Artist Lee Woodgate has one of his brilliant illustrations featured on the cover of this week's London le Cool newsletter.

The Korean artist Kim Joon has superb work of body paint using the human body as a canvas for a brilliant 3D effect.

Finnish artist Ilkka Halso depicts a future where nature becomes an attraction due to its rarity.

canadian artist gordon halloran creates large scale abstract installations using ice as his medium. his largest installation to date will be coming to chicago's millennium park in february!

New portfolio of the french artist iLK. Graphic design, illustration, photography, paint...

FEATUREDStrangeCo's new Vivisect Playset ~ 8 blind box creatures from a slew of our fav artists that are the perfect characters for that desk you spend too much time at... here is my favorite, The King Of Deadbeats!

The debate for animal sculptures is on! My favorite is Deborah Butterfield. Bronzed sculptures give the illusion of driftwood.

One of Americas most gifted artists. David Lenz, First prize winner of the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian institution

More animal sculptures crafted from unusual materials; artist John Kearney creates sculptures using chrome bumpers.

William Lamson is featured in the group show (Untitled) u=___ opening at fette's gallery Jan. 11th. Each artist was asked to take a self-portrait representing someone else. Same size, edition of 1!

Japanese artist, Kumi Yamashita creates simple and smart visual effects with light and shadow of the objects.

Unless your local takeout pavilion provides you with a giveaway calendar every January, now’s a good time to invest. Check out this one, a collaborative effort printed on poster-sized paper and illustrated by a different artist each month.

The Building VI sculpture outside the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, Canada.

Designed by Antony Gormley

a new action in the city - "this is not an artwork" by xyz

A new installation by dutch artist Wouter Huis.
Inner world (/beyond thoughts)

Incredible city made of polished junk by a Japanese artist.

Aiming to reduce the volume of PET bottles carried by "catadores" (people who collect waste from streets), Takashi Utsumi developed a device with which one can rapidly shred PET bottles into ribbons suitable for use in crafts. I want one.

The Ice Hotel is made entirely of ice and snow - rebuilt every year at the beginning of winter at Jukkas by a team of snow builders, architects, designers and artists from all over the world.

In a Norwegian wood lies this beautiful house built for a local artist. Simple architectural design by Norwegian "Huus og Heim Arkitektur".

its hard to believe that mark khaisman makes such incredible art from simple brown packing tape.

In order to communicate the new absolut bottle Absolut Disco and under the motto “Dance anywhere, anyhow, anytime” the 70's disco feeling hit the streets of Lisbon.

Why didn't I think to use video games for my high school projects? Designer Rob Marquardt was clearly craftier than me when he drafted this Atari 2600 joystick for his 1983 high school industrial arts class.

An intricate mask for construction site fencing, Camouflage by Iikka Airas and Markus Wikas is an artificial foliage to beautify scaffolding.

ever fall asleep on a train? chicago artist yvonne doll sneaks photos on the fly and has created a tranquil collection of portraits. Sleepy Urbanite.

Obscene Interiors by South African artist Von Brandis. Removes the naughty bits in the foreground to focus on the interior design in the background.

Zune Arts has some of the best animated films and accompanying music I've seen in a long time. And all are downloadable along with wallpapers and icons.

Art Lebedev studio always has fabulous wallpapers in various resolutions incorporating their bar code. This one is perfect for today! New Champagnes By Den Poddubny. Happy New Year NOTCOT!

incredible custom ambigrams by artist tiffany harvey. this is definitely tagged for next year's gift list.

Solitary Arts is the product of Geoff McFetridge and Yong-Ki Chang - with a mini skate store and tshirts, decks, stickers, buttons, and more! Love the Drifter logo.

FEATUREDWill Ashford manages to recycle words ~ pages of emerson becomes artworks filled with doodles and highlights ~ bringing out beautiful images you didn't even realize could be there

FEATUREDIncredibly beautiful animation by Cory Godbey found over at Zune Arts entitled "Le Cadeau du Temps" ~ and a beautiful message as well!

Logo Lounge has a great roundup of Logo Trends of 2007 ~ like dna, crests, flora, eco, bursts, bands, shrinking dots...

Daniel Edlen makes acrylic on vinyl paintings that bring out the artist's portraits from their records... and it turns out i knew him as a kid! (worked for his parents) ~ and the videos of the making of are worth checking out

FEATUREDPuma's Urban Mobility range teaming up with the Serpentine gallery = a $1400 instant art gallery filled with artists goodies, and this gorgeous shiny brainy bag

What more would you expect when Diesel, Michael Lau, and Terry Richardson team up? An incredible hong kong art show, and a larger-than-life, anatomically correct, fully-articulated action figure...

