Herbarium taste, gorgeous architectural style diagrams of fruits and vegetables by Valentina Raffaelli.

Gorgeous visualizations of poems created by Diana Lange.

FEATUREDSeed Money by Leafcutter Designs! From kickstarter to my mail box, these coins can be planted to grow goodness! Made from custom made seed filled paper that is then letterpressed and cut. Great packaging!

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NotVentures include Palm Beach polo, skiing in Japan, searching for lost treasure and more.

Beautiful illustrations by Michelle Kondrich.

FEATUREDShin Tanaka for Scion! Paper Shapers in the shapes of the Scion FR-S, iQ, xB, xC, and xD complete with little speaker sneakers, arms, and more.

'1Puck LP' the smallest recessed landscape lights by Minimis.

"à parties de la nature" by Wayne Lennon, foxes, skunks and owls meets fashion.

Trying to repair an IKEA lamp using his desktop 3D printer, Samuel Bernier got carried away and designed a whole collection of plastic lampshades.

Giclée Portrait of the modern Japanese man. “We are the Samurai of this modern age. The company is our Daimyo.”

Kohler Moxie Wireless Showerhead Speaker - Bluetooth speaker unit magnetically snaps into the showerhead.

Beautiful visualizations of Nobel prize winners by Italian information visualization designer Giorgia Lupi and her team at Accurat.

'Pig on the wings' stool/table by Gentle Giants.

Wired's look at planned cities as they appear from space.

SILVA/BRADSHAW Circle/Circle Stainless Steel Ring

Limited edition Fried Chicken vinyl toy from Mark James works was inspired by his hazy late night visits to fast food outlets in Dalston. Six inches of finger lickin’ fried chicken in vinyl.

Screen print that went wrong has led to the beautiful Black Bunny Blossom pillow by Kozyndan.

Nifty DIY desktop calendar for 2013 by 3EyedBear.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #7: Areaware! Here's a chance to win a bundle including Flat Life Light, a Tree Top in green and Ursa Minor.

VIDEOVoldemars Dudums gets real wild birds on tweeting twitter.

A beautiful braille edition of The Little Prince.

STYN, a project by Sam van Doorn that captures the fury and frenzy of pinball players' movements.

'Schweini die Origamisau', is a copper plate that folds into an origami pig from STRALA.

VIDEOA Bottle Trumpet, Food Can Xylophone, Tetra Pak Maracas, and the Nut Packet Shakers serenade unsuspecting shoppers in a London corner store thanks to Greg Brunkalla, from Stinkdigital and Hirsch & Mann for Red Stripe.

Mieke Meijer's modular lightweight Divider shelving system.

The clever Mixing Mate fits perfectly over quart sized cans to mix your paint without making a mess.

If Wes Anderson shot a skateboard film ... 'MACHOTAILDROP' directed by Corey Adams and Alex Craig.

In honor of the 30th birthday, BMW rolled out the new BMW M1 Hommage, a concept/design study that pays tribute to the original M1 and shows what could be possible if BMW were to produce a new mid-engined sports car.

Swirling maelstrom of clouds over Saturn’s north pole from November 27, shot by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the 3,000-4,000-km-wide cyclone.

RouleTaBille. new marble game for children, 4
years and up. Fun for kids, eco-friendly, natural, made in France.

VIDEOBehind the scenes of the shot with National Geographic photographer Tim Laman as he captured the magnificent birds of paradise.

Coffee + Food - New coffee shop in Larchmont, Los Angeles. They even have Etch-A-Sketches to play with while sipping.

Natural History-inspired illustration by Emily Fundis.

Architectural drawings from Descriptive illustrated catalogue of the sixty-eight competitive designs for the great tower for London compiled and edited by Fred. C. Lynde (1890).

Hwoarang Hanger, an accessories hanger made from bent plywood by Dan Hoolahan

A 51m bouncy road in Russia, Fast Track by Salto Architects for the Archstoyanie festival in Nikola-Lenivets.

