On hilarious old school technologies (chalk boards) paired with the latest and greatest (CES Innovations Design + Engineering Awards)... see the silly graffiti/ugc doodles that showed up on their idea boards!

RULES- An extremely clever and amazing 3-dimensional art piece.

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

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

Big eye needle by Woo Moon-Hyung.

While researching Mulled Wine and Glögg Recipes for the holiday season (and to get through this coldness) ~ here's our pretty basic NOTGLÖGG recipe we've developed!

The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant in New Zealand is now finished.

Ooh cute white on black tote with red tag from Monocle when you get a subscription

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.

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...

The Bee House Saltbox provides a pretty living space for your table salt. The ceramic Saltbox comes in a variety of colors, and keeps moisture away.

The Barcelona Research Park by spanish architects Manuel Brullet and Albert de Pineda, is a giant round building with a wooden skin that filters the views while providing shade.

An impressive building for the new headquarters of the savings bank Caja Vital Kutxa in Madrid, Spain. The exterior steel structure allows for large interior spans. By spanish architects Mozas Aguirre Arquitectos.

ORDOS 100 #1: ArchDaily is featuring the villas for this development in Inner Mongolia, curated by Ai Wei Wei with architects selected by Herzog & de Meuron. First one is the villa by chilean architect Alejandro Aravena.

Sang-Kyun Park's LightDrops is an umbrella powered by rain - as water hits a conductive membrane that is integrated into the surface of the umbrella, energy from the impact of the raindrops is transformed into power that lights up embedded LEDs.

For all you fixed-gear aficionados this hand-stitched leather bike frame pouch from billy kirk should be on your wish list.

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.

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.

rosso restaurant by SO architecture features a really interesting solution for the ceiling, inspired on the surrounding hills

Indie comic book publisher Septagon Studios releases its first free digital comic offering. The comic book "Masks" combines photographic art, poetry and a video trailer in a free PDF download.

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.

I am digging this A Typical Day poster by Effektive Design. The red indicates time spent sleeping, and black time spent awake.

Dark Daze shoots dramatic and gaudy scenes in a way that would make David LaChapelle jealous. Nice set with DeadDeadDead down in Brighton

Frank Gehry designed the visitors bench for the World Company building in Tokyo.

Belle Brooke's Skinny Bangles are handcrafted in her Los Angeles studio. To see more of her industrially inspired Metropolis collection visit the website.

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]

web urbanist showcases the worlds best art cars.

Richard Prince has forayed into furniture design with a show at Paris’ Galerie Patrick Seguin that features his Nurse Hat Chair.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Template sculpture - made from 1001 wooden doors and windows salvaged from destroyed homes from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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

Compact, by Laura McCusker, is a modern day vanity. A reinterpretation of a traditional piece, it is designed for the bedroom or hallway where the busy modern woman can apply her lipstick and mascara, grab her keys and phone, all on the way out the door.

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

Roger Numbers is the new animated host for a daily morning web newscast created by GOOD magazine...

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

The life of photographer Severin Koller in the mandatory military service in Austria. (Series > Mandatory Service)

Fridgehenge - Stonehenge Replica.

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!

Interview with Sweden based illustrator Fredrik Tjenstrom, who's interesting style has attracted H&M among other clients.

Hunter is a very young artist who just updated his blog with this "new spin on the old tradition of hanging up sneakers on power lines" ~ filling them with dirt and flowers... Pretty clever!

Flossie created a man vending machine to help women find the ultimate date! Stocked with actual single men, people who chanced upon the machine selected their man type "classic" "action", etc...

The product is very simple. It’s bicarbonate of soda proposed as a replacement for toxic and expensive house cleaning products. The cardboard package works like a big saltshaker that dredges bicarbonate.

Know Hope's solo show, "Temporary Residence", opened this month at San Jose's Anno Domini
Anno. Know Hope's work is based on the human need for daily connection to others.

Fonzies Be Original contest 2008 ~ vote for your favorite package design!

Bob Staake designs the most recent cover of The New Yorker, using Mac OS7 and Photoshop 3.0, both released in 1991.