Paris vs NYC ~ adorable illustration series!

Top 10 Eindhoven Academy - The 10 worthiest projects of the Dutch Academy.

Leisurama is a documentary about a 1960's Macy's store that sold full-scale models of modern homes

The whole collection of the Taiwanese brand Yii created by Taiwan Craft Research Institute and led by Gijs Bakker.

"OSB Office" in Poznan by Paweł Garus and Jerzy Woźniak from design studio mode:lina. A low budget design using OSB panels for floor and furnitures.

Great concept of interior design and architecture for this skateshop "Mojito" in Reims, constructed in a former dental office.

Coming to DC this weekend? Here's your guide to sanity.

A master-work of typography by Joby Cummings, wherein each of the seven deadly sins are woven into the unmistakable likeness of a skull. The best t-shirt we know of for tracking how to avoid eternal damnation.

LOMO launch of the Sprocket Rocket camera.

Ecowasbal ~ an eco friendly designer object that is good for up to 1000 loads of laundry! And then it's recyclable!

Blink Now ~ a mini monitor add on with a blinking eye ~ that makes you blink more!

Tomb Burgers ~ be prepared to be ridiculously mesmerized by his beautiful animated gifs

The Glassbulb Light by OOOMS is a lamp shaped like a wineglass. This atmospheric lamp is the perfect lighting for those long romantic evenings accompanied by a nice Bordeaux. The LED’s inside will shine for over 30.000 hours.

Plera is a new suspension lamp designed by Enrico Zanolla and Andrea Di FIlippo. Pleara means funnel in Friulan, the language spoken in northeastern Italy.

"Dragonfly Love" is a new short film shot entirely on the Nokia N8.

Luxury fashion brand Dunhill collaborated with bespoke travel company Black Tomato to produce travel experiences that follow the route a store manager took in the 1930s from Paris to Kyoto.

This is a new wooden lounge chair from Robert Janson. Made of solid elm and steel welded legs, for a project at the School of Architecture, Lund University.

'Paul Belmondo Museum' by French architects Karine Chartier and Thomas Corbasson is a new contemporary museum located in a 18th century castle in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Cassina have reissued a small selection of furniture designs by Le Corbusier.

An awesome curtain made from an old billboard sign. Decorated Shade by Nick Rebeck.

Matching knife and cutting board set from Canoe. The cutting board doubles as a carrying case.

A way to upgrade the 11" Macbook Airs to 256GB! And a USB 3.0 adapter for easy system cloning or as a super usb key...

Behmann Mode is located in the small Austrian alp village of Egg. They have renovated and extended their store with the help of Bernardo Bader

Lawn and Leaf bags made of a biodegradable plant based polymer, dsolv bags will break down in compost piles. 100% Compostable

Electrolux has just unveiled its Vac From the Sea collection - a line of limited-edition vacuums made from plastic found in the world's oceans.

Singapore's Vanguard bikes make some mean custom bikes, no one the same as another.

Exclusive renderings of Design Glut's new jewelry line! The designs are amazing and they need our help to launch them!

Young designer Dik Scheepers graduated this year from ABK Maastricht, and 'Pieces of Π' is one of his most recent works.

Paper Airplane art print series by Justin Cooper

“Every Image has a Sound” is the slogan to an advertising campaign for Saxofunny (Sound Production Company). It was brilliantly designed and executed by DM9DDB.

Just released limited edition pick axe has a beautiful stained hickory shaft that sports a quilted muslin and suede grip. Good for both breaking rocks and hanging on your wall!

"Downtown From Behind" - Bridget Fleming's effort to document the eclectic cast of individuals who roam the 200-plus streets of Manhattan located below 14th street.

Tasty bite sized treats roundup of Tasteologie goodness as we count down for Halloween!

'The Ride' by Matt Taylor, also selected for the cover of IdN Extra 03: The New Twenties Book

Architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and artist Yukinori Yanagi re-imagined the degraded copper factory as a commentary on the budding of an industrial nation. The Inujima Art Project is heated and cooled by a ingenious passive system.

Famed for curating fabulously ‘Willy Wonka’ inspired events, this week Bompas & Parr are enacting every child’s wildest fantasies with their world-first, artisanal chewing gum micro-factory...

Noah Scalin at Skull-A-Day has discovered what's inside a jack-o'-lantern.

The Jackson Coat & Hat Stand was designed by Sean Dare for Dare Studio and was launched during the London Design Festival.

Stretching the limits between natural and artificial objects in order to raise the question where does the vase end and the flower start?

You won't miss any life-threatening damage on this bike helmet—it'll smell up the works to let you know it needs replacing.

20 Iconic Male Musicians Outfits by Everyguyed and Moxy Creative

Made of paper, paperboard and ropes, an elegant but funny collection by Ilvy Jacbos.

NeSpoon's 'urban jewelry' in Poland - beautiful pottery added to trees.

I Can't Find My Phone ~ a site to help you... find your phone!

Dwell Studio Transportation Multi Mobile designed by frazier & wing

Alison Thomas is right on with her San Francisco is for Carnivores poster

Love this! Puzzle Cookie Mould by Mizuguchi Nami.

Coffee Bench by Serwantka.Designed by polish designer, Karolina Tylka and produced in Poland.

Fowler Light Fixture by Greg Hatton, made from a canning jar and Bakelight fixture.

Hairy monster alphabet! Just in time for the halloween season. By Heather-Lynn Aquino.

Made Out Portugal is a creative platform for Portuguese designers living abroad. It is a platform that creates opportunities to show individual work in different fields of design.

"Ukiyo-e" by young french designers Grégory Marion, Laurianne Lopez and Florent Coirier. A sculptural and hanging flower pot for a floating interior garden.

