Jet Rest ~ might be more comfy than the usual U shaped neck pillows ~ L shaped pillow with more support for your head and neck ~ even can come with a cashmere cover!

Origami sculpture made by Jacquet Fritz Junior. Photography by Matthieu Gauchet.

Interesting public sea bath for the Copenhagen waterfront, by JDS + Klar. Good multi-use of the waterway.

Erik Natzke is an interactive designer who is constantly trying to blur the lines between design and technology.

My Maker’s Mark holiday package came today. A few years ago, I got waxed tumblers. This year, it’s wrapping paper, ribbon and to/from tags. Sign up to be an ambassador (it’s free and you get your name on a barrel of Maker’s) and you can get free stuff too.

Coarse Toys has an exhibition in Berlin at the moment. Probably the most impressive vinyl toys on the market right now.

The Barcelona Research Park by spanish architects Manuel Brullet and Albert de Pineda, is a giant round building with a wooden skin that filters the views while providing shade.

Pho-ho-hoto Booth ~ Found this cool holiday photo app!

New Volkswagen Golf 6. "Nouveaux standards, nouveaux tests", with a great car crash test.

TV spot for NAB (Norwegian Association of the Blind), created by Try. "Don't disturb the ones working", talking about the dogs that help the blind ones.

FON is a WiFi community allowing users to share or sell their WiFi connection and get access for free to any FON-spot in the world.

Some things never get improved upon--this Folle stapler, which has been around since 1946, is like a work of art.

London shop fronts -- a neat tumblr blog.

The Front Page Poster is a collection of the covers of all the major news papers from around the world chronicling Barack Obama's historic win.

This new Amor de Madre cutting board is ingenious! I need it yesterday!

Vane and Joya produced some great candles entitled the Mixology Candles. They are based on cocktail recipes.

Block & Blockele is a novel building block system of characters, figures and elements that interlock with each other in an unlimited number of ways.

Print Ad Puts 3D Mini Cabrio in Hands of auto magazine readers.

The V building facade of the VM Houses, featured in #10709, is a small disappointment when seen for real.

Check out exclusive video tour of Mark Baez's M Cube

The amazing cantilever is not the only great thing about Jean Nouvel's Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Take a closer look.

Amazing new summer line from M.I.A.'s sister. By the name of "Hunger" the collection was inspired by how food is seen in other places of the world...

A concept of playfull kitchen objects. Maraka is currently on display in an exhibition DAS Designers after School in Rome. Designers are Zeljka Kavran, Andrea Corteggi and Katia Mattiolli

Swedish Jarl Fernaeus has designed a table, stool and lamp and made the final 17 of the Prix Emile Hermes competition. The elegant and tidy looking furniture group in the hallway takes care of chargers for mobile phones, iPods and cameras.

The Super Ampersand Pillow - Made by hand with some crazy fabric. Now you can have your favorite typographic symbol right next to you on your couch!

Tony Davidson of Wieden+Kennedy London has made a new book called One Track Mind. Here is a look at Tony the lovable madman and his one track mind.

Sigur Rós put out a delux edition of their fifth and latest album, Meó suó í eyrum vió spilum endalaust. The book is full of fun goodies, including 200 pages of artsy photos, a DVD shot in Super 8 of the band on the road and, of course, the CD of the album itself.

Veidekke Bostad is one of the larger real estate companies in Scandinavia. The idea of the First Day Survival Kit was to take of some weight from the new apartment owner's shoulders.

An exhibition of work by designers BIG-GAME is on show at museum Grand-Hornu Images near Brussels, Belgium.

Each transformers is packaged in a nike shoe box. Inside the box the toy looks like a typical nike running shoe, however once you start playing around you realize that the shoe is actually a transformers toy.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #25: The fourth giveway from our sponsor, Seagate! Here is the FreeAgent Desk for Mac (yes, that means FireWire 800!!!) in a massive 1 terabyte of space!

Scanners: R-Echos issue 2. A recent collection of articles on the topic of re-presentation/publication along with tools and devices to do so.

Domestic Aesthetic makes eco-conscious goods. My favorite is the Spice Block which is made from reclaimed mahogany scraps that were being thrown away by a neighboring window manufacturer.

Ooooh my Alex & Chloe order came, and couldn't resist showing you closeups of some of my favorites as well as the awesome black on black packaging! Also take a peek at their latest t-shirt collection!

Donald Weber has an amazing photographic series entitled "White Nights: Russia after the Gulag".

Renders from Design agency Seymour Powell, using Liquavista's electrowetting technology to produce a mobile handset concept covered in flexible full colour video e-paper..

Photos of the Parra x Toykyo collaboration. Belgium based Toykyo produced one of Parra's most unique characters to a 1:1 statue...

Laura Lobdell's Free Bird necklace - randomly inspired by a "free-spirit who plays with matches, knows Rome and eats candy". Available in sterling silver and in gold.

Grace Jones in chocolate - how the album cover artwork was made

Ashley G's new miniature porcelain artwork - already sold out since debuting yesterday!

Awesome bath-time building blocks by Cocoon Branding for Hair Do Zoo. Can be used as containers for soap and shampoo, as well as a play toy for kids.

White Fruit Radio - Made of wood and controlled by running your fingers along the surface we love this new concept!

Novatel MiFi, a very pretty 3G to WiFi converter box. Lets you share it's cellular data service with multiple laptops with no wires.

Copernicus Toys' Compact Curiosities ~ the perfect stocking stuffers that are not only fun and amusing, but educational and awesomely packaged too! From Owl Pellets to Giant Balloons to Solar Engines to Vortexes!