Matsui's self portraits incorporate seemingly irrelevant motifs such as toys, cosmos, mushrooms and such. Including herself, all the motifs are depicted as if they are something other than themselves, leaving powerful impressions to viewers.

Fascinated by 20 yr old french blogger, Pandora, who takes inspiration from paintings for her fashions...

Nice bags from the Stockholm based company Sandqvist.

Classroom of the Future - Gollifer Langston Architects

This upcoming DVD player from LG Electronics can be set up horizontally or vertically, or mounted on a wall.

Lisa Fyfe designed a really interesting jacket for Paul Auster's new book "Man in the Dark." In person you can see the subtle printing effects which adds to the beautiful package.

The Horse Hospital in London's Russell Square is hosting an exhibition called From Fear to Sanity, which is on the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the art of protest.

Platform - Wertel, Oberfell come up with a new chair for Iker/ Poland.
Elle Decoration Gold Award for best furniture 2007

Too weird - x-ray photographer Nick Veasey uses either skeletons in rubber suits, or cadavers to capture the human form in his photographs. When working with cadavers, he has around eight hours to pose and shoot before rigor mortis sets in.

EnterBELL ..

Peter Castellucci's Garbage Lamp - a fixture made out of "used, compulsively collected polystyrene drinking cups".

Hack a disposable camera to get super accentuated RED EYE Portraits!

Chris Gray of We Shall See won Freitag's Design-A- Truck competition. In keeping with Freitag's recycling philosophy, Gray's tarpaulin will be cut up and made into bags. 2nd and 3rd place went to André-Alexander Glesemann and Anna-Paula Henschke.

EyeCandy ~ USB Lollies that you hook up to your computer and really suck on... awesome packaging too... you have to read the site and articles to make sense of it!

The NOTCOT Hotline ~ a la Powerpuff Girls ~ It's become my "work" phone when at my desk, makes me more professional acting... See a full Hulger unboxing, and special 20% discount for NOTCOT readers!

We're making a book and we need your help! We're going to send you a list of 24 things which will end up being the 24 chapters of the book. You visualize the chapters and send us in your images to be in the book.

I came across this young artist and his painting called"Breakfast" I found out that he actually filled a bath tub with real milk, and is working of a series of food fetish paintings.

Nendo recently released “Talking”, a set of seasoning dispensers. The mouth on each dispenser is a phonetic representation of Yu, Shi and Ko (shoyu, shio and kosho - soy sauce, salt and pepper - respectively). Cute.

Greece is having a Green Design Festival in Athens

'Silent Chair' is the name of the reserved chair created by the Swedish designers Linus Berglund and Mats Seitz. And it is in fact above all the inconspicuous but ingenious little details which ensure...

Creative advertisements for the Buenos Aires Zoo.

Dissected Toothpaste ~ creepier than i would have ever imagined! By Erin Boker!

The Denver Egoist has a great roundup of DNC related street art popping up all over Denver right now ~ and you can be sure it's in part due to all the artists in the Manifest Hope Show!

"photosynthesis" - harnessing solar energy for the life of our electronics! You can recharge your cellphone and camera with this solar-cell "tree charger." Concept by French sculptor Vivien Muller.

Sara Huston's Lifestyle Coffee Table - customized to store and display your favorite magazines.

blogger hippie couture posted an amazing set of images of temporary psychedelic street carpets called "Alfombras" today... amazingly intricate!

ACNE's wooden usb stick ~ came in a "stylish box containing all the relevant info" from the Acne Sales Rep to the Normann Copenhagen Fashion Buyer

Really gorgeous furniture from Hiromatsu.

Gig posters from Andrio Abero of 33RPM.

Damn It Feels Good To Be A Banker - the MUSIC VIDEO!!! My friend's book is finally on the market, and they got creative and had some fun with the budget making a hilarious music video!

Oooh simple sportscar - grimm's - germany

How are pop up books designed+illustrated? Fascinating walk through of the process!

Super cute woody animals - sculpted wooden animals
georgia - made of pear, walnut, beech and other european woods, the pattern of the woodgrain has been lovingly considered on each animal.

Greenaid - by Lovegrove&Repucci - Reusable shopping bag - Neoprene outer shell and reusable polyester shopping bag within.

Space Cube ~ the 2" cubed PC!

Hands on with the AIAIAI Y-com mic/headphone combos for iphones/curves ~ you will LOVE the packaging... and they are far more fun than the usual headsets for you iphoners!

So, for some reason still unknown to me, i was trying to shop for real things, but kept finding rain boots and posting them to notcouture ~ here's a bunch of things now tagged RAIN!

Nixon Rotolog RePly with reclaimed skateboard inlays.

Adam Wallacavage makes the most incredible octopus chandeliers...

The Nisha Bar Louge in Mexico City features colorful interiors.

"Pusher" by swedish design group Form Us With Love ~ for Beefeater's design challenge (click products > pusher)

The Explora Atacama Hotel by German del Sol, chosen as one of the best hotels in South America by Conde Nast Traveler.

The evening of September 6th will see nearly 20 Los Angeles galleries open with new shows... thats in Chinatown alone... POVevolving Gallery celebrates the new 'art season' with a show called "The Awesomist Tomorrow" by Kiel Johnson.

Crate and Barrel's Taka Trunk ~ aka Pirate Coffee Table Bar?

The World's Smallest Book by Die Gestalten will be released this week at Selfridges in London.

Psyop has just dropped a hot new spot for Smith & Nephews. Directed by Eben Mears and Mate Steinforth

Fun black and white video for Birdmonster's The Iditarod

Black Glass Widget for Mac OsX Leopard - fun new icon pack!

