VIDEOChanel - Shade Parade. A special performance starring Le Vernis de Chanel. Nail polish on display like you've never seen before...

VIDEOGoing Solo - by Studio Botes. A sweet stopframe animation. Business advice from designers around the world.

Illustration by Alexander Wells.

Michelangelo Pistoletto, installation view, Serpentine Gallery, London.

VIDEOLes chiens isolés by CRCR. A beautiful short film, dark, but beautiful animation and twisted story.

The K2 digital radio tower from Revo, a sleek desktop radio tower.

Fauna Friends - Japanimals, brand new poster set, four limited edition screen prints on French 'Red Hot' 100lb. paper. Perfect for a kids room or the kid in us.

3013 installation at London's Architectural Association.

Don't Feel Sorry For Yourself: a new web project for those who are feeling sad and want a little tough love.

VIDEO"Water from Air" Working with water mists are a source of water harvested from the 60's in Chile. This project seeks to open up an area for reflection about the presence of fog unconventional territories.

David Bowie's song, 'Space Oddity' illustrated into a children's book by Andrew Kolb. Free PDF version of the book available.

Founder's Card ~ the latest membership program filled with deals for travel, business, and more that Founders/Entrepreneurs can take part in... and the card is a hefty milled metal one...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in LEGO form! It will be the tenth addition to LEGO'S Architecture series.

'44:53', a family home in Yokohama by Future-scape Architects.

VIDEOFlying Man Jeb Corliss' Latest Leap.

Love the mix of old and new. The iVictrola is an iPad stand/speaker that merges your iPad with an antique Magnavox phonograph horn with two pieces of American walnut.

A closer look at the Fendi x Maserati GranCabrio.

UFO or building? Spanish rtist Rafa Zubiría's photos depict captivating fictions.

VIDEODucktaping the phone to a sign post and then pressing record, Scott Campbell experiments using canon fuse glued to plywood, with a small pipe-bomb strapped to the back

The 'TJ Evolette A' Font-family with its seven weights is ready to use. Moreover it is available free of charge for student projects, and the specimen-poster/booklet is for free (if you buy 2 weights)

In Warsaw, a pop-up shop by Super Super - Hanna Kokczyńska, Jacek Majewski, and Inside/Outside - Agnieszka Kuczyńska.

Helen Lundeberg’s 1965 Blue Planet in 'Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Paintings and Sculpture 1950–1970' at the Getty Center.

Filmmaker Dewey Nicks presents the culmination of his year-long project for the Women’s Tennis Association’s Strong is Beautiful campaign.

BookNotes, Notecards featuring drawings & paintings of books, for the book lover in all of us.

Amazing colors in these illustrations by Hanuka Brothers.

The original Bicycle Guardians set the industry standard for premium playing cards. This new edition features embossed, raised titles and metallic foil.

Lace Vase by Milk Design. To reuse plastic bottles and glass containers in a new way.

French company Néolice will present its new digitally designed Aubusson tapestries collection at Maison&Objet in Paris next week.

A letter from John Lennon to his estranged wife Cynthia.

VIDEOGolden Harvest, beautiful film capturing the harvest season.

Kap 686 Skatepark by Metrobox Architekten. The city, skaterboarders and Metrobox Architekten have collaborated to create a new generation skatepark in Cologne, Germany.

Incredible sculptures made from slate by Stephen Kettle.

Beautiful paintings by Ben Grasso feature exploding architectural forms.

Jawbone ICON HD + THE NERD (a Wire-Free USB Audio Adapter) offers a handsfree solution that can simultaneously connect to two devices.

Bachag Chair by Joongho Choi.

The Lola Wood Light, an American Oak veneer shade that floats midair.

Ora Ito's concept for Wallpaper and Reebok with LG HI-MACS.

Impressive two-month renovation of Casanueva Pharmacy in Murcia, Spain by Clavel Architects which includes a prefabricated 3D-type façade that lights up.

Stamps from Cuba commemorating the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan.

Under Nuclear Threat by luzinterruptus. The installation Radioactive Control was created for the Dockville Festival in Hamburg.

VIDEO"Stunt Poetry": A film by Rishi Kaneria. Arty Description: A meditation on the poetry inherent in the fleeting gaps between moments and motion. Layman Description: A stunt man in ultra slo mo.

The Nexus Kitset Pendant Lamp by Kent Blazek.

'Gate' is an entrance for a music festival Miller Freshtival. Designed by Salon 2 - Nil Aynalı, Alper Derinboğaz, and Frederik De Smedt.

VIDEO"Back to the Start" by Johnny Kelly depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into an industrial animal factory before seeing the errors of his ways and opting for a more sustainable future. Chipotle.

Sony's Personal 3D Viewer, the HMZ-T1, a wearable head mounted display for viewing movies or playing video games in 3D-enabled High Definition.

The Star Wars Remix project launches today with handmade toast logo by Skull-A-Day's Noah Scalin.

VIDEO100 years of East London style in 100 seconds. Great ad from Westfield Stratford.

FEATUREDA roundup of fashion from NotCouture including geometric scarves, suit-like aprons and oxidized silver bangles.

