Great photo series by Wouter@par31 for AAN-UIT. Center of attention: TURN-oN lamp by Marc Th. van der Voorn.

New TED video ~ with photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin - who knows the power of photography to connect us to our world.

Image Metrics create incredible realism. With a new technology it's possible to make photo-realistic characters like the one above. Check the video

Rachel Papo's "Serial No. 3817131" is a photo series sharing the world of israeli 18 year old girls going to their national service duty

Fantastic new Goyard trunk in collaboration with Assouline book publishers, comes with a nice collection of luxury books, 100 Memoire photo-biographies...

sneak preview of the Amsterdam introduction of Nike Sportswear in sneaker/conceptstore 290sqm
by creative agency ...,staat
(photo by Joachim)

Mustache! Send in a photo of your own "mustache"! Funny little project!

An intense photo story by Steven Meisel as a tribute to the late YSL in the August 2008 issue of Vogue Italia. Amazing work.

London had the Crystal Palace, Paris had the Eiffel Tower, and now the Zaragoza Expo 2008 features amazing pavillions by Zaha Hadid and the talented spanish architects. Photo tour at ArchDaily.

NY Photographer Phillip Toledano's new photo series - a powerful expression of love for his 98 year old father.

Brilliant photo from Roman Signer, as part of the 2008 Prix Pictet photography awards shortlist. The theme this time round is 'Water'. Really high calibre of work here.

Guerrilla Gardener Stefano Massimello. He invests his own time and money maintaining the now demolished park of Isola, Milan. Photo by Reed.

Stunning visual campaign for WWF by Carioca photo production house based out of Bucharest, Romania.

National Geographic ~ amazing photo gallery and feature article on Marine Miniatures with photography by David Liittschwager

Fun user submitted photo collection at the LATimes of "Weird Warnings" ~ i like this "Use in case of Vampire Attack" sign with a stake taped to a pole.

Awesome photo gallery of Translucent Sea Creatures at National Geographic!

The beautiful photo diaries of Lina Scheynius are well worth a look.

The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything.

Hailing from Finland Saksi specializes in illustrations, photo manipulations, and graphically design art pieces.

Really cool new feature was just added to Nike iD - Photo iD. Take a pictures with your phone, send it via MMS to Nike iD and use the colors from the photo on your customized Nike sneakers. Nice fusion of design and technology!

Awesome photoshop work by Ricardo Salamanca over at his site salamagica, the photo compositing is so good.

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we'll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Chen Zhun's Anime Style photographs for a photo comic novel. NSFW

Over at Unbeige they are speculating that sunglasses dipped in viscous liquids are a hot new trend in the making... what's next?

Glass plate collection 3X3-3X2-2X2 by Martin Žampach, photo by Marek Bartos.

Eva Mendez Vogue Italia photo shoot photos. Very artfully done. Classic!

Photo web site of Fernando Guerra architect and photographer with the best of Portuguese architecture. More than 200 projects online.

HP Advanced Photo Paper | Path torn > action of environment made by Publicis for photographic paper from HP.

A brilliant combination of pixel art and street art. The photo was taken in New York City.

Amazon, Brazil. The Towers Hotel, has a complex 4Km network of aerial bridges, with 20meters high! Perfect for all Indiana Jones lovers!

Super Hyper Real : an impressive photo-collections by Jing.

A rich photo report of Salone del Mobile in Milan by Fromeurope.org

Glassy Essence is a collaboration between the photographer Francois Rousseau and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. Rousseau's photo sets become the starting place for the choreography.

Man Cheung is a London based photographer who posts one photo everyday. Each photo emits an eerie quality like stills from an unraveling mystery movie.

Great idea by designer, Jorre van Ast. Taking everyday jars and designing interchangeable tops for them. Oil & vinegar, chocolate sprinkler, spice cellar, sugar pot, general storage....

The Reader's Alphabet. Each letter depicts a famous literary character. And a little text summarizes the book's story. Designed by Hemant Anant Jain.

David Hemmings' shot of this "Snowy Owl Floating" Shot in Northern Quebec, Canada... is amazing... see it up close to look into its eyes... i want that kind of focus.

Seal Line: Computer Sleeve - rain and splash proof rolltop laptop sleeve!!!

Excellent photo collection by Michael Muller .Eye candy for your inspirational needs!

PSDTuts has an awesome tutorial on creating a vector composite effect from a photo. This effect is very reminiscent of Alberto Seveso's work.

Round up the marshmallows for the Washington Post's 2007 Peeps Diorama Contest.

VIDEONew music video for the band The Beangrowers' single 'Not in a Million Lovers'. Directed by Duncan Bone. Nice photo collaging/piling...