VIDEOYoung web designers are tempted to download the expensive design suites they need to create. We've uploaded a file supposed to be the application suite for free, but when designers download it, they find a job opportunity at Ogilvy.

A look inside the Ubiquitous Agency by Andy Buchan & Neil Boote.

Leading Norwegian baby brand Stokke has just launched two, new innovative strollers designed in collaboration with Permafrost.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #6: Design Public. Here's a chance to win the awesome Offi Mod Lounger (in the color of your choice!)

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi.

Google Turns Time Square in NYC Into a Photo Gallery, with 'Gallery for Everyone'.

OneTwoTree, a ply-wood Christmas tree with great packaging by Mark Trzopek.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes pumpkin pie martinis, 3D dinosaur cookies and a snowman in a spoon.

Metropolitan Cityscapes by TrinhBuscher capture reflect aerial views of cities in paper through laser cutting.

FEATUREDMercedes-Benz Ener-G Force concept car. From stunning sketches (in polar, jungle, and desert scenes) to an epic teaser video... to the unveiling of the full sized model in Beverly Hills. It looks like a car for the Team Fortress/Rescue Heroes.

The Nashville Zoo makes history, successfully breeding the Eastern Hellbender in captivity for the first time!

5-story-high interactive 'sound mural' in Elblag, Poland visually depicts comments about the town by the townspeople, audible via QR code. By Adriana Ronżewska-Kotyńska and team.

Installation view of the 2012 solo exhibition Adel Abdessemed 'Je suis innocent' at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

In The Mood For Ikea - 10 French designers transformed IKEA's furniture at the Design Tour 2012 expo in Marseille.

Petrolicious.com is dedicated to car lovers. Beautiful videos and photos.

New Zealand design studio Timothy John has created the 'Sidekick Stool' in exclusive for Thanks Store.

The Bridge House design by ObjecktCreative for a house over a creek in Northern California.

Studio Makgill's beautiful printed promotion for the GFSmith Fine Coated range of paper with photography by Angela Moore.

Rotterdam based Label Flybird introduces their new Fall/Winter 'Ambassadors of Life' 2012 Collection

'Subduction desk' by the French cabinetmaker Paul Venaille.

What is the Secret of the OL! Toroid Table? Find It!

The interesting Lean bookshelf from Monocomplex design.

My latest custom based on the Tequila platform.

In a world full of BIG problems, it's the little things that count. Every Ugmonk item purchased through the end of the year supplies a day of meals for orphans around the world.

FEATUREDFeasting with Bompas & Parr launched with a celebration complete with a steaming cauldron of tropical Guinness punch, donut topped Ziggurat, exotic cocktails and some incredible botanicals including a flower with an electric taste!

Mossy street art fishes in Brooklyn from Mosstika in Brooklyn. Made for Streetosphere.

Sand Castles of Calvin Seibert (aka Box Builder) - lovely geometric creations!

Bake your own 3D Dinosaur. Cookie cutters in the shape of dinosaur body parts. Slot cookies together to make edible dinosaurs that will stand up your plate. (Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and T-Rex).

'Black & White Twins' by the architects Casanova + Hernandez Architects in Blaricum - Netherland.

VIDEOThe official music video for Nosaj Thing's 'Eclipse/Blue' by Daito Manabe, takcom, Satoru Higa, and MIKIKO with support from The Creators Project.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #5: Hard Graft. A chance to win the stunning new Laptop Bag #OldFashioned - more versatile than you'd expect with its various ways to use the straps and carry it.

VIDEOHerman Miller interview Sam Hecht + Kim Colin of London based Industrial Facility who design products for Muji as part of their Why Design series. "We need contrast and tension to be able to create" and describe the imperfections that inspire design.

Pinhole. A beautiful plastic pinhole camera, with leather details. Featuring a mountable flash and a rabbit fur strap.

