Another beautiful example of portuguese architecture: white volumes under the light, over a natural landscape. By ARX Architects.

"Hope In The White House" ~ remember Dan Tague's prints of messages made of folded money? They are now on tees!

So awesome that Souris (aka the Hustler of Culture) not only won a Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair, but also got Matt Groening to draw her a Lisa Simpson on the winning card!!!

modular shelves /container system by mikko laakkonen

new york based artist ebon heath makes typographic sculptures by cutting out paper letters and hangs them up on strings. unbelievable effort and great art.

Target of sexist advertising. New Trojan prints portray men as pigs in a continuation of their Evolve campaign.

And the Burger King launches its deodorant, the "Flame".

300.000 million pesetas are alredy in the spansih pockets. And now is the time to use them again. Try to find some in this cool website. Nice mix photo-treatment and analogue techniques.

Nice brooch/medal by Wildcatters, stamped with either "Blood & Sweat" or "No Tears". Made with grosgrain ribbon, brown suede, and a hand-stamped I.D. tag.

Nice molded plywood chair by Naruse Inokuma Architects for the Tendo Mokko furniture company.

Ooooh remember the really sweet Pacemaker 120gig 2 channel digital dj device we were waiting on in last year's gift guide? Revolve now has it! And with the NOTCOT Holiday Coupon you can get 25% off! (code: NOTCOTLOVESREVOLVE)

Lux Mineralis - A beautiful collection of original hand made porcelain luminaries by a french designer. Just have a look and you will be enlightened !

A limited edition poster is about fictional products cargo boxes like Transportation machine, android, daily space suit...

Phaidon recently released their 2nd in the series of architectural tomes, the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. Featuring projects built after 2000, it catalogs 1,037 of the world's most interesting built projects. And it comes with its own suitcase.

To warn about climate change and its consequences to Leo Burnett in Argentina created a "man melted."

This "platinum" watch from Spring Art & Design is completely intriguing--the movement probably looks great on the wrist. Plus it come in a little zippered pod.

Seattle, Washington based NBBJ transformed the warehouse/office of Topline Corp, a small footwear design company based in Bellevue, Washington, into a fashion-forward design studio, showroom and corporate headquarters.

Painting by contemporary Iranian artists is not yet widely known in the West. For those willing to look beyond far-flung borders to find exceptional art, great deals await.

This is a Norwegian girl, who broke up with her boyfriend and decided to redo her apartment in such a way she would never be "allowed" to by a boyfriend. Black! I love it though!!!!

Cool and clean furniture by the autodidact designer Peter Petersen and his company Signalement.

Pixlr is a online image editor, that means that you can upload your images and edit them in your browser. It is built in Flash and you need to have a Flash plug in to get it to work.

Alan Penner from Goleta, California has the scariest jack-o-laterns of all ~ winky emoticon and red ring of death as well as ubuntu and obama logo

Isabelle de Beaufort and Bernard Ramus created a maze in Cordes-sur-Ciel, France with a house hiding inside...

The world's first commercial wave farm recently went live off the coast of Portugal. Designed by Pelamis Wave Power, the farm employs three snakelike Energy Converters to generate 2.25 MW of electricity - enough for 1,500 homes.

Astearchitecture have completed a mountain-top viewing platform above a glacier in Tyrol, Austria.

We released a nice little print today.. its called 'Smolder' - Based on a small scale sculpture by Jeremy Mora.

Since they are constantly exposed to the sun, solar power satellites could provide the earth with a continuous stream of 5-10 gigawatts of energy each.

Nice teardown of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro by iFixit, who says "This may be the most beautiful laptop we've disassembled."

yves behar has teamed up with french company canal + and designed 'le cube'.
it is a tv receiver box that has the same capabilities as cell phones, computers and the internet.

Great new series of prints by Keetra Dean Dixon...Cordial Invitations: "You are cordially invite to..."

Last year my good friend, Logi Hrafn Kristjánsson, made an elegant and beautiful bathroom basin called Snorri, with inspiration from the Icelandic waterfalls.

Skylar Morgan is an up and coming contemporary furniture designer from Atlanta.

Sqwistles! Whistles you can just squeeze instead of blow!

Incredible fan-made music video using processing.

Typographer Alex Trochut's portfolio is a stunning array of his talent, as well as a very classy website.

The Eat Better and Drink Better bowls by Victor Lee encourage good eating habits for your dogs by slowing down their consumption. Eat Better divides food into three areas, while Drink Better reduces the amount of drinkable water available at once with a floating disk.

Barca chair by Jacob Joergensen.

Video of the critters i found at a sunday morning flower/bird outdoor market ~ chipmunks, chinchillas, birds of all sorts, piles of guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, and more!

Jennifer Anderson's Drove chair. I like the faceted seat.

The NOTCOT Hotline ~ a la Powerpuff Girls ~ It's become my "work" phone when at my desk, makes me more professional acting... See a full Hulger unboxing, and special 20% discount for NOTCOT readers!

The Denver Egoist has a great roundup of DNC related street art popping up all over Denver right now ~ and you can be sure it's in part due to all the artists in the Manifest Hope Show!

Sebastian Gronemeyer's Orchid Chair.

Mariana Tocornal created the Beecups Project as a way to investigate our emotional attachment to objects. By using an unconventional material with a conventional form, our understanding of the preciousness of the teacup is challenged.

Terra launches their nicely designed new site for the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008. The agency who designed the site was Avenue A / Razorfish...

Jeffrey Milstein's photographs are taken precisely at the moment that an aircraft is overhead, decontextualizing the cruciform shapes of jet aircraft and exploring the beauty of their forms and graphic designs.

The Oliver kindergarden in Zaragoza, Spain, features a nice green roof, which actually looks kinda reddish at the time. It has inner patios covered with wood beams. For sustainakids?