FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes real birds that tweet, artwork created by pinball players, and an entire road that bounces.

Like my testicle dessert plate? Created using real human tissues, these bone china histology dessert plates are available in 4 different human tissue designs: Testicle, Liver, Thyroid, and Esophagus.

Perrier-Jouët pursues its collaboration with designers with the young London artist Claire Coles, in creating three bespoke embroidered designs to echo both the House style and the individual personality of its Grand Brut, Rosé and prestigious Belle Epoque cuvees.

Using fragments of vintage wallpapers, fabrics and scale, Coles produces layered botanical collages and creates bespoke handmade creations, transforming them into true works of arts.
Using Nature as a source of inspiration, the artist gave her own interpretation of Perrier-Jouët's Art Nouveau philosophy with a Je ne sais quoi touch of haute-couture design, which was then applied to a limited number of bottles.

The folding of a life-sized origami bear by artist and master carpenter Ian Montgomery.

Incredibly intricate glass smoking mask tribute to the Game of Thrones' Daenerys rising from the ashes. It is the highlight of the now-public body of work by glass pipe artist GingerELA.

Flashlight No. 01 by Gad Scott Tal is made with reclaimed wood from local dismantled dwellings. hand burnished using organic beeswax, leather and brass details. Commissioned by Headlands Center for the Arts, produced by Tauro.

Artist Gustav Metzger hooked his brain up to a 3D-carving robot while he thought about nothing.

FEATUREDThe Cockpit Arts' Christmas Open Studios filled with studio/shops stocked full of lovely things, the people who made them, mulled wine and mince pies! Not your typical London Christmas shopping!

Witty artistic and graphical interventions to be found at the new 25Hours Hotel Zürich West!

Frank Kozik William, Henry and Reginald by Arts Unknown - limited to 350 pieces.

Instabreakin - A beautiful photo series dedicated to artful breakdancing photos in beautiful settings.

Amazing illustrated fashion GIFs by the Dutch artist Tara Dougans

Paris-based Brazilian artists Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain turn sound waves And typographical experiments into geometric landscapes.

Ingarden & Ewý create a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków's Małopolska Garden of Arts.

The 'Future of Sports' by Photographer Tim Tadder and CGI/Digital Artist Mike Campau. Epic stuff from everyone involved.

Catherine Renee Dimalla's magazine design for Jeopardy Magazine, the undergraduate-run literary and fine arts publication of Western Washington University.

VIDEOMozaa is a colourful combination between domino and mosaic. It is the edge matching game that brings out the artist.

Yellow Submarine, will be released as a limited edition boxed set featuring five 50 x 70cm screen prints of the artwork from the famous Beatles film.

Colombian designer Garavato presents 'Micos' his sustainable chair.

"Bauble" Walnut Ornament designed Sara Huston and John Paananen, 2012, handmade for Branch by artisans in Portland, OR. 100% sustainable deadfall Oregon Black Walnut, screw eye, cotton cord.

HACHI Supply releases their first season of dog collars and leashes. Bringing together graffiti legends, illustrators, and fine artists, this series was designed by UPSO, Tristan Eaton, TADO, SEEN, and Dalek.

The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science, a gorgeous new book from Chronicle.

The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs, a copious collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine’s archives.

Snail Mail My Email, free service by volunteers who hand write, artistically interpret strangers’ emails, send the physical letters to intended recipients. Back for one week, from 11/12/12 in correspondence with the book’s release.

Amazing illustration project by argentine artist Diego Beyrò: ORGASM. In this artwork, Diego portrays people at the height of orgasm. Instead of the usual canvas, he uses the sheets, to be more in keeping with the topic!

Why the unbuilt visions of architect Lebbeus Woods matter.

Bernie Peyton Origami Artist and Bear Biologist! Stunning selection of work - he only folds creatures he's had interaction with!

VIDEOBeams of light across Philly's skyline converge and move interpreting voice messages in a luminous public artwork

MTA Subway Times Square Shuttle cars adorn top to bottom with KAWS artwork. Inspired by Dr. Suess, these cars are out to promote the introduction of the Thanksgiving Day Parade KAWS Companion Balloon.

Here is an animated GIFs series reinterpreting famous artworks from El Bocho, a Berlin based graffiti artist.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures includes Christmas in New York, martial arts in China and sunrise in the Aeolian islands.

3D wall butterflies by paper artist Jacqueline Jean of Hip & Clavicle.

Blik x Wrapped bring their Venice roots together to develop wall wraps based on Wrapped's line of artistic, custom wrapping paper.

Australian artist Paul Caporn creates large rubbery soft sculptures of construction vehicles.

