Interview with Duty Gorn, one of the most important contemporary artist in Milan. His works are becoming well-known for interior design projects.

Israeli Military Photo/camera Bags ~ wow ~ KATA's 3N1-20 Sling Bag for photography gear ~ so awesome, Core77 has a nice write up on it!

Amazing jewelry by Anthony Roussel, who laser cuts and then layers sculptural jewelry pieces.

The Experimental Pavilion, pushes the limits of ultra high-performance concrete. The thinness and forms achieved contradict the heaviness and thickness that we think concrete is limited to.

Artist Brian Stauffer’s “A Very Long Tunnel” visually sums up this momentous week in American history.

More Mobile - Portable Architecture for Today ~ take a peek inside this awesome new book filled with the architectural solutions for us nomads ~ shipping container building lovers will love this one!

Here is preview of Turn, Italy's big annual art week, when the Luci D’Artista festival, the Turin Triennale, and the Artissima art fair all have their debuts. Includes works by Rebecca Horn and Olafur Eliasson.

Malmö Streets Project is a sweden group of artists that replaced the usual grey street tiles for beautiful and inspiring images.

This "pipe cabinet" comes from woodworker Palo Samko. The four circular drawers are designed to accomodate differently sized pipes.

Liquid Cardboard is an eco-friendly material developed by cardboarddesign, with a honeycomb cell shape that makes it durable and lightweight. Each piece can be molded into a variety of designs to create vases, bowls, votive holders...

Under New management! Obama 2008! Time to CHANGE your shirt! by the Print Liberation.

Boarding Pass Wines ~ they really do jump right off the shelf... if you're a packaging junkie! The fonts and graphics were too fun not to buy and take pics of!

Coöp designed a logo for 1:1 Architects. The logo incorporates a 3-D element and is meant to represent the process of architecture. The placement of the design in different settings emphasizes the human approach taken by 1:1 Architects.

A lovely short by amazing animator Kat Morris.

Love Joonhuyn Kim's take on the light bulb - the Flat Bulb is 1/3 the size of a regular bulb. [Editor's Note: their site seems to be over their bandwidth limit!!!]

CNN's Jessica Yellin goes holographic to chat with Wolf Blitzer in New York, from Chicago.

Fatih Baltas' variation on the traditional Rock Paper Scissors game.

Stop Motion Day Video by Micah Spear - with Notcot browsing inside!

Coalfinger ~ an animated bond-like campaign by Greenpeace - Along with his dopey sidekick Dr. Anthracite, Coalfinger plans to cover the world in coal-fired power stations and destroy the climate in Operation Browncloud.

ENESS takes a regular whiteboard, regular markers and plays PONG irregularly.

morfai "selections" Experiments with illustration. [Editor's Note: brilliant! you have to click and see it in action for sure]

Body Navigation is an impressive reactive floor projection designed for a dance performance. Collaboration between Ole Kristensen, Jonas Jongejan, choreographer Tina Tarpgaard, and the Recoil Performance Group.

Dioramas ву Laura Plansker.

Loving Ron English's new KISS inspired show at the Shooting Gallery. Old masters reborn!

Zipper jewerly by Kate Cusack.

Obamabats ~ for when you're speechless and can't type words.... congrats to our 44th president ~ Barack Obama!

1950's Gadget Movado Sliding Watch.

Flexible Faucet from Paini - Hybrid is LED illuminated

Fascinating wrapped/branded water towers

An amazing house by KWK Promes in Poland. A white volume over stone walls create a spectacular inner space.

Klaus Staudt is an internationally received artist who creates geometric abstractions with the focus on creating a sense of geometrical systematic thinking, within the constructivist movement.

Brian Jurgen created this collection of totemic representations of Native culture in Canada using iconic Michael Jordan athletic footwear to express and explore what he refers to his concepts as "Prototypes for New Understanding". This is #16

These sneakers are dope. Fully made out of reflective swiss fabric. These are dropping this Thursday in a limited edition of 60 pairs at the DDCLAB flagship Soho store in NY. Try to make a flash picture of these....

