FEATUREDThis week's roundup features a dress that makes cocktails, Parisian picnics, shot up Porsches and much more.

Nendo realized the graphic and exhibition design for the retrospective of internationally-known milliner Hirata Akio.

Bastard chairs are a dime a dozen and we tend to cast them off into purgatory all too often. 31 & Change's Greene Ave. collection rescues orphan chairs and upcycles them into a one-of-a-kind bench for your entrance way, dining table or backyard patio.

"Party Set" by Verpan of Denmark consists of five space saving /stackable stools in moulded wood. Part of an expanded collection by Verner Panton introducing new pieces of furniture and rugs.

Christopher Jonassen's Devour - a photo investigation of worn-out fryingpans

Pendulum Sound Machine by Kouichi Okamoto ~ discovered this at Dwell on Design with the Unplggd Editor. So fun, check out the video of it in action!

Whiskey Stone Shot Glasses. Store the 2oz glasses in your freezer and you can have an ice cold shot whenever you want - without having to bust out the shaker filled with ice

FEATUREDPlayful disjointed crowns from one angle... wait till you see the shadow they make from just the right perspective! Yenz Lin's Crown-Birds.

VIDEOThe Genesis of our graphic design studio, us-paris.

New RNLI confectionery packaging design by Supafrank. Designed to evoke and capture memories of 'beautiful days by the British seaside'.

Installation view of Phyllida Barlow's 'Stint' at Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, England, 2008.

Collaboration between J.Crew and DODOcase, the DODOcase™ for J.Crew for iPad 2.

Here are some of the first official photos of the newly opened Serpentine Gallery for 2011 which was unveiled today by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor with gardens by Piet Oudolf. Photos from Walter Herfst. Opens to the public on July 1.

AstroTurf Aeron Chair, an unusual version of the original Aeron Chair, is a collaboration between Japanese botanic artist Makoto Azuma and furniture manufacturer Herman Miller.

Cool and abstract manikins designed in Italy by MD Studio using fiberglass, acrylic and aluminum.

The above is origami using satellite images of Japan.

"Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build", a beautiful new book by Peter Goodfellow published by Princeton University Press.

Masterpieces pattern sheet. Like connect the dot for your walls with nails and string.

The Elements of F*cking Style drags English grammar out of the ivory tower and into the gutter, injecting a much-needed dose of color.

Eternal Flame by t-radya are portraits of fallen Russian WWII soldiers made of bandages on wooden boards, which were then burned

Plant Pods from Domenic Fiorello.

FEATUREDEyeO Festival is not only an inspiring event ~ but is taking place in the stunning Univ of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center, and has beautiful graphic design as well...

Weddings can be pretty Pricey these days & the creative team over at Concept Shed have found a solution, AutoWed a Wedding Vending Machine.

Swedish Interior Designer Marie Olsson Nylander is giving the world an intimate peek of the home of her and her family! The 1970's shabby Swedish villa has is saturated with charm and age.

ANAGLYPH.ME will turn any photograph into an interactive 3D work of art. Each package includes a framed photograph and a pair of 3D glasses so you can see your picture come to life!

The Baby Seal designed 2006 by Vík Prjónsdóttir, 100% Icelandic wool, one size. [see adult version featured in #29362]

New music and video for Feels Like by Maxime Sokolinski.

VIDEOA fun child's game, turned into a self promotion piece, deigned by Morgan Faverty.

Late night photoshoot in Dumbo, NY. Find the bike you like just got a new perspective.

An exhibition to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Jón Sigurðsson, Iceland‘s national hero. The exhibition by Basalt architects contains 90m of plexiglass throughout the house. Stories and pictures from Jón's life.

J Schatz Hummingbird Feeders.

FEATURED£10 ~ From vintage Macallan with ice balls made of highland water, to surgically precise bartending tools, to bacon... a peek into the secret new Beverly Hills bar tucked away inside the Montage.

In Box Shipment Number 2, I will ship myself from Bald Knob, AR to Portland, OR. My only communication with the outside world will be an online game. Two bloggers: one blogs on the game, other on what goes on outside of the crate.

Director Behn Fannin used three iphones to create this unique video.

A young family documents their experience with building a tipi in a North Carolina Neighborhood... cute time-lapse videos.

