Did you ever ask yourself what a mail order gift catalog from apple looked like back in 1983? Well – here’s the answer!

Screen-Pot by François Clerc for De Castelli is a restyling of the classical flower pot with grates for climbing plants. Thanks to the use of steel and laser cutting, this design has a graphic effect inspired by natural forms.

Yuri Landman crafts awesome handmade guitars for the likes of Sonic Youth, Liars, HEALTH & more.

VIDEOThe Scout visit Billykirk, brothers Chris and Kirk Bray who have been producing leather goods for the past ten years.

Anatomy of a Smart City [Infographic]

Sketches by Guy Denning of the Occupy protests.

My Little Geek — an ABC for nerdy toddlers.

VIDEOWith the scariest night of the year upon us, BBH Asia Pacific and Chupa Chups have got a surprise for you. Introducing Scream Stopper.

VIDEORip Curl used an array of 30 GoPro Hero HD Cameras to film this. The footage is nuts, it stops mid turn of the surfer and allows you to move angles. Pretty nuts.

Ivan Venkov's 'King's Folly' blends sculpture and concept to create a striking comment on exploitation.

FEATUREDPillow destruction, water jet packs and candy blood slides are all part of our weekly roundup from NOTCOT.org.

Foul Play Football Trophies : Celebrating Bad Sportsmanship by Wong Wong with the help of Dotsan and Shapeways 3D Printing.

VIDEOShwood has joined forces with fellow Oregon-based company Pendleton on a limited run of Shwood’s “Canby” frame style adorned with Pendleton’s iconic “Chief Joseph” pattern.

Fantastique is a beautiful deck of playing cards inspired by the apparatus of magic‘s golden age and the automatons of Robert-Houdin When the cards are riffled through like a flip book, the illustrations come to life.

Bansky creates art for the Occupy London Movement.

Mark your territory the old fashioned way on FourSquare - by peeing!

Scrumptious Reads - a pop-up shop in Brisbane made entirely from paper cups!

FEATUREDHighspeed Pumpkin Carving~ Knowhow Shop gets in the holiday spirit with some precision CNC milling to carve pumpkins.

225 Litres , French furniture constructed by Christophe Lorenzoni from boards of old barrels used to age wine.

A celebration of '10 years in type' produced by Fontsmith, designed by Thompson Brand Partners. 10 booklets showcasing the very best of Fontsmith.

VIDEOBeautiful Premium Wood Ampersand from Ugmonk. The 18-inch tall ampersand balances effortlessly on a hand-buffed stainless steel plate thanks to a super-strong magnet hidden in its base. Lovely making of video.

On the 28th of June 2011, Max Lamb produced his largest pewter cast to date, a desk with four assistants and ten students from Falmouth University’s 3-D department on a Cornwall beach.

The CIA Alternative Games calendar is available to pre-order. Celebrating winning, losing and fun the 2012 calendar includes free poster by Jonas Bergstrand and exclusive Bat Football page by Sir Peter Blake.

'Anisha' elliptical LED light by Lievore Altherr Molina for Foscarini.

VIDEOBerlin based artist duo S. Guzy and B. Wiede invited us to their studio and allowed us to get a glimpse of their fascinating screenprinting techniques.

Vintage Halloween postcards from the New York Public Library.

Lovely nature inspired illustrations by Michelle Morin. They look beautiful on fabric!

VIDEOBen Wilhelm at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 on the documentation of video games, a part of our technological history in The Digital Game Museum.

Incredible pumpkin carvings by Ray Villafane.

Single family home in Zurich Oberland by Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler architects.

VIDEOThe International Printing Museum is holding to raise funds to support their Ludlow Typograph Project.

The olloclip, a pocket sized quick-connect lens solution for the iPhone 4/S that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro lenses.

The Plastiki!

Olly Factory ~ from the Mint Digital research lab (from digital to physical!), Foundry, here's a way to experience the smells of the internet...

2012 Calendar - Art and Design by Kelly McKernan

Gorgeous Garden Shed by Ville Hara and Linda Bergroth, a combined greenhouse and shed kit.

LED artist Teddy Lo and Ryan Doyle's GonKiRin art-car at Brooklyn's Robot Heart­-O-Ween.

Photographer Bo Bushnell captures Los Angeles designer Matt Winter's turn of the century themed wedding at Frank Lloyd Wright Ranch in Malibu, CA.

Holly is a Hamburg based paper artist doing amazing structures with cardboard.

Christopher Russell's scratched photographs from his most recent series, 'Runaway'.

There's always tension between our energies and the garments we wear. And what if the garment channeled them instead of containing them? Designer Winde Rienstra tries this with her SS2012 collection 11:11.

VIDEOA pillow destroyed in slow motion at 1000 frames per second.

Candy Blood Slides ~ A great Dexter themed Halloween treat from Forkable.

OXO's take on the multi-charger station

Fun Sangria Kit - Just stir contents with a bottle of red wine and let steep for 24 hours in the fridge. Strain, garnish with orange slices and enjoy within a week! Serves six.

