Malfy Gin! Beyond the delicious Gin con Limone, how beautiful are the Gin Rosa and Gin Con Arancia? That blood orange color is gorgeous!

James Jean limited edition Defonce Cannabis Chocolate! The bar is a decadent cannabis-infused white chocolate splashed with Rosé champagne and showered with pistachios and strawberries.

Remember Ministry of Sound? Apparently the London staple is evolving... into a Soho House meets WeWork concept?

Picklestone! The Picklestone consists of a glass bin, a hinoki wooden press that is attached to a stone and wooden lid. Designed by Tomonori Tanaka.

Over 100,000 people met during 4 days in a natural grass circle of 70m of diameter installed in the center of Plaza Mayor in Madrid-Spain, by SpY.

VIDEO"Only Slightly Exaggerated" advert for Travel Oregon by Wieden Kennedy with animation by Psyop and Sun Creatures and music by the Oregon Symphony. It's like a Miyazaki wonderland!

Core77 "On the Floor with Core: Toy Designs You Should Know About from Toy Fair 2018" - a fun peek into some of the best parts of the NY Toy Fair!

Procedural Artwork for the MIT's most recent scientific findings (like Gravitational Waves) by Process Studio from Vienna.

Paddywax Mesa Candles - once burned off, the stackable vessels double as a cream & sugar set! (Or you can get creative with filling the colorful totem pole of matte speckled ceramic vessels.)

Post-it Extreme Notes! Water resistant, durable and writable. Made with ultra-strong Dura-Hold Paper and Adhesive. Sticks to textured surfaces and in tough conditions. Sticks in hot and cold environments.

VIDEOHomePod — Welcome Home by Spike Jonze for Apple

Dyson Cyclone V10. Dyson has finally stopped designing corded vacuums and has fully embraced the handhelds as the only vacuums you'll need (We haven't used a corded one in years!) The latest V10 takes it to the next level.

Leesa Hybrid Pillow - interesting design with a down-like quilted pocket side and a cooling side, as well as a pillow insert in the center that can be removed.

Wonder Valley, Joshua Tree, CA - Olive Oils and Face Oil and more.

#SwingBombSF - over 50 guerrilla swings have popped up across San Francisco!

Tokyo Record Bar NYC - what a ceiling of fake vines and flowers!

Studio Natural designed Delux, an icon table light for Martinelli Luce.

Lancome Le Teint Macaron Sets - Blush & Blender duos and quartets. A macaron shaped blender sponge, and a creamy blush in macaron shaped packaging.

IKEA Stockholm Mirror in Ash or Walnut Veneer. Deep enough at the bottom to be a small shelf.

VIDEOThe Hater Box by Parse/Error

Eliza Frye Pink Heart Box - Hand painted, signed, and numbered. Gouache and colored pencil on paper box. Limited edition of five with a fabulous secret inside...

The Hurom CJ Citrus Juicer

Lacoste x ICUN Save Our Species Limited Edition Polos featuring mini icons like the Sumatran Tiger, Anegada Ground Iguana, Soala, California Condor, and Kakapo Parrot.

Spin Vortecon and it will turn into a hypnotic optical illusion of continuously flowing helix. Precisely engineered cylinder, odd fidgeting toy, a playable kinetic art piece all in one.

Christoph Niemann's virtual reality illustration for the New Yorker "Thomas Heatherwick, Architecture’s Showman" is stunningly mesmerizing

Anna Karlin Juliet Vessels. Borosilicate glass coupled with the solid brass stoppers (and dishwasher safe?!?!)

Permafrost has created a collection of electronic and digital devices for Japanese retail brand MINISO. The range includes headphones and earphones, memory sticks, a desk lamp, a fan and a portable Bluetooth loudspeaker.

Marmot with Bootle Porcelain Edition by Belgium Artist SWEETLOVE / Porcelain made in Limoges, France

Anna Karlin Layered Planters - cold rolled stainless steel planters with steel bases.

Designed by CLAP Studio, “Little Stories” is a bright and colorful kids concept store in Valencia, Spain.

