FEATUREDEnjoy a bit of midweek indulgence with this sumptuous roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.
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Eszter Burghardt shapes food into wonderful tiny landscapes and then photographs them for the Edible Vistas series.
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Not sure what I would actually do with a pewter saltine cracker, but I want one.
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The award-winning Whitepod is an eco-friendly hotel set in the stunning Swiss Alps. The 15 dome-like pods are designed to blend in with the surroundings, not only visually but also by having a low impact on the environment.
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FEATUREDCoffee! Exploring the Mexican rainforest and learning how coffee is made... from the trees to the roasted beans... part one of my Kahlua Bean To Bottle adventure!
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The Future of the Book by IDEO demonstrates the possible ways we will be consuming text in the very near future.
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A beautiful upcoming documentary, Float, takes you inside the world of indoor self-propelled model airplanes.
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BMW Documentaries: 'The Future Just Isn't What It Used To Be' looks at the future of the past and what did and did not come true.
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House and Donut is a coffee measure and wonderful clean and nice drip coffee cup/brewer by designer Torch (aka Takayuki Nakabayashi).
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'Double Dish' by Joseph Joseph provides a fun solution to the problem of serving snacks such as olives and pistachio nuts, with their inedible stones and shells, hiding any waste from view.
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Don't Panic asked Kate MacDowell about dead animals, baroque aesthetics, and bugs crawling on people's faces.
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Are you paying the same amount for smaller products? Infographic collaboration between GOOD and Bradley R. Hughes for Consumer Reports.
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Orange Cube by Jacob + Macfarlane Architects in Quai Rambaud, Lyon.
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Gry Holmskov's Angel stool incorporates a minimalistic seat with no backrest and a fanned out base. It was created using steel rods, and it is inspired by the annual rings of a tree.
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The brandnew german label "Antik Kombo" took an almost 200 years old Biedermeier table and brought it to the present by adding modern/timeless design aspects.
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Polar Composition, a cute wall graphic from A Modern Eden (of the iPhone apps and from creative firm FORGE) by Blik.
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Stunning photographs by Michael Eastman of Havana facades and interiors.
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Cute t-shirt packaging in cans by Karoly Kiralyfalvi.
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Amazing lamp shades made of old fruit boxes, by Sergio Mendoza.
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Ippolito Fleitz designs with extravagance for the new Palace of International Forums in Uzbekistan
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A collection of fifty illustrations designed by Japanese artist HR-FM and available as prints from Eyes On Walls.
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Today's fresh cuts: An interview with the co-creators of Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson
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n|Strip - an installation by THEVERYMANY at the gallery Synesthesie in Paris.
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Beautiful, simple package design for Glow by Neumeister.
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B(h)uis by Hoogte Twee Architecten built with PVC tubes. Its spatial aspect, transparency, texture, arrangement and rhythm of diameters, wall thickness fascinates all the viewers.
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Made from an 18 gauge steel coffin, the Heretic features 4 cast iron legs that support in upwards of 800 pounds, and a hand built and sewn seating area from Italian leather. Limited production run of (3) from Autum.
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Ridiculously cute and tiny Royal antelope calf born at the San Diego Zoo. These tiny antelopes stand barely a foot tall when fully grown.
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Core77 takes a closer look at the Leveraged Freedom Chair by Amos Winter, Jake Childs and Jung Tak.
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Studio visit at Berlin based HORT. It was founded by designer Eike König in 1994 as a creative playground. A place where 'work and play' can be said in the same sentence.
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Amazing sound installation made from shoes by Arno Fabre. The project called 'Les Souliers' consists of an ensemble of thirty pairs of shoes, piloted by computers and mechanically activated by 'tramplers'.
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Natural and industrial 'stoool' is the first project designed by Pierre Duthoit for Plllus
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FEATUREDAnother gorgeous week has flown by and here are a few of the highlights from here at NOTCOT.org.
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The Mini-Maison by Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf architectes - a tiny worker's home with a fire pole for circulation!
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Benoît Méléard's architectural shoes. His latest collection is a tribute to 50s American designer Beth Levine.
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The Atelier Book Chair by Kana Nakanishi is a wooden children's drawing case that opens out into a stool.
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FEATUREDOperation Window Seat: LAX-MEX-VER ~ with Kahlua in Mexico, i've found bizarre and surreal textures and scenes out the plane windows. The windy sea + sponge like dunes are crazy.
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The Alvi Silk Chair from the Swedish group Alvi Design.
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Limited edition William Wallet from Wintercheck Factory.
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French paper packaging from Charles S. Anderson Design.
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Smart 'Pack-Away Bucket' by Wacky Practicals is a collapsible bucket made of tough silicone with a stainless steel handle.
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A beautiful HTML5 site to help you discover travel this Valentine's Day. How much do you <3 me?
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VIDEOBeautifully shot video of jewelry designer Aaron Ruff at work on his stump collection for UncommonGoods. Adorable personalized jewelry for love birds!
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Google doodle celebrating the birth of Jules Verne , inspired by 20,000 leagues under the sea.
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Hidden within a beautiful church at a secret central Stockholm location, Form Us With Friends 2011 is an exhibition showcasing a selection of Form Us With Love's latest collaborations.
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Tokyo based designer Shige Hasegawa has recently developed this delicate lantern style lamp. the Mori light, for Wakari.
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Floating frames by Kiki van Eijk for Vivid gallery at Object Rotterdam.
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The helmet Niqab by Death Spray, stylish meets sinister meets futuristic meets traditional.
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Designer Sharon Taylor decorated this children's store, Jellybeans, using materials from a local flea market and from eBay, transforming the space into a delicate boutique.
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These sleek 'Aromapots' by Dottings Design for RIESS are 100% steel and enamel. A fresh & modern approach to enamelware. Induction friendly and stackable, the lid also works as a trivet.
