Value Pack by Robert Bolesta is an alphabet entirely made of grade A ground beef. Probably good for tastespotting as well, but that was too long to spell...

DIALIVE is yet another alarm clock dock for your iPod, but I love the retro shape

Love the design on the SUPPERCLUB signature vodka. Available in white, black, and clear.

OK, I'm putting my name on the Smart Car waiting list just so I can turn it into a mini monster truck...

I saw these adorable buddha banks at a shop in San Francisco this weekend.

David Weeks little votive candle look like miniature fireplaces

How to put on a Kimono in 64 steps

This Chinese smoker's phone doubles as a real pack of cigarettes. I want one disguised as a pack of Altoids, complete with actual mints!

Speech Bubble cardboard coffee table by Leo Kempf [via Elmanco]

Death to Helvetica Tee: Get spat on by people in black skivvies with this response to the prevalence of Helvetica.

Bekky is another lego inspired design. The modular rubberized foam pieces can be assembled into various sofa shapes

Wondering where the graphic design for Adobe's Acrobat packaging came from? Welcome to the wonderful world of CAMERATOSSING (yes it's exactly as it sounds...)

Grandfather clock at Spring. This would look great with a few different slices side by side to make a world clock

One Shot stool by Patrick Jouin for MGX. The stool is made in a single piece using laser syntering, and opens and closes like an umbrella.

Japanese artist Sayaka watercolors seem very romantic, until you notice some decidedly naughty details.

Invited Home table by Kajsa Oberg, Four places have been set for a family dinner of stew and potatoes, with salad, drinks, salt and pepper.

I just found out that Google Book Search now shows every place mentioned in a book on a map. Here's Around The World In 80 Days

The Object Frames, designed by Steven Haulenbeek are the illegitimate children of a Picture frame and a shelf.

Perfect for notcot + tastespotting, the cooking/designing objects. The bread knife is also a ruler, and the board has a chopping side and an x-acto side.

Sketchfighter is a game designed to look just like those little doodles of spaceships you used to make in the margins of your notebooks in school. Brilliant!

Nathan Sawaya is a Certified LEGO Professional which means he builds things out of Lego for a living. Here's his lifesized Han Solo in Carbonite sculpture.

a series of portraits by second-life photographers Eva and Franco Mattes.

A La Lata Lounger made from 3000 aluminum pulltabs and plastic twist-ties by Colombian designer Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos

a miniature deserted island in the middle of your dining table. The art of Michael Samuels

this is what happens to a purse after the brilliant designers from Boblbee Japan are done with it.

Interchange Tiles, based on satellite imagery of major highway interchanges.

The Internal Watch is encased in leather, rendering it non-functional as timepiece.

Another Baroque mashup: ANT'IQUE is a wallpaper by GamPlusFratesi. Look closely the pattern is made from thousands of little ants.

Honey by charles kaisin is yet another honeycomb seat. with Molo and FlexibleLove this is starting to be a crowded field. Who else is there?

Limited edition CopyAndPaste chair by Sigurdur Gustafsson for Kallemo

Another baroque furniture mashup, the Lego inspired CEO desk by Staffan Holm and Johannes Tjernberg

rubberized baroque furnitures, from Fantastic Plastic. Love the primary colors

Thomas Allen makes dioramas from old pulp novel cutouts

DWR 2007 Champagne Chair winnner: Cantilever Block by Adam Weisberger

Random printing press art. These are setup sheets, which are used to test and tune printing presses. The resulting overlays of random images are fascinating

Jenny Dutton's serpent shoe

Geek design chic. a usb drive enclosure that looks exactly like a naked hard drive.

a table called Dance by Thai designer Duangrit Bunnag for ANYROOM

Tortoise, my fav store on abbot kinney has this white rabbit and tree trunk in their shop window. Turns out it's made by japanese artist/designer GELCHOP

Only a few days left to get in the proper mood... take a look at the Australian stop-motion short GLOOMY VALENTINE

Amy Crehore is only one of the many artists participating in the Painting By Numbers charity show. Don't miss the before and after pictures

Another Gelaskin post, just because I knowAudrey Kawasaki is a NOTCOT fav...

Streetwear from RADIOACTIVE found while in Kuala Lumpur. My favorite is this shirt with the overstitched monkey on it

Play with negative space in this series of foam furniture called FILL IN THE CAT