The new project on Baghdad by Antonio Ottomanelli and Giovanna Silva will come to the exhibition SAO PAOLO CALLING in March. Antonio Ottomanelli tells us about it from the beginning in a series of posts; here is the second one…
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We skipped the gingerbread men this year and decided to make some cookies a little closer to home. City dwellers will be familiar with these gingerbread bodegas.
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There’s a DJ in the bedroom. And oh look, clothes on display in the closet. The appetizers are served in the kitchen, the drinks in the living room. But is it a hangout or a real home? It’s Casa Clementina, in the Monti district in Rome.
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A 3-D portrait of Albert Einstein that transforms into a portrait of Marilyn Monroe! 'Conversation' a 3-D printed shadow casting panel installation by Drzach&Suchy.
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Rare lens-shaped lenticular clouds over West Yorkshire.
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VIDEOLara Crystal, from Casey Dunn’s Invertebrate Zoology (Biol 0410) course at Brown University, tells the story of how anglerfish find, and keep, a mate
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The Siajo Clinic located in Shinjuku, Tokyo by Aida Atelier.
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Bridgestone Airless tires, currently in the concept phase, have spokes of thermoplastic resin that support the rubber tire: so they don’t go flat, don’t puncture, don’t blow out and are 100% recyclable.
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Fade Away 1 performs a twitter search for the term "Fade Away" and uses an ultra violet laser diode to write these tweets on a phosphorescent surface. They eventually fade away.
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Tether, a flexible plastic rod to stabilize your glasses as they go through the dishwasher.
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Orlogin, Ben Broyde's grandfather clock inspired series of clocks.
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A path in the forest by Tetsuo Kondo. Beautiful walkway situated in Kardiorg Park, an urban forest, 15-minutes' walk from the Old City of Tallinn.
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VIDEOEthics for the Starving Designer, a social project promoting the dialogue on ethics and responsibility within student and professional visual communicators.
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Designer Cameron Booth transforms the US highway system into a subway style map.
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N H D M designed the Library Machine, to store the multimedia archive for the Nam June Paik Art Centre in the city of Yong-In, South Korea.
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The Mikoto Bamboo knife block from Ekobo is an elegant way to keep your knives in order.
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VIDEO“Little Shining Man”, a kite with 1700 3d printed connectors, carbon fibre rods and cubenfibre aerospace fabric. Conceived by Heather and Ivan Morison, designed by Sash Reading, engineered and fabricated by Queen & Crawford.
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FEATUREDStunning simple little film around the making of an alternative christmas ginger jam sponge cake. It's a gingerbread house on top of a cake!
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More new work from ever-toiling Nendo; this time, it's a quirky new souvenir product for the Cup Noodle Museum in Yokohama, Japan.
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“Postmodernism: Style and Subversion, 1970-1990” is on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A review by Pietro Rigolo.
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Beautiful new site by Mike Kus, animated using CSS3. Cutting edge, beautiful web design for a young app design team in England.
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Take a gander at Autoban's new CIP lounge for Turkey's national airline, Turkish Airlines, which has just opened at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.
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With the help of photographer Andrew B. Myers The Hive created a series of limited edition cards in honour of five inventors and their seasonal inventions.
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Zeus Jones built a great new web app for Scotch Whiskey tastings called 'Proof' just in time for the holidays. Along with the free app, check out the custom packaged bottles and boxes.
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The Rethinking Radiator by Rochus Jacob is a modern and more efficient way to warm up your living room.
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PetPeek is a transparent plastic window that allows your best friend a view of the outside world.
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The simmINN Flight Simulation Center in Stuttgart, Germany designed by architect Boris Banozic.
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'Ville vs. Vélodrome' series by illustrator Guilherme Henrique.
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New Winter Solstice infographic design by BrainstormOverload - download the free holiday card version.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #27: Fred bundle of Yum Bots, Letterpress Cookie Cutters, Dream Light, Food Fighters Toy Soldiers, a Doomed Crystal Skull Shot Glass, a Gym Glass Sports Bottle, Paper Airplane Door Stop, and Dishplay Gloves!
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Spiraling home, the Toda House by Kimihiko Okada in Hiroshima.
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VIDEOThis is an impressive vertical interactive dance performance! 2 dancers with bungee ropes fly and 2 depth cameras track them, a system on processing send real-time generated visuals to specifically touched point by the dancers.
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FEATURED"As Above, So Below" stunningly beautiful projection mapping by Light Harvest at the DUMBO Art Show - including stop motion animation, and the suspension of over twenty performance artists from fly wires at sixteen feet off the ground.
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StudioIN's corporate gift, a 2012 Apocalypse wine.
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Beautiful home farm extension in Gloucestershire by De Matos Ryan.
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Zachary Abel's mathematical sculptures include this Paperclip Snub Dodecahedron.
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Towards the Italian Alps to discover the 5 star Alpina Dolomites Gardena Lodge & Health Spa - a haven for hedonistic and demanding fans of winter sports ...
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The Institute for Computer-Based Design and the Institute for Structural Engineering and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart have collaborated to create this Research Pavilion - introducing biological patterns and formations into architecture.
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FEATUREDGet cooking for the holidays with classic holiday eggnog, cheesecake gingerbread bites, candy cane popcorn and more from Tasteologie and Liqurious.
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Domino's Pizza Hero - Rise through the pizza making ranks and become a Pizza Hero with the new Domino's Pizza game for iPad.
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Eyebombing is the act of setting googly eyes on inanimate things in the public space. Ultimately the goal is to humanize the streets, and bring sunshine to people passing by.
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VIDEOThe Lexus Fashion Workshop: Four fashion designers create wearable art out recyclable car parts.