FEATUREDTime Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock.

First person Tetris. Extremely disorienting yet clever way to enjoy Tetris all over again!

Artist Kevin Dart joins 100 more to tribute popular Japanese icons Kamen Rider and Super Sentai in exhibition showdown!

VIDEOTime Twister - LEGO Mindstorms Digital Clock.

826 Valencia's new Pirate Supply Store gets a completely new redesign, giving people around the world a taste of San Francisco's only independent purveyor of pirate supplies.

'Photochrome' hanging lamp by Jean Couvreur for Index Of Design.

German design and architecture office Eins:33 have just completed 'Genusswerkstatt' - a cooking school for the Michelin Star chef, Christian Jürgens.

Beautiful baseball bats by artist Vincent Kohler.

'Relief(s)' exhibition by Guillaume Delvigne at Tools Gallery in Paris.

Modesquisse - Curated gallery of fashion illustrations on magazine and book covers. Serves as a resource for inspiration and educational purposes about fashion illustration.

Beautiful illustration on transparency by Man-Tsun.

Shards by Sofie Lachaert, a complete porcelain set made from the fragments of an old smashed set. Beautiful photos by culinary photographer Tony Leduc.

The Vandenberg, Life Below the Surface, An underwater photogallery on the artificial reef General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, The works by Andreas Franke are mounted 100 feet below sealevel and approximately seven miles south of Key West.

Incredible high speed photographs of liquids by Heinz Maier.

VIDEOThe Fly Installation by rAndom International at the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.

SKULL STYLE, Skulls in Contemporary Art and Culture, edited by Patrice Farameh.

Nissan Technology Magazine looks at the Nissan eco-friendly global headquarters in Yokohama, which recycles rain water, and uses solar panels to power the building and charge up electric vehicles.

Surge Calendar 2012 - Yusaku Shimoyama

Michael Salter turns his bizarre graphic messages designed to play with the way we see and think into a line of streetwear for the thinking person.

Division of Labor's latest line of prints address “New Rules of Work”

Tiny baby cuttelfish at the Tennessee Aquarium.

VIDEOHYBRIDScope, a space, light and sound immersive interactive scopic experience. A viewing interface which designs ‘hybrid’ relationships between users and the abstract, recognizable city fragments of sound and image.

Cyber-eggs and virtual oysters - a photo gallery of innovative, playful and fun food from Michelin starred chef, David Scabin.

VIDEOThe Carpenter by Dimitris Ladopoulos.

Adorable Hungry Animals Stencil Set

FEATUREDScenic trains through the Swiss alps, New Zealand super lodges and plenty of winter sun are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

A vision of the future of productivity, from Microsoft.

Karim Rashid's Bobble Water Bottle turns into a jug...

VIDEOThe 1972 Polaroid SX-70 Orientation Film by the office of Charles & Ray Eames was made for Polaroid Corporation. Check out how the guts of this classic camera work while you listen to a funky soundtrack.

FEATUREDA microscopic look at the new security details of the CA Driver's License ~ Toys R Us style backward Rs, initials and bdays tucked all over, ascii waves and more. Also a look at the TN License's amibgram hologram.

Remote Controlled Flying Spaceman!

The rooftop patio of ARX’s new house in Leiria is the perfect way to make good use and utilization of a rooftop. What a great view!

Mini 50mL Crystal Head Vodka Skulls!

VIDEOofficial title sequence of TEDxVienna 2011 conference, made by funfairfilms.

'The Crystalline Baby' by Jud Bergeron. Painted steel, 48 x 24 x 20 inches (2011). Part of the exhibition 'Castigation' at Wolfe Contemporary, November 4th.

The Swiss Army Vintage Flashlight is loaded with character and retro appeal. As an actual army issue flashlight, it's made with a steel case and has a setting for Morse code.

New Headquarters for Uniopt Pachleitner Group: The Black Panther. By GSarchitects.

Introducing Penhaligon's Christmas gift collection 2011.

In the recently released biography of Steve Jobs, the Apple founder attributes some of his design sensibility to the low-cost modernist home he grew up in.

FEATUREDJelly cones dance on speakers in this series of videos: Get Your Jelly On ~ Billy Law of A Table for Two

Designed to get images from a DSLR to an iPad quickly and with zero fuss, these tiny CF and SD iPad Card Readers can give you just that!

Graphite-Illustrations by Australia-based Graphicdesigner Zoran Nova.

The Google Earth Clock by CW&T is a digital clock assembled from views of Earth from above that resemble numbers. Simply awesome!

Concentricity 96 is a kinetic sculpture by Joshua Kirsch where movements are translated into light.

Berlin-based artist Monika Grzymala has created this dramatic installation using black tape at the the Sumarria Lunn gallery in London.

Cool Hunting preview the collaborative new cookbook VOLT ink by chefs and brothers Michael and Bryan Voltaggio.

“Metamorphosen” by Atelier Olschinsky — Stunning!

The Wunder (miracles) at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, until 5 February, traces how Christianity and ancient philosophy of nature have influenced our perception of miracles.

