Brand Morphology, a tool that aims to identify a classification system which allows a precise definition of the brand genome information. By Simona De Rosa.

'Airflake' by Stefan Borselius is a sound absorbing screen made from molded fiber felt. Create your own Airflake pattern through the 'configurator' tool.

A reference tool and graphic design primer cataloging a history of graphic design, it's most famous names and the events essential to its development.

Mercedes-Benz Advantage, puts the iPad into the hands of the their sales force in combination Mercedes' new sales tool app ~ interesting use of the iPad in business/sales!

‘daily stack’ is time management tool created by designers sebastian rønde thielke and anders højmose. the simple design allows users to help track their work flow by creating physical representations of their tasks.

Hitchhike - Alternative ‘public transport system’ for London. Sharing available seats in private cars, by using hand gestures as a communication tool. The ‘ticket’ for the system is a glove to wear on your gesturing hand.

The MAKO bike tool by PocketToolX would be MacGyver's choice as well.

Shown in the 1914 Brooks Book for Motor Cyclists, the Tool Roll is the most modern of the three designs made newly available.

Tool, from the Diesel with Foscarini collection will be showcased at Superstudio Più in Milan this year.

CURB has launched its latest low-impact innovation. GlowFungi, also known as DiscoFungi, is a marketing tool that uses glow-in-the-dark bacteria.

A Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, carrying coconuts in Indonesia. New and controversial 'tool use' by a cephalopod. Tool use or not, it makes a good video!

Tool hire is designed to get you started making viral videos. The tools in question are a selection of quirky inventions you can borrow for free to use in your video, including the Musicle, the Karaoke Busker and the Cuddle Monster.

4-in-1 Keychain Tool

With its combination of symbolical and practical strength, it’s hard to think of a situation where this pendant would not have you covered. The bits sizes are based on actual screw bits, including an IKEA standard tool

Photographer Brett Arthur took his own vision of the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu and applied it during a personal photo shoot of his to hopefully use as an awareness tool for the serious effects of the virus.

The Beehive Design Collective is working on another epic story told through their giant works. 'The True Cost of Coal' is a tool to teach about mountain top removal and coal extraction in the north east.

With the Museum of the Phantom City tool, Apple phone users can scout over 50 unbuilt architectural sites around the city with a feature that describes each proposed project through the architect’s own notes.

As a follow up to 'Tone Matrix,' Andre Michelle now offers audio tool, which combines multiple audio machines to simulate a full DJ set up. You can then output the songs to your hard drive!

Watch as a group of amateur artists work together to create a rather accurate rendition of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe pop-art print. Their tool of choice? Paintball guns!

Designed for the exhibition 'Please Do Not Sit', Useless Tool by African designer Kossi Aguessy is built like a skyscraper,with the same materials used to make stealth aircraft.

Solar is already a source of power. Now some hope solar projects’ striking appearance can also make them a powerful marketing tool.

Kids playing Sportpong, a multiplayer game. This sporty arcadegame ist the ultimate fun-tool for kids and their parents. interaction is physical, the game itself is virtual.

Ford trucks with Dewalt - now keeping a running tally of what construction tools are back on board and which may have been left on the job site. It's part of Tool Link, a $1,500 RFID tag option for Ford trucks.

Illustrator James Paterson demonstrates the incredible 3D drawing tool, Rhonda.

To create and produce an engaging, interactive sampling tool. Beautifully handmade, the show cases contain the 17 key/natural ingredients that make up the Red Bull Cola taste.

Great tool for volunteerism designed for the Presidents United We Serve campaign. Well designed... well played...

The N.E.R.D. Cycle Computer from the Aussie design genius' at Knog. Simple tool-less attachment, wireless with no interference from city shit like phones, lights or batteries. Super cool silicon body rotates to fit on handlebar or stem.

Normann Copenhagen spots Fendi White Leather Tool Protectors during design week in their Milan flagship

Onzo's smart energy kit provides a powerful energy management tool for the consumer. It consists of a sensor, display and integrated website. The display interprets and delivers simple actionable information to users in real-time.

The Path to Green Energy is a new set of layers on Google Earth trying to make it easier for solar and wind farm developers to figure out where they are least likely to meet resistance in their development.

