UPDATE ~ added images of the packaging/displays for the Target Dominique Cohen Collection.

In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, in Harvard Yard, with a Spartan helmet.

Oooh! Design's Wrinkle Bottle really helps this whisky show off its age.

The Uber silver laden Leatherman. Never to be used for actual work, but a great piece of art. Adrian is a genius!

Glue Glue Design's "Respect Old School" ~ putting the ability to fight back in the hands of cane users to go forth and stamp the world with RESPECT.

After tallying over 10 million votes, the public has decided to send Barry Bonds' controversial home run record breaking ball to Cooperstown branded with an asterisk.

"Instead of getting fried, the Sony G-series will be able to EXPEL water out of the rear of the laptop, and if there is simply too much water to get rid of the machine can shut itself down to prevent permanent damage."

Visible Pinball Machine ~ the images are breathtaking! Neptune Beach Amusement Museum

Here's a nice idea that seems to have been designed out of necessity ~ Crutch Tote.

Yoshitomo Nara's "I Think Therefore I Am A Dog" is coming up for auction at Sotheby's Oct. 12. I think therefore I love it!

Yoshitomo Nara's "My Sweet Dog" wooden pulltoy: handcrafted in France, i.e. lead-free and beautiful.

How I'd Sink American Vogue: Scott King has some radical re-design ideas for the fashion mag

“Ché Men’s Magazine. Let us keep on dreaming of a better world.”

Have you ever thought about playing croquet in the streets? Designer Alice Kaiserswerth made it happen in cooperation with Adidas. Nice

I have mixed feelings on the idea that airlines have me repackaging everything to travel.... but Muji having bottles perfectly sized certainly helps ease the annoyance.

Irina Blok's packaging design for the SF ZOO. They make me want to buy three things to get the three bags to display together!

Where do pins that come to NOTCOT go? Well for the last year or so they have gone here... and become their own piece of inspiration for me...

CyFi ~ instead of cycling with headphones... how about wireless speakers?

minnesota artist colin johnson has created the most astounding collage, currently offered as a print in a limited edition of 50 pieces.

Lacoste and Kidrobot got together not only for a sneaker collaboration, but designer eBoy designed toys to go along with the sneakers. Love the tennis guys with the oversized crocodile on them!!!

Absolutely gorgeous book of images body explored in our Solar System from Mercury to Neptune. Includes very recent mission images as well as re-worked images from old missions so that even old images are new.

Clever use of GoogleMaps as the web page of design duo James&Joe. And I love their I<3MY MUM T-shirt.

You can always count on ATYPYK for a clever design pun. Learn The Basics [via SwissMiss]

Mateus Acioli has an incredible new design & illustration portfolio. Check it out.

I love the way this umbrella lamp glows. "Umbrella Lamp provides a spectrum of lighting possibilities, from soft, reflective illumination to a brightly focused reading lamp."

Annie Vought painstakingly cuts the script text out of letters and notes. The result is an incredible tapestry of letters, lines, and shadows created by pinning the work up for display.

Really puts meaning to "one man's trash is another man's treasure." Tim Nobel and Sue Webster take piles of trash and make art into them... but sometimes the art isn't apparent until you see it in a different light.

video installation and making of's by Work In Progress

Grandburo is an awesome t-shirt and design store recently opened in Providence.

Help a child. Buy a laptop and get one free. [Editor's Note: you remember the OLPC ~ well apparently sales have been disappointing, so they are doing a buy one, send one to a child program in nov, $400]

Still Room Studios Modern Design Deck.. prints and paintings.

To make a donation, you needed to remove a form from this cardboard slipcase. When you slid out the form, the image on the cover changed: a child was magically removed from the street and placed in a safe home.

designed by asaf jacobs, israel.
portable book shelf, for a limited number of books. lets say a wheelbarrow for books

LadiesRoom - The French new social magazine

Indie lego kids head to the disco

Rollerman aka Jean-Yves Blondeau. This man is crazy.

Cool illustration from the likes of Geoff McFetridge, Seymour Chwast, Non-Format and Mick Marston in new ad campaign for The Economist

Nice design and art direction for Lush Lawn and Property Enhancement, by Struck agency

The IT Crowd is the funniest show out of England . Considered to be the next hit from England like The Office a American adaption of the show will hit this Spring, so before it's ruined get the dvd or download the original show.

On one of the cheapest, coolest adverts... Erbert & Herbert's Subs & Clubs made a spot using iron-on's on 150 tshirts to create an their animation. Hilarious, genius... and the making of is even cooler.

to add to the list of random gifts to remember... for those work-out-aholics... Push up Preston makes me giggle... see the animated gif of him in action

US Money is getting another facelift... and they are adding some color too

GreeNYC ~ the city of NY is trying to become the greenest in the country ~ and with help from huntergatherer, they have these adorable animated tv spots!

Fly Shelf by Matteo Ragni ~ floating shelves by day ~ projector screen by night!