Internationally renowned street artists are traveling to London this weekend to participate in a street art battle in a location which will remain undisclosed until Friday morning. Admission is free and anyone can spray their own art within the designated areas.

On more innovative gift card design by target... for Speed Racer, it has a built in USB... with a mere 62.8 MB - but comes with coloing pages, a coupon, wallpapers, and a special code for the Wii game!

It’s here! Sony’s latest commercial : Foam City filmed in Miami. by fallon

'her' chairs, produced by casamania by frezza, 2008 - fresh from design week in milan... designboom covers the Fabio Novembre opening

I'm really liking the art of Scott Silvey

Anthro eNook gets knocked off by ikea... and then they slide the price from $399.00 to $39.99... STILL a knockoff... but also still an interesting charging/laptop station solution.

Kick ass illustrations for Numericable from visual designer Théo Gènnitsakis.

The latest letterpress goodness from Douglas Wilson! Printed on old maps of the UK. See a short film of Doug printing the edition here!

A great article “examining the influence of color in the institutions of art and fashion Spring 2008...” The feature looks to MOMA’s Color Chart exhibition for inspiration.

Starting on April 7, you can get your Volvo C30 with one out of 20 different patterns. If you live in Sweden that is.

Here a look at the new "Memory Documents" exhibition by artist José Parla in Genova, Italy. I especially like his new works on ceramic plates!

elegant, minimal one piece salt and pepper shaker from industrial designer munire kirmaci.

Sony PSP Commercial - All on my PSP

Vincent Moon left for Athens, Georgia, to shoot five videos on one night, with Buck, Mills and Stipe. This is R.E.M.’s Take Away Show.

Really cool well designed ad from advertising agency Leo Burnett out of Frankfurt, Germany and creative director Hans-Juergen Kaemmerer. The ad is for the International Society for Human Rights, just a really nice effective ad.

A side by side comparison of Bert Stern's original 1962 shots of Marilyn Monroe and his 2008 shots of Lindsay Lohan for New York magazine, along with some backstage shots and links.

To celebrate the 120th birthday of the Eiffel Tower, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel decided to restructure the public reception and access areas of the tower... see the winning design by Serero.

The cute & famous Milky of Blur's videoclipe "Coffee & Tv" is now a Papertoy. Watch the video and print your Milky.

Crazy new Mac Mini Pro computer mod

Really nice spot created by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and The Mill for Nascar/Sprint Speed Monsters campaign with cool lightning effects.

Linda Farrow vintage worked this season with Bernhard Wilhem, Jeremy Scott and Raf Simons on a collection of sunglasses.

Fun illustrations by Michael James Lewis.

Dessert trucks do battle in NYC!

italian illustrator alessandro gottardo aka shout creates beautiful illustrations that feature wide open spaces.

The Hand Drawn Map Association is a collection of maps and other diagrams created by hand.

Nalden - A new type of blog also know as Rich Media Application launched today in the Netherlands [Editor's Note: interesting, one of the bouncy desktops within a browser type deal]

"Cliche" - the handcut brass typographic necklace says it all so nicely... by Trashy Deluxe

The AWARE Lifestyle Collection is a collection of thoughtfully designed energy aware products that fit into people’s everyday life, their personal needs and their different lifestyles.

Remember Strega Nona's Magical Pasta Pot, and when Big Anthony has pasta everywhere? Here's the installation: Heute bleibt die Küche kalt, wir gehen in den Wienerwald by Marlene Haring, 2004...

Scot Hampton has made a camera from the iPhone box... the iHole!

An overview of some highlights from the Stefan Sagmeister exhibition at Deitch Projects in Soho.

I have had a recent fascination with bubble rings this week ~ and these videos, stills, explanations are great... as well as some innovative machines that make them! (but humans and dolphins can make them too)

Marcel Wanders teams up with Slide for their 2008 collection, and to show off his new Bachus wine rack is an adorable grey flop... and see the weimaraner with the Chubby chair.

On food trends ~ with over 80 posts on bacon... about 1% of tastespotting is incredible bacon recipes... like vodka, kettle corn, chocolate, spa wraps, scones, cupcakes... here's a roundup of some of the more unique.

Another mysterious email from French duo Myzrk and Moriceau ~ images of their latest show “Golden Eyes” at the Caixa Forum in Barcelona... INCREDIBLE, must see, installation of wall drawings and framed pieces.

We've just launched our new project, called 'Thank You Too'. Its a business-card sized booklet of 30 cards, 5 post cards and a stamp. Leave them behind anywhere someone might find them.

In order to communicate the new absolut bottle Absolut Disco and under the motto “Dance anywhere, anyhow, anytime” the 70's disco feeling hit the streets of Lisbon.

100 of the most popular posts of NOTCOT.org in 2007! Playing with my new toy, we're celebrating the close of 2007 with my first *automated* roundups to look back.

gorgeous ceramic room dividers from italian tile company naxos have a mid-century modern aesthetic.

Beautiful/depressing/funny portraits of the real-life people who spend their days dressed as celebrities and movie characters on Hollywood Blvd.

On totally random posts, this is one of them over at NOTCOT.com. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY goes out to NOTCOT co-founder, dan, who finally joins me full time!

Amazing photography and art direction for this Pepsi's campiagn, realized vy BBDO Germany. Awarded at Epica 2007 in "Best Outdoor" category.

From Sweden, miniature furniture for generations of Children. Design by Heirloom.

A poster on a hand dryer to communicate hotness. Made by McCann Erickson, Thailand.

the speedbat is a small electric vehicle, designed to pull a rollerblader which wants to ride far distances without sweat,risk or dog

paper carrier bag design for Olympic Games