FEATUREDShepard Fairey (Obey)'s Studio Number One had a great event today.... Simple Pleasures 01, here's a post to catch up anyone that didn't make it!

The Jean Jullien's funny works for the Reflet exhibition [Editor's Note: see #12602 for jullien's portfolio]

fashion in the mirror: self-reflection in fashion photography at the photographers’ gallery, london
july 18 to september 14, 2008

LOVE money? HATE money? Either way, this print is the perfect remedy for your economy blues...

If you liked #11971, I think you’d like Sarah Spitler. Smaller pieces but i think they are more beautifully defined. I'm lucky enough to own this piece.

Stiletto Magazine - Songe De Robes (France)
The photographer - Raphael Dallaporta.

James Jarvis released at Comic Con his famous King Ken character in gold!

Bespoke Saville Row tailor Richard James got together with Condor Cycles on a beautiful bike!

Interview and gallery with Maleonn, a Shanghai based photographer and artist who made a bold decision to drop his career in order to pursue a personal journey into photography.

The Eco Value Wood Bearbrick by Medicom Toy has been announced. Its a collaboration with "more Trees", a Japanese charity organization. Besides the fact that the proceeds go to charity, its also a beautiful toy!

New advergame from CP+B for Coke Zero which ties into the inaugural Coke Zero 400 NASCAR race that took place on July 5th. Kee the car powered and the Coke Zero bottle balanced.

In collaboration with Gap, the Parisian concept store Colette will come to NYC for a month-long pop up store concept.

Great 40 sec promo for BBC mini series House of Saddam created by Finish Post featuring an intimate portrait of his inner circle where evething meltdown.

NYC artist Kaws got together with John Mayer to design a series of guitar picks. Really cool!

Love this latest from post Ping Mag ~ on minimalist packaging! (that's tofu that you prick with toothpick to open!)

Artist Jamie Reid designed the new windows of Dover Street Market London.

Free Range features over 3,000 graduates from across the U.K. End of May through the end of July at The Old Truman Brewery in East London’s Brick Lane district.

PAN_07 chair has often been described as the the first cantilever chair epitomizing the 21st century post industrial age. First introduced during last year's salone del mobile it has won multiple design awards.

"Get your sh*t together" - "Do something about it" - "Quit your bellyaching" - "Get on with it already" - posters from Orange Beautiful, for those who need some motivation

Thank Your Donor is a well-designed social media website that allows recipients of donated blood to post a story about how receiving blood saved their life.

Never seen anything as beautiful as the Geoffrey Parker Shagreen inlay backgammon set.

cute, sexy, weird - the artwork of SAYAKA. [Editor's Note: Also seen as #3519, but so fun, felt like sharing it again]

FEATUREDThird in the Ultimate Accessories Post series ~ Eton FR 1000 ~ a full unboxing of this Self-Powered Hand-Crank AM/FM/NOAA Weather/2-Way GMRS Radio with Flashlight, Siren and Cell Phone Charger!

Murakami releases a series of prints entitled "My First Art", some of his most famous pieces.

updates from Thomas Aquinas Maguire, childrens book illustrator and writer. previous post #7974

Another awesome McDonald's billboard from Leo Burnett, Chicago after their lettuce billboard (see #11231). The Giant Egg hatches each day showing that they use fresh eggs daily. Brilliant!

Prefab is taking center stage this summer at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC with the Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibit opening on July 20th.

Shepard Fairey created Kobe Bryant ‘MVP’ and ‘KOBE’ Lithograph ~ and even covered the side of a building with it for Upperdeck!

Visionaire Magazine's 50th issue: a Goyard trunk loaded to the gills with those first 50 Visionaire issues OR a Goyard trunk loaded to the gills with 10 sets of those 50 issues. 50k$US or 150k$US

A modification of the ad in #11790 to show that McCain's flip flop on off shore drilling is tightening the noose on America, leaving us hanging.

Artist Dorophy Tang created a furniture and art collection for the opening of the new Adidas Beijing store.

