A POP-UP greeting card from gagatree. There are 6 design and colors to choose from. Can be use as a hanging ornament, a lucky charm, or just mail it as a card.

Processing Book by Fry, Reas coming out in September 07! Programming languages are getting more popular, and it is a MUST to learn how to create a dynamic artfrom by processing! check it out! Click to read more info from the MIT press

Freedom of Creation is one the first design companies to specialize in design for Digital manufacturing. [Editor's Note - very cool collection]

Oh How Beautiful (You Are) is a regular, square mirror, except for the hyperbolic, relentless, and infinitely inventive compliments that cover it. Perfect for that first look at yourself in the morning.

Los Angeles street art photos printed onto marble coasters. From Bueller Designs.

5 new Katamari shirts! From the brilliant Panic Software guys

MS Research Labs' latest conceptual video depicts a flying robot that relentlessly dogs your every step.

We seem to share a lot of obsessions with Boing Boing ~ how great is British designer Nick Foster's portrait of them

dianne y. cheuk put together her monologue of psychedelic mushrooms, women, and flowers, and water colors. Mushroom Girls Virus - in a silk fabric bound cover by die gestalten. beautiful.

Rolito Boy Love Nature Green ~ if you're gonna go green... you need a mascot like this. Love the birds too.

Highspeed oliedruppel

'the italian alphabet' by olivier quagliotto, a shortlisted entry to the 'FIAT 500 wants you competition' in the lifestyles category.

"Little Kingdoms" brass + acrylic necklace by Tatiana Sanchez for JALEA JALEA / Mexico.

MotoNav ~ motorola's simple new gps/navigation device... aesthetically intriguing.

HEART AND ARROW LARIAT by Cynthia Kagoshima. There's something painfully sweet about this piece even i'd wear...

I can't stop staring at the latest toys on Vinyl Pulse... its those anime tv head looking guys... Proto Monday brings us : Toy Tokyo Exclusive FLCL Canti x Tristan figures from Kaching Brands

Cargo PURSE Gloss, reminds me of elementary school paints or something... but it makes so much sense, a squeeze droplet with brush attached... quick and easy. And ergonomic?

Found this over at DesignSpotter by Gerry ~ cool idea that could be very DIY ~ make better use of your USB "key" ~ and those old useless hubs...

PNUT Jewelry - Fun gun with silencer charm from pnut - and i've updated this since i found so many other great ones there, it needed its own feature.

Mr. Eiffel's original book promoting his tower has been reprinted beyond the 500 originally printed for his friends. The original is also available in full here: http://gallica.bnf.fr/anthologie/notices/01206.htm

the heel press, a student-fueled creative community, has just launched a site redesign to showcase all types of creative pursuits - art, writing, and everything else.

Great article about BOTERO's paintings depicting the tortures in the Abu Ghraib prison

@ LACMA next week - Magritte and Contemporaries ~ Treachery of Images. From then till March its all about the Surreal.

Learning to Love You More is a contributing site created by Miranda July & Harrell Fletcher. The artists give assignments & the public submit responses. Assignment #09: Draw a Constellation from Someone's Freckles.

oooh...well spotted swissmiss. how gorgeous are these animal silhouettes? a must have FREE font.

Barrette made of building blocks. One more addition to NotCot's Lego Party :-P

Pete Fowler's new TRWG! (pronounced troog) is the go-to expert and insider on all manners of music produced on Monsterism Island. Coming in 10.5" vinyl in Nov.

Nike 8lb Weights

While having a minor Banksy fest (yes, lets just all get it out of our system) this one goes out to RUGenius ~ the paris hilton piece you picked earlier - he showcased it with a ton of madagascar hissing roaches...

loving this tattoo shirt, sad that its currently unavailable - interesting line they have though -

Surreal flash design with a twist

powerful images from beirut. but its nice to see graf with a positive message of hope.

SHADE ELAINE i'm calling you out for this competition. *wink wink nudge nudge* - DRAGONS & KNIGHTS!!! Dragons should win - and the competition has been extended.

the swiss company tarzan has some pretty cool shirts, the black cockatoo's kinda cool.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were such a silly part of my childhood - but wow. what a makeover they've gotten since those days.

Inspiring installations by Robert Barta. From changing his sleeping patterns to sleep during the day under glass in the floor of a gallery to a shed that lifts all four walls off the ground.

Foundin URBIS magazine, but without a URL. Beautiful stainless steel ring, with a built-in vibrator, for hmm, relaxation purposes. Designed by Lance McGregor, senior designer for M.A.C. cosmetics

For anyone who ever wondered what happened if you shoot a wax head. Aeroplastics by Peter DRAGON Sesti.

the buddy of a buddy launched this awesome mashup of a procrastination tool - see what people are saying in NY as overlaid on gmaps...[i.e.Rasta guy: There should be a Sports Illustrated "Girls with Regular Clothes" issue."]

dive watch - by IKE - rugged plastic as strong as steel? made in italy ... i kind of want it?

FREE FONT! Origami - aka nice hard 45 degree angles? cool concept though...

Castle tee - need it. From Lucha Workshop

i need a new travel bag. i want this one by Parcel/Loop.

Designer: Formstelle, Claudia Wiedemann, Jörg Kürschner- Sweet bed?

Beyond Eden ~ could it be the most amazing group gallery show in LA yet? (All my faves will be there, and NOTCOT is a media sponsor! We're on the wall!) Super sneak peek at the show this weekend!!!

To inaugurate the new renovated main railway station of Antwerp (BE) they recreated the station as a pixelated game that works as a virtual tour. Cute! Cherry on top: dancing the polonaise with other characters.