Excellent use of ambient marketing.

The new CA Academy of Sciences will not only have a living roof ~ and penguins ~ but also recycled DENIM insulation!

British filmmaker Peter Greenaway's projection onto Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in Milan was unveiled in that city for one night only on the occasion of Saloni 2008.

Cool Noir style animated commercial for... of all things, a pest control company! Nice lighting and a good example of a simple idea executed well.

Buenos Aires based studio Punga have created two stop-motion inspired spots for Temaiken Bioparque (Biopark is apparently a PC way of saying Zoo)...

A video of ferrofluid in motion.Simply fascinating and tranquil as well.

Ever wonder what font a certain logo or type treatment was? Here is Whatthefont.com A website that allows users to upload JPGs or GIFs of the typeface in question and it will match results. Also, a nice forum for professionals to help free!

Dapple Grey's new One Trick Pony line of jewelry - with clever integration of the chain into the design!

The facade of the iconic CCTV Building in Beijing by OMA is completed, just in time for the Olympics.

Lorena Barrezueta just launched a new porcelain line of jewelry - Listen Lady. Similar to her dinnerware line, Listen Lady takes iconic accessories and memorializes them in the more precious material of porcelain.

Beautiful graphic commercial for Pontiac. Made by Leo Burnett.

Nomade Yachts offer ultra-exclusive luxury cruises through the lagoons of French Polynesia. Ever whim is catered for..... in style.

The Royal College of Art recently revealed a rousing rally of auto designs that match sleek profiles with cutting-edge concepts in sustainability.

UPDATE! The Finale ~ part III is now up! Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog ~ a musical 3 part mini series by Joss Whedon -

ChargerFrame transforms your electronic landscape into wall art. This active interplay between cables, gadgets and indicator lights is neatly framed and finished off by an energy-efficient master green switch.

DEMOCRATIC DESIGN? Philippe Starck’s Designer Wind Turbine

NEW RELEASE: Wood Type Impressions, Vol. 2
Awesome hi-res collection of printed letterforms & ornament for digital designers.

"This was a difficult project for me," says artist Alan Witschonke, "because I challenged myself to develop a new style specifically for this book, based on the art of the Mughal Empire."

Trevor Paglen has done some amazing work/art "exploring and documenting hidden military landscapes". The "Black World" of the military and secret agencies; from the 'Rendition flights' (above), to secret bases around the world.

Ken Tomita, of Tomita Designs, draws inspiration from traditional Japanese forms and the multi-cultural context of his upbringing when designing his furniture.

How i'm dealing with the TasteSpotting situation? A lot of Boom Blox right now ~ my new favorite game on the Wii ~ (second to rabbids!) ~ from EA and Stephen Spielberg... adorable creatures + blocks = puzzles!

Mix one part Emil Kozak, one part Kelly Slater, and one part Al Merrick at Channel Islands ~ and you end up with some reallllllly slick surfboards!

With Dynamic Architecture buildings are now able to change their shape.

Future Architecture : Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees

Christopher Conte makes cool critters from things like Singer sewing machine parts...

Toys have come full circle ~ from toys being for kids ~ to toys being for grown ups ~ vinyl toys and characters are being transformed back into plushes for the kids! Here's a fun list of baby friendly stuffed toys for gifting!

Callaway Golf gets modular with their new I-MIX (ugh, terrible name) system where you can mix shafts and driver heads on the go with their special wrench... i wonder how they feel on the course.

Dwell On Design is coming to LA June 5th... and they've hooked up NOTCOT readers with free passes to the exhibition, and a discount on the conferences! See you there?

Tiji TV: Children ~ advert from DDB, Paris, France. Imagination is a powerful thing...

This small hotel made by Sami Rintala in the North East Norway, houses just a single room, a double room and a lobby for sailors, fishers, hunters, backpackers and fortune-seekers. Small and useful.

BRD - a bird feeder and a bread cutting board, to share your crumbs with the birds.

Created by Japanese design studio A4 , Tumi-Ishi is beautiful game made of wooden rocks. Reminds me a bit like Jenga.

beautiful modern architecture by Stuart Narofsky

nuzilla - a "new" New Zealand product design company have launched their sliceform kiwi's and moa's on endemicworld.com. I love laser-cut construction like this, my favourite is their life size Moa (large extinct bird)

A new brush set is released along with the new Departika website. Bangin' Border Brush Set by Jason Gaylor of Departika.

Iris by Michaël Bihain is a coffee table that you can pile. It is made from a single sheet of steel and comes in black or white. [Editor's Note: looks like a lesser version of Ross Lovegrove's in #9166]

Lenovo, a Chinese based computer company, designed the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch.

MocoLoco has a first look at Joey Roth's Sorapot... full unboxing.

ibride in france make a polar bear shaped book shelf called joe.

beautifully colored fashion illustrations from seattle artist jerry seguin.

the new fabrica fetaures lisbon show
1000 drawings of 2 illustrators blog, during 5OO days.
fabrica-features-lisboa.blogspot.com

Play + (Play Piu) - Super fun children's furniture/play structures from Italy.

I've always held Luigi Colani's eccentricities, progressive and nature based design forms in high admiration. His website chronicles 5 decades of his work.

Music made from all the crazy apple system noises! And full garage band file available for you to have your way with as well. From 'The Cleverest'

New to the bottled water market ~ Y Water ~ for kids, bottle designed by Yves Behar, and when emptied you can build structures out of them!

Core77 has a great post about the Kotatsu ~ the japanese coffee table with built in blanket and heater underneath... to keep you cozy while you sit with your legs under, and all bundled up!