as a fan of most things robotic, i love these retro themed remote controlled robots by grandpa's robots

In summer,the fresh water of the Badeschiff enables the city’s inhabitants to figuratively swim in their river. And in winter, the Badeschiff became the coolest place in Berlin to escape the harsh winter - by AMP Arquitectos

The latest from photographer Kim Holtermand is a series of photos taken of power plants. Very mistifying.

Marcel Wanders secret garden for Flos

Interiors for Santa Pizza restaurant in Santiago, Chile. Designed by 01Arq, it has a good mix of cold stone with warm lighting.

House inside a shipping container by Adam Kalkin - Just press the button and out comes your new home!

Portia chest by Australian based, Malaysian born designer Khai Liew. Part of his Tiersman to Linenfold series.

On an artistic level, Lani Imre's lifestyle visually unfolds as a sexually appealing fantasy world depicting elements of the natural world as well as exuding stylistic features of media and urban culture.

Nice puzzle fashion design created by Kosuke Tsumura, ex fashion designer for Issey Miyake

A flat folding stool by Serdar Sişman

Currently on display, a digitally generated and fabricated wall consisting of wooden bricks - the outcome of a synthesis of computer generated design and computer aided construction research at the GSD.

The Project is the outcome of a synthesis of computer generated design and computer aided construction research at the GSD

"Walk around the place du Molard in Geneva, Switzerland, and you’ll be walking on stars. Two thousand LED light sources equipped with 10 000 white Power TOPLEDs have been set into the paving stones." Sounds stunning...

Ace Hotel NYC ~ just soft opened yesterday ~ i just arrived way too early this morning ~ and here's a first look into the really awesome room! More to come after a nap... the room is blowing my mind though!

Very entertaining set of images of all presidents on the US currency minus the hair. [Via tebe_interesno]

The FWA celebrates 50 million visits with a takeover by Domani Studios.

So excited ~ super close old friends of NOTCOT (pre-NOTCOT) ~ Hero Design Lab ~ is going to be showing at ICFF! Go say hi to Jenny and Leo! (and i might hang out there a bit too!)

The CIH, Melissa, ILOVEYOU, Code Red... How many people remember it? or How many people forgot? Computer Infectious Agents poster set shows, damage report of the first four virus in the top list.

From Tjep ~ work for a new furniture brand called VilaSofa. The interior design is like a modern warehouse fantasy playspace.

Woody A Renne!!! by FAKIR

Cahill Center for Astrophysics by Morphosis, force lines track the movement of form and light through the building’s faceted façade, the central vertical volume, and the stitches.

In between working for Nike and GNU Snowboards, Adam Haynes somehow fits in enough time to create stunning paintings of his own... he has a show that opens on the 16th at POVevolving Gallery.

Slick swiss-made garden styling from eternit.

New York-based design shop Adolescent are the retro masterminds behind "Mogura", an awesome 8-bit inspired animated vid featuring a pink cupcake playing Dig Dug. It's as rad it sounds...

Typography meets architecture in Jason Manley's 'Monumental Misunderstandings' series of drawings...

Take a peek into the home of designer Max Azria. There are elements that I am a big fan of, I especially love the balance of warm and cold vibe throughout the different spaces. Look closely at the extravagantly gold leafed ceiling in one room and the strange...

gorgeous book covers from Louise Fili Ltd

TweetGenius ~ nicest blackberry twitter app i've seen yet ~ nice work, Boy Genius!

DIESEL DZ9044 - BLACK LABEL NEW! NO FACE - 4 TIME ZONE in BLACK STEEL ~ seriously, no face on the front but 4 on the 2 sides...

What seems like a bunch of randomly placed objects in a room actually spells out “1 + 1 = 3”. Created by the final-year students in Product Design at Beckmans College of Design.

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

Sneak preview of Brooks Salzwedel's latest solo show "Land Makers" at Tinlark Gallery opening this weekend ~ i'm kicking myself that i'll be in NY... it looks STUNNING as always ~ can't get enough of his layered resin style

OXO Office Products exclusively at STAPLES!!! Very interesting ergo friendly staplers, rulers, magnets, pushpins, clips and more...