Children of the Video Gaming Generation take their Halloween costume to the next level! Check out Video of a homemade chicken walking Mech costume. Too Cool/Too Cute!

Susie Mendive of SUM knows just how to add a little film noir feel to a bathroom.

Dark Daze shoots dramatic and gaudy scenes in a way that would make David LaChapelle jealous. Nice set with DeadDeadDead down in Brighton

New York Times' reader-generated "word train" charts the emotional tide of election day. Users can submit their mood every hour, and viewers can choose to see Obama or McCain supporters' submissions, or both.

Kazimir Malevich's "Suprematist Composition" (1916), sold for $60,002,500 at Sotheby's last night. Check out other works from the auction that brought in a total of $223,812,500 and included Edvard Munch’s "Vampire."

Paul Smith teams up with Lomography ~ for this adorable limited edition fisheye camera!

Some nice creative photography from LSD s.r.l.

Sarah's Smash Shack in san diego... because sometimes you just need to break something! Think they do birthday parties?... "we recycle our broken bits through mosaic art programs."

Plunger Lamp by Irina Blok ~ for the ultimate super creepy bathroom lighting?

CoolIris' gorgeous picture browser ~ now for your iPhone!

Designed by Brits mosleymeetswilcox, ToothBrushBuddy keeps flies, faeces and all kinds of germs off your toothbrush (and out of your mouth).

Big on efficiency, style and performance the Audi A1 Sportback Plug-in Electric Hybrid goes 0 to 62mph in 7.9 seconds with a top speed of 124mph all the while getting 72.4 mpg!

Simple, sculptural Architectonic rings by Mayza João.

Cool and clean furniture by the autodidact designer Peter Petersen and his company Signalement.

Parts 2 and 3 of the NOTCOT / Rachel’s cocktail collaboration: the White Flower Bramble, and the Sweet Revival.

Razionalismo Comasco - Como, with stunning views, Architect Marco Castelletti nods to 30's Italian architecture in a modernist house, proportioned and segmented with precision.

+Magic Pill earrings. Need we say more.

Haunting photography by Nina Buesing.

WeJustLiveHere.com is a 2008 presidential election site for US aliens. It’s for all of us who live here and pay our taxes, yet have no say in how the country is run.

The sleek solar-powered Xof1 car recently rolled into Victoria, Canada to break the world’s record for the longest distance traveled in a solar vehicle!

Marc Praquin designed the gorgeous packaging for Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

The Yangtze is the longest river in the world to run through one single country. Nadav Kander travelled its length to take these photographs.

Some classic Haynes Manual covers collected together by Sell! Sell! with a short piece on cover illustrator Terry Davey

A unique modern bach by Wolveridge Architects, Australia. This Monolithic residence proves modern design can accommodate all a client's needs without compromising on style.

Gorgeous gift food packaging by Pearlfisher for Fortnum & Mason.

How to Make a Custom One-Off Skateboard. Thanks to a previous post on NOTCOT, Grease from Half Tone Def decided to give it a try and document the process from begging to end. The final Product came out RAD!

Ania Wagner's Barnacle Chair is made from sustainably harvested ash and lined with reclaimed industrial felt. It has two faces and two functions - the felt chair side, and the ash side that can be used to lean back on.

Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman (yes, who did Creature). Short Movie & Book: Influential people leaving words of wisdom for us all.

BUNNY HEAD! The cutest bunny hat you never knew you needed from Superfishal - Jeremy Fish

"It's Not Funny, It's Art" ~ the story of Blanca and her love of art... adorable animated short

Pierre Vanni's mulitfaceted bunnies are awesome

Economist has a fun ostrich two part billboard ad

Artdesign alien faucet

Letterpress clocks ~ in fox, chick, and rabbit designs at Cursive New York

Potions ~ celestefrittata has some tempting magical notebooks inspired by the world of Harry Potter ~ her blog also has gorgeous walkthroughs of this marine bio student's bookbinding hobby

Corchito is an ecological idea to create a kind of sustainable living. Composed by 7 pieces of natural cork you can assembled it like a 3D puzzle and place it on your best tree. By: Brenda Osorio.

