A recent Doomsday installation at Wild Project, in Manhattan, by artist Ryan Wallace. Each window has a work in it that includes the predicted date of the end of the world, from the distant past to the near future.
As sunlight shines through the work, it begins to fade, and eventually vanishes all together.

Great tool for volunteerism designed for the Presidents United We Serve campaign. Well designed... well played...

The 1st issue of Clog Magazine by Sam McPheeters. Truly hilarious, off-kilter stories. Includes a mini book called Puny filled with classic McPheeters drawings.

A new L.A. restaurant, Street, designed by Neil Denari takes its inspiration from street culture.

Mega churches by Christoph Morlinghaus
His ’straight photography’ of empty spaces often leave a mystical and surreal impression, even though Christoph declares not to use any additional light...

Behold the concept art for the video game version of Terminator 4: Salvation.

Dwelling-workhouse is design by Hoogte Twee Architecten. It located in Nijmegen Area, The Netherlands...

Sinfonia 14 by Moda is subdivision of the Italian design group Di Loddo & Perego, which specializes in production of unique furniture with creative designs.

The Coco-Hut is a whimsical structure made of recycled and FSC-certified wood. Looks cozy!

UZU, a vacuum cleaner by Metaphys that is meant to be part of your interior design, not stored away in a closet.

Beautiful infography video + title sequence by this student of Vancouver Film School : Jr. Canest.

The Swedish manufacturer Skulpturfabriken is specialize in the design and fabrication of concrete products for both interior and exterior environments. The whole collection of the monolithic and sculptural products is designed by the Stina Lindholm...

View 7Gods new collection of lighting solutions. All the lighting designs are handmade and available on limited edition.

Architect Die Baupiloten create space for exploratory learning at the Carl Bolle Elementary School in Berlin-Moabit. It looks like the most fun school ever!

The flavor spoon is one concept from Matt Brown's degree project "Food and the Future of it" from the Umea Institute of Design in Sweden. This spoon has two parts, so you can put some garlic or something in the middle, then eat soup.

"The Big Dig House by Single Speed Design reutilizes materials (infrastructural refuse) from the Big Dig", Boston's huge freeway project.

Tea4Two, designed by Ben Peterson, is a portable electric tea kettle concept allowing users to transport, reheat, brew, and drink on the go. Check it out.

The Four-to-One table by Leon Fitzpatrick is a dining table with matching chairs. It draws inspiration from both Asian design (its low seating position) and mid-century Scandinavian design (use of bent plywood).

Creative photographer Dave Hill just updated his portfolio with some amazing shots and behind the scene videos, which I find very interesting because i get to see how a photographer like Dave works.

Meet Mr. Water Otter
the newest eco-friendly, sustainably harvested
wooden card from Night Owl Paper Goods.

Ryan McGinley shot a fantastic campaign for Wrangler - We Are Animals.

VIDEOA dark, troubling animation promoting James Palumbo's first novel: Tomas - a brilliant riposte to the financial crisis now engulfing us.

FEATUREDThinkspace has a special mini show going at CA|Boom and in it are some great pieces! Including this one with a hidden trio of supervillains... see my favorites!

Close-up Photography of weeds

FEATUREDRene Lawter's Energy Efficient Dinos are truly the most playful eco-conscious subject matter i've seen recently... check out the full piece (cool frame too!)

FEATUREDFord & Ching has the most incredible little giveaways at Dwell on Design... Branded Marshmallow in a perfect little wooden box. SO CUTE. And delicious.

Beautiful campaign for Ikea, by DDB Germany.

Mobile shipping container restaurants are making it big. This one in Linz, Austria is made from a 20 ft container, hinged hydraulic door that raises to reveal a just right bar outfitted with beer taps. Oh and it's gold-plated and totally blinged out.

FEATUREDWOOLLY POCKETS!!! Just fell for these fun modular felt pockets for planting! (Amazingly cute logo as well) ~ they work as living walls/vertical gardens as well as movable planters and centerpieces!

Raphael Charles.
Reminds us of beautiful arty stones, but this rug is completely made out of foam and felt.

Bipolar Chair by Steve Haslip.
Plain wooden IKEA chair into a physical manifestation of a human characteristic.

Björk released a box set special dedicated to Voltaïc. a lovingly produced celebration of the past two years of Björk’s Volta activities—her sixth studio album (2007) and subsequent two-year world tour.

Combine one Canon 30D, an intervalometer, and a microscope, add in a trippy yet soothing soundtrack, and you have this video, called God of Small Things. Tune and trip out this fine afternoon.

Collages made of vintage illustrations from designer Alessandro Maffioletti.

