Creative Grab Bag is a book about exploring your creativity with contributions from 101 artists world wide. Created by author Ethan Bodnar, a second year graphic design student.

An amazing piece of 3D art. You've never seen a snail's anatomy like this...

Lunalarosa - or to some, Rose Bonjo - is a young photographer and dancer with a great eye and a wild imagination. Her Flickr photostream reflects her style which is refreshing, beautiful and something to envy.

LED staircase handrail by Zoran Sunjic guides people through dark spaces both physically and visually.

A group of Mazda Cosmo Sport owners from around the world and fans of the rotary icon will gather at an international Cosmo Sport rally in Germany from 10 to 15 August 2009, celebrating 40 years of rotary engines at Mazda.

A look at the paintings of Nouar, a Los Angeles-based artist and illustrator who takes inspiration from classic animation, Americana, and vintage advertising.

A truly strange new Diesel billboard ad that is very hard to explain. ‘Happiness comes from inside. I'm working on it.’

A special display from over 100 well-known international contemporary artists custom painted Japanese kokeshi dolls is available for sale at the JANM store.

Illustrator Keiko Murayama is one of my personal favorites. Her illustrations exhibit beautiful design, color, style, humor, ..and exudes sexy.

Eyes on Design by Mauro Mori at Minotti Los Angeles

Tom Andrews captures the timeless beauty of Catalina Island in these new photos.

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's Prada Transformer opened on April 25th, 2009 in Seoul to host Miuccia Prada's nomadic "Waist Down" exhibition, an inaugural exhibition featuring the skirts of Miuccia Prada, running through May 24.

A gorgeous portfolio of graphic design...
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"Goût de luxe" (luxury taste), great work of art of photographer Fulvio Bonavia, mixing fashion and vegetables

Beautiful high-fired stoneware "Pinch Bowl" by Jonathan Adler designed to bloom with a bag full of gorgeous Oxalis Triangularis (purple shamrock). Perfect for Mother's Day and Wedding Season.

Amazing paper art inspirations at the tumblr blog of Lizzie Thomas

Friday night, Fred Flare opened its doors for a party at their flagship store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The occasion at hand was a reception for the closing of “Your Message Here,” an installation that has been livening up their storefront for the past 40 days.

Here’s how the idea works: The site is designed to appeal to IT Managers who have an IT Horror story to share, the best horror story will be hand drawn in comic fashion by award winning artist Katie Houghton-Ward which will be signed and framed.

Dayia Brooch is hand made from high quality polypropylene, selected brass fittings and a silver stick pin.

The Element Outdoor Grill by Fuego is an advanced functional grill with a contemporary design and great barbecuing features.This is one way to BBQ in style.

Cute little clip of a 8-bit meets real life via stop-motion water slide extravaganza.

Ogilvy & Mather Dusseldorf came up with this outstanding concept to support a most urgent cause, feeding kids in their community. We often lend the power of images to ignite an emotional response, but Donate-A-Meal, takes it much further.

Very funny online campaign for HEAD's new tennis racket called "Speed". Visit the site, watch the three "Speed Lessons" and learn to master the "most powerful racket ever created". YEAH!

Chinese Zodiac Animals Formed With World Map ~ "Piece Together for Peace" ~ Twelve Animals at Space Intart

Various Architects designed this stunning diamond-gridded eco pavilion for the Yorkshire Forward. The inflatable event space is ultra-portable, generates all of its own energy, and is 100% recyclable

Someone has created a hilarious (fake) Facebook page for the ancient epic, the Aeneid. The Trojan War has never been so hip! Maybe this is the Cliff's Notes of the 21st century.

New works from TALKTOSAM - HORSE PARADE at the Athina Onassis Horse Show SP, by Momentum and Nestlé.

A brilliant, modern twist of old-school proverbs. 65 Modern Proverbs by Nikki Farquharson.

Amazing works of Katey-Jean Harvey, liverpool-based illustrator and painter.

Barbie is set to take over New York next week with a big 100 designer fashion show and full windows at Bloomingdales.

Extremely tactile silverware with porcelain handles. With the micro relief on the handles referring to ancestral table settings and tableware, these are real jewels for the table.

Playing with tradition, a hand-knotted wool carpet designed by Richard Hutten looks like an image that failed to load properlly! Great stuff.

Beautiful ringbooks, made of aluminium.

A fascinating look back at the photos of the Bush Presidency. Errol Morris sits down three news agency editors to discuss what they think the photographic record will be for George W. Bush.

An interview with Swallow Magazine's Creative Director and Editor, James Casey

Cute new PLUMA video clip created and directed by Monsta.

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...