Furniture artist John Galvin's work highlights the beauty of wood.

South African artist Kronk and Kidrobot bring us a 15" monster piece of vinyl called Dweezil Dragon. Available in two colorways from the 23rd August.

Neighborwood maps by Hyperakt and Aymie Spitzer. Beautiful.

Great calendar from Gifted Co, collective of artists, designers and illustrators working together on creative product ideas.

Meet 10 newly discovered amphibian species!

Michael Bambino's Tambour Table, a personal computer table whose tabletop can be gently pushed away to reveal power, usb connections, and compartments that allow the user to store items or quickly clear the table surface.

Doraemon date of birth is on September 3, 2112, means that this year is the start of the hundred year countdown to his birthday! Harbour City (Hong Kong) hosts the “100 Years Before the Birth of Doraemon” Exhibition.

Chromjuwelen Motor Öl is custom tailored for classic engines operated only a few months per year. Made by people with a passion for classic cars for people with a passion for classic cars.

The Agri-Cube from Japan’s Daiwa House Industry is a system which can grow up to 10,000 heads of lettuce per year, but small enough to fit in a parking-space.

A visit to where Arduinos are born! The circuit boards are made in Scarmagno, Italy, a small town near the Olivetti factories on the outskirts of Torino.

Design practice 24° Studio linked together hundreds of hollow paper stars to line a tunnel and stairway in Santorini, Greece.

The alarming Mapping Arms Data visualization created by Google using information from the UN Statistics Division’s Commodity Trade Statistics Database (CoMtraDe).

FEATUREDMONSTERS!!! Amazing super furry yeti like creatures in the F/W12 ad campaign for Mulberry... also take a peek at these Wild Things inspired guys on the catwalk, in the pool, as cupcakes and more...

46 Water Street, Vancouver by Omer Arbel.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes underwater aircrafts, water light graffiti and robotic Olympic cameras.

Funkleshop's Gullfuglen (The Golden Bird) Cushion- Multicoloured embroidery on a cream textile, dark grey backside with invisible zipper.

Four Square Table from Industry West ~ love the bold metal legs (available in a rainbow of colors!) in contrast with the teak top!

Gerber Steady Tool - equipped with an adjustable cell phone suction cup, screw-in camera mount and two foldable legs that serve as a tripod.

Leif.designpark’s Flower Cup Chair.

LuminAID is the world's first inflatable solar light. It can be used for emergency relief or a camping lantern.

Pracownia Architektoniczna POZNAŃ_PROJEKT in collaboration with mode:lina architekci design the main entrance to the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Poznań.

FEATUREDFollowing the great Montessorium Apps - comes two board books, Letter Work & Number Work, which incorporate the sand paper letters and numbers we start with in Montessori! Fun illustrations too!

The Desk by Christofer Ödmark

Dyson DC44 Animal ~ the latest update of the Dyson Handhelds (my favorite of the line that we use at NOTCOT all the time!)

Beautiful illustrations by Singaporean illustrator and graffiti artist Inkten Sufina

Nice minimalist new shelving from Vipp

Fathom and Form Spinal Cuff ~ spotted this piece on the founder, Carleigh, in Maggie Mason and Mai Le's post on Outside Lands fashion. 3d printed bronze infused stainless steel!

A Letter Opener Made of Old Letters from PLANT design studio. The blade is constructed from a fusion of 100% post consumer recycled paper and a clear, 100% water-based resin made using cashew nut shells!

The narrow and long container (8 by 40 feet) sits on a former light industrial site, which was cleared out and fully landscaped. It now serves primarily as a guest house to the client's main house on the same property. By Poteet Architects.

Zing Anything has Aqua, Citrus, Vodka, ad Salas Zingers - to easily infuse in your bottle!

2012 Olympic Games Illustrations by Charis Tsevis for Yahoo.

Samson Stools in a variety of heights and colors from Industry West

Wooden toys at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art designed by Permafrost.

A fun fleet of toy cars made from bottles by Martine Camillieri.

Taavi lounge chair from Loll designs.

Super cute Koala Macarons - filled with salted caramel and milk chocolate ganache

This full color 50x50 micron image has 100,000 dots per inch resolution. Each pixel in these ultra-resolution image is made up of four nanoscale posts capped with silver and gold nanodisks and the distance between them determines the color.

Lumadessa's Dog Collection of prints

The Damien Hirst designed flag of last night's London 2012 Closing Ceremony.

Nice packaging for Original Mineral Haircare

Adorable Tawny Frogmouth Chicks at Brookfield Zoo.

