Mark Boyce's interesting new book, Sizes May Vary. The book references the varying standardized formats and systems used within graphic design and is part sketchbook, part reference book and part notebook.

Beautiful photography portfolio by Michael Wolf. I especially love his series "Architecture of Density" from which this photo was taken.

Love the Light Blubs by Pieke Bergmans - a series of unique, often site specific crystal lamps. Pieke has imagined a series of projects infected by the "Design Virus" which can be found on his website.

Expressionist Bass - nice looking desktop sub-woofers by Altec Lansing.

Interesting pixelated facade by Splitterwerk for the Prisma Engineering. The interiors are worth a look, as well.

Tap'dNY is a bottled water for the new age: an honest and local alternative for all New Yorkers. They purify and bottle New York City's famous tap water, leaving out the malarkey and far journey included in other bottled waters.

LA Weekly does a great profile on close friend of NOTCOT - "Yosi Sergant and the Art of Change: The Publicist Behind Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope Posters"

Beautiful portraits of Sikh-Americans by Fiona Aboud.

A brushed aluminum wine bottle for Elk & Wolf by Social UK.

Great website for QWSTION, the new norm for bags.

Formtank's stunning new tables are constructed out of a single sheet of industrial steel, minimizing waste to less than 4% per meter.

This is what happens when a designer becomes a motivational speaker.
This started of as a few pictures of the poster and turned into something much bigger and more meaningful.

Hulger's new Pappa Phone ~ in walnut and brass!

Scala is a youth choir in Aarschot, Belgium, roughly sixty teenage girls, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and accompanied by Steven Kolacny. The video has been directed by Steven Huybrechts.

Beautiful packaging portfolio by Esther Chaye. Above is CMYK, packaging for a DIY Mix Acrylic Paint set.

New blog started by Jason Gabbert that focuses on beautiful book cover design. Every Monday he features a new designer and book cover design, and goes behind the scenes with discussions about process.

Vitamin Living has expanded their Gnome line ~ and now there are complementary money boxes, timers, salt and pepper shakers, and a very cute bottle opener!

Beautiful folding table by Ligne Roset

The Spizak.com is the “online” portfolio for Polish designer and digital illustrator Adam Spizak, who currently resides in London, UK.

So, maybe i do need some help as things have been growing... want to be my intern? Looking for good design loving internet junkies!

With back to school and fashion week in full force ~ Target's Pop Up Bodega's are genius!

EDG Design Lab ~ Orange Squeezer for Driade 1998

Wow Bacon ~ microwave cooker, that looks like a pitcher...

One of albert einstein's old watches are for sale...

The Super Genintari! This behemoth of a console brings the Atari 2600, NES, SNES and Genesis together at long last. I love the Pacman power button. Designed and built by Richard DaLuz.

Hitch Concept - a “giant” suction cups that make you hitch onto anything for a ride by Robert Nightingale. A concept design for 2008 Fiat Design Competition “Smiles From A to B”. The competition called for concept design that “create maximum smiles”.

Seth McFarlane the creator of Family Guy, in partnership with Burger King, will produce a series of weekly cartoons starting on September 10th called Seth MacFarlane Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. Hilarious stuff!

Panos 2013, a collaborative project that takes the work of artists from around the world, in the form of fake road signs, and turns the streets into an enormous gallery without walls.

Steed Griffin's "Lesser-known polygons No. 13" is just one of a few fun gocco prints from his flickr photo stream. Love the mixture of art and geometry.

Scandia Senior Easy Chair ~ Hans Battrud 1957 ~ made in norway, available from Ray20

"Water Bears" A tiny, 8-legged critter that can suspend all biological activity in extreme environments survived a journey to space that would have instantly killed any human and most other life forms...

lightboy is a man icon table lamp, made out of either solid wood of layered plywood

Boundary-pushing installations and sculpture from American artist Benjamin Jurgensen. The only thing better than the works themselves are their titles...

Money as giftwrap ~ see the video... you can order money sheets from the United States Bureau of Engraving

The Pentagon Memorial by KBAS Studio will open tomorrow.

Asking the question... do we read the text, or just see the logos? Do the logos also work for the opposing candidates?

Brightside - This customizable foam furniture is a simple concept that uses the wedge as a means of creating flexibility, promoting creativity in office spaces.

Rim Clock by Jansen Lye - amazing wall clock, you can tell time by looking at the rim instead of the center

60 fashion designers have dressed the Nabaztag for fashion week.

Great new collectors DVD Box by artist Jeff Koons has come out. It comes with the movie "Jeff Koons A Man Of Trust" and is numbered and signed by the artist. Limited to 2000 pieces worldwide.

This tea package was designed by a student in my packaging class. The students had to rethink an existing packaging, and try to optimize the material used. Nice solution from Alexis Coutu-Marion.

Kemistry specializes in building brands on-screen for television and the web.

This has got to be some of the best CD packaging I have ever seen. A folded and stitched poster becomes an envelope that keeps a jewel-box inside.

Lovely package design by San Fransisco based designer Allie Packard for M&J Cookie Mix. Great outer box to go along with some fun colorful cookie mix packages inside.