Church of Santa Monica in Madrid, Spain. Designed by Vicens + Ramos #10023

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Lacoste has commissioned 11 Berlin artists to create artworks inspired by the brand's iconic 12.12 polo and crocodile logo. Its now being showcased and auctioned in Berlin.

FEATUREDHappy 4th of July ~ here's a peek into my day off enjoying the fireworks in Laguna Beach ~ (guitar lovers must take a peek at the door handles picture!)

google maps throws down a uncle sam icon for the fourth of july!

Nike will be releasing it’s brand new ground breaking Swift suits for the Olympics this July.

Last TAD Gear/IWG skull post (for now) ~ how fun are these I.W.G. Skull Bead Charms - Custom Made Solid 925 Sterling Silver... the vertical holed one in particular - perfect for every hoodie string!

Ooooh more like the one in #11675 ~ these two Nintendo/Star Wars Lightsaber DS Stli LIGHT UP! two for $16

Free Slurpees on July 11th at 7/11. I love the animated fav icon for their site, though.

Mark your calendars - "While Tides Guide You Back Home" Edwin Ushiro's first solo exhibition! Opening july 12th 7-10p at the Porject:Gallery

Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E (#11439) out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don't ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the film.

FEATUREDGetting ready for 4th of July this weekend ~ here's a roundup of bbq/beach/pool party attire from NotCouture!

FEATUREDWhaleless ~ fun new show opening in london July 11th, showcasing pieces from a selection of international artists with a portion of sales going to Greenpeace to keep us from going Whaleless!

Box Vox has a great post on Interactive Packaging of the past ~ from Strip Toothpaste to Jiffy Pop, and even the pressurized refrigerated dough pilsbury containers... Love the patent sketches...

Trailer for the new Spiderman video game, Web of Shadows. The game joins combat and web slinging.

Artist Brian Dettmer was featured on post # 5958 but the link is no good. He is known for his alteration of preexisting media -- such as old books, maps, record albums, and cassette tapes -- to create new works of visual fine art.

Eureka! The Sci-Fi channel original series with the best designer concept gadgets is back on July 29!

These are the rest of the "Crying Men" portraits by Sam Taylor-Wood that shows Hollywood actors crying. It was first posted in #11253.

If you can't wait until July 11th, adopt the pretty cool iPhone 3G Paper toy created by the BigChief team.

"Big Buck Bunny" - The film of the second big open source project is now available!! An amazing & fun 3D movie. [The trailer was seen as #9457]

Made from 100% post-consumer plastic utensils (yes, that means dirty plastic knives collected from waste-bins), this 'Waste Not' lamp from BVD Collective highlights just how elegant and inspired recycled design can be.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the rainbow flag, Absolut is releasing a limited edition Rainbow bottle on July 1st.

Tokyo-based design studios CURIOSITY, TONERICO and creative visual studio WOW held a collaborative exhibition ‘Tokyo Wonder’ in Milan during Salone del Mobile 2008. WATCH the amazing video!

Great new packaging by Timex. The packaging is made of Polystyrene and ABS with 25% post consumed material.

In response to post #10871, this project was not an 'idealized' fake world draw. The project was a hoax , a big difference.

Fascinating post from AnandTech with a tour in pictures of the NewEgg warehouse facility - incredible to watch how the order goes from your computer all the way to the UPS truck... awesome magic box builder!

Brilliant Sony PSP ad by TBWA, Madrid showing a criminal "handcuffed" to a lamp post by the portable video game.

Comfort, poetic and progressive products for fine dining restaurants by Jens Fager.

FEATUREDThe view from #10756 was even cooler as it got darker out...

Mademoiselle chair designed by Philippe Starck loves to be truly “à la mode”. The latest Mademoiselle has been designed by the founder and creative director of .LAK, Lakis Gavalas.

The french fashion company hermès recently teamed up with eurocopter, the world's third largest aerospace group to create l'helicoptre par hermès, a luxury helicopter.

