The Absolut NY-Z Campaign has just launched a documentary following Jay-Z as he prepares to play a packed house at Madison Square Garden. The documentary was shot by prolific rock photographer, Danny Clinch.

A nightclub with antique mirrors, marble bars, honeycombed walls, opulent restrooms and a 20,000 lit crystal chandelier? It's Vanity at Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas.

Superstar photographer David LaChapelle worked on the new Maybach campaign.

Bamboo chairs by Yrjö Kukkapuro and Fang Hai. A light and elegant design, between tradition and Scandinavian modernity.

Pareidolia at Edel Assanti showcases Ann-Marie James new works including 'Limited Means', illustrations use only ball-point pen on panels of birch ply.

Visually track your working day with this free app called IOGraphica by Anatoly Zenkov. Formerly known as MousePath.

Ciclotte by Luca Schieppati for Lamiflex is an exercise bicycle born from demand for design that authentically expresses contemporary life, where work and relaxation inhabit the same dimension.

23 Breeze House by R&D Architects. This open and colorful house located in Venice, CA, captures a look between De Stjil and West coast.

Beautiful black and white illustrations by Designer's Journey offer the unpretentious "every day feeling" of a simple life in the countryside for the French wine- A la Petite Ferme.

Neostudio's family house in Garby, Poland. The traditional gable roof with asymmetrical openings on two ends, which are proportioned with high and large windows, connecting the interior spaces with the surrounding landscape.

Artist Filipe Soares has created a stunning series of miniature pieces titled 'Floating Dreams;' combining incredibly detail into the smallest of creations.

Cave Home, Festus, Missouri. Modern living meets subterranean splendor in this gorgeous home nestled inside of a 15,000-square foot sandstone cave .

Dutch photographer Maarten Wetsema has a way with dogs. With the 4 collections Daan and Jacob, Dogs in their Domestic Environments, Portraits of Dog and Dogshoots, he captures the dog's beauty.

Retail environment Crystals at CityCenter has been designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind and David Rockwell. The design and architecture of CityCenter has been really interesting to follow.

Forget awkwardly propping up your iPhone with your bag or that complicated tripod contraption. Add MoviePeg to your iPhone, adjust the angle and you’ll be in relaxed viewing heaven.

Liquid Lamp by Kouichi Okamoto depicts dripping paint.

Standartarchitecture's Niyang River Visitor Center combines art and architecture perfectly. Those wonderful colors are created with traditional mineal dyes.

As part of The Clare Oliver Challenge for Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, this simple ambient from CHE, Melbourne idea urged beach goers to take a break from the sun.

MOR Cosmetics has some of the most lovely packaging ~ their whole line is a must see, and are ideal random gifts for all occasions!

Lovely leather luggage tags from Smythson ~ favorite detail is that they come marked Home and Destination ~ perfect for swapping so in case they get lost they find their way to the right location!

We've had a week full of artwork, animals and architecture here on NOTCOT.ORG. Here just a few of the posts that have caught our eye.

Berlin-based artist Hans Hemmert (famous for his work with balloons) threw a party where guests wore shoe-extenders to make them all 2m tall. "Level" (1997) was part of the Personal Absurdities show at the Galerie Gebauer Berlin.

Cut & Paste, by Kiki Van Eijk, at Secondome design gallery, Rome. The pieces show Kiki’s big love for materials, experimentation, tactility, research, sketches, context, settings, proportions, curiosities and every-day beauty.

Erez Bar-am of Shenkar College of Engineering & Design created Tea = time + Sugar = time. Sugar = time are sugar bubbles which are designed to float and dissolve slowly, creating little bubbles on the surface of your tea.

I first saw Stephanie Posavec's work in Sheffield. It's great to see her work picked up here by Information is Beautiful!

The Bufa Chair from MOWOstudio is inspired by attire and tailoring detail: puff and pleat. It is an attempt to find furniture pattern and a search of the new solution to replace the traditional upholstery.

French architect Jean Nouvel will design this year’s (2010) Serpentine Gallery Pavilion!

Studio Efra's thin-slab concrete furniture called Olithas. The name comes from a combination of the Spanish word for wave (Ola) and the Greek word for stone (Lithos).

Australian architect Matt Gibson has designed a shop interior for the fashion retailer Fame Agenda, located in the Docklands of Melbourne, Australia.

Julio Radesca de Carvalho, a recent graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, has created a desk that he has named “Personal Fresh Air.”

Beautiful campaign for the last Uniform collection. "Fucking Winter" : concept by Plutón agency.

