Lagos del Mundo, basic objects, inspired by primitive artifacts and tools, with an emphasis on simple shapes and materials.

Porsche Design Shake Pen Twist ~ "With a breif wrist movement, it is ready to write. Repeat the same motion and the refill "disappears" into the barrel, which is aluminium milled into twist shape."

Toronto's multi-tooled design studio JACKNIFE, comes up with a brainy solution for the RGD's inaugural Design Thinker of the Year Award.

FEATUREDRam Trucks RAMBOX! On brilliant design details, love these hyper-functional, locking, lit, drainable storage compartments - perfect for everything from gear, tools, ice/drinks, and people?

A Homage to Hand Tools, via Michael James Moran.

Levi’s has repurposed vintage instruments, including a 1911 Underwood, and re-imagined their purpose for the modern age. These "Maker Tools" are being used by the artists onboard Doug Aitken's Station to Station.

An angular flat-pack whisk, a tilting mixing bowl and a pastry binding ring make up this range of baking tools by graduate designer Prianka Sisodiya.

FEATUREDFord Racing's 600hp Fiesta rallycross cars are in LA for the X Games and I got ride with rally champ, Toomas “Topi” Heikkinen while drifting at 100mph! See pics and videos of the cars, tools, and some serious driving...

We're living in the digital age and maybe it's time to remember some good old tools, that worked for hundreds of years perfectly. Like this awesome compass by Berlin based SIMON&ME. Get on the analogue track!

A 3D printer approved by NASA will be flown to the International Space Station next year so astronauts can print components, tools and equipment on-demand in space.

Chewp by Bat Chen Grayevsky is a collection of kitchen tools appropriate for children and adults to enjoy cooking together.

The new Kool-Aid Man Photobomb Mobile app releases Kool-Aid Man into the real world. Various poses, sizing tools and masking puts real CGI photobombing action into your hands. Designed by VSA Partners, GG by Mass Market.

Walking Drawings: Coloured People by Evewright.
Evewright creates large-scale drawings on selected transitional 'sandscapes' using the British coastline as a canvas, with a combination of mechanical and freehand tools.

LAIN is composed of only 3 shelves and 4 rods and 12 safety stops. This developed using an anchoring system based on the tensions exerted on the parts, avoiding additional fixing elements such as screws or adhesives and use of assembly tools.

Stat Key releases its line of every day carry multi tools, more cool tech to carry with you to be better prepared.

Pearce Knives is behind these incredible tools made of horseshoes, rebar and railroad ties.

Side table inspired by the age old ritual and tools, involved in uncorking a fine wine.

True Utility TWISTICK - wine bottle opener key chain

Crafting tools with some excellent design in of themselves.

Carabiner style tools from Signal Snowboards and Leatherman, complete with a vast array of useful tools. This is the Leatherman Hail with Style PS.

ThoughtBarn's PlayHive is a backyard play structure that anyone with basic carpentry skills can assemble with 2x4s, screws and common DIY tools - looks fun to evolve into more complex structures too.

Karl Zahn's Scoop, Stab & Spread’ appetizer tools for Teroforma.

Atmosphere Anglo Globe designed by Claus Jensen & Henrik Holbaek, Tools.

FEATUREDVitra Toolboxes by Arik Levy

VIDEOInspiring video on 'The Pumpkin Maestros'. Impressive pumpkin carving and an equally impressive array of tools for the job!

The Waterfall Swing from Dash 7, a collaboration between Mike O'Toole, Andrew Ratcliff, Ian Charnas and Andrew Witte.

Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow created a series of tools that revisit humanity's oldest artifacts in a modern context

Burlesque Design's Tools Of The Trade Print by Mike Davis - "Here's a special dedication to the lovers and collectors of electronic musical gadgets, gizmos, pedals, beat machines, and dusty analog cassettes and records."

VIDEODubstep created from the sounds of power tools.

What a brilliant easter egg from Dell! Turning their laptop slot filling plastic into useful tools/measurement converters!

The Milwaukee M12 600 MCM Cable Cutter is powered by a ratcheting mechanism and superior blade geometry and is able to cut through large cables.

Wooden Peg Furniture is a minimalist design created by Netherlands-based designers StudioGorm. The concept was to provide as many configurations as possible with a set number of pieces, without the use of tools or hardware.

