It's their first assignment! Rhode Island School of Design's Introduction to Furniture Design class shows their stuff with an assignment to make spoons.

Poster Boy uses only a razor blade, chopping up subway advertisements and rearranging them to make new, often political pieces. I wonder how long they usually last before they're caught.

BIKND Helium ~ amazing bike travel case that lets your bike travel protected in the size of a check in...

Google launched Google Arts Project today, bringing their Street View technology into some of the most stunning art museums around the globe. You can virtually walk around, zoom in on artworks, etc. Very cool!

Dragonfly Jet ~ Social Network @ 40,000' Jet Card Membership.

Paul Price makes such lovely typographically feel good "street art" - check out the Signs of Affection project

This is how you make an internal publication incredible. Lovely design/illustration for a university medical mag by designer Jordan Michael Gray.

Fantastic photograph of the new team Lotus 2011 F1-car.

When graphic and type designer Andrew Byrom decided it was time for a new desk, he thought of a rather novel way to recycle the old one, chopping it up to make giant business cards

Woody and plastic nuts and bolts as furniture ~ Rosemary Anrude at Interiors Birmingham won us over in person

What you are really seeing when you look at this pixel-like installation by Stephane Malka are thousands of different size cardboard boxes glued together, then painted.

Gorgeous books as art! This showcase from the students at Birmingham City University proved to be one of the highlights at Interiors Birmingham.

The world’s most imposing mountain peaks, and 'prominence' rank in world. Elegantly designed infographic by Audree Lapierre of FFunction.

The Ropes collection is lighting with a 'twist' from German designer Christian Haas.

Just how bad is sleep deprivation for you? This infographic from Fast.Co Design takes a look at the data.

More new lighting from Maison & Objet 2011, this time from Reinhard Dienes Studio who have just launched their 'La Grande' lamp.

Staat decided to raise the bar for duty free shops at airports all over the world with their Schiphol Airport Bols Genever experience shop.

It's good to be the king (of North Beach). Today on the menu we have an interview with legendary artist/illustrator Jeremy Fish.

The dark, shiny interior of the Nantes Courthouse, designed by Jean Nouvel in year 2000.

Who doesn't like coasters to put there nice cold refreshments on? Well Alimo does... 10 designs/ 1 package = Awesome promotional gift to your favorite agency. Check it out!

January has flown by and the pages here at NOTCOT.org full of inspiration. Here is just a selection of what the week has had to offer.

Design studio Doro's latest project is this 'Zero' chair - a piece that they proclaim embodies the team's manifesto.

Hanging Gardens from Az & Mut are cloth bags that can hold your plants and be easily hung from your balcony.

New work from Buff Diss in Adelaide.

One cup aluminum espresso from GSI outdoors makes one double shot serving in 90 seconds.

Olivier Beauchesne, a research analyst from Science-Metrix has created a map of scientific collaboration between cities around the world from 2005 to 2009.

New Airport Building in Mestia. Completed in 3 months, designed by J. Mayer H. Architects.

Video from photographer Keegan Gibbs at Open Space opening with RCVA and Seventh Letter in LA.

RC Sentry gun and RC Tricopter modded with fireworks gun do battle in the skies over Sweden

Zeitraum have received an Interior Innovation Award at this year's IMM Cologne for 'Mellow' - a luxury wooden bed.

Transparency: The Quest to Power Africa. An infographic collaboration from Column Five Media & Good.

Acoustable is a high-tech coffee table with built-in sound system from Belgian designers Jérôme Spriet and Wolfgang Bregentzer.

Braised Squid with artichokes. This week's paintings are an ode to Mark Bittman of The Minimalist.

Brother and sister glass artists Mark Tranter and Patricia Tranter-Edmonds with Lee James reveal traditional glassblowing techniques, behind the scenes work and their inspirations, when creating a wide variety of unique studio/art glass.

All About Tea is an expert wholesale tea distributor based in Portsmouth, UK. They source their tea from remote regions, to bring the best of the worlds flavours to a global audience. Identity by Moving Brands.

