Meet The Beckers: Audi launches a hilarious web series of dysfunction

subway-life: antonio jorge gonclaves draws people on subway trains in 10 cities around the world for 3 weeks in each city.

American sculptor Tara Donovan has transformed huge volumes of everyday items into stunning works of phenomenal impact. Amazing exhibition at the Boston ICA

the wooden queen is a concept proposal for a fully articulated wooden action figure by Mani Zamani

Jonas Buntenbruch created DONE as his "personal daily design workout for 2008". Each piece was created in 30 to 60 minutes. I wish I were so disciplined...

Lights by Piet Hein Eek at the London Design Festival 2008.

The Sitscape by Hackenbroich Architekten is a custom seat that transforms across its span to accommodate a range of relaxation positions.

Mortimer Bust Candle by Thomas Grünfeld - love this sculpted candle of a bust. It would be perfect on top of a fireplace mantel.

This is really design with attitude! This shopping bag was designed by Thomas Wilder, for a baby store named Rockin Rattle!

Very beautiful furniture design from Matthias Pliessnig. Made from steam-bent white oak.

OSA was comissioned to build a temporary structure to inhabit the roof of The Blade Factory.

Mitchell Feinberg is a fashion photographer creating "luxury still lifes". I love the abstract and conceptual nature of his photographs.

Ni No Kuni: The Another World is an upcoming Nintendo DS video game set for release in 2009 in honor of game developer Level5's 10th year anniversary. The entire game will be animated by Studio Ghibli. Watch the trailer...

A glass and light memorial for chilean women by oficina de arquitectura. Gorgeous photos by Cristobal Palma.

The amazing photographs that show the world's most famous landmarks replaced by cheap souvenirs.

Design House Stockholm ~ Spin Stoneware by Marie-Louise Hellgren ~ just saw these in person, and its such a gorgeous set ~ mug, saucer, and stirrer ~ perfect for tea and coffee, comes in pairs!

Kikkerland Molecular Massager = Massager + Shiny + slightly geeky? I totally want one!

LABBIT BEADED RING - a playful accessory for halloween... part of the Kidrobot by TARINA TARANTINO Collection

Generosity: Modern Branding is Learning To Give Instead of Take - great presentation by Fallon's Director of Brand Innovation, John King, talks at Barkley's Creativity Symposium. Must see videos!

Jeroen Wesselink's My Deer is a fascinating product ~ its a fully functional simple modern stool... and when not in use, hang it on the wall, and it looks like a deer head!

Tokujin Yoshioka's Venus - "Natural Crystal Chair" ~ is an incredible chair that is crystallized over time on a polyester elastomer skeleton ~ see pics of the process!

Normann Copenhagen ~ upcoming launch Oct 17th! Plane is designed by Ole Søndergaard and comes in 3 colours and 3 sizes. See the video of it being designed!

ORIANA is a chaise lounge in wood - very wide and comfortable, ORIANA is made by a veil of wood where it's the design that creates relaxation (literally!)

Political Pumpkin Carving Templates ~ and for those who are confused, i consider politics personal/private and not NOTCOT business (but please vote) ~ and we are about what is creative and interesting to see!

eBoy's limited edition signed Blockbob Eater toys are so cute! and so very eBoy!

Super tempted by this Tekura ThermoMasseur Bath from BainUltra ~ love the wood/white combo

Jeremy Levine's Design for under-floor concealed office storage

Savy new phone by Novia Scotia. [Editor's Note: This is an advertising ruse launched by Nova Scotia's Come To Life tourism campaign]

Don't Shoot the Puppy ~ the game play of this little flash game is genius (and no it's not a joke, you really can pass the first level) - also the animations are adorably simple

Typecuts' Volvox Typeface specimen is beautiful! See them all! By Andreas Tinnes

World Machine is a tool for creating realistic terrains used by artists, game developers, and visual effects studios worldwide. The new version, World Machine 2, is now available with many additional features.

Amazing new 3D sketching application for intuitively drawing complex 3D curves very quickly. The video demo made my mind explode.

Love musician, Josh Pyke's giant guitar boat!

Collabfinder ~ a new resource to find collaborators for your next project!

A Brazil newspaper features font drawings of Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and James Dean

Revisions Design Studio specializes in custom translucent porcelain lighting. Their latest commission adorns the entryway of the new John and Melissa Besse Art Gallery in Northern Michigan.

Tamara Kaye-Honey is an inspiring interior designer from Los Angeles.

RAFFAELLA BRUNZIN 4WINDOWS - A project by I Love Tourism, the Bevilacqua La Masa Book Shop. [Editor's Note: See the other three windows with Freitag, Imegadito, and ox studio - very cool stuff!]

Pretty looking new PS3 video game called Gomibako (Trash Can) that uses realistically breakable garbage as pieces in a Tetris-like stacking game.

IKEA's Big Blue 59 cent Bag now has a MINI! Here are some pics of the new 49 cent mini totes with the same double strap designs...

What happens when an alien crashes with her spaceship turns into a Space Odissey in this photoshoot by Jean François Campos

Hunter is a very young artist who just updated his blog with this "new spin on the old tradition of hanging up sneakers on power lines" ~ filling them with dirt and flowers... Pretty clever!

Melissa Haslam. Beautiful artwork by emerging Australian artist.

A colloboration between Chris Hand, The Future Laboratory and KithKin. The Trend Generator is the only software tool any trend researcher really needs.