Vancouver 2010 Olympic Organizing Committee unveils its Olympic Torch. It's based on Canada’s open land, vast potential and smooth, fluid lines left in the snow and ice from winter sports.

1981 primitive Internet report on KRON. "Imagine turning on your home computer to read the days newspaper."

A Painting from Danny Roberts Character Sketchbook Series. The Series is so far totals 203 Drawings.

Umbra Loft for Target. It's supposed to be a kitchen pump, but could do just as well as a soap & lotion dispenser in the bathroom. Loving this design for less thing

Think London by Johnson Banks ~ very fun branding/design!

Nanoscale imaging of treated blood cells.

RSVP architects villa for the ORDOS 100 project. The house bends and elevates, freeing the ground level.

Coto ships their packages stuffed with Reindeer Moss!!! Is it bad i'm curious to order just for that?

Create your own flower on Coraline!!

Sebastian Faena pays homage to Fellini with the extremely imaginative "Hell's Bellas" photoshoot.

Johannsen + Associates have designed this recently completed home, located in the Northbridge neighbourhood of Sydney, Australia.

Rodrigo LEVEL is an awesome artist!!!

New steampunk goggles by crafter/artist Santi, from Russia.

Collection of photos taken by legendary skateboard photographer, Grant Brittain.

designer Thomas Forsyth explores the gap between the creative and the rule-bound with Drawing Tops ~ see the video!

Check out JJ Sulin's photography portfolio - full of interesting, off-beat photos of life in America.

Leif.designpark's Tou chair is an approach to neo-japanese modernism using a traditional weaving method. The shadows cast by the woven seat and fabric covering the sides produce a soft touch, differing from that of ordinary craft work.

“Toasty Charger” - you simply slide your lithium ion battery into the slot, push the handle down and wait for it to pop back up again.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #26: Lelo is giving away the Stainless Steel OLGA from its Luxe Collection of Pleasure Objects~ it comes with a satin case and is housed in a glossy wooden box...

Modscape's beautiful modular homes offer a plethora of sustainable features including solar panels, recycled materials, rainwater collection, and greywater recycling.

Snazzy spice boy spice grinders. Perfect for holiday medleys of cloves and allspice or just plain old pepper.

A company in Brazil was commissioned by a wealthy businessman to build a carbon fiber door with biometric scanner for his glass lobby elevator area in his home.

Love the crazy interior courtyard of Fundo Izaro, designed by Martin Hurtado Architects.

Of the Muji Award Finalists ~ Bronze winner, Grandpa's Nail Hook by Masashi Watanabe was most striking... "if you could secure a nail at a set angle and length every time, then you could have beautiful hooks anywhere you could pound a nail in."

Incredible cardboard vehicles by Chris Gilmour.

OFIS arhitekti just won the competition for a student apartment complex in Paris, France. Nice use of wood to build a random facade.

UN ad about land mines. Listen to this designer as he tells us how the new range of plastics has changed the way he works forever...

MK12 is the Kansas City-based graphics firm behind the titles for Quantum of Solace. They have also worked on Marc Forster's Kite Runner and Stranger than Fiction.

Geordie Wood takes stunning portraits

Vintage Mayan playing cards designed by the Soviet State.

Oooh congrats to our friends at Citizen:Citizen on their new online store just in time for the holidays! Everything from Chandeliers and log coffee tables, to gold coke spoons and vibrators, to brand blankets and shoplifter totes... and much much more!

Leading digital and interactive agency Catalyst Studios has released its latest spot, "Art Interacts" as part of the Art for All campaign created for Target.

Hand-blown glass menorah in rainbow web motif. 6.5" x 14". Created by Bandhu Dunham of Salusa Glassworks. Beautiful! And those shadows... wow.

Brian Jurgen created this collection of totemic representations of Native culture in Canada using iconic Michael Jordan athletic footwear to express and explore what he refers to his concepts as "Prototypes for New Understanding". This is #16

Ancona by Blu, he just can´t stop!

Loving the design of Kevin Panke's portfolio page with nice blog integration [p.s. yes, i do often find sites while seeing who's mentioning NOTCOT]

A remix of the Sheppard Fairey Obama poster.

Beautiful specialty Craft Scissors by Kiya in the ancient "grip scissor" design.

Great New Characters - A book full of characters! The works included comprise a wide range of categories: 2D, analog, digital, 3D, Animated, Street & Urban and more.

Epson Imaging Devices Develops a-TFT Photo Fine HR LCDs for Mobile Devices ~ so now your screen can be seen in direct sunlight!

Gentrify! An SF google map mashup ~ with an awesome logo!

this is an installation i did (screenprinting on found computer paper). its a social commentary on our overuse of copy machines and computer paper, and how they become ultimately wasted.

$10 worth of Sharpie's and a knack for drawing can go a long way when you have a basement with plain walls.

Beautiful illustration work by Kooshinni (student at Central Saint Martins)

Among the more resent works of Imegadito we find a box to unfold, use and fold back again when it is not needed, A bottle holder to hold and beautify your ugly plastic bottle, and pot covers!

Calendreco: an eternal eco-friendly calendar.