The new + impressive 2009 interactive demo reel for Fake-Up Studios is up.

A fine wood work by finnish architects SARC, for the new METLA Forest Research Centre. Amazing wooden structure within.

Plates inspired by Mexican Culture, design by Joel Escalona for Imm Living

One of my favourite stools, obviously stackable, inspired in Japan..

Pelican 0450 Mobile Tool Chest ~ i might have to buy more tools just to fill it, but so tempting

A collection of clips from Czech Surrealist Animator, Jan Svankmajer.

Don't we all feel like this some days? Acid in the Ice Cream ~ solo art show at Backspace Gallery in Portland by Zenvironments - Zach Johnsen

Awesome 3D Video Projection Onto Monumental Architecture by Easyweb.

The crazy Karl Lagerfeld bag that made everybody's head turn during the last Chanel fashion show is now exclusively available at colette. Its a unique piece!

A collection of retro future space illustrations.

A sleek modern combination of hand brushed stainless steel and treated exotic wood, Suzette outdoor kitchen by ALPINA.

Turn the key to it fire up!

Amazingly detailed 3cm tall dinosaur sculpture made out of a coke can. While you're there check out his robots as well.

Really beautiful new ad campaign from Frito Lay Chips and Dip called Made For Each Other. Five different animation styles, but the little light bulb is by far the coolest.

Unique amazing "Happy-Roses"!!!
A Netherlands Company, has perfected a unique technique for changing each petal of a single rose.
They have been dubbed "Happy-Roses". Each stem is being sold for $6.

Mod Squad presents the work of top Queensland designers who have influenced, impacted and inspired contemporary design in Australia. ~ here is Pure Gravity.

Lights made of 35mm movie traileers, slides and negatives by Artist and Designer Michael Marcovici

Francesco Vezzoli's project Greed, a faux ad campaign for an imagined perfume. Directed by Roman Polanski and featuring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams embroiled in a fierce battle over the fanciful scent...

MOS Architects just won the competition to design the summer installation at MoMA´s PS1. Their proposal is called Afterparty, and it´s based on basic materials to address the current state of economy.

DDB London did a fantastic job on these Harvey Nichols ads. The mannequins are scared from the sale rush!

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's plans to renovate New York's Governor's Island into an incredible eco park interlaced with waterways, aquariums, and paths for complimentary bikes.

The CD might be dead when it comes to listening to music, but I would be more than happy to purchase a few of those old pieces of plastic to be able to enjoy the iShelf.

New Nike viral introducing Kobe Bryant as president, CEO, CFO, CMO and owner of Ankle Insurance Co.
If you don't wear the new Nike Zoom Kobe IV, watch out for your ankles!

Mattel launches thought-controlled circular ping-pong game.

Unica Home ~ the massive online design store has a 12,000 sq ft showroom/store/warehouse in Las Vegas, and we finally made it over! It's incredible! See the 30+ pics of the space!

Very clever Twenty Past Four plates designed by Willie Tsang, that reinforce the importance of proper table manners.

U.K. based artist Jon Burgerman, best known for his great doodles, has created wallpaper for your home that you can color in or leave as is... We're getting some and inviting everyone over to help us out, as long as they color inside the lines!

Multitouch Prototype by Randy Jones.

Kevin Pereira from G4 and Attack of The Show has made a parody of Kanye West's use of pitch auto-correction. He did it on GarageBand.

The Pollynation Leezard Smirk is adorable ~ over at Rocketworld!

Ten Thousand Pictures of You - An exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the animated pictures of Sarah's world. By Robin King

Beautiful advertising campaign for International Watch Co. Schaffhausen - Passion for detail... created by Jung von Matt, Germany

Here's a roundup of some fun gift ideas that have been popping up on NOTCOT.org!

Sweet new Kozyndan shoes

Flower Head Girl Art Print by Tara McPherson - 17" x 23" screenprint, signed/numbered in an edition of 100.

Illustrator and Graphic Designer Hoagy Houghton created "Aleatory Compositions": a book of musical works, unwittingly written by people filling in colours onto a grid which was then translated into musical notes.

Amazing, affordable animal portraits by Sharon Montrose.

Ninja cats fighting on TV ad for new Toyota Corolla.

Anara Tower is the latest supermassive skyscraper to be proposed for Dubai - an ambitious project crowned with an eye-catching propeller-shaped peak. by atkins design studio

Oliver Hemming's Red Dot Winning, Spice Boy ~ finally a grinder that works! not just for salt and pepper but for all dry spices. Nicely done, Oliver!

Super intrigued by the new Asus Eee PC S101 ~ 10" screen, 1.8 cm thin and weighing 1 kg, up to 64 GB SSD with 30GB of Eee storage, 1024 x 600 resolution

young dutch designer Patrick Schuur used a total of 918 tapes to build a cassette tape closet. Each cassette tape is individually screwed onto a wooden frame.

Opto-isolator is a truly creepy piece of art that makes eye contact and mimics blinking. Gotta love those eyes.

The Interior Design Award Nominees for 2008

with the stock market crisis it´s time to take our savings out of the bank and into a piggy bank, check out this great roundup

the wooden queen is a concept proposal for a fully articulated wooden action figure by Mani Zamani