VIDEOThousands of birds flying out of 18 wheeler truck is an amazing sight!

VIDEOThe Turducken Ridiculous - 20 animals in one! Pigeon, Partridge, Quail, Guinea Fowl, Rabbit, Chicken, Duck, Pheasant, Turkey, Goose, Sheep, Cow, Emu, Goat, Water Buffalo, Oxen, Kangaroo, Camel, Deer, all in a Whole Baby Pig.

FEATUREDDuncan Shotton lasercut an incredible one off camera gift box for NOTCOT at the Tokyo Fab Cafe (laser cutter + coffee!) housing his magnetic Cloud Key Holder! Absolutely stunning attention to detail!

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes homemade Kahlua, Crispy Berbere Chicken, Bonfire Toffee and more

VIDEOUniversity of California rebranding.

FEATUREDThe Digital Dissection Dining Room, where augmented reality anatomical models pop up from your placemats! Fun project from Something & Son and Inition for the Lush awards for research into animal testing alternatives.

VIDEOThe Varsity Ball - apparently the toughest dog ball out there - 110% guarantee! To test/prove it they made this hilarious video of it at the Atlanta Zoo with lions, tigers, elephants and more.

VIDEOSkataviz is an experimental prototype developed by Design I/O which uses an iPhone or iPod touch attached to a skateboard to record its motion and visualize its movement as 3D data augmented over live video.

VIDEOThe Athlete Machine - Red Bull Kluge is their newest promo and is a combination of extreme sports, athletes, and a Rube Goldberg machine made by SyynLabs.

VIDEOAtelier GH designed 60 Flying Sticks for Valeo showroom at the 2012 'Le Mondial de l'automobile' in Paris.

VIDEOThe Vibrative Virtual Keyboard from Florian Kräutli reads vibrations, allowing you to turn any surface into a keyboard.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes the art of ironing, topography in wood, individually popped kernels of popcorn, and more.

FEATURED“Souls Gone Mad” Sculptures and Photographs by Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk [Coarse] at Rotofugi Gallery looks incredible! Especially the owls!

FEATUREDOakley Custom Frogskins ~ a look at our NOTCOT ones and the customizer. Love how subtle the etching is on their customs.

VIDEORocking-Knit, by ECAL‘s Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex is a rocking chair that knits you a hat.

VIDEOJeff Frost's Flawed Symmetry of Prediction combines still and time-lapse photography with motion, music, and art.

VIDEOThe Rain Shield, a Red Dot award winner, designed by Taiwanese students Lin Min-Wei and Liu Li-Hsiang, puts a clever spin on the conventional umbrella.

FEATUREDNOTCOT has a puppy! Meet Bucky - our 8 week old pup, and a roundup of rugged, fun dog toys! (Have any to add to the list?)

VIDEOBeams of light across Philly's skyline converge and move interpreting voice messages in a luminous public artwork

VIDEOLonely - Stunning music video for the Peach Kings using a single panoramic view of New York and invisible people.

VIDEOThe Uncle Sam machine from ECAL processes grains one by one, focusing on the transformation of corn into popcorn, one kernel at a time.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures includes Christmas in New York, martial arts in China and sunrise in the Aeolian islands.

VIDEOThe Art of Ironing - Philips Russia shows you what can be done with an iron and a sheet to turn it into a few masterpieces

VIDEOWikipedia updates from a robot. Custom printer continually updates a copy of the Open Source Architecture Manifesto Wikipedia entry, written on a wall in the entrance to the Adhocracy exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial.

FEATUREDMicro-manufacturing in London! Assemble and Join, a new community making project launches on Lower Marsh street.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes Wild Beach Plum Cordial, leek bread pudding, Vichyssoise soup and more!

FEATUREDAn evening of dishes created with rum pairings in mind! A spirit-inspired evening at Hush Mayfair, with the theme of rum!

VIDEOJohn Wright directed this spectacular fashion film for Louis Vuitton in conjunction with the launch of their AW12 collection.

VIDEOA "digital" analog clock, The Clock Clock White by Humans Since 1982. The analogue clock hands form the "digital" numerical display.

VIDEOComputer junk MIDI orchestra plays Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes cake decoration street art, architecture for dogs and sea-life inspired combs.

VIDEOMission Bicycle Co. ❤'s Obama ~ nice video of their use of MonkeyLectric LED bike tech to spread the word

VIDEOStunning video of horses as they leap through fire at the Luminarias fiesta in San Bartolomé de Pinares in Spain.

VIDEO'Tower of Ring' by the Japanese architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno in Tianjin - China.

VIDEOJorge de la Cruz's Between Centers, a series of wooden furniture developed from its production system: woodturning between centers.

FEATUREDThe Museum of Deadly Weapons - "Congratulations! I got you Telekinesis and took you to your favorite place to celebrate." A closer look at our favorites from The Birds & The Beasts.

VIDEOAmazing video of orphaned walruses cared for at Alaska SeaLife Center

VIDEOA Year in Full Colour, an animation created from Moleskine Planners.

