FEATUREDBest Made Co has branched out from designer Axes to an amazing leather Axe Sling. Quite the manly (fashion) accessory...

Beautiful videoclip for the new track of Gorillaz "On Melancholy Hill". Directed by Jamie Hewlett.

Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony literally "performs" its music live when turned on.

nonlinear's RTA coffee table has four wood clamps as principal fasteners; 40" x 22" x 17", the table packs flat at 40" x 22" x 3". Made from pickled oak and steel clamps with a 1/2" tempered glass top.

Schola Architecture have designed the Temple Hills Residence in Laguna Beach, California.

The Munkey is a mobile device stand that doubles as a hanger. Sit back, relax, and watch your movies in comfort on the go!

Amazing 3D model for a metro car by Spain-based Bulgarian designer Aleksandar Dimitrov

Some of hundreds of species of moths and butterflies whose caterpillars or chrysalises display false eye and face patterns of predators. The NYtimes has compiled a fantastic slideshow of these remarkable creatures.

Augmented Shadow is a tabletop interface on where artificial shadows of tangible objects displayed. By Joon Moon with openframeworks.

A motivational calendar for a network of fitness centers (Companhia Athletica) by DM9DDB.

The making-of story of Jabulani, the official match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ by Adidas

FEATUREDWhat a gorgeous week of post’s we’ve had here at NOTCOT.org. This week has a little bit of everything from flaming ipads to electric wellies.

'Trensformer', is composed of eight different modules, which are connected by an interlocking
construction system to form a rectangular object. Martin Saemmer's unique prototype is available at the Next Level gallery in Paris until July 24.

Toy2R and David Horvath will release a limited release of some vintage looking Bossy Bear & Friends figures!

The Gift Card is finally personal. Check out the Home Depot's new gift card. It lets you attach a personal video to your card. The person you give the card can then watch the video in augmented reality. Watch the demo video to learn more.

Multi awarded duo Yael Mer & Shay Alkalay from Raw Edges Studio created a super nice series of 12 revolving paper trees planted on a non revolving paper and wood console Table.

Thoughtful, brilliantly executed and ultimately, truly inspirational, the London based duo of Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton, Tappin Gofton produce some wonderfully distinctive work....

Designer Tom Rowe used the magnetic liquid Ferro Fluid to create photographs for a series of 12 inch album covers with very pleasant results.

Amy Joy Watson is an Australian sculptor who makes hidden worlds out of wood.

Tomas Alonso designed limited edition V&A chairs are made from a single bent, powder coated metal tube around which a solid ash structure is made to support the seating surface made from reclaimed Victorian ceiling boards.

'Occult jam' by Bompas and Parr will be available to purchase from the Barbican Art Gallery Shop on June 24. Absinthe and pineapple with sand from the Great Pyramids is one of the jam flavors created for the The Surreal House exhibition.

The Best Mug Ever from The World's Best Ever

Finally you can find the first two episodes of the BBC documentary "The Genius of Design" online. A five-part series about the history of design.

UK Illustrator Ryan Chapman has recently released the Mystical Thinker, limited to just 10 each figure is unique and comes with a removable 'piece of mind'.

Identity, naming and store concept for Eat! Ekoaffären—Sweden’s largest organic grocery store. By Bedow Creative and Axel Hugmark.

Polyp by Helene Steiner is a laundry-basket and an ornament on the wall. Just put the laundry through the hole in front of the basket. If it wells forth, the basket is full - the quantity just fits to load the washing machine.

Never drop the teabag in your cup again. Te-A-Me by Austrian designers group "Designstudents For Rent" looks great and helps you to avoid that little tea-accident.

Rocking Teapot explores design behind intuition and perceived function. By Betina Piqueras.

From A-Z by german Sascha Grewe and his label artcanbreakyourheart are typographic stools made of plastics. All letters are available in 147 different ultraflat colours. A smaller kids version is available as well.

South African studio 'Dokter and Misses' have created a very eye catching furniture collection. Love their straight forward use of materials and minimal approach to their designs.

A gallery of futuristic American concept cars from the 1950's selected by automotive journalist Larry Edsall, author of the book "Concept Cars- from the 1930's to the Present".

Kiki van Eijk, Joost van Bleiswijk and Scholten & Baijings: Dutch designers put Zuiderzee Museum in new perspective!

This amazing Monster Chess Set is made from 100,000 LEGO blocks. The pieces are robotic and move on their own. It was designed with the help of the LEGO company itself and took 4 people a year to construct!

Amy Ruppel gets revenge on birds that have attacked her with her "Mean Birds" print series.

