FEATUREDThe pick chair can be picked from the wall and turned into stylish seating. Notcot's spotted these wonders from Studio Dror out in the world at Yigal Azroul's boutique in the meat packing district.

just had to pick out this gem from the ICFF gallery. i didnt really play house as a kid, but if i did, i'd want a cardboard setup as stylish as this!

FEATUREDIceland cometh. Icelandic Design Collective, Eve NYC Studio: Iceland Air presents a collective of Icelandic designers currently making their mark on the international landscape.

FEATUREDThere is something about the wrong store that is so right. I think it starts from the 'Come in we're CLOSED' sign. Tobias Wong and Gregory Krum have certainly got this one right.

FEATUREDPortland-based Esque Studio makes mind-blowingly beautiful booth and blown glass.

FEATUREDThose of us not tearing up NYC can live vicariously through notcot. If you havent already checked out the gallery, be sure to check in for the latest action from ICFF.

FEATUREDCheck out Mixko at the Designboom Mart. Butterflies, skulls, pigeons, and more fun at ICFF.

Unique yet trendy birthday, anniversary, congratulations, thinking of you, and Christmas cards made by Blacksuits Creative for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries.

MK12's long-awaited "The History of America" is currently in post production. Check out the trailers in the meantime...

Check out this new bathroom from MANWORKS DESIGN, ispired by the killer whale!

Looking like a Transformers meets Screwdriver Octopus hybrid, this cool multi tool features 8 screwdrivers and an LED. Who says tools cannot be designed to inspire?

the spikis spikis Stencils by Tony Shiau Nakanari

"Some highlights so far, clockwise from left; Mike and Maaike's pixelated leather jewelry, BluDot's flatpack bent metal chair, Tord Boontje's lamps for Artecnica..."

Momabomba handbags are made from recycled first-grader homework, filled with lettering and other exercises.

Free Papertoy by illuntic.de:
Mr. Smeary - your worst nightmare at work!
Print him, build him, hate him!

100 days in 100 images of 100 people... 100 people around the world taking 100 pictures of their Mondays. 100 completely different Mondays.

FredriksonStallard Pyrenees chaise are sculptedfrom foam rubber in the shape of the famous French mountain range.

Masaru Iwata's FantaSuteki platters start showing their various designs as soy sauce is added.

The world never sleeps. On Flickrvision you see new posted Flickr images popping up every second

FEATUREDDESIGN BLOGFEST PICS! wish you were there... and if you were, thanks for coming!

Who can resists these lovely Dragon speakers by Axelsson

Invisibilia: The simple idea of replacing people with line drawings produces a stunning effect.

LOVE&LOVE from Project Design Roma are gorgeous wedding rings, available in boy+boy or girl+girl version.

Visuals of the world aspires to be the tallest website in the world. At this moment there 12073.41 cm visuals have been uploaded. Now it's your turn.

In 1940 the city of Rotterdam was bombed and the centre was destroyed. This year the border indicating the destroyed area was marked with huge spotlights.

The Serpentine Gallery in London partnered with Dyslexia Action to create NeverOddorEven to explore the relationship between dyslexia and creativity. They have a super cute site with resources for kids and teachers.

New form of TOASTER by Arthur Wu. Clean and funny concept.

Bill Wadman Pledges to take 1 portrait every day for a year. Some pretty cool portraits.

Alex Mapar gives what I believe to be arguably the best reel of 2007

"Party Timer " - device which becomes the guidebook during your parties. It will analyse and will tell to you what was at you a party, noisy or romantic.

FEATUREDApparently SSD's Childhood Memories comprised of bugs and spinning tops ~ not much unlike myself.

Mountain Dew today announced the launch of Green Label Art, a limited-edition series of aluminum bottles featuring designs created by a variety of artists. This series marks the first time a carbonated soft drink will be packaged in an aluminum bottle in the U.S.

Hydrodynamic Building Set - much better than those marble rolling tracks, etc... also shade elaine thinks we should hook one up to water plants

Music video for Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage" using classic Sergio Leone footage. Mesmerizing.

Overlooking the overused mispelling of bamboo... love that Tom Dixon and Artek have teamed up to create an incredibly beautiful sustainable series of Bamboo Furniture.

Casalinga does some gorgeous work with porcelain, including these butterfly necklaces.

The new Star Wars Mimobots- four awesome designs in 1, 2, and 4GB. [Editor's Note: we show mimobots a bit ~ but this guy's got some nice hands on pics]

Nice little post about the design inspiration of this awesome tiki soap on a rope... and people ripping it off!

FEATUREDSome Ecards: when you care enough to hit send.... this one and SO MANY more hilarious cards you didn't even know you needed.

Celebrate Voyagers 30th anniversary with this selection of Space Tees

NYMag claims Smeg is the Next Sub-zero ~ and i do love my sub zero, but there's something fun about the retro red fridge too

On events i'm excited about for NY - City Magazine's Gathering on Greene is pretty high up there... the streets will be lined with FLOR carpet tiles!

Moss Acres - fascinating to me that there is a store that you can buy moss - can you imaging lining your floor with it instead of carpet?

Awesome : The new Image Mosaic Generator

Alyssa Dee Krauss old style ticket rings and other funny rings

Apple and their hip factory do it again with another stunning iPod commercial. Is it me or do these things keep getting better and better? I can't wait for the iPhone commercials.