Sweet collection of tools influenced by the traditional Japanese ‘Higonokami’ for the Swiss ski company Zai designed by Kacper Hamilton.

Robot Food's branding and identity for Sous Chef, a new informative online retail business, supplier of hard to find tools and ingredients for the home chef.

A Studio Life by Grid, a series of illustrations outlining the typical life of the design studio, from essential tools and must haves, to thoughts, visionaries and revelations

Nice wood slingshot from Kaufmann Mercantile! Handmade from buckthorn branches. Suede projectile pouch is affixed to natural latex tubing with waxed sinew. Made in Minnesota.

Combining pencil stubs and washers for spinning top/drawing tools...

Tools is a minimalist coffee table designed by France-based designer Thomas Merlin. An expression of dialogue between wood and metal,

FEATUREDPlanting made easy! Daniel Robson's project, the Plot Seed Wheel gives users customized seeds to suit their gardens and come in separate plantable pods, so you don't even need gardening tools!

Table 'Tools' by Thomas Merlin for Entreautre

The InCog Multi_Tool is the manifestation of the obvious – keep your bike tools (hidden) on your bike. Designed by Joshua Brassé.

A clever handyman's multitool available at the MOMA store that contains a hammer, adjustable wrench, pliers, wire cutter, file, blades, and a screwdriver with a twelve-piece bit set concealed in the handle.

David Koch's '3style Table' assembles and disassembles without requiring tools and can be flexibly configured in 3 different configurations.

Imajen Exploration Tools. Sustainable tools for children, to cultivate their imagination, connect with and appreciate nature. By Kenji Huang.

Snow Peak Titanium Spork with Skull textured handle from Triple Aught Design.

The new, slimmer Leatherman rebar, holds an impressive 17 tools.

FEATUREDUnexpected Google Streetview sights, an Olympic soundtrack and a Projector camera toolkit are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOKyle McDonald collaborates with YCAM to create ProCamToolKit, Guest Research Project vol.1. 'Projector camera toolkit' w calibration, and position/color adjustment technology required for large-scale projections.

'Toolkit' is a set of four objects for the desk. These volumes are to be placed in a pen pot and allow to give visibility to items that are usually at the bottom of it, such as paper clips or pins.

Stefán Pétur Sólveigarson's adorable spaghetti measuring tools.

Pre-order your Gerber Apocalypse kit, complete with 7 Apocalypse Survival Tools including Gator Machete, Camp Axe, Parang and more.

Bionic Wrenches from Loggerhead Tools

At this year’s Plastic Industry Awards, John Ewans Design received the ‘Consumer Product Design of the Year’ for their innovative Active Tools 2K Adjustable length Rowing Shoes.

Homak 20in. Industrial 3-Drawer Steel Toolbox - my favorite toolbox find at SEMA

'Relief(s)' exhibition by Guillaume Delvigne at Tools Gallery in Paris.

Asheville Artist, Mitchell Lonas uses steel and sharp tools to create delicate works of art.

Bike Fixtation is a self-service bicycle repair station that includes compressed air, a vending machine for drinks and bike parts, and a work stand with common tools tethered to it.

Monoqool eyewear is designed by Danish design team Tools. Made completely without screws and weighing only 4 grams.

VIDEOP3 armchair by Recession Design. RD design objects have the common characteristic of being made from materials easily available in DIY shops and assembled using everyday tools.

Collusion, an add-on that offers real-time visualization of the entities that track your browsing.

Travel Tools Keychain from The Spoon Sisters.

Packaging for Cambium, a pay a subscription scheme that allows access to industrial machines and tools, by Pipkin Design.

VIDEOThe 2012 Lamborghini Aventador design & assembly at the Sant'Agata Bolognese factory is a beautiful process full of digital and analog tools.

FEATURED£10 ~ From vintage Macallan with ice balls made of highland water, to surgically precise bartending tools, to bacon... a peek into the secret new Beverly Hills bar tucked away inside the Montage.

Eating Objects is a design exploration of food, molecular gastronomy and eating experiences by Ahmad Fakhry, creating a series of tools for a concept restaurant that encourages interactive dining through food creation.