A marble track in a table. I've created this new type of functional woodcarving, that invites you to play with it... photo: Rene van der Hulst

Mens Vogue fashion director Stephen Watson and photographer Raymond Meier's stunning photo shoot, showing off the best in diving watches. Each shot was done inside actual tanks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Dubai...where it came from....and where its going. An interesting photo essay

Eye Candy by the Dutch artist Anne de Vries. Don't forget to check out the photo section.

Happy Presidents' Day! I love this photo of JFK with his family and pack of dogs, but it also breaks my heart. Courtesy of The History Place: John F. Kennedy Photo History.

Design Sponge guest blogger, Ronda: She's covering local artists, designers and all things Scottish. The photo "floating heads" sculptures in the newly refurbished Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow.

Fun underwater photography by Martin Strmiska. This is a pregnant pigmy sea horse at Bunaken island.

It's like notcot on the nytimes! And you could be too! The Polling Place Photo Project is fantastic. and gives those of you with undocumented polling places an extra push out the door!

FEATUREDTo those in Super Tuesday States ~ go vote! And to every voter... take pictures!!! And contribute to the Polling Place Photo Project - by Design Observer, AIGA, and the NY Times.

A photo essay depicting the custom shirting process at Thomas Pink's Madison Avenue store.

Now that the US dollar's virtually worthless, what to do with them? Simple--turn them into playthings by holding a photo contest, using various currencies overlaid with actual photos.

Portfolio website of photographer Eric Luc. Unique portraits and beautiful photos of buildings and trees at 65 mph. Also a link to his daily photo blog.

Blade heating radiator design by Peter Rankin
Photo: Luca Tessarin
Concept : Alberico Crosetta, Luca Tessarin

the hall of taste. A colourful -hand painted!- statement in House of Bols, Amsterdam
(design by: ...,staat, photo by: Joachim Baan)

How often you look to yourselves under legs? Small photo report "under legs" from photographer Dan Heller. Manholes of the USA

Black hole with death ray totally obliterating a neighboring galaxy. So nuts!

a new take on... finger painting. absolutely beautiful.

CONTURA platinum 10mm - a ring that is made from the profile of the carrier or the presenter. You submit a profile photo along with ring size to Fitzsu and we send the information to Germany to be custom made. WOW.

For all those familiar with Magnum Photo's, this book titled 'Magnum Magnum' is a celebration of 60 years of photography and photojournalism, since it's formation in 1947.

New York based photographer, Cody Smart's photo documentary of hitchhiking from New York to Alaska and back!

Old St. Nick mistreating his elves in Santa's little sweatshop. Holiday photo shoot for Attus Apparel

Fascinating what your lipstick can say about you ~ Stacy Greene does an photo exhibition on just this subject.

A very cool photo collection of the making of an Adidas Soccer ball in the factory

Can you shoot photos of things that don’t really exist? Matt Stuart is a professional photographer. In each photo Matt presents human life from unique perspectives.

the photo portfolio of the italian creative Alessandro Rocchi [Editor's Note: liking his site design and the way the images fill the browser with nav fading away]

Throw Franziska Faoro's Triops camera, and it takes a 360 degree panorama photo. A finalist in the BraunPrize2007.

Aibo robot dog + Mp3 walkman = Sony Rolly? What a bizarre little offspring...

Meeting the collector Selim Varol and seeing his more than 10,000 toy figures inspired artist duo Daniel (born 1966) and Geo Fuchs (born 1969) to create their latest photo series: »Toygiants«.

Talented compilation from Red Square Photo.

The 18k gold "Family Ring"
by Gerd Rothmann - Germany
Can be commissioned with up to 4 different prints.Now that's a cool ring!

Xel is a bookcase designed by Luca Nichetto.
I love this irregular texture made by aluminium and glass.

Flocks makes single sheep sweaters, complete with the sheep's photo, bio and serial number.

Photographer Cameron Wittig has a new site up featuring some fantasic images of a diverse group of artists and musicians from Andrew Bird and Tapes 'n Tapes to Chuck Close, Ed Templeton, Francis Ford Coppola and Ang Lee.

A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS. (63, 000 to be precise). Photo to Text allows users to produce amazing art using your own words & own images.

Dirk Westphal has elevated the status of the goldfish from pet to creature worthy of worship by putting its photo on, of all things, surfboards

LAB issue 1 is online. As in the previous issue, this zine is chockablock with words, pictures, and colors. But not just any words, pictures, or colors. Fancy words, snazzy pictures, and jazzy colors. (PEOPLE / ART / EXPLORATION / PHOTO mag)

Get your souvenir by Michael Hughes. [Editor's Note: this is a hilariously brilliant photo set]

They call it Stairway to Heaven, I call it a CRAZY Photo Gallery of Unique Stairway's. Enjoy the beauty of stairs.

