FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes houses covered in astroturf, neon night surfing and shotgun-launched sheep catching nets.

Moving Brands' pretty crazy advent calendar with impressive high res 3D printed chocolates.

FEATUREDRob Whitworth takes us on an adventure through "Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam" and it's an absolute trip to see how crazed it is through 10,000 RAW images!

Series 25 is a minimalistic but impressively beautiful bench designed by Omar Arbel for Bocci.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #19: Greenaid is giving away 10 limited edition holiday gift kits which come with 12 seedbombs and a wooden slingshot, all wrapped in a custom bandana for guerrilla gardening excursions!

The new Malbaie V residence by Mu Architecture is Located in the picturesque region of Cap-à-l’Aigle in the heart of Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada.

FEATUREDThere's something fun about seeing Santa flying around in Beverly Hills... and model/mannequins looking catty surrounded by holiday decore glowing in the night...

A former malt factory in Berlin will become an expansive aquaponic rooftop farm in 2013.

VIDEOAdorable video of a teeny tiny baby octopus

Pack right for your next culinary expedition with the Gamago Swiss Measuring Spoons, precision crafted measuring multi-tool.

Cambridge Library has digitized several of Isaac Newton's notebooks, avaiable from online reading too! Via WIRED

'Vad Wood' chair by Luca Nichetto is inspirated by scandinavian design.

Lovely modern bird house, the Burd-haus 20-05 Danish Modern Chalet by Nathan Danials.

Tralala, wooden+bamboo toys. A simple way to make children love the earth.

Christian Svanes Kolding's QR code crossword.

MILK is a packaging project, designed to create shelf-edge standout and wow factor, for a range of self-heating baby bottles.

Lovely prints from Flowers in May.

'Café Campana' by Humberto and Fernando Campana in Musée d'Orsay - Paris.

Can you see it? Cute folded Origami animals.

This museum space designed by Werner Tscholl pays tribute to those that worked traverse perilous road through the Tyrolean mountains separating Italy and Austria.

'What have you got in your head?' great series by Sara Asnaghi.

Michiel Cornelissen's E 5.55 project combines 3d-printing and 111 five-eurocent coins to create a stunning necklace.

Katra chair by Studio Aparte.

A plywood tree by architect Pierre Thibault.

VIDEOCool Hunting visits the Bentley factory in Crewe, England.

Lighthouse 65 by AR design studio.

Beat your meat into tender submission with the knuckle meat pounder.

KRAD's Open The Tower, a collection of a total of 676 models in scale 1:1000 by the Eurohigh design studio.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #18: Click For Art is giving away two of their new Kozyndan bunny dinnerware sets!

Utility/Camp/Kitchen knife by Hawthorne. with a sheath can be snapped shut and tucked in a bag, worn on a belt, or hung on the kitchen wall.

Jeff from Booooooom and Corey Adams have made this brilliant Wes Anderson-esque video for Native Shoes.

Banksy’s Biplane Loveheart in Liverpool.

Swiss-born, Tokyo-based graphic designer Julien Mercier - and release of his new font 'Otsuki-Sama'.

VIDEOMathaf Opening of Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab - fascinating "explosion event" based show of sorts...

Help Japan with Punkt. 100% of the profits from the sale of the special edition clock will go to rebuild family homes and play areas in Maeami, a fishing village in the Tōhoku region which was swept away by the tsunami.

Tent City! Love these modular tent systems by Logos that can keep expanding...

VIDEOInspired by the look of 1950s Alpine glacier goggles, Mykita & Moncler created innovative and technologically advanced sunglasses Lino and Achille, for downhill runs and also as classic sunglasses for everyday use.

VIDEOAmazing - Dance performance "dot." by elevenplay. the last scene of this performance: iPad scene. With programming by Daito Manabe.

Have a look at this unusual Waste Treatment Facility designed by Enric Batlle Durany and Joan Roig Duran of Batlle & Roig Architects.

Anarkitty's cute prints

Antique Scissor Scarf by EMMA GRADY for Snoozer Loser NY

Luke Chueh's “Badly Drawn Badly” Limited edition boxed print set

Sour Harvest has an interview with Leontine Greenberg and a peek at her new show "Specimens" at Thinkspace

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway#17: Back To The Roots Grow Your Own Mushroom Kits! Just spray some water daily, and in a few days you have a big batch of Oyster Mushrooms (grown in recycled coffee grounds!)

Bigfoot at Dragatomi for his solo show “Spirits of the Mountain”, Dec 10th. There will be a limited number of resin Fujisan figures available during the show, which is also scheduled to release in vinyl form in Summer 2012.

Portland Growler Company has beautiful growlers - Made in Portland OR. Hand slip-cast stoneware growler. Holds in the cold for all of your 64 fluid ounces. Widemouth ceramic flip top with rubber seal.

Niark 1 - The Guardians LTD Edition Print

VIDEONeon Night Surfing in Bondi - Strongbow, a group made ​​up of 17 surfers, organized a surf session where the surfers wore neon lit wetsuits. Awesome video by Jack McCoy.

Ricardo Bessa's Ever After illustrated book - for the romantic in all of us. Twelve love stories, twelve opportunities to let your imagination fly.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #16: Dead Zebra is giving away 10 Android Mini Special Edition Toy Soldiers by Gary Ham, or a chance to win the Love the End Print Set AND a Android Toy Soldier!