Max Qwertz and Yanik Balzer with their ready-made solutions in design. Furniture collection made from re-usable watering cans, shovels, toolboxes and axes.

A set of tools that are designed for the whole family. Baang is branded 张小泉(zhang xiao quan) a 348-year old Chinese scissor brand.

VIDEOThe Doveline combines several problematic drafting/drawing tools into a single high quality instrument. By Marks & Philosophy, designed by Zach Jenkins, Jonah Willcox-Healey, and Wesley Chau.

Best find at ICFF this year? Bernhardt Design and the School at Columbia University - Tools at Schools ~ these desks are incredibly versatile and beautiful, housing plants, markers, and more...

'The Stupid Orchestra' installation by Michael Petermann synchronizes the whirring, clacking noise of some 200 electric kitchen tools into something approximating music.

FEATUREDPower tools like you've never seen before... a round up of some of the most fascinating/gorgeous power tools... and the gizmos you can even add on for cake making, bottle opening, pencil sharpening, and more!

A poster handmade by Pepper tells us about the conflictual relationship between creatives and their tools.

Bleeding-edge moving image works exhibited in fine art contexts. 10 films by: Scott Pagano - Arev Manoukian – Zeitguised - Kirsten Lepore - Masaki Yokochi - Mike Winkelmann - Hugh McGrory - Glenn Marshall - Rob Seward - J.G. Zimmerman.

‘Digital’ or ‘New Media’ art (Computer graphics, Computer animation, the Internet, Interactive technologies, Generative art, Information art, Video art, Robotics and Bio technologies) is often defined through its opposition to ‘Old Media’ art (traditional painting, sculpture etc).

The PROJECTiON initiative views and presents work that has undergone computer/human interaction processes in direct lineage to its cultural predecessors, showing that an expanded digital toolset can lead to an expansion of formal concerns and impulses that can be traced back throughout the canon of art history.

Roll & Mix is a multifunctional kitchen roller. It is split in two halves. Each half has a different function by itself. One is an oil bottle and the other one is a mortar for grind and mix.

The CIA Museum Flickr stream features images of some of its historic spy tools.

Cohda’s new and improved Revive Table Legs are currently being shown at UK’s leading retail show, Spring Fair International at the NEC Birmingham from Feb 6th–10th. Have a look and try them out in hall 9, stand A06.

The Revive Legs allow you to create a very durable ECO coffee table without the need for tools or skill. All you will require is a flat panel to attach them to. This could be literally anything you may have lying around!

The legs can be attached and removed within seconds and without the need for any expertise or tools, all that’s required to attach the legs is squeezing on the legs handles and they’ll clamp down firmly onto any surface, so all you need is one good arm to attach them. They can be removed just as easily with a simple release handle. The legs can be used to produce a limitless range of unique coffee tables, in various scale, depth and diameters.

With the addition of Revive Legs any flat surface can be revived into a uniquely individual coffee table.

The Revive Legs are manufactured and hand welded in the UK. They can be purchased directly from Cohda (www.cohda.com <http://www.cohda.com> ) in sets of Black or Orange here: http://www.cohda.com/?&mod=products&pageid=5&id=25 <http://www.cohda.com/?&amp;mod=products&amp;pageid=5&amp;id=25>

A Dining/Desk Table version is also available in Black or Orange here: http://www.cohda.com/?&mod=products&pageid=5&id=19 <http://www.cohda.com/?&amp;mod=products&amp;pageid=5&amp;id=19>

"The Splendiferous Array of Culinary Tools" -- A thorough mapping of over 100 tools used in the preparation of delicious food. Printed with real copper ink, the same substance you might find in a fine piece of cookware.

Molecular Cuisine Starter kit that includes chemicals, tools, and a DVD of recipes.

Writing tools from Porsche Design.

FEATUREDKelly Reemsten's amazing oil paintings ~ a juxtaposition of party frocks and simple tools... like chainsaws, bolt cutters, axes, monkey wrenches, dish gloves and more!

Studio Gang's recently completed pavilion at Lincoln Zoo's south pond in Chicago, designed and built using digital fabrication tools.

The Bare Essentials poster outlining the stereotypical ‘must haves’ of the graphic designer from mind set and values to tools and appliances.