Reboot is more than a proposal for a private residence. The design of Reboot incorporates twenty first century advancements in computer aided design and construction, building science and technology, and environmental awareness

A white forest in a grey field, Junya Ishigami’s university project space in the foothills west of Tokyo is a building designed to almost disappear.

Hotel Basico. A hotel in Mexico inspired by industrial oil rigs of the 1950s. (Editor's Note: oops, previously seen as #2267, but its so awesome!)

Quick post i did for PC.com on some places to find recipes online - and the laptop as your digital cookbook of sorts - including TasteSpotting!

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

NES controller coffee table - that works! and is a storage trunk for games as well...

Examining post mortem issues ~ Nadine Jarvis' bird feeder is made from bird food and human ash! "The person is reincarnated through the life of the bird."

the Spirit House Chandelier and donated by Swarovski, will be installed on the staircase between two levels inside the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto

Post #10372 - Speaking of high-resolution, have a look at this incredible 39 megapixel Hasselblad sample image. Roughly 30.000 dollar camera.

FEATUREDSmitten with #10303 ~ i couldn't help featuring the adorable wallpapers and calendars that go along with The Animals Save the Planet.

The creative Frenzy of Arne Quinze

beautiful images of studio Job's FARM. An installation in a barn-like space, , during the Salone del Mobile

Google Me the Movie, a documentary [Editor's Note: a movie of google-gangers #9873]

The work of Christophe Huet a French Artist, amazing work [he was also the subject of #10191]

FEATUREDFIGHT! It's Earth Day and unfortunately... cofounder of Envirosax is showing his company's true colors, starting fights in the comments on the RuMe bag post...

We saw the Mottainai Furoshiki post on Notcot.com and tried it out right away. It was so easy and fun we made a video of our Mottainai Furoshiki. We love this idea!

Kanye West's bar ends on his custom Brooklyn Machine Works track bike read: "George Bush doesn't care about track people," a reference to his on air moment post-Katrina.

Remember the Rather Difficult Font Game from #9902 - i'm so excited that they added us in as part of their test!!!

FEATUREDSolution found! Here's how you're supposed to use the top of the 1800 Silver Select Tequila as a Shot Glass! (video!)... i was a bit confused about this in #9982...

FEATUREDIKEA 08 ~ in addition to the Trollsta (#9958) - this season they seem to be picking up quite a few trends - from vinyl stickers to floating tv walls...

FEATUREDOf all the high design collaborations, Veuve Clicquot sure has a lot of them - inspired by #9920 - i started rounding them up, and was amazed by the incredible collection thus far...

More Johnny Lee genius (see #9871) This time he rocks everyone's minds at The TED Conference. He'll even have his technology featured as an Easter Egg in Steve Speilberg's "Boom Blox."

FEATUREDNike's 2008 Olympics footwear line... there is far more than that equestrian boot (#9878) that amazed me... see them all... and see Kobe jump over the Aston Martin in Hyperdunks too!

Iris by Michaël Bihain is a coffee table that you can pile. It is made from a single sheet of steel and comes in black or white. [Editor's Note: looks like a lesser version of Ross Lovegrove's in #9166]

K109 - Liberty City's The STUDIO - with DJ Karl - while #9784 takes you to the article... this link takes you to a preview of the actual GTA station preview! Pretty funny stuff...

Karl. Karl Lagerfeld. In GTA IV.... with his own RADIO STATION. I suddenly feel less silly having pre-ordered the crazy pack from #4944... also link to the actual station at #9785

The Boring Store addresses “All Your Hollow Needs” - this NOT Spy Shop is a front for 826CHI an after-school writing program from - Dave Eggers (this is a predecessor to the time travel shop #8131)

FEATURED‘Paper Voyeur’ - flora and fornication. Wallpaper that is the litmus test to weed out the dirty minds entering your humble abode? An oldie from '06 that #9757 reminded me of...

