The Bolt Light Bulb by Sungmin Hong. From the name 'Its a bolt + bulb + light, a light bulb that is "bolt" shaped'

999 Design came up with this gorgeous bottle design for Gleneagles Natural Mineral Water.

An "artistic intervention in Google Street View" brought to you by Pittsburgh. Staged street view scenes range from a marching band to a medieval sword fight.

Yet again the guys from Uredd have managed to blow me away with their creative minds. This time it was Gaute and Ståle and mr Aasmund who went out in the streets of Trondheim to play with light.

The Bacello Chair by Palette Industries is inspired by traditional "pea pod" boats. Their website is somewhat annoying, but their designs are worth a look.

Non-Format designed three different album covers for The Chap in 2008 - I like the consistent use of balloon animals rendered atypically.

Snow Couple on Mailboxes

Estudio Breder's Night&Day cup - the skyline and the mood changes depending on if the cup is flipped up or down.

Latest obsession ~ By:Amt's Ring A Day ~ see some hands on pics with these awesome stainless steel ring sets ~ hardest part is deciding how to wear/display/use them! So many possibilities...

Paul McCarthy's work ranges from intimate performance videos to spectacular public works - all without sacrificing its unnerving psychosexual tone. His most recent sculptural work is a Santa figure holding a tree-like butt plug.

Nancy Wu is likely the most diverse designer to come out of Art Center in a long time. Check out her site for amazing and fresh designs from soap chairs to nike shoes. (Btw, she is the younger sister of NOTCOT's feature car designer Kim Wu)

NOTCOT Holiday Deal ~ here's another update! 20% off at Kidrobot with the code "KRNOTCOT" ~ see all the details in the coupon book (not good on sale, previously ordered, etc) I totally want some owls :)

Yulia Brodskaya makes gorgeous and intricate typographic paper cuts.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #26: Lelo is giving away the Stainless Steel OLGA from its Luxe Collection of Pleasure Objects~ it comes with a satin case and is housed in a glossy wooden box...

Gift Guide: Indulge Those Vices!!! This one is about luxury, pleasure, indulgence and basically enjoying life...

The Bee House Saltbox provides a pretty living space for your table salt. The ceramic Saltbox comes in a variety of colors, and keeps moisture away.

NOTCOT Holiday Deal! Alissia MT has FINALLY launched a web store of her own! More to come soon, but first, FREE DIAMOND RING! (in acrylic!) when you spend $75, just tell her size/color in checkout comments.

Format recreates over 20 Classic (and some not-so-classic) Hip Hop Album Covers in LEGO.

brilliant ways to recycle your used PET bottles.

Want to be in a book among the 200 best packaging designers in the world? Submit your work to "200 Best Packaging Designers 2009/10" special edition by Lürzer's Archive. Entry Deadline: January, 30th 2008

The numbers geek in me desperately wants this Numbers Notepad from Mateo Ilasco ~ i want my many random lists on this! Sorted by prime, odd, even, and composite numbers!

The Gleichenberg Thermal Bath by JSA is a big wooden deck that interconnects all the pools.

Created by Wieden+Kennedy and produced by Stink/Psyop, the new Nokia Leevi E71 TV spot. Great production.

Peleda Wind-Up - 4-Inch Mini Figures - Australian illustrator, Nathan Jurevicius, gets folky with his limited edition, wind-up Peleda Owl mini series. Blind box series, 7 in total.

Adorable Alessi Christmas Cow Boy statuette of Santa riding his reindeer made of painted porcelain. See the animated video!

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.