Tonino Lamborghini Garden Tools - Nice!

Many of our daily routines require several tools for specific actions. Many could be combined.
BINPAN is a dustbin when it stands up and a dustpan when it lies down. By Kawamura Ganjavian.

Itay Laniado's Garden Tools are not your average gardener's kit and they've just been shortlisted for Designboom's Design for All competition.

Philippe-Albert Lefebvre industrial design bachelor of University of Montreal has created a range of fire tools by casting hand-carved branches in bronze and iron. Called Bronze Age.

Tools for Living: A Sourcebook of Iconic Designs for the Home looks like a great collection that showcases excellence in domestic design. Edited by Peter and Charlotte Fiell, and now available for pre-order.

FEATUREDPorsche Design P’3700 Wegner Swiss Army Knife... matte black with a sleek, ergonomic, bean like body… and all your usual tools and gadgets…

Fascinating to see the blueprints and early prototypes of leatherman tools!

FEATUREDHarvey Nichol's current window display is an incredible series of things... made of things! Like piano made of cassettes, dress made of clothes pins, bike out of tools... and an awesome car of toys!

SkyBar™ by Tools Design is a coolant-filled object used to chill a single glass of wine up to 20 times faster than the refrigerator.

PISTIL vase by Francis Chabloz / Labelobjet, part of the Transformers collection, inspired by the industry and the world of machine tools.

The premise of this short film is to represent the digital tools and interfaces we use daily in an analog way. Video produced, filmed and acted by Meltmedia

The Secret To Time Zone Hopping ~ a peek at some of the tools and gadgets that can help make the transition easier!

FEATUREDMY PHONE IS OFF FOR YOU - campaign/tools by Ingrid Zweifel of The Way We See The World.

« F-Lights series – Standards & Icônes » by french designer David Enon at Tools Galerie - Paris. Some lamps inspired by the shapes of low-energy fluorescent bulbs.

You don't need any tools to build this table by german designer Manuel Welsky. Its 3 pieces are mounted without any screws or stuff like that and it really looks gorgeous.

Toolbox is a professional incubator located in an industrial building in Torino Italy. Its design has been created for a new generation of professionals. Concept and design by Caterina Tiazzoldi.

The CXXVI Scrimshaw Knife is hand etched in a small workshop in Maine, this seascape scrimshaw is laid into the bone with black India ink and sealed with a double dose of wax to protect the design and handle.

Probably the most beautiful bike tools available are the ones from Crankbrothers.

Vintage packaging galore! A free form group of Bay Area designers scour off some old sketching tools like Berol Prismacolor to bring new art to life.

SUPERLUXE, a pop-up window installation promoting a satirical catalog of products that provide customers with a toolkit for instant luxury branding success. The window will be up until May 14th at 74 New Montgomery, SF.

Very cool cutlery kit concept, by Brazilian designer Rafael Morgan.

smashed guitars and power tools never looked so good. ghostfuk3r installation at Berlin's East/West gallery.

A wooden collapsible 3 axis CNC machine allows for easy storage and transportation for those that don't have a permanent space to use CNC machines.

Paper Tiger Products Toddlers Feeding Tools- Paper Tiger Products by Australian designer Anthony Dan are flat packs, temporary structures made from recycled and recyclable material. Easily transport because it snap together easily and quickly.

DWR: Tools for Living SoHo Artist Window Series, No. 4.

Elevate is Joseph Joseph's ingenious range of cooking tools that have weighted handles stopping their heads from touching the surfaces during cooking, ensuring less mess and more hygiene.

Chef'n makes playful yet useful kitchen tools. Here's a tour of their whimsical design studio and a look at the prototypes and development of one favorite peeler.

FEATUREDArta Brio Bar Tools set (efficiently nested into an ice bucket) ~ and Cocktail Shaker with built in jigger and strainer! Nice packaging graphic design.

Leatherman has a limited edition DAMASCUS WAVE! . Forged and etched process-intensive Damascus steel is featured on the Wave’s outside-accessible straight and serrated knives. Only 1000 will be produced in 2009.

The jewelry smiths at MathMatiks have created a series of accessories with a street flair, but adorned in gold. AK47 money clip to grenade cufflinks to gas mask pendants, the classic tools of defense are now reflected in fashion.

