Nice simple lamp found at Home Depot ~ Progress Lighting Brushed Steel 1-Light Pendant 16" diameter ~ perfect for that retro feel

Hyperakt, a NYC design studio, has designed a radial bracket for the 2010 World Cup. For soccer-obsessed designers who might like to have a copy of it in the form of a beautifully printed poster.

Oxo's new Flip In Hamper ~ nice idea to have a lid to your laundry without having to open it to put clothes in...

RAPS ~ developed to work like a bat hook ~ only it taps into powerlines and allows you to charge cell phones, batteries, whatever you need.

Apparently japanese researchers have found a way to make flesh and muscles clear?!?! Absolutely incredible images and video (it's in japanese, google translate is your friend)

The “Prosthesis” by designers Lukas Pressler and Nico Strobl is an identical limb that maneuvers effortlessly, via myoelectric sensoring, for the ease of the user.

British sculptor Antony Gormley bring together 1300 local inhabitants to work with a 4x4x4m clay cube that weighed 160,000 kg in Helsinki’s new annual art event.

Veer's Typographic Mobile!

Magellan GPS ToughCase ~ a tough iphone case with built in battery and sensitive GPS which is compatible with most GPS and Location Based apps for your iPhone or iPod touch

Out Of Stock Design's Hues Tables ~ venn diagrams at their best!

The Loyal Subjects and artist Joe Ledbetter are proud to announce the release of PICO AND WILSHIRE.

The lasercut acrylic brain (from #31030) is now for sale. Sections of acrylic plates have been cut, laser etched and reconstituted to form a whole brain.

Revolutionary integration of personal land and air travel made possible by the Transition® Roadable Aircraft.

A really nice piece looking back on the life and work of Tobias Wong in the NY Times [R.I.P Tobias Wong, forever a NOTCOT favorite]

New Memory Game for Kids with Watercolor and Ink Illustrations by New York based Designer Senem Oezdogan.

Kenilworth Castle played host to Bompas & Parr's 300 dish dessert banquet featuring delights such as 9 types of custard tart, leaches and flummery in Rosewater

Kaws is really active these days. Here is a first look at a limited edition Dos Equis beer label, to come out exclusively on the Mexican market soon.

ProDigits by Touch Bionics are individually powered and controlled to provide new fingers for partial hand patients. Each ProDigit provides myoelectric control that has never been possible before.

Hybrid table / lamp by Studio 4P1B for Martinelliluce with a satin methacrylate surface plane of 50 cm diameter. LED's embedded in the structure.

animated opening for the concept TV series "you are Fried!"

Clever little vase based on those fun bendable straws. While not quite suitable for a bouquet, it will certainly add a nice floral highlight to a table...$12.00

Back by popular demand, the Nintendo Love Tester is a groovy remake of the version that was first released in 1969.

With Sculpteo's website, you can print 3D objects from digital files you created or you selected in an existing library

Nic Zöller from Germany creates these gorgeous massive oakwood stools, Hockstool, with his chainsaw.

'Sweet Nothing' book shelf by Heart Breakers Design...Its sweet even where there is nothing on it but is also intended as functional shelving, concealing part of its contents in the form.

The Object Society in Chicago, recently held their 2nd annual exhibition of new work from some of Chicago's independant designers.

A step by step guide to making these bold concrete bookends from design blog The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

Häfele, a company for furniture fittings, architectural hardware, kitchens etc. opened an amazing design center in Phuket, Thailand. Concept and development by an architects office called O-I-A.com.

Flat grey paint and solid oakwood make these highboards by Berlin based Studio Ziben really adorable.

Getting the idea from observing people perform a flow of actions when they dress up in luxury, Studio Juju came up with The Luxury Towers, a set of very elegance jewelry box in pure and bold silhouettes with solid glass blocks.

Old Spice: Questions - Here is the sequel for The Man Your Man Could Smell Like. Again a fun and brilliant idea presenting Isaiah Mustafa in a series of questions and scene changes.

Luxury iPad Cases ~ Now Oscar De La Renta joins Gucci, LV, Ferragamo with their iPad Clutch, an online exclusive.