Sharpener RING,
the luxury tool for architects, designers, artists, ilustrators,etc.
Design by Ignacio Pilotto

Life Magazine's new site is currently in beta but it's a great tool for browsing some of the most historic photographs of our time.

Steve Lambert, who worked on Add-Art, has created a fantastic new productivity tool called Self Control. Use it to block websites and email for specific periods of time. Just don't block Notcot.

The closest thing to invisibility. This is what would happen if you use the Photoshop eraser tool on yourself! Invisible t-shirt by Reece Ward

Pelican 0450 Mobile Tool Chest ~ i might have to buy more tools just to fill it, but so tempting

“hubble” is a stationary pencil management tool designed to make pencils and drawing supplies easy to organize and access. It spins and opens up if anything would ever fall through the holes. As the pencils get shorter, they can be repositioned!

Ahem... The Power League of Printing. Quite possibly the world's most bizarre printing industry recruitment tool.

Dan Funderburgh's Tool Wall is awesome ~ made of painted and laser cut chip board

Small, flat, and without any moving parts, PFFFIT is a tough little summer tool. I wish it was summer... Check out those cool Coasters/Bottle openers

Disney artist, Stef Kardos, is sketching with his iPhone. The miniature digital paintings were done using the Brushes iPhone app. I wasn’t convinced the iPhone would be a useful sketching tool until I saw these (see sketching video)

Love this simple Grid Builder tool ~ beautifully simple UI too...

From this image, you can find how Photoshop developers change main tool panel. PS.87 to PSCS3

'Trace a face' is a collaboration between konst & teknik and jonathan puckey. 13 fellow artist and designers were asked to trace a face using the 'delauney raster', a custom-written image vectorization tool for adobe illustrator by puckey.

Typography can be a multi function tool. Or the other way round.

Danielle Aubert's "Sixteen Months Worth of Drawing Excercises in Microsoft Excel" takes an everyday tool to create art.

ImageSynth - It’s the ultimate organic pattern making tool for creating infinitely tileable images.

World Machine is a tool for creating realistic terrains used by artists, game developers, and visual effects studios worldwide. The new version, World Machine 2, is now available with many additional features.

A colloboration between Chris Hand, The Future Laboratory and KithKin. The Trend Generator is the only software tool any trend researcher really needs.

ha hah haha hahahahaha ~ a helpful translation tool for just how amused you want to seem

PenSol Precision Synthetic Oiler Kit ~ there's something tempting about having such a precise drop by drop oiling "pen" as part of my tool kit...

Typecube is a design tool used to facilitate the modular construction of letterforms. Designed by UK design graduate Chris Clarke.

Ever wanted to make text out of grass? Well with Photoshop you can. In this tutorial we'll create a rather cool looking grass-text effect using a photo of grass, the pen tool and a bit of patience.

Designer Oliver Peyricot's exhibition at Tool's Gallery in Paris includes these "psychomoulages". Most of the exhibition is.. meh.. but these containers are stunning.

FEATUREDYes yes the Sears Crasftman 1470 piece nearly $9,000 tool set is incredible, but have you stopped and looked at all of the product photography for all of their sets? Someone took a LOT of time to lay it all out...

Outdoor cutlery – Find the branch that is right for you, attach it to the desired tool and voila you have a fork, knife or spoon. Replace the branch whenever you feel like. Go green!

Aviary's been working feverishly around the clock on this new tool which will allow you to age and de-age people, places and things from any browser.

Robots made from range a of industrial tributaries: aerospace surplus suppliers, automotive salvage yards, long-haul microwave equipment recyclers, vintage hand-tool swap-meet winnings.

English designer, Langton Stead, designed this clever bent wood s(tool)seat back with two garden forks attached to the bottom, when inserted into your lawn you can sit back and relax.

Pasta tool in stainless steel for measuring and serving pasta and grating cheese. We like to call it Pasta & Parmesan. Designed by Transformer for Sagaform Spring 2008. In stores and internet from February/March.

For me, a mac is *just* a tool, not a way of life. Apparently the mindeset profile for people who own a mac is really high in openness, superiority, perfectionism - and low in modesty and dogmatism?

Paperstand is definitely cheap solution making the notebook ergonomic tool for everyday work.