FEATUREDWhispers flocked wallpaper collection by Marcel Wanders for Graham & Brown

Esteemed designer Valentino houses his archives in a 10,000 square meter, white-walled virtual museum, now available for download.

After moss graffiti, the british artist Anna Garforth aka Sporeborne created some typographic biscuit.

Here is a bourbon I created, designed, and packaged. The Kentucky bourbon is inspired by the the bootleg runners during the prohibition era. The packaging includes shot glasses, coasters and key chain tags.

Eliza's Frye's new book Regalia contains eight comics that "are all love letters."

Odd Fauna, maker of Beast Sculpts, is making a super adorable toy series for Villain's new app, Lil' Birds!

Dimensions is a sonic adventure game (iOS) by London-based startup RjDj, designed to "enhance reality rather than distract from it". Unlock Dimensions, collect Artifacts and defend yourself from the Artifact-stealing Nephilim.

Hong Kong’s Causway Bay is the new home to one of the country’s most contemporary and avant-garde fashion shops. Shine, designed by Architect Nelson Chow.

FEATUREDThe official video from Microsoft has been released! They explore the innovative Tag: We're It art installation by artists Lisa Kaselak and Lee Billington

FEATUREDRobots invade the kitchen again! The Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group at Technische Universität München have encouraged them to take over the world of popcorn and salami sandwiches!

New Sea-Spirit Bone Carving Pendant by New Zealand artist Tim Jepson of Studio Tapu

Spanish artist ARYZ has left an amazing new wall in Lisboa.

Matthew Picton creates sculptural maps of cities using books about them.

Stacie Bloomfield from Arkansas created this lovely owl calendar for 2012.

Light decorative metal panels 'MePas' by Caino Design.

VIDEO9Caribou filmed the relocation of bighorn sheep in Nevada - an adventure involving helicopters, shotgun-launched nets, a great deal of vertigo and some very quick sheep! All with a rocking soundtrack!

'Rosace' blown glass tea set by Margaux Keller for VCU Qatar and Fabrica.

Between Worlds; a look at the Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows from a new perspective. Stunning photos by faucethead creative.

Habitat Design's series of Bodega Bird Chalets.

New York based photographer Dale May's 'LEGO Wars'. A series of photos crafted in archival acrylic to emulate the glossy quality of the toy subjects.

Adorable black cabbies and doubledeckers for your Christmas tree. Love these London ornaments from Michelle Mason.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #15: Nervous System gives away two of their lovely 3D printed jewelry pieces: Cellular Pendant and Subdivision Cuff

Awesome Marvel illustrations by Dennis Menheere.

Jack in the Box by 45Kilo is a tool-furniture, it allows you to create flexible and structured working conditions. It can be a lighting object, something to load mobile phones or both.

VIDEOHere's the most badass video you'll see today. It's Ice Cube giving a tour of modernist building design in Los Angeles, where he actually studied architectural drafting before breaking out as a gangsta rap star in the 1980s.

Here's to the crazy ones. Gorgeous letterpress poster.

FEATUREDQuirky secret bars, top spots for ice skating and tropical getaways are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

VIDEOSense of Flying.What´s it like flying down a mountain at 250 km/h? Espen Fadnes - The World’s Fastest Flying Human Being 2010 - teamed up with Project Managers Goovinn to communicate the experience of flying.

Terminal 2 at the San Francisco International Airport just became the US' first airport to achieve LEED Gold certification - check out exclusive photos at Inhabitat.

The 2012 Studio on Fire desk calendar! This year the theme is the Positive Apocalypse, featuring include brain-feasting zombies, a yeti, transfigured animals, Earth being devoured and a rainbow explosion.

The complete set of drawings for the Norman Foster-designed Apple campus have been released!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #14 Photojojo! So much photography fun to win! The bundle includes a Fujifilm Instax 7s Camera & Film, Black Canon Camera Lens Mug and Photo Fabric Dye Kit

Macro Cell Lens Band, a sturdy band with a built-in macro lens that lets you turn your cell phone into a macro.

Beautiful wooden house by Schlyter/Gezelius Arkitektkontor.

Zoe Garred's Fleet Ribbon Ornaments, made from delicately bent plywood.

Beautiful and functional wood joinery in Ontwerpduo's Joints.

Mantis desk by Samuel Wilkinson for Case.

VIDEOA ride down the α77 Roller slide in Kanagawa.

Intersection magazine collaborates with Louis Vuitton on a Soap Box and a Bike Polo.

The Bloomberg Pavillion by Akihisa Hirata opened up at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo!

Coordinate furniture collection from Praktrik are not just great pieces of furniture, but also puzzles to assemble, relying on interlocking pieces.

The Steel Wood Table by Thom Fougere is a flexible table and storage unit suitable for any room in your home.

VIDEOchoreoBots: a tangible music visualization platform by Charles Doomany and Luke Kambic via CMU.

Christmas Tea, designed by Mint - Maja Matas, Kresimir Miloloza, Jozo Matas.

An indoor RC blimp, built with a balloon

Now you can own your own set of Ninja Stealth Black Throwing Knives.

"Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story" by Paul Shaw.

SnowXu foldable snowshoes. The most portable full-function showshoes. Light, compact and easiest binding of any snowshoe. When folded a set is smaller than a yoga mat bag (bag is included). Easily fit 2 sets on a single pack.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Favorites: a gift guide of sorts ~ things i really use, love, and find worth spending on lately...

Evolution: The Natural History of Animal Skeletons, Stripped Down, a beautiful book by Patrick Gries and Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu.