More incredible footage of the courtship rituals of birds of paradise from Cornell's The Birds of Paradise Project with National Geographic.

Fly fishing rod designed by Permafrost for Arctic Silver, merges modern age tech with century-old traditions. Rod and matching reel combine to create an iconic silhouette with several patented functions.

Uncle Milton's anteater bug vac, an anteater shaped vacuum for capturing any escaping ants.

Maker's Row - Find American factories to make your ideas come to life!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #19: Design Within Reach! A chance to win a set of seven Kaleido Trays by Clara von Zweigbergk for Hay. Stunning, modular, nestable, stackable, powder coated stainless steel trays!

“100% TobeUs: 100 Designers for 100 New Toy Cars” is an amazing exhibition at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.

Belgian company Mooz in collaboration with local residents the city of Hasselt have made an impressive ‘Taste Tree’ out of old white plates and cups.

Great Nike Air Max poster series by Anton Burmistrov.

VIDEOColin Legg's stunning footage of the Total Solar Eclipse, Nov 14 2012,The Granite, FNQ, Australia.

The limited-edition Tegra-Lite™ Bulletproof Attaché from Tumi uses 65 layers of Tegris® to create an anti-ballistic material that meets NIJ Standard 0108.01, Threat Level 1.

Folded Light Art lamps by Jiangmei Wu are like modular origami lampshades.

OXO Good Grips 4 Piece Mini Measuring Beaker Set - too cute, packaged in a nice little box

'GOPL' Table by Danish designer Jesper Urup Ruban.

The Little Bits starter kit, a modular electronics kit for kids containing 10 color coded modules that snap together magnetically to create larger circuits.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes Isaac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg, a kindergarten in an airplane, and both parrots and dogs that drive!

VIDEO'Wait', taken from the album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming', is the final episode of the trilogy, the end point of the visual collaboration between M83 and Fleur & Manu that has been ongoing throughout 2012.

Turn a Quote into a Masterpiece with this beautiful quote generator.

Mirror made of stainless steel by Francois Clerc for made in Design.

Cute DIY Thirsty Plant Kit from Technology Will Save Us lets you make your own solar pow- ered plant thirst detector.

Desktructure Organizers for Seletti by Héctor Serrano.

Beautifully handcrafted duck calls by Brett Akins of Braselton, Georgia.

Sovrappensiero Design Studio launches an exclusive limited edition of 200 numbered handmade ceramic buoys.

VIDEOThe Quakescape 3D Fabricator, an unrestrained, yet authentic embodiment acknowledging the boundless earthquakes in the Canterbury region of Chirstchurch, New Zealand.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #18: wejetset! A chance to win Hideo tarp luggage, Qwstion backpack, Aiaiai track headphones, Field Notes notebooks, Ohso travel toothbrush, universal travel plug, and Baggu packing aid.

Mid Century Modern Icons of design in Flash card form!

VIDEOWinkreative and illustrator Lotta Nieminen, Toronto-based Guru Studio set about to weave a colourful populated visual narrative for the Union Pearson Express which will be coming to Toronto in 2015.

Memento by Hiob haaro - the "souvenirization" of a design icon. A commentary on the current state of design objects, "which become widely known and strongly hailed by mass media."

Cute illustrations by Mats Johansson for the packaging of ICA's Sill.

Kevin Champeny's 'Candelier' for Jellio has just over 3000 hand cast acrylic GummiBears.

Kota Kobayashi's lovely packaging for Ippon Matsu (One Pine Tree), a beer named after the sole tsunami survivor in Rikuzentakata, a lone pine tree.

Green Interactive Feeder - interesting dog feeder that helps dogs slow down while eating

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #17: A+R! They are giving away the kickstarter superstar of a Vers 1Q wooden bluetooth speaker cube!

Robert Wechsler's The Mendicant is a cube made of 26,982 pennies notched and joined into a lattice. On view at NADA in Miami and International Art Objects Galleries in Los Angeles.

FEATUREDHoliday Giveaway #16: Blik x Carnovsky! 5 winners will get the mesmerizing wall sticker of their choice - these stunning stickers look so different with the various colored glasses...

Acne JR's Kranium Skull Bowl.

The sleek design of the D&A GIGSTAND Acoustic holds most acoustic guitars, collapses in two simple steps and can be carried in a gig bag or even in the back pocket of your jeans. (There's also an electric version!)

The Bartlett School of Architecture’s Unit 22 End of Year show looks at social and environmental sustainability through architectural models turned into zoetropes, an early method of animation.