Japanese artist Takeshi Kawano created three sculptures that represent the impact of global warming on animals, and how they are practically disappearing right before our eyes.

Inkling bridges the gap between traditional, freehand sketching and digital development by capturing a digital likeness of a pen-on-paper sketch.

A fragrance manufacturing laboratory, Sakae Aromatic, in Japan uses pictographic signs on each factory door to reveal the fragrance being produced inside. Designed by aoydesign.

The history of Hamboards, revolves around a family of seven surfers from Huntington Beach, California. The project took eight years to be completed, and the result, is feeling like you’re out in the water on your surfboard...

The new Dyson Ball DC36 vacuum has been announced. The ball holds the engine and cord giving the vacuum a very low center of gravity and easy turning radius.

The modern desk set by FASHIONED by, is destined to bring back the art of letter writing.

Peace – A new limited edition print from Seb Lester.

Bear claw leaf scoops. Fun product for kids but also a super efficient way to clean up fall leaves, grass clippings and other lawn debris. Just slip the super-sized plastic bear claw scoops over your hands and start having fun.

Racing car bonnets are re-imagined for the Delight and Destroy show by Death Spray. It's a like a Brand Prix, but there is no winner

The Windmill Factory installed 217 solarpowered LED lights on a decaying pier in NYC's Hudson River for the eco-art installation 'Reflecting the Stars.'

'Polyrhythm' art print by Justin Cooper.

Nashville's Hatch Show Print is a destination for letterpress printers, printmakers, and designers from around the country and the world. Here are some pictures that show why.

Beautiful shaker style treehouse.

Art of the Menu, cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.

Beautiful landscape paintings by Philip Govedare.

AODH launches the MALT family of chairs.

VIDEODavid Benqué's Infinite Adventure Machine, a proposal for a computer program which generates fairy-tale plots..

Ursus Wehrli meticulously rearranges everyday objects in his latest book, The Art Of Clean Up.

Danielle Mitchell's branding for the 'Taste of Honey' project.

New Poltrona Frau showroom in London by Universal Design Studio.

Artist Carlito Carvalhosa has turned the MoMA's atrium into a spiral maze of soft, fluttering fabric, with recorders hanging overhead. Speakers emit the rustled static of the previous day's recording.

A light source that can be a table or a floor lamp, characterized by minimal geometric shapes and a stylized form inspired by the big moths, designed by Grzegorz Rozwadowski.

Because everyone needs a pet lobster to help out in the kitchen. A whimsical watercolor painting hand-screened onto an organic tea towel by Xenotees.

Florentijn Hofman created this totally cool larger than life sculpture of a yellow bunny which appears to have been dropped in the center of the town square in Orebro, Sweden.

Art Marries Design Table by Arpan Patel.

FEATUREDThe behind the scenes of the NOTlabs Bentley Experiments in #42711 ~ see how our Contour+ Camera was mounted, as well as a 7th Experiment video with a 1936/37 Mercedes Roadster.

VIDEONavarro Correas created a 13 x 8.2 foot structure with 1000 acrylic cells and an automated robotic mechanism, that would be filled with 6 different shades of wine. Cells were filled by a robot via text to create the Van Gogh's self portrait from wine.

Beached House by BKK Architects.

VIDEOCompressed 02. Kim Pimmel uses time lapse techniques to tell a tale with soap bubbles with ferrofluid.

The Zip Carryall by Makr, made from Natural Canvas and Brown Latigo.

FEATUREDNOTlabs Bentley Experiments #1-6: Our first video series, and a whole new way to look at Bentleys. Mini visual adventures with the Mulsanne, Supersports, and Continental GTs around Los Angeles with a Contour+.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org include Star Wars blueprints, alookinside the Mercedes AMG Driving Academy and a Gregor scarf/calendar.

The bridge over the Straits of Messina according to Gaetano Pesce.

A stopmotion film of parkour by Serene Teh.

Beautiful handmade porcelain sculptures by Nuala O’Donovan.

A custom-designed trike is the primary keg delivery vehicle for a Colorado micro-brewery called Equinox.

More beautiful packaging from Skullcandy for the Skullcandy Aviator headphones.

Undef Printer. part of the 'Tra me e ciò che è in me' exhibition, located inside a medieval tower in Grono, Switzerland. This is Squint Two, by Sketch 34.

Folkform's new pieces, industrial intervention crystal glass.

Architect Shigeru Ban has designed a "temporary" cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand made out of load-bearing cardboard tubes with seating for 700.

Amazing work by Eva Kotátková, Prague-based artist works in the fields of video, performance, drawing and photography.

Place Pulse, a website that allows anyone to quickly run a perception study and visualize the results in powerful ways. From the Macro Connections group at MIT.

Clever stationery - BRASS Index Clip that can be used to mark a page in the book or as a small frame to give a title to the page. Either way, looks beautiful and timeless! By Midori.

FEATUREDPocket Dept Notebooks ~ They are quite simply, as their tagline states, “A notebook for every pocket” ~ from back pocket to shirt pocket to messenger bag pocket, they have you covered. Fun packaging too!

