Selda Okutan makes beautiful handcrafted jewelry.
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Ribbons of light flutter through empty, open spaces, weaving luminescent floating images that stand out against the stark, cold appearance of the abandoned garage.
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Aaron Colfer's The Seed Pod, a system to clean, dry and store seeds. Inspired by the Millennium Seed Pod, but designed for domestic use.
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Create your own S'Mores for They Draw and Cook by hmacdo!
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VIDEOThe beautiful forest. Beautiful short film from the WWF.
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Hipster Ipsum! Our classic Lorem Ipsum filler text gets an update... you can get your hipster filler straight, or with a shot of latin, just the way i like it.
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These incredible sculptures are the work of Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre who deftly extracts the most delicate anatomical forms of humans and animals from common objects.
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FEATUREDSonicare's new DiamonClean toothbrush has a Charging GLASS... and a USB charging travel case... sometimes its all about the details to change the user experience.
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FEATUREDWoodward at Ames Hotel in Boston features some great signature cocktails like a Meyer Lemon Gin Fizz and some amazing housemade BBQ chips!
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Round-up of interesting medical and peace-related design innovations from Design Tokyo 2011.
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Swedish electro god Andreas Tilliander has created a new concept with Sony Ericsson, The Arcists, a new band with Swedish artists and bloggers. And now anyone can join the band online to decide the sound of the final song.
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The Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ Toy Gallery is showing a retrospective of the work of the Czech designer Libuše Niklová in Plastique Ludique.
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Epidermal electronics? John Rogers and co-workers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have created circuits that stick to the skin. Full report in Science.
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Pentagon's latest plane, the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, could reach speeds of 13,000 mph, which translates to a trip from NYC to LA in less than 12 minutes.
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Street and comic artist Phlegm announces a new comic, Eyes in the vines.
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VIDEOStunning video of an eagleowl in flight at 1000 frames per second.
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FEATUREDA caffeine necklace, vintage tees for kids and even a shark suit are part of this week’s Notcouture roundup.
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Etsuko Ichikawa's makes art by scorching paper with molten glass at 2100°F in this featured video from Anthropologie.
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Spike Jonze’s highly anticipated video for ‘Otis’ has finally dropped. The impressive visual has the two icons entertaining for a solid 3 minutes, with a small cameo from Aziz Ansari. Who needs expensive sets when you can just chop up a maybach?
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The animal crew from A Modern Eden has migrated to Blik. Just not all in one piece. Four new animal Wall Puzzles will delight and challenge toddlers and preschoolers.
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Nido by Alejandra Castelao, is a multifaceted reinterpretation of the birdhouse, taking them away from the traditional wooden replicas of human households. Creating unique and modern compositions.
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Skypak has taken actual airplane trolleys and repurposed them into fun and cheeky storage carts for the home or office.
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Your eyes do not deceive you: the elegant 'Bonobo' bicycle uses a bent-plywood frame. A clever blend of technology and nature from Polish designer Stanisław Płoski.
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The Fantasy Self Portrait series is a collection of surreal black and white images shot by American photographer Lynn Lennon in the 1970s. Interview with the 82 year old photographer included.
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Bike Fixtation is a self-service bicycle repair station that includes compressed air, a vending machine for drinks and bike parts, and a work stand with common tools tethered to it.
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Stunning new registry office of St Vicente by Duarte Caldeira.
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Could Hollywood-Style Agents Really Be Good for Artists?
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Tangle Globe Pendant Light by Tord Boontje, a new glass design for Artecnica that combines clear glass and etched metal.
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A look into a day in the life of VJ Mar-K.os as he travels to Berlin and sets up for the 14-hour Time Warp event featuring his amazing light and projection.
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Get a first look at the Missoni for Target line that launches in September - lots of goodies for your home including a kicka$$ bike!
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A combination lock carabiner B-hook. Sure they call it a Buggy Guard ~ but i'm sure it can be useful well beyond stroller/shopping locking.
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VIDEOBenjamin Harrison's music video for"Some Hungry Guy" by songwriter Jascha Hoffman. Created from animated"Little Nemo" newspaper comic strips by Winsor McCay.