Laughing Souls, hand painted Dia de los Muertos skulls by Brooklyn based artist Rebecca Johnson. Eccentric illustrations, traditional dedications, celebrate a spirit.

I Don't Believe in You Either, great bigfoot themed show from Office for 826 Valencia and 826 Boston at Bold Italic in San Francisco featuring local artists Dave Eggers, Lisa Congdon, Jessica Hische, Alan Dye, Erik Marinovich, and more!

Pac-Man Ghost, first concept for the Umbra Cross-Stitch installation project. 4 packs of Umbra's Cross Stitch wall decor on a 4'x4' panel over 5 days. This artwork was created with some blue and black spray paint over white stitches.

BioLite, makers of a combination camp stove + electronics recharger hit the NYC streets to serve tea and charge phones for flood victims.

Aquaovo Therm-O Terra - Ecothermal Glass Vessel that keeps things hot/cold and has a removable stainless steel tea strainer and silicone splash guard.

VIDEOArtists Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher create an indoor thunderstorm, called Symphony in D Minor at the Skybox gallery, Philadelphia

Handcrafted by artisan auto mechanics at Legacy Classic Trucks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming these classic Dodge trucks get a complete overhaul and can be custom ordered.

FEATURED#GoVOTE !!! The #GoVote Campaign is a non-partisan artist driven project that runs through election day. Hundreds of artists are tweeting and adding original works to tumblr and pinterest with the hashtag #GoVote.

Absolut Exposure - the latest Traveler's Exclusive sounds delicious - Honey Melon and Lemongrass. Swedish artist Johan Renck has photographed actress and supermodel Lydia Hearst guised in a number of different “personas”.

Israeli designer Ofir Zucker in collaboration with origami artist Ilan Garibi, has created the Palmas concrete origami vase collection for Talents Design.

Incredible art installations made from ordinary toilet paper by artist Sakir Gökcebag.

Nous Vous and Studio Weave's Ecology of Colour in Dartford, Kent is a colorful building in the Ecology Island in Dartford's Central Park.

Daniel Kukla's Captive Landscape series, capturing the artificial environments of zoo enclosures.

From urban planning to sculpture, passing by fashion and design. In one word: versatility. A difficult card to play without the mix of engineering competences, instinct for experimentation and visual sensitivity of Daniel Widrig.

Intricate illustration by Victoria Foster in memory of the extinct Passenger Pigeon for multimedia arts & conservation crew Ghosts of Gone Birds. Ghosts Brighton opens November 1 at ONCA Gallery.

SAHN Helmets collaborated with artist Chairman Ting to create a limited edition helmet featuring a new custom graphic, in an exclusive matte grey.

Sugar Glass - Sweet, sugary and light: Discover the sweet and exciting world of Fernando Laposse, an industrial designer turned into sugar glass artist

Angela Palmer's incredible scientifically and anatomically inspired artwork. She creates beautiful pieces from drawing or engraving details from MRI and CT scans onto multiple sheets of glass.

Timer for Advent Candle - countdown to Christmas.

"It’s easy to always desire more when you don’t have to sacrifice anything in exchange for it". Adrien Petrucci (1988) introduces his collection "Reformed Objects", presented at the 2011 Graduation Show of the Design Academy of Eindhoven.

Rings, a series of stools inspired by natural tree rings for Artek by Nao Tamura.

VIDEOAIAIAI presents the Sound Taxi, which is equipped with microphones that record it's surrounding noise. As it made it's way through the streets of London, a specially designed software program inside the vehicle converted the noise into unique music in real-time.

Love these kids Halloween costumes of Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, and Vincent Van Gogh.

Wired on the art of anatomical models made from glass. Beautiful slideshow!

Trick or Treacle! Design Bridge has created limited-edition Halloween packaging for Lyle’s Black Treacle that turn into light-up pumpkin heads.

Tactile Studio - Artist and theater prop maker Rachel Dein specializes in preserving the ghost impressions of flowers and objects in quadrants of plaster. She describes her results as 'fossils from everyday life'.

PopSci on spontaneous combustion.

This year's edition of the vintage glögi 'Loimu' from Lignell & Piispanen is here, with a tasty hint of arctic bramble, the jewel of the arctic forests. Packaging of this artisan product is designed by Trust Creative Society.

Artifact Uprising - Turn your instagram images into a book.

Take a look inside the upcycled headquarters of TerraCycle.

'Spaceship Heart' sculpture exihibition by the designer Noa Haim in Madrid - Spain.

Swedish fashion designer Mina Lundgren creates a dialogue between the feminine silhouette and the shape of the cube, resulting in experimental collection "The Cube".