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New chair SB-Cuatro from BRUNNER Studio in Copenhagen - a contemporary version of the iconic Scandinavian timber chair. Launch at SFF 2011.
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'Kässeli' building blocks for future plans, by Brigitta and Benedikt Martig-Imhof for tät-tat. FSC certified smoked oak puzzle/saving box with a magnetic lock.
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'While You Are Sleeping' exhibition by Arslan Sükan at Galerist, Turkey
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'Fuego' bio-ethanol patio light by Holmback-Nordentoft for Stelton. Materials: Cast iron + glass.
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VIDEOWWF - We Are All Connected. Great ad for the WWF produced by James Hagger (Troublemakers.tv) and directed by Mato Atom for Ogilvy & Mather Mexico.
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Uli Westphal's Mutatoes are now available as a print!
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Alexander Chen's Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram.
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WHATSWHAT and Svenskt Tenn are proud to announce their first collaboration, pendant lamp Greta, available in several color schemes.
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The recently opened Victoria & Albert Reading Room in South Kensington combines wine bar and bookstore and offers a constantly changing range of more than 1,000 new and vintage titles. Design by David Collins and Lucy Woodward.
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New 'House Lights' lighting concept from Kristian Aus - A village of lights
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Giorgio Armani's Frames of Your Life ~ brings his new eyewear collection to the streets in a clever campaign incorporating fashion, photography and social media ~ through bloggers in berlin, london, paris, and milan.
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This is what happens when you take a high-end car picture, chop off the top, flip it over and slap it back down. And it went viral on many car forums with plenty of car enthusiasts and Photoshop hacks giving it a whirl. Mind = Blown.
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The New Jelly Mould Light from Re-Found Objects in Northumberland.
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VIDEOMercedes-Benz 125th anniversary superbowl ad ~ cutest part is the Biome concept on the road next to its great great great grandfather?
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VIDEOAudi's superbowl luxury jail break ad showing you how to "Escape the confines of old luxury"
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Adorable VW Black Beetle youtube superbowl ad page... (more fun than watching the ad on tv)
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Interesting collaborations ~ Threadless Loves Thermos ~ designs for both tees and thermos
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Truth&Dare. Fun thought provoking tees hoping to spark meaningful conversation and #supportJulian
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Pat the Zombie ~ the fuzzy childhood book gets an undead make over
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MINI recently gave 20 1:3 scale models to Thailand designers, artists and other creatives in celebration of 50 years of the iconic car design. Some fun interpretations!
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Biospheres is the name of an amazing installation of Tomas Saraceno for the exhibition Rethink Relations, Contemporary art and climate change in the National Gallery of Denmark.
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Locher's has always been a master of pretty little naughty things... from shirts to jewelry to totes... and now to iphone cases made of authentic victorian era fabrics... with pick me ups like "i am the shit"
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Brandbowl 2011 is on ~ from Boston.com, Mullen, and Radian6 ~ they are pulling the sentiment of tweets everywhere to figure out which superbowl ads are the most loved.
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Artist Marina Abramovic turns restaurant eating into performance art.
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Squidface & The Meddler is an online arts magazine from Toronto, Canada. The magazine features artist interviews, book reviews, comics, and coverage of art events. with a focus on emerging creatives.
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Biased Chains are prototypic chain structures that encode assembly instructions directly into the material parts and demonstrate passive self-assembly.
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Fun 'hot-pot bbq' by Black + Blum looks like a normal terracotta pot, but conceals a bbq grill underneath.
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Rune Fjord and Rosan Bosch (the former Bosch & Fjord)'s design of LEGO's development department in Billund.
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Beautiful partitions and curtains made from repurposed billboard signs by Lattice Workshop, an Omaha, Nebraska based studio.
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These dramatic spherical chandeliers from Diffuse Lighting are composed of numerous translucent porcelain butterflies each embossed with a delicate damask texture.
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In anticipation of Sunday's big game, here's a spending breakdown of the country's most Superbowl obsessed states.
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Artist Gene Davis putting finishing touches on his 414-ft-long painting. “Franklin’s Footpath,” painted on the street in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1972. Photo by Henry Groskinsky.
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50th Anniversary Shelby Cobra, sad it sold out in hours, but that won't stop us from staring longingly at the photo gallery!
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Rupert McKelvie designs and makes furniture that feels utilitarian but upon closer inspection also reveals subtle artistic details.
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Pendant glass light/ terrarium shown at the glass design studio of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
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Blotto design reduce entire books to a single page (a giant poster) with their All The World's A Page.
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Beautiful set of sobering infographics about censorship of the internet using data from Reports Without Borders.
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Designboom visit the studio of Odile Decq in Paris.
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Stephen Alvarez explores the catacombs of Paris for National Geographic.
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Printemps Haussmann. Beautiful corian flowers by Pascale Girardin.
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Christian Stoll’s stunning wide angle views of futuristic locations, part of worldwide print campaigns for IBM and Microsoft.
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SO CUTE! Original watercolor painting by Jeff Soto (5.5" square, acrylic and watercolor on Arches Aquarelle Watercolor paper)... only available as part of The Seeker Complete Collector's Set.
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Great infographic series 'Delicious Drinks' by graphic designer Fabio Rex.
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Beautiful scanning electron microscope images of microbial landscapes on the surface of cheese from the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative.
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The reinvention of the synagogue. A project by SeARCH and Manuel Herz Architects
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'Parquet' by Ora-Ïto for Stepevi | Maison&Objet 2011
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Recycled Porcelain Tile by Graniti Fiandre.
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Stephan Schulz design the 'Moving Table-Loader'. The perfect desk if you've got limited space but need a great working place.
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