Photographer Jean-Philippe Tremblay and graphic designer Jean-Nicolas Dauwe started a new platform, Exode, for creative literary, visual and animated work. They seek to give artists the exposure the recognition they deserve.

Focus has created a wall-mounted barbecue that helps save precious backyard space.

Yunak Evleri hotel in Cappadocia, Turkey, famous for its cave-houses

A close up look at Incase's Convertible Book Jacket cover for the iPad ~ definitely my favorite of the options out there so far! Even better in person than in pics!

Lamellux has created a unique panel collection that explores the unique compositions that are created through the fusion of wood and resin.

Custom insole artwork by French designer So-Me for the new shoe collaboration from EdBanger Records and Etnies.

Dan Springer created a 3D anaglyph print using 2 laser etched skateboards. For the Another Disposable Art Show in Toronto benefitting Free Skates, a charity providing skateboards to children at risk.

Philips has just unveiled the EnduraLED – the world’s first replacement for the commonly used 60 watt incandescent. It lasts 25 times longer and uses 80% less energy.

Artist Mike Leavitt was kind enough to sit down with us for an exclusive interview just ahead of his upcoming show, "Pitchfork Pals", which opens tomorrow in London. Above is his amazing Banksy sculpture.

AmpliTube allows you to plug your guitar into your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and jam anywhere whilst being able to play with guitar and bass tone right in the palm of your hand

KOKUYO will launch very practical eraser on May 13. The eraser has different angles offering different widths, so you can choose the optimal way to erase.

"Diptere Table" by french designer and architect Paul Coudamy - an extendable table made of two hinged wooden plates.

KICK OFF at Nikolaj – Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, combines contemporary art and football, giving a critical-aesthetic impulse to the soccer fever which will no doubt be raging up to and during the World Cup.

Eccentric Hostels Partner up with HostelsClub, featuring a variety of eccentric places to stay from jumbo jets to prisons, abandoned trains to underground caves which have been turned into hostels in various sites around the world.

This adorable baby Baird's tapir calf at the Nashville Zoo was born during last week's torrential flooding.

Brix – Boxes and manuals - More than a catalogue, this is a story (told by many people): the innovation lies in the form of communication. Design by Massimo Nadalini and Claudio La Viola, produced by Brix.

Designer Anthony Burrill rocks pretty hard with a series of instantly recognizable symbols and marks for Colette Paris. DANGER!

Console table from Vidame Création - is deep and forceful functional concept

P-Tree is a concept by Sam van Veluw trying to imagine how to avoid dirty toilets during festivals.

What do you get when you mix Pirates, the CIA & The Mothership Group? Pop Up Pirates is part late night bar, part installation launching next week in London. Expect big & bold letter forms in this old factory venue.

Gearing up for Love Your Bike Portsmouth. The window display at Debenhams, Southsea is now finished. Bikes from Ben Wilson, Gocycle, I Love Dust & Tokyo Fixed Gear aswell as boards by Fark.

Swarm for Council by Mike and Maaike! Beautiful new modular room/space divider launching at ICFF!

Sweza uses QR Codes to preserve graffiti, photographing graffiti before it is removed by local authorities. Once the graffiti has been removed, he adds a QR Code in the same location, leading to an image of the original.

'..and the Rest is Paristory..', a new self published hand silkscreen printed booklet about a peculiar first meeting and romance in Paris. Beau.

Amazing photos from Finnish photographer ZeroOne of pigeons atop of the Empire State Building.

Seven Ply goes green by recycling old, broken, beat-up skate decks. A perfect way to improve your earth while rocking a one of a kind piece of jewelry. This recycled skateboard ring has been cut, sanded, sealed and is ready to ride on.

Illustrator George Butler drives from London to Gabon whilst beautifully illustrating his journey for Times Travel.

The re-development of ‘De Boogjes’ by Mecanoo Architecten grouped 4 blocks of buildings into a single entity with two bookends-like awning displaying a changing selection of poems from Poetry International Rotterdam.

A new set of art prints by Ben the Illustrator entitled 'The Lake'. 13" x 19" giclee prints on fine art paper, signed by the artist.

For a big family client, ZeroEnergyDesign did a sustainable design of a house located in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It is called Truro Residence. It also has several sustainable features.

Very cool fox print available from Andrew Neyer's store. Hand screenprinted, and ready to frame. 18 x 24"

The Hyundai Aebulle is a design study of a futuristic three-wheeler vehicle with an electric powertrain and a magnesium frame. The author is design student Shane Baxley from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.

