Creative Sweet TV: Its nice to see designers taking advantages of Pod(NET)casts to create visual tutorials. If youre using the Adobe Creative Suite, this is a great resource...

The Art of Complex Problem Solving... this is a very nice diagram for solving complex problems.

these Hoshiko number mugs are super cute.

undersound is a new type of experience, an interface that is on your mobile phone and in the underground stations you pass through every day. It is part personal, part public and all about the tube.

hair gel...that...glows. crazy.

this kids desk is too cool. a space saver...stylish design...and it just oozes fun vibes.

The ScrapHouse Design Team built an amazing house by re-using materials they found in the Bay Area. Most interesting part: the Keyboard Wall

Toy Box + Table - feet - tabletop = Bassinet and vice versa! Gorgeous design

While this looks like an abstract painting of cell phone cases, in fact it's a sheet of recycled plastic made from them. Used to make great-looking countertops, display cases, etc.

More lace, this time for the Lehti tray by Maria Jauhiainen

Mmh! chocolace tiles by Katja Gruijters. I love dutch designers

Jun Konishi skull-teddy pendants

Sun's Project Blackbox is a prototype of the world's first virtualized datacenter--built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space, and performance efficiencies.

Core77 found the Owl Projects crazy new iLog - the green lovers iPod killer?

oooh...well spotted swissmiss. how gorgeous are these animal silhouettes? a must have FREE font.

Barrette made of building blocks. One more addition to NotCot's Lego Party :-P

how cute are these baby spoons? they're airplane spoons! they come in blue too.

trip clip, to prevent denim damage. hehe, i know its a great idea...but something about it seems too reminiscent of the pocket protector.

gorgeous tea towels from third drawer down.

more cute cards. =) this playground series is simultaneously stylish and childish.

i love these cards from pancake and franks. so naturally inspired. can you guys guess what this one is? =)

Kancept - its HOT or NOT for Concepts.... not sure what the crowd rating is like so far, but the images seem so so... love this rock storage device though - its like the modern day key hider in the yard?

variations on a kewpie doll.

Ooooh Audi TT Roadster - check out the microsite - interesting/odd navigation - gorgeous car

Gorgeous mod scrabble necklaces by Chip Chop

The My China Emperor Rim line from Sieger by Furstenburg

Just b/c its scrimshaw on pre-ban ivory, does that make it ok? The scripting is gorgeous and the words are witty... Bangles by Jessica Kagan Cushman.

Hello Kitty humidifier.

Tokidoki for Fornarina! Two of my favorite things combined... to make some great shoes.

Ms. Dewey ~ she's not your average search engine. She's flashy... to say the least

Stephen Reed's Wordplay Installation ~ how sweet are these scrabble pillows/benches? Interactive seating based on scrabble provides a short break area for employees in the London offices of Bloomberg financial services

O Plus D is a line of cards i'm currently obsessed with - here is one of the mildest of my favorites - but you MUST go see the others.

Kur Di Ka rocking chair, reminds me of the multiple legs when will coyote was trying to catch the road runner.

Corrugated combo cat house, play house & claw sharpener

Watch is an MP3 Player, Voice Recorder, and USB Flash Drive in One! Whoa.

Stylish way to make your latte or hot cocoa.

more shockingly elegant and simple chairs. these are from futureproof.

thinking about Halloween...this is a cool print, and it's also available as a tunic and a hoodie.

Duct tape bandages by 3M/Nexcare! Ever had to whip up a make-shift bandage using tape & toilet paper? That's what this reminds me of sorta...

Hehe, Pac-Man heads! wouldn't this be fun for Halloween?

What happens when designers/artists get their hands on the brilliant patterns of Deadly Squire? Find out this weekend!

Email Submission - won me over with this... hey NOTCOT, remember the 1991 Keanu Reeves movie Point Break? in it, a young surfer tells him: "surfin's the source. it'll change your life." turns out he was talking about teh internets.

Google is ruining everything T-shirt

Patrick O'Brien : Filmmaker, Artist, Visionary and he's slowly dying from ALS. He's attempting to create awareness for ALS thru the Patrick O'Brien Foundation and his documentary.

Or even a pierced robot dog (sorry, couldn't resist)

Too bad they aren't on sale anymore...

hehe, a mortadella rug!!

And the KAHLA Update dinnerware, tattooed and pierced.

Chao & Eero's pierced eyebrow ring, to go with the pierced bumper in #1730

Pen lovers need to check out this new LAMY highlighter combo pen - push a button and it basically births a highlighter mini pen.

The insane Sony Bravia Paint adspot we've been waiting for is finally here... mindblowing. So so fun. And almost better than the ad really is the making of.

