The Dreidal Company Make Your Own Hanukkah Beeswax Candles Kit - a fun little holiday DIY for kids (and kids at heart!) Perfectly menorah sized (or birthday cake sized even?)

"For Detroit" is an interactive art installation and interior experience by Red Paper Heart for The Open House, Ford Motor's announcement to renewed its commitment to the city of Detroit with the purchase and future renovation of Michigan Central Station.

Eliza Frye Pink Heart Box - Hand painted, signed, and numbered. Gouache and colored pencil on paper box. Limited edition of five with a fabulous secret inside...

The Bitter Southerner (great read!) has a General Store... with fun stickers and tees that say everything from All Y'all to Bless Your Heart, Abide No Hatred, Collards & Cornbread and more...

The Room, 43 sq m temporary pavilion in the heart of Mexico City. By Enrico Dusi Architecture and Salottobuono, architectural office in Milan run by Matteo Ghidoni.

Bon Bon Bon Chocolates in Hamtramck, the heart of Detroit, Michigan. The chocolates look deliciously unique, but the PACKAGING philosophy is that the packaging shouldn't cost more than the chocolates. (If only the shipping was cheaper!)

Motorleaf - a modular wireless, automated, home growing system composed of the Heart, Powerleaf, Droplet, and Driplet to monitor and control all your plant growing needs.

"How to Build a Human Heart" is a scientifically accurate steampunk poster designed by Eleanor Lutz.

The Butlers Charles, Alfred and James are triangular reception and sidetables that will steal your heart and serve you right every time ! Made in Belgium by atelierdubbeloo and Lennart Van Uffelen.

Stadler Design Studio imagined a new concept for a kid's restaurant in the heart of Paris.

FEATUREDHeart shaped squeakers! A delightfully designed surprise inside Petco Leaps & Bounds Camper collection of dog toys.

100+ artists from around the world pay tribute to video game culture on Pixel Heart wood canvases. On display at Gallery 1988

Accordion stool by Nathalie Dackelid. In Sweden there's an expression, “If there's room in the heart there's room for the arse”. Meaning there’s always space for another person. This stool extends when needed.

Prada opens its first pastry shop with Pasticceria Marchesi on the luxury street Via Montenapoleone in the heart of Milan

Art collective Pink Intruder has realized a pavilion made with cardboard tubes with a metallic appearance atop a mosaic made of 96,000 wooden pieces in the heart of Valencia.

New life was breathed into this old industrial space thanks to FOOUND, a concept store that is first and foremost a project to promote and sustain young Genevan artists and entrepreneurs.

French Enameled Heart Pendant - Made in Paris. Gold plated. In coral red, white or black, enameled tiny heart.

How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart by Pam Anderson (former Executive Editor of Cook's Illustrated). Just read it, and wish I had this in college when I moved into my first apartment!

The Library of Birmingham is a transparent glass building overlooking Centenary Square, the largest public square in the heart of Birmingham. The library’s internal space invites to look upward, following the long escalators.

Jenny Bird 'Virgin Heart' from Prints On Wood

Pitter-patter. The Heart Decanter by Kosmos Project functions 'as a symbol of civil progress that in-spite of immense intellectual growth still fails to convincingly quell primal anxieties'.

This year's Times Square interactive Valentine Heart sculpture is Match-Maker by Young Projects.

PWINTS - Great new store filled with prints, "Art for the young & the young at heart" from the folks of OMGposters.com!

Beautiful reclaimed heart of pine stools by Miles & May Furniture in Geneva, NY.

The new headquarters of wood sculpture company Perathoner, in the heart of the Dolomites of Val Gardena, is complete.

Ron English's Popaganda Mint Rotocast Heart Skull

The Beatles' debut single, Love Me Do, is more than 50 years old. To commemorate the event, Mischief Music is issuing a limited-edition red heart-shaped twelve-inch vinyl edition of the single.

Barcelona based medical illustrator, Giselle Vitali hand sculpted these heart key chains. She moulded an anatomical heart into the shape of an iconic heart creating a unique organic design object.