FEATUREDA modern twist on a timeless classic, the Urbaneering Workshirt from Serum Venom - great details.

London's Southbank centre has a new temporary bandstand designed and built by architecture students as part of the Festival of Britain anniversary celebrations.

FEATUREDFlex picker ~ This automated industrial robotic pancake picker is amazing! Watching it arrange pancakes on an assembly line is mesmerizing.

This is a brand new illustrated map of Reykjavík, Iceland. The map was made by a group of architects and took over two years and 3000 hours to complete.

The Henry Waltz Movie looks amazing, by Emil Goodman.

Taranta Creations' Shanghai Red Town Office.

Kelly Lamb's skull chandelier.

Commemorative Biscuit Tin to celebrate the Royal Wedding by Kate Forrester for M&S.

Makus Kayser's Sun Cutter, a low-tech, low energy version of a laser cutter that is powered by sunlight, focused by a ball lens.

Bosbank bench from Invasie.

Chabel Abou Zeidan casts light on Wevelgem’s Manufacture Franco Belge through huge C-prints. At Mill42 Art Space in Belgium.

Which Fish are Okay to Eat? Information is Beautiful's David McCandless & Derek Guo sum it up in this beautiful infographic.

Looking for the perfect summer escape? How about opening a trapdoor to this New York rooftop with built-in lounges and panoramic skyline views?

To promote parent-child interaction, COA Youth & Family Centers set up large puzzles, word searches and more around Milwaukee. They call it guerrilla classrooms.

Interesting work form German-based Turkish artist Ayse Erkmen, including her various safety belt works.

This furniture design concept replicates zero gravity by rotating a full 360-degree turn every hour. Every surface is designed to function at any angle!

VIDEOAchieved through a miniature Dolly, this video was shot in the oldest motor plant in the world, built in 1864. The result is impressive, and reveals the magical atmosphere that haunts the old factory buildings.

FEATUREDSarah Wai's Banking on Morals ~ contemplating a new type of bank that is based on religious values and architecture, with the architecture taking on a hybrid role between sanctuary and bank.

An interactive installation that encouraged guests to create generative artworks based on what Twitter users found boring.

FEATUREDChickens! At Dwell on Design ~ a peek at two mod prefab woody chicken coops from 100xBTR and Chicken Co-op

VIDEOThis is it! Isenseven's official trailer for the 2011 snowboard film "Kaleidoscope"

The group, Commonwealth Second Amendment (Comm2A), pumped this Porsche 911 with close to 10,000 bullets during an event dedicated to protecting gun rights.

100 Best Places to Stuff Your Faces - A Portland restaurant guide by Jen Stevenson, illustrations by Mette Hornung Rankin.

Peculiar Attachments table lamp produced by D. Lab.

VIDEOTo celebrate the baby boom in Amsterdam zoo Artis, ad agency Dawn came up with outdoor stickers inspired by the car-window-stickers. Since the stickers can be removed and reused, it is the first outdoor campaign that can physically go viral.

Caroline Olsson's curious table lamp, a table lamp in a box!

The agency Imaginary Forces rebrand The Science Channel. Great video.

Ryan Bosse's packaging for Five Point art supplies.

This animated needlework is amazing! By Aubrey Longley-Cook.

Loyal Dean - Amazing wooden longboards

Air guitar competition, described visually with paper dolls (and verbally with a funny first person story). Designed by Chloé Fleury.

Evernote's Peek app uses the iPad 2's Smart Cover as an integral part of its user experience.

The all-girl design collective De Intuïtiefabriek (The Intuition Factory) launched 'Excavations', a unique collection of treasures, dug up from the corners of their imagination.

VIDEOEngineerguy takes apart an LCD monitor and explains how it works.

Eat, Sleep, Create - a new print by Emily Dumas celebrating art and creativity!

Hydro74's New Business Cards by Joshua M. Smith.

Mini kitchen by Adriano Conti, Corrado Galzio and Alex Innamorati for those living in houses with limited space. A small kitchen that contains everything.

Let's Celebrate and weave [bio]diversity.
With Sandra Dufour (artist), Simon Visconti (architect) and Manon Bordet (landscape designer).
This garden takes place to the international garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire (France

Each box is used to send a book. The recipient may then reuse as packaging, use as a briefcase or cut into several nice objects. The objective is to optimize the packaging in reusing the entire surface. From Ginette Caron's workshop.

