NOTCOT GIVEAWAY! (+ Unboxing!) ~ The new jimmyjane Form 6 massager, absolutely stunning design, and you have to see the details, like the embedded buttons and charging case!

Alan Family House, Los Angeles, CA / Neil M. Denari Architects Inc.

Super cute minimalist bar that could be right in your living room and no one would ever notice - Mini Bar Side Table - Leonhard Pfeifer, 2007

Practice your math skills with Etcetera Media's new reversible felt PlaceMath Coasters and Placemats.

Sorry for the delay in posts this morning ~ just got back from a Lucky Magazine photoshoot at A+R! Here are some behind the scenes shots...

Nice packing for Nudo by Madeleine Rogers. Nudo is an olive grove. Adopt one of the olive trees and get the oil it produces!

Kent Rogowski's turns ordinary stuffed bears inside out and re-stuffs them. The result is a collection of quirky little monsters.

Eselkunst has quite the flickr collection of found object insect creations... fascinating how simple yet intricate these are compared to many that have surfaced here

James Owen's Snowflake (top) and Rotor (bottom) fruit bowls. Each are laser cut and powder coated.

Love the splat design on this book cover! Also, it was involved in a pretty cool "book tournament" online!

London had the Crystal Palace, Paris had the Eiffel Tower, and now the Zaragoza Expo 2008 features amazing pavillions by Zaha Hadid and the talented spanish architects. Photo tour at ArchDaily.

Got 10.8 million burning a hole in your pockets. Check out this stunning home for sale in Toronto's Bridle Path.

Feed Your Kids the Arts. Another part of a PSA campaign from the Ad Council, Americans For The Arts and Leo Burnett Chicago.

Amazing drawings from illustrator Adam Haynes.

To celebrate the launch of their environmentally friendly range, i.c.green has released a great video. Inspired by children’s popup books and dioramas, it combines original illustrations, music and animation.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald~ Jonathon McNicol has been beautifully typesetting a pdf version... he's up to chap 7... of 11, i had to jump ahead to the UVA version to finish.

Using gif animation trickery, Joshua Heineman has been adding an extra dimension to historic pictures from the New York Public Library.

Leif.designpark, Marina Bautier and Studio Hausen have designed some great, solid furniture for Atlantico. My personal favorite is the the bench/sofa with a built in pot (seen above this text). The rest of the 2008 collection after the jump.

MONOCLE Magazine and Artek Furniture teamed up together for the launch of a stool in celebration of the magazine's one year anniversary. Avaialble in an edition of 60, it comes with a seat made from Finnish moose leather. Beautiful.

New Hunter Douglas building in Chile by Mathias Klotz.

Beautiful photographs made by burying film in the ground and letting bacteria do their work

The result of a brilliant DIY to transform a single umbrella in a firmament of stars.

Hairwash is a quirky Internet project that shows before & after hairwash pictures. Anyone can submit and be part of it.

Moonstream is the ultimate space lounge. It's designed to change the public's perception of NASA and make them more interested in future Moon missions.

Nice Nike Basketball campaign in Europe transforming Maccabi Elite players into comix super heroes.

Found in the bathroom wall of the log cabin in VT ~ The WHY CHEAP ART? Manifesto... a fun read, from 1984

Hotel Boat that travels river Amazonas, starting from Iquitos, Peru. Luxurious rooms with a 180ª vision to the exterior. It even has a boutique on board...

Artist Chiharu Shiota uses miles of string in her work to suspend objects in space and time.

Jonathan Adler's Squirrel Ring Boxes are adorable!!!

Boudoir Steampunk - a new blog featuring new work of photographer, allan amato

"Greenpeace WeAtheR": a online strategy-game based in classic War. Players can help save the world for climate change.

Play the Next Track has some new illustrations up for their latest chapter.

Adorably simple (and slightly deathstar looking) Birdball peanut birdfeeder from Green & Blue - Slipcast in clay. Stainless steel wire. (also in lime and blue)

Level Vodka invited Hussein Chalayan to design The Level Tunnel... a 15 meter long, 5 meter high, traveling installation that captures the essence of Level Vodka, that is currently in Mexico City.

Super cute mother's day video from Zune Arts by - Parisian artist Yves Geleyn and New York indie pop duo the bird and the bee

Iron Man ~ wow. I didn't think i would, but i loved it... particularly all the design details, i have a serious case of house/lab envy! Check out the video of the Malibu house perched over point dume...

Flip Video Ultra - that tiny idiot-proofed video camera with the flip out USB now has an Underwater Housing and Action Mount! Can you imagine the silly things you can do with such a low cost underwater video camera?

Fresh new Art works from John Hitchcock's "Arms of Democracy" Series. Curated by Style Curator Natalie Kates.

Roundup Time!!! And a quickie update on things... but ultimately a good chance to see whats been going on the last week on org, tastespotting, and notcouture all at once!

Philadelphia seems to be getting a very impressive looking boutique hotel/condo combo, Chestnut Tower! Architect: Winka Dubbeldam

Furryrobo is a lifestyle IT accessories maker is making a preview of their new sleepingbag mini,a laptop sleeve for the ultra portable laptops to snooze in.Running Their ad campaigns on a online shopping guide.

Ian Francis - Incredible and large mixed-media canvas paintings.

IKEA 08 ~ in addition to the Trollsta (#9958) - this season they seem to be picking up quite a few trends - from vinyl stickers to floating tv walls...

Great idea by designer, Jorre van Ast. Taking everyday jars and designing interchangeable tops for them. Oil & vinegar, chocolate sprinkler, spice cellar, sugar pot, general storage....

Seven films that made a direct and lasting impact on the world of fashion.

Manning the faux faux bag pop up that sells real bags outside of the Murakami launch party... Updated the post with pics of murakami and marc jacobs and more from NYTimes coverage!