Wiebenson & Dorman Architects bring an old pseudo-colonial house back to life, thanks to the use of natural light and minimal materials.

Sesame Street made many animations to help with number recognition and teaching children how to count. Here are a few video highlights...

2.100 Victorian Monograms, ideal for enhancing scrolls, certificates, awards and other graphic projects in need of calligraphic excitement.

Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones Vote... a Funny or Die exclusive... (don't forget to watch part one too!)

The NYC art scene is certainly in for a treat as Zaha Hadid, the mastermind behind the Chanel Mobile Art Capsule (which is currently on display in Central Park), has opened her own exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

Victorian Apple Wallpaper

This Gypsy Cabinet by Dutch artist Jana Flohr appeals to the nomad in me. I am also taken with her "Home is Where the Heart is" cabinet (scroll to the right once you're at her site).

The Portuguese design magazine Relance uses slow motion photography in their latest ad campaign. The ad was filmed in HD at 1000 fps using the Phantom HD high speed camera.

Colorado photographer Dylan Carlton employs various techniques and perspectives to create an overall unique style.

Ancona by Blu, he just can´t stop!

'Sky Village' by MVRDV Architects has won the competition for a new skyscraper in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I love this "Now Panic and Freak Out" parody of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster that everyone (including me) has bought. Tshirt on threadless!

A stylish villa in Norway, by Saunders Architecture. Nice use of the volumes to frame the surrounding landscape.

Artist Erik Natzke uses algorithms to generate his art with Flash. The final composition is very impressive.

Chair designed by Paolo Pedretti with the Dutch Designlabel Vij5. Chair #29 is the abstraction of a 'traditional chair' and made out of 3mm steel plate, powder-coated in matte black.

The Rousseau Table by Ben Rousseau, the furniture and 3D designer who recently worked with Insa on his spherical hanging chair.

In a small seaside village of Argentina, the wildest machines are part of the landscape. Discover the Claromachines, live from Claromeco.

A Panoramic 360° view of the last day of early voting for the 2008 elections at one location Miami, Florida. The wait time was about 5 hours as voters poured int to exercise their democratic privilege. Is this foreshadowing Tuesday?

Beautiful auditorium and cafeteria for TRUMPF GmbH + Co, by Berlin based Barkow Leibinger. The ceiling is the most stunning feature with it's almost honeycomb like pattern/structure.

Love these Newman's Own mint tins by Moxie Sozo - inspired by retro Italian candy packaging and fruit crate labels.

Water Thinking. Mini pays its tribute to water.

What's in my purse? A lot of tech... and it gets heavy! In a discussion about tiny laptops and how tiny your ideal one would be, Marcia convinced me to expose what's really in there!

The Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation by Sou Fujimoto reminds me of Le Corbusier words on architecture as "the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes under the light".

Peter & Johanna Biľak's Pocket calendar/sketchbook, published by Typotheque.

Anara Tower is the latest supermassive skyscraper to be proposed for Dubai - an ambitious project crowned with an eye-catching propeller-shaped peak. by atkins design studio

Beautiful product by Dior Homme.

Legendary Braun Designer Dieter Rams talks about his designs for V&A's Cold War Design Exhibition.

Beautiful concept design for Mockingbird Lager by Samantha Wiley. I like how the bottle is opaque, except for the figure of the woman - nice use of negative space. I also love the fortune cookie-esque messages on the inside of the bottle caps.

Fun concept for the Fireworks car finder, by Tokyo based web/graphic designer Mac Funamizu.

Great attention to detail in the bottle for Slovakian Double Cross Vodka - clean, rectangular lines with no seams, screen printed verses of old-world Slovakian poetry, and an individually-numbered tamper seal.

Warsaw-based architects Are have designed a new terminal building for Lublin International Airport in Poland.