FEATUREDProsciutto Tower ~ Melon, prosciutto and chunks of Parmesan cheese in a cleverly presented twist on prosciutto e melone at the new Mr. C in Los Angeles.

Dave Stolte's adorable illustrations and love of mixology turned into a Kickstarter "Home Bar Basics (and not so basics)" Book! To be printed on waterproof paper!

Micro & Macro Mandalas Poster Series. Watercolor paintings by Matt W. Moore.

FEATUREDJack Smith's awesome flat pack, wooden BirdBox, one of the highlights from Show RCA 2011.

VIDEOStunning research work by Kirby Ferguson on the rise and process of creativity. This is the 3rd part of a great inspirational series. Einstein once said, "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources".

Rabbit Island: A sustainable artist residency on a remote, forested island in the largest freshwater lake in the world. The project is fundraising on Kickstarter. Help make it happen!

Musical impressario Pharrell Williams teamed up with Chad Oppenheim to conceive a new youth center, shaped like a contemporary tree house, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

FEATUREDThe plating of the Carpaccio at Mister C's newly opened Beverly Hills spot is gorgeously artistic... take a peek at some of their other delights as well.

Goggles Bubble Umbrella has its sights set to fun! A playful rain umbrella from a playful company.

New interactive exhibiton in Iceland, designed by Gagarin. It gives visitors insight into how the power plants in Iceland operate, future energy sources, Iceland’s geology and the energy usage of household appliances.

FEATUREDMy adventures last week with with Bentley road tripping from NYC to Newport, RI for the J Class Regatta ~ photographer, John Walder, and i had a fun time stealing the cars to shoot around Newport. Stunning.

Pass & Seymour 15 amp Tamper-Resistant GFCI Receptacle and Nightlight.

Paige Bradley created one of the most striking sculptures I've seen in recent times. Her masterpiece, entitled Expansion, is a beautiful woman seeking inner piece but fractured and bleeding with light.

Great XKCD on the Geek Proof Safe System. (Always go for the shoebox first?)

FEATUREDGet ready for the weekend with a healthy dose of travel inspiration from NotVentures.

Vipp goes digital ~ offering up an icon of its iconic trash can for your digital trash!

FEATUREDEverything Here Is Wonderful ~ beautiful woodblock prints on topographic maps from the United States Geological Survey by Best Made Co (Yes, the axe guys.)

Drawer Decor from Citizen Commerce are custom made, beautiful drawer organizers.

FEATUREDThe Redbury ~ a look into flat #415, their red red hallways, awesome graphic design, and playful details of this boho-chic Hollywood escape.

James Jarvis' Amos Toys releases their YOD toy character in a limited wooden edition.

Ivan Navarro's "Death Row," 2006-09.

+5, POTS FOR LOTS, a concept developed based on the need of water waste prevention, the idea of the object is based on combining elements taken from different disciplines. By Vasily KasSab.

Pop Chart Labs print - "A recently unearthed Soviet-era propaganda poster that reveals the revolutionary origins of the game Tetris."

Converse Tree is a musical installation created for a Gaybird@PMPS performed in Digital Hug Concert (an experimental concert in Hong Kong) by honhim.

FEATUREDXPLODERZ - an unboxing of the Xranger 2000 and a close up look at how those little tiny pellets turn into jello shot like ammo.

Little Forest collection from Decole.

The New Edition of Galleria illy to Open in London in September.

A new version of the London Underground map with stations positioned geographically designed by Mark Noad.

'Moroso' was participating once again in the 2011 Designer's Days. For the occasion the Italian publisher invested the basement of the Silvera Wagram boutique.

Lauren Manning captures a year's worth of meals in a wide array of beautiful infographics.

No, this is not Wall-e's head but a strip of cardboard holding two huge rolls of garbage bags. Easy to transport, packaging actually becomes the clips used for closing the bags. Developed by Pierre-Luc Desharnais.

Pop Culture Popsicles from STOYN Ice Cream.

Flactuated [Flat] Scape - computational installation workshop for students of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, by Toshikatsu KIUCHI + whiteweekendkites.

