How decorate a shop window. We hid the window and thereby encouraged people from the street to spy=discover what was happening inside the trendy handbag showroom, located in Brussels, Belgium.
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The beautifully minimalistic Villa Plus by Waldemarson Berglund.
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VIDEOReleased by Bergcloud, the new Little Printer prints your digital life. The printer uses your smartphone's subscriptions to create a personalized, timely, beautiful mini-newspaper.
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Here's a piece of design inspired by the natural world; a gorgeous twist on the traditional chandelier by British glass artist Heather Gillespie.
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The Mossberg's just-in-case series is a waterproof set that includes a 12 gauge Mossberg 500 Pump-Action shotgun, multi-tool and serrated knife combo pack.
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This unique desk lamp was made by artist Evan Chambers. To create it, he took molds of hawk feet and opium poppies in order to cast them into bronze. Each lamp is numbered and signed.
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An advertising campaign undertaken by Volkswagen (NL) transforms the company’s iconic ‘T1′ bus into the ‘fanwagen’, a Facebook-themed vehicle. Check out the "privacy settings".
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FEATUREDZoom Zoo Alphabet Flashcards by Dreamworks Illustrator, Mike Yamada. Adorable animals in retro futuristic cars ~ a la Richad Scarry.
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Pat Kim's Solid Walnut Rocket, Made in Brooklyn.
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FEATUREDNew Mexico Biopark Society's holiday light sculptures, "River of Lights", in the Botanic Gardens ~ from whale to octopus, t-rex to cars, and more! Even video of it action...
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Dual, the new arcade table from surface tension, is an entry-level system utilising a dedicated arcade board. Aimed at the more casual arcade gamer, but built to the same high quality and attention to detail.
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Have you ever felt like you’re seeing the same movie poster over and over again? Well, you are, in a way.
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Bryan McCormack's Centre Pompidou installation to raise AIDS awareness with colorful condoms called 'Preservation Is Life'.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #5: Hard Graft is giving away one of their Back2Back Leather Bags ~ it's a 3 in 1: messenger bag - briefcase - backpack!
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FEATUREDApocalpyse kits, brinecicles and conductive velcro are all part of this week's roundup from here at NOTCOT.org.
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Drop Light is a new concept developed by the people at DOOlight
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'Social Animals' - A project designed by the young designer Collin Velkoff that explores the interactions between humans and their objects.
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The Triennale of Milano will host Tra martello e incudine exhibition bringing together works created by young designers, developed during a workshop organized by Giulio Iacchetti.
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Pharmacophore: Architectural Placebo is an installation/dance performance at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in NYC, combining cool-blue lighting and inflatable props and costumes to create a pharmaceutical landscape.
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Billion sculpture envisioned by Lausanne-based Vincent Kohler.
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Influenced by cinema, history, and the art of the grift and taking inspiration from vintage Los Angeles and Film Noir, Fulton's Clip Joint Playing Cards capture a time and place where men were men, women were dames, and the next deal could be your last.
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'Analogue Box' is a wooden puzzle secret box by Dean Brown for Fabrica and Granville Gallery.
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A 3d Scan of The Young Architect of the Year Award 2011 exhibition at the Architectural Foundation designed by Moxon Architects
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The new brand Omelette-ed has launched their Mamut Bowl. A very interesting piece that grows depending on how many turns you give to beechwood ball.
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Cantilevered glass helical staircase created by Diapo to go around a stunning column aquarium, Gleneagles.
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Le Musique tees at Colette ~ lyrics you're sure to know ~ in french. scrawled across your tee.
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give u my heart ring by innopark design studio, hong kong / china
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VIDEORianne Koens' "schillenpracht" that lets you make your own fruit peels.
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Collection of light, a new project from Humans Since 1982 which makes you think a little differently about how we catergorize things.
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"The Hyrulian Book of Biology" by Andrew Kolb
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VIDEOTroika's Thixotropes installation in Selfridges London.
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It's The Thought That Counts ~ Partners & Spade 99¢ Product Polaroids "In light of these economic times, we are offering a 99¢ polaroid of any over-priced product in our store (packaging included)."
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Straatweg Extension by BBVH architecten in Rotterdam.
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'Crease' by French designer Simon Naouri is a simple and delicate porcelain lamp contrasting with complex industrial technology and manufacturing techniques.
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Beautiful custom bikes from the Detroit Bicycle Company.
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VIDEOAll white, all papercut music video for Jack's Mannequin's 'Amy, I'.
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Triple Aught Design's latest variation of their Titanium Skeleton Key ~ a highly versatile precision mini-tool made in the USA from a solid 6AL-4V Titanium billet.
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Corpus 2.1 series by Marcia Nolte. The series explores how technology could be integrated in this evolution.
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VIDEO60 seconds of beauty submitted by users to the first round of The Beauty Of A Second short film contest.
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Code Cards — letterpress greeting cards for nerds. Egg nog arrays, CSS new year's cards, and more. Made by hand (and Vandercook) in Brooklyn, NY.
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A paper pop-up version of the CoupleOf 'Lily' laced shoe by CoupleOf.
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'Decode: Digital Design Sensations' at Design Museum Holon, Israel.
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Paula Hayes' Living Necklaces ~ tiny air plants live in your necklace!
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'Don't Just Stand There' - Every Ugmonk item purchased through Dec 31 = a day of meals for orphans around the world.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #4: House & Hold is giving away Original Fatboy, Design House Stockholm Tablo , Karl Zahn Rhino box, a Nuance Snack Set, and a Design House Stockholm Barbara Carafe!