Ryan Gander's 'Locked Room Scenario' at Artangel.

FEATUREDPorsche Ice Cubes ~ now you can have mini frozen 911s, Caymans, Cayennes and Panameras to chill your drinks. Or see my melting traffic jams...

250 blueprints created for the Star Wars trilogy packed into an epic sized book, by J.W.Rinzler.

Fascinating sculptures from Edouard Martinet.

Brooklyn's 3rd Ward's Shopbox built inside a repurposed storage container unit.

The Soviet era in Russia was a period of economic stagnation, political oppression – and really gorgeous vacuum cleaners. A look at the space-age design that characterized those years, from the new book Made in Russia.

'Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design' on designer Saul Bass, creator of iconic film title sequences, corporate identities and graphic work. Co-written by grandaughter Jennifer Bass, and Pat Kirkham.

Gorgeous packaging for the Ugmonk 3rd Anniversary shirt. The tshirt comes with string-tie portfolio and laser engraved leather coaster. Only 200 sets made.

CityFabric blends cartography and design to create bold, figureground map prints (1"=1000') that inspire conversations about your place!

The World of 100 Postcards, a book about you.

Beautifully photographed serpents by Guido Mocafico.

VIDEOWorld's smallest sushi as an art project. By Dave Seah, Hwee Chong Chan and Jody Yeoh.

LUZ shirokane by Naoya Kawabe architect & associates,

"Louxor" is a contemporary floor standing or hanging lantern designed by Parisian studio POOL.

VIDEO'The Street Aesthetic of New York' a short film by Christian Andersen.

Anne Lorenz designed this Apple Tree, an alternative fruit bowl. Love the idea of picking your fruit from this structure in the morning.

Fantastic illustrations by Matthew Lyons.

Panoramic photographs by Rosemary Laing capturing the framework of a partially completed building in New South Wales.

Beautiful photos of chicken embryos by Michelle Leung.

Letterpress poster by Daren Newman for the Manchester screening of Typeface.

Quotel is a hotel in Poland with great design made on a budget. The interior design agency Mode:linea customized furniture from Ikea to create a unique and stylish environment.

VIDEOPhoto chromatic eyewear by Monoqool. Changes color when exposed to daylight.

BRASS Pencil is a compact refillable pencil made of solid brass. Good for traveling. Designed by Midori.

Bike Mess T-shirt at Super7

The Razer Blade Laptop is thinner than a 17 inch MacBook Pro and boasts a 17.3 inch LED-backlit display and a touch-enabled LCD panel next to the keyboard (Switchblade UI).

VIDEOShepard Fairey talks about the influence graffiti, skateboarding and punk rock had on his life and the ways it shaped his art career.

Beautiful illustrations by Tony Hong. This is from his Treerings series.

Neutral Milk Hotel will be releasing a box set spanning all of their recordings. The packaging is full of beautiful illustrations.

Grimloc Carabiners ~ a new must have for your travel bags/packs. Unlike the usual ones, these can be slid on to any 1" strap, and the release button is secure but easy to open (even with gloves on)

Lovely packaging for Burn Card Clothing.

VIDEOHigh Wheel by Maider Lopez for the OK Center for Contemporary Art.

FEATUREDDogpatch, San Francisco. Love the Triple Aught Gear morale patches they made with the pirate dog! Available in velcro patch and glow in the dark ranger eyes.

Vinyl illustrations by @Wissameid for 'Sophie's Choice', a boutique in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

FEATUREDPulled Pork Poutine ~ Devils on Horseback ~ and a peek at the awesome menu of Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery in San Francisco ~ a long time NOTCOT favorite.

VIDEOBotoxLamp by Drew Seskunas & SAQ Architects.

Mutewatch, an uberminimalist watch that can be activated with just a tap and can act as a clock, alarm and timer. It even adjusts the strength of its vibrating notifications to your movements.

Focus on Ehlén Johansson for the collection 2012 IKEA...

VIDEOVery interesting video from Alaa Wardi of a song made in it's entirety of body sounds.

Photosynth is an app that allows you to stitch together photos taken on your iPhone to create three-dimensional panoramas and outrageously shaped photo collages.

Huski Lodge, an Australian ski lodge designed by Elenberg Fraser.

The Karlsson Twin Bell Alarm Clock combines modern and classic styles for a timeless look.

A curated collection of vintage construction photos from L.A.

Scanchovies! In the tradition of Scanwiches and Scandybars- Big Pictures of Little Fish

Simple outlet design that organizes your plugs and saves energy by Milena Włodarczyk.

Jewel House in Islington by by Fraher Architects.

Sexy new dish drying rack from Joseph Joseph.

VIDEOThe Graduates 2011, a film from It's Nice That showcasing some great talent from emerging talent from UK art schools.

This wax woman embedded with candle wicks was made by Lenn Cox for the Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011.

New illy Art Collection designed by Anish Kapoor.

Portland-based Von Tundra took this 1969 Dodge Chinook and transformed it into a modern mobile juice bar and lounge.

Vehicle for Children by Masahiro Minami.

Richard Serra's massive sculpture "Cycle," 2011, will debut at Gagosian in September.