Blue Crow Media Maps - Art Deco, Brutalist, Concrete, Constructivist, Underground City Maps and more...

Stockholm Design Week 2018 Highlights Gallery from Chicken Scrawlings

IKEA x Teenage Engineering collaboration coming in 2019 for all your party needs - speakers, lights, and more!

David Trubridge Navicula Light

Kate Ballis' Infra Realism - a stunningly vibrant photographic infrared look at Palm Springs.

Fuzzy dudes! The trippy, shaggy, pyramid-headed creatures of John McLaughlin on instagram...

James Dyson plans to produce electric cars starting in 2020 according to Autoblog... there will be a halo car first, and it will be followed by two less expensive models. (Cute autoblog image mockup.)

Netflix has made a Black Mirror AI Coach App inspired by the "Hang the DJ." episode... where you and your partner can click simultaneously to get your Relationship Expectancy. It gets more exciting if one of you misses clicking... and it recalibrates...

Tattly Sacred Geometry Temporary Tattoos designed by Sara Auster (Eucalyptus Scented)

Fold Pendant Light for Northern designed by Foldability. The light is made from wool fabric treated with a lamination process and supported by an inner structure that holds its shape.

Element Capsule by Ko Hyunseon, Shin Daji. Interactive toys teaching the basics of chemistry through capsule toys and AR.

Phaidon Green Escapes: the Guide to Secret Urban Gardens by by Toby Musgrave

Breeze Block Architecture Roundup on Yellowtrace. A mesmerizingly look at SO many examples of one of our favorite trends at NOTCOT.

Venue Report has overwhelming, inspiring lists of 2018's Hottest Openings Across the Globe - from venues to hotels to restaurants and soon cafes.

Capsnap by DSPTCH - a patent pending clip that attaches around the button on the top of your cap when you're not wearing it.

Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture by Louise Harpman and Scott Specht

(E)scamol Taza Prisma - Stoneware mug inspired in origami art - 17oz (500 ml)

Birdhouse roof tiles! by Klaas Kuiken

Dear Client, This Book Will Teach You How To Get What You Want From Creative People. Sincerely, Bonnie Siegler

L3 is a minimal desk lamp that renounces a conventional switch – instead it is controlled by moving a metal sphere between two magnetic fields.

Immerse in a rural landscape of Mexico Casa Mixta by S-AR is an architectural work resulting of a mixture of materials, constructive systems, times and people.

Uncommon Carry mini cross bows and cannons that shoot toothpicks and ballbearings.

Ardoma Design - OVA Lights. Made of concrete and a steel cage.

The Teabag Collection by Hälssen & Lyon x Ayzit Bostan. Five of their most famous black tea blends created to look and feel like iconic designer handbags.

Compulsive Contents - the website for compulsive times. Where art meets society. [Take it all in. Then read the about page.]

VIDEOInstravel - A photogenic Mass Tourism Experience by Oliver KMIA. (Great inspiration to take more unique photos and enjoy the travel moments!)

VIDEONike Korea "Run It" in collaboration with Jay Park ad/music video. Part of the "Impossible to Ignore" campaign celebrating rule breakers.

NODE - lightning multi charger by I Love Handles. Simultaneously charge your iPhone, iPad, Pencil and more...

Land Rover Defender Multi Tool

Oli & Carol Natural Rubber Baby Toys - from a VW Bug and Origami Boat to Avocados, Broccoli, Kale, creatures and more! Think modern twist on the classic Sophie Giraffe in fun packaging.

Paper Cliché : 8 Years of Thinking “Outside the Box”

Elon Musk's Boring Company now has a Flame Thrower and Fire Extinguisher.

10 Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski. Including Fitt's, Hick's, Jakob's, Prägnanz, Proximity, Miller's, Parkinson's, Tesler's Laws and more...

conferCal - "An easier way to find creative and tech conferences"

Tacro = Croissant Taco! Tasting Table shares the new mashup from Belgian husband-and-wife team Arnaud Goethals and Julie Vandermeersch of Vive la Tarte bakery in San Francisco.