Ideally nested in the heart of the historical Marais district in Paris, Hôtel Emile is a stylish boutique hotel designed by Alfred Klopper.

Amazing photographs by Gregory Boratyn taken in Antelope Canyon, Arizona. 'The Warmth of the Heart' is inspired by the heat of the sun as opposed to the cold glacial caves.

FEATUREDPeeking inside the Whole Foods Earthling Ambassador ~ beyond the tech guts, he has a heart! And we couldn't help making him sing...

THE SCENT OF TIME is the first calendar that expresses time in the sensual language of perfume. The year, month and day determine the base, heart and head notes. Blend essences directly on the skin to create 365 perfumes.

To celebrate Valentine's Day a series of 14 book covers (literally) centered around the motif of a heart by re:design.

HEARTWALK is a new heart-shaped public art installation in Times Square made of boardwalk planks salvaged after Hurricane Sandy.

This cookie - featuring love birds carrying an anatomical heart - is just one of the things on offer at Throb. It's a pop up gift shop in London selling only products which feature anatomically correct hearts as part of their design.

Barcelona-based design studio Lagranja redesigned the Chic & Basic Ramblas, eclectic hotel in the heart of Raval district in Barcelona.

Heart Straws - there's something so simple and sweet about these new straws from Suck UK

Roland Tamayo "Where The Heart Is" ~ a look at all the works at the show at Gallery 1988

'Spaceship Heart' sculpture exihibition by the designer Noa Haim in Madrid - Spain.

Beautiful portraits by David Johnson. This is Charles Dickens.

FEATUREDA roundup of hyperfunctional fashion ~ pieces with unexpected abilities and features and high tech materials... from men's dess jacket with secret reflective bits to tarp that turns into a jacket to sports bra heart monitor and more!

The recently completed the L'AND Vineyards Hotel, located in the heart of Alentejo, Portugal, by Marcio Kogan and Promontorio arquitectos.

The Wall Street Journal brings its global technology offering to London by popping up a cafe in the heart of Silicon Roundabout. It will host speakers from the world's best tech companies and serve WSJ coffee

FEATUREDA peek at the sultry masked ladies of Miss Van's Wild At Heart solo show at Copro Gallery + the Citizens of Humanity collab tee given away at the opening.

The Canadian Agency NFOE and Associates Architects has its new offices in the heart of Old Montreal. The agency now occupies the first two floors of New York Life, the oldest skyscraper in the city.

Critically endangered Spoonbilled Sandpiper chicks hatch at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire. The tiny chicks have almost heart-shaped spoon-like beaks!

MIT researchers have developed a technique that reveals your heart rate, breathing patterns and more with just a simple video camera.

"Do what you feel to be right in your heart, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, damned if you don't". - Eleanor Roosevelt - letterpress print by Two Paperdolls

Graffiti street art in sheffield , home is where the heart is by faunagraphic and rocket01

Kyle Bean's paper anatomical heart created for an article about heart disease in Mens Health Magazine.

Sagaform Sweetheart Bowl - Designed by Ylva Olsson this heart shaped ceramic bowl comes with a bamboo ladle and it comes in a pretty giftbox!

FEATUREDPear Sports Square One Unbox! This new system puts a super-smart running coach in your ear. A coach that's tapped right into your heart and foot sensors and responds accordingly to motivate you!

Wearable tech - Adidas by Stella McCartney Tennis MiCoach Performance Bra ~ interesting to see the heart sensor built in!

FEATUREDA tiny chicken embryo’s beating heart, LEGO shuttles in space and stories behind the Kraken are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

VIDEOAmazing footage of a chicken embryo's beating heart made visible through the injection of dark ink into the yolk sac artery. [Editor's note: part of the amazing 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion featured in #46029].

FEATUREDChocolate margaritas, Domo-Kun heart cookies, and a goat cheese burger are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

Sometimes, when two octopi love each other very much, they weave their bodies together and a very special heart is born. Awesome valentine's day octopus card design by Christina Piluso!

Heart Part, a clever biodegradable utensil that splits to form two utensils, fork and knife, in addition to a scoop.