Kurgo Origummis - Origami inspired dog toys in dog and crane designs. With stuffable pockets and squeakers.

VIDEOBird Buggy by Andrew Gray allows his trained parrot to drive around the house. When it's time to put the bird away, Bird Buggy is able to dock itself to a base station utilizing a web camera.

FEATUREDShag Goin' Places show opens tonight at Rotofugi, and the 12 vintage cars with skeleton drivers with pets/drinks are just stunning!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #15: Upper Playground! Chance to win Jeremy Fish Skin & Bones Dominoes Set, Up 10 Years Book, Jeremy Fish Wisdome Patch Hoodie, Sam Flores Costumes wall stickers, and a t-shirt of your choice!

Gorgeous illustrations from Chris Silver.

Cute Energy Pyramid Cat House from Love Thy Beast.

'Campus Artem' by the French architects Nicolas Michelin & Associés in Nancy - France.

Interview with Tomás Saraceno. His most recent work is on show at the Hangar Bicocca in Milan: the monumental 'Inflatable' installation entitled On Space Time Foam.

FEATUREDVietnamese games, horseback-riding services in London and a gourmet guide to food in Mexico all feature in this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOMechanical bird song from 1890, likely created by Blaise Bontems and restored by Michael Start of The House of Automata

The No.3 Stool by Scott, Rich & Victoria of COVO.

Jimmy Gleeson's lovely packaging and branding for the glass reusable coffee cup, the JOCO Coffee Cup.

Bufa Chair is back to Art Syndicate! Bufa is an attempt to find a pattern for furniture, search for a new solution that would replace traditional upholstery.

It's the Noël du Siècle at Galeries Lafayette, Paris: with window displays sponsored by Louis Vuitton, Disney and Swarovski.

Alessi Progiotti is a set of six cookie cutters of classic Alessi designs. La Cupola coffee maker, Mami pot, Hot Berta Kettle, Bombe teapot, Alessandro M. shape and Girotondo.

Adorable streamliner yellow taxi from Playsam.

Poketo Character Pens - adorable! Vampire, Bear, Owl, and Hippie

Tom Olesnevich's fantastic photos of NYC by bike.

FERRERO x COLETTE = Special set of a bluetooth/wired Nutella shaped speaker with 4 "Nutellini", adorable mini-jars of Nutella with colored lids

Check your Bauballs ~ lovingly handmade limited number of Christmas tree ornaments to raise money and awareness for testicular cancer from Fallon and Big.

Karl Zahn's Scoop, Stab & Spread’ appetizer tools for Teroforma.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #14: Joey Roth! This one will have 2 winners! One will win a set of two planters. The other will win his ceramic speakers and subwoofer!

Beautiful macro photos of snowflakes by Andrew Osokin.

VIDEOThe process of laser cutting maps by CutMaps .

Ann Hamilton's large-scale multisensory installation "the event of a thread": a huge hall filled with swings that hang 70 feet down and control the movement of the enormous billowing curtain in the center. In NYC through January 6th, 2013.

The Personal Landscape Collection by Maxim Velčovský. This is Library, Table No. 1.

The Homemade Gin kit, letting you add your own botanical flavors.

Starbucks x Gilt = 5000 limited edition etched stainless steel gift cards for $450 (gift card value of $400) - includes automatic My Starbucks Rewards Gold Level membership

Illustrator Julian Callos is a super talented young artist based in Los Angeles. This print is titled "Sin Eater".

A-Cute, designed by London design firm AndViceVersa, a table and set of chairs that tuck in to form a single multifaceted sculpture.

VIDEOIsaac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg a fun short Rube Goldberg Machine produced by 2D house.

Dwell Studio's Magnetic Wooden Sushi Set - slices of magnetic wood fish, nori fabric, wasabi, bamboo mat, 2 serving boards and a travel bag to keep it all organized.

Karma, new kind of mobile provider featuring 'social bandwidth' - the more you share your hotspot, the more free data you earn!

Oil lamp by Anton Bjorsing. 'The Cup' reflects the warmth and the light of needs within each soul.

London jewelers Shimell & Madden has launched their webshop - just in time for Christmas.

Eight Emperors, by artists Thea Augistina Eck and Matthew Shlian, showcases the things they love to make: objects that install a sense of wonder, created from simple materials: paper, wood, and fiber.

The Graf von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil is made from Californian cedar with a silver, platinum, or Sterling Silver-plated extender that also serves as a sharpener and a cap.