This CT Scanner in the Hope Children's Hospital in Chicago got a more kid-friendly look courtesy of Jeff Koons and RxArt.

After 69 years Wonder Woman, published by DC Comics, will don a new — and less revealing — costume and enjoy the publication of Issue No. 600 of her monthly series.

Interesting Renders for Camper shoes (Hybrid)
By 3D artist Emilio Gomariz.

Electrolux + Tobias Allanson kinetic sculpture is magnetic! His sculpture showcases Ergorapido’s vacuum cleaner effective dust pick-up. See the video (and making of!)

Bitish based furniture maker/designer Liam Treanor creates beautifull curvature pieces, influenced by 1930's - 1970's modern design.

The Things We Make, Make Us. Love this new campaign by Jeep for the 2011 Grand Cherokee ~ the design videos and manifesto video are inspiring! Great design focus...

Workers put finishing touches to 1,000m high AlpspiX Alpine viewing tower. Situated in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen region of Germany and provides panoramic views of surrounding Hoellental and Garmisch. Opens July 4th.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1290637/Don-t-look-Workers-finishing-touches-1-000m-high-Alpine-viewing-tower.html#ixzz0sMNSdgv5

Artifical Flowers by French designer Sascha Nordmeyer. A range of hand-crafted complex shapes made out of colored, printed, punched and cut paper in order to set up an artificial foliage delights the mind.

Robert Mills Architects have designed the Verdant Avenue house in Melbourne, Australia.

Albion House in Islington by London architects Studio Octopi. A house extension with a minimal glass box opening into the garden.

Studiobox by Studio Ziben from Berlin is made of recycled wood. The small boxes work as side tables and storage boxes as well. Great choice of colours.

CT1 is an expandable low sidetable, great idea from German designer Stefan Weiser.

Belkin Conserve Valet ~ hands on, unboxing, CES peeks, and more... this gorgeous and deceivingly simple looking charging hub is smarter than it looks, saving you energy!

The BBC brings us images from under the arctic ice, where all sorts of creatures lurk, like this sea angel, sea butterflies, sea devils and many more mysterious deep sea organisms.

How cute are these T-rex thank you notes from Pocket Creative?

NYC-based Brinca Dada make stunning minimal dollhouses. This is Bennett House.

Something spicy's simple but beautiful packaging by Default.

The new Black Bird Laguiole by Arto! Beautiful hand made knife art work.

Natural Fuse concept is a citywide-networked system of electronically assisted plants that reflects our energy-use (or disuse) quite visibly. From Haque Design.

Alice Cantrell makes some gorgeous cards with insects and other natural inspirations.

Triangular Concept's Waffsicles - Waffles on a stick are born- so simple, yet so obviously needed in every single household...

Cute food allergy patches by Jeeto!

The table O0803 is made from reclaimed scaffolding boards. With great patina and traces of wear. By german manufacturer Bauholz Design.

Oscar Santillan's light sculpture. Currently attending the Sculpture MFA program at VCU (Richmond, VA) and Skowhegan artist-in-residence.

Whether it is design or anything else you choose to do in life, Greg Eckler of the The Vicious Circus reminds us to give it our all with this terrific poster.

Aubin & Wills' perlman shower gel awesome packaging.

For Summer 2010, FIELD NOTES COLORS celebrates the 50 great U.S. states with COUNTY FAIR, their seventh quarterly installment.

Lomography Spinner 360 - This is such a great spin on trying to create your own panoramic images, and from Lomography no-less. Pull the cord and watch it spin...

Swing Necklace by Johanna Richter - A handmade swing made of grey balls of felt or oiled beechwood that acts as a jewelry piece for your home.

BIJOU is a new coffee shop concept created by im.architektur for your daily dose of pleasure.

Vers iPad case ~ Cool wood case for iPad - doubles as a multi-use stand for viewing & typing too!

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.

The Tree House Press X Stoked 2010 Predictions. Limited edition print from the short run created for the exhibition. One color hand pulled silkscreen print.

Fiona Banner places recently decommissioned fighter planes in the incongruous setting of Tate's Duveen Galleries.

I’m super excited about these new aluminum planters from home accessories brand Wallter! The outdoor collection is a first for Wallter, known for their textiles and paintable wall decor, available in three styles: Hang, Post, and Wall.