How do you keep your tools? Tool Box Collection by Olivier Peyricot.

Toucan artwork from A.viary.com 's upcoming ad campaign for their online color swatch tool.

Pens don not come much more desirable (or geeky) than this self assembly Parafernalia Falter 2D pen which comes as a snap apart kit complete with tool and ruler. Design brilliance.

If you've ever needed a wrench and a fork at the same, and to be honest who hasn't; then these are for you. "It's dinnerware with real flair!" - by Northern Tool and Equipment

This is absolutely the coolest online drawing tool I have ever used. It even remembers how you draw the item and plays it back when added to the gallery - Odopod's Sketch

Fancy apple "paperclip" - i mean "tool" for iphone

FEATUREDBuilt NY's latest tool to be.... Wine Ratchet Magnum ~ with a name like that, how could i not crave it?

DESIGN: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART is an interactive tool built to test and educate the knowledge of designers -- and explore the dark side of graphic design.

Urban Tool Sport Holster - don't you love functional clothing? this little backpack is great for keeping keys, ipod and cellphone when doing sports. (the pdf is in english)

Looking like a Transformers meets Screwdriver Octopus hybrid, this cool multi tool features 8 screwdrivers and an LED. Who says tools cannot be designed to inspire?

Luxurious, finely crafted milk chocolate tools for the mechanic with a sweet tooth.

If you have ever dabbled with plastic model making then you will surely agree that this plastic snap apart tool set is adorable. A stroke of simple yet effective design brilliance.

It's the perCushion bluetooth enabled pillow by Urban Tool. Talking on the phone and falling asleep has never been easier.

In honor of Pres. Bush's State of the Union address last night, here's a very elegant tool that displays content data analysis of all the past speeches to help us connect "politics and language"

Easiest way we get our perfect images quickly for .org upload? mac built-in screenshots... but new tool i'm testing out thats been pretty handy so far... Instant Shot, nice and discrete too.

a VERY useful tool for anyone planning to redecorate, move furniture, etc. A room planning Flash app which lets you customize dimensions, adjust furniture types and add features. Great time saving for interior decorators/designers.

Gorgeous Color Finding tool - COLOURMOD

FEATUREDBeen working on this new tool/feature for ThisNext and it's secretly launched - details to help me test it at .com

the buddy of a buddy launched this awesome mashup of a procrastination tool - see what people are saying in NY as overlaid on gmaps...[i.e.Rasta guy: There should be a Sports Illustrated "Girls with Regular Clothes" issue."]

Dyson Supersonic Hairdryer Flyaway attachment - fascinating hook design to blow hair such that it lifts longer hairs and hides fly aways below!

Ooni Fyra 12" Wood Pellet Pizza Oven. Aesthetically and functionally, we love this for wood fired pizza! Along with the right tools and dough recipe, this has become a NOTCOT favorite over the holidays, and we can whip up delicious pizza in no time.

EVERYMASK by Roo Williams is a unique DIY mask design that uses a custom harness to tightly fit a sheet of filter material to a person's face. It follows NASA's ISRU principles, using common household tools/materials.

The GIR Silicone Ladle (in Ultimate or Skinny in a rainbow of colors) is our new favorite in the NOTCOT kitchen. It's flexible in the front half of the scoop to conform to any edge! And has measurement lines! And a no spill edge!

Raising Robotic Natives: Artefacts for generations growing up with robots by Stephan Bogner, Philipp Schmitt, and Jonas Voigt. Living Room Kill Switch, Robot Baby Feeder Toolhead, Dragon Costume for Industrial Robot, and "My First Robot" Book.

Bunny with a Toolbelt Window of Wonders! This is a street's-eye-view window gallery, loaded with original characters from the books and playing card deck, an ever-evolving woodland scene, and more in Portland, OR.

Barebones Living Harvesting & Gathering Bag - Unique drop out bottom makes quick work of emptying the harvest. Constructed of weather- and water-resistant waxed canvas and complete with a removable liner.

FEATUREDBreville Sous Chef Food Processor. We've been amazed + impressed with this in the NOTkitchen (So had to share!) The mini bowl and large main bowl as well as the adjustable thickness slicer + box full of tools have been magically efficient!