The perfect sheet of wrapping paper for that cycling aficionado in your life. Limited-edition A1 screen-printed gift wrap by London based screen printer Dan Mather.

'Lamp Ka' by the Spanish designers Daniel García and María José Vargas for Woodendot.

Game Over! from Henry Hargreaves strips away the color from childhood games, lending focus to their structure.

Designer Dave Cuvelot designed a screen-printed poster of the Space Shuttle Atlantis commemorating the 30yr NASA program.

MUJI’s interactive installation of 100 gingerbread houses with a live feed of the store from tha!

Hand painted paper polygon wreath with glitter detail for Gray Magazine. From Matthew Parker Events in Seattle, WA. These polygon wreaths are for sale at the Frye Museum Store.

VIDEOMINI car hire scheme launches in London offering motors for just 26p an hour.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #13: Uncommon Goods! Chance to win a Cork Map, Molecular Mixology Mojito Kit, Footed Bowl, Eau Good, Micro Green Kit, Bird Feeder, Pick Punch, Corkcicle, Extreme Stunt Wall Coaster, + Salts test tubes.

The Louvre Lens, a new outpost of the Musée du Louvre by Japanese architects SANAA and New York studio Imrey Culbert, opens to the public next week in Lens, northern France.

Plush Puffs - super marshmallows, from crazy flavors to mug toppers (a disc of mallow) to 2lb marshmallows!

Georgian headmaster transforms old airplane into a kindergarten

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes Apple Pie infused Bourbon, Shanghai Steamed Dumplings, Mendiants and more.

In New Zealand MINI have teamed up with the SPCA to show people just how smart their animals are. How? By teaching 3 homeless dogs to drive.

Farm Shop + Apolis bundle! Too much california deliciousness to list here... all wrapped up in a reusable Farm Shop/Apolis Market bag!

Hecker Guthrie's beautiful restoration of The Old Library in Sydney.

Recordings of other people's memories. Beautiful/touching/poignant/unexpected. You can call a phone number and leave your own memory, too.

VIDEOThe official release video for the Loaded Chubby Unicorn follows ambassadors Maxim Garant Rousseau, Trevor Baird, Kyle Chin, and Dane Webber through the meandering mountain ranges of Southern California.

VIDEOProteigon by Steven Briand is a mesmerizing stop-motion paper animation of morphing geometric shapes.

Montecarlo bathroom radiators for Tubes Radiatori by Peter Jamieson.

VIDEOPortal! Reddit user Builderboy2005 has created the Ti-83/84 calculator version!

SuperCat Catnip CAVES (aka paper bags with built in catnip nanoburst technology that releases more as crinkled/etc) - there are also markers, stickers, and paper!

The 3DEA Pop-Up in NYC offers a hands-on experience in 3D printing as well as classes and demonstrations by a very helpful and informed staff, through December 27th.

Gorgeous illustrated calendar of animals for 2013 by Krisztina Vona.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #12: Incase! A chance to win a black and white travel bundle containing a Duffel, Sonic headphones, Heathered Protective Sleeve for MacBook, Origami Jacket for the iPad, and Pro Slider Case for the iPhone 5.

'Design Concept Shop' for Nike by the Polish designer Tomasz Ochotny in Warsaw.

The LLSTOL by Luka Locicnik is a series of interlocking forms that can create a chair.

A giant poster of every ACME product, ever. 126 drawings of explosives, gadgets, rockets, and more! This 24x36" poster is only on Kickstarter! By Rob Loukotka (Fringe Focus).

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #11: QOOQ! The french kitchen proofed cooking tablet filled with chef secrets is here in the US now - and you can win this special device and a 3 month subscription!

The Hot Rod, a classic. Everyone needs one. Play with it and have fun...plywood with silkscreen and water based colors. From Studio delle Alpi.

PLASTIC Lab 6.1 Student Workshop by VAV architects.

Leonar3Do's Bird 3D mouse, an unusual triangulating mouse described as the world's first desktop VR kit.

A limited edition NYC themed Lebkuchen tin designed by Strohl for Leckerlee.

Will.i.am has just released his new line of i.am+ foto.sosho camera cases for the iPhone 4 and 4S, that transforms the 8 megapixels camera into a 14 megapixel camera.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes real birds that tweet, artwork created by pinball players, and an entire road that bounces.

Like my testicle dessert plate? Created using real human tissues, these bone china histology dessert plates are available in 4 different human tissue designs: Testicle, Liver, Thyroid, and Esophagus.