BIG (bjarke ingles group) created this year's Valentine's day sculpture 'BIG(heart)NYC' for Duffy Square. 400 transparent LED acrylic tubes envelop a large red heart at the center.

Heart of the Bag: a bag in a bag by Demoiselle Française.

The Herta and Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art located within the heart of Tel Aviv, is a freestanding concrete and glass building designed by Preston Scott Cohen.

'Cicada' is an organic, cocoon-like spatial intervention in the heart of industrial Taipei.

David Cole, who creates taxidermy style animals out of Lego, interviewed by the NYtimes.

The new Malbaie V residence by Mu Architecture is Located in the picturesque region of Cap-à-l’Aigle in the heart of Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada.

give u my heart ring by innopark design studio, hong kong / china

FEATUREDDrinKlip ~ the clip that can hold just about anything your heart desires, from plants to coffee... and clips just about anywhere!

Curoe, two glass carafes shaping a human heart when joined together designed by Liviana Osti.

Did you know that a haunted manor lies in the heart of Paris? We went to visit this recently opened attraction, Le Manoir de Paris, and inspect the site for ourselves.

Have you ever seen an MRI of a spider? Take a look inside a tarantula to see its beating heart!

WHOISIN designed and made Plastic Heart, an installation made from 200 rolls of 'no noise' packing tape, for a visual and spatial experience for visitors at the 2010 Norberg Festival.

New POP-Up Store in Denver that sells all local art and design. I Heart Denver Store give 70% of sales directly to the artist/designer to support the local creative economy.

An interactive drawing machine triggered by human emotions creates a cross-platform collective artwork – or Heartwork.

FEATUREDThe Heart Is A Machine ~ 36 Nespresso Pixies have been stripped down and frankensteined together for a super espresso experience. By Clemens Weisshaar & Reed Kram! (Also fun to see the Pixie guts)

Designed by Depiction Lab, The Home Quarter is located in the heart of Liverpool One's multi million pound development and is the North's leading destination for interiors.

Next week at the Milan Furniture Fair, there will be a new exhibition dedicated to showcasing the best in British design, Design junction, at the Zegna showroom in the heart of Zona Tortona.

Soon-to-be doctor, Stephen, created the image of an anatomical heart made up entirely of the words from his dissertation on cardiac arrhythmia.

FEATUREDInside Bender's head ~ the Futurama Complete Collection DVD set... some of the awesomest, silliest packaging ever, complete with a heart warming note.

NOWNESS presents Scott Campbell’s Skin Flick. The film is the first in a series titled Reflections from director Matt Black. In the film, Scott discusses his accidental rise in the art world.

Flowerpots for chip bowls and lampshades, growing herbs at your table, a garden lounge and a flower shop – The Folly is a botanically inspired oasis in the heart of the hustling, bustling City of London.

We are head over heels for the designs coming out of StudioMK27, the latest being Studio SC, tucked right in the heart of Seattle.

London designer Christopher Howe's custom-painted Windsor chairs are all about the paint. "We should all have at least one in a heart-rending color," Howe says.

The whimsical and cutesy drawings of Danny Brito will win your heart over.

Fashion illustration by Moaza Matar, a UAE based interior designer and illustrator. Image illustration for: I heart turban crowns!

Rabbit Heart- limited edition screenprint by Eliza Frye on paper and wood.

"Griottes" is a french website by E.Guelpa.In a sleek and perfectly highlights the photographs, one discovers in turn classic recipes, gourmet, rustic, season, or simply stunning, a veritable anthology of stroke heart.

FEATUREDI Heart Pies! Awesome branding/logo/characters for this adorable LA pie shop. And apparently, delicious pecan pies as well!

Interesting advert from Red Deluxe Brand Development featuring a billboard heart transplant.

POLTRONA FRAU just moved in to a new flagship store in the heart of Saint Germain in Paris...

The Vincci Via Hotel is a 116-room, 5-star, luxury boutique hotel in Madrid, Spain. Located, in the heart of the Madrid capital, this best hotel is situated between Plaza España and the Puerta Del Sol.

