NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #17: The 3rd giveaway from Seagate, here is the FreeAgent Desk in a whopping 1TB size and usb 2.0!

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo's Melting Men installation. Must have been complicated to make and install...

Of the countless trains running on Japan’s 12,000 miles rail network, a few are decorated with images of anime and manga characters, colorful ads, and designs by notable artists

Love the crazy interior courtyard of Fundo Izaro, designed by Martin Hurtado Architects.

Fantastic illustrations from Toronto based illustrator Antony Hare.

The Book Design Review posts the covers of some of the best designed books of 2008.

To celebrate Barbie’s 50 year anniversary Assouline just released a $500, 128-page tome chronicling the iconic doll’s glamorous history, called Barbie, by Yona Zeldis McDonough.

Love this print by Jon McNaught of a monster walking through a town - I like that the lit houses are opposite what I expect them to be - rather than a trail of destruction the monster leaves a trail of light.

Lee Moyer's prints and posters harken back to yesteryear, but his contemporary humor shines through. Be sure to check out the Spidey print and Melville poster.

First Lomography store in South America opened in Santiago, Chile. The store really represents the heart of Lomography, creating a very friendly, simple and creative atmosphere using everyday elements to decorate this Lomographic world.

Our friends at Design Glut are having a "Big Monday" contest... literally! Photo contest with their *free* tree topper!

Best Buy has nailed it with this video ~ Gifting is about the unboxing and experience of gifts ~ not just what you get! I LOVE this idea of giving someone a GPS and then having them use it to find the rest!!!

Colorful nesting bowls by Joseph Joseph.

Acoustica's QuietWeave is light, strong, thin and most importantly, cuts noise. Lets you have a $1000 acoustic door for a mere $5. Made from organic material. Brilliant!

Found audio site features pre-recorded answering machine greetings from the 80s!

Fascinating gun in garter tattoo ~ sources unknown....

30 chocolate pills to take in case of emergency!

Quirky jewelry by Natural Historie - love this cloisonne deer on a strand of pearls.

Islands is a series of sculptures showing miniature snapshots of life. Isolated pieces of land, that look like they were wrenched from the earth by some force of nature, are floating through nowhere.

Japanese architecture Shuheu Endo strikes another amazing project with Rooftecture, a house built on a small strip of land on a hill facing the sea.

And.... here's the link to this years awesome Core77's 77 gifts under $77 gift guide! Some very fun stuff, most familiar, some hilarious... now i want 30 lbs of dum dum pops for $54

I could never see practically using this, but it would be an amusing camera accessory... Opteka Hot Shoe Three Axis Triple Bubble Spirit Level for Digital and Film Cameras (found on the Core77 Gift Guide!)

Antonio Carusone just launched The Grid System, an ever-growing resource site on the topic of grid systems and anything associated to it.

An impressive sports centre in Bakio, Spain by ACXT

Stunning fashion photography by Michael Creagh for the Spring 2008 Susana Monaco Catalog.

The appropriately titled "Gluttony" lamp by designer Luis Luna. Finalist in the "house party" competition by designboom. I would eat under this...

Jonathan Ball's Power Up Mushrooms poster is adorable!

LifeRemains, by Netherlands based designer Ruud Havenith, brings life to the rigid skeletons that everyone knows from biology class and the museum.

A Danish furniture manufacturer is re-introducing this molded plywood chair that was designed by Grete Jalk in 1963. Only 300 of the originals were ever produced.

BBC Big Mic in Berlin Station

The simple sentiment on this card from b designs pretty much sums it up. Love it. (Deserve it.)

1956 Flying Plane Car, so awesome!

After a long wait, it’s official, the Jeremy Scott adidas ‘golden wings’ will be released March 2009. Mixing 80’s basketball style with removable metallic leather flaps and JS laced jewels.

Beautiful typography in Non-Format's design for French magazine Very Elle

Mario mosaic made out of 17,000 Pins. True art.

Interesting advertisement to spread the word about TV show, Prison Break!

The Lunch Box Auction is happening on December 11. Purchase of the lunchboxes designed by top celebrities will benefit the fight against hunger.

Love this Flammable Wood Gift Box by Baxter of California - comes with three soy wax-based candles. You can burn the gift box when you're done - or you can keep it - whatever floats your boat!

Love this print, Pattern, by Tilman Faelker. I appreciate the limited use of color.

All eBoy fans can now wear the pixel graphics on their feet. They worked with Gola Classics on a couple of sneakers and matching bags.

Wooteik Lim's Definition of Time turns the traditional wall clock into a sculptural object.

Cambridge creative agency The District found they had a spare room in their lovely offices they weren’t making the most of, so turned it into the creative space they call, The Front Room

Amazing puzzle design by Vesa Timonen. I can just imagine peeling this like the tangerine it is named for. Available from Puzzle Palace.

Gift Guide: Posters worth Gifting! Here's a roundup of poster and poster makers worth checking out! Click to find out more about each one, and often there are far more where they came from!

Design a Wallpaper for Nalden.net inspired by PayPal and win 500 euro + an Adobe CS4 Web Premium package. Submit your design in the Flickr Pool!

Just a smidgen too late for thanksgiving but just in time for all of your upcoming holiday feasts - Fabrica's Roast Meat Dome.