The perfect stool for the roadie in you! Made currently by Zanotta in Italy, originally designed in 1957 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in, you can't help but love this thing!

Remarkable patterns that bacteria form when grown in a petri dish. Colors and shading are artistic additions. Image templates are actual colonies of tens of billions of these microorganisms.

While the design mimic the shape of a picnic basket, this is actually a magazine basket designed by Enzo Berti.

French couple Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida collaborate to create this amazing collection of miniature sculpture/food photography. A beautiful marriage of pure fantasy and edible art.

From Follow Me - a site showcasing sculptural creations by Indonesian artist Faisal Habibi.

Tattoo artist Yann Travaille has made his name in the over populated field of tattoo design with these astonishingly refreshing designs.

"Waterboarding" is a sculpture by Stephen J Shanabrook using chocolate-waterboarded choir boy Christmas statues. It's "the peaceful song of a pair of choir boys turned into a silent scream"

Woven grass sculptures by Beth Hatton

Great exhibition of the Louis Vuitton Speedy Bags is currently showing at Selfrdiges as part of their 100th anniversary celebrations.

Amazing photographs from the International Space Station of Sarychev Peak on Matua Island erupting. The cloud shows the impact of the initial eruption hitting the atmosphere and creating that mushroom effect.

FEATUREDYeti's Best Fruits & Produce!!! Whole Foods has some really fun produce box graphics...

Craftsman Chair. Materials include Belgium linens or a laundered Italian basket weave of a cotton and linen blend. Locally made and is sold exclusively at James Perse Boutiques.

Mark Mawson captures these beautiful shots by dropping paint in water. The colors and the lighting are simply amazing!

Igloo Store located in the heart of Little Italy in San Diego, CA. is the home base for designer Gary Benzel. [Editor's Note - it's an old NOTCOT fav from our college days in SD!]

new spec piece for san pellegrino's aranciata by leftchannel.

Sex Wax & Anderson Brothers Bring Sexy Back to the Contemporary Art World with- 'Sexy Skull' Life sized-limited edition skull, cast in seven different fresh flavors of surfboard wax.

DWR is relaunching the Eames Molded Plastic Chairs with Wood Dowel Bases! Both the Armchair (DAW - $499) and Sidechair (DSW- $399) will be available exclusively from DWR starting Sept 1st.

At a beachside park in Spain, architects built a shade structure that mimics the look and swaying action of nearby pine trees. Since new trees would never to grow in the salty air conditions near the beach, they created a stunning replica of a grove of pine trees.

Emperor Machine's new music video is less a music video and more a retro-futuristic sci-fi short. Wonderful animation sequences abound.

What's better than a spoon and a fork? A spork. What more could a spork ever need? Why, a cheese grater, of course!

Twenty-one artists, dealers, curators, and bloggers weighed in on what artworks should grace the Obamas’ White House walls. See all the works they picked here.

Quit eye-ing those sexy ankles! Amphibian is a set of fins that are an aid for lifeguards (and Baywatch beauties) patrolling the beaches. They help the lifeguard swim over faster and have some pretty cool features.

The Loft Cube presents rooftop living for the adventurous. The entire body of the Loft Cube can be customized to the buyer’s needs and it's built by you. Get your toolbelt ready!

Amazing ticket for Placido Domingo's concert in Astana

Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewelry made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved ones.

‘Animal Series’ by LEM

Matilda Wigg Erixon, A graduate from Central Saint Martins in London, has designed " My Life Urn",a modern memento mori reminding the living of their own mortality in a caring & beautiful way.

A few of us know that singer Bryan Adams is also a great photographer. His portraits includes the likes of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mickey Rourke, Victoria Beckham, Cindy Crawford, Heather Graham...just to name a few.

Kaws has teamed up with Hajime Sorayama to produce this “No Future Companion”. This is a fully-poseable metal figure. Word is it will go up sometime on Saturday, June 27th for $980.

Moduture is a brand spanking new furniture company set to launch at this week's CA Boom Design event, June 26 - 28. From convertible puzzle tables to interchangeable cabinet fronts, this collection is all about versatility.

Fascinating book about the design of wayfinding - an A++ on signage.

The amazing photographs of James Ostrer

Oooh my alma mater, UCSD, is the "First Public University to Provide Its Own iPhone Application"

Photographer Rankin captured British artists for the new Oxfam climate change campaign with the slogan ‘Demand action until you’re blue in the face’

Deskhouse for your children.

Artist Ruben Toledo redesigns the covers of classics like The Scarlet Letter (above) and Pride & Prejudice for Harcourt Brace. If only I'd had these in high school, I might have actually read them!