One of a new trio of Momiji dolls by Camila de Gregorio. The first 100 of each piece have been hand-numbered. Get you hands on them at TopShop Oxford Circus in London from Monday or online

designedmemory.com of NYC is at it again. They recently launched a new website for Stacey Bendet's fashion brand, Alice + Olivia. Really fun and sexy.

Emo-Ponto. 2009
Recycle your emotions.

Jon Klassen worked on the visual development and drawings for sets and props for the movie 'Coraline'. He did some beautiful work.

"Push the nose of FLUID down to wash your hands. Push it up to rinse your mouth or simply to drink some fresh water. The more you push up or down, the more water will flow out. In the level position the water will stop." By the *other* Köhler Design

Print Pattern has a look at the packaging of the new Jonathan Adler Whale, Fish, and Penguin Salt and Pepper shakers ~ and the graphic design (as well as the products) is adorable!

Champagne Glasses!!! i finally found my favorites ~ such a gorgeous silhouette ~ and learned about the history of them too (see it in pictures!) + some of the crazy modern options now too!!!

carbon fiber chair by shigeru ban - "I wanted to make a chair that is even lighter than the gio ponti's superleggera - a chair so light that a child could pick it up with just his little finger."

Seedbombs are plant-loaded projectiles designed to be dropped out of planes to help slow the spread of desertification around the world.

Seed Magazine has a pretty amazing UI for its "The Universe in 09" feature!

The MOMA collection, by Javier Mariscal is a series of versatile enough outdoor furniture that can be either use as outdoor table & stool or flower pots

London street artist Pure Evil has created this free A2 poster print of Darwin, compiled from monkeys. Grab one.

New and beautiful campaign "Perrier Melting" by Ogilvy Paris.

Vivid, complex and magical, the works in Phantasia abandon the traditional realm of the photographic (the real world) to conjure images of the fantastical.

Yuta Onoda is an artiste and illustrator with really beautiful works.

Bruce Nauman has cut his own path and taken it at his own pace. And while he is among the most respected artists internationally, he is as quintessentially American as Pollock or Warhol.

Some amazing pieces done by Cleveland based artist Chris Ryniak.

Cool interiors on these contemporary house in Ijburg designed by dutch architects Gabriels Webb. I like the transparency achieved through the big openings, and how they bring light to the interior.

This is the prettiest packaging of building materials I have ever seen! Mouse graphics have gone in a new direction with their package design, and I can imagine that construction workers all over the world will thank them for it!

Kali Ciesemier is and absolutely brilliant and vibrant freelance illustrator living in Baltimore. I can't get enough of this monster and swimmer picture.

Olivia Frølich is an up and coming fashion photographer working out of Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

TNP press, formerly The Noir Project, have an innovative new website with a uniquely dark design.

Mark Savory and Bill Johnson decided to create a modern interpretation of the Cucciolo Ducati, using a 48cc 2-stroke single cylinder and the frame from a Schwinn single-speed pushbike.

Armon Choros Architects designed the multi million dollar Olympic House & Park in Cyprus. The building has a lot of steel, but due to its perforations it looks lighter, specially during night.

This is a calendar concept designed and produced by Mike Glazebrook.

Chen House in North of Taiwan was designed and built by architects Marco Casagrande and Frank Chen in 2008.

An online collection of the 2008/2009 Thesis work from OCAD Illustration Students.

"Voxel" is a stunning 3D animated short, created by Not To Scale's London-based duo Ubik. It was their submission to the recent F5 conference in New York, and it's seriously kick ass.

Just Landed - A video by artist Jer Thorp showing tweets containing "just landed" and their location pre- and post-flight. Fascinating stuff. (As seen on Gizmodo)

The 1GB USB stick is made of recycled cardboard. The card includes five sticks to be detachable by cracking them on the doted line. Colin Garceau-Tremblay developed this project in my packaging class.

Pinel & Pinel - Kibako - Everything you've ever needed to grow, maintain and travel with your bonsai, just don't check it with the rest of your luggage!

We love the juxtaposition of the finely crafted Ruby helmet with the rough grungy Martin Margiela handwriting covering it.

OFFECCT headquarters, factory & showroom- The building facade is transformed by placing 16,647 plastic insert feet presenting the company logotype onto the building's perforated steel wall.

