Oxo is giving away one of the large Candela Luau Lanterns! Rechargable, beautiful design, and incredibly bright and gorgeous for creating that perfect ambiance... I love the way it looks outdoors especially!

quite lovely in proportions.this rover safety bicycle from1885 happen to be the first bicycle designed as we know it nowadays.

An incredibly effective ad campaign against xenophobia and racism is being sponsored by Italy's largest labor union.

A lovely collection of vintage travel decals from European airlines and hotels — with style and panache to spare.

House Industries has an Ampersand Cutting Board! Every typography junkie needs one in their kitchen!

The Simpsons Gets 20 Years of Apple Jokes Out of the Way at Once... #2007: Mypods and Boomsticks - Here's the full episode!

Target Red Hot Shop ~ how did i never know about this? It's yet another pop-up-micro-collection-available-till-its-gone shop ~ with some really fun pieces! Changes monthly!

National Trust Northern Ireland's latest 'Picture Yourself' campaign encourages people to visit their properties, take photos of their experiences and post them online. All images submitted this year are to be utilised in next year's campaign.

Windows installations by Zoe Bradley.

Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man (Video)

Torino 2008 World Design Capital and the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile "Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia" present the exhibition 'Dream, cars of the future since 1950'

Swedish designer Julia Hederus has teamed up with K-Swiss to create this new collection, consiting of the High Blocks, the Blocks and the Cube.

This "pumpkin pie" takes the name quite literally. Part of a West Asian inspired Thanksgiving dinner.

A stylish archery center in France, by Atelier Phileas.

Anna Gram's artsy Citrus Clock combines the magic of stellar design with basic science in order to create a timepiece that's powered by lemons

In case you're still searching cool gift ideas for Christmas - Vinny Lou makes the most original & silly wall decals.

Beautiful photography by Sweden-based, Erika Svensson.

using new kinds of software and smart geometry, architecture is evolving to architecture 2.0, a new improved, easy to understand and affordable way of designing. This video shows the new "brick" defined by GAD.

At the Harbin Ice & Snow World, everything is sculpted from ice. Neon lights add an epic light-bright surrealism to the festival.

LEAF HAMMOCK In a fast paced, overwhelming workstyles and hours, Leaf inspired by nature and earthly systems, creates a balance in one’s life. It responds to human needs as an individual, creating a wellbeing luxury.

asking how 37 global cities, spanning centuries and 4 urban filters can begin to create new links, layers and similarities? In turn, this process generates a new graphic arena of global urban conditions and overlaps.

New Super Tennis 'Theme Song' music vid by Lo-tec!

Professor Ocularo X-Ray Monocle - awesome stocking stuffer!!!

"Sense it" by DDB for Anthon Berg Chocolate. Best chocolate commercial I have seen a long time. Visually refreshing.

LUNASAURUS ~ awesome glow in the dark print by Aesthetic Apparatus

Marmalade makes gorgeous corrugated cat beds

Oooooh Esque's scientifically inspired glassware with their signature organic feeling glass is gorgeous!

Tweetdeck ~ while i'm still not totally sold on twitter (but playing with it more lately - yes, i'm notcot on twitter too) ~ tweetdeck has a pretty sweet UI! (Also i love the dock icon ~ looks fun next to my adium dragon-duck)

Haniboi's Key of Rock! Made to standard key sizing, you can bring it in and get it cut to match whatever you'd like... your music studio key, perhaps?




An original design from Haniboi featuring embossed detailing, the Key of Rock complies with Yale’s standards,


An original design from Haniboi featuring embossed detailing, the Key of Rock complies with Yale’s standards,

Loving Verameat's ELASMASAURUS EATING LEAVES Necklace!

Helpful hints from JC Penney about what not to get your special someone over the holidays. [Editor's Note: hahaha ~ impressively done, great concept]

Adorable Felted Manta Rays Handmade in Nepal! From Branch (don't forget the NOTCOT coupon!)

Cordarounds (yes the peple who make cords that go the other way) ~ has awesome bike to work khakis ~ seams and pocket are reflective!

Conquer The Heart ~ 2k shirt by Adrian Johnson ~ so cute ~ available in mens and womens

The Platzhalter Bookshelf was designed by a young German duo Nina Farsen and Isabel Schöllhammer - When you’re running out of bookshelf space, just stretch your bookshelf and voila!

Timbuk2 has branched out into travel bags now!

the box doodle project - the rules are quite simple: rearrange a box to make any kind of figure or object. make the most of least.

Make Video! Uber Tuber: Compressed-air bazooka that fires potatoes.

Uncorked- Life Outside the Test Tube. The packaging for this awesome cork jewelry line is sheer BRILLIANCE!

If there has to be Christmas sales, they should all be presided over by a Retro Mod Tomten like this one at Atomic Interiors, Madison, WI.

The Vatican went green this week when they installed 2400 solar panels on top of the Papal Audience hall.

The amazing works of Francesca Grilli. Italian video artist and performer based in Amsterdam.

Amazing stop motion video for Ankle Injuries by Fujiya & Miyagi.

Paris design shop Royal Glamsters has collaborated with Kappachan to bring an adorable line of illustrated collars and ID-tags for dogs and cats. Perhaps the perfect holiday gift for your pets...