Young graphic design and illustration junkies from around the globe unite to bring you an awesome 7x7 square book! Featuring handbinding and colouring.

The Brewery Site is the last undeveloped site on the harbourfront in the centre of Copenhagen. OMA introduces the concept of the “urban motor’ actively linking the city to its harbor.

Copenhagen architects BIG has won an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall.

Incases' latest collaboration with Hunter Gatherer and Arkitip. Woodgrain laptop sleeve and iPhone slip case.

To promote the benefits of Ginko Biloba page numbers were replaced in a popular design magazine with complex equations.

Blurb introduces PDF to Book workflow for creative professionals. Design books using the application of their choice, save the file as a PDF, and upload it directly to Blurb.

VIDEOThe new Nokia 5800 viral campaign. Speak only in song titles. How many did you get?

Capacity is a close-knit team of passionate artists and thinkers. They like to call themselves brand guardians.

Amazing photographs of bright and colorful insects

CIOCCOlatini are chocolates representing the most famous Latin philosophers, each one with a particular spice.

Two lucky cyclists had a chance to ride their bikes inside an expansive hydroelectric reservoir before it was filled with water. The images are amazing.

Damien Correll provided some art for a De'Longhi espresso machine that will be auctioned for charity. Classic sobriety, yet designer touch indeed.

Olivier Byrne's 'Book of Euclid' (1847) is a graphical achievement, even if a pedagogical failure : 4 colors, dots and squares... just whoa !

The Anonymous Hugging Wall in London as part of Keetra Dean Dixon ongoing series METHODS & APPARATI for Social Facilitation and Mood Elevation

I love how Kyle Bean designed his DIY typo made of cardboard boxes to write his name on index of his portfolio website. He is a great forerunner in 3D design.

FEATUREDFresh from London ~ Hands on with the new HTC Hero ~ running HTC Sense/Android. It is looking pretty awesome, particularly the way it deals with Contacts and syncing based on people across flickr, fb, email, etc...

Meatball Grilling Basket.

Full 'Making of' for the stunning "Hope" lamp designed by Francisco Gomez and Paolo Rizzato. Inspiration, conception, industrial fabrication, every step is documented. "Que la lumière soit!"

Fancy some resin pillows where you can grow your succulents? That would be pretty unusual on the couch... Resin vase by architect Daniel Robb.

Delta's Touch2O faucet ~ not sure how i feel about the touch anywhere to control idea... but interesting concept

Irina Shaposhnikova ‘Crystallographica’ ~ polygon fashions!

We've seen rain gutters mounted on the sides of buildings for planting... now as indoor desk mounted cable management!

From Sthlm ~ nice site that features products from a new independent swedish designer each month!

What if IKEA designed computers? As interpreted by the gamers of Destructoid ~ too silly and idea to imagine? or totally possible? someday... soon?

A sinuous light structure at the Civic Center in Phoenix provides shade during the hot summers.

"Vizio to launch the most Internet-connected HDTVs later this year" says crunchgear ~ i love that the remote woudl have a slide out keyboard

A large-scale visualization installation that aims to reveal the connections of international air traffic, by Whitevoid & Lufthansa.

Vintage Moneybag throw pillows

On late night silliness ~ i've come to realize a netbook is better than an ipod for my elliptical time! Balances perfectly, big (yet small) screen size perfect for tv show/movie watching! (And i can im when needed!)

FEATUREDHorizon Fire posters are just lovely ~ retro, minimalist, and mesmerizingly captivating.

AkzoNobel Car Refinishes creates art with Lewis Hamilton's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 car.

Wonderful images from Stonehenge during the Summer Solstice.

I dont think anyone would mind gliding around the riviera in Frauscher's new St. Tropez 757 boat. It may just be the most clean cut and luxurious thing around.

Vitis is a bio-mimetic module. A flexible screen. An art. Designed by Fabio Scotto, Vitis has different connecting joints which make the module grows in all directions creating an interesting visual screen.

Curated art wallpapers from some of the world's premier emerging and underground artists - all free from SF's START Mobile!

The SMELLIT concept is like a "smell printer," emitting odors that coincide with what's happening on your TV. Imagine how hard it would be to watch the Food Network with this baby!

The Olympus releases their first PEN model in 1959, now 50 years later they have released their first digital PEN, the E-P1. Small as compact camera but with the advantages of a SLR. The E-P1 can also shoot HD-video!

World Wide Challenge : Illustrations from the newly online web-portfolio of Matt Thomas.

Karim Rashid teamed up with Kenzo to create these fragrance "pebbles" that weigh just over .5 oz and fit in the palm of your hand.