Atelier Blink - Rendez-Vous - The most SEXY wallpaper design..ever!! [Editor's Note: I beg to differ - i prefer #9758]

FEATUREDManning the faux faux bag pop up that sells real bags outside of the Murakami launch party... Updated the post with pics of murakami and marc jacobs and more from NYTimes coverage!

It is not often that an architecture master reinvents himself, but that is precisely what Pritzker Prize winning architect Frank Gehry has done. Gehry has revealed the first post post-modern architectural work, the New Gehry Residence.

LEGO Planter based off the Park Planter design (#5303 with the mini flashers, etc that cost a steep $150)

Gae Aulenti now has a blender to go with her fabulous toaster #8575. The blender B99 comes with red or black accents.

This is actually the gallery of this year's Peep Show II put on by the Washington Post. #9450 is from 2007's Peep Show.

Round up the marshmallows for the Washington Post's 2007 Peeps Diorama Contest.

On internet meme's that are so bizarre... this tumblr post and video have taken the rick rolling to a whole new level. Truly. Epic. Rocketboom Rick Rolls Tim Shey via singing messenger.

the Braille Blank Notebook

David Reimondo, like Rodrigo Bruna #6620, does some incredible art with TOAST! from the map of the world, to a giant keyboard, to a fingerprint mosaic...

Braithwaite Wallets #9343~ i want to buy this Daedalus for guys who love their guitars... not only does the wallet have a theme song, but it has external slots for your picks, and if no picks, the silk shows thru.

FEATUREDTheosaurus ~ we first saw them in #7013 ~ but now i have some up close, hands on shots of these adorable porcelain piggy banks for you!

I'm just amazed by this piece by El Mac which was painted as a color negative. click to see what happens to the image when you invert it.

FEATUREDWe need some help! A project we're working on needs some flash ads, and we could use a solid flash developer to work with our designer for this small project (and perhaps more to come!)

Remember London based artist INSA from #2471? He's back with a new exhibition called BUY MY LOVE

Porcelain cup with a sparkling solitaire diamond (Swarovski crystal) ring! 2-Carat Cup is packed in an elegant oversize jewelry box, so when you present it as a gift, all you see is the ring! [also seen in post #4827]

To add to post 5711, Aqua Forest Aquariums based in San Fran, creates the most beautiful aquatic plant layouts by Takashi Amano

New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer got their hands on an internal Gawker/Valleywag email on post writing tips... perhaps these could be well applied to caption writing.

Architecture playing cards. Images of many top 20th century architecture designs . Pre-Modernism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and De-Structuralism are the four strong suits included in the pack. Go Fish!

FEATUREDSince we can't get enough of Ben Lawson (#7943) ~ with valentine's day around the corner, we had to feature his incredible tentacled octopus hearts!

FEATUREDMatter Box Unboxed! There is some seriously fun branding going on in these free boxes~ so for anyone who didn't get the box in #8403, see the pics, video, and break down of whats inside!

Core77 has a great post about the Kotatsu ~ the japanese coffee table with built in blanket and heater underneath... to keep you cozy while you sit with your legs under, and all bundled up!

A gallery of the illustrations, messages, and LOL cats that twitter uses when it goes down...

Here's a pretty - painful to navigate/read ~ infographic from Wired on the "Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits - to You"

I love how Yuko Shimizu's illustrations mix traditional japanese woodblock style with modern subjects. [Editor's Note: Previously seen as #2630 ~ but lots of new work up!]

And to go with that adorable swedish bicycle basket in #8330 ~ Kiosk's $9 Bicycle Basket NET! Elastic and metal, from Nigata, Japan.

Digging a little deeper into #8299, I came across Vivienne Westwood's couture doggy coat.

Big news! It was announced today that commemorative Eames Stamps will soon be available from the US post office! And, at 41 cents a pop, it may be the only time you can afford their classic furniture.

Preview video for LVHRD's upcoming Architects Duel in NYC. Two teams of architects designing structures in the Alaskan Wilderness for a post-oil world circa 2029 AD.