A light, silent and clean electric off-road motorbike, the CAKE KALK encourages outdoor exploration with responsibility and respect.

VIDEOTHE RED STAIN (La Macchia Rossa) by Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Young American brings a red-stained shirt to the dry-cleaning business of an elderly Italian couple, and they wonder how it came to be... chess boxing? affair? Beautiful intriguing film!

Ingenious note pad designs by Triad. The Omoshiro Block (or “fun block”) is made with laser-cutting technology and contains hidden objects and scenes that only become visible as the note paper is used

Triad is a handmade geometric vase constructed from Black Kenya marble tile by designer Phillip Jividen.

Patricia Urquiola Renovates Cassina’s HQ to Celebrate 90th Anniversary - the green wall is stunning!

Area Ware Aluminum Ruler designed by Allon Libermann and Hye Jin Ahn. It uses visual hierarchies of color and shape to articulate the process of measurement.

"I Can Save Myself" custom Dragon Scout by Amanda Visell. Limited edition of 8.

Jungle Spoon designed by Elinor Portnoy for OTOTO Design bringing love of Monstera into the kitchen.

The City Of Los Angeles is now hiring a Graphic Designer! Great job posting going viral...

Octo Citrus Reamer designed by Almond Studio for OTOTO Design. Almond Studio won first place in the Korea Design Challenge 2017 with this design.

Volkswagen 360 tour. Mixed virtual tour technology with illustration. (Proposal for Yorokobu magazine 2017 contest.)

Lynea is a minimal plug lamp created by Los-Angeles based designers Human home. Lynea was created to be like hardwired lighting, but without the hard wiring. Cleverly using the outlet as an anchor, the lamp is easy to install and a beautiful addition to any interior.

VIDEONintendo Switch LABO! Amazing variety of (customizable with coloring) cardboard add ons for the Switch coming 4.20.18.

The Riedel Glass Sphere. A stunning light installation made out of 1477 glasses. Designed and developed by ZANZOTTI ID for glass manufacturer Riedel.

Benefit Brow-Try-On AR tool let's you shift your eyebrow shape, shade, arch, thickness, definition and placement. Created with ModiFace.

On unique cannabis packaging options - (BUREAU) Business-to-Business makes custom, white-label products for medical marijuana dispensaries and legal retail cannabis establishments.

Move music with Wave. Wave by Genki Instruments is a ring that lets musicians control music with the motion of their hands. Photo by Studio Fræ for HA Magazine.

Jasper Morrison's The Penguin Huddle. A modular bookshelf/bookends that can expand as needed.

Toyota GR Super Sport Concept from racing division, Gazoo Racing.

Is "As Seen On Instagram" our generation's "As Seen On TV"? Interesting read on Racked - "Instagram Ads Are Basically Infomercials for Millennials: Shoppers who’d never buy something ‘As Seen on TV’ are buying things from their feeds."

VIDEOMercedes-Benz has encased a first production year (1979) G-Wagen in the world's biggest installation of synthetic resin to look like amber! 44.4 tonnes cast in 90 days!

Linn Fritz is a Swedish designer and animation artist now based in London. Her works are deliberately surreal and dreamy.

VIDEOKohler Konnect Smart Home Products - Amazon Alexa voice enabled shower, bathtub, toilet, smart mirror, and smart faucet. The video feels like something you'd see in the beginning of a Black Mirror episode...

"The rebrand for Russia’s tourist board uses Suprematist geometry laid out as a map" on It's Nice That. The core graphic is a stylised map of Russia, each shape representing points and territories around the country in block colours.

Form Us With Love designed the Spritmuseum in Stockholm's lovely Champagne Exhibition!

Bureo Jenga Ocean - Each game is made from over 25 square feet of fishing nets proudly sourced through Bureo's Net Positiva recycling program. Artwork by Lake Buckley.