German based Maurer United Architects [MUA], recently completed this robot like structure in Inden. A LED skin results in an ever changing image of the static robot.

''Capsule'' by Colin Christian, fiberglass and silicone.

This stylish bookstore in Sao Paulo was designed by Isay Weinfeld Architects. The most creative detail of this project is the store-front, made of revolving bookcases.

Developer Chris Kalani recently created "We are PRTLND," a networking site for Portland's photographers, designers, and developers.

The new J12 Rétrograde Mystérieuse watch by Chanel includes a vertical retractable crown to ensure optimum comfort on the wrist. A concentrated dose of innovation designed by the Giulio Papi team.

Matteo Cibic's The Girasole Light series explores the potential of LED lighting. The lamp has big bright disks that thanks to a flexible arm, allows illumination of the floor, walls or ceiling.

Diamond House is a house extension designed by XTEN Architecture as a patterned and perforated lantern illuminating a California canyon.

Sneak preview of 'the castiglioni effect', a show that Italian furniture company, de padova didi gnocchi, in collaboration with studio museo achille castiglioni, curates this exhibition of achille castiglioni's work.

German designer Konstantin Grcic added a container series for magis. A plastic drawer unit swivels out from a vertical pole to open. This 360° container is available with five or ten drawers and comes in various colours.

Samyn and Partners designed this building- Milly Film with curved and vegetalised facades from north to south that are very private. In contrast, the west facade is entirely glass-walled as if it were one huge window.

The Hendekagram by german designers at qed* Design amplifies the sound of your in-ear-headphones with a classic technique but in a fresh look.

engineers at osaka city university recently exhibited a small robotic fish powered by an equally small fuel cell. this little device could be used in future marine rescue and survey missions.

Simo Heikkilä has designed Tupa Chair, a strange wooden chair made of wood chips and Tikku Bench made of reclaimed wood pieces.

Cupmen not only help to keep your instant noodle's lid closed, they also change color as the temperature rises. In 3 minutes, the Cupman will turn completely white. Your noodles will be ready!

An interview with designer Frank Chimero

Finally a waterproof iPhone Bike Mount. The BioLogic Bike Mount from Dahon.

You can download and print these cute CD and DVD cases designed by Tomoko Suzuki from Canon.

Hublot's "Liberty" is a pocket watch in the form of a bullet. Constructed with a titanium bullet head and black aluminum base, they are equipped with a roller display.

The SR Outdoor Table Set from Scout Regalia is made of enameled aluminum and FSC certified redwood. The SR Outdoor Table Set is made to order with a choice of 210 enamel colors.

iPhone font. The font created from 540 iPhone Apps and too much free time. By Urikane.

The Shrub Table, designed by Zhili Liu for Belgian company Quinze & Milan, was inspired by shrubs where each leg branches to create various support points for the table, allowing you to maintain a surface 6mm thick.

ANDROIDS! Here's a close up look at the first series of Android Blind Box toys that Andrew Bell recently released... they are impressively detailed, and there's even a glow in the dark one! (Check out the two secret figures too!)

Room Divider by swedish TAF Architects. Light, expandable, simple and fun.

Used skateboards get a new job with these notebooks/calendars by japanese brand Anti System.

Tabasco Hangover Headquarters: a special-edition food truck serving a Tabasco-infused menu by Laurent Tourondel of BLT Market. Opens today parallel to the Charging Bull on the east side of Broadway in downtown NYC, 12-2.

Grasshopper: a range of metal garden furniture designed by Dutch designer Wieki Somers for French brand Tectona. The collection consists of two tables and a chair made of steel and aluminium, powder-coated in light green.

Offering the likes of scones, brownies, muffins, biscuits and, of course, the ubiquitous cupcakes, Outsider Tart is a wonderfully chic slice of American indulgence in West London....

Magis will present the new 2010 collection at the next Milan furniture fair. Pieces include this 'Sparkling chair' by Marcel Wanders using blow moulding for PET.

Industrial designer Ben Thorpe's "Urban Wheelchair" that empowers its user to sit or stand on their own volition. Loving how technology can help liberate the disabled.

A chat with Richard Joseph of Joseph Joseph on their unique line of home and housewares from Core77.

Piano table by Georg Bohle. This dining table comes with an integrated full size electric piano.

In her first solo show at the Hespe gallery, the wonderful and whimsical work of Amberlee Rosolowich combines children and animals in illustrative oil paintings that appeal to both young and old.

9 hours is a new Capsule Hotel in Kyoto. A very well designed concept for those who love graphism.

For the Navigator music video Pavel Fuksa designed over 100 original retro-styled matchboxes to coincide with the lyrics...

