Theo Gato - Awesome bags from the young German designer, Laphan Fan who is currently living in Hong Kong.

Apple's iPhone gets a Microsoft Xbox 360 makeover. Something just seems wrong about the whole idea.

It's about creation, it's about fun. Come check out the mind blowing work of Chad Gardner, an interesting collage of design and photography

Designed by josh owen, the unbook bank/bookend , made of polyethylene. 2.4" x 8.4" x 10.8" and now available in colors: light blue, white, grey, orange, red, green and yellow

Unboxing of the new O2 Cocoon. [Editor's Note: ooooh the box is gorgeous. i want one!]

Valeri Belin's Mannequin-style photos of people are amazing. Hard to believe they aren't actual mannequins! Black and White and color, check them out...

New Wii Strap Clasps...

Love these key copies made in glass (no idea if they could open locks) ~ Sans Titre, by Taysir Batniji

Mensa Karlsruhe is an elastic space, that sits in the center of the Karlsruhe University Campus.

John Kennedy Magic presents the Animated Cigarette. This makes me laugh hard everythime I watch it.

Found Tobias Wistisen's silver mini shrunken heads on cool hunting and had to post. After all, I do work next to a rather famous collection of shrunken heads!

ASTRONAUT this interactive music video grabs a different set of images from Flickr to match the lyrics.

As the pleo hype grows ~ Pleo Wassup Video on YouTube pops up

Hydroptere - incredible luxury hydroplaning boat

Get some Neon Orange paint, and create the new revolution in traffic cones, traffic beavers - Van Dykes Taxidermy, more "life forms" than you realized you might need

CLOTH-Amazing jewerly/accessories by young Australian designer. the handling of the material is stunning. --- nice clean aesthetic.

Love the way Loro Piana shows off gorgeous sketches of outfits before the actual pieces in their catalog

stainless steel cocoon collection from denmark's philippi design -- functional mod simplicity.

Designed by BlueSky and manufactured in Sydney Australia, the Dosh wallet is made from a unique blend of flexible and semi-flexible polymers to create a product that is durable, funky, and packed with clever features for modern lifestyles.

Natalia Brilli's structured leather bags are not what you'd imagine - evening clutch in the shape of a deer head, Hind (NotCouture #713)

This lamp from Korea's Buggle Lighting looks like a soldier ant. Perfect for Entomologists.

Plusharoid - a giant sx-70 polaroid camera chair.. surely the place to sit while on notcot

This is absolutely the coolest online drawing tool I have ever used. It even remembers how you draw the item and plays it back when added to the gallery - Odopod's Sketch

Sea Shepherd Art Show - an art benefit to preserve and protect the oceans of the world - pity i missed this back in June, but love the logo

Keep A Breast - Combining sculpture, philanthropy, and symbolic artistry, The Keep A Breast Foundation is a nonprofit breast cancer awareness organization unlike any other. - here is the Punker Pack - patches and buttons

THE CORNER TREE is an interpretation of the growth of the tree..Place your mementos..

Designed by Abhinav Dapke

One Good Bumblebee's new book plate design inspired library book cards.

Hyposurface - you have to watch the videos of how these walls can literally move...

Francis Ford Coppola designed DVD in a bottle. The man behind some of the greatest films ever made, keeps his innovation coming. Apocalypse Now Redux DVD in a Bottle [Editor's Note: shop - wines - large format - there are 2 DVD ones]

The Perry Bible Fellowship.
Nicholas Gurewitch is the funniest man in the world.

Not everyday you see frames like these - SUGARKANE occhiali - Asymmetrical frames for asymmetrical people - photocromatic frames from Italy designed by videoartist Leandro Manuel Emede.

Live in a recycled parking garage? Sleep in a recycled petroleum tank? Absolutely! - Morton Loft - by Lot EK [click to renovations, residential]

Overcrowding never looked so beautiful: graphic representations of the world's cities at Tate Modern

Pod living by Jade Jagger calls for stress-free entertaining

Pete Fowler's Monsterism 4 - Pets and Owners - Each figure set is packaged with both pet and owner, in special cylindrical pet food cans.

Ludo Escrime - apparently in november Le Coq Sportif will be taking on fencing like you've never seen it before.

Kimberly Baker's new collection takes on 7 old adages and transforms them into beautiful coin necklaces

Continuing the Sesame Street theme - i never realized you can get Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) on DVD! (no bluray or hd-dvd)

One in a series of three silhouette portraits, each inspired by Victorian designs, depicted in the traditional style but with a modern twist!

Crunch's Crunchers campaign - 5 great animated ad/shorts to check out

Completely waterproofed ipod shuffles and headphones! Swimman

Cookie Monsters Green Brother... devours a computer! Gotta love some old school sesame street for a lazy saturday afternoon. Also: should this be the direction for the future of NotVideo?

NOTCOT Sites featured in Time Out Chicago's Time In: Geek Out column!

Love tetris? You love this fancy italian event! Pack Your box and come to bologna - Tetramine Day Sept 30

Architect Massimiliano Fuksas intends to suspend a 3500 square meter steel and Teflon cloud within Rome's new Congress Center.

This may look a lot like a Nixie tube clock, but look closely and you'll see that it's actually made using modern LED technology. That means it'll never burn out like Nixies can, and it still looks pretty darned cool.