Banksy, Kelsey Brooks among other artists go to Bethlehem to paint the walls and bring across the message of freedom and peace! ~ For Santa's Ghetto 2007!

New toys for the art enthusiast. The Tofu toy by Japanese company Medicom comes under the "Art of the World" theme!

"Dutch/Californian artist Bas Jan Ader was last seen in 1975 when he took off in what would have been the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic."

Compelling interview with East Bay artist, Ala Ebtekar. Influenced both by Oakland graffiti and his Persian roots, Ebtekar manages to layer graphics and religious texts to reveal ironic perspectives.

feebee is Japanese female graphic artist, who is recently getting a lot of attainment all over the world.

McDonald's lifting from Nine Inch Nails. Looks more like a blatant steal to me.

FEATUREDTo get ready for the New Year ~ i love Stuart Haygarth's Millenium Chandelier's made from 1000 used party poppers from the streets of london 01.01.00

Palate Palette - the name says it all, an eclectic cafe where art, food + great company meet. Kuala Lumpur's humblest artsy-fartsy spot also hosts nu-rave parties (Lapsap plays electro techno + retro) that rock the colours off you!

Hallmark and (PRODUCT)RED competition to design a card with the theme CONNECTING(RED). Winner will be decided from ten finalists through online voting ending January 11th.

Mixing ancient and modern: Laurent Savioz' 'Conversion of a Dwelling' for an artist in Chamoson, Switzerland. Gorgeous.

Fantastic new prints by Douglas Wilson (the keep calm carry on guy). Hand letterpressed onto select pieces from his collection of antique maps.

NYTimes has a cute article on the efficiency of UPS' right hand turn only rule...

Nyko is launching wireless nunchucks! Finally your wiimote and nunchuck can be free... but how heavy will they each be?

On incredible things i could do with the vinyl cutter... this great roundup of map artwork on DesignBoom is giving me lots of ideas...

you won't be able to sit on it, but you can still surround yourself with fabulous iconic modern furniture everyday with these fun prints from missouri artist matt mills!

Fabulous sculptures of light and wood from a Venezuelan artist, who bring to life dead trees, thorns and dry barks. Go smoothly with your mouse through the website homepage and download the PDF for more photos.

Bug + Paint = Bug Art. Steven Kucher dips each leg of his miniature artists in watercolors, and let's them scurry allover the paper to create these abstract paintings.

Gorgeous watercolor paintings from Newark Based artist, Nicole Poko.

Kokeshi Custom Show @ Subtext in San Diego, CA. Incredible works by over 75 artists including Joy Ang (shown), Julie West, Alberto Cerriteño, Audrey Kawasaki, Julie Morstad, Caleb Brown, Evan B. Harris and many many more! BREATHTAKING!

vermont based artist paula mccullough creates fascinating layered sculpture from thousands of puzzle pieces, and mixed media art using found objects too!

MAP is a new Miami-based culture magazine that fuses progressive design and intelligent content to reflect the relevance of Miami as a new frontier for the arts.

Woof Love! 12 Artists have each decorated a Magis Puppy for an auction whose partial proceeds go to Action for Singapore Dogs. Auction ends January 6th and you can download bids forms here.

Diana Guerrero-Maciá. hand-sewn collage, soccer balls and well tailored ransom notes.

'artificial bonsai tree' by jennifer chan - i want one of these... part of Droog design's presentation at Miami's Art Basel

miami artist john zoller takes us on a wild ride through past and present american history with his affecting interpretations of traditional children's coloring books.

From Sweden, miniature furniture for generations of Children. Design by Heirloom.

Here's the best way to describe artist Walter Robinson's work: "Walter Robinson creates sculptural installations that deliver slick candy coated indictments of popular culture, sometimes further emboldened with tactile resin coated surfaces, glitter and cheap gems."

Marie í Dali's highly skateable stage design for Sten Koerner's re-invented Nutcracker, to be seen in both Denmark and Norway this winter.

absurdly humorous watercolors from canadian artist marc johns will have you grinning!

8th wonder of the world? Its incredible what these guys have dug out from under a house... an incredibly intricate temple that you need to see the pictures of!

LOOTone is one of the best and most established graffiti artists in Japan.

That octopus girl is Audrey Kawasaki! and behind her is Amy Sol! and that's luke chueh in the bear... Art Army returns to LA and this time takes on some of our fav artists

Dazed & Confused/Diesel are running a competition for a photographic or artwork submission to be featured on a billboard in London and in the Diesel Kings Road store.

