Really nicely designed handmade journals from WienerPapp.

Gorgeous, conceptual fashion photography by Phillip Toledano.

Pizzerias, in close proximity to large college campuses, were supplied with Economist-branded pizza boxes. Each one reinforces the “Get a world view” platform with a pie chart that applies to pizza consumption.

Beautiful pictures from Jakob Hunosøe.

b720 architects unveiled the design for the future World Trade Center at Igualada, Spain.

300 love letters.

Acrylic on canvas painting by Rodger Roundy. 48"w x 60"h. Allegory about celebrity princesses.

New animated video for "My Brightest Diamond"

6 West Design created this bottle for USB wine - due to TTB/Cola regulations, new wineries can't use the term "Port" (to protect Portugal's geographic indication). The packaging playfully incorporates words that imply the missing word (im____ant).

A touching story about the strongest earthquake in human history (1960, Chile). Consider this a gift for all Spanish readers in NOTCOT! Video produced by Constanza Justiniano y Tomás Velásquez.

Check out these new illustrations for The Belief Factory, a great satire of our ways of life. I just love them...

Floater by designer Soengyong Lee - This unique ladle does not sink under water because of the empty ball and handle part. You do not even need to lean the ladle on a pot as well.

Michael Traister saw a lot of interesting characters at a funky downtown coffeeshop, and made "100 Faces of Izzy's". All of the portraits are now hanging on Izzy's wall. All of Traister's work is great, though.

Mount Silo is a house in the shape of a... silo. By Gigaplex Architects.

Wall art in a training center of a very important bank in Lima, Peru.

Paul Villinski's Emergency Response Studio is a totally self-sufficient traveling artist studio outfitted with solar panels, a wind turbine, non-toxic furnishings, and plenty of space to create.

MP3/video Boom Box. With the 9999 Boom Box you bring the fun!

Michael Geertsen's Closely Separated Vase for Muuto. Inspired by a stack of dishes, the vase is available in white and yellow. A visual reminder of the beauty in disharmony.

What do you get when you put the London based band Broadcast 2000's song "Get Up and Go" in the hands of Jordan Clarke. You get an absolutely stunning visual experience.

Packaging for Oloves, by Cowan - clever little design for pitted olives on the go!

Tom Sachs brings Hello Kitty to the Eiffel Tower!

This is one poster from a list of 20 Amazing Movie Posters. The list has a lot of really cool posters on it.

Nice print from Leo Burnett Argentina

I was in Chicago with Volkswagen and saw the 2009 CC - the experience included a 20-course dinner at molecular gastronomy restaurant Moto, and a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio!

Martha's alternatives to the standard jack-o-lantern.

Johnston Marklee & Associates designed this house on a hill in the Pacific Palisades in California.

Great shelf design by Amsterdam based product designer Martin Sämmer. The transformer-shef has the ability to continuously change and evolve to meet your storage and shelving needs.

A yummy idea - Chocolate Mail stamps by Toby Ng Design - they come in dark, milk and white chocolate flavors.

mannequin moustaches: an interesting look at an odd industry most of us would never think about...

Free downloadable halloween cards by illustrator Samantha Hahn.

The Equinox represents the exact time when the Sun is positioned directly over the Earth's equator. Equinox also represents the classic and the modern aesthetics put together.

Unboxing the Asus EeePC 901 ~ i'm trying out this whole "netbook" trend to give it a fair chance ~ see how tiny it is on my tower of laptops i rounded up? (that's my 15" mbp on the bottom! and G1 on top!)

Henk Hofstra returns to Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a new piece, Carcreditcrisis. Live from Ahoysquare, Henk spread and painted twenty cars, one in blue and nineteen in red to symbolize the worldwide credit crisis.

Amazon Windowshop has "taken out the text and created an immersive experience to help you lose yourself in exploration". The navigation is mainly keyboard based with a heavy layout emphasis on video, audio and imagery.

Hard Graft has some new leather/felt goods focused on my favorite pocket theme! See close ups of their new wallet and keyholder, as well as new laptop sleeve designs!

Unleash your ferocious oldschool combo on your unsuspecting opponent and watch him slide all the way to K.O. Ten high quality limited edition hand pressed badges featuring a mix of arcade buttons for showing off your oldschool combos.

A fine collection of anti-alcohol posters from soviet propaganda era.

Promotional packaging

Pretty gift wrap - a collaboration between rifferaff and Black Pearl Press.

Russian based ONY designed the packaging for Comtech's light bulbs.

Loving My Paper Crane's Ginger-skeleton cookies!

Wow even North Face is getting in on the iPhone/touchpad fingered gloves bandwagon... with grippy silicone palms even!

The new HP Mini 1000 Netbook is pretty damn cute ~ and starts at $399 ~ but for $500ish it sounds like a pretty powerful little pc

If you spend the same amount of time we do designing then these tools should be part of your DNA. Limited edition metallic hand pressed badges featuring a designer's best friends.