5 unexpected things we at NOTCOT have learned about life through TED talks!

Great packaging by BDG for Tenneyson, a French absinthe.

Mazzo restaurant in Amsterdam from Concrete Architectural Associates.

Maine Mead Works in Portland, Maine make HoneyMaker Mead from 100% Maine wildflowers, honey and other local ingredients, aged with American Oak.

The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box! This is quite the limited-edition numbered "Collectors Edition" of 1000 that collects the 13 original scores they've done together...

Amazon launches Windowshop ~ a new way to browse the site via iPad app

Incase's iPad Travel Kit Plus! A plushy sleeve for your ipad ~ and a zip open section for all your cables/keyboards/etc and even comes with a handy stand!

CW Keller's Ply Furniture ~ "inventive modern furniture & design" is beautifully fluid.

Core77 has a look at Buro North's Tree Like Wayfinding Signage ~ which receives an AGDA Award!

Rubber Stamp and Letterpress Print by Jay Ryan for Tiny Showcase ~ it's like the print that keeps on giving!

There's something about Michael McDowell's hand made ceramic hanging air plant pods ~ lovely! And they remind me of tin can + string telephones.

How To Unlock the Airplane Lavatory Door from Outside

Amazing look inside the Lladrró factory outside Valencia - absolutely stunning to see how they are made and painted ~ over at MocoLoco!

NOTCOT Favorite places! A peek at the adorable avocado fries, shot sized bread bowls of ceviche, delicious shrimp grilled cheese, and pretzel burger ~ at 3 Square Cafe & Bakery, Venice Beach.

Aaron Rose filmed three shorts about his international travels for Incase using only his iPhone 4.

Busted Tees Gizmodo Artist Series: Wendy MacNaughton

Google is giving away 10,000 GoogleTVs to web developers... love this initiative to get the box in the hands of those who can push and shape where the platform will go!

Pine & Main has the most adorable vintage planters!

Jenny Odell's The Satellite Collection is a series of six digital prints that I made by collaging cut-out imagery from Google Satellite. Above is the pools ~ silos and freeways are amazing as well.

This Peace Atlas by Always with Honor sizes each country to their peace index rating, with the larger the country code the more peaceful the country.

European Panda for the European Panda project by Uberkraaft

Amazing illustrated Flickr set of the Periodic Table.

Snarkitecture architecture duo outfitted a temporary retail space as an ice cavern for fashion designer Richard Chai underneath the High Line in New York City.

This Ligature, Loop & Stem poster by Scott Boms, Grant Hutchinson and Luke Dorny is likely the most beautiful typography lesson you'll see today. Unfortunately, sold out.

Hard Graft Phone Fold Wallet ~ perfect for when you need to grab just your phone, some cards and cash... gorgeous details!

Jämtland based dairy producer Milko with a package makeover from United Power. The combination of folk art inspired patterns and Bodoni font gives the packages an almost 1960's feel.

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been awarded the European Prize, which annually honors a living European architect for their contribution to the field. Pictured: BIG's pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010.

Mr. Bartender!!! Not only an awesome line of retrotastic barware ~ but the packaging and graphics are adorable!

The Poke hijacks Mad Men and your childhood; hilarity (and smoking and drinking) ensues in this Little Miss series... And you have to check out their "book" Mr. Sterling Gets Angry

Plans for Gordon Bunshaft's National Commercial Bank in Jeddah - an example of the Antanaclasis trope. We're re-imagined the six classic tropes - as buildings!

Limited edition of 200 posters, screen printed with oil from the Gulf of Mexico disaster. A project by Happiness Brussels, design by Anthony Burrill. All benefits go to the Coalition to restore Coastal Louisiana.

"Pluralism" is a wooden chair created by Danish designer Cecilie Manz. It seems to be composed of several archetypal decreasing size chairs.

The new Royal Monceau hotel in Paris, redesigned by Philippe Starck.

A collection of cute ceramic bottles.. with one looking very halloweeny ! Designer Pim Wetzels presents "Serie A" at the Dutch Design Week this week.

Filip Dujardin’s photographic works: architecture, between real and unreal.

To promote the premium egg brand Clarence Court, Richard Mountney shot these fabulous chickens for an advertising campaign by WFCA.

This week’s stunning roundup has everything from Wool Week to inflatable helmets. Whether you’re after installations or innovations, it’s all been at NOTCOT.org this week.

The exibition "Chimera"of 4P1B is part of the wider event "The Taste of Design",built by Philips Saeco Durin Milan Design Weekend.

In honor of Halloween - Flocked skulls on holographic ground. "Bronze on Oil Slick" from The Wallpaper Collective.

Valistika (Guadalupe Cos-Gayon Alía & Miguel Abio Ruiz) produces strange, amazing, upbeat & colorful artwork across mediums like digital graphics, prints, collages, and paintings with clients ranging from fashion to advertising.

Elinor Portnoy's Polar Lights demonstrate polarization. Their entirely colorless shades are made of transparent plastic film sandwiched between sheets of polarizers.

Check out the shirts over at Suspended Designs. Love the packaging, each shirt comes wrapped in butcher paper with a wax seal, then in a burlap bag. 100% biodegradable.

Watching House Pedro Ressano Garcia is more than just simple and strict lines, it also have a beautiful contrast between the white facade and the raw, aged bricks that binds the exterior with interior.

Third Man Records partnered with Nixon, the watch/headphone/bag powerhouse, to release a limited edition set of Master Blaster Headphones

A NY adman has an impressive collection of various vintage airline wings. And a lot of knowledge about airline advertising.

Amazing thermal spa in France wrapped with a living green wall.

Inspiration ~ X-ray art!

Selfridges Tea packaging by Noreen Khan.