Black messenger bags that are sleekly designed and ridiculously packed with features! Latest ones coming from Incase ~ with "faux fur lining", removable laptop sleeves, molded skate bumpers and more.

Vosges' Chocolate has a $375 gift set: Chocolate and the Nose: The Sensory Collection. Chocolates from 15 countries, 42 aromas, guidebook, flavor wheel, notebook, and a blindfold!

Sterling silver ring with built-in microphone that works! From AnalogueAesthetics.

Watch the wax drip like egg yolk with these candle holders by Michelle Mason

Fascinating exhibit ~ “Seventy Years of Penguin Design” at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath - i love seeing all the old book covers and the evolution of the Penguin book logos!

Blade heating radiator design by Peter Rankin
Photo: Luca Tessarin
Concept : Alberico Crosetta, Luca Tessarin

Ross McBride's computer tower faces concept gives PCs a personality.

Ridiculously cute claymation video with a little monster guy for the Weepies "World Spins Madly On"

Prps Jeans founder, Donwan Harrell, discusses premium and luxury denim - and offers denim distressing tips using forty dollars, some sandpaper, and a can of spray starch.

The Royal Mail has issued a new set of stamps featuring James Bond covers through the decades: the 50s ones are much the best

And from our first few months of NotCouture ~ here are 100 of the most popular posts from NotCouture for 2007! Mmmmm shoes, bags, and coats sure seem to be popular.

A refreshing take on eco-friendly furniture design. Landfills are the new green. Restores by Max McMurdo

Gift Guide Day 9 ~ Reusable Shopping bags, after having researched SO many, here are our favorites and unexpected pics, as well as some woody accessories to go with!

Fingertips is a typographic study by Jonathan Looman

Do you really knoWine?
You will.

WiiLightsaber!!! aka "Wii Light Sword"

my 20inch custom dunny for miami kidrobot grand opening event:)

Light emitting wallpaper - beautiful and interesting design concept.

We are all made of meat! And so are some of our iconic objects, according to Italian artist Simone Racheli. Here's the chair, but don't miss the other objects

cd packaging that unfolds to reveal a dollhouse complete with detailed interiors, a fold in roof, the cd as the feature shag carpet rug and popup characters of the band you can snap off and place inside.

Great coverage of 100% Tokyo at Designboom ~ check out the new products by CONF ~ this webcam has a case for the cables, and even uses the opening to mount on your monitor

My favorite monkey assassins now come blood spattered!

An imaginary world of pop-up wild beasts feature in this vivid new animation by The People's Republic of Animation. It is the first chapter in a series of six 'supershort' films for Mitsubishi Lancer and Sony Tropfest.

oPtion$ ~ the secret life of steve jobs - a parody by fake steve jobs. We just got our copy... and the cover is all reflective... to see yourself in!

It's clear Paris is the City of Light... Enjoy this video of light graffiti - Paris By Light by Mehdi Idir (Manifeste Productions) and Marko9

Even Method (yes the gorgeously packaged cleaning guys) are getting in on the reusable shopping bag action... this one is free with 20$ purchase, and has some fun typography going on.

Shortlisted entry for the Premio Vico Magistretti : Living Simplicity in Design competition. by Christopher de Beer @ The Empire Collective

found this at slashdot... a self-tuning les paul. i can feel my laziness kicking in... i want one!

Fly Shelf by Matteo Ragni ~ floating shelves by day ~ projector screen by night!

creative stickers for lamp shadow ~ by Ugly Home

Cocoon sleeping bag? Interesting concept by John Moriarty ~ i do worry about what happens when a bear finds you though... pinata?

Discover the work of Corbusier, through the Chapel of Ronchamp, unique religious building by its form and its will of dialogue between monk and architecture.

Stereography is still very interesting today! This Flickr member deserves noticing (view the large version of the images to see the full stereographic effect)

Aluminium placemat - take the components out of the middle, slot the together and you have a face to face nightlight holder. By David Louis

THIS people is precisely why i am attempting (mildly successfully) to be on vacation - "Legally required paid annual leave around the world, in days."

Asymptote Architecture is developing a signature 50-story residential tower now under way in the United Arab Emirates.

So many fingerless gloves, so little time. These are just some of the ones I found today! Personally I like the black ones by Generra (check out the post on notcot.com to see 'em!)

Space shuttle endeavor launches at 3:36 to day. watch it live on nasa tv

Great work by brazilian designer and fashion star Mauro Ramalho. Everything looks sweet and the video explanations are a cool touch. Check it out!

Man in a box.
The latest work by wladimiro bendandi

The infamous Citizen Citizen Coke Spoons of Tobias Wong and Ju$t Another Rich Kid get into SFMoMa.

The new Paris hilton autopsy sculpture with removable life-sized organs, glass and cell phone in hand - by Daniel Edwards. Yes, he is the one who made the Britney Spears on-all-fours-giving-birth statue

Retaining minimal design elements from the original site, FormatMag.com has been redesigned to accommodate features, news, and navigation in an enhanced user friendly, sleek, colorful, new website.

Ever wanted to make your own movie? These two guys are putting together a free, online film school out of their own garage. Anyone can make movies nowadays.

The Earth Rubik Cube - Rubik Cube for geographers.

Nathan Sawaya's first solo Lego exhibition at the Lancaster Museum of Art. [first seen in #3439]