The Boston Public Library's Print Department has a stunning collection of vintage travel posters ~ a time when their designs were filled with wonder and possibility. Take a peek at my favorites!

Farfalle clip on bow-tie! Designed by Micro Works

BURGER BUNNY! Joe Ledbetter style in wood...

A7 has some lovely photography showing off their new leather camera straps

The Thing Quarterly #16: Dave Eggers... Published on a shower curtain, with the idea that one would read it while showering, this issue is a monologue told to Dave Eggers by his shower curtain.

Amazing vintage map of Great Britain ~ you have to see the huge version to appreciate the tine details ~ like the sheep! and engineering and such...

Ikoso Omniball Atom - Create a “bumpy” atom using paper and glue. Kit comes flat packed.

Measuring collection of jewelry by Aquvii

Dudebox x Pete Fowler & Fiends design contest... and new toy! Peter Fowler and Fiends, the platform style project will feature 3 shapes, each with interchangeable heads + horns/ears.

Designers Anonymous ‘Warm red’ Pantone chip design for a Christmas gift of mulled wine.

Love this Christmas Tree Driedel designed by Or Leviteh.

Product design student Veronika Paluchova's house shaped dish rack.

For the superstitious, Ich&Kar designed a Knock On Wood card to have on us at all times!

Check out this video on the artist that did the Planet of the Apes mural! It's a pretty awesome piece of street art.

The Martin Margiela Line 13 champagne bucket, 7-liter paint pail turned champagne cooler.

"Young Mexican artist, dedicated to animation, design, illustration and the ways that the force and the art will afford him"

Gorgeous glass and porcelain work by Shan Anabelle Valla.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #30: Ignoble Bags is giving away their limited edition (sold out!) Alternate Future Collection Duo of the Stilwin Seedpod Backpack and the Wonderly Canister Rucksack!

Fun packaging by student Chris Ferrante.

The stunning Carpinteria Foothills Residence by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis.

Nathan Yong's Drapery tables for SpHaus.

Morphology, lovely claymation by Peter Sluszka.

Column Five has created an interactive coffee poster in appreciation of their clients and partners to share in the love of two important things: caffeine consumption and data visualization. C5 will also be releasing 500 limited prints in their Five-&-Dime.

'Wink' ceramic jug by Emilie Cazin.

Check out the new newsroom of Austria’s WirtschaftsBlatt newspaper.

Instant Skyline Workshop by Kacey Wong.
An interactive installation art project that allows participants to construct their mini skyscraper sculpture out of recycled wood..

Fuck The Crisis: Generator greeting cards anti-crisis - That is, what is it? The new project of Retrofuturs is to provide a new kind of greeting card creator. A simple, minimalist, the greeting card anti-crisis.

Danish artist Pernille Snedker Hansen uses marbling technique to color wooden floors, leaving it with a totally different look. Marbelous wood!

Raw wood version of the upcoming Wild Heads objects series by Bongo Design.

Perhaps the best Christmas gift this year is a bottle of moonshine in a mason jar.

Mike He creates a Matryoshka doll that combines the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale with the layered Russian doll.

The Large Hadron Collider at Cern has been recreated in Lego.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #29: Kidrobot a 24” Yummy Pizza Plush, a 9” Pink Edition Cupcake Plush, a 13” Ice Cream Sandwich Plush, a 12” Brown Edition Donut Plush, Dessert Keychains, and Donut Pulls.

Samia Kallidis's adorable personalized art kits for children in a homeless shelter in the Bronx.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #28: OTTO Espresso (after three years of development and a few awards) is giving away one of their stunning OTTO Espresso Makers and Portable Induction Cooktops!

Peter Marigold's Shop Sign Bird Hoses created for the charity auction 'The Birds, The Bats & The Bees' held at Phillips de Pury & Company held in June 2008.

Lumi have developed photographic print process for textiles and natural materials. Inkodye uses sunlight to expose the dye.

The Slalom Steerable Sled crafted from marine-grade molded plywood.

Vancouver Aquarium's Jelly Swarm from Tangible Intervention and origami artist Joseph Wu.

David Cole, who creates taxidermy style animals out of Lego, interviewed by the NYtimes.

The CSYS LED task light from Jake Dyson, a sleek adjustable and dimmable lamp.

Mid-Century Ads: Advertising from the Mad Men Era, by Jim Heimann, Steven Heller and printed by Taschen capturing American print advertising in the 50s and 60s.

Discover the Rice Field Terraces of Yunnan, the perfect wave in Indonesia, Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market and more in this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

The new project on Baghdad by Antonio Ottomanelli and Giovanna Silva will come to the exhibition SAO PAOLO CALLING in March. Antonio Ottomanelli tells us about it from the beginning in a series of posts; here is the second one…