Yellowism: Interview with the Rothko Vandals.
Don't Panic gets an exclusive interview with the group who defaced a £50 million painting last week at the Tate Modern last week.

A collection of paint spots by french artist BL67.

VIDEOArtist Etsuko Ichikawa draws with fire in 2100°/451°, a spellbinding film by Alistair Banks Griffin for The Anthropologist.

Italian installation artist Esther Stocker creates stunning geometric environments that can often be explored by the viewer.

The gorgeous offices of Assemble in Melbourne.

Mizushima City Stamps, a set of stamps that allow you to create a city complete with park benches and streetlights.

Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow created a series of tools that revisit humanity's oldest artifacts in a modern context

'Iceland' graphic work by the Icelandic graphic artist Siggi Eggertsson.

VIDEOTai Chi / 5 video artworks for the Framed digital art display created using the movements of a Tai Chi Master.

Wooden cake sculptures by artist Greely Myatt.

What's the only thing that could make buying gin more exciting? Having the packaging light up in your hand …

VIDEOShwood Eyewear pays homage to some of Portland's most innovative crafters, artists, builders, writers, and designers that inspire the experimental makers in us all.

'Before The Rain' retrospective exhibition about the London designers from Random International in the Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto's fun exhibition at Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo is an amazing hanging canopy that visitors can walk along and get great views of central Tokyo.

London-based artist Marc Hagan-Guirey has created a highly interesting series called Horrorgami, papercraft artworks dedicated to those haunted houses we all grew up watching.

A look inside The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson and illustrated by Golbanou Moghaddas. It captures real creatures that are more bizarre than the fictitious creatures of medieval bestiaries!

South African artist Kronk serves up 'The Saddest Summer Ever' skateboard for the AIGA Colorado Bordo Bello 2012 exhibition. Available for a limited time only by way of bidding on eBay, all proceeds to affiliated charities and programs.

Brazilian artist Geraldo Zamproni's large-scale inflatable red pillows get squeezed under the most unexpected places. This week there's one in NYC as part of the Art in Odd Places festival.

Ben the Illustrator has released The Fluid Animals Calendar for 2013, bringing together twelve of his most popular fluid animal artworks.

Limited artprints with rust from iconic objects, like the Mercedes 220S, printed on shirts. They come in a nice picture frame package. All prints are handmade in Stuttgart, Germany. (Ed. Note: see the videos of the process!)

Studio visit and interview with spray paint artist Casey Gray.

Princeton Artist Brush Co.'s Catalyst Silicone Blades - somewhere between a brush and a palette knife, perfect for painting and food crafting (they are made of FDA-approved silicone) - also see the wedges!

David de la Mano and Pablo S. Herrero have collaborated in Norway and created these profiles of people and trees on buildings.

I recently had the chance to chat with conceptual designer, Joe MacCarthy. It's rare that a concept designer delves into the world of footwear, but when someone with Joe's skill level and imagination does, chaos is sure to ensue.

Brooklyn/New York-based tattoo-artist Amanda Wachob draws tattoos that look like blurs of colors or splattering paint.

The Waldorf project is an art performance by artist Sean Rogg, genre-defying, pan-cultural production – fusing theatrical performance, visual arts, contemporary choreography & staging with haute cuisine & finest rare wine.

Line images by Bloomers/Schumm with Hidden Content.

'Obey : The Print Show' an exhibition by art gallery Rue de Beauce in Paris, France.

Created in celebration of the Day of the Dead tradition, this sugar skull print is uniquely printed in shining gold ink. designed by London-based medical illustrator Emily Evans.

Known for his outsized rubber duck and giant rabbit among others, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's latest installation in the French city of Angers features a pair of multicolored giant slugs!

At the latitude of Vénda des Cap de Barbariain on the island of Formentera, Spain, residence Can Manuel d'en Corda restored by Marià Castelló Martìnez and Daniel Redolat.

Love Vs Design collaboration with photographer, Max Wanger, leads to a beautifully new fun collection of Save the Date cards launching today!

LOOK! Awesome new NYC DOT (Dept of Transportation) campaign to make the streets safer for cyclists ~ including stickers on cab windows!

How a sundew snatches its insect prey. First, 18 6-millimeter-long 'tentacles' flick the prey to the center of the leaf; then another set of tentacles covered with glue draws it deep into the fold of the leaf where it is digested.

VIDEONew Cobra Linocut from Danish artist Jacob Dahlstrup. Timelapse video of the process.

Beautiful concept magazine for Finlandia Vodka.

Zoos welcome a new Malayan tapir, this time Artis Zoo in the Netherlands. Incredible how different their patterns are!