Sublime ephemeral space created by Wanda Barcelona for Stockholm's Hilton hotel in trendy Sodermalm. All made out of paper, of course!

The beautiful Folkwang Library in Essen, Germany by Max Dudler.

VIDEOComposite of airplane landings at San Diego International Airport.

Perrier-Jouët pursues its collaboration with designers with the young London artist Claire Coles, in creating three bespoke embroidered designs to echo both the House style and the individual personality of its Grand Brut, Rosé and prestigious Belle Epoque cuvees.

Using fragments of vintage wallpapers, fabrics and scale, Coles produces layered botanical collages and creates bespoke handmade creations, transforming them into true works of arts.
Using Nature as a source of inspiration, the artist gave her own interpretation of Perrier-Jouët's Art Nouveau philosophy with a Je ne sais quoi touch of haute-couture design, which was then applied to a limited number of bottles.

Hippie a new animal of the series LAST of Alburno, wooden toy + wool in limited edition. Leicester Longwool or Hippie of the pastures is currently considered a rare breed in danger of extinction. Handmade in Italy

The beautiful Villa SSK by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.

The folding of a life-sized origami bear by artist and master carpenter Ian Montgomery.

Matt Mets, Aramique Krauthamer and Kyle McDonald's exhibit incorporates the music of The xx in a room full of stepper motor controlled speakers that pivot to follow listeners as they move through the space.

Tutti Frutti Glass Sculpture Series by Fabrica for Design Miami/ Art Basel.

The Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three Baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, beautiful!

VIDEO24 hours of transportation on the MTA visualized.

Sleek, printable holiday village designed by Jonathan Faucett.

Incredibly intricate glass smoking mask tribute to the Game of Thrones' Daenerys rising from the ashes. It is the highlight of the now-public body of work by glass pipe artist GingerELA.

Mutabor Lingua Digitalis App by Gestalten is a must if you have an iPad. A beautiful intro to how icons are made and how vector graphics work... also a fun way to browse their huge catalog of cheeky and adorably minimalist icons.

Flashlight No. 01 by Gad Scott Tal is made with reclaimed wood from local dismantled dwellings. hand burnished using organic beeswax, leather and brass details. Commissioned by Headlands Center for the Arts, produced by Tauro.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #9: BAGGU! A chance to win a bundle consisting of Drawstring Purse Natural, M Pouch Gold and the S Pouch Emerald Suede!

Big Boss is one of the most adorable desks I've seen this year with a stylisitc mix of car-related details and pure simplicity.

Lovely work by Brighton based, Meghan Limbrick.

VIDEOFocus #2, a giant eye moving around on the canals of Amsterdam.

Artist Gustav Metzger hooked his brain up to a 3D-carving robot while he thought about nothing.

FEATUREDThe Cockpit Arts' Christmas Open Studios filled with studio/shops stocked full of lovely things, the people who made them, mulled wine and mince pies! Not your typical London Christmas shopping!

Witty artistic and graphical interventions to be found at the new 25Hours Hotel Zürich West!

'101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl, from The Beatles to the Sex Pistols'. Rolling Stone calls it "Record-nerd eye candy, and an insight-filled look at how great art begets great art."

Frank Kozik William, Henry and Reginald by Arts Unknown - limited to 350 pieces.

Ghostly International Resonator Ghost Tee

'Obi' furnitures by the Italian designer Davide Anzalone for Valsecchi 1918.

Empty Pavilion by McLain Clutter and Kyle Reynolds in Detroit.

'Scotch Club' lighting by the designers Hande Akçayli and Murat Koçyigit from the berliner studio Mashallah.

FEATUREDBucky's Ultimate Dog Gift Guide ~ all of our favorites and wishlist of awesome dog toys...

Freeze! "Eye-catching" is definitely the best way to describe Frozen Gun Games’ beautifully presented puzzler...

Charming packaging by Kevin Cantrell for Hawthorne & Wren.

Algorithmic Design. Open source research in architecture, geometry and coding.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #8: CW&T. They are giving away 3 of their Pen Type-A stainless steel pens in ruler sleeves that house the Hi-Tec-C cartridges perfectly. The pen makes the most amazing POP when you pull it out.

Photographer Nadege Meriau discovers hidden landscapes within food!

VIDEODive into the development of Crysis 3, the newest edition of the hyper-realistic first-person shooter series pushing the bounds of gaming.