A Flyknit BE@RBRICK, Lunarlon skateboard and a Flyknit covered fixed wheel bicycle all sporting the striking Volt colorway part of the Nike Japan Innovation Hunt.

The name Sepii comes from the cuttlefish order Sepiidae, as a reference to the way the chair dances around on the floor when seated, having only three legs touching ground at the same time.

For the first anniversary of »onformative« the co-founders Julia Laub and Cedric Kiefer have designed a poster that visualizes their Skype correspondence over the last three years.

The Once and Future Boathouse. In Norway, architects dismantled a 19th century boathouse to create a new building with gull-wing-style wall of panels to open the space to the breeze.

Diabotube is a great pendant lamp by Frederic Julian Rätsch, a German designer. The wires delivering the power are flexible and allow the user to rotate the lamp itself.

The FoodMap Container, edible garden on wheels that can be moved easily as needed. From Santa Monica-based FoodMap Design, made with 100% post-consumer recycled food-grade HDPE (from curb-side recycled milk jugs).

Lowstack bench from Allt, ideas adapted to living spaces from sawmills, where structures are used to stack unfinished wood planks.

Abandoned, then found again. At Holkham Hall in England, a 19th century vinery is being rebuilt with support from English Heritage.

'63 Grad' is a foldable and space saving bench, a perfectly engineered piece of furniture with a clever idea. By Angelina Barkschat, Finn Blümel and Severin Arnold.

Bubble Tank Fish Tank by Psalt remind me of Lítill terrariums ~ beautiful, playful use of hand blown glass!

FEATUREDA peek at the sultry masked ladies of Miss Van's Wild At Heart solo show at Copro Gallery + the Citizens of Humanity collab tee given away at the opening.

BOBA POPSICLES?!?! Oh Joy! found Pearl Milk Tea popsicles at 99 Ranch - "Milk on one side and tea on the other with little tapioca {boba} pieces woven throughout."

VIDEOOyster Ring - Dhani Sutanto puts the RFID chip and antenna from an Oyster Card into a resin ring.

Orla Kiely for Method! Fun new limited edition bottles coming soon...

Giant 50 Euro cents by Theo Tveterås and Lars Marcus Ve - fun photographs of it around the street

VIDEOMIT’s Robust Robotics Group makes an autonomous robotic plane and demonstrates its capabilities by flying through a parking garage at over 20mph without hitting anything.

Plasma Nightlight!

FEATUREDTed Baker London unleashes Maids & Butlers to clean up NYC! From polishing subway poles, ironing maps, cleaning the bull on wall street, pouring tea for chess players, singing with the naked cowboy, poop scooping and much more! See the vid!

VIDEOThe Stellar Console Table by Jake Phipps is inspired by the natural attributes of amethyst geodes. 900 individually sized and angled mirror sections create an optical dispersion that breaks down the light and the surrounding environment.

Eliminator is a table lamp by Merve Kahraman which has different light sources in it. It uses paper as a curtain shade to the light on the top and the shredded papers as the nest of a new light at the bottom.

VIDEOThe _para_meter is a mobile device created by the innovation lab of Milla & Partner. The _para_meter will allow visitors of IdeenPark 2012 to connect with the digital world.

VIDEOPorsche Museum Secrets Part 1 and 2 is a story of a special project by Porsche to preserve the origins of the company and some of the most exciting and beautiful cars from its past.

VIDEOMeet Rick Klotz, the mastermind behind the new graphic tees collection by American Apparel.

Vintage home in Kiev from Ukrainian designers.

Ride Statewide, a screenprint to show off your bicycle appreciation no matter where you call home. Designed by Mike Rogers and printed by The Half and Half.

Oak&Rubber paper knife (Letter opener) by Itay Laniado.

Death, a webcomic by Omar ZahZah and Eliza Frye.

Yuken Teruya's trees made from paper bags at David B. Smith Gallery.

Anatomy prints from the 1500's.

VIDEOJohn Smedley: representing Great Britain. Follow the journey of a jumper from thread to finish in the oldest manufacturing factory in the world.

The Robinson Road house by Steve Domoney Architecture.

VIDEOA collaboration between British Electronic duo the Chemical Brothers and Crystal's three minute animated sequence for Velodrome.

FINALLY! Carnovsky for Blik magical RGB nature inspired giant wall sticker mandalas are here! Three complex layers in each, depending whether you have red, green, blue lighting/glasses you see different things!

German design studio Mango Design created the app 'be a bear' for VW. The app visualizes your actual speed in an illustrative way.

