Trees are the people too!

Ikea jumps on the porcelain and wood trend with a new line of kitchen accessories ~ this one is the Celeber by Anna Lerinder ~ a soy sauce pourer with lid and base

Smart : Slim Poster. “Fits Everywhere” by Jung von Matt

A colorful social housing complex in Slovenia by OFIS arhitekti

The Kegstand is a new design concept just in time for the summer.

A brilliant collection of creative retouching pieces by Electric arts

This is a DIY kit version of Coactlab's Kelvin Slider Bent Ply LED Lamp. It comes with everything you need, even the heat gun for bending the plywood!

Hailing from Finland Saksi specializes in illustrations, photo manipulations, and graphically design art pieces.

The Ford Company created an ingenious campaign where a Ford Focus car is dismantled and the parts are transformed into musical instruments played by an orchestra of real musicians

A View From The Top: Burj Dubai

agnés b. is way more than just a cool lowercase French fashion label. She's a movie producer, florist, chocolatier, restaurateur, publisher, philanthropist, gallery owner and more. The whole story. Even what the 'b" stands for!

Colorful and retro looking packaging by Stockholm based Amore for Swedish dairy producer Skånemejerier.

greenPIX is a media wall designed by Simone Giostra and ARUP, in Beijing. This curtain wall is powered by photovoltaic energy, and will feature video installations starting in May.

Swedish Next House has a very nice line of modern, wooden, prefab houses ranging from 15 square meters to 188 square meters. All of the houses come with big windows allowing the light to flow through the house. And oh, most of the houses have awesome porches!

UK-based designer Julia Lohmann is bringing kelp into a new design realm with Kelp Constructs - a collection of wonderfully tactile lighting designs.

Sorapot! This teapot we've all lusted after for 3 years is finally here ~ check out the unboxing! (as well as pics from the factory... this one is a true testament of how a design blog can help designers!)

Hand painted Russian Dolls used to promote Stolichnaya Russian Vodka in bars around Belfast.

Speakers, Projectors, Ambient lighting - all in the modular form of adorable gnome like creatures and trees for your outdoor spaces... NOTConcept 002 ~ the final renders!

Featured architectural design by Elie Gamburg in the eVolo's '08 Skyscraper Competition.

Andrea Innocent's (aka innocentgirl) work is an Australian's view on Japanese pop culture!

The world needs a tape like this | Campaign of Tesa tape | Hugo Chávez

Mail Call! Diesel sent over their "Jeans Chain" ~ the hefty shiny gold bling to hang from your belt loops with a vial of perfume inside... OR anything else you want to stash in the container. See the unboxing.

a tree becoming a chair, a hangcoat. Making an extension of hte furniture itself we discover a branch allow in us to use it.

Frida Kahlo's Studio an amazing dollhouse by Elsa Mora

UsTrendy is a forum for aspiring musicians, models, designers, and artists to showcase their work. Then fans decide what they like, and items get produced!

Polite In Public ~ Photobooths you can't do without for events. They will build mini sets complete with props, professional lighting and photography, live slideshows... everyone looks incredible!

Lime Studio’s coffee table looks impossible from the first angle. A metal coffee table exploring triangular shapes creating a piece of expressive furniture for the domestic interior.

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!

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

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.

Night skating was never this obvious before. Security will notice you coming from a mile away, they'll be blind by the time you get near them though, so it's all good. Photon Light Boards

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

The Chimera bC16 is a self-contained analog patch sound synthesizer packed into a case roughly the of a compact disc.

Fingertips is a typographic study by Jonathan Looman

Do you really knoWine?
You will.

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.

Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre - genius combinations of silhouettes on old painting visuals... they crack me up.

A house on San Juan Island in Washington State

Designed by architect George Suyama