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.

Annie Leibovitz's amazing Alice In Wonderland fashion shoot for Vogue 2003! (oldie, but too fun not to take another look at!)

Watchmaker Ulysse Nardin's Chairman cellphone with a built in fingerprint scanner and powered by a kinetic rotor like an automatic watch.

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!

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

NOTCOT/CHROME GIVEAWAY! Two chances to win the Chrome Bag of your choice... i still love my old messenger bag from them ~ complete with seatbelt buckle/straps, secret pocket, and it's weatherproof!

General Mills is introducing retro-themed cereal boxes!

This adorable story from the World Wildlife Fund feels like Katamari + Little Big Planet.... Agency: Ogilvy, director: Celyn, production: Nexus Productions, music & sound: Vertical Cat.

Extremely curious what Wolfram Alpha will turn into... Latest from Stephen Wolfram ~ It computes the answers to a wide range of questions with FACTUAL ANSWERS... This would go beyond google for homework?

The Victorian World of Colette Calascione.
Inspired by books and images of earlier eras, particularly the Victorian era, Calascione invents a world that is her own.

“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.

Design*Sponge shows us how to make our own felted rocks!

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

junfei176's Cuppets are an interesting twist to the usual ice cream cup ~ they turn into bobble headed puppets!

UK micro-sculptor Willard Wigan has immortalized Brangelina in lipstick for online beauty boutique feelunique.com

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.

Extraordinary sculptures by Saúl Hernández from Guadalajara, Mexico. The “208 OSEOsidades” is a collection of 21 bronze sculptures of 21 centimeters.

I just stumbled across a great video from Lexus about iconic designer Ross Lovegrove and his Solar Tree. Aside from being beautiful to watch, the video is a rare opportunity to hear what Lovegrove thinks about the larger eco-design movement. Very cool stuff.

Inside the walls of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo where hundreds of thousands of Japanese gather twice a year to see the emperor in person.

New spot from Ab5trax for XBOX - "The Ultimate Weapon"! "We wanted to pay tribute to all the great sci-fi epics, but reverse The engineering... All the 3D modeling and animation were created in-house done in Maya."

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

Eli, no! - Beautiful children's book that tells the story of a trouble making dog named Eli.

Darcel Disappoints ~ adorable illustration blog showing life through the eye of Darcel...

Francesco Castiglione Morelli and Tommaso Ceschi presented Epson two final concepts for a new home printer: new Epson stylus px700w and px800fw have been developed by Epson Design Center starting from these two ideas.

International Spy Museum: DENY EVERYTHING! Here's a peek at some of the branded goodies we found ~ the shot glass looks like it has a one way mirror on it...

Zipper platter will have you come undone! Interesting pieces by ceramic artist/designer Lilach Lotan, of British Columbia, Canada.

LA street artist, Buff Monster will be releasing a small number of the long-awaited 10-inch Teddy Troop figures. The production quality is amazin!

As a student project Mathew Zurlinden designed a birdhouse made from a cinder block.

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

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

New York City will soon be updating its streetlamps with new super-efficient LED units that stand to reduce the city's power usage by 25-30 percent.

Portland Monthly has just declared Portland the beardiest city in the U.S. While you may be sighing "duh", there are some great photos of beards around town worth checking out.

Cameron Moll designed this crazy letterpress poster of the Salt Lake Temple using bazillions of tiny letters to create the image.

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!

Photos of the Parra x Toykyo collaboration. Belgium based Toykyo produced one of Parra's most unique characters to a 1:1 statue...

A wine case that turns into a lamp that turns into recyclable waste.

Victoriana Iron Coat Hook - 5-prong, 15-hook coat rack ~ love how versatile it is, from accommodating 15, to 3...

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!

The SKiN seating collection has won the “Best of the Best” award at this years Red Dot Design Awards. The collection was designed by french architect, Jean Nouvel, for Molteni & C…

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