Lunchbook by Sebastiano Ercoli and Alessandro Garlandini - LunchBook is a recipe book made of paper dishes showing recipes from all over the world. Once a dish gets dirty, he can remove it and use the following dish.

Amazing sculptures at Gibb’s Farm sculpture park in New Zealand.

SwingPack (part of 01Mathery's idea a day for 100 days) - A swing made out of plastic wrap!

Limited Edition pillow from much loved Welsh artist Pete Fowler - welcome to Monsterism Island!

An impressive 1.8 million LEGO map of Japan.

Nice wood slingshot from Kaufmann Mercantile! Handmade from buckthorn branches. Suede projectile pouch is affixed to natural latex tubing with waxed sinew. Made in Minnesota.

Beautiful new dorms for the Royal Veterinary College’s Hawkshead Campus designed by HawkinsBrown.

FEATUREDDirty Burger (& Dirty Breakfast) pop up in a back alley behind Soho House, London. For now, London's latest burger joint is on the move, popping up across the city, but is getting ready to open a more permanent home at the end of August!

100 Best Bikes by Zahid Sardar celebrates the design and engineering of different kinds of bikes

Camp Victory, Nike's Olympic trial pavilion as a temporary exhibition at the University
of Oregon's Hayward Field.

Cool Hunting takes a peek inside the new LA store, GARDE. The owner, Scotti Sitz, loves to fill her store with things that are modern and natural.

“Signs, Fines & Cheap Wines” fits the character of Barcelona-based street artist Max “RIPO” Rippon. Studio visit as he prepares to open a new show at San Francisco's White Walls.

HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot-wide (almost 16 meter) parachute as it descended towards its landing site at Gale Crater.

VIDEOThe Evolution of GT-R from Nissan is an inspiring story of a small group of engineers competing in the the Nürburgring 24 hour endurance race.

Disorderly Merit Badge for Pleasure - it's the chemical structure for Dopamine! (There's also a Happiness badge that has seratonin on it)

Wow "Reddit, I spent countless hours tracing a dollar bill in Illustrator to make this engraving for my iPad. Vector file in comments!"

VIDEOThe Baffler! iPad app by Chris Yates is the digital version of 15 of his amazing puzzles. Each of his physical puzzles is unique and made by hand, and now you can race the clock putting them together on your iPad.

Looking back at these photos from the 1908 London Olympics reminds us how much has changed!

Jungle Bookmarks ~ that also help you pull books out of your bookshelf. Designed by DCell in Korea.

FEATUREDExploring the Gobi Desert, the wilderness of Antarctica and private safari lodges are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

Hedgehouse "Throw Beds" ~ a down and fiber filled cushion that’s the same size as a twin bed, weighing only 4lbs. The cushion is covered in a removable and washable linen or cotton cover and comes rolled up in a matching bag with a shoulder strap

Portrait of a former finnish ice-hockey player laser engraved on sausages. Portrait/design by Aapo Mattila. Engraved by the Laser Cut Studio in Helsinki, Finland.

Zippo's newest product; the 4-in-1 Woodsman is a 5 inch hatchet, mallet, stake puller, and bow-saw all together in a clever design.

This Cargotecture cabin is already in use as a guesthouse on a rural property near Seattle. A blend of industrial and nature

VIDEOMassimo Banzi, the creator of Arduino, shares a behind the scenes experience into what speaking at TED Global is like. (From what you get in gift bags, to where you can stand, to the hotel room and more!)

VIDEOVW teams up with the Discovery Channel to make a custom Beetle shark cage. The car drives on the floor of the ocean via propellers and is an awesome underwater advertisement for VW.

'Road Tattoo' in Chicago Honors Gay and Lesbian Troops

Designgoat's curated dinner in Dublin's Science Gallery was designed so each course would reflect a time or place in the city.

This fascinating spinning top by Alex Buckman lets you create beautiful images with its interchangeable different coloured tips. The glass plate allows you to see what you draw while you spin!

The BAR10DER, a modern, multi-tool for bartenders including the muddler, standard and channel knives, reamer, jigger, zester, stirrer, strainer, corkscrew, and bottle opener.

FEATUREDBeautiful birds in awkward positions, photographer Todd Forsgren captures birds traps in mist nets (think spiderweb fences) for research.

The 'Innovative Laser Device For Cutting Of Foodstuff', a winner of the James Dyson award by Andrey Kokorin is a laser knife that can cut your food in any shape.

Literary Jukebox, a daily quote from a favorite book, thematically matched with a song. Great side project from Maria Popova.