Avalon is a 101-room, 4-star, luxury boutique hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden. Situated in the heart of historic Gothenburg.

Pete Fowler will be selling his Bat Skull Biscuits at Eat Your Heart Out, the world's first 18+ cakeshop

Cute packaging from Sarah Cespedes for heart, mind, & body vitamins.

With an enclosed full-height atrium at the heart of the three-storey building, the social life of the school revolves around this assembly space. Foster + Partners’ work for Langley Academy near Slough.

Textile-inspired Denmark's Herning Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl. The building responds to its rural surroundings, art and music and intensively explores the topic of fabrics.

GNI-project's 'LIGHT ♥ FRANKFURT' installation consists of a stylized heart rendered by criss-crossing red laser beams.

The Heart Chamber Orchestra uses the heart beats of its 12 constituent musicians to generate a musical score in real time which they then play

VIDEOTaylor Steele's Castles In The Sky takes a new approach to surf filmmaking. Filmed in 5 countries over 3 years, the movie delves into the heart of the locations as surfers experience the culture and people with open-minded awe.

'Sweet Nothing' book shelf by Heart Breakers Design...Its sweet even where there is nothing on it but is also intended as functional shelving, concealing part of its contents in the form.

A step by step guide to making these bold concrete bookends from design blog The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

Sonya Rykiel reveals for the first time her drawings in pencil, markers, pastels, private sketchpads and notes for an exhibition and private sale held in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Pres.

VIDEOHeart of the Home: Electrolux presents the kitchen of the future. Imagine never having to use pans or pots again, never having to worry whether the ingredients are fresh or never having to look up a recipe in a cook book.

Jean de Lessard transformed the basement of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church, situated in the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood in Montreal, into offices for Upperkut, a growing communications agency.

Banksy has arrived in New York City in his on-going North America tour. He gives the city a warm welcome with this "I Heart NY" piece spotted today.

The new Solomon type family includes 12 unique design styles. Divided into two main style groups—text and display. The text pack is characterized by excellent legibility, well-finished geometric designs, optimized kerning etc.

Solomon is most suitable for headlines of all sizes, as well as for
text blocks that come in both maximum and minimum variations. More… The deco pack is created using ornamental work with organic forms at the heart of the design base.

The Wapping Project, midway between the City of London and Canary Wharf in the former Wapping Hydraulic Power Station. Reminiscent of Tate Modern’s famous turbine hall, yet with a contemporary restaurant at the heart of it all.

Milano: The Heart of Italy is a great article from Scene Magazine about one of Italy's most culturally significant cities!

We Heart Wood opens its doors at Munky King Melrose. Over 50 amazing customs, all based on Noferin's wooden Jibibuts.

Yesterday it was time for the annual Designers Day here in Oslo -Norway, and I was lucky enough to be part of both the design conference and the award-ceremony.

Comic artist Tom Gauld has produced some rather lovely work for a new series of cans for Diet Coke, the limited edition cans are designed to raise awareness of The Heart Truth.

Gorgeous mural work by CIA's new signing Good Wives & Warriors for The Queen of Hoxton’s 1 year anniversary celebrations starting next week in the heart of East London

Heart Coffee in Portland, Oregon makes delicious siphon coffee! My new favourite kind of coffee. Photograph by Megan McIsaac.

On valentine's delights, Brownies For Dinner creates heart shaped chocolate and sprinkles covered whoopie pies ~ i had no idea "Whoopie pies are an Amish tradition, originally called hucklebucks."

tea inspirations: large heart ~ beautiful packaging design

Studio 360 takes on the challenge of redesigning Valentine's Day ~ with a new universal symbol for the heart...

don't break my heart! the ventricle vase is made of glass and evokes the many colors of the human spirit.

Stuck for a Valentine's gift this year? Why not make your own glass heart...

What a lovely short movie of Luke Snellin. Mixtape is about a boy who wants to win the heart of a girl. Who doesn't know the feeling?

