Check out the result of Earth Hour '09 ... when the world when dark.. yet again.. for an hour.. in support of the environment ~ amazing to click and see the lit pictures fade into darkness on the Big Picture!

Heineken Disco Ball KEG: To make party at home.

The Florence Institute of Design International, a brand new "boutique" design school in Florence, Italy

Wonderful work by Artist Los Stencilistas.
A series of poetry stones left on a beach in Southsea, Hampshire, UK

Art producer Mothership produced this piece of art 'graffitibriljant' in Rotterdam (NL). The artists are the young illustrators Transister.

A pavillion by Canadian Saucier + Perrotte architectes uses simple materials to integrate through transparency with the surroundings at the First Nations Garden in Montreal.

WuJi Entire (RSWJ) is a China based company specialize in alcohol drink packaging and branding. RSWJ does not just focus on the label design, but the overall look of the bottle.

Leo Burnett's campaign for Shelter - the Homeless and Housing charity. The 'House of Cards'.

Beautiful Tree of Keys made of metal on a bed of rocks... found at Lucent L'amour

Lefevre Beach House. "Where the desert meets the ocean", a house at Punta Misterio. Cañete-Perú. LONGHI ARCHITECTS.

Chessboard by Alastair Mackie. A logical evolution from his previous set of dices, each chess piece features a single suspended insect; the "white" pieces represented by flying insects and the "black" side by ground based insects. eces.

X-Ray Lamp by Sture Pallarp, the designer take one step further by turning the x-ray films into a beautiful lamp. Have any of your own x-rays laying around the house? Send them to Sture Pallarp and see what he can make for you!!

"Lost in Paris" is an amazing skin for a laboratory in Paris, featuring an hydrophonic wall system and 300 blown glass containers that add light refraction to the interior.

Terry Richardson explores paparazzi & '15 minutes of fame' in our digital age as a nod to Andy Warhol in Interview Magazine.

Maria J. Miranda - young talent from Portugal

A NOTCOT favorite addiction: Crayon Physics Deluxe, a deceptively simple physics game where you draw objects which follow the laws of physics to solve puzzles.

“Forever is a large videowall installation of endless animations responding to an ever changing soundtrack... will spawn unique audio-visual films every day, forever.” Incredible!

Video Game Vending Machines Spotted!

Darling little comic about "finding myths and dreams in unlikely places." Especially love the hand screen printed cover.

On unexpected design... Bukket ~ a gravity driven pocket-sized bong that even comes in a wooden version ~ see the walk through to make sense of the design

Two new 20x200 editions from the design studio Superdeluxe, part of their Card Suits series.

Fisker Automotive's eco-friendly plug-in hybrid, 'Karma', revealed.

Wool felt laptop sleeves for mini laptops (netbooks). Charcoal or red wool felt, black corduroy lining and black wooden buttons for closure.

Grab your waders, Venice is flooding! Great series of images from The Big Picture.

A Danish furniture manufacturer is re-introducing this molded plywood chair that was designed by Grete Jalk in 1963. Only 300 of the originals were ever produced.

House Industries has an Ampersand Cutting Board! Every typography junkie needs one in their kitchen!

Godfather Spaghetti Measuring Device - by David-Louis

Li Xiaofeng designs clothing out of porcelain. Breathtakingly beautiful.

Money Skateboard Deck, by Micah Spear. I want one!
Kick Push/Bling Bling

This video uses a mathematical formula based upon an image Escher did (The Print Gallery), known as the "Droste Effect".

London in stop-motion : More 3000 pictures in 2 minutes, mixed with ''Harder, better, faster, stronger'' from Daft Punk.

i don't know what it is about octopi but i'm liking this octopus cuff from modcloth.

The "Lean-On" self-standing closet rod, designed by Peter Van de Water for Cascando ~ gorgeously simple ~ also take a look as cascando's other minimalist hanging racks

I love this "Now Panic and Freak Out" parody of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster that everyone (including me) has bought. Tshirt on threadless!

Evaline Tarunadjaja has some gorgeous illustration work, particularly liking her woody pieces

The diverse work of Evgeny Kiselev oscillates between the rigors of symmetry and prolific excess.

The Dutch artist Stani explains how he used free and open source software to design his award winning 5 Euro coin. Dedicated to "Netherlands and Architecture", the queen's portrait is made up of the names of prominent Dutch architects.

Besides just being gorgeous, Akihiro Kumagaya's Sumizara charcoal ashtray helps to deodorize the smell of cigarette smoke when they are put out.

Cool Hunting shares the Middle Colors Humidifier designed by Takashi Hiroshi Tsuboi

A Hudson Valley artist called Variegated manufactures "bedspread canvasses" out of old menswear fabrics. Because of the limited materials, each set is one of a kind.

A great renovation inside a 120-year-old Japanese house not far from Kyoto done by a young Tokyo-based architect Chikara (means 'power') Ono.

The Minox Agent M DSC DigitalSpyCam is a tiny digital camera - only 3.14" x 1.14" x 0.79". At 5 megapixels, it's a good little portable camera.

On notebooks and pens ~ here are some recent obsessions that came in the form of DWR Tools for Living Press Kit (best notebook!) and the Federated Media pen from the summit (it's a keeper too!)

Credit Card Cutlery by Ineke Hans: must-have !

prague designblok 08: cohn studio ~ designboom has great coverage of their gorgeous glass

The typography work of Australian designer Luca Ionescu is on sho at their new studio website Like Minded