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Stunning Mercedes-Benz LeMans Electric Race Car Concept
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Imaginary Foundations new IFS107: Study Tee ~ love the grey toned geometrically headed thinker exploding with colorful ideas.
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VIDEODerek Watkins' posted: Visualizing US expansion through post offices from 1700 to 1900.
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Wilson Wen-Cheng Liang's Ambidextro is a keytar with the double-sided key design that enables the musician to perform with both hands.
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Alastair Mackie creates spheres out of mouse skulls, panels out of wasp heads and fabric out of owl sick, refining a recent trend towards alternative taxidermy as a canvas for art.
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VIDEOPerceptive Pixel demos 82" multi-touch display powered by NVIDIA Quadro at SIGGRAPH 2011.
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Interview with sculptural artist Julie Moon on the eve of her new show "Pretty, Strange" at Narhwal Art Projects.
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Church? Tomb? Gothic nightclub? This building by Clavel Arquitectos is something of a mystery, but it's amazing.
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VIDEOOn may 5th in São Paulo, was what we believe was the first big Led Throwies in Brazil. The concept was created by Graffiti Research Lab and the Idea is Simple, "MAKE THROWIES NOT BOMBS".
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Cats on scanners make beautiful digital art. Distorted fur. Polycythemiac paws. Glitchy heads. ART!
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This orb-like shelving design by Japanese firm Torafu Architects is a neat idea.
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Cantoni and Crescenti's Infinite Cubed is a mesmerizing installation that plays with user's visual and spatial relationship of the piece.
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VIDEOAstonish Me, a short film for the WWF telling a magical tale of adventure and discovery showcasing some of the extraordinary species recently found around the world. Created by Stephen Poliakoff and director Charles Sturridge.
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Shahaf Ben Abu's graduate project, Baboo, clips where kids can make his/her own dolls or action figures. These can also be used in family or individual therapy.
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Photographer Michael Taylor's Luminescence series where he photographs models wrapped in electroluminescent wire with a current passing through emitting light.
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Amazing new billboard from artist & designer Chris Woebken that takes bat clicks and turns them into messages we can read.
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MÖBIUS - A stop motion sculpture animated throughout Melbourne’s Federation Square by ENESS
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VIDEOKeep Our Secrets - Sneak peek at Jordan Crane's amazing new kids book ~ beautifully illustrated and secrets hidden beneath thermochromatic ink. Awesome video.
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VIDEOGradMen is a grassroots project lead by three advertising students at Atlanta’s Creative Circus. Their mission: to get Jon Hamm to speak in character as Don Draper at their ad school graduation.
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I love the art of Przemek Blejzyk, includes some amazing graffiti and paintings!
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FEATUREDFun cardboard underwear packaging for PACT's retail side. "Put on something good" reads the sides, with a though(ful) bubble cut out of the front.
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Criteroos: Mix. Match. Print. An app for kids to learn the names of various animals by Clement Mok.
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Juxtapoz interview with sculptor Shawn Smith.
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Stir your drink with style with these Hipstir cocktail stirrers from Matthew Hoffman. The stirrers are shaped like a human pelvis and femur.
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FEATUREDA delectable roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious including how to roast your own suckling pig, make raw pies and enjoy summery pink lemonade cocktails.
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London-based artist, Ben Turnbull, used to spend time drawing and carving out some exquisite caricatures on to school desks which today had led him to become a controversial artist with his controversial works.
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FEATUREDPACT goes from undies for a cause to new tanks and tees for men and women. Take a peek at the biodegradable packaging and labels.
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A swim race with inflatable sex dolls in St Petersburg, Russia. [Ed. note - wow i had no idea there were gator ones]
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Sophy Wong's line of women's clothing is inspired by the natural world, science fiction and beyond.
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The Smash Collective. "We want to see where styles will collide, outside the perimeters of a pre-set concept and strict direction. To grow and evolve as the months pass, it will meld and turn into something cohesive."
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Jesse Kanda's Dutch Wife, an experimental animated short film.
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VIDEO3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage. MOVE by Rick Mereki, Tim White and Andrew Lees.
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Monoqool eyewear is designed by Danish design team Tools. Made completely without screws and weighing only 4 grams.