In honor of the World Cup, Puma has set up shop at South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan with a shipping container installation designed by LOT-EK!

This isn't a photo, but a drawing. All made in full color with permanent marker on paper by designer/artist Hollis Brown Thorton. Part of an ongoing series.

Beautifully designed by Lea Dennison, Freud's cafetiere represents the work that Lea put into perfecting a spout that would modify the flow of liquid so that it is very nearly drip-free. Great material combination.

Adorable - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 8" Plush Scott and Ramona set

World Cup Team Italy's magnificent Dolce & Gabbana-designed “formal uniform” for their official team trips ~ a navy suit and aviators.

At the recent Hanover Trade Show, Volkswagen presented the Milano Taxi Concept, a design study of a mass-market, compact, emission-free taxi with an electric power-train that allows for a range of up to 300 km.

Look familiar? Except, this fail whale is entirely rendered in CSS! It's also animated in Safari and Chrome! notcot says it's the new ascii art.

Stick with me baby. Pimp your Macbook with these great stickers from Herraizsoto&co.

Cashback by Vincent Jacquier, part of the 'give me more' exhibition at DMY Berlin. A bill placed on the cashback glass reveals, a stripper who begins his/her provocative dance moves. The higher the note's value, the more 'content'.

Laurie Anderson’s Lighting the Sails projects gorgeous colors and patterns onto the Sydney Opera House. Lighting the Sails remains on view at the Sydney Opera House through June 20th.

Frackenpohl Poulheim designed the humanoid
robot 'Myon', which was created by the neurorobotics research laboratory at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin within the framework of the european research project Alear.

Gorgeous packaging by Acrobat for Whittaker of Chelsea.

FEATUREDSHAG's amazingly adorable kid sized mid century modern "Art Shack" at the Laguna Art Museum!

Very poetic cloud and bird mobiles for children and art work exhibition. By Guillemette Lanthiez.

I’m a huge fan of Slovenian designer Nina Zupanc, and when she teams up with furniture producer Moooi, it can’t be anything but amazing. The 5 O’Clock Chair is based on Zupanc’s memories of retro furniture and English porcelain.

"Radiation Chair" and a small table by Nocc Studio are showed in Gallery S. Bensimon during the Designer's Days 2010. A wooden chair with an oversized armrest and a strange homothetic table.

Swing State RETIRED WINE BARREL SWING!

Dodge unleashed a historic commercial in honor of the World Cup match between England and the US. The 60 second spot is labeled "Freedom" and features the 2010 Challenger SRT8 (waving the red, white and blue) going up against the Redcoats.

Letterheady ~ awesome blog of letterheads!

Real world tweet street (tree?) art in NYC!

The most adorable world cup supporters image by Susu!

Electronic Popables (MIT high-low tech ) integrated traditional pop-up mechanisms with paper-based electronics to create a book that looks and functions much like an ordinary pop-up with the added element of dynamic interactivity.

Houses in "PH" Condominium in Buenos Aires are usually aligned in a very long and narrow lot, connected through a corridor. This house is one of them, designed by Pop-Arq.

"Funnel neck" by Studio-KG is a bottle top that screws on conventional PET water bottles. Thanks to its funnel shape it collects rainwater or helps to fill the bottle up with tap water while facilitating the action of watering plants.

Interesting visual texture created by the acrylic overlapped walls on Marimekko's "Lumme" office containers designed by Mikko Laakkonen.

Emil Kozak's "The Ramones Saved My Life" solo show ~ awesome pics of the show, and fun video of it going up!

Greenaid seedbomb vending machines UPDATE! A recent initiative from L.A.-based design firm Commonstudio, has been growing through L.A. and beyond, offering bite-sized contributions to more livable and beautiful cities.

beautiful illustrations by matthew lyons [Editor's Note: AMAZING! So so beautiful!]

For ‘In Progress’ exhibition, studio Wieki Somers has created 3 still lives made of 3d-printed human ashes, that question the value of life and objects using the visual language that can be found in 16th and 17th century still life paintings.

Thinkspace is pleased to present a new deluxe print edition from Brian Viveros ‘The Last Round’!

Honestly, who doesn't need a "Book of Whale Insults"?

tape installation' by design collective use/numen made of tendons of transparent multi-layered adhesive tape stretched between the columns
of an ex-stock exchange building in berlin. see previous coverage in post #31316.

VIDEO"Refait" is a remake of the football WorldCup match between France and Germany 1982. Shot by Pied La Biche in Villeurbanne, every aspect of the 15 last minutes of the match carefully reconstructed - players, positions, gestures, intensity, drama etc.

