Another giant Banksy Rat in SoHo was put up today

Lula Dot's CAPtivate lamp recycles old bottles and their caps to make this beautiful fixture.

ROCKNUDE : naked women in nature with a "predator" effect, everything is invisible but the hair. Use your imagination for the rest.

Opened in August this year, Hotel Habita Monterrey strikes with captivating architectural desicions by Agustin Landa and interior design by Joseph Dirand

Audubon Soda Bottle Bird Feeder - 1984, Norman Earl invented the Soda Bottle Bird Feeder, a sturdy cast zinc adaptor that converts any plastic two-liter bottle into an economical feeder. Only $15! at DWR

Stanley Flask ~ love this flask, just saw it in person at the DWR Tools for Living in Santa Monica

Moxie - Tampons get pretty! Now available in Singapore as well!

During the month of October 2008, the fourth annual Art in Odd Places will present Pedestrian on 14th Street, Manhattan.

Interesting packaging for Askinosie Chocolate by Element Eleven.

First Look at DWR's Santa Monica Tools For Living store that opens tomorrow ~ it's the second store EVER (SoHo opened last week!) Definite new NOTCOT fave for last minute gifting...

amazing photography by luz maría vales explores the translucent properties of flowers and materials on her collection, light dialogues

MC Escher-esque illustrations by Sacred Mtn.

Mark Wagner spares no expense on his cashed up collage.

First pro skate park in Eastern Europe has been opened in Belgrade, Serbia this weekend. Take a look at pictures from opening.

A compilation of embarrassing celebrity endorsements from Japanese commercials.

The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is considered a period of reflection. 10Q gives you 1 question a day for 10 days. Fill them in, send to a secure online vault; next year, they'll be sent back to you for reflection. Simple. Awesome.

Kyle Bean's A Guide for the Unlucky - an amazing pop-up book centering around superstitions.

House N by Sou Fujimoto Architects - love the blurred boundaries between interior and exterior spaces.

Steampunk Rayguns: Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators, are a line of "immensely dangerous" yet simple to operate wave oscillation weapons.

Bruce Munro's Field of Light installation at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.

"SWEET POCKETS" are in fact portable ashtray disguised in these yummy looking desserts! Designed by ChilliChilly who also design the infamous "GUN MUG" (see #6817)

Love the illustrative style of Tin Salamunic, whose sketches describe everyday life in Richmond, VA.

The Bjarke Ingels Group recently unveiled designs for Walter Towers, a residential/commercial complex in Prague. The building form is pretty intense.

Robert Brunner, an ID for some of Apple's most iconic products, and Stewart Emery, author of Success Built to Last, pose a deceptively simple question: Do you (as a company) matter (to your customers)? .... a must read!

Very Stylish Music Video for the Upcoming James Bond film. The Song is by Alicia Keys & Jack White.

Greenpeace "awarded" the city of Buenos Aires the first prize in contamination by taking over its Obelisk. The reason? The (un)treatment of garbage that is disposed in surrounding areas.

Solaleya ~ Your dream home is just a step away. And it rotates with the sun?

Last weekend the redesigned Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) opened in its new location at Columbus Circle in New York City. Pentagram designed the identity and extensive branding materials. Michael Bierut led the team...

Shorpy - High resolution vintage photographs, most from the late 1800s to early 1900s, coupled with a very good search engine.

Modern house design by Roger Dean. Mr. Dean is probably best known for designing the album covers for the 70s progressive rock band, Yes.

In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure…

if you missed the first edition laser cut of marian bantjes' “Design Ignites Change” poster for aed social change design, be quick and get version 2 in silver foil on copper paper.

CHINA according to CHINA is a 4 part documentary on the state of chinese architecture. Chinese architecture isn´t just the bird´s nest and what we saw for the olympics.

Iconic NYC skate brand Supreme releases every season a skate deck series with a respected artist. This season they worked with Christopher Wool.

Polish architects Moomoo designed this house for a photographer, that features a dynamic skin through a curtain that covers one entire side. [Editors note: also featured as #13551]

Giant mural cut-outs by artist Josh Cerney.

Loïc Musselec did this experimentation in one of my class, exploring the potential of steak, chicken and liver photographs on packages. Taboos are very often based on things that we know, but don’t want to see.

Michael Critz was kind enough to create an incredible gallery of Boston house numbers to help my hunt for house number ideas!

Light Art Performance.

Danish furniture and lighting design company GUBI, produced the chairs and stools for the Mist restaurant in the New Delhi Park Hotel.

A round-up of sustainable finds at this year's London Design Festival!

I love that Adidas is embracing people's trend to blog their Stella McCartney line by adding "Blog this" options for instant cut+paste code and high/low res image downloads!

ad campaign by 123 klan promoting the grand opening of the first Nike sportswear store in Mexico City…

What is going on inside a runner, when he (she) runs?
Incredible idea! Incredible Production.

Wieden&Kennedy Amsterdam for NikeWomen.

Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

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