Band In My Pocket - another project from au Design, in partnership with Yamaha - a set of cell phones that also function as musical instruments. Depending on the prototype, you can turn your phone into a brass instrument, drums, piano, turntable...

Signorrasore's take on green design..

Moving demonstration of a Milky Way bar’s stretchy caramel

EnterBELL ..

Really gorgeous furniture from Hiromatsu.

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!

Acronym creates really nice reclaimed wood furniture. I love the mixture of hardwood and concrete.

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.

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 -

Toys R Evil gets us a sneak peek at Doc Von Block, launching at SDCC - Designed by Scott Tolleson and made out of solid resin (it looks like wood, but it ain't!) by JulieB of Pretty in Plastic

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."

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!

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

Fallen : An existentialist animated HD short by Wolfram Kampffmeyer and Sascha Geddert.

GuerilLA inspired by Improv Everywhere, organized “Crosswalk Countdown” : a mini New Year’s Eve style celebrations at intersections in Santa Monica.

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

Oooh Boy Genius Report got a sneak peek for us of the Blackberry Thunder!

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture by Snøhetta

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?

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.

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

Nice and clean packing from danish The Coffee Collective (TCC). The profile that circles around a simple and nice triangular pattern was developed by Hatch & Bloom in close corporation with TCC.

Japanese artist Machiko Shishido hand-carves her paper thin porcelain vases. Place a tea light inside for the most exquisite translucent effect.

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)

Nice, social housing, neighborhood in Ghent, Belgium. Designed by Neutelings Riedijk. Great photos by talanted photographer Dajo Revyn.

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.

Opel Agila's high-heel shoes do indeed exist. Designed by Luca Stappers, they were unveiled on April 2 during a special party at the SHOEBALOO shoe shop in Amsterdam.

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.

Motel 6 has unveiled theirPhoenix Prototype. Still affordable, it has been redesigned with rooms by Priestman Goode and Building design by Boka Powell. Construction begins later this year.