It's not a ninja camouflage trick: that's Rosalie Monod de Froideville's Hideaway Cozy!

These mini designer chairs are exact, beautifully detailed 1/12 scale replicas of their real life counterparts and are about as close as most of us will get to owning the real things.

This guy had his mom cross stitch princess peach on his sleeve....

Potentially the only phone that has had people dribbling as much as the iPhone becomes available for pre order from this Friday May 17 - the Opus from Zenum.

Some wonderfully insane things are happening over at Encyclopedia Pictura.

VIDEOThis is the mac vs. pc add in Japan. Amaaaaazing.

Millimetres Matter - A small jewel of realization... [Editor's Note: Can't top laughing, brilliant war on bugs footage unlike any other]

That's not a grill, it's your next computer. Microsoft's Next Gen PC Design Competition

With clients like Taking Back Sunday and Hawthorne Heights, up and coming graphic designer, Wes Allen, has a portfolio that's more than impressive.

best product name of the day: The Instant Noodle Perfecting Timer

Beware the velociraptor menace, even if they are only 8 inches tall and remote controlled by your audience. Photos from a recent and eventful talk given by Randall Munroe, the creator of XKCD, at MIT.

Finally someone listened to the hatred of lousy social networking sites that currently exist. VIRB is a stylish, well built, stable community that has got MySpace on their toes. [Editor's Note: Virb is by the PureVolume guys and gorgeous]

FEATUREDQUICK! VOTE! Please? We have till noon eastern time tomorrow to decide which design gets shown in the apt window during ICFF... i'm sure you know which i like

Axn is a new thriller channel by Sony Picture for Sky Television. "Relax, if you can" print ad campaign.

The Arty Farties: The world of Art wank is poked fun at in this short animation by cult studio, The People's Republic Of Animation.

Multi disciplinary russian collective : Firma.

UFO sighting...Check out the trailer for the Sci-Fi surf flick "Invasion from Planet C!" It looks too good to be true. BLAST IT!

Kah Ra Shin: One of the great sites i have seen so far....

Wakey'z Drugmall: Hilarious website full of wake aids and sleep aids. Part of a campaign that says Sleep Number beds are better than any product that tries to make up for poor sleep.

Hair Portraits ~ this one is of great thinkers... they even have one for star wars. by Mr. Bingo.

Project by Shilo Design of artwork book and motion dvd - We Make It Good.

FEATUREDWhere in the world are NOTCOT buttons? Send pics! Want some?

New fresh work on the folio of Adhemas Batista, brazilian designer.

"We Are All Pink" . . . which I guess refers to our insides. Tee from Threadless

The Briefbox/Boomcase from Epidemik Coalition. Quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen.

FEATUREDI admit i was totally premature on my first Wacom Bamboo post - must see all the different branding alterations they've done for the international launch of this tablet...

The Ryde says "California is for Dreamers". So true.

"Au Lait" from Fine Scottish Soaps uses milk cans to package their milk bath powder - a little nostalgic but also very flashy looking i guess.

Toypography! by Dainippon Type Organization (first seen at DesignTide 2006) is a toy of typography.

FEATUREDBecause your wii zelda experience is not complete without a *real* sword and shield...

FEATUREDWacom launches the Bamboo tablet for Japanese markets

do some impossible things. awsome adidas viral made by GlueLondon ...

The Solar System Chair is quality crafted from stainless steel and has chromed steel legs. Apparently it's more comfortable than it looks.

Got an important message to send? Let the Royal Navy deliver it to your friends.

What every construction worker should have. A cowboy hard hat.

Power Extension. Personal promotional piece for my internship period. MOTH3R.net

wow, cern (the european center for nuclear research) is kinda awesome.

Glide's Twist-Together LED Lights. LED Legos...on steroids [editor's note: also featured in #4011]

apart from the fact that it uses my initials, KartOO returns search results as a visual network map of sites and keywords

FEATUREDLaunching at ICFF is Mixko's atari candle holder!

FEATUREDMixko Ice Cream lights ~ for a window display at Colette

Boynq's ToastIt doesn't toast bagels or english muffins, but it will read your memory cards.

Beautiful Print on Canvas!! Seen on Apartment Therapy Blog. So unique.

Richard Sweeney made scultptures with paper.
Nice forms in Origami.

Fully interactive picture frame Tetris game for your wall! Made by the guys at Spark Fun Electronics.

Sad i missed Brooklyn designs ~ but on coat racks, d*s found this one by Brave Space, and its actually made form leftovers of the chair... (would this snag?)

Great to see the One Laptop Per Child (OLPCs) in the hands of these kids in Uruguay!

Water Mortar ~ this is one serious water balloon bazooka... i wonder what else would work in that as well?

Gas Mask Showerhead... by Chris Dimino, i'm not sure how i feel about it, but i felt the need to share it.

How liberating to think beyond lines and boxes. The dot grid serves as a subtle guide for your notations and sketches... from Behance

Mimobots have a crazy deal going on with Grads as the excuse... but for any mimobot you get, a protohoodie, core series or blank mimobot!

FEATUREDNew furniture line KNU is super eco friendly ~ and playfully bubbly... interesting style

When you leave those dreary rainy places (i.e. uk? seattle?) ~ do you miss it? Mixko's Drop necklace pays homage to that rainy-ness...

LELO has added to their line of gorgeous Pleasure Objects : introducing Elise...