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NaughtyBox is a playful device that represents ambient sound with physical movement. By putting four tiny magnetic cubes inside the box and singing, the cubes dance and bounce in response to the sound.
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ART+COM from Berlin created an elegant Kinetic Logo for Deutsche Bank
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Creative Applications Network names the Best and Most Memorable Projects of 2011.
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VIDEOink&paper. In 1929, the Los Angeles City Directory listed 42 letterpresses and 17 paper companies in Downtown. Now there are only two.
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'Arts & Business Awards 2011' by Nick Ross and Fraser Reid are inspired by the trophies of ancient Greece.
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VIDEO2 Billabong Surf-Girls Videos: Maldives video teaser in promotion of Billabong’s Surf Capsule collection with Billabong girls global surf team riders plus video diary entry from Billabong model/surfer & singer/songwriter Catherine Clark.
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'Saut de puce' stool by Benjamin Crilout is inspired by insects and industrial aesthetic.
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Great video and holiday card from VML that asks visitors, "What's Worth Sharing?" Bonus: For each new viewer, VML will donate $1 (up to $10,000) to Toys for Tots.
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Handmade beautiful wooden toys and rattles for kids by Noli Noli.
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Until 3rd February 2012, the Media Lab Complex in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) hosts “Disobedience / An ongoing video archive”, an exhibition curated by Mark Scotini.
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VIDEOLucas Maassen engaged his three sons entrusting them with the painting of the furnishings produced by the Lucas Maassen and Sons Furniture Factory.
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Incredible series of photos of bioluminescent sea creatures by Edith Widder, which shed light on the dangers of pollution.
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Destroy your own forest with Domino Trees from
Bobby Petersen. 20% of the profit is donated to WWF for forest protection and replanting.
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Limited edition Boca de Lobo Millionaire safe. Taken directly from the 19th century, when it was used by banks during the 1849 gold rush, it still bears the marks of the repeated attempts that have been made to crack it.
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Danish Design - I like it! Jasper Morrison at the Denmark Design Museum.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #26: BAGGU! Reusable bags for everything you can think of, they are giving away a set containing a Backpack, a Daypack, an Original Baggu, and a black M Leather pouch!
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Pilot Studios' packaging design for the new Johnny Cupcakes mascot toy.
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FEATUREDHoliday style breakfast for dinner ~ on the grill! Tasteologie style! A variation of steak & eggs and pancakes! All wrapped up with a bow...
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XKCD's new science mnemonics. 'Please Email My Dad A Shark' should make remembering the order of operations a breeze.
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FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes holiday yetis, random QR tattoos and a LEGO year in review.
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New pencil and hand embossed paper works by Jacob Dahlstrup for the upcomming show at Munch Gallery, New York.
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New Zebrano desk chair from Carnegie Mellon School of Design Senior Alex Fischer.
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Starbucks Opens New Reclamation Drive Thru Made From Recycled Shipping Containers
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #25: PACT is giving away 10 $50 Gift Cards perfect for spending on designer undies for a cause, tees, tanks, and even socks made from wind!
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Everyone's Mixtape is an amazingly clean and simple way to create mixtapes. It's also a fun throwback to our youth.
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Graphic design student Hannah Jackson's packaging for Homebase's grown your own range.
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VIDEO"Nazca City" is a land art project, using an autonomously moving robot to create the drawing of a true scale map of an imaginary city onto the surface of the Peruvian desert.
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Star Wars by Evian, designed by Mandy Brencys.
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VIDEOSanta meets Siri in this holiday ad for the iPhone 4s.
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Math meets art with Comali. Give some light to your wall with this lighted frame, holding a tessellation made by only one folded sheet of handmade Japanese washi paper.
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Stunning new illustrations by Florian Nicolle.
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Rare pictures of a bio luminescent lake in Australia caused by the illuminating defense mechanism of microorganisms.
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The recent Oh!BCN event in Barcelona saw some of the world's best food designers come together and create a edible jewelery by replacing glass with sugar.
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VIDEOSurreal music video for Maccabees' 'Pelican' and its making of, directed by David Wilson.
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The beautiful Zen Garden House by David Jay Weiner.
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Toby Dutkiewicz (who created Keek The Saddest Devil, and as well works for LEGO) exclusively shares with us exceptional and inspirational imagery – of art toys crossing over with LEGO.
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Writers and artists design money fit for modern times.
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VIDEOA cute promo film for the current 'Hidden Heroes' exhibition at London's Science Museum.
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Estudio Visavis made the story of a couple coffee lovers. Wedding packaging and photography inspired in a coffee stains representing the wedding rings.
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Ebenezer Scrooge approved, every part of this elegantly-sculpted candlestick from GAMAGO glows in the dark.
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The Loop Stand Collection is a series of furniture designed by Leif Jørgensen for HAY. The collection consists of basic and usable furniture with affordable price tags – and the Loop family keeps growing.
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Jean-Francois De Witte edited a series of photographs creating characters & animals out of dishes, spoons, forks and cups. Brilliant.
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The Big Pictures' 50 best photos from The Natural World.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #24: ISO50/Tycho is giving away the new Tycho album, Dive, (in Deluxe LP, CD, and download), the Dive lithograph, the ‘Sun’ tshirt, and your choice of a Thermal Tee and Giclee Print!
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Portuguese born and London-based designer Hugo Passos has brought together design sensibilities he’s acquired over his many years in the industry for his Piet Side Tables.
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Adorable lambswool scarves by Donna Wilson come in foxes, swans and flamingos.
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Japanese Graphic design from the 1920s and 30s.
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'Here are the Young Men (Marked)', a striking photo series by Claire Felicie capturing soldiers before, during and after their deployment in Afghanistan.
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