Sam Weber's paintings are rich in colour, and full of emotion. He paints a dark world of vampires and demons, yet sustains an elegant, classical feel to his illustrations.

a little perspective with Schott's Stimulus Simulator ~ you need to see that tiny image in its full sized form to fully understand.

The city of Jaca in Spain just got one of the most astonishing hockey arenas i have ever seen. Designed by Coll Barreu Arquitectos.

"Little New York" from photography duo Nick & Chloe...big city, bigger kids.

Two words: absolute booklust. Jovencio de la Paz has come out with an entirely Vegan friendly series of notebooks. Vegan leather, soy waxed linen thread and some sexy spine shots? Ohh what more can a girl ask for.

Selected projects by Colombian architects Paisajes Emergentes. This practice takes landscape architecture way beyond. Nice renderings and representation!

Creative and effective action to encourage the examination to detect breast cancer, developed by McCann Erickson Portugal

LU∞ is a collection of hand blown Murano chandeliers.
It shapes within a square, perfectly natural power balance.

Light up your lungs by Courage Índia.
A leading NGO, to come up with a unique device that vividly demonstrated the harm smoking can do.

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

“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.

Would you eat this if it showed up on your plate? A restaurant specializing in live octopus as well as other Seoul eats.

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...

The Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Canada by HBBH Architects is a delicate piece of architecture, covers the British Columbia landscape, featuring the longest rammed earth wall on...earth.

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!

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