Sugru's The Fixer's Manifesto.

OVI'S Design concept of future's next generation of SLS, space launch systems, 'XLDron Global Versatile Advanced' and 'Orbiter' rocket, with NASA's ORION Crew Module.

FEATUREDStop motion Lego racing, safari hooks and an electron microscopic look at seeds are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

Dockwood, the new graphic novella from John McNaught.

Stitch the Stars DIY 2013 Calendar Kit. Then turn out the lights and enjoy the glow-in-the-dark embroidery floss and screen printing.

Casa El Pangue, a hillside home in Chile by architects Elton + Léniz.

Working Not Working, real-time network created by freelancers, for freelancers, broadcasts the availability of talented freelance creatives to companies looking to hire. Streamlines the freelance game for everyone.

CYAN is making your trip to the bakery more comfortable with a new special Baguette Bag.

Instabreakin - A beautiful photo series dedicated to artful breakdancing photos in beautiful settings.

Word. Notebooks feature a unique bullet point system to keep all your to-do lists in order.

Street art by HYURO in Prague.

Core breaks down the Seven Designer Phenotypes - a fun theme to run through their Ultimate Gift Guide and Pop Up Stores for the holiday season!

VIDEOPod, a fogponic indoor gardening system from Greenfingers.

Guerilla Gardening Gift Boxes from Greenaid Seedbombs are a fun way to inspire urban transformation.

The whimsical Qualy Seasoning Shaker set.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #4: Autodromo. They are giving away one of their stunning (and beautifully packaged) Brescia Motoring Watches. Perfection for clean minimalist design and vintage car detail lovers.

A\V Studio's fun proposal for a temporary installation at the base of Cooper Union's new building's façade in NYC: CMYPlay.

Lovely illustrations by Miguel Co.

A look at the International Center for the History of Electronic Games's collection of 250 industrial design drawings of arcade game cabinets dating from 1974 to 1989.

Anders Arhoj's cute packaging for Helt, a Danish honey brand.

Beautiful illustrations on maps by Ed Fairburn.

Herb Lester packing tape - adorable transportation illustrations of an endless journey from trains and hot air balloons to vespas and boats and cars and more!

Sket One's Sketracha Hot Chili Sauce 8" Dunny - It comes signed/numbered with a pair of bright green bamboo chopsticks and a Bamboo Place Mat.

Herb Lester Luggage tags: air, rail, land, sea - Able to withstand rips, tears and rain! Printed on tyvek. Designed by us by Two Arms Inc of Brooklyn, NY.

Taskone - Fix your bike or cut your steak with your iPhone! A multi-tool case with a 2.5" knife, saw, screwdrivers and 13 other tools, this definitely can come in handy.

Sunday by Yegor Legkov. Illustration project full of cultural references and allusions.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #3: Ben The Illustrator. A chance to win an illustrated bundle including the Fluid Animal 2013 Calendar, three sets of fluid animal postcards and a set of 15 Robin’s Christmas Cards.

Amazing illustrated fashion GIFs by the Dutch artist Tara Dougans

Fredericks & Mae Star Dominoes

Neiman Marcus and Target - Band of Outsiders Stainless Steel Fashionable Cookie Cutters!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #2: Nervous System! You have a chance to win one of their new Natural Series Puzzle and a pair of Cellular Earrings (in the color of your choice).

Micasa Lab's Nebula 12 project uses meteorological data from MetOff the Nebula forms to represent outside weather: yellow light for a sunny day; real cloud on that overcast winter morning using liquid nitrogen, WiFi, and high power vacuum suction.

Black Tree by Miloš Milivojevic for the renewable energy company Strawberry Energy in Belgrade.

Fabian Oefner's Dancing Colors series captures color pigments dancing on a speaker.