Probably the most amazing photo slideshow EVER. Be sure to watch the whole thing. Via youngna.com

PiOPiO is flown via! The last time has been sighted on a tree! If someone of you has seen, enters in ScaraBOX and leaves us one its photo! (for NOTCOT : excuse for my English:)

Junko Natsumi's photo shoot of the Tofu Robot are incredible ~ not to mention how awesome an army of these guys look.

The traffic lights in New Delhi say: "Relax."
Photo : Robert La Bua

Deep Inside..Joe Nishizawa's new photo book .
Futuristic reality from tokyo's underground. Forget the Matrix!!

An ultra sleek wristwatch from Swatch that comes with a built-in mp3 player, video player/recorder and a photo album!

Parking lot at Edward and Bay. Pclix was used with a Canon 350D set to Av mode at f6.3 taking a photo every 10 seconds. - sweet video

photo-realist drawings done in bic biro!

dr. of botany in paris, patrick blanc is the originator of the vertical garden. his english site is finally up (mostly), and the work on it is amazing. (this photo does not do it justice.)

My personal Illustration and good imagery site [Editor's Note: this one's got some fun stuff in the Photo section]

Floating Bed - crazy round hammock - call it what you will - its unique and i wonder if its comfortable/a good use of space.

in my quest for images for my next study, ive been perusing photo rating sites. this one had my entire office in stitches. =)

Snakes of Wrath - A tile laying strategy game. I can't tell if i love the game, or if the photography, videos, packaging, and product design have just grabbed (and held) my attention.

100 Visions of Motherhood, by Keren Sachs is a collection of photographs and words celebrating the complexities of motherhood, curated by The Luupe. An interesting view of motherhood through pandemic times.

Flaming Lips Space Bubble Concert in OKC looked other worldly. From the setup photos to the instructional video for concert goers to the concert videos - wow. Explore them at Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne's instagram.

Diptyque Photophore adorned with a thousand black lines will multiply the optical illusions and shadows when you place it over the limited edition Graphic Collection's dancing ovals and rotate it. (hopefully the link for the product page works one day)

Aesop - Written by Jennifer Down and Dennis Paphitis, Photographed by Yutaka Yamamoto, Edited by Dan Gunn. The preview from Rizzoli looks stunning - an inspiring look into everything from the history, branding, packaging, architecture and more...

Parks! The latest from Standards Manual is coming soon... filled with US National Parks ephemera collected and photographed by Brian Kelley.

Charmin "Forever Rolls" are 12" diameter toilet paper rolls that look like absurd design objects in your bathroom with the freestanding holder. (The reviews and customer photos are worth a look... and i just ordered one for the guest bathroom)

"Neon Basketball Court" photography print by Andy Blank

Disintegrating X (Lamborghini Miura SV 1972) by Fabian Oefner for M.A.D. Gallery. Stunning photographic art prints of the exploding Lamborghini will be available in 2 sizes of limited edition prints.

Nashville: Scenes from the New American South
by Ann Patchett with photographs by Heidi Ross. A lovely look into the past and present of this quickly evolving city filled with creative people and places (and NOTCOT's home away from home!)

A limited edition print by photographer Cody Cobb, taken from a series that raises awareness to the devastating wildfires across the west coast. 20% of all sales is being donated to the California Wildlife Relief efforts via the California Community Foundation.

Kristen Meyer of Salvage Design creates precisely laid out photos will make your head spin...

Photographer Reuben Wu uses light sources affixed to drones to create heavenly light drawings, made visible through long-exposure photographs

Stockholm Design Week 2018 Highlights Gallery from Chicken Scrawlings

Kate Ballis' Infra Realism - a stunningly vibrant photographic infrared look at Palm Springs.

VIDEOInstravel - A photogenic Mass Tourism Experience by Oliver KMIA. (Great inspiration to take more unique photos and enjoy the travel moments!)

Beautiful photography by NY Mag's Bobby Doherty featured on a new site for Supernatural Kitchen's plant-based food colors & sprinkles!

Alinea's surreal Clear Pumpkin Pie! (Photographed by instagram @grant_achatz)

The Design Files has gorgeous photos of this Eco House in Western Australia of Tanya McKenna, Peter Chadwick and Henri the boxer. The greens they chose (paired with the whites and wood and plants) are just stunning.

