Sim Chan is only 21 years old, but his paintings seem well beyond his age. He paints large scale cityscapes that are disorientating yet stunning...

OFFECCT headquarters, factory & showroom- The building facade is transformed by placing 16,647 plastic insert feet presenting the company logotype onto the building's perforated steel wall.

Here & There — a horizonless projection in Manhattan - uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th

Photographer William Springfield also explores the harsh realities of love between woman and cephalopod

Photographs from the exhibition "The Organization Of Batter" by Martha Friedman: the focus is waffles, built out of marble, paper, and rubber.

Kitchen scrabble "tiles" to decorate your kitchen walls from Swedish "Bokstavskakel". What message would you like in your kitchen?

Dear Creatures Fall 2009 line is a collection inspired by photographs of 1960s girl scout troops.

Daikichi Amano makes all kinds of weird films and photos involving girls with bugs, frogs, goldfish and eels, octopus.... all of which they eat afterwards, to avoid wasteful animal cruelty.

ATX & HTX - Seth Tobocman, signing & presentation - 5/25+26

trio of tillandsia bromeliads. these beautiful plants flower and do not require soil!!! Also for 4/15 only ~ 50% off at Doe-SF with "taxdayblues09"!!!

William Hunt was born in London in 1977 and graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2005. His work often involves performance art where he plays acoustic music under extreme physical conditions.

Isaiah Zagar has covered more than 50,000 square feet of Philadelphia with stunning mosaic murals. In A Dream documents his work and his relationship with his wife as it implodes. You are a lucky duck if it is playing near you.

Sharpener RING,
the luxury tool for architects, designers, artists, ilustrators,etc.
Design by Ignacio Pilotto

Ron Arad presents an exhibition of his new works at Timothy Taylor Gallery, April 8 - May 9, 2009.

Moon Fox by Sergey Safanov is adorable

Don't miss some photos of one of the most important design stores in Southamerica, Cómodo store.

Brand new website from portuguese street-artist Target is finally online. Filled with stencils, posters, and other related works from the artist.

Created by Swiss designer Carlo Borer, OTTO is more than a fan - it’s a piece of furniture with a purpose.

The stylish Tierra Atacama Hotel is an oasis in the middle of the most dry desert of the world, using local materials to create an architecture that blends with the landscape.

Clark is more than a workstation, Clark offers space for organized chaos !

Oooh Brainstorm Print and Design has some gorgeous (+ affordable) prints for sale!

Daytrip Society ~ such a cute "travel" store in Maine ~ their product line feels like a notcot store, and their Daytrip logos/products are SO cute!

Hilary Berseth creates sculptural honeycomb bee hives... and the bees do the work! "He constructs basic frameworks of wire and wax, then lets teams of tiny yellow-and-black art fabricators finish the job." See the slideshow!

New York Magazine highlights four party photographers, and their takes on the modern scene.

Norwegian designer Helen Johannesen has made an ecosmart alternative to writing on paper; a ceramic not pad that can be used over and over again.

Beautiful hanging lights, made for Xmas, making use of traditional Fair Isle knitted patterns and test tubes. If your Gran and Stephen Hawkins did Christmas, it would be something like this.

Paris based designer Samuel Accoceberry has created the Air Chair. The technique for this piece relies on the close interlocking of seven curved wooden laths aseembled in decreasing height.

elegant and eco-conscious Citroen commercial...
Creative Technology... Citroen is reinventing itself...

A cool news story on the IDEO design process and company culture. See the video!

If you've ever wondered what everyday logos, brands and packaging look like on the other side of the world, J. Jason Smith has captured some great photos of Western logos and their Arabic Doppelgängers.

Tamar Levine and Rob Sheridan create a robot girl.

Woopsies- Kids soothing packs from Bucky. Fun, friendly, always ready to soothe life's little bumps and bruises. Six unique personalities, but they all like heat and cold. Warm in the microwave or chill in the freezer as the owie demands.

This 19th century bed was purchased by Michael Smith for the White House and is was specially sized to a king ~ could it be the new president's bed? I think so!

The first HUGE vending machine in the world. A Coca-cola zero campaign involving mobile.

Japanese architects never stop surprising me. The Shell House by Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic is composed of two concrete tubes that result in a very transparent house, perfect when in the midst of a forest.

Boot I by Pixel Pancho, from street art to international concept store. Amazing limited edition robot-pop-pot.

The Garbage Pin project includes a silver Pin, plastic bag and garbage. By Ana Cardim, it is your tiny, mobile garbage bin!

'Bring Your Kids To Work Day' A great piece of internal marketing from the ad agency BBDO New York, art directors Frank Anselmo and Jayson Atienza.

Cartoon Network rebrand for 2008/09 by Capacity ~ very cool video!

A Flickr set of soap labels extending back to the 1950s

Julie West letterpressed Artist's Series cards now available from Letter Pressed.

The National Geographic store has arrived upon the shores of Singapore, second only to London, whose store opened 3 weeks ago. Read what visitors have to say.

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

achariah Johnsen, is a young artist who specializes in watercolor, pen & ink, and mixed media works on paper.

Pantene Pro-V | Stops Split Ends | Action of Pantene Banner solves problem, and poles allude to split ends of hair

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #4: A massive bundle from Fred & Friends ~ from the calf and half double-walled glass, to pick your nose cups, to gin and titonic ice cube trays and more...