Playing Card Canisters inspired by the old U.S. Military Ammunition Boxes, designed to house 12 decks of playing cards, made in Los Angeles, high grade metal with clasp and handle for safe and easy transport.

FEATUREDBalinese handicrafts, skiing breaks and holiday shopping destinations are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

Paris-based Brazilian artists Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain turn sound waves And typographical experiments into geometric landscapes.

Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki's beautiful new book, Encyclopedia of flowers.

Science fiction, design and art converge in this installation by Aurelien Lecour. An hypothetic command center for a crystal-vibration based communication system.

Lovely album cover art featuring extinct animals by Emil and Kea Bertell for Burning Hearts.

Furniture you can live in? Cocoon 1 by Micasa LAB.

To be happy at home, is the ultimate result of all ambition...Beautiful quote on a dining room table covered in chalkboard paint...

FEATUREDTorani Chicken 'N Waffles Syrup - from april fool's joke to REALITY! And it came with waffle mix and a chicken leg dog toy that the NOTpuppy, Bucky, quickly took over. See the Southern Fried Cocktail!

Beautiful Native American-inspired skatewear and gear from the ever-awesome Brandon Wilson.

Demelza Hill's Branch, an elegant hand crafted Christmas tree produced in England from sustainably sourced Ash.

Melkwegbridge in Purmerend, The Netherlands, by NEXT Architects takes an unexpected twist.

Inspired by a night at the theatre, Penhaligon's launch their new Christmas gift collection.

'Atom' bird shelter by French architect Odile Decq for Galerie Mica.

Castle scene illustrations by designer and illustrator Dominic Flask.

The pretty Delta stool designed by Karim Rashid for Riva 1920.

FEATURED#NOTCOTxACQUIRE Adventure Giveaway! A huge bundle of goodies to be won from our friends at Apolis, Baxter of California, Topo Designs, and Triple Aught Design!!!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Coupons 2012 are here! Happy Shopping!!!

VIDEOSherbet director Clement Bolla’s brand new trailer for The Man with the Golden Beard, an action packed mini series project about a field operative with very special facial hair skills.

This little beetle has evolved a handle on its back, allowing it to be carried around by termites!

The prettiest auto shop? Speedshop Type One
by Torafu Architects in Tokyo.

Tesselate's B5100 from the ED-IT DJ's - (Limited edition of 5)

'Mountains' print by Karina Eibatova for The Working Proof - love the sky!

VIDEOMakiko Shinoda's Playing with Senses, a perceptible chess game, with pieces that vary in weight, smell, material, form and texture.

New brand identity for Extreme Slovenia who provide accommodation and activities for people who love mountains. Designed by Supafrank.

Lou Pimentel's "The Conversation" Print - Hand signed and numbered - limited to 100

VIDEOFirst part of the Set Up Shop duology while Nuka is painting the Çapasunta surfing shop.

Freeze you're under arrest in this upcoming puzzle game.

Jeff Soto's “Seeker Friends – Naughty and Nice” are here - loving the naughty one!

The Bookworm, chair by Atelier 010.

The K9 Storm Intruder for your dog is lightweight, waterproof, and even has an integrated camera in the vest!

Wooden bench by XS Architecture.

The NYtimes blog on interactivity in this year's Christmas window displays.

'Home' desk inspirated by classic school desk by French design Julie Arrivé.

Ingarden & Ewý create a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków's Małopolska Garden of Arts.

Rakafuki friends, 30 year light bulbs in cute animal costumes to raise money for local schools.

Beautiful installation work by Michael McGillis. This piece, Wake, is created from logs whose ends are painted purple.

VIDEO3D projection mapping by iris worldwide for Saks Fifth Avenue

Alessia Olivari's conceptual packaging for pasta for one.

The 'Future of Sports' by Photographer Tim Tadder and CGI/Digital Artist Mike Campau. Epic stuff from everyone involved.

'Bicycle Store' renovation by French architect and designer Florian Brillet in Paris, France.