Cafe el Mar is a small ecological store in Lavapies neighborhood in Madrid. Located in what was once a hairdresser, the facade has remained. The interior keeps a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Philipp Artus' animation SNAIL TRAIL just premiered at Cartoon Brew's online festival.

The Louvre’s Arts of Islam “Magic Carpet” Canopy Prepares to Take Flight

The Swiss village of Romainmotier has an annual book fair for used or old books. Those 'left behind' are used by artist Jan Reymond to create magical landscapes through the village.

2-(y-b)2 = r2, a great new series from Thomas Brown and Lightning + Kinglyface “creating the most perfect, imperfect circles, embracing improbability, chaos and letting the world around us disturb mathematical perfection to make beauty.”

VIDEOThe Cure For Greed: 5ml crimp-sealed serum vial containing one dose of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency.

It's Nice That takes a peek at The Roundel: 100 Artists Remake a London Icon to be published by Art on the Underground and Art / Books.

ArtYou Urban Art Basel is one of the largest and most established urban art exhibitions in Switzerland.

KamerMaker, large scale, mobile 3D printer to print architecture 'on demand', unveiled by Dutch architecture firm, DUS.

São Paulo is the new home to a great new wine and champagne bar called Mistral designed by Studio Arthur Casas.

Fascinating photos of the architecture of prisons and opera houses from David Leventi.

Incredible mysterious geometric patterns on the sandy ocean floor! They're not created by a human, but an unexpected underwater artist, a puffer fish!

Sing! Karaoke Kiosk is a multilingual karaoke booth designed by Urban Republic Arts Society.

London artist Death Spray Custom drops some optical illusion patterns on an Arai auto racing helmet

'Literature versus traffic' by Luzinterruptus designers for the 'Light in Winter' festival in Melbourne - Australia.

Stunning geometric artwork by Francesco Lo Castro.

'Put a Bird in It' installation of birdhouses around Portland, with contributions by 75+ artists. The birdhouses will be auctioned off during Design Week Portland with proceeds going to art and music education.

Stool 60, a classic by Alvar Aalto was released 80 years ago Artek. Now there is an anniversary edition and they look adorable.

World maps by human populations, an interesting perspective created by Antoine Paccoud for the LSE Cities Project.

Pop Sci take a look inside The Nature Conservancy's artificial bat cave designed specifically to meet the needs of wild bats.

Fabulous Noble connects people who want to commission a truly personal piece of art with established illustrators and artist.

'Empire', an exhibition of new paintings by New York artist Martin Wittfooth opens this Saturday at the Corey Helford Gallery.

Peugeot's Onyx concept car will debut at Paris motor show later this month. The car is made from carbon fiber, copper, and even paper wood. It is powered by a 680hp diesel hybrid engine.

Water-repellent balls that make water boil without bubbling! Based on The Leidenfrost effect.

Luna is a day-bed concept by the french designer Stéphane Garreau.

See the incredible Paper Sculptures by Benja Harney at Sydney's Queen Victoria Building.

Hiroshi Fuji's exhibition in Tokyo recycled more than 50,000 used and discarded toys collected over the past 13 years into artworks and an interactive space.

Skatepath, a collaborative and artistic approach for visualizing covered distances by skating, from Moritz Resl and Paul Sommersguter.

Saatchi Gallery unveils an extraordinary Collection of Artist-designed Chessboards ~ here's the one from Barbara Kruger, see the collection in the slideshow.

Target unleashes 'Dog Balloon Lamp', baiting Jeff Koons.

Mash Creative's really useful poster.

Different Strokes: Double-Handled Oddity Puts a New Spin on Racket Design at the U.S. Open

OriginalFake, a collaboration between Medicom Toy and New York artist Kaws, presents two collaborative Fragrance Room Tags with Japanese brand retaW.

The Movement Pop Up Cafe, a temporary cafe and performance space built next to the DLR station in Greenwich, South East London.

VIDEOStreetpong is a concept about playful urban interactions by Sandro Engel and Holger Michel.

Experimental Demolition? Discover the Explosives Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

A look at the University of Florida's Lightning Research Lab.

Albert Elbaz, artistic director of Lanvin collaborate with the famous Parisian pastry Ladurée to create a limited edition macaroon set.

Spanish artist Alicia Martin's latest book sculpture pours out of the Meermaano Museum in the Hague as part of this year's Paper Biennial.

Axiom & Simulation - A new project examines the ways in which humans quantify and explore our surroundings by comparing artistic, scientific, and digital realism. By photographer Mark Dorf in Skagaströnd, Iceland.

The impressive Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical Garden.