“Grass” squares are designed to give a natural touch to the office or home by placing them freely or according to feng-shui. Unlike ordinary flowers, “grass” is completely natural, a piece of earth, that grows indoors with minimal care.

Vertu goes back to basics with their Pure collection.

A Superhero Supply Store has opened up in Brooklyn. The latest of the 826 Nationals ~ (time travel mart, pirate supply store, etc tutoring spaces!)

Here is a nice illustration from the online portfolio of Virginie Maillard. She is a young french independent graphic artist and illustrator.

Japanese sneaker brand Onitsuka Tiger celebrates its 60th anniversary with "Zodiac Race." Created by PandaPanther, video tells the Japanese legend of how animals raced to earn their places on the zodiac calendar.

London from above, at night. Photographs by Jason Hawkes.

Swedish A2 designers has released their first furniture line under their own name. Clean and pretty classic modern Scandinavian look.
All furniture is produced in Sweden.

blow up by BSC architecture is a finalist to MoMA/P.S.1 competition, their design consisting on inflatable structures representing clouds to shade the courtyard

The Waterpod is a futuristic floating eco-habitat that makes extensive use of renewable energy and recycled materials.

The International Convention Center (CICCM) features a unique cylindrical building facade lined with solar panels and concave curves that suffuse its interiors with daylight... and will house an extensive rainwater catchment system.

With February just around the corner, we thought it important to mention that Estevan Oriol will soon be presenting a photographic retrospective in ‘This is Los Angeles.’

Eat your clams perfectly with the Clam Ram.

Mytton Williams design has put together the pencil calendar, 12 pencils, 365 days, infinite creative possibilities.

Retro 1971 cook book - Cucina con Amore - by Sophia Loren. Cooking aside, this is THE ultimate 1970's style inspiration.

The Rivy Ng Keymaster ~ makes me think it's for the luxurious gym teacher in your life...

JLCG Arquitectos' School of Music in Lisbon - each practicing student is on display.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #25: The fourth giveway from our sponsor, Seagate! Here is the FreeAgent Desk for Mac (yes, that means FireWire 800!!!) in a massive 1 terabyte of space!

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

Ever wonder where Creativity comes from? Creative juicing has historically been an elite pursuit accessible only to those lucky enough to be born into one of the South West's big five juicing families. Hilarious Video!

Quirky jewelry by Natural Historie - love this cloisonne deer on a strand of pearls.

Solitaire game and Nut bowl in oak. A new product from Sagaform designed by Transformer. Enjoy Christmas nuts and Challenge your relatives and friends this Christmas!

Anna Gram's artsy Citrus Clock combines the magic of stellar design with basic science in order to create a timepiece that's powered by lemons

At the Harbin Ice & Snow World, everything is sculpted from ice. Neon lights add an epic light-bright surrealism to the festival.

UK based architects and designers SHH have designed and branded a new three-storey, 50,000 square foot, 300 seat restaurant in Bahrain called Nu Asia.

Eva Hjelte is a Swedish Fashion illustrator with her very own style

Jethro Macey's Textile Side Unit, in collaboration with Decode London. Love the texture of the doors.

Ekubo means "dimple" in Japanese. Artista came out with a series of ekubo-inspired tableware.

Ococoa ~ they take "peanut butter cups" as you know it to a whole new level ~ with flavors like Cashew Apricot, Marzipan Truffle, Almond Cherry, Classic Peanut Butter, and more they look delicious and beautifully packaged!

tag... the new spot for sneackers chocolate bar...

Coalfinger ~ an animated bond-like campaign by Greenpeace - Along with his dopey sidekick Dr. Anthracite, Coalfinger plans to cover the world in coal-fired power stations and destroy the climate in Operation Browncloud.

Simple, sculptural Architectonic rings by Mayza João.

I'm fascinated by these Silo - silodesign wine glasses - single walled and double walled

J.R. Watkin's natural cleaning products with gorgeous packaging.

Whether its for your Quaaludes, Uppers, Downers, Prozac, or Dolls ~ Jonathan Adler has you covered to upgrade your pill bottle collection into some stoneware canisters (also in brown + light blue)

Aveda Institutes Florida ~ fun look at the new building from sketches to final

artwork of brazilian based illustrator julian gallasch, he makes excellent work with only a ballpen.

These stools are made from a whole lamb hide, exposing all the details remaining of the former life of the animal.

The project is a "space elevator," and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility -- maybe even within our lifetimes.

Whether you agree with him or not, Obama is real fun to construct.

Photoshop Mobile ~ for win mobile phones

Beautiful lines in Kedar Naik's GLIDE chair, made out from aluminum and lacquered fiberglass. I like how the chair support peels up from the base.

Richmond VA artist Christina Stratman makes the most comfortable chairs.

Ford redesigned the Mustang sculptural logo with some nice details. The press release claims its actually more realistically proportioned as well.

All color fanatics should check themselves into DreamColor Wonderland for Colouritis - by HP Singapore

Fiat gets together with denim brand Diesel to create a Fiat 500 limited edition. I love how they used the old Diesel logo on the car again.

Congrats to our friends at Cool Hunting on their NYT Slideshow (go to the main article to see picks from Design*Sponge, MocoLoco, Apt Therapy, Un-Beige and more!)