This summer a medicinal garden blooms on a slice of neglected London land.

Zoku's quick pop maker. Beautiful for summer!

Danny Venlet's Goggle Desk for Babini Office.

The Incase Audio line launching this September.

Anouk Wipprecht’s cocktail-making dress. Wipprecht, a Dutch fashion designer, joined hacker Marius Kintel and sculptor Jane Tingley to create a revolutionary “biomechanic hybrid cocktail robot” getup.

Square shaped vinto fan.

VIDEOThe energy flow generated through yoga asanas becomes spatially & visually manifest in increasing scale, from molecular level blood cells to the distinctive surrounding architecture, in this Nike spec commercial.

FabFood by photographer Linus Morales.

Chris Kotsiopoulos captures an incredible shot of lightning bolts during a lunar eclipse.

VIDEOAfter a heavy down pour, a remarkable mirage appeared over the Xin’an River. The mirage showcased mountains and a city scape.

Green up your world: Grow your own herbs in your kitchen window or outdoors, with this kit of seed for 10 herbs, instructions and garden markers.

A selection of furniture and lighting by Barcelona multidisciplinary studio CreativeAffairs.

A lost London landmark is transformed. Rambert Dance Company, Opera Holland Park and the London Contemporary Orchestra come together for a site-responsive theatre experience at the former Commonwealth Building. July 15-17.

How about a Speed Date? Not with girls.. but with 3 nice looking cars! Amazing online campaign for AlfaRomeo from OgilvyInteractive in Switzerland.

The new 'Secante' ceramic collection by French designers Atelier Polyhedre was presented for the first time at Designer's Days 2011 in Paris last week.

A pop-up Opera, in Munich, by Coop Himmelb(l)au!

Poufs designed by Aleksandra Gaca studio, specialized in both the design and facilitating the production of innovative fabrics.

Installation for ArtsFund annual party at the Frank Gehry Experience Music Project (EMP) by Matthew Parker Events. The piece includes 1000 paper airplanes made from recycled newsletters from the offices of ArtsFund.

FEATUREDBeautiful roundup of design inspiration from here at NOTCOT.org.

Chinese willow pattern inspired Johnnie Walker porcelain whisky bottles. Designed by creative agency Love, illustrated by Chris Martin.

'Expo of experiences' is an installation by GOAGROUP for Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier.

VIDEOAn ant farm with live ants to raise awareness for Orkin, a pest extermination company. Intricate tunnels spell 'Keep pests in their home' by Rethink.

Australian firm Design+Industry has just unveiled the Strike Trike, a three-wheeler built with a tubular spaceframe chassis wrapped a stylish semi-enclosed body with a removable roof panel.

Christian Woo is a Vancouver-based furniture designer and builder whose work is informed by the natural setting of the Pacific Northwest and subtly influenced by the sleek and refined, yet warm aesthetic of Scandinavian and Japanese design.

Food design: the future is served! interview with Martì Guixè

The Xemei Stool was designed Juan Pablo Quintero of MEDIODESIGN for Barcelona's new Venetian Restaurant - Xemei.

This restored home in France is beyond what one would expected it to be - the use of the old and new is perfectly balanced and the minimal and cosmopolitan characteristics leave you wishing if only you could enter this home for a tour.

Great oudoor for Lego by Ogilvy Malaysia.

Icon Magazine on Oskar Zieta.

Solo House in Matarraña. PVZ studio is planning on building this villa in Cataluna dominates the landscape, perched on a concrete podium.

Love the look of these Lower East Side Media Speakers from Audyssey.

Your glory days are over mr Cthulhu, a short story loosely based on characters from the HP Lovecraft universe by Mattias Adolfsson.

FEATUREDReal life Farmville? The National Trust's MyFarm experiment takes over the Wimpole Estate's real life farm.

Julien Capelle is a french director, photographer living in Paris. He works mainly on the shapes, colors and textures.

Is this Art? Barcodes enter expressionist period. Some proposed barcode designs, cute, clever, and definitely to get out attention, as seen in the wallstreet journal.

Love this No Doggie Gate from EtchBoo (Jason Fort).

Here is a quality and natural wooden toy tool set from Northern Japan. Made of natural wood and coated with natural oil.