Calendar made of matches. Designed by Yurko Gutsulyak, each page is a month and it looks like a comb made of matches that correspond to the days.

Awesome package design for "By Killian" fragrance by Sophie Matisse

Are designer Hiroshi Tsunoda's Nyotaimori-style plates provocative or offensive? Click to read an interview with the designer.

Interesting project, 'Touching Strangers', by Richard Renaldi, where he photographs (you guessed it) strangers touching. Some are awkward, some aren't.

RainMan is a decanter by Swedish designer Matilda Sundén Ringnér and it plays with the traditional way of transporting water/wine from container to drinking glass.

Nice collage drawings by Weston Takeshi Teruya.

The PossibiliTree is one of the hippest Christmas trees I've ever seen. A fabulous collapsible walnut wood tree in a tabletop design based on an original by Richard Babcock.

Skeet Wang's Meltain eraser - an eraser that reminds us of the significant effect dirty snow has on global warming. Dirty snow absorbs more of the sun’s heat and therefore melts more quickly.

Inspiring and unique handmade 2009 calenders.

Love these "still lifes in the style of colour-shifted 3-dimensional images" by A Nice Idea Every Day.

Indie comic book publisher Septagon Studios releases its first free digital comic offering. The comic book "Masks" combines photographic art, poetry and a video trailer in a free PDF download.

Sebastian Bergne has a new exhibit called 'Cru' at the Aram Gallery featuring his amazing 'Corked' series of decanting and serving vessels. The exhibit will run in London from 11/28/08 to 01/10/09.

On Gift Guides ~ The $20 gift guide at MAKE - Electronics kits for $20 and under!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #2 ~ Joey Roth's gorgeous Sorapot ~ equal parts work of art, tea pot, awesome packaging!

Mazda's all-electric KAAN concept vehicle defines the future of racing. The emission-free vehicle sports a sleek aerodynamic profile and is is propelled by an electro conductive polymer embedded in roadways.

Masahiro Minami's Glory light.

Driftwood sculptures by Yalos Alanya.

Amazing, affordable animal portraits by Sharon Montrose.

NOTCOT Gift Guide: Desk Toys & Stocking Stuffers ~ tons of fun picks to surprise and delight ~ just click the many many pictures to explore the products!

Danielle Aubert's "Sixteen Months Worth of Drawing Excercises in Microsoft Excel" takes an everyday tool to create art.

Classical sculptures by New York based artist Nick van Woert.

We (netdiver!) are proud to launch a year of festivities by releasing the official 10 year anniversary poster to say thank you. FREE to download, print, post, circulate and enjoy!

Non-genre specific posters from Adam Thurland. Adam is a Graphic designer currently located in Bath, UK. Each poster explores character interaction within scenes, displayed using a circular mapping system.

It looks like Valérie Blass clones her own work. Always making the same thing twice but presenting it in 2 different ways.

Are you an optimist, pessimist or communist person? find out with this point of view chart.

Have a recycled cardboard holiday!

Danish design agency, Made by Makers offer an insight into six highly innovative speaker concepts – from the JamJar Speaker to the Board Speaker (resembling a surf board).

It's Evolution of the Species as Ruven Afanador pits skeletons and anatomy against fashion in this editorial for Elle Italia

Jenny Pokryvailo follows up Ninette van Kamp work with designing products that wil leave a temporary a tattoo print over your body …

Lyle Owerko (well-known for his famous shots of the Twin Towers) speaks boomboxes, NYC, and why "cool don't pay the bills."

Vintage skate cards from germany.

Droog's flagship store in Amsterdam showcases their innovative household objects in a beautiful gallery-like space.

The most influential designers of our time.

Freshly added to the NOTCOT Holiday Coupon Book ~ Alex & Chloe have put some of our favorites on sale just for you! Take a peek in this secret NOTCOT store!

KaNO is a New York City artist who is quite the jack of all trades when it comes to design. His name has been attached to a variety of different projects including commercial design, graphic novels, animation and most recently, vinyl toys.

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TVs favorite serial killer, Showtime's Dexter has inspired products from dishes, flatware, candlesticks, lamps and glasses to posters, toys and jewelry. See them all here. What bloody fun!

Love the base detail of Demacker Design's Take.Off Series.

Drinking water becomes a completely new experience with the table tab. Using this tab inspired by old laboratory glass, it is as if you create water yourself. By Dutch designer Arnout Visser.

The George Console by Oly Studio has an Eiffel-tower-like metal base with the option of a resin or shell top.

The newest trailer for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek

The DogPot by Young-Long Choi is about as hands-off and pleasant as you can get when walking your dog - a recyclable alternative to the plastic bag, and it keeps your hands from getting dirty!

Naturally grown Fuji apples with the Apple logo on them! Delicious!