VIDEOArtists Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher create an indoor thunderstorm, called Symphony in D Minor at the Skybox gallery, Philadelphia

VIDEOThe Simpson's Mr Burns for Mitt Romney ad...

FEATUREDIncase EO Travel Collection - incredibly thoughtful carryons designed to house/protect your tech, with great details to get you through security quickly with laptops, ipads, etc...

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes Japanese Takoyaki, bones made from meringue and the Weeping Woman cocktail.

FEATURED#GoVOTE !!! The #GoVote Campaign is a non-partisan artist driven project that runs through election day. Hundreds of artists are tweeting and adding original works to tumblr and pinterest with the hashtag #GoVote.

VIDEOAir New Zealand - the airline of middle earth... check out this new Hobbit Airline Safety Video!

VIDEOJames Bond 007: Movie Deathmatch by Brad Hansen pits all 6 Bonds against one another in an edited battle.

FEATUREDVitra Toolboxes by Arik Levy

VIDEOPumpktris, tetris on a pumpkin! The stem is the controller!

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes microscopic photography, a flying gyroscope, a mine detonating ball and more.

VIDEOCall of Duty: Black Ops 2 "Surprises" trailer by Guy Ritchie featuring Robert Downey Jr. and more!

FEATUREDChris Yates' Baffler puzzles go CLEAR! "Aperture" limited edition multilayered, clear acrylic, hand painted puzzles - laser cut in our NOTCOT NOTlabs! See the making of these stunning art puzzles...

VIDEODYSKOGRAF is a graphic disk reader. Each disc is created by visitors to the installation by way of felt tip pens provided for their use. The mechanism then reads the disk, translating the drawing into a musical sequence.

VIDEOBeing stuck in a queue waiting to land at London's Heathrow airport is miserable, but the huge number of planes waiting to land does make for entertaining viewing! They look like toys!

FEATUREDGorgeous photos of incredible species! Photographer Tim Flach launches his latest book "More Than Human" at his Shoreditch studio. The book explores the relationship between humans and animals capturing the beauty of individuals.

VIDEOPause Fest opening titles - This is the Future according to 10 most influential animation studios in the world.

VIDEOHexaMexaFlexagon ~ math meets mexican deliciousness in the latest from Vi Hart. It's amazing and will make you run out to get tortillas and guac...

FEATUREDModel Shipping Containers/Doll houses - filled with modern designer furnishings - from the art, tvs, plants, furniture and more!

FEATUREDOakley Airwave Goggle with Heads Up Display - the video shows it best. The Prism display shows Navigation/GPS, Speed, Airtime/Vertical, Music, Phone calls/texts and more...

FEATURED360 Camera Surround View System in the new Mercedes-Benz 2013 GL is awesome. So many views, so many cameras around your car, and you can see the projection of where you'll end up as you turn the wheel! See the vids...

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures includes Kalahari speed, scenic marathons and stunning vistas.

FEATUREDNike X-ray Skeleton Printed Tights - Perfect for Halloween... the front looks like a normal X-ray, but the back reveals broken bones, screws and hip replacements...

FEATUREDBasecamp Hotel in South Lake Tahoe ~ a new hipster motel conversion with a very Joie de Vivre/Ace hotel feel... fun website design too.

VIDEOInspiring video on 'The Pumpkin Maestros'. Impressive pumpkin carving and an equally impressive array of tools for the job!

VIDEOMaxArt Project. Products transformed into an object of desire by mixing art and technology. Whirlpool Mexico, in collaboration with Toctoc, features Los Contratistas and filmmaker Javier Garza Yañez.

VIDEOCuckoo, adorable animation by Alexander Pettersson.

FEATUREDLemon meringue toffee, DIY pumpkin kegs, and pressure cooked Dulce de Leche all feature in this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

FEATUREDSpot the car in the background? Ford works with Liu Bolin (known for photos of painted people camouflaged in urban environments) - to disappear cars for the new Ford Focus. We went behind the scenes of the shoot.

FEATUREDInside the incredible Mercedes Benz Classic Center in Irvine, CA where they restore vintage Mercedes to factory condition. It is unbelievable what they currently have in the garage and workshop.

FEATUREDAdventures with our Volkswagen GTI and ending up with a pack of 20 something of them out in the Malibu Canyons one stunning day...

FEATUREDA feast from Swedish Lapland complete with Kalix Löjrom, roasted reindeer and cloudberries in a Swedish red cottage popped up in East London!

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes a trampoline bridge, drawing with fire and plumes of smoke decanted.

VIDEOConstructable by students at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam is an interactive drafting table that uses laser pointers, a camera sensing their movements, and a laser cutter.

VIDEOThe 1608 is a collaboration between Bon Iver and longtime friend and Master Luthier Gordy Bischoff. The result was a baritone guitar made with original white oak wood from Bushmills Irish Whiskey barrels.