The “Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus” is a drawing machine illustrating a never-ending story by the use of patent drawings. A project by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus.

Love Space Invader? Love T-shirts? How about Sky Invader? Now T-shirt design up for scoring at threadless.com

FEATUREDHard Graft Tilt iPad Case ~ beautifully simple leather and felt sleeve for your ipad that is easily ROLLED to create different viewing angles!

Buckyballs just launched versions plated in Gold, Silver, and Black Nickel.

An illustration depicting a divine intervention in the Gulf Coast - Chris Peel

VIDEOLegendary Biru- a lavish journey though Japan’s rich cultural heritage that reveals the brewing process behind Sapporo beer.

Rui Alves developed this series of colourful stools that can be combined with each other to creative furnitures. It looks like a bunch of wild animals interacting with each other and you don't need to be a kid to love the bright look.

VIDEOEl Leñero is boardgame for 2 players, strategy and balance are very important to win!

These posters were recently discovered during works at Notting Hill tube station - advertising frozen in time.

ROBOTZKI embodies the fusion of technology and design. A robotic desk lamp with 5 actuators and a high power LED by Benedikt Achatz for Ingo Maurer.

To promote its kitchen lockers, Ikea Italy replaced bus shelter poster, with kitchenwares. The tagline "It's easy to tidy up the kitchen" makes the message clear.

IPhone application: "The Atlas of True Names" by Kalimedia. It tells you the origins of place names from all over the world. Very beautiful and enchanting ....

This years "ARTWORKS" by Iittala. Oiva Toikka creates his own art made of glass. Releese in autumn 2010.

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL BERLIN 2010 –
DMY. An account told through images of the main exhibition...

The Bulled LED light bulb substitute has the same shape and dimension as a conventional light bulb, but also achieves the same quality of light and brightness as a 60-watt bulb

1 iPad, 4 blow torches, one ppowerful message against Apple's recycling policy from "Project Green Apple"!

Biggest ever projection on to Battersea Power Station for release of Super Mario Galaxy 2. By Projection Advertising.

A letterpressed non word dictionary, created to showcase those words turned down from the Oxford English dictionary. Polkadodge - the dance that occur when two people attempt to pass each other but move in the same direction...

Coop Himme(l)blau´s temporary opera space in cooperation with Munich´s opera house and MINI! Opening on the 24. June, closing 25. July.

This is the Ferrari 612 GTO Concept from Sasha Selipanov, aka The Angry Car Designer. This is one of the most intriguing and creative renderings to date with some elements of the 458 Italia mixed in with a bit of Aston Martin One-77.

Dubbed Walden” this amazing structure designed by German architect Nils Holger Moormann is partly a prefab mobile camping unit, partly a green garden shed and partly small-space summer cabin.

Read more: http://www.greendiary.com/entry/walden-offers-simple-lifestyle-in-the-lap-of-nature/#ixzz0qdmNlcfo

Designer Alessandro Zambelli. Iron cabinet joined together. A mix of color and designs.

A review of the exhibition: Gino De Dominicis – L’immortale.

Urban art in Paris by Ox.

FEATUREDA peek at the pool and views from the cave like dark glossy top floor of the Standard New York for the TopGuest launch party

TSC, [Tunable Sound Cloud] an architectural application to tune the acoustics of your space in real-time with a unique style! [check the video in the post!]

The LuminAR is a project from MIT that "reinvents the traditional desk lamp, evolving it into a new category of robotic, digital information devices". Combines a Pico-projector, camera, and wireless computer in a compact form factor.

FEATUREDA peek into the Absolut Brooklyn Spike Lee NY Launch Party in DUMBO ~ fun branding, a faux stoop, and more!

BMW Z4 made out of stone and mortar was spotted in Beijing, China.

One of the most elegant applications and combination of tech and furniture (desk lamp+cam) for an AR concept. Created by Camille Scherrer, “Le Monde des Montagnes” offers a glimpse to the future of pop-up books.

Curious Displays by Julia Tsao is a new platform for display technology. The surface is made of hundreds of ½ inch display blocks. Each block operates independently as a self-contained unit, with full mobility.

"The 25 most epic ads that aren't '1984'" by AdFreak: "Two-hour movies wish they could be half as good as these two-minute ads.", it says it all.

Surveillance Cameras: they are alive!!! by Ricardo Iglesias for Sonar 2010 involves the creation of a series of "living" robotic cameras that follow people. The cameras record visitors, projecting them in situ and on the Internet.