Omiros One Architecture designed this five bedroom luxury residence that commands endless ocean views form atop a steeply inclined site on Hamilton Islands in the heart of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Fresca Mattina Coffee from the heart of Africa - Mt. Elgon in Uganda


We began as a small group of friends who love coffee, and evolved into a company rooted in taking mountain villages of Uganda and its good people onto the world stage. Coffee is a centuries-old beverage with contemporary devotees, and the land of Uganda has labored for centuries bringing its people, endangered mountain gorillas, rich forests, and fine coffee.

KWINT restaurant in the Heart of Brussels by SAQ // Studio Arne Quinze.

24 IT entrepreneurs get together to raise money for Take Heart India in a 'Calendar Girls' style collaboration. Featuring photography by Paul Clarke, Neil Raja and Mike Marcus.

Thursday was the opening party for Monki store in Oslo and here are some photos from the party as well as the new collection...

High-Tech horse training means faster steeds and fewer injuries. This car paces with the horse monitoring its performance, heart rate, and oxygen intake.

VIDEOTake a walk inside the Christmas tree for Singapore's newest mall, ION Orchard, at the heart of the city's main shopping thoroughfare.

This is the new housing project by Zon-e Architects, located in a mining town in the heart of the Cantabrian Mountains in Spain

A startling image from The Heart of the Great Alone - a new exhibition exploring the Terra Nova expedition, in which the world's finest explorers attempted to reach the South Pole first - with disastrous results.

Shiny new portfolio site for Ben the Illustrator launched yesterday. Full to the brim with colourful, optimistic illustrations sure to set your heart a flutter! enjoy!

Some creative truths that we should all take to heart, shared by legendary figures. All illustrated in a clear and clever way by designer Shirley-Ann Dick.

Igloo Store located in the heart of Little Italy in San Diego, CA. is the home base for designer Gary Benzel. [Editor's Note - it's an old NOTCOT fav from our college days in SD!]

The London Police recently completed the wonderful mural above in the heart of the historic Jordaan district in Amsterdam. Despite getting written permission from the owner of the building, the City Council has threatened to remove it.

Hank The Bottle sings "I'll Be Back" ~ cute animated video - Dutch agency These Days along with Sheffield based animation house Finger Industries have produced this heart warming viral for Friends of Glass.

Featured at the Milan Furniture Fair, this beautiful biodegradable moss planter by Makoto Azuma creates an indoor glade in the heart of your home.

World premiere of brain orchestra. Led by an "emotional conductor" and a traditional one, music and video change in time with the performers' brain waves and heart rate.

Ork Posters (you probably know their neighborhood posters) ~ has branched into the parts of the Heart!

Artist David Foox of Colorado's Vinyl Organ Donor dolls were inspired by his Uncle's double lung transplant. There are 9 types of organs and 24 variations, see all of them here.

Kate MccGwire graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2004 and has since exhibited all over London, winning a solo show at 2009's Heart of Glass.

'Flames of love burning deep in my heart for eternity' a stunning new screen print from the fantastic London based type designer, Seb Lester.

deep in the heart of texas lies the town of marfa: a commune of artists and designers decamped from around the world... ie: donald judd. the latest design/art/passion project is the thunderbird hotel, 24 rooms, minimal decor, luxury comforts and a pool. what else can you hope for?

From the designer who brought you the Broken Heart Robot vinyl toy comes his second creation, Kricky The Alien Frog.

S.F. based Illustrator Mary Syring has given me reason to become an avid follower. The heart shaped nipples, the inks, oh boy.

Anders Bergh has been working as independent photographer since 1993, with his own studio in the heart of Copenhagen.

NY based architects Gage Clemenceau designed this complex heart for Valentine´s over at Times Square. A 10 foot tall landmark to celebrate the luvv.

Limited edition Valentine's Day Baggu with two color halftone heart print. For the sweethearts, moms, daughters, BFFS, teachers, friends and other lovelies in your heart. Way better than a card. $10

The Black Heart Gang are a group of South African artists who have created a fantastic hand drawn animation, visually inspired by eastern art. SEE VISEO