Packaging by R design for Eyeko.

Sensorium, the world's first pop up scent museum that engages all five senses. Runs through 27 November 2011 in New York.

Adorable Halloween Owl print by Methane Studios.

FEATUREDFukuburger LA ~ Las Vegas's Asian fusion burgers have landed in LA. Lots of inventive flavor combinations and a sort of Japanese inspired poutine!

Robotic Venus flytraps could run on live insects and spiders, snatching and digesting them for fuel.

VIDEOAwesome violin covers by Teppei Okada. It's the Super Mario Theme!

A visualization of 138 years of Popular Science by Jer Thorp.

Hive, an installation of honeycombs made from phone books by Kristiina Lahde.

VIDEOCore Deco by graphic artist Matt W. Moore.

Tree of Life chapel (Capela Árvore da Vida- Seminário Conciliar de Braga) in Braga, Portugal. Designed by architects António Jorge Cerejeira Fontes and André Cerejeira Fontes, with sculptural work by sculptor Asbjörn Andresen.

Get ready for winter with the Crossbow Snow Launcher, which can propel snowballs up to 60 feet!

Beautiful new Limited Edition Pillows from UK artist Tom Lewis.

FEATUREDMar Mar Co's Cocoon thermos flask designed by Torsten Neeland

VIDEOSenseless drawing bot by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi.

VIDEOSpherical Flying Machine Developed by the Japan Ministry Of Defense.

Satellite photo of India after dark, showing changes in illumination over 10 years. Areas marked white are lights present throughout the entire period.

Maison Martin Margiela just opened its biggest store in Beijing.

Monster 004 produced by STICKY MONSTER LAB

The Patient Gardener by Visiondivision - Swedish architects and a group of students designed the two-storey study retreat, which is currently growing on the Politecnico di Milano campus. It will take 100 years to grow...

PUMA Cell Fusion 2 Golf Shoe has an interesting sole...

FEATUREDSpiderweb Devilish Ghoul Eggs, Spinach pancakes and dry ice cocktails are all a part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

The Combined ~ beautiful new site filled with original content from Nick Joseph and Marcus Troy! Content Creators. Cultural Curators.

Porsche bottle cooler with an original ribbed cylinder from the early air-cooled 911 models (G models)

Luna & Curious x welovekaoru Ink Blot Mugs

FEATUREDStella Artois has the lovely Audrey show you how to make the perfect pour in this bizarre surreal fake 60's era video.

Andy Kehoe's On the Banks of Broken Worlds Print

VIDEOA creative retrospect of skateboarding covering the evolution of skate tricks, style, filming and music.

Miscellaneous Adventures hand-crafted outdoor accessories.

Jason Hawkes captures Europe in a different light as he mastered the art of taking unique photos in 3D.

Mar Mar Co's Rainbow Allen Key Set

Matt Rainwaters' Catfish Portraits.

Pete Fowler aka The Monsterist is releasing a series of original landscape paintings. Entitled ‘Getting to Kernow You' they were inspired by the Cornish coastline.

Design Faction, part of Lodz Design Festival, presents twelve stories that explore the space between design and science.

FEATUREDBeautiful curved woodwork and laser etched wooden nickels.. all made by Knowhow Shop LA for Los Angeles's slow fast food mecca The Oinkster.

'Torigun' by Japanese artist Sato are delightful illustrations of songbirds wearing fanciful military uniforms.

FEATUREDMap of California's Post WWII Automotive Design Studios

FEATUREDA tiny lighter, screwdrivers, crowbar, tweezers and more that fit right on your keys ~ Kauffman Mercantile EDC Kit.

Always an adventure ~ tea cup set!

Awesome concept: No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature. The NestTM Learning ThermostatTM programs itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy.

Titlescream.com. With it’s simple navigation you can travel back in time and discover the title graphics of 16/8 bit games.

Ratis leTrottole and aluminum tops: made by hand with leftovers from scrap processing, for hours of fun.

Thirty students from the architecture schools of Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen joined forces to design and construct this amazing RAKE showroom from re-used doors and windows.

Artist SIT has been part of the Amsterdam creative scene for many years. With ‘Noir’ Sit returns to his bold black & whites, examining the troubled relation between the animal kingdom and mankind even closer.

Interior Design magazine tours the 21,000 square-foot concrete exhibition and visitor center adjacent to the headquarters of Swiss manufacturer Laufen, in Laufen, Switzerland.

Lovely packaging for Empyreal 75, a pet food protein supplement for dogs and cats by Bailey Lauerman.

VIDEOBeautiful video of waves by Chris Bryan shot on the Phantom HD Gold.

Lovely illustration and product designs from Sandra Isaksson (whose work you might recognize from SkipHop!).

Et Lettera is a current european project about 'the shape of the letter as an art form in itself': exhibitions, workshops, and also an online library of typo/calligraphic antique books scans, even a typo-game!

David Iglesias's new look for Burger King.

VIDEOMaking the Nokia N9 smartphone.

Thornwillow's The When Hell Freezes Over engraved stationery