Filter Samples is a 20x200 edition from Canadian photographer Jessica Eaton. It's a limited edition print available in a variety of sizes, and it's affordable! Prices range from $20 for an 8x10 up to $1000 for a 24x30.

Beautiful campaign for Digits School, about math & science. "Figure this. Image that"

Herman Miller's new Setu chair has a "kinematic spine"--inspired by the human backbone--that supports the sitter’s weight and gently forces the body into proper position.

British Designer Pete Dungey did a 2009 survey to find out who the most famous Alan (or Allen) is.

Due to be completed in 2010, the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge has slowly been taking shape. Here, with some amazing photographs is a record of this incredible bridge as it nears completion.

Dave Fobes is a furniture builder/painter/teacher who works with color theory and perspective. This series is entirely out of duct tape. Impressive!!! He has a show at the Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad CA.

Designed to be the first *lickable" iPhone app, "Flick-A-Pop" was originally called "Lick-A-Pop". Apple rejected it saying it "encouraged behavior that could damage the iPhone". Adding "F" to the name appeased the Apple gods...

The package here takes position and reminds us that tissues come from trees and therefore it suggest a respect for the material.

Augmented Reality with Transformers. WE (you) ARE AUTOBOTS !!

Save Your Logo is a wonderful organization that promotes biodiversity by encouraging brands to save the animal or plant in their logo! Lacoste is their first major partner.

Wood goes flexible in the hands of Swiss manufacturer Rothlisberger

New artwork from S.3

New Dell spot inspired on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, created by Mother and The Mill.

For those of you not lucky enough to live on one of the ocean coasts of fantabulous summertime Italy, here's a new set of photographs of waterfront signage from design-conscious pic clicker Luca Paolassini!

FEATUREDLatest from our friend Michael Salter ~ a life sized F1 race car made from recycled styrofoam!!!!!! Totally amazing, see it in person if you're in Portland!

If you like to rearrange your furniture as much as we do, these Six Mix modular cubes are the perfect solution. Best of all, they are made from recycled zBoards...

Sharp’s new LED bulbs comes with a remote control that features a dimming function as well as the ability to select seven different shades of white… so your guests can never complain that they don’t like the ambiance.

We present the first pictures of Collection 2010 of IKEA...

Skyline Design’s Greenplay furnishings for children’s environments include tables, seating, shelving, and play spaces.

Love the infinite nature of Erica Weiner's Infinity Ring ~ so minimalist, so infinitely looping

You know what's not gonna work forever? Moore's Law. The chips! They can't stand it. However, books will. They don't even need laws. Here's a project to prove it, complete with tweezers and a magnifying glass.

Conversation International has an awesome slideshow of Discovering Species in Nangaritza, Ecuador

When BMW tests a prototype in public, the company uses very interesting (anti-)camouflage.

A new exhibition by Adam Parker Smith, opening this Tuesday in NYC, featuring the word CELEBRATE, built in 3D with plywood and burnt to a crisp.

Pulp, a collaboration between photographer Neil Krug and super model Joni Harbeck. The project started out as a Flickr page that got so much attention Krug decided to expand upon it and publish a book due out in August

Taets Art and Conference Centre in North Holland - a stunning interior by Liong Lie

Hilarious images of chipmunks interacting with Star Wars figures. A hobby for Canadian illustrator Chris McVeigh.

Andrew Bell takes his Never Look Back art into the third dimension with these fantastic sad sushi vinyl toys. [Editor's Note: OMG SO AMAZING - blue one is cute too and will be at sdcc!]

A porcelain vase inspired by medieval glass bottles with handmade seals. These ceramic seals tell a story about the things that could be found around the kitchen table in the Middle Ages.

Göteborg want their citizen to ride their bikes and has therefore been offering free bike service and is currently running a cute ad on TV. The ad was produced by Kristofer Ström and Varelsen.

Single Speed Design villa for the ORDOS 100 project. For me, this is the best villa so far, with a very clear separation between activities during the day. Also, looks like a contemporary castle on the outside.

FEATUREDRed Stripe and Fader magazine team up for some exclusive Jamaican Tracks ~ and they are downloadable, but also showed up in the cutest Red Stripe USB Key ~ beer for my computers! See the awesome graphics as well!

Created by Sylvain Willenz for Established & Sons, the Landmark series of lights is inspired by outdoor functional devices such as road sign & re-interpreted into indoor lighting elements.

By superposition of transparent silhouettes, it is possible to see the morphological changes which took place during the history of an object and its development.

An awesome animation short film called Red Rabbit. We live our life, hiding secrets from others not knowing that everybody has a secret.