IDEA: A Christmas tree that ran solely from a potato battery. We realized that would have to be a huge-ass potato so we made it digital- and to keep it in the spirit, we made it a yam-ran-Christmas greeting.

Versace has just released a collection of tiles called Stone Palace.

Nixon is shortly releasing an awesome set of headphones, in both ear bud and classic over the ear style.

What bad economy? Tom Ford is introducing an $18 soap on a rope 'Cleansing Bar' that is scented with Tom Ford For Men.

Innovative and environmentally friendly packaging for Newton Running.

For part of La Blogotheque's brilliant "A Take Away Show" video-concert series, Vincent Moon filmed an absolutely amazing acoustic session with Fleet Foxes inside an abandoned wing of Paris' Palais Royale.

City of Books: a beautiful stop-motion animation for 4th Estate Publishers 25th Anniversary. Produced by Apt Studio.

Modscape's beautiful modular homes offer a plethora of sustainable features including solar panels, recycled materials, rainwater collection, and greywater recycling.

Love Chigo's versatile Tree Stacking Cabinet - three separate cabinets made of white ash that can be used separately or stacked on top of each other.

See Anna Ronnes unique wooden screen "Saturated Porosity". She was the first winner of the danish “Time to design” award.

I also believe than my pencils are speaking to each other when my attention is outside... Nice video series in 3D for Fedex.

Nice packaging design for Bull-A-Rook whiskey by Kyle Poff. I like how both sides of the label are considered, with the plainer side on the exterior and a layered map that can be viewed from the backside.

Some of us grew up drinking from these bottles and cans, most of us threw away after drinking but some of us kept them. Allen is a good example of such collector, he has captured many old items and in a way preserving them in the form of pictures.

Rubyy ~ blood orange energy drink in the gorgeous matte black aluminum bottle... that glows under the black light, AND tastes amazingly un-energy-drink-like... also a perfect addition to drinks!

ABSOLUT Barcelona website. Nice interaction experience and photo-collage work.

unbelievable shot of the golden gate bridge.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #19: Mimoco is giving away 3 of the new VDC Mimobots with protohoodies to 3 lucky commenters!!!

Wow. I really need to go Siberia - some amazing photos of windows/home exteriors. Love the ornate facades.

The store, created by Ksubi in association with Herbert & Mason architects, leads the way in social and economical design by focusing on salvage and “mash” culture to produce an aesthetic the team call “homeless chic”.

Very interesting roofscape at the Future House by Innovarchi architecture - love how the roof becomes the ground of the courtyard between the two volumes.

Critter carols | And the Purina launches its generator cards online, using dogs and cats.

Freitag recently introduced the F22 iPhone sleeve, made with an individual roadkill tarp exterior and a velvet interior lining that automatically cleans the iPhone.

Faucets from Bongio, hand made from Murano glass, incredibly gorgeous… don’t you just love Italian design?

Love the minimal use of labels in John Sleeman Presents Series beer and the slightly tweaked bottle shapes. Designed by Dossier Creative.

The best of balloons on the web in 2008.

NOTCOT Holiday Special - Baxter of California is offering NOTCOT readers a 20% discount on all products using the code NOTCOT in the Coupon Code Section ~ good for 48 hours only ~ ends Sunday Dec 6th, midnight PST.

Mouth blown Murano glass pendant by famed architect Michele De Lucchi. If they're good enough for the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris, they're good enough for me!

Love Erika Lövqvist's Water-Lily Lamps - the height really makes you feel like you're underwater. Am curious as to how they stand with such thin bases...

Japanese design team, Tibori Design, have an awesome blog called Dotter Dotter where they post 8-bit inspired pieces of 3D art from classic Nintendo games.

Supermarket teamed up with Design Within Reach for a night of holiday shopping, Dec 10 at ModernMart IV. a great opportunity to find unique gifts from emerging designers at affordable prices...

Ever wonder where Creativity comes from? Creative juicing has historically been an elite pursuit accessible only to those lucky enough to be born into one of the South West's big five juicing families. Hilarious Video!

yet another great product from the mind of jamie hayon: this time, a little disco lighting via 2008. swarovski sparkle shady: unlimited possibilities for installation, crystals allow for an amazing game of light, on or off.

By using fragments of found typography to take apart and put back together language, Padberg creates visual improvisations. the end product, wow.

Nanotube sheets produce sound.
I'd like to sleep in sheets playing ambient music.

The goddesses of skateboard for ChenMan.

Snazzy spice boy spice grinders. Perfect for holiday medleys of cloves and allspice or just plain old pepper.

11,000 sq-ft Concept Store/ Event Space by Puma (created by Lot-Ek) - Twenty-four shipping containers are retrofitted and transformed into PUMA CITY, a transportable retail and event building that is traveling around the world

Exquisite black & white photography by Solve Sundsbo for NY Times' T Style Holiday 2008 issue with actors Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise.

Wool felt laptop sleeves for mini laptops (netbooks). Charcoal or red wool felt, black corduroy lining and black wooden buttons for closure.

Danielle Yurchinkonis has returned home to Baltimore with some incredible photographs taken during a 3 month period in which she lived as a vagabond in Latvia and Lithuania.

Bouffant is a boutique commercial production company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Pocket size plain moleskines with logo deboss and unique metallic illustration. Christmas gifts for clients.

Berlin's most famous landmark, the Stadtschloss, is being rebuilt. It's great to see that the façade will stay true to the original while the interior has all the comforts of modern design

Diamonds Chair ( hand died velcro and steel ) is a close cooperation between a chaotic impulsive improviser ( Anna Ter Haar ) and a neurotic perfectionist calculator ( Cris Bartels ) driven by constant conflict.

A company in Brazil was commissioned by a wealthy businessman to build a carbon fiber door with biometric scanner for his glass lobby elevator area in his home.