Land Art Generator Initiative's 'Lunar Cubit' to be constructed in Abu Dhabi, outside Masdar City.

The Open Lattice, designed by Luigi Ferrara for Dekla, is on display at the IDS show in Toronto.

Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group has unveiled a design for a waste-to-energy plant that features an artificial ski slope on the roof.

Attak from Netherland partnered with Lazerwood for this limited edition 'Loose lips sink ships' real wood iphone cover.

Great packaging of the new Graf Orlock LP - the packaging folds into a full size boombox.

New art work from up and coming english painter "Rama Ramski".

Composer Alexis Kirke has created a duet between subatomic radioactive particles (in a cloud chamber) and a live violinist

'The retirement of the NBC peacock' - a picture story by Ben the Illustrator in reaction to the corporate rebranding of NBC, losing the iconic peacock logo.

The bending of the solar rays: FAB LAB HOUSE | by the students of IAAC and MIT

Checkered Droplets in the shower at Morgans Hotel... the mesmerizing upside to the painfully over-tiled bathrooms?

Kyle Bean designed and constructed a series of trophies for the Wallpaper 2011 Design Awards.

Small fire escape sculptures by Jen Spinner.

Now this is cool. Japanese Designer Masaaki Hiromura merged Japanese typography (Kanji) with signs or food symbols.

The Ice Book is a creative project combining, the pop-up book and video projection technics - Work directed by Davy McGuire and Kristin McGuire.

Create your own 8x8x8 LED Cube 3-dimensional display following this Instructable.

Illustrator Bobby O'Herlihy teams up with Geekadelphia and the Autumn Society of Philadelphia to create a redux vintage Kill Bill poster for Midnight Movies @ The Trocadero.

The stunning new Pagani Huayra features a 700hp 6.0-liter V12 engine from Mercedes AMG and can hit 230 mph. The interior is chock full of the company's signature look of carbon fiber and exposed aluminum.

The Penthouse in Morgans Hotel New York City ~ an up close look at our weekend hideaway with gorgeous Empire State Building views... and grey scale cubic cozy modern designs...

'Slim & Strong' LED table lamp by Delphine Frey uses haute-couture style pleated carbon fiber to obtain a rigid 1mm thick / 1meter long lighting object.

Damforst Museum is an institution dedicated to the stewardship of damaged, forged, and stolen artwork everywhere.

Artist Kenny Scharf opened two new exhibits at the Paul Kasmin Gallery.

Dan Mountford is a british graphic designer and photographer. His work is made ‘in camera' with color edited in photoshop, vector overlay in illustrator.

There’s still no official white iPhone 4, but here comes the transparent iPhone, that you can even DIY.

Telescape, another great entry in the 'A Room for London' competition. By Raw Architecture Workshop and Studio Integrate.

Diving Bahamas' blue holes (flooded inland caves) is number 13 on National Geographic's 20 ultimate adventures.

Peter Jakubik has carved the rough shape of an iconic Panton Chair into a tree trunk with a chain saw.

Warringah Road House in Mosman by Corben Architects.

The Hellraiser series by Karim Rashid for Alessi, presented at Maison & Objet in Paris last week.

Micro documentary on the chilean design and architecture office, made in MIMBRE. This was filmed in Santiago de Chile and Chimbarongo.

Very cool teaser and old school graphics designed by Max Poglia for Buvette, NY.

The Street Art Communication Festival official short documentary. It took place August 16th-20th 2010. Over 30 large wall paintings done by 80 artists from 7 different countries.

This is perhaps the most Eco-Friendly Porsche concoction to hit the streets!

T magazine looks at a wide range of London maps. One of my favorites is The Time Travel Explorer, an app that overlays contemporary street maps on historical maps, to show how the city has changed.

The Grace Pro Race is a sophisticated bike with a 1300W motor and a top speed of 45kph. It is a collaboration between designer Michael Hecken and Karl-Heinz Nicolai.