The Miura Hotel in Čeladná, Czech Republic by Labor 13 architects.

VIDEOThe Water Light graffiti system by Antonin Fourneau, a surface made of thousands of LED illuminated by the contact of water.

The Porthole by Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail design studio is a simple and beautiful infusion vessel that can be used for cocktails, oils, teas, or any infusion imaginable.

Beautiful Tea Houses in northern California by Swatt Miers.

Mermelada Estudio's Druida BBQ - stunning design, and lovely grill pattern

Albert - clock and mini showcase - by Sven Stornebel

RiceCube is a minimalist design commissioned by Wallpaper, and created by England-based designer Michael Elmgreen produced in collaboration with Christopher Hill of Solve3D.

Richard Branson's Necker Nymph is an underwater ‘aircraft’ that takes exploration under the sea to a whole new level. It can go down to as deep as 30 meters below the surface and can travel at speeds of up to 6 knots underwater.

Lapka is personal environment monitor that connects with your phone to measure, collect and analyze the hidden qualities of your surroundings. It measured the invisible world of particles, ions, molecules and waves.

Google animations portray the difficulties of media plan. [EN SUB]

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes Star Wars Thai Tea Ice Cream Sandwiches, Butterbeer jelly shots and Sriracha Rooster Sauce Lollipops!

The gorgeous holiday home, House on the Marsh in the Czech Republic by A1Architects.

Love the design (and colors!) of these Crate and Barrel Dansk Kobenstyle Casserole pots

A writer's studio tucked away in the woods of Ghent, New York by Cooper Joseph Studio.

VIDEOWatch a time lapse video of an ethereal glass landscape, Networktopia, being created over the course of 2 days in the Chrysler Museum Hot Shop. Beautiful piece by Kim Harty.

Peckham Space art gallery launches a new public artwork on Peckham Square. The Peckham Peace Wall by Garudio Studiage celebrates the post-it notes of love and respect for the area which grew on Rye Lane in the aftermath of the 2011 London riots.

Creative destruction takes on a new meaning with Art Academy Utrecht graduate Mianne de Vries' Curious Vase.

The EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects.

Air Tattoo from Logical Art is a collection of wearable art pieces for decorating body and clothes.

Taiwanese artist Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu took thousands of punched admission tickets from the Guggenheim Museum to create this artistic masterpiece.

Sagaform Self Watering Cone - an elegant variation of the cone where you fill your water bottle, screw it into the cone, and flip it into a potted plant to self water!

Yiu Studio's great packaging for Rivet & Sway is an online shopping boutique focused exclusively on women’s prescription glasses.

Potting Shed Creation's recycled wine bottle terrariums ~ growing horizontally with moss or sedum.

Toll's Toy, a push wheel, spinning toy and skipping rope from Drache&Bär (Grzegorz Cholewiak and Lena Hensel).

VIDEOGocen is a handwritten notation interface for musical performance and learning. The device lets you interpret written musical notation and play instruments simultaneously by converting the written notes into a playable sound.

Just spotted at Siggraph - DIYlilCNC just introduced the DIY CNC machine 2.0. This version gets bigger and better, allowing you to mill larger pieces faster.

Themis Prism Designed by Clara von Zweigbergk for Artecnica

A first look at Ernesto Neto's Latest installation for Nike's Flyknit Collective at London's 1948 space.

VIDEOFound the Shader Printer at Siggraph... lasers activate thermochromic ink, allowing the designer to color and draw on any 3d shape, and freeze it to erase and start over! Imagine the custom toy/commitment-phobe possibilities!

Amazon Lockers ~ instead of having things shipped to you, these have been popping up in grocery stores/drugstores/etc where you can pick up your package.

Demetriades + Walker Architecture's New York Boardwalk House.

FEATUREDBotanicus Interacticus by Disney Research at Siggraph. Turning plants into interactive sensors, demonstrated by their beautiful booth, letting you caress, grab, and poke their plants, creating visualizations in the magic mirror.

Six of Clover from the 'Fashion Playing Cards Series by Connie Lim.

'Happy Cut' assists in cutting a cake with the accurate number of pieces so that every body gets to go home happy.

'OBJECTIFY THIS: Female Anatomy Dissected and Displayed' is a group exhibition of paintings and illustrations featuring the underlying anatomy of the female body. September 7–29, 2012 at Design Cloud, Chicago.

Woods Bagot and several other international architects, raise public awareness about the role of the design and construction industry in the aftermath of natural disasters.