NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway 9: Design Public is giving away : 1 pair of Cake Octopi Cups, Harry Allen Rabbit’s Foot Keychain, and Harry Allen Bulb Candles!

IQ Postcards are screenprinted postcard pack of patterns based on IQ tests by Alison Haigh.

Jeff Koons at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin...

Amazing "Cardboard Friends" by Niels Popkema

Kick-ass experimental photography, video, and more from German artists Vivien Wayruch and Fabian Röttger.

Check the incredibly detailed work of Kris Kuksi. Kuksi's painstaking process results in these amazing mixed-media sculptures that reflect humanity's violent nature past, present and future.

Plush is a new and very huggable childrens clothing brand. It’s cute. It’s practical. It’s pure fun.

Showreel for the 10 years of Un.titled studio.

Skeet Wang's Meltain eraser - an eraser that reminds us of the significant effect dirty snow has on global warming. Dirty snow absorbs more of the sun’s heat and therefore melts more quickly.

Renderings of Oppenheim Architects' new Campus Center for Miami Dade college - definitely looks like it was inspired by OMA's China Central Television Headquarters. The building will house apartments, offices, and educational facilities.

San Francisco-based artist Jeff Eisenberg's layered drawings on Mylar and paper transect utopian and dystopian visions.

Michael Salter has done it again with another HUGE Styrobot ~ watch this appear from a pile of styrofoam in his HD time lapsed video. WOW. So mesmerizingly cool.

I too want a scarf made of "trillions of tiny carbon nanotubes, arranged in a pseudo-random lattice to provide softness and heat retention similar to angora, but with a strength and density similar to kevlar" grown on space bunnies the size of lions.

Till Schweizer designed this Welcome Center for the JinHua Architecture Park in China. I love the latticed exterior that provides a filter for light, air and privacy, as well as a texture against the natural surroundings.

Acrylic on canvas painting by Rodger Roundy. 48"w x 60"h. Allegory about celebrity princesses.

Mount Silo is a house in the shape of a... silo. By Gigaplex Architects.

New interview with New York City-based photographer Meg Wachter about herself and her much-hyped photo project "Dumped."

Susy Oliveira's photo sculptures.

The Sonic Vox iPhone app from Smule is a brand new audio engine that allows you to do real-time audio processing on the Apple cell phone.

Light Blubs From Pieke Bergmans - Paris

Gunwook Nam’s Human Pump is a clever solution to the world’s water crisis that captures kinetic energy generated from human foot traffic and uses it to power a system of pumps that bring fresh drinking water to the surface...

Police in Mexico find private zoo at drug cartel's party house - from panthers to albino tigers to lions ~ they certainly looked like they were living a luxurious lifestyle... check out the slideshow

In 1966, this small house built on a 220 square feet land inspired many young Japanese to become architects.

some cute pieces over at eden and eden.

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.

Melissa Haslam. Beautiful artwork by emerging Australian artist.

The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower in Dubai is the first of a series of branded towers by PNYG:COMPANY and LAVA Architects.

Allyson Mellberg has a new show, "Do Little", opening at Cinders Gallery on 10/10 in Brooklyn. "Do Little" references the doctor of the same name and is a "jab at our general public's apathy towards increasingly important environmental issues."

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

Nissan unveiled the bumblebee-inspired BR23C Biomimetic Robot Car.

Milk & Bread by Melanie Favreau - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Made from sterling silver, this bread tag replica comes custom made with the words and/or date you want.

First pro skate park in Eastern Europe has been opened in Belgrade, Serbia this weekend. Take a look at pictures from opening.

Light Art Performance.

Some original stencils from Montevideo, Uruguay. Signed by the "Old City Stencil" group, they mix pop icons with short messages.

See what happens when you take a 550 sq/ft Manhattan apartment and turn it into a restaurant for an evening.

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...

NYT has a great slideshow of the Koons at Versailles

From the New World Of Frustone Dictionary Of English Language, a word that finally has a place among the other terms. We've printed the page with the definition of Frustone on our Bamboo cotton super soft tees.

New Lydia Fong - AKA Barry McGee - solo exhibition "A Moment for Reflection" at Ratio 3 in San Francisco, until October 18.

"Let’s play with your hair". New campaign for NikolaMelita Studio.

If you are in Paris 9/30- 1/11 stop by the "Mingei Spirit in Japan, From Folk Craft to Design" at the Musée du Quai Branly. The exhibit showcases the work of Japan's artist-craftsmen, a dying tradition with today's mass-production methods.

Designboom has a great roundup of tiny houses, both built and conceptual.

Leonardo Glass Cube by 3deluxe - I love how the detailing of the facade is picked up in the ground work.

Sara Huston's Lifestyle Coffee Table - customized to store and display your favorite magazines.

Citizen Cube is the work of artist Brenda Guyton, who creates sculptures from found computer parts.