Over The Top, a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube by Oskar van Deventer will be unveiled to the world at the New York Puzzle Party Symposium on Saturday Feb. 12th.

Audi Concept Design Munich has developed a carbon ski design that combines technology from the motor sports and winter sports industries.

Moustache Is Good is a new site to try famous mustaches! Enjoy

The Bermuda Triangle of Productivity - where all your time disappears. By Fuschia Macaree.

Will Bryant and Adam Voorhes collaborated to create a stop motion animation for Bluetooth’s publication ‘Signature’ with art direction by Larry Williams of Pace Communication.

Ghost is a beautiful lamp that almost floats in the room. An idea from designer Tim Baute and his label Interror.

New series of graphic prints from JHill Design for the Boston Sports fan. Each print features a great sports moment from the Celtics, the Red Sox, the Bruins or the Patriots.

Metropolis is showcased by Lladró Atelier, under the guidance of Jaime Hayón. Vases, lamps, mirrors and boxes, all take on the shapes of buildings, forming a metropolis of functional objects.

Ivan Vartanian and Kyoko Wada's 'See/Saw:
Connections Between Japanese Art Then and Now' offers a provocative new look at the origins of Japanese pop art and it is now available for preorder.

Where will you be escaping to this weekend? Find out about these great destinations and more from NotVentures.

Beaugars by Meike Langer is probably the ultimate almost-everything-is-in-here furniture. A storage solution for modern city dwellers.

Stack It Exhibition at concept store Merci, in Paris. Curated by Jean-Luc Colonna d'Istria and Daniel Rozensztroch.

Camilla d'Errico's new selection of products in time for Valentine's Day include this cute vanity box.

Glenbrook Residence by David Jameson is conceptually a courtyard inserted between two heavy walls. Outdoor rooms, a living pavilion, and distinct public/private spaces make this house really interesting.

Morgans Hotel School of Life inspiration comes in postcards left on your bed... but i couldn't help shooting them all in the snow off the penthouse patio!

Ave, a stool inspired in birds’ flight, where the seat represents the body of the bird and the legs represent the bird wings in motion. By Moises Hernandez.

Amazing work by award winning photographer, Jonathan Andrew.

The designer Piergiorgio Robino talks about studio Nucleo and presents the furnishings collection 'Primitive'.

Striking illustrated 1960s Japanese poster by design great Kazumasa Nagai.

Dinner and Soup Plates from the Venti4 series by Luca Nichetto for Italesse.

Reflector floor lamp with a copper shade by Jan Weber. The outside is varnished, in contrast to the bare metal inside that gives off a warm glow. Desk lamp also available, see Tischleuchte Kupfer.

Jawbone Era Unboxing ~ this latest headset has an accelerometer allowing for motion magic, and the packaging is eco friendly and nearly unboxes itself! See the video to understand...

Camilla d'Errico wallpapers and murals. Oh-so-gorgeous patterns of Helmetgirls and brightly colored murals

Nendo designed these cute forest-spoons for a chain of curry restaurants, Coco Ichibanya, as part of their annual 'Grandmother Curry' campaign, in which 100,000 lucky customers win curry spoons through a lottery.

'00.00.00' hanging light by Dutch designers Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille at Gallery S.Bensimon - Paris.

WineBotas, leather wineskins come in straight and curved forms, as well as a variety of patterns and colors.

24 hour view of the sky, in one photo by Chris Kotsiopoulos.

Fill In The Blank Wallpaper, by Ryan Cox of Filthy Home. This thought bubble pattern gives an open venue for your guests or yourself to write the next great American novel or just say whats unsaid.

Papelote, a new concept store of hand made stationery in Prague, designed by A1Architects.

Divan Turkish Delights look delicious and come in 13 flavors.

This years Geneva Time Exhibition's Superwatch Award, went to Frédéric Jouvenot for his Helios timepiece, making watchmaking history as it shows the time without using traditional hands, numbers or discs.