JR - The French Master of Fashion Collage is bringing more than just AMAZING collage - He also offers the mp3 Soundtrack of EVERY single Runway Show

Two sweet looking deck available at Woestknap

New York Cheat Sheets in the NYTimes!

Ljburg House by Marc Koehler - I like the use of protruding blocks to create visual interest in the facade.

Villanueva Public Library, Casanare-Colombia / Architects: Miguel Torres, Germán Ramírez, Alejandro Piñol and Carlos Meza

OSA was comissioned to build a temporary structure to inhabit the roof of The Blade Factory.

Melissa Haslam. Beautiful artwork by emerging Australian artist.

Melody Wolf is a metalsmith in Northside, a community in Cincinnati, and owner and operator of Olive Branch metals. The piece includes sterling silver and peacock feathers arranged in a dramatic runway necklace

Tuath na Mara earned MacGabhann Architects the Royal Irish Architects Institute’s Best House and Public Choice Awards this summer. Stunning house in a stunning surrounding.

The first website dedicated for HOLGAmaniacs at PTY (PANAMA CITY, PANAMA)

A beautiful take on the old stick-figure drawing!

With Halloween about a month off, the Little Ghostie screen-prints by Billy Davis are perfect for the occasion...

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day ~ now you can even have your google language of choice be... PIRATE!

Ward van Gemert deconstructs an old chandelier and reconstructs it into a more modern form, resulting in the Exploded Chandeliers series. Debuting at Mint Gallery in London today, 09/18.

Using a simple piece of cardboard without any gluing, this coffee cup holder offers a nice service to the user carrying the standard milk cups and protecting the hand from the heat of the cup.

15 Free Hi Res Skull Photos for your designing needs!

because you don’t have to be green… to be green…
a solution takes shape in the form of one color...
the green song... the new spot for MTV Switch... created by 180 Amsterdam...

Art war in Sao Paolo ~ graffiti artists vs street art - "a group of 30 Pixadores stormed the Choque Cultural Gallery in protest against the "marketing, institutionalization and domestication of Street Art" by the gallerys and media."

Innovative and addicting movie quiz. Guess the title of the movie by the snapshot.

LA Weekly does a great profile on close friend of NOTCOT - "Yosi Sergant and the Art of Change: The Publicist Behind Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope Posters"

The Solar Taxi, a Swiss man's creation on an around the world voyage... 100% sun powered!

Ancient stained glass product placement? Found in the Notre Dame de Reims (where the kings of france were crowned) ~ Veuve Clicquot yellow labeled champagne bottles hidden in the panels...

Oddfellows is an open house members’ club; a place of eating, meeting, fine dining, champagne sipping, cocktail shaking, afternoon teaing, dancing and general enjoying.

Obama Lawn signs for the Prius set... again, 100% of the profits cycle back into making more lawn signs that will be given away to voters in the swing states.

Something's Hiding in Here's two month exhibition at Urban Outfitter's Sansom Window Project in Philadelphia. The message will be changed every day, so submit your own to their blog for a chance to be included in the project.

Artist Tyler Stout has an impressive body of illustration work with hand-drawn lines and intricate detail.

Lisa Fyfe designed a really interesting jacket for Paul Auster's new book "Man in the Dark." In person you can see the subtle printing effects which adds to the beautiful package.

Damn It Feels Good To Be A Banker - the MUSIC VIDEO!!! My friend's book is finally on the market, and they got creative and had some fun with the budget making a hilarious music video!

The amazing work of So-Cal illustrator George Fuentes.

The Brave Space Designs Planar dresser is composed of many layers with faces that hide the shallow accessory drawers among the deeper clothing storage.

Eco-friendly lamp from French/Israeli Arik Levy for French SAAZS. The lamp is made mainly by glass and uses a none toxic gas and is supposedly recyable by 90%.

Rebus Bottle Caps ~ from Lucky Lager and other beers of the past

Hessian coffee sacks perfectly upcycled once again by Ataahua

No longer do you have to worry about a carrying case for that cumbersome chain saw. Suitcases also available for watering cans, furniture dollies and motor bikes.

Stereolithography was used to painstakingly make a prototype of the Beijing "Water Cube" aquatics centre.

Aurora is a concept video presenting one possible future user experience for the Web, created by Adaptive Path as part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series.

Obama Art : cool mix of the artists, inspired by a political candidate.

A book with a screen door in it!

Plus, a few other digital proofs that didn't "make the cut" for Thomas Allen's recent work in O magazine.

Nice, affordable, pattern based products from Danish Kragh Rosenberg. I especially like the bags.

More delicious book work from designer/artist Allison Wilton of Buffalo, NY. Love the energy in this altered book...

NOTCOT Reader, Jessica, wrote in with something she's spotted that's going down in Potters Field - check out the men in black...

Brunopasso PD-1 is a pod espresso machine. designed by Tadahito Ishibashi for deviceSTYLE. Beautiful machine that reminds me of 60s roadsters.

Kaldewei is introducing a new dimension in bathing with the first free-standing, elliptical bath paneling for the Ellipso Duo Oval. The paneling has been designed by the Phoenix Design design studio.

Created by Omer Yosha, "AirPiano" is a concept musical interface that allows you to read and control software generating different sounds of instruments, simply by moving your hands above its surface . Watch the video!

The Linnean Society has begun to release their extensive and detailed collection of insect images. An extremely useful resource for science, art and the curious!

The rooftop terrace of the sophisticated and elegant hotel Las Casas del Rey de Baeza in Seville provides a welcome sanctuary for the oppressive heat of this city....