KOALA TOOLS takes graph paper to new dimensions. Their line of geometric and perspective gridded notebooks that includes everything from 1, 2, and 3-point perspective grids to 1/8" dot grid pocket notebooks.

Instrumentum by Abidur Chowdhury. A unique twist on a hammer and screwdriver set - channeling more of a minimal electric toothbrush/silverware set look than your usual tools.

Festool Recon - the high quality (pricey!) tools we love have a secret site just for refurbished/gently used tools at a discount!

Snow Peak Campfield Futon is incredibly multipurpose, transforming from futon to bench/bed to chairs and table to stacking storage and more. It also assembles with no tools.

Jay's Pocket Folios. Adorable book shaped tins with vintage book cover graphics and filled with sewing kits, coloring pencils, bike tools, and more.

Tools To Live By Black Scissors - The 6.5" scissor is made from Japanese stainless steel with a universal size. The black part has Teflon coating on it. Lovely packaging details and design!

Alison Jackson Cheese Tools. They play on the manipulation of a single flat sheet of metal through a combination of folds, to create a functional and intriguing piece of cutlery

FEATUREDMaking-of the NOTlabs Pergola/Deck! A peek at the process and tools used while making our new experimental space off the garage/workshop in LA!

Apple MacBook Pro finally announced - with new "Touch Bar — a Multi-Touch enabled strip of glass built into the keyboard for instant access to the tools you want" and lighter and faster... than ever.

ButterPly: Better furniture, better lives. Inspired by Japanese wood joinery, the assembly is easy and requires no screw not tools. Even better, the height of the frame can be adjusted thanks to the in-house developed smart joinery system.

Bendo Cool and Cool Luxe Baking Racks! Cute, luxe, colorful racks with fun patterns to mix up one of the more boring kitchen tools.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Inspiration: Nashville + Project House! A look at gorgeous sculptures, a stunning bar in an old boiler room, street art, tiles, surprising tools, bobcat vs doghouse, Bucky & Caleb, and so much more!

FEATURED@Toolaholic shares a great peek inside the DeWalt announcement of the new FlexVolt system! "Power of corded. Freedom of cordless." 60V/20V batteries, cordless miter saw, 4 battery portable power station and more!

FEATUREDColumbia Survival Labels - a series of special informational hangtags printed on laser perforated/etched/cut steel! Each one can be popped out and turned into Sewing, Fishing, Sun Dial, Purifier, Sextant, and Handsaw Tools!

Wearables for motorcycles - The 'Navigator Series' by Malle London, integrates maps and digital navigation tools into motorcycles. Enabling the rider and passenger to stay on track. Designed to blend into the handlebar, tank or forearm.

Marco Terenzi's miniature tools are incredible, FUNCTIONAL, works of art! His instagram is pretty mind blowing as well.

Monopol Hermetus Bottle Opener & Resealer - Made in Germany. Apparently it's a resealer... because you can slide the rubber base over the bottle and it locks right on.

pogo M by Arhifab, lamp inspired by nature, and designed using parametric tools, mimicking the opening of flower petals.

Nemo Power Tools Nemo SPECIAL OPS – 100M is an underwater cordless waterproof drill complete with salt-water resistant ALL-BLACK paint job with no logo for maximum concealment.

VIDEO‘bad box’ integrates emerging technologies, digital tools, and traditional craftwork allowing creatives to showcase proposals effectively both digitally and physically.

Good Fucking Design Advice Swag Bag - "Stickers, pencils, tattoos and more. A unique collection of GFDA tools for fun and productivity." Perfect for the designer who has everything.

Farm Hack - "We are a worldwide community of farmers that build and modify our own tools. We share our hacks online and at meet ups because we become better farmers when we work together."

FEATUREDThe latest NOTlabs project in progress - redwood rolling gate and bench/top to our large triangle planter... as well as a few new tools and a garage shop update!

William Delvigne, French designer presented Vézère, game covered beech salad and Kerrock (composite), an invitation to share and reference to primitive tools, hence the name, Vézère where "prehistoric valley".

Fittle is an accessible learning toolset for visually challenged kids. Through a 3D printed puzzle, kids can learn new words and visualise shapes. For ex, the word “fish” is constructed by joining together 4 puzzle blocks that have braille letters F-I-S-H.

