The Car that Runs on Air and Magnets.

Taking a break from their product design chores
Harlem based SPYE adds this patterned tote bag into the mix.

Interview with Michael Byzewski of Aesthetic Apparatus about the making of CAKE'S scratch and sniff album packaging. By KIDD of Urban Art Warfare.

People have said we show too much obama design here ~ well here's a McCain sticker that was kind of fun ~ cute retro elephant!

Which? Magazine covers from the late 60's.

The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is considered a period of reflection. 10Q gives you 1 question a day for 10 days. Fill them in, send to a secure online vault; next year, they'll be sent back to you for reflection. Simple. Awesome.

Last weekend the redesigned Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) opened in its new location at Columbus Circle in New York City. Pentagram designed the identity and extensive branding materials. Michael Bierut led the team...

Process: 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture- Love this book! Great review on Core77!

Canadian graffiti artist, Elicser, delivers unique and gritty images from an interesting perspective.

Beautiful figurative paintings by Tessar Lo.

Judgeby.com turns snap judgements about book covers into a little game.

Field Notes are expanding into mini 18 month calendars!

10 days of sewing, painting and building can certainly garner the attention of many, especially when it’s a giant zipper stretching across the room. ..Beautiful Losers Nike 255 Space by Eric Elms

I recently got a chance to tour the completed CA Academy of Sciences! The stunning structure features over 38,000 live animals and is in the running for LEED platinum.

I love Francisco Mangado's spanish pavillion for the 2008 Zaragoza Expo. There were 750 clay columns that provide a modern take on greco-roman temple architecture.

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.

Bobby Neel Adams, AgeMaps. Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are spliced together.

I appreciate the whiteness of Fabrica's new object collection launched for the 60th anniversary of the Peggy Guggenheim collection. I especially like how color surprises you when objects are opened or more closely examined.

Expressionist Bass - nice looking desktop sub-woofers by Altec Lansing.

Hitch Concept - a “giant” suction cups that make you hitch onto anything for a ride by Robert Nightingale. A concept design for 2008 Fiat Design Competition “Smiles From A to B”. The competition called for concept design that “create maximum smiles”.

Phiaton MS-400 Carbon fiber headphones

Fleischmann House, by Mas Fernandez. A nice concrete house in the chilean suburbia. I like the hallway with the series of windows.

Tobias Berneth created the Thinner Table - perhaps the worlds thinnest table at only 6mm thick. It comes in a variety of veneer finishes: oak, birch, walnut, white laminate, and black-stained oak.

The Maison Carré, which is not far from Paris, is one of the most important private homes designed by Alvar Aalto.

Liqurious Happy Hour ~ a little late this week, but hey! its the weekend! Anyhow, check out some of the fun drinks people had this week

Cool Works of the swiss photographer Nils Riedweg. Not just horses... The Black and White Series are great. But look for yourself...

Animals Inspired Design #1 / Silhouettes

A clever, multi-language, 12-month calendar designed by Marc O’Brien. The calendar is divided in half (northern and southern hemispheres) and shows photography of the respective clothing for each month...

Shepard Fairey's studio ~ we were lucky enough to visit his studio during Simple Pleasures ~ and you wouldn't believe how incredibly inspiring the space is... wall to wall inspiration and quite the library

'botanical martini' glass by benjamin hubert studio has received the runner up prize in the UK
bombay sapphire designer glass competition. check out how they're made too!

Shepard Fairey (Obey)'s Studio Number One had a great event today.... Simple Pleasures 01, here's a post to catch up anyone that didn't make it!

Happy 08.08.08 ~ Today begins the Beijing Olympics ~ and more marriages and c-sections than any other day...

Portuguese designer Mário Belém has an amazing and diverse portfolio of work in illustration.

Sneak Peek! The new Dapper Collection from Hard Graft (previously know as Working Class Heroes), brings back my favorite leather pocket on this series of Laptop, iPhone, and Kindle sleeves.

wow this artwork is stunning - by Tony Ariawan - See this digital arts online tutorial of how to create the effect.

New version of TALKTOSAM website.
A Brazilian Graphic Designer from São Paulo.

Volkswagen "Shift fluently". Campaign by DDB Belgium.

Gimps, ball-gagged dads and mums with strap-ons all feature in Rubber 55's latest viral. In a send up to MTV Cribs... set in suburbia, it demonstrates what can go on where you would least suspect it...

Philadelphia Makes, The World Takes: Presenting Print Liberation’s “McCain Is Insane” Tee

And at just 15 bucks, it’ll leave you with some change you can believe in!

Wallpaper* just published their 2008 hottest young architecture practices.

Help VOTE for 1. Cellular by Brevity ~ the jewelry line of NOTCOT.com Contributor, Anna/Sub-Studio! Just scroll down and vote for #1 at this Ponoko 10 Challenge.

Feed Your Kids the Arts. Part of a new PSA campaign from the Ad Council, Americans For The Arts and Leo Burnett Chicago.

Wow, I didn't know it gets foggy in Dubai. Cool pic from daveandmairi.

"Okimiyage" ~ Audrey Kawasaki's limited edition - breathtaking - piece with Pressure Printing is now available... see more pictures and the production details.

Great chocolate packaging design by Iowa State Grad.

Great packaging on the Nike Karma Golf Balls!