A great-looking alternative to the traditional (ugly) bike rack. Sexy green planters with built-in rails that can accommodate two bikes!

German design agency ARTelier Reiss did a study on the crematorium of the future. Resulting in 4 different looking architectural (inner and outer) scenario's. The site is an abstract of their self published book: Express Emotions.

KojiKoji is up and coming artist and he still going to artschool, but certainly got his own style. theme “street&art”

Toucan artwork from A.viary.com 's upcoming ad campaign for their online color swatch tool.

Tons of illustrations from this argentinian artist.

FEATUREDBrooks Salzwedel (a notcot fav for his layered resin belts and artwork) has launched Shane, jewelry that has the tiniest resin masterpieces hidden in woody metal pieces... Click to see inside that log.

The new Sucklord Toy by Suckadelic is hilarious. Inspired by Boba Fett it comes with Boombox, cape, lasersword and turntables. Cannot stop laughing!

"A group of 18 artists (including famous Barcelona artist Catalina Estrada) have produced 27 unique designs called the Artist Series for the Zune Originals store."

FEATUREDNorth Face's new 845 Collection is where "Artistic design meets extraordinary performance." And these sleek silhouettes for men and women can actually withstand all kinds of insane unexpected weather.

The British Design Council has a great series of articles on Managing Design ~ including input from Alessi, BT, Starbucks, Microsoft, Lego, Sony, Virgin, Yahoo, Whirlpool, Xerox and more

Who knew Cartier was so hip? They've launched their newest watch, the Ballon Bleu, with comic strips, movies and art by different artists. Very cool and the watch is stunning as well!

An exclusive limited edition print of 40 by Brooklyn based artist,Caroline Hwang.

The cell phone booth by Nick Rodrigues, should be required in public.

I <3 ARTREBELS the multi-creative Danish collective has everything from Music/Fashion/Visuals/Design and more.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just released the list of movies submitted for considerations in the Animated Feature Film category for the 80th Academy Awards.

We are all made of meat! And so are some of our iconic objects, according to Italian artist Simone Racheli. Here's the chair, but don't miss the other objects

Pop Surrealism artist Scott Musgrove displays amazing work at Roq la Rue in Seattle. They look like objects from a cabinet of curiosities.. strangely wonderful!

Philly bred, NY-Based artist Steve Powers Eight day Week installation at Pafa is incredible.

Dr. Romanelli and artist Andrew Brandou will be showing at Maharishi in London their Surgical Strike exhibition - amazing clothing crafted by Romanelli mixed with the artwork and paintings of Andrew Brandou! Check out the preview!

Frank Gehry is being sued by MIT citing leaks in $300m Strata Center... leaking and mold, and it was built in 2004.

Sculptures of Japanese onomatopoeias
Also called giongo, these are what manga artist use to convey a sound to its readers.

FEATUREDUPDATE Oops, sorry i forgot Roger Federer as King Arthur in my Annie Leibovitz and Disney update... does his nose look kind of weird to anyone else?

Interview with light artist Chris Levine, creator of this portrait of HM the Q

So You Want to Create a Font : The no nonsense look at what is involved in creating a font. Get an impression of what it takes to make those fonts we throw around. (Link to first half at top of article.)

Great artwork created by combining similar album covers.

DC Shoes continues their artist project with a collaboration with NYC artist SSUR. Inspired by old Russian porcelain they created a beautiful collection consisting of a sneaker, fleece, cap and denim!

LOTR's Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas created by the hands of origami artist Eric Joisel, using one uncut square of paper for each model.

BURTON "Decked Out" Snowboard artwork gallery show. Photos from the opening.

This amazingly intricate retro steampunk Pac-Gentleman arcade toy was created by artist/sculptor Doktor A for Spookypop.

Lid is a magazine devoted to the ARTS. All of them. Past, Present and Future. Featuring iconic and emerging artists in the fields of Photography, Music, Painting, Fashion, Illustration and Travel.

Artist/illustrator Dave Kinsey has an amazing show going on in Los Angeles. Beautiful work with a political edge.

rhode island-based artist boris bally carefully selected salvaged road signs to create his ironic transit series collection.

Wow. Graffiti artist Dumbo has a book ~ my roomate used to make fun of me for noticing these all over milan, especially on our late night wanderings home across the city.

"Forget-me-not" is a set of clothes-hooks, the petals bent so that articles can be hung from them. This is a product in the sphere of emotion, refinement, poetic beauty and harmony. As such, it can also be simply decorative and give rise to floral combinations.