Dream Tools, a new line for the office designed by Eugeni Quitllet for Lexon.

FEATURED Duchess Bake Shop & Provisions in Edmonton have become quite the pastry destination. Provisions offers an impressive selection of hard to find baking ingredients, tools, and cookbooks. Take a peek inside, and at their new cookbook!

Adobe's Kickbox - a red box filled with Money ($1000), Instructions, Innovation Tools, and Caffeine/Sugar (Starbucks card + chocolate) that any employee can request. You can also download the materials and kickbox yourself!

Ark Rocker, a rocking chair hybridizing traditional craft techniques and cutting-edge digital fabrication tools to create multiplicity with sensuality. By Xander Bremer at Autodesk's Pier 9 Workshop, San Francisco.

Cuarto: Architecture Playground, interesting new magazine focused in developing tools for the dissemination of architectural thinking and processes.

Japanese Milk Pot handcrafted by Katsufumi Baba at Koromiko - White, Japanese ceramic milk pot with pouring spout and teak handle.

VIDEOInspired Light by Infiniti starring the QX70S Elite Sport. This light painting piece uses cars as both tools & canvas, and is stunningly mesmerizing. I've watched it again and again to see the way the light dances.

Land of Nod Paleo Plush is a 44" tall dino! (There's also a huge robot with tools and a ballerina hippo) Designed by artist John Murphy. This is definitely the year of HUGE stuffed animals - like Costco's monster stuffed bear.

Cook's Illustrated MEAT BOOK! A fantastic mix of everything you need to know... from what different cuts and labels mean, tools, recipes, and most importantly - the science behind it all to get your meaty intuition down.

The ITS Hypalon Concealment Wallet is 100% made in the US from laser cut hypalon and features some discreet pockets for concealing entry and escape tools. Entry / Escape tools and RFID Wallet Sleeves are sold separately.

Ellepi Stapler - Adorable white staplers, still made in a 4 person Italian factory.

DRIFT are sculptures or tools between wood and lacquer designed by Judith Seng.

London design studio PostlerFerguson has collaborated with Viennese jewellers A.E. Köchert to create bespoke field recording tools for DJ Ken Hayakawa.

FEATUREDTiny stainless steel toolsets as jewelry from Whitebeam Studio. The tiny tools come in sets ranging from sous chef to GTA and come in their own tiny toolboxes.

Leatherman's By the Numbers series of travel friendly pocket tools.

VSSL Outdoor Utility Tools Reflective Trail Markers - cute reflective arrows on tacks.

FEATUREDStreettoolbox by Pierre Paslier from the RCA Innovation Design Engineering. It includes a sticker-applying drone, a car that can draw with salt, bike tire stamps, and magic-pen style graffiti that is revealed by a portable projector.

Ridge Kitchen is a collection of porcelain tools for the kitchen. Made from a material true to the landscape of the kitchen, the surface conveys use through pattern and motion.

ChopChop Kitchen is a small kitchen counter with built-in storage, tools, and sink. Designed by Dirk Biotto.

Sprout Kid's Play Kitchen - Clark Davis designed furniture pieces that help kids to be an active part of the creation process. With tension lock furniture, children are able to help put it together themselves without any tools.

True Utility HandSpan - for those who need an adjustable spanner, mini calliper, screwdriver on a keychain.

Raid Ops SP5BMB Skull - Titanium heat-treatmented skull defense tools. Defend your body. Protect your spirit.

CarbonLite Tools ~ for when weight matters most, these super lightweight wrenches are an interesting option. The set of 5 wrenches weighs 6.7 oz.

Plug, simple but versatile, doorstop, umbrella stand, candle holder, made from a single Carrara marble block. Zpstudio Tools collection by Zpstudio.

Modular Hand Tools, innovative garden tools set by Hakan Gursu.

Half Baked Harvest's Meringue Encased Chocolate Mousse S’more Cakes. So much easier than you think and no special tools needed!

My First Fiskars Box Set with small garden tools for kids!

An axe design created to be made for AUTINE, a Latvian axe company who make some of the best axes and tools in the world.

More awesome machinery from Core77, meet the articulated bandsaw.

Oksa fireplace tools from Felicie Eymard.

Everyday Tools Vector Icons by Andrew Zo.