Acidtwist - new works by Tavish of SF/Montreal

Danish artist Iris Shieferstein's series 'Life Can Be So Nice' creates an interesting typography out of her deceased animals which have been put through the taxidermy process.

Three beautiful animation for the NBA by Denis Makioka.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has commissioned the New York firm Asymptote Architects to design and implement a new Guggenheim Museum in cyberspace

Excellent use of ambient marketing.

Swedish Home Energy has developed a small, silent wind turbine. The wind turbine called the Energy Ball has a unique six bladed rotor that encapsulates the generator.

Couture Keys by Keys to My Castle®. Silvertone with an antique finish. Only available in Schlage keys. At Neiman Marcus

pourquoi tu cours appelle à la Rêv(é)volution ....

Interesting documentary on the design and building of the GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall in Beijing - previously featured in #10375

demon carts.... nice spot for mini... created by butler, shine, stern & partners...

The Earthrace, Skippered by Pete Bethune and powered by 100% bio-fuel looks like it may be more at home cruising amongst the stars than amongst the waves.

A guide to cute & doodle-y notebooks & planners for all your jotting needs.

Casa Deck, Alto Rungue, Chile / Assadi + Pulido

Melanie Favreau makes lots of clever jewelry and this sterling silver pine car air freshener is one of her latest pendants. I love it!

Tom Ford's sexy new computer bag ~ locks and all...

I am getting more and more impressed with Zazzle. Not mugs and mousepads anymore. Now you can design your own skateboard and your own Keds. Ever since teaming up with Artsprojekt, they've become very hip.

Totally smitten with the visually inspiring posters from Change The Thought!

The Nikon D90 ~ has D-MOVIE! A dslr with VIDEO! Wow... i want? need? check out the sample videos...

It's been coined as Trailer Mansion and it's pretty awesome.

Illuminated Time Capsule - Skip Hop's new Baby Log ~ helps new parents tell the time/date and see what's going on while tracking feedings, changings, doctors appointments and more!

The first "mixed-use positive energy building" being build for Masdar in Abu Dhabi, UAE. By Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects.

THE VISIBLE BLUNDSTONE
A one-of-a-kind resin casting for Boot It UP! - a benefit for Sketch.

Christian Flindt's Rainbow chair - I love that he calls this the worlds first side-stacking chair.

Moss graffiti by Anna Garforth.

Only 200 worldwide for this exclusive iphone incase 3G case design for Colette by Kuntzel+Deygas.

Love this - D-Vision created the Small Apple Dish to aesthetically incorporate your apple core when you are done with it.

Tom Dixon has released his 2008/2009 collection, including this Blow floor light in his signature copper.

A hillside house in Ushimado, Japan by Tezuka Architects - the entire rear facade opens up via some sliding doors.

On inspiring spaces ~ we take you inside the design studio behind the Rocket World I.W.G toys and the amazing T.A.D. Gear tactical wear that no design should be without... weaponry+toys+nature!

Matt W Moore (MWM) did the artwork at the much anticipated Revolve Clothing Retail/Concept store launch! Check out pics from the opening!

September is Design MONTH in Brussels!

Interesting wood structure for this centipede like pavillion in Portugal by Guilherme Machado.

For the ColettexGap store that opens in New York in September they created t-shirts, each designed by one Parisian and one New York artist. The line-up includes Tobias Wong, Ruben, Eric Elms, Andre, Genevieve Gauckler and many other high profile artists.

New egg tempera paintings by Dan Gamble opening Friday, September 5th at Zg Gallery, Chicago.

Furniture made from trees that have been infested with invasive bugs--eco-friendly and gorgeous. What's not to like?

GoMinimanGo.com is a celebration of the 30th Birthday of the LEGO Miniman... See the spot... created by lobo...

I've never fully understood mobiles as a decoration. But the small Danish company Flensted with their stylish and clean designs is starting to turn me around.

Honka Hootas ~ fun super simple bicycle air horns

First sketches and information on the soon to open Ace Hotel New York turned up. Cannot wait for this one to open!

love smarty dish...new by method.

Wallace and Gromit turn male models in DDB's fun new campaign for fashion store Harvey Nichols

Described as "equal parts Tim Burton fairy tale, Cindy Sherman photograph, and girlish fantasy," Mercedes Heinwein's pencil drawings are always hopelessly engaging.

Dylan Coulter's striking portraits of sports heroes will help satisfy your post-olympic needs.

Studio Mumbai's Palmyra House, constructed from louvers made from locally harvested Palmyra trees, allowing the facade to be both open and airy or closed for more privacy and protection.

Not just a bird house - a bird apartment complex! Maxime Delporte's La Mangeoire project.

Cowon has announced the new S9 Curve PMP. S9 features a robust 500 MHz CPU, Bluetooth connectivity, digital television tuner, and media player functions.

After cutting the base off your favourite plastic bottle it can be screwed into this cast resin base to create a vase.

Voice Stick is a portable text scanning device for the visually impaired.

Odoardo Fioravanti has redesigned a series of traditional kitchen utensils. Fusion Cooking consists of a palette, ladle and tongs, useful both for cooking and serving.

The winners of "Manifest Hope" contest have been selected and are now on display in Denver, Colorado, at the Democratic Convention.

A creative AD of 303 to IKEA, which simulates a wardrobe, only using 2 media in journal

In the past the Alchemists searched for "Prima Materia", similarly the artist Atla searches for an aesthetical revival of The Fine Arts and for a supreme autonomy of the artist.