For the soccer world cup in South Africa, Adidas unveiled today their brand new boots, F50 adizero, which are the lightest boots of the brand. Focus on the fabrication process.

Want your home featured by The Selby? Follow this neat infographic and you could be well on your way.

Modo is a new solid-shape font from designer Birdy3000. It's perfect for headlines, logos and posters and is free to download.

The norwegian interior magazine Nytt Romfeatures the home of the up and coming designer Julia Edin. Check out her tiny, but cozy, apartment!

Detail of 144 paintings of animals either fighting or doing something even more naughty for upcoming show "THE THINGS WE DO" Helen Eady, Marcia Pitch, Elizabeth Zvonar, Cindy Loehr and Karen Ostro.

Sticky Monster Lab from Korea has created a series of characters, as well as an animation film for Nike Sportswear.

Customized "Havaianas Flip-Flops and Baggu-Bag with pattern inspired by Sao Paulo Citys iconic sidewalks, by brazilian designer Renata Veiga.

Jim is just trying to make cool pancakes for his daughter. Fortunately for the rest of us, he's keeping track of his creations.

Hendrick's Gin website! The Hendrick's Curiositorium is full of fun animations in a Monty Python meets early 1900s style! Search for the Easter Eggs.

Vintage industrial and tiny: A Belgium home kitchen with antique file drawers for storage.

CASAMANIA’s “Philippe I” coffee tables by Sam Baron ~ such a lovely mix of lacquer and wood ~ see pics of it from Milan Salone!

The Lucinahaven kindergarten is divided into 6 small sections each with its own graphic theme. These sections form a geometric hexagonal system, which together form a daisy. By Danish architects Cebra, who were also behind #18981

The Piloh project was born to prevent old objects from reaching their cruel destiny. Chipped marble cups, rusty spoons, broken object are trasformed and take on a new life. Wool, like a parasite, slowly appropriates the surface. By Paola Santilli.

Cue the imperial death march - Thunderdog Studios designs a Darth Vader helmet for www.thevaderproject.com.

At the BKLYN Designs 2010 Show, Lamacek were exhibiting this beautiful rocking lounger.

At the Visuelt Award this weekend Kristian Pedersen won the student award in category of Moving Image for his project “Viva Zombatista”. See the beautiful typo-animation!

Cube font is applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like logos, pictograms.

Carlsbad-based Vertical Earth Gardens relies on hydroponics to add green to your space.

An interior design for a skybox lounge at Horsens Stadium is being built by the studio MAPT.

Artist Parskid has an amazing new show "Isolated Frontier" that features his signature style of aerosol art.

FOUNDATION vol.02, very Nice interactive web Page from answr.jp

The Washstand by German designer Janis Ellenberger is a cool concept for a one of a kind product. It would fit perfect into small apartments. part of the Private Space collection.

Rock Posters and Art Prints with a vintage vibe from Tone Ink! Inspired by vintage ephemera from the 40's, 50's, and 60's.

A spot for the Dutch thrombosis foundation, beautifully illustrated by Shop Around artist Martine Johanna.

Alex Cherry's selection of fine art prints fall somewhere between graffiti art and digital illustration, with a strong musical influence.

24th edition of the Mercado Mundo Mix in Portugal, presenting TOSCA.lab and its ceramic
"Pontos Negros".

Color a sound uses an overhead projector and a camera to create an inverse color organ that plays like a player piano. Different colors trigger tones or drums.

What a stunning week it's been here on NOTCOT.org. This roundup is especially gorgeous. This week’s picks include beautiful exteriors, interiors, artwork and more.

Impossible is not a word italian plastics manufacturer Kartell and design diva Starck are ready to take. The beautiful Mr. Impossible chair defies standard manufacturing processes and moves design forward to the future.

Fascinating work from Baqueratta in Tokyo led by Yoshiyuki Moriyama. This modern contemporary house is called AC house.

The Michelberger Hotel in Berlin was built by a group of friends in an old factory building. With a lot of vintage charme and individual design it is a place like Berlin itself: anything goes.

World Famous Design Junkies presents a collection of almost 100 different bowling scoreboards. Mostly electronic, mostly wild, all swanky.

Shoe sculptures and wearable limited edition customized Air Force One (Wired) by artist Gabriel Dishaw on exhibit in Chicago. Installed for 1 night only at sneaker shop Saint Alfred and then a month long gallery exhibition at 360SEE.

These LED lanterns by 718 Made in Brooklyn are the same ones used by NYC engineers to illuminate their way in subway tunnels.

Completed in 1993, Gaetano Pesce's Organic Building in Osaka Japan may in fact be a precursor to the modern day living wall.