ProductDose launches brand-wikis ~ hopefully this will be a nice way we can keep track of great products and brand histories

carrying on the theme of interesting rugs, alex carpenter's drop dead seemed worth a mention.

Do you need to pierce your bumper?

Can you believe these are made out of PET plastic water bottles? Absolutely gorgeous in person - more info at .com

Anyone else ever go through an awkward stage? NOTCOT's summer intern, Caroline, made this site that embodies that nicely, and is cleaning up her web design magic ~ it's a fun distraction to check out!

Buff Humpty is a lamp by J Schatz.

Discovered at AD Goodness. The tagline says it all... "No wonder our preception of beauty is distorted..."

1st class rug by Mixko. Cat not included

The Charlie Brown t-shirt made me smile...

to22's martini glass, needs an olive as a stopper

pong with people, how did somebody NOT think of this before? link to photos, see http://www.sonicbodypong.com/ for more.

'RealSnailMail' is a project in development by boredomresearch, employing RFID technology to enable real snails to carry and deliver electronic messages.

33 incredible designers from various fields have designed limited edition Playsam cars... will try to go to the event on fri... more info at .com

i love books and illustrations...this blog is amazing and these anagram bookshop promos are great. [editor's note: prev seen on .com]

im skeptical about its actual practicality, but the "knee mug" is my favorite of the 'not-at-the-table' series.

i know notcot loves inflatable and bouncy chairs, so i just had to post this set.

Ad for Marimekko shirt. Not sure about the shirt, but I love the ad!

GreenFortune's Plantwall. turn an entire wall into a garden.

I am so in love with the lines and curves and colors of this glass designed by Ivan Baj, handblown by maestro Simone Cenedese.

hehe, this BLT ring is awesome.

Love the one year of white pages (one for each month, with holes punched to tell you which you're on) - found at rare devices, featured on betterlivingthroughdesign.

Granted i'm overworked and jetlagged but will be back in LA monday - my obsession/discovery/toy for the day is RADAR.net - its brilliant, pretty, and does what i want it to ~ and well. will share more on .com soon.

DaKino Film festival: Basic Instinct as directed by Pedro Aldomovar.

Wood grain carpet at FloorToHeaven

Mark Ryden has a gorgeous new limited edition gold leafed giclee print based on his "The Creatrix" painting.

This ring from the Gothic Torrent collection by Catherine Bysheim, is stunning. In fact, there's lots of great jewelry from independent designers on this site, appropriately called Love2Have. www.love2have.co.uk

I want Luke Chueh's first limited edition skateboard deck.

Sweet - LIE FLAT AIRPLANE SEATS!

Max Longin has created 4 different variations of the chair, each slightly different.

The explanation of how this chair was conceived is too long to post here. It looks like the chair is made from chewing gum if you ask me.

wow. silja goetz does some pretty amazing print work.

nab has some great ideas for "connecting"...free wifi from a chair in front of his house, communication via shared playlist names in itunes. i think hes my hero.

wow, talk about simplicity. these chairs are sickeningly sleek.

Digital Life NYC - helping at ThisNext's booth - seeing the latest in tech. Exhausted - but have a quick roundup of what caught my eye over at .com - from the new Palm to brilliant Blurb.com

Working SteamPunk styled laptop by Ironworks.

I'm curious about Elegant Establishment architectural and pollution absorbing tile. And I love the organic shapes.

I saw Chairman Mickey Mao's bust at Munky King on Melrose today

Giles Revell : "Giles’ work is influenced by seminal fine art and conceptualism, producing graphic, ideas-based imagery." Strong images and an unique vision...

im sure these arent new, but yoga paws are hilarious.

what do people think of denver's new art museum?

i know i posted the corrugated cardboard dividers before...but this laptop case is so awesome, it deserves a post on its own.

Ms. Pac-Man and Ghost rings by Tiny Armour. Adorable!

From the "Simple Words" greeting card collection at inspirico.com. They sort of say it all.

Another Web 2.0 inspired design: Radiant FM Radio

The Dolmen Mini radio looks like it was created by a Web 2.0 designer. Everything is there, the blue gradient, rounded corners, brushed metal radio buttons. The word BETA is the only thing missing!

sometimes i need these stickers. turn off the idiot box by adding "the end" and getting on with your life. get them at atypyk.

we've got the marriage of street art+ origami, so why not street wrapping paper? how would you open it though? rip it open? delicate to save the paper?

txt your darkest fears to Paul Notzold and let the fear fighter gun them down.

This rather Gothamesque bus will take you to your destination via your SMS text request, at a speed of 155mph, whilst assisting the environment running on electricity.