Behind the scenes with the founders of luggage makers WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie, as they recount their beginnings and recent collaboration with J.Crew.

Modern Box House Design Sao Paulo, Brazil. The total area is 1011 m², and the area of each unit is 46 m². Each residence has a one car garage above.

Cast of Vices is known for their vices turned jewelry in the form of silver cig butts, pills, flies and more... perhaps a dram or a few drops of your favorite liquid libations are suited for this piece?

Music Philosophy ~ A weekly graphic interpretation of philosophical song quotes.

Deodorettes ~ exactly what they sound like ~ mini pocket sized natural+organic deodorants... with adorable graphics and scents like "Aim To Be Pleased" by MBeze

Stage Design & live visuals for the Nuits Sonores in Lyon. Concepts and production by AntiVJ.

For the Milan Design Week 2010, BMW and danish textile company kvadrat are collaborating
with designers Patricia URQUIOLA and Giulio RIDOLFIO on an installation called 'the dwelling lab'...

Business card that replicated the scratch console to instantly draw attention to DJ's profession.

clply is a service that makes instant web clips and quotes that you can embed in a blog, an email or use with any app that accepts rich text.

Recycled street-signs furniture by Rhode Island Artist Boris Bally

You'll never guess what's in that cube! Hint: it's a dessert. Check out the pictures of so many more dishes from top LA chefs at the StarChefs Rising Star Revue!

How do you create effective lighting when there’s no way to get to the grid? Designed by Igendesign, the ‘Flow’ light is powered by constant prevailing coastal winds and is built to be almost completely biodegradable.

Flaming shrooms? Reflections of a burning wick? How bizarre and mesmerizing is this? See the others as well...

Paola Lenti's Wabi swing made of Iroko Wood and Rope is one of the many unique outdoor furniture lines that can be discovered at Niche on Beverly Blvd.

Fog + planes + soccer ~ on driving by random inspiration that demanded we pull over, the way the fog settled on the small airport and soccer field was simply other worldly...

Skintuary package design by mookai communications, Montreal, QC. Designer: Tanya Duffy, Creative Director: Lori von Sychowski.

Talenti's Hill Country Peach Champagne Sorbetto is quite possibly the most delectably delicious sorbet i've tasted. (Also, i'm still in love with their reusable plastic twist top containers)

i.D.tube by KaWeDe is a nice MP3-player bag made of bicycle inner tubes.

Marauding Vintners's "Miss Grigio and Mr Noir " wines with design firm MASH playing with Mafia type characters to become wine personalities. Illustration by Harry Slaghekke.

Students at the École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence of France's “Open Source Washing Machine Project”. Made from bicycle parts (tires and wheel), bamboo, a solar panel cand recycled electric motor.

Print magazine's April 2010 'The New Visual Artists' issue is filled with emerging young talent. This year's top '20 under 30' includes Always With Honor, Mikey Burton, Frank Chimero, Jean Jullien, Janine Rewell, Nikolay Saveliev...

One Hundred ~ Some really cool typography by the New South Wales State Library ~ I really enjoy the combination of all the images and how they seem to work so well together.

Laid is the first Norwegian company to produce sex-toys for women and men. Their clean, modern and discreet packaging from SKIN design won the award for design excellence at Designer’s Day.

Exquisite picture of a spider web on a gate. Kindra Clineff shows nature demonstrating that it can compete on an architectural level as well as making man-made designs look much better.

After an almost two thousand year hiatus, one of Pompeii's famous fast food shops - known as a thermopolium - is to re-open. Kuriositas has the story.

Dutch pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is innovative and futuristic.

grassland turns real dried grass into an fascinating element of interior. The innovative natural material sets a visual and sensual accent and is unique on the market.

The 'Quilty Pleasure' rear window displays at Liberty's store in London

Britain’s rarest wildflower, the ghost orchid, was rediscovered after being officially declared extinct in Britain in 2005.

Angela Adams, the queen of hip, mod rugs, has unveiled a new collection of hand-woven floor coverings. Gorgeous!

The house concept is inspired by two sheds linked by stretched tarpaulin. The architects applied the concept very well. This contemporary modern house is designed by Fearon Hay Architects.

With a distorted form of the ball and designed to cluster in the nested hexagonal form with one another to create patterns. Designed by Canadian designer Omer Arbel.

New series by from the Israeli skate company - ZION skateboards. designed by ELNA*

Erotic Design from Slott Gallery (Paris) to Hotel Straf during Salone 2010.

OMG, Lego has a vault of (almost) all the Lego sets ever made! Lego's Memory Lane!