Stuart Hall's landscape photographs of Iceland of where the sulfur and minerals from the ocean and land meet, as seen in Luerzer's Archive 2010/2011, 200 best Ad Photographers

This is Holiday Desert House of Texas Twister House by BuildingStudio

Oliver Kosta Théfaine is a French artist who uses a BIC lighter in the most unique way; to burn intricate designs into ceilings.

Experience JetBlue, a video based microsite

Gina Tuzzi's curious collection of acrylic paint, paper and felt beards.

Inhabitat's Best Student Design award at BKLYN Designs 2010 goes to Schair by Charlotte Kreitmann. It's made of reclaimed wood and transforms from a chair into a bench.

Tokyo-based design company, Rezon will start a new online website called “OTETE & ANYO” that produces an original stamp of your baby’s tiny “HAND & FOOT” print.

Selfridges have unveiled a series of windows based on songs from a series of artists from Hot Chip to Marina & the Diamonds.

Lora (Lora8 on deviantART) is an inspired and creative artist, with amazing skills and fascinating style.

Troika’s video of their beautiful Digital Zoetrope installation is quite mesmerizing to watch. Troika deconstructed Wim Crouwel´s “Gridnik” typeface, creating verticals, horizontals and diagonals which merge into letters and words at speed.

Graphic designer Kyle Jones is selling a beautiful tribute poster to raise money for flood relief in his hometown of Nashville, TN.

The collaboration between Note Design Studio and Abici began almost a year ago and the Swedish launch for the desirable bicycles starts off with the new "Serie Stoccolma" designed exclusively for Sweden.

Xavier Veilhan presents "Sophie" a sculpture installation at Cafe Germain in Paris

A beautiful project of guerilla marketing for HP Touchsmart featuring the famous graffity artist Turbo.

Over a Cup of Tea by Charlotte van der Laan. A reflection of multicultural awareness within the domestic environment.

CitID is a ambitious project aiming to gain global consciousness by giving a (type)face to every city worldwide; big or small, rich or poor, famous or infamous, well-known or unheard-of.

Not exactly brimming with design hotels, London's gritty East end has been hit with a healthy dose of bleeding-edge cool, thanks to Bethnal Green's new Town Hall Hotel.

Great paper-work by Romain Lenancker "Alice in Paperland" for Noeuf. Shooting by Jean-Paul Lefret. Photo Retouching by Fabien Barrau and Cristian Girotto.

Jessica Banks and Andrew Laska, the co-founders of the design firm RockPaperRobot, are using science and technology to change the meaning of “furniture.” Great interview and part of Seed Magazine on Design.

Australian studio b.e. Architecture created a house surrounded by a steel and timber timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. Meakins Road features a timber frame with horizontal beams that surround the building and create a veranda.

Roberto Ercilla Arquitectura - A work based on efficiency, creativity, realism and coherence

I just stumbled upon the work of Simon Page and was taken by some of his work, like this futurism poster series.

Promotional t-shirt packaging from Valvoline Oil, each retro 50's style can contains one pre-oiled t-shirt. By Eric Stevens for Borders Perrin Norrander.

Taito and silverware maker Christofle have buddied up to offer the Space Invaders fan a chance to express their love of the 1978 shoot 'em up in style. Meet the multi-use silver Space Invader "fashion accessory".

This year at BRKLYN Designs, manufacturer and design house RAM Metals and its subsidiaries (Tides, Planter Worx and Raine Heidenberg Interior Design) put forth a strong selection of expertly crafted metal furniture and planters.

lovely packaging for Balthazar's gift set designed by Christine Celic Strohl at Mucca Design

Catherine Hamilton's illustration blog, Birdspot, features some incredible sketches of birds and other creatures.

This japanese bike bell is made of brass and sounds so bright and happy you'll always try a to find a reason to use it.

Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of Scaffold Lights, lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month.

Japanese paper craft brand OEY has designed a new collection of tablewares. Mizuhiki is twined paper fused with a mixture of water and glue that dates back to the seventh century. The collection includes napkin rings, glass markers, and chopsticks.

PAP(I)ER FASHION @ Museum Bellerive – Zürich - The role of paper in fashion throughout history.

2nd episode of Discover Opera Live: an interactive opera storytelling experience. Swell graphics and great music. Commissioned by the Royal Opera Liege and art by Wouter de Winter.

Sleek, stylish and very expensive, the Husqvarna solar automated robotic lawnmower is a dream tech gadget that's good for your lawn, the planet and nice long naps.