Pravdoliub Ivanov's Confusion from 2002 ~ interesting way to add intrigue... especially to a tiny apt...

Cherri Wood's set of paintings for Gallery 1988's Some Kind Of Wonderful show opening in SF tonight is beautiful ~ you must see them all, and if you're in SF, go check them out tonight!

Today (Feb. 6th) Sweden celebrates the little know Semicolon Day. The semicolon was invented in 1494 by the Italian printer Aldus Manutius the Elder. Happy Semicolon Day everyone!

This little fabric purse by Mingus, featuring a big pil o' rabbits doing what rabbits do, cracks me up.

Another new super fun font from my favorite fontographer, Alejandro Paul ~ Kewl Font!

Andreas Wannerstedt’s latest gem is called Infected an Amazing (as always from this dude) Flash Animation.

Piet Klaarhamer high chair, by Houtbedrijf Veldzicht, the Netherlands, later production of a 1918 design.

A trip into 4500 still photographs, urban landscapes meet pastoral scenes, creating a whirlpool around the theme of the video: the subjectivity and urban life in stop motion.

Our friends at Busy Beaver Button Co. sent over the cutest holiday card! With button of course...

Swedish Jenny Marchi lets you turn your Swedish social security number into visual shapes that are printed as posters.

St Luke's the London advertising agency has created a website which allows you to throw snowballs with customised messages at your friends... don't spread the christmas cheer, throw it about!

Love Hatch's holiday promotional card - Jumping JAQK marionettes.

The Naughty or Nice List: Instead of obsessing over finding that perfect something, let them know what you really think. Just because Santa isn't real doesn't mean that someone isn't keeping track.

Interesting public sea bath for the Copenhagen waterfront, by JDS + Klar. Good multi-use of the waterway.

This is where we live - Fantastic stop motion created entirely of books.

Loving the new Greenfuz Toy from artist Will Sweeney.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #17: The 3rd giveaway from Seagate, here is the FreeAgent Desk in a whopping 1TB size and usb 2.0!

These prints by Portland artist Kendra Binney are the perfect mixture of melancholy and darn right adorable.

People Are Strange by Violenn Simon
Music video for art school project at ENSAAMA School of Visual Communication, Paris.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #15! jimmyjane are offering 3 lucky winners some of their gorgeous, playful, pleasure filled games and massager sensory gift sets - perfect for sharing!

National Trust Northern Ireland's latest 'Picture Yourself' campaign encourages people to visit their properties, take photos of their experiences and post them online. All images submitted this year are to be utilised in next year's campaign.

Pixel Cloud Socks! Dancing around on cloud 9 in these fun socks freshly made by Diesel Sweeties - (20% off $20+ code NOTCOT)

I've been in love with the Veuve Clicquot Champagne Glass shape since i took that trip... the Veuve Clicquot City Traveler Case Yellow Label Brut Champagne 2 glass set is only $50! (Nicely packaged too!)

Positively Green Cards - environmentally-friendly greeting cards, and 10% of profits donated to organizations that protect the environment and fight global warming.

The humorous, slightly foul, and clever book jacket design for Fantagraphics' "Petey & Pussy." Jacket design by Jacob Covey.

Gift Guide: Glassy Gifts! Yes, glass ~ so many gorgeous double walled, colored, organic glassy options they needed a guide of their own!

Daruma's as custom vinyls ~ Dacosta Bayley has teamed with the Japanese American National Museum to create Dreams to Dreams, the first ever custom show to be held in a museum.

Ginger Anyhow ~ Embroidered Text Messages - bizarre and fascinating to follow this story of love and break up...

Audrey Kawasaki's The Drawing Room at Thinkspace ~ beyond the gorgeous work, you have to see the mind blowing micro-studio set up she did in the front window! Wow.

Stadtnomaden's Piepschau bird house is adorable! And it can be taken apart and dispatched in an A4 box

Nice and stylish print campaign for Alka Seltzer: Paparazzi, Bear, Mafia, Magician and Prison

An exhibition from the french brand Manoush during the famous exhibition Les Vendanges at Avenue Montaigne, Paris.

Ming Tang’s beautiful origami-inspired Folded Bamboo Houses are intended to be used as temporary shelters in the aftermath of an earthquake.

In this video taken at MOMA, perfumer Christophe Laudamiel talks about the "Design for the Invisible."

The biggest spaceship structure in a small German city. It includes a laboratory, a 3-D cinema and a medical centre.

Gap's new public service announcement that allows you to show the public what you're voting for.

Designboom previews Patricia Urquiola new Purely Porcelain show at London's Design Museum.

The Design Entrepreneur - Awesome book review over at Core77!

Ouwenz.com is an online portfolio of finnish graphic designer and illustrator Olli-Pekka Jauhiainen.

American design group PFNC Global Communities makes affordable housing out of reused shipping containers.

Benedict Radcliffe uses a wire frame technique to draw cars, life size in scale, in three dimensions and spray it artic white. His new project is the Lamborghini!

We really are kids of the digital age through and through ~ love this image by italian design group, Volk

The unique work of Russian illustrator and photographer, Dmitry Maksimov, is filled with imaginary characters placed into real-life settings. The feel of his work is reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki...

One of two beautiful new prints by Ah-Yi illustrating the story of Princess Kavalan, the only daughter of the Dragon King of the East Sea, and her forbidden romance with the Turtle General Lusheng.

"L'amie De Zoé" is an animated short story about friendship. Life in Zoé's world is green and ordinary. When a red family unexpectedly lands on her planet, Zoé makes a new friend.

PingMag have opened their own online shop - shopPingMag. Where overseas reader's can now buy the beautiful products they feature, directly from the makers.