2017 High Snobiety Crowns are milled out of aluminum, designed by Snarkitecture, and manufactured by Neal Feay.

"The astounding bid to designate Trump’s border wall concepts as land art" in Wallpaper. You can see the 'Prototypes' in Otay Mesa, CA.

deVOL: Bespoke Kitchens, Bathrooms and Interiors. Gorgeous inspiration from this British design led furniture manufacturer based at Cotes Mill, a historic 16th century water mill on the banks of the River Soar, just outside Loughborough.

Poker Shelves by Pavel Vetrov for Cube44

Tricking an AI to see a toaster instead of the banana (or whatever else is nearby) with this sticker. Tom B. Brown, Dandelion Mané, Aurko Roy, Martín Abadi, and Justin Gilmer at Google have been researching Adversarial Patches.

VIDEOAudi's Ever After - adorable animated short that puts quite the twist on Cinderella for our future car racing princesses. By Proximity Barcelona.

FEATUREDBreville Sous Chef Food Processor. We've been amazed + impressed with this in the NOTkitchen (So had to share!) The mini bowl and large main bowl as well as the adjustable thickness slicer + box full of tools have been magically efficient!

Meltz Chocolate Packaging Design by Foxtrot Studio

Scott Listfield "1984" Show is opening this Saturday (1/6/18) at Thinkspace. Looks like a stunning take on Los Angeles in the 80s!

Our Top 100 NOTCOT.org posts of 2017! What a strange year it's been... HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can't wait to see what 2018 has in store for us.

Yolkels by Jason Freeny. A cheeky egg (what else) with a great personality! It comes with a white detachable shell that contains a little surprise inside~ Open it up and you'll find an adorable baby yolkel nestled comfortably with a pink pacifier in its mouth!

VIDEO"As Told By Emoji" - Disney's animated emojis retell classic stories/movies from Guardians of the Galaxy to The Little Mermaid, Star Wars and more!

Porgs! Basically Star Wars Puffins... love that the easier, awesomer solution to digitally erasing or physically removing the puffins that live on the Irish Island of Skellig Michael was to turn them into Porgs!

On adaptive UI, you might see a different movie image depending on your viewing habits on Netflix - "Artwork Personalization at Netflix" By Ashok Chandrashekar, Fernando Amat, Justin Basilico and Tony Jebara

Kokili Tree Story

AdWeek rounds up the "Agency Holiday Cards 2017: The Most Creative Farewells to the Year" - so many films, experiments, edibles, posters and more...

FEATUREDHowliday Surprise just arrived from TCB Studio (Taking Care of Business Elvis & Aretha style) - the brainchild of Charmaine Choi in collab with illustrator, Annie J Lim. Check out their print, tote, notebook, wrapping paper, dog treats and more!

FEATUREDThe NOTCOT Amazon List ~ if you're still last minute holiday shopping from your couch, here are some (mostly prime) inspired gift picks that i have + love, have gifted, or played with + want!

David Kind: Made in Sabae City, Japan. A peek at how these glasses are handmade in Sabae, where traditional craft culture has a long history from lacquer ware and forged knives to paper and eyewear.

Standard Wines - cute packaging with these single serving mini glass bottles.

NYTimes "Inside the Home of Instant Pot, the Kitchen Gadget That Spawned a Religion: The electric multicooker is a true viral phenomenon. We went to the company’s Canadian headquarters to learn why." by Kevin Roose

Do you text your mother with those fingers? This WPA-style collaborative print by BT Livermore & Michael Buchino was made without computers. Free download available.

A look at the Juxtapoz Clubhouse at Art Basel Miami that included the adidas Showcase, installations by Jean Jullien, Olek, Shepard Fairey, and gallery presentations by Corey Helford Gallery and Jonathan LeVine Projects, and so much more.

FML: Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.
By Michael Hobbes on HuffPost Highline. Fascinating read with a lot of food for thought + great scrolling illustrations.

FastCo Design "The 10 Design Trends Of 2017 That Need To Die: Do better in 2018–do away with these design crimes."

Outline Montreal Sound Reactive LED Masks are currently on Kickstarter and look stunning!