Moebe Floating Leaves by Moebe x Paper Collective x Norm Architects. This series of botanic photography has been created especially for the Moebe Frame, and is produced through a special printing technique onto transparent film.

Behind the scenes of Miles Aldridge: Game of Thrones TIME Magazine Shoot Enlighted by broncolor. Stunningly vibrant, saturated photos!

Kito Fujio has the most incredible gallery of photos of Japanese Park Playground Equipment at night. So many fun nature inspired designs and funky architectural forms.

FEATUREDDropbox has a Document Scanner! I had no idea, and had to send 10+ b/w text pages with just my phone, and it did a great job making a clean little pdf off existing photos.

Weird Box - insert your instagram handle (or someone else's) and sit back and watch this hilarious short film that works your photos right into the drama! By Noah Levenson.

VIDEOUndulatus Asperatus Sunset timelapse in Bowdon, ND 6/2/2017 by storm chasing photographer, Mike Olbinski is breath taking! Can't stop watching it over and over...

Jeffrey Conner has quite the Flickr collection of vintage bike badges!

Wild Island Botanic Gin - Isle of Colonsay. Lovely packaging/photography from Thirst Craft.

Striking collaborative series between photographer Gabriella Achadinha and painter Marline Eckard channels the nostalgia of watching time slip through our fingers.

World For All Campaign - Beautiful optical illusion campaign for World for All Animal Care and Adoptions in Mumbai by McCann Worldgroup India, Mumbai. Photographer: Amol Jadhav. Retoucher: Pranav Bhide.

Eater Nashville has a great look inside Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria in North Nashville. Founded by 3 locals, it's a very instagrammable black and white interior with their love of 90's hip hop sprinkled throughout.

Pussy on Protest is marking this International Women’s Day with the launch of a tongue and cheek campaign aimed to empower women with supporter and iconic photographer Stephanie Gonot.

FEATUREDCURVES: Soulful Driving Magazine is dedicated to epic road trips around the world, and filled with maps, stunning photography, and places to check out. Here's a look inside the California and Sicily issues!

Lucas Zimmerman's Traffic Lights. Photographed near Weimar Germany.

Photographer Andrés Gallardo Albajar beautifully captures La Muralla Roja by Ricardo Bofill.

Plants come to life in the photography of Craig P. Burrows, with UVIVF (ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence) to capture colors and details we can't typically see with the human eye.

BMW i Inside Future Sculpture is all about the future of the car interior and the travel experience. On interesting details - look at the bookshelf? Engadget has the press photos as well as some shots from CES.

Beautiful images of salt fields by David Burdeny. Salt: Fields, Plottings and Extracts 2015-2016.

FEATUREDThe Rumpl Faded Puffy Blankets in Pyro-Fade and Ocean-Fade are stunning! An REI exclusive, with incredibly photogenic popping colors and beautiful photos.

Christoffer Relander "Jarred & Displaced" photography series of analog multiple exposures feature landscapes from the south Finnish countryside appearing to be jarred.

“Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design through 450 photographs of past and current Apple products from 1998’s iMac to 2015’s Apple Pencil. Available in small (10.20” x 12.75”)
 and large (13” x 16.25”)
 Shot by Andrew Zuckerman.

The Leica D-Lux Explorer Kit. Interesting new features: Automatic lens cap flaps and the red "robust hardwearing cotton" carrying strap.

Hubble - cute packaging and photography for this new direct to consumer, subscription contact lenses company.

Photographer Gray Malin has created a new series by installing iconic mid-century modern furniture on the top of a 15ft by 15ft mirrored platform constructed in Bora Bora.

The charming story of Penguin the Magpie and the family that raised her. Gorgeous photos!

Photographer Greg Stroube takes classic cocktails and styles them in classical settings - from a Vermeer-esque Bloody Mary to a Renaissance Sangria.

FEATUREDThe NOTCOT Project House in Nashville is finished (well, rented, as we move on to designing a dream house!) so here's a peek at the before and after! From listing photos to current photos, now all those process shots will make more sense.

Incredible macro photos of Mirror spiders (Thwaitesia sp.) which can contract and expand their silver plates.

British Wildlife Photography Awards Winners 2016. So many incredible, inspiring shots. Particularly loving this owl image from Jamie Hall.

Visual Recipe Series by photographer Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj.

Leica Sofort - the first instant camera from Leica. Available in orange, mint, and white.

Philippe Jarrigeon's photographic series of the maze of topiary at the Château de Marqueyssac for pin-up magazine.

CJ Hendry's Bronzed Trophy Series. Iconic objects, dipped in liquid bronze, mounted on concrete plinths, photographed, then meticulously drawn in black ink.