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!

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

Alice Supply Co's Modern Toolboxes - COOLEST. TOOLBOXES. EVER. imagine the possibilities...

Imagine being an astronaut and being able to use these NASA space tools designed to repair the Hubble. Some tools such as drills and other components were designed to reduce holding fatigue and prevention of pieces floating away.

WOW Google unveils new search tools, including a graphic navigation on related topics, you must watch the video it could change the way you browse

This modular unit can easily be joined without the use of specific tools, to make a bookshelf, a table, a chair or a separating unit.

Drawing Tools, twigs cast in crayon wax. To be exhibited by Stanley Ruiz at Hue Are You?, The Future Perfect, curated by the American Design Club.

Sugar dishes that automatically refill themselves as you spoon out sugar. Plus... four other concepts for very practical kitchen tools.

Marcus Sjögerén & Jonas Ohlsson designes a furniture collection is artisan made and that fits in a society that focuses on sustainable development. The furniture should be able to use tools and live long given both the design and form.

The Áhöld utensils by Icelandic designer Sóley Þórisdóttir are made by offset-feeding aluminum into the 85-year-old ornate steel tools of the historic Erna Silver Workshop in Reykjavik.

Email magazine UrbanDaddy just relaunched their site with a new design, map tools, and features to make their archive more interactive.

Scanners: R-Echos issue 2. A recent collection of articles on the topic of re-presentation/publication along with tools and devices to do so.

Studley Toolchest, ideal for the inventor or scientist.

TooLate ~ check out these new watches ~ awesomely packaged in jars, these playful, colorful, waterproof watch bands are apparently a hit in italy and only just coming to the US!

check out Adam Goodrum's Stitch Chair. It folds to less than a half-inch thick and is available in various solid colors or a patchwork of colors at Cappellini stores.

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If you spend the same amount of time we do designing then these tools should be part of your DNA. Limited edition metallic hand pressed badges featuring a designer's best friends.

FEATUREDOn notebooks and pens ~ here are some recent obsessions that came in the form of DWR Tools for Living Press Kit (best notebook!) and the Federated Media pen from the summit (it's a keeper too!)

Fuck&Love, 3 exclusive tools to simply express your emotions in all the situations !

Yong Jieyu's Domestic Hunting Tools illustrate the need to bring our food sources closer to home.

Stanley Flask ~ love this flask, just saw it in person at the DWR Tools for Living in Santa Monica

FEATUREDFirst Look at DWR's Santa Monica Tools For Living store that opens tomorrow ~ it's the second store EVER (SoHo opened last week!) Definite new NOTCOT fave for last minute gifting...

FEATUREDDWR Tools for Living ~ love the invite that came in the mail.... black (and one red) iconic + simply silhouettes on cardboard... see the full scan!

Kind of silly, but worth mentioning anyway - Thwart Design's Tools for Dying, a tongue-in-cheek variation of DWR's Tools for Living products.

Only using glue, packaging cardboard and a scalpel as his tools, Chris Gilmour must be loopy.

A lovely Charcoal Water Pitcher that uses Japanese Iouseki stones and Binchotan charcoal to filter the water.

Sketchalots ~ modular, no installation, whiteboard spaces - So whiteboard heaven does exist.. Probably on the wishlist of all Google employees. Seen at 100% Design.

Witches' kitchen utensils from Tord Boontje

Dan Funderburgh was recently part of group show called Fellow Traveler and he created a series of 40 engraved tools. Absolutely beautiful.

Sears Craftsman 80th Anniversary 3/8 in. Full Polish Next Generation Ratchet - This may be the most stylish, beautiful ratchet to ever grace this planet (if you're into that sort of thing).

The Architect’s Birdfeeder comes in a low impact small box, packs flat, requires not tools or fasteners for assembly and can be taken apart and re-assembled with ease.

Intriguing Pro-Kitchen - "the affordable, all-in-one, professional kitchen set for everyday cooks. 36-piece set has every must-have item for a well equipped kitchen" from commercial restaurant suppliers

Really nice ad for Craftsman from Y&R Chicago and creative directors Dave Loew and Jon Wyville. Just a fun little ad and I really like the way they used different Craftsman tools to create a visually effective human skeleton.