FEATUREDThe Crossroads of the World on sunset blvd in hollywood. ~ first shopping center in LA ~ built in 1938 ~ and completely surreal just after sunset... i was there for the Tinlark Anniversary Show (#8200)

The Anthony Family takes on a yearlong moleskine quest to get the family thinking creatively. Notice the Eames lounge limerick post also on the site, cleverly crafted from a catalog.

Great post and video at the Pentagram blog about their latest redesign of Dairy Today magazine... its incredible what a glam portrait cow covermodel each month can do.

I spent a bit of time on Seletti's website, thanks to e-cool's post #8098. Their World Dinnerware series includes some of my favorites: New York, Tokyo, Venice, Rome, Paris and London.

I love that the CES HP post helped me discover that the Normann Copenhagen designers have a really fun little blog!

While I'm not ready to spend $350 on a pair of Jeans, I love the multi-layered drag and drop interface goodness of PRPS's website. [found after reading #7999]

A new skateboard by SpY [Editor's Note: Hmm... check out notcot.org post #1844... verrry similar, no?]

We've just launched our new project, called 'Thank You Too'. Its a business-card sized booklet of 30 cards, 5 post cards and a stamp. Leave them behind anywhere someone might find them.

Found it! The awesome HANDMADE intro sequence to Juno i was telling you about in #7894 by Shadowplay.

Little TV that rest in your hand! While exploring the post #7697, those little creature-like, organic toys caught me. The best part is they have a mother.

The building in post #7692 looks similar to the Metal Shutter Houses in NYC, which recently opened for sale. The website is equally stunning.

This beautiful imagery caught my eye on Church Street yesterday. I went to the Skaggs site listed on the window and found a post explaining the art!

Erase away the post-Thanksgiving weight gain with this Pencil Bench from Boex

Oooh ars got hands on with the Nokia N810 ~ full unboxing, and unfortunate to hear that the gps and full keyboard are a bit disappointing

Francesca Berrini deconstructs and reconstitutes found maps through collage. Contrary to the reassuring sense of place maps provide, you soon discovers that any effort of place recognition is futile. [also seen a few months ago, as #3020]

The bottles are backordered on the Adiri website, but are available at one step ahead for $12.95. [As seen in #7255 - and now these guys seem to be backordered on all but orange]

Speaking of sleek, logo-less, technical clothing, Nau (#2435) has a beautiful collection of pieces, all made from recycled and organic content. Also, 5% of sales go to organizations like Kiva.org (#7137)!

Awesome ad for Lecithin, made in Germany by Scholz & Friends. Finalist in print category at London International Awards.

And if donating a few grains of rice is not enough [see #7136] the you can always loan a few dollars so a farmer can buy a bag of seeds to grow his own. The best thing is that they will pay you back! Kiva Charitable Loans.

French design student, Jean-Yves Blondeau, has created a very eccentric clothe full of wheels, which allows him to rolls down everywhere from different perspectives and positions [Ed. also seen in #6373]

FEATUREDA giant post on everything from this genius direct mailer Triop Kit from National Geographic Kids... to praying mantis, butterfly, frog, venus fly trap, sea monkeys, etc kits.

VC - the new superhero of the modern world. Ha. Amusing post over at Boinkology about the similarities between becoming a VC and dating.

FEATUREDWorking Class Heroes! My Laptop Wallets arrived and i'm even more impressed with them in person than online... see some hands on pics of them.

FEATUREDTriggered by post #6732 ~ Joshua Targownik sent in his photographs of the Reform School which are beautiful... it looks like the picturesque doll house full of designer goods you wish you had.

Looks like the guy in #6684 used some *very* similar code to J. Tarbell's Bubble Chamber works from back in 2003 also done with processing.

A brilliant animation by three legged legs. In a PA manner they illustrate how humanity is wreaking havoc on our once healthy planet. [Editor's Note: Prev seen as #249, but its been a while]