Noble Bar ~ new energy bars that have packaging that feels like retro asian meets boy scouts?

On design details, took my microscope to the Asus Eee PC ~ can you figure out where these closeups are from?

Amazing interior design for TBWA/Hakuhodo offices in Tokyo, Japan. Designed by Klein Dytham architecture. Green roofs as mini gardens, a central space similar to a skate ramp, small trees.... Love it!

A new, smaller artonpaper magazine! Same content but less waste. Note: this picture slightly exaggerates size reduction.

Closure: a very interesting, innovative Flash game that plays with light & shadows.

SteamLine Luggage ~ a series of collections bringing back the steamer trunk trend.

Modern Design six perch finch feeder.
Removable copper roof. Reinforced redwood.

BLDGBLOG is becoming a book! From Chronicle Books! Discussing tectonic self-engineering to city sound design, via guerrilla gardening, mobile libraries, and vertical film clouds and more

"A Short Visual History of Videogames" - Short comical overview of the history of the video game industry by Kyle Downes

The good folks at GE recently unveiled the world's first OLED Christmas tree.

The LG DP392-N, a portable picture frame, and dvd player combined. It also plays DivX movies!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #31 ~ and its the final of our 5 Seagate Giveaways! Here is the Seagate FreeAgent XTreme ~ 1TB, nice and black, and does USB 2.0, FW 400, and eSATA!

Take a peek inside the 2009 CIA (Central Illustration Agency) Super Hero 2009 Calendar!!!

Brandi Milne always loved to draw, paint and color as a child, but her mom never thought she was anything special.

Gerd Arntz Web Archive of absolutely stunning icons from the 30s

NOTCOT Holiday Deal! Alissia MT has FINALLY launched a web store of her own! More to come soon, but first, FREE DIAMOND RING! (in acrylic!) when you spend $75, just tell her size/color in checkout comments.

Francis Ford Coppola's new Blancaneaux Blood Red Hot Sauce. Available in 3 degrees of Heat.
Mellow, Moderate and Fierce Burning.
Visit the MANGIA! section of the online store to find.

A newest Lim Si Ping's (aka Pixel Pastry) installation. Tiger Translate: Energy

Couldn't help giggling a little when i saw this Aloe sex toy design by Spanish designers Discoh - "Aloe gives the user the chance to choose. It´s a dildo. But visually it can also be a plant. It can be a perfect gift or even an elegant way of ending a relationship".

Designboom rounds up a selection of outdoor furniture displayed at the 'Cour des H' at the Saint Etienne Biennale '08. Above: Soft Bench by Lucile Soufflet (top) and Répétition by Régis Bigot and Gaëtan Grenier (bottom).

Rocketoro points out that their Blossom Pendant (a NOTCOT fave) is not just for cut flowers! You can plant tiny seeds in there too!

Fringe Collection is introducing their salvaged Tank Lamp on their newly designed website. The bullet-riddled steel makes a striking impression in daylight and the skeletal structure projects beautiful patterns when illuminated at night.

The Tonograph explores the results of allowing a collective conscious to distribute tones on a continuum while uninformed by the evolving musical structure.

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.

Hospitalis | you to a restaurant that is' dying of hunger '.

The dudes that helped me with my site just finished theirs. Hustlewood helps people and companies do better marketing things. Check out the aliases. Funny.

Cool video of a heart made out of what appear to be functional wooden gears.

Beautiful handcrafted stoneware ceramics from Bison Australia. Great simple designs and a fantastic palette of colours.

The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual garden. By Ian Dallas.

So strange - the Tuttuki Bako, an interactive game system that requires you to insert your finger into the device to interact with the games. The display shows a digital replica of your finger - you can then play with a panda or annoy a girl by touching her face.

amazing lookout over Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, by architects todd saunders and tommie wilhelmsen

Tadanori Yokoo and his "psycho" side of Japan. ~ incredible poster collection on flickr

YouTube has launched “The Screening Room”, which is a platform for short films from around the world to find the audiences they deserve.

Thomas Small and Joanna Brody's eco-friendly prefab in Culver City.

WiiWare finally has World Of Goo! And it got a 10/10 at wiiware world!

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

Peskimo's Moustaches print for their new show "Even Dwarves Started Small" at a gallery in Bristol.

Lekker Home's Teak collection of coffee tables, sideboards, console tables, and more

House N by Sou Fujimoto Architects - love the blurred boundaries between interior and exterior spaces.

Polish architects Moomoo designed this house for a photographer, that features a dynamic skin through a curtain that covers one entire side. [Editors note: also featured as #13551]

The coatrack 'superemma' is a tribute to the classic trolley and brings a striking statement, the joy of consumption into your home. Elaborate construction of chromium-plated steel.

Ads of the world using headrests for NH Hotels.

The last project from Slovenian architects OFIS with a really innovative concept.

To show their work to clients, Sydney creative collective Happy Soldiers had a bit of fun on stage with a human website.

From graphic subject to graphic object : the exhibition in Brussels shows contemporary practices of graphic design around a common theme, object.