A Venice Beach DJ discovers his music can control time in this Puma spot from director Reynier Molenaar.

Simon Schubert is a German-born artist whose two-dimensional works are created entirely by folding sheets of paper… Yes, no pen or pencil, just folds!!

GIVEAWAY!!! NOTCOT is lucky enough to giveaway one of the 100 limited edition laser etched Mark Hoppus/Fall Out Boy Octopus USB Keys!!! You know you want it ~ it also turns into a shirt (kinda) and is filled with goodies...

Rhodia Drive, the official blog for that l'orange notebook has unveiled their new blog. Bienvenue!

Up - Urban Furniture designed by Norway Says

Disturbing visions in the upcoming exhibition Colliding Worlds...

‘Reef Benches’ by Remy & Veenhuizen
The stylized dunes are placed on the gray tiled roof top and form a contrast to the rather confined atmosphere of the building.

As part of last week’s live This American Life event, comic artist Chris Ware created this Quimby The Mouse animation featuring the song “Eugene” by Andrew Bird.

Independent poster designer and musician, Nat Damm has created >1300 posters, countless record covers, T-shirts. Commissioned by bands, venues and production companies all over the world.

Wine Table by Revol Design. A great way to recycle and display wine bottles.

music video by Nicholas Wakeham for Hong Kong based indie band Poubelle International....

Cards of Change is a place where the recently laid off, alter their old business cards to indicate the positive side of losing their job - as well as a way of sharing their new ventures and contact info.

Awesome series of adverts for Star Wars week-ends at Disney

Cool idea ~ liking IKEAs Balcony Table

Lobotomy Bock ~ has awesome packaging ~ see the details up close as well as a few other random beer packaging finds... love the ones that get creative with their bottle caps...

Last Year's Model ~ a twitter driven hub site about why you dont need the newest tech... adorable cardboard design!

Jorg Boner's dressed chair for Wogg is as beautiful as it is cleverly constructed. The power of good design.

The Bread Art Project - Doing art on virtual bread for a good cause (Feeding America). (Featured bread is by Beekey Piecake; Illustration; titled "Laughing Buddha").

It is spring and sunny and for many that means bringing a beer or two to the park and chilling under a tree. Not all beer bottles comes with a twist caps, but this great design from Dany Boone has the solution

Traveling around in a helicopter, hanging out the doorway, armed with a Nikon D3, Jason Hawkes takes magical overhead pictures of views that you would never witness unless you were a bird…

A contemporary house in Silver Lake, CA. Designed by Standard, a simple space with a great view is wrapped by warm materials. I like the existing tree on the site and how it shades the terrace.

Sneak peek of who's going to be at the NY ICFF Designboom Mart!

Palm Pre Box/insert leaks!!!

IKEA's Expedit bookshelf can be extended to become a desk?

"Infinity Citizen" - an incredibly enchanting video of Tokyo in Time Lapse.

The Little Interview presents Wayne Pate from Good Shape Design!!

REMME - Contemporary online art gallery. Original art paintings, illustrations. Acrylic, collage, print. Black and white

AiAiAi earphones just keep on getting hotter and hotter. They just released their Pipe Earphones. The headphones have a thinner, lighter design than the previous models, and the colorways are simpler, but just as sexy as before.

Supersize Swan Lamp by Eero Aarnio. Swan XL is a floor lamp designed to go next to the armchair of an avid reader.

New gig posters and graphic design projects from Seattle based designer Trevor Basset.

News Projects announces the release of At Mount Zoomer, the second album by Montreal’s Wolf Parade, Limited Edition Double Picture Disc featuring the collaborative work of visual artists Elizabeth Huey and Matt Moroz.

To promote our film production company we sent out our facebook fans a retro looking "Membership fan club card" and people started submitting pics with their cards. The link has some of the pics that peeps have submitted.

Johnny Water - New Iceberg bottled water harvested and bottled in town of St Anthony in Canada.

New Nike spot celebrating LeBron MVP choice for this season. Great Kobe and James puppets.

Adam's Lowe's illustration plays with and within the rarefied space that is fashions stylistic trump card, working the push/pull friction of surface and depth, control and impulse, line and shape, romance and sex.