Neue Freunde Bronco - a playful beech wood truck that holds a plastic scoop

FEATUREDApple Store Offline Exclusives at Apple Park and One Infinite Loop Stores in Cupertino. Both have a different selection of Apple goods from t-shirts and mugs to totes, cards, baby onesies, notebooks and more.

Taste has a fascinating read on "The History of Puppy Chow, a Staple at Human Holiday Parties" aka Muddy Buddies, Monkey Munch, Reindeer Chow... chex mix coated in chocolate/peanut butter rolled in powdered sugar.

Complete Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the Folio Society edition with covers illustrated by Jonathan Burton.

Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv showcases a body of work spanning 60 years from the seminal New York design firm founded in 1957 by Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar. Published by Standards Manual.

Hangar 1 Fog Point Vodka - using "fog catchers to turn fog into fresh water. This water is then blended with vodka distilled from premium wine sourced from a sustainable vineyard on the Central Coast."

Blitzen: Roof Hooch - The rooftop beverage chiller by Deeplocal! For those of you in colder climates, you can strap a bottle to the Blitzen and magnetically secure it to your car before driving and arrive with a chilled drink ready to serve!

Encrypt Your Bits! New mug from Android Foundry Progress Administration (Andrew Bell!) just in time for the holidays.

Bummer & Lazarus Dry Gin by Raff Distillerie, Treasure Island, San Francisco. What a label and naming story...

The 2018 Whole Seed Catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. "The preeminent resource for amazing heirloom/open-pollinated seeds, as well as cutting-edge information for and about the pure-food movement."

Cat & Cloud Coffee in Santa Cruz - great packaging and ceramics

Port of Mokha - The Yemen Trilogy. Pretty packaging for this coffee trio.

FEATUREDUnboxing the YETI Loadout Bucket with Lid + Caddy. It's more amazing than i imagined... from product and packaging down to the surprising design details!

Life size paper animals by Heavy Eyes for Theory Holiday Windows!

KOALA TOOLS takes graph paper to new dimensions. Their line of geometric and perspective gridded notebooks that includes everything from 1, 2, and 3-point perspective grids to 1/8" dot grid pocket notebooks.

Pantone Color of The Year 2018 = Ultra Violet a spacey, vibrant purple!

Made Here PDX - the ultimate made in Portland, OR gift shop!

Vitreluxe Stump Cocktail Set - An oak branch was processed into a bronze blow mold where a bubble of glass was blown inside, creating oak bark texture just like the original branch, complete with a live edge detail on the lip and nail stir stick.

ROKSHOK - the hidden engagement ring iPhone case that lets you video the whole moment from the perspective of the proposer/ring. (Hidden so long as the proposee doesn't notice you switched phone cases?)

FEATUREDUPDATED NOTCOT Collection Of Stuff For People!!! There's no need for labels or categories. Just amazing things we love, want, or think about gifting... (Now with more stuff!)

Amazon Pet Profiles - you can now add your pet to your account and they will get their own profile page, discounts, and more?!?! (As Amazon permeates all aspects of our lives, this is an interesting addition.)

FEATUREDTiffany Bozic's solo show "Spectrum" at Joshua Liner Gallery features stunning juxtapositions of creatures in acrylic on maple panels! The way she integrates the wood grain into the imagery is gorgeous!

VIDEORusty Squid, a studio for robotic art and design, reveal their unique robotic design process which takes them back to first principles in a short 4-minute film: How We Build a Robot

CryptoKitties - Blockchain gaming begins. Built by AxiomZen, you can buy, sell, and breed CryptoKitties on the Ethereum blockchain which is run by 5 Ethereum smart contracts.

Pappardelle's Dark Chocolate Linguine! Chocolate pasta! Use it for a "unique and incredibly scrumptious dessert or savory pasta."

I Am Elemental Female Action Figures. Currently available: Series 1 - Courage and Series 2 - Wisdom Warriors. (Very Batman Animated Series meets Wonder Woman?)

Lodge 2017 Holiday Mini Skillet (perhaps the first of a new annual tradition?) 3.5" diameter, and perfect for an egg or brownie or hung on the tree.