VIDEOAIAIAI presents the Sound Taxi, which is equipped with microphones that record it's surrounding noise. As it made it's way through the streets of London, a specially designed software program inside the vehicle converted the noise into unique music in real-time.

VIDEOBob Shimmin demonstrates the process of creating a tintype photograph.

VIDEOA time-lapse of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's trek across L.A was created by Bryan Chan for the the Los Angeles Times. The video shows the shuttle on its 12-mile journey from LAX Airport to the California Science Center.

FEATUREDLondon 3D Printshow ~ a range of 3D printers and scanning technology on display as well as 3D printed art and more! Awesome to see the much anticipated FormLabs Form 1 3D printer in action!

VIDEOAmazing Coke Zero "Unlock the 007 in you" putting you in James Bond's shoes as people race across a Antwerp Central train station in 70 seconds... as actors and more try to jump in your way!

VIDEOYuri Suzuki's 'The Sound of the Earth' is part globe, part record player, as the needle is dragged across the surface of the globe, it plays folk music.

FEATUREDCycling Copenhagen, surfing Kauai and eating your way through Bologna are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOLotus Dome by Daan Roosegaarde and his studio is a living dome made out of hundreds of ultra-light aluminium flowers that fold open in response to human behavior.

FEATUREDWe do a bit of urban foraging in London as chestnut season arrives. Follow the journey from tree to delicious creme de marrons and marrons glacés!

VIDEOJoy Division’s legendary 1979 album cover for Unknown Pleasures is early data visualization of the first observed pulsar, a rapidly rotating electromagnetic star!

VIDEOThe gorgeous new music video for Chained by The xx.

VIDEOAmazing footage of startrails from the ISS.

FEATUREDDirty Chai pancakes, autumnal sangria and spiced brown butter pumpkin pretzels are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

VIDEOWax Tailor's great music video tells the tale of a crochet quadropus, who journeys throughout the land turning things blue. Great stop motion animation, painstakingly made by Oh Yeah Wow.

VIDEOCombustion, fire used as a musical tool by Renaud Hallée.

VIDEOVideo recap of Kidrobot's 10th Anniversary party at their NYC store.

VIDEOShapeways has made a fun video profiling our friends and generative designers, Nervous System - take a peek behind their process, 3D printed jewelry, lighting and more!

FEATUREDAbsolut Tune is the latest from Absolut… a sparkling fusion of Absolut vodka and crisp white wine. Fascinating packaging ~ a double layered Tord Boontje-esque bottle wrap...

FEATUREDNOTCOT's 10 favorite spots up the California Coast ~ where to stop for the perfect sunsets, seals, monarch butterflies, otters, inclines, elephant seals, canyons and more...

VIDEOEach year the mapping performances of nerdworking are getting more theatricle. This time, in their new fairytale, story of a little town is getting digitilized by their new expression.

VIDEOArtist Etsuko Ichikawa draws with fire in 2100°/451°, a spellbinding film by Alistair Banks Griffin for The Anthropologist.

FEATUREDThis week's roundup from NOTCOT.org includes robotic arms, stackable chess sets, the world’s fastest stroller and more.

VIDEONike Jordan CP3.VI new Chris Paul Basketball shoe launched with an amazing stunt/video in Venice Beach with tons of doubles creating an insane 'frozen moment' ...

VIDEOMoment by Harald Haraldsson is an interactive sculpture that uses a two 6 axis robotic arms, a Samsung Galaxy SIII, mirrors, and an actor.

FEATUREDRandom inspiration while in San Francisco - from the meat wagon to jack o lantern macarons, art at upper playground, fun at triple aught design, paxton gate, 826 valencia, rickshaw messenger bags and more!

VIDEOVolkswagen's "Bad Dog, Good Volkswagen" commercial ~ what happens when your dog swallows your keys... and how much you can still control!

FEATUREDRed Bull Stratos - Felix Baumgartner just ascended to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and made a freefall jump to earth... amazing to watch live moments ago!

VIDEOAfiq Omar's Ferienne is the third installment of an ongoing experimental study on fluid dynamics, magnetism and cymatics.

VIDEOWatch dogs fetch at 1000fps.

FEATUREDPenguin canapes, Kahlua banana popsicles and anatomically correct edibles all feature in this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

VIDEOSculptor and object designer Charlie Becker creates 'The Most ORGNL Impression,' a life-sized pin screen sculpture created from glass, metal, molded plastics, and Stoli bottles for ORGNL.tv.

VIDEOTai Chi / 5 video artworks for the Framed digital art display created using the movements of a Tai Chi Master.

VIDEOInteresting music video for 'Working' by Warm Myth (Kieran Adams and Casey Mecija) and director Jesse Yules using paint, origami and mirrors to create a visual collage.

VIDEONo more casual walks with the stroller around the block. Meet the world's fastest stroller reaching speeds of 30 - 50mph.

VIDEOAlex Bogusky's anti-soft drinks short created for the Center for Science in the Public Interest mocking the Coca Cola polar bears.