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Outside the Modern art and culture museum in Bangkok can you find this piece of art. A QR barcode filled with small faces.
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The Blind Barber teams up with JOYA to create a small capsule collection of artisanal candles and fragrances. The candles come in a midnight blue colorway in stainless steel Barbicide glass jars used by barbers.
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VIDEO800lb Artists collaborated with Newcastle beer to build a one of a kind billboard using shadows. At night, the object reveals an image of a man reaching for a beer.
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Tristan Eaton's illustrations for rapper Yelawolf's new tour bus, currently on the Warped Tour.
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VIDEOJonathan Lundberg's wedding invitations, a flipbook of the proposal.
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"Curtain Call" concept, consisting of 5,600 silicon rods hanging from an 18 meter diameter ring at Ron Arad's big screen debut.
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Orbit: A Swiveling Smartphone Suction Mount
A Product Design project in San Francisco, CA by Jon Norton & Joe Molinari ...a third arm for any mobile device. Genius and simple, and attaching screens to ANYTHING.
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FS2, the latest project from the Fabric Urban Design Office, converted an unused warehouse into a co-working office space.
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VIDEOStandard Films released their teaser for TB20. Their 20th snowboard movie. Great motion design combined with the world's best pro riders.
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A Product of Geometry with work from David Weatherhead and Sophie Cheung of GOODD Ltd at T103.
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Creative agency Burn the Book have gorgeous letterpressed business cards!
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FEATUREDAdventures with a laser cutter! First mini NOTlabs exploration leads to updated NOTCOT stencils!
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Greg Kessler's first installment of his new beauty series Macro-Morphosis. This is the mouth of Estonian model Merilin Perli from barefaced to runway ready.
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VIDEOFreedom of Creation's 3D printed version of the wallpaper logo using Stereo Lithography technology.
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'Science' Collaborative Mural in Seattle by MWM and JURNE to celebrate the opening of Roundtrip at Flatcolor Gallery.
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Created by young designer Quentin de Coster, 'Spot' is a modern twist on the traditional wooden nest box. Birds can land on the disc or take shelter inside!
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No need for a 25′ ladder when you can walk onto your rooftop! Take a look at A-Cero's Concrete House II.
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FEATUREDGet your iphone/ipad/ipod off the floor! Awesome new minidock USB plug in from Bluelounge ~ take a peek at the unboxing and details!
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VIDEOTwo new CG spots from Superfad for Nike, promoting the Alpha Talon and the Hyperstrong Top shoes for Nike Pro series.
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"Segment" is a modular communication solution. Each Segment can simply be connected to another segment, offering a variety of combinations and allowing you to adjust your body to the right position suitable for you.
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FEATUREDPenciled skulls, rainbow ants and a house in a book are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.
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VIDEOThis video from Sony comparing the real-life Nurburgring with the digital re-creation in Gran Turismo 5 is amazing. Their attention to detail is mind blowing.
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An annual fair featuring local Letterpress printers and book artists, suppliers of letterpress equipment and type, ephemera, rarities, broadsides, cards and more!
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Design student Jemil Saka created 'Rob', a light-hearted eyeglass stand with a funny mustache that characterizes it, giving it the shape of a stylized face.
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FEATUREDComposting! It's become a sci-fi art form ~ so many options and techniques for both inside and out ~ from rollers to live cultures, to worms, to incognito kitchen counter containers!
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Golv is a tripod lamp by Scandinavian designer Anton Björsig and it's really adorable.
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FEATUREDThis grumpy looking fish is actually a piece of vegetarian sushi from Tsujitka LA, a new LA noodle shop that doesn't actually have noodles. It does however have a beautiful interior by Takeshi Sano.
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Running Alphabet. Spanish Graphic Designer Joan Pons took it upon himself to create an alphabet by running the letterforms and tracking his ways!
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Reclaiming Brooklyn's Branch Lamp is made from a branch that fell in a hurricane that hit NYC last year.
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Some aspirational escapism with this Porsche showroom designed by Petersen Architekten.
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VIDEOA Day in California by Ryan Killackey composed of over 10,000 photos.
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Logitech Squeezebox systems can be controlled via app on just about every platform now - iphone/android/etc
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