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Patagonia's Black Friday advertisement asks consumers to think before they buy. Their intriguing advertisement in this weekend's NY Times led designgush to investigate a little deeper.
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Do you know how to make a lego ball? Alexandre Giroux, young French artist, made it! (almost without cheating)
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Room & Board's slim powder coated steel line now comes in a rainbow of colors!
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Innovative hammer designed by Marc Sicard, french designer based in Paris.
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FEATUREDModerne Wood Animals, designed by Linnea Gits and Peter Dunham exclusive for DWR - Fox, Bear, Horse, Deer, and Bull
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When we saw these amazing shots of Pablo Picasso’s light drawings, collected from LIFE, over at How to Be a Retronaut, we were — pardon our pun — dazzled.
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Gamble on goodness with this boxed set of three designer dice designed to help you to take better care of ourselves, to be more kind to one another and to improve the world we live in.
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Happy Whoolidays Tree Topper ~ blown glass owl - Handcrafted in Czech Republic by SkLO Studio.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #3: Reiko Kaneko is giving away 10 Twiggy Snowmen Ornaments! What would you do with one?
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Blackened iron sculptural Modern Cast Hooks - Antler, Whale Tail, or Bear
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Jingle Jangle Bird from Mr. Clement ~ Each is matte white and comes with handmade scarf and red Swarovski crystal. Limited edition of 50.
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Lucas Zarebinski's photographs of "Lollipops" ~ with crickets, scorpions, and mealworms in them!
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Leather Animal Carafes! Piglet, Armadillo, and Porcupine!
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Awesome! A mini tape gun ~ 5"W x 8"L ~ perfect for all that present wrapping?
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Hitchcock Style by Jean-Pierre Dufreigne, Assouline ~ a peek into the fashion and style in the world of Hitchcock's films
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VIDEOMirrorBook Air ~ so tiny, so cute, see it in the video. Amazing they went so far to include so many tiny details and even did packaging design for it!
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Bentwood Anniversary Rings from Bojt Studio.
Exceptional rings of bent wood... wearable art created exclusively for you.
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VIDEOI Found My Love In Portofino - Lovely short movie by Ellen von Unwerth for Christians Dior's new Summer/2012 campaign.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #2: HELP! Remedies is giving away 5 super packs of HELP! Perfect for holiday survival or stocking stuffing!
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Designer Gerhardt Kellermann developed a shower and kitchen radio, inspired by the Muji wooden brush. This interpretation uses the speaker as a volume control.
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New Banksy "Shop Till You Drop" Stencil in London?
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VIDEOA new musical microwave built with a USB port to play any song you want. No more beeps, but a song when your food is ready.
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Into balloon animals? Shiny Koons' style? Kidrobot has a new 3" blindbox series - POP! Super Shiny Minis.
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A nice line for insect collectors and entomologists. Designed by Jessie Usié.
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A giant fractal pecan pie! Impressive pie in the shape of a koch snowflake.
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“Il vaut mieux éviter tout contact avec les formes de vie extra-terrestres” by the Japanese artist Shimabuku at the Centre International d’Art et du Paysage.
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VIDEOA Canada Goose ships a hockey stick to an American puppy using FedEx boxes as dominoes.
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Artist's bright idea to create magical field of 5,000 Christmas lights. Installation by Bruce Munro at the Holbourne Museum, Bath.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #1: A+R is giving one lucky winner Urbanista's Copenhagen Headphone (with microphone for use with your mobile!)
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VIDEOKaty Beveridge's bicycle animation, a piece created as part of her CSM 3rd year dissertation project.
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Take Your Clothes Off series by illustrator Adara Sánchez Anguiano.
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Holiday travel patterns as captured by Foursquare.
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AmtrakConnect advertises it's wifi services with this series of posters from creative director Mick Sutter and illustratior Andrew Bannecker
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Beautiful nature center visitor's center by White Arkitekter located outside of Kristianstad, Sweden.
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David Stoupin captures microworlds with beautiful microscopic photography.
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A single 50 meter-long Gulliver table in Tokyo Midtown by Torafu Architect. A place to sit down, to stand up, to lie down or pass under..
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For those who missed this week's Frozen Planet. The incredible 'Brinicle' finger of ice that freezes Antarctic sea floor.
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FEATUREDChristmas markets, coral lodges and Canadian escapes are all a part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.
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Poler's Duffaluffagus ~ love that it has straps on the bottom so that you can pull it around on a skateboard.
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RISD-ID.ORG is a student-run blog which aims to share student, faculty, and alumni work from the Industrial Design Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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FEATUREDHappy Black Friday! NOTCOT Holiday Coupons are here ~ special discounts from some of our favorite stores to help your money go further this shopping season! Enjoy!
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Kozyndan's much loved 'Bunny Blossom' finds a new home with this stunning 6 piece sequentially numbered limited edition bone china dinnerware from Click For Art.
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Introducing The Vax. the first cardboard vacuum cleaner using recycled packaging.
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FEATUREDDissecting the Jawbone UP ~ and what i REALLY think about it. It's an amazing alarm clock. Wakes with vibration (doesn't bother others!), and wakes you at the optimal time in your sleep cycle... also more comfortable without the rubber.
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Working with industrial resin clay, acrylic and other suitable materials, Michihiro Matsouka fuses machinery with animals creating fantastic sculptures.
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Flying robots will assemble a six meter-high tower at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France by Gramazio & Kohler and Raffaello d’Andrea.
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