'Primary Shakers' by Imm Living, this trio of salt, pepper and sugar shakers impart a new inspired setting for mealtime.

'À la carte' by TheGreenEyl is a present for the visitors of the Kosher & Co. exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin deploying RFID technology. Quite an elegant use of technology.

'For those who see' by Daniel Schulz uses smoke rings to produce a 3d-screen out of vortexed air.

Moxy Creative releases Cheers! set of 16 posters representing the qualifying teams for the 2010 World Cup.

Neat illustrations by Derek Stenning

Love the Bodum multi-colored Round Pepper Grinder, seems to work by sheer intuition. Cooking doesn’t get any easier than this.

Spill Oil on any website with this app from A Cleaner Future aiming to raise awareness on clean energy.

PISTIL vase by Francis Chabloz / Labelobjet, part of the Transformers collection, inspired by the industry and the world of machine tools.

Todd Fillingham has a knack for boats which he shows with this wherry inspired wallnut with blank cedar Deck Chair

A New City Landscape London, New York Twitter Contour Maps - Tweetography.

Theater designed by Studio Gang Architects for Rock Valley College to replace an existing outdoor venue. This is a theater for the performing arts.

Junjie Zhang's V lock guides your key into the correct position, which means no more late night fumbling.

Called 'Primo Quarto' and designed by Giuseppe Vigano for Italian furniture manufacturer Saba Italia, their spare dramatism seems perfect for large wall spaces.

The Enes GP concept by Samir Sadikhov has been inspired by the Grand Prix cars of late 1930s era that was marked with the distinct low slung shape, tall thin wheels and dramatic open-wheel design.

15 questions for the Creative Director of Penguin Books, Paul Buckley, on the occasion of the release for the new book 'Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary (the Good, The Bad...)'.

Michael Golan's packaging designs for Anima, which creates organic care products for animals

New collection of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Axor design.

Castor + Pollux on Brighton seafront are holding the first UK exhibition of illustrator Charley Harper's work! Private view is Friday 2 July. Exhibition runs 3 July - 5 September 2010.

Ferg has unveiled his sweet ‘Fort Burnout’ Doc. Part of his deadly dozen Fort Burnout custom project, this desert hardened warrior is rocking what appears to be a new piece of SQUADT armament.

Lovely birch wood print that reminds us of what is important and what we can leave behind. 11x14 ready to drop into standard size frame. Limited edition of 100. From Ink and Wit.

Laser cut paper ants, framed for your wall. Available from www.cutoutpaper.com

A roundup of another great week here at NOTCOT.org with everything from iPhone plungers to Star Wars Pancake molds. What’s not to love?

Lumenhaus is a sustainable project done by Virginia Tech. It is a zero-energy home that is completely powered by the sun.. A lot of sustainable and high tech features are attached in this design.

Live Lamp is a nest of eighty live Fuschii v Gracillis tillandsia air plants. Illuminated by a CFL grow lamp, these epiphytic plants survive with no dirt - just UV, air and a little moisture. Remove the dome and run the plants under water or mist liberally once a week.

Always With Honor's table for Facebook's f8 developers conference. The graphic is a global map comprised of inter-connected icons: items and ideas found throughout the developer's building process.

Electric Hotel is a bizarre and beautiful outdoor spectacle made of 6 shipping containers; a uniquely designed, fly-by-night residence brought to life through dance and sound.

On July 9th 14 European galleries will find their temporary home for a month in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone. No Kindle required.

A great DIY Simon kit. All components are through-hole, making this kit great for beginners.

Carbon fiber bag 'Airstream' weighs just under 3 lbs! Stronger than steel.

The Fingerist is a new iPhone/iPod touch accessory that enables you to play your music applications as if you were actually playing musical instruments.

Y-Grinder by Joseph-Joseph is a distinctive salt and pepper mill with a unique twin-chamber design, allowing both salt and pepper to be dispensed from the same stylish ceramic unit.

Historypin is a user-generated window into the world's past, by We Are What We Do + Google. Explore and 'pin' old photos + their stories onto Google Maps according to time, overlay them onto Street View.