On the theme of art and nature some, some of the amazing work of Heather Akroyd and Dan harvey who do some intesesting things with grass.

Artist Wim Delvoye is a vegetarian who tattoos pigs in the name of art. Check out his varied artful swine.

I only hope my dumpster diving ventures can one day be this successful. Women finds $1 million masterpiece in trash, no really!

Seattle artist Jennifer Zwick's first solo show called "I'm So Scared/It's All So Hard" at Soil features her newest etchings and photographs, including this one. The disembodied legs manage to be sexy, funny and uncomfortable all at the same time.

dizzying acrylic paintings from cleveland artist amy casey might remind you of a haunting amusement park.

FEATUREDPolka teams up with tattoo artist Gert Kowarzik to make a series of tattooed leather furniture

Karhupage Rocking Bear chair made with solid birch, burned surface. Design by Taito Huotarinen for Eimi, Finland.

Check out these wonderful generative audio-visual works by Austrian artist 'lia' for an Art Machines Machine Art exhibition.

Unicef is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child is realized. Buy the book and check out the website! Amazing work by 60 artists, all for a good cause..

Amazing Cardboard sculpture by Chris Gilmour. There is no metal, wood, or plastic framework but only glue and cardboard.

Painting with soap! Craig Paul Nowak's artwork uses everyday laundry detergent. You don't even know his art is there unless revealed by blacklight as it's invisible under normal light.

FEATUREDDaedalus & Icarus reinterpreted as lighting by Tord Boontje by Artecnica

Moore And Moore's "hotties" are luxury FAUX fur hot water bottles. The ultimate gift for the sore and crampy. From mink to artic fox and even fun colors are available.

FEATUREDEames' Hacks.... brilliant hilarious high chair and toilet seat. By The University of the Arts, Philadelphia's ID students

E-grips makes all kinds of artistic mini-jugs (climbing holds) for rock climbers. These are architecturally inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Moleskine Project is looking for user submitted artwork, so go scan a page from your moleskine notebook and send it in...

New Rabbids video ~ playing RUGBY!

Goldmund's new Logos1 Full-range Monitor and the Logos2 Active Super-Subwoofer. When paired together they appear to be artwork rather than speakers.

Pultius - Lebedev crazy remote is half a meter (almost 20 inches) long.

The world's largest garbage dump in trapped in tin an oceanic riverine system known as the North Pacific Gyre. Fascinating article on Pruned.

Swiss artist Christoph Schreiber : photographs, installations and video works.

the illustrations by vancouver artist Julie Morstad are simply beautiful

A real scale model of a Toyota Corolla created by artist Benedict Radcliffe which was rendered entirely using wire. Wireframe Car!

beautifully expressive paintings and illustrations by san francisco artist michelle white.

Artwork in car's roof.

Artist Adam Stennett new exhibit, "Use Only As Directed" celebrates pharmacology. The new show will feature 5 paintings and new video work.

Have you ever thought about playing croquet in the streets? Designer Alice Kaiserswerth made it happen in cooperation with Adidas. Nice

minnesota artist colin johnson has created the most astounding collage, currently offered as a print in a limited edition of 50 pieces.

Malia Jensen's Sketchbooks for Architects - napkins and binding compound.

I never thought I would refer to a shovel as "stunning" . . . until now.

Cal Lane's work at the Foley Gallery.

An polar station in the chilean antartic territory by ARQZE (Architecture for Extreme Zones).

SpY, urban artist from Madrid - website [editor's note: the urban furniture section is too cool]

great nytimes article on couch surfing and i just love that image.

Vinyl Pulse has some great pics of Shag's Conspicuous Consumption show at Billy Shire Fine Arts... i love that there are life size rooms that match the lives you see in his work.

this simply stunning collection of layered resin mixed media paintings and jewelry, from seattle artist faryn davis, possesses an extraordinary plaintive appeal.

Can you imagine designing a mermaids tail prosthetic for a double amputee swimmer?

The ‘Coca-Cola’ Art Gallery is a collection of images that have been designed by leading artists and designers.

New York skateboard brand Supreme announced a collaboration with Japanese high-profile artists Murakami and Mr. Each artist designed 3 skateboard decks and they will be released this coming Thursday. I cannot wait!

Kirsten Hassenfeld Dollar Dreams - 9' x 12' x 8', 2002- Possibly still available.

Which owner of a Mac notebook wouldn't want the best piece of artwork by Amy Sol (IMHO) on the back? Sold by Gelaskins.

Miu Mau: Amazing doomed cancer-artist!

Delicious expression of a neverending contact with the depth of ancient culture and a contemporary sense of graphic and taste.