Beautiful Okolo Mollino Book and paper models.

Feather sculptures by Kate MccGwire.

Penguin's new edition of Kama Sutra with letterform illustrations by Malika Favre.

The Live Screen by Danielle Trofe is a sculptural, self-irrigating vertical planter system that is comprised of tiered, organic-shaped pods that can house many different forms of vegetation.

The Pirate Bay launches physibles category for 3D printable objects.

Bandai use Aurasma 3D AR technology to let children play with its Thundercats toys without having to open the box.

4 meter long scarf and cape. The largest items ever to be embroided out of pure spider silk. The yellow is a natural hue of the spiders silk. Took over a million spiders and over 4 years to make.

On the occasion of the release of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace in 3D, the restaurant chain Quick launch the JEDI Burger, DARK Burger and of course the DARK VADOR Burger... Unfortunately only in France.

Doug Wheeler's trippy light installation at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York, is the closest thing to floating in a cloud. All sense of depth perception is lost upon entering the space. Very cool.

This 3D printed record (for Fisher-Price clockwork record player) plays Portal's "Still Alive" ~ made with Processing, printed at Shapeways - video proof it works!

Decurate's interview with To Hold ~ fun to see their cute air plant living minis, wearables (earrings!), even suction cup shower plants...

'The First cycle' New stop motion animation by Niels Hoebers, made for Fashion designer Borre Akkersdijk. Visualising a creative production process of his latest fashion line.

Konstantin Achkov's 'Puzzles for Living,' a series of chairs made of lasercut beechwood parts and assembled like a three-dimensional puzzle.

Archetype by Aaron Sims is a no-budget sci-fi film about a combat robot that goes on the run after malfunctioning with vivid memories of once being human. These graphics are stunning and the story is brilliant!

The Inflativerse, a mobile planetarium developed at the University of Nottingham designed to inflate in 5 minutes and house realistic light projections of the night sky.

Back Up Japan, topographic stools and table by Soichiro Kanbayashi.

Cuboluce bedside lamp, designed by Franco Bettonica and Mario Melocchi in 1972, now part of the permanent collection at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Since the creation of the bin in 1939, Vipp has become synonymous with quality products for the kitchen and bathroom. Now Vipp is launching one of its most sensational product-developments with a radical reinterpretation of the kitchen. So adorable.

'La Stanza dello Scirocco' lamp by Mario Trimarchi for Alessi.

'Listen to Your Hands'; a desk by Sanghyeok Lee which has just won second prize in the [D3] Contest during the IMM Cologne 2012.

'A painting of a Chinese Puzzle Ball' is a work by artist Piers Secunda where he sculpted a Chinese Puzzle Ball from floor paint. It features in a new exhibition at Edel Assanti

SoundMachines - An instrument for performing electronic music , developed by "The Product", a Berlin-based design studio

This week's roundup from here at NOTCOT.org includes carnivorous caterpillars, cartographic illustrations, solar flares and more.

Spanish artist Cristina Barbero believes that everyone should have their own protected space and illustrates this in her glass jar installation.

A look inside the Volkswagen parking lot towers at Autostadt.

Our sundew has just about finished its insect prey, but you can see the whole process in time lapse through this clip from the Life of Plants.

Alan Sailer's incredible photography of exploding foods.

'An Uncle's Guide to London', an illustrated map by Deanna Halsall

Elegant minimalist calfskin lanyards from Alice Park.

Our favorite Geometric Lighting Designs - everything from design classics to modern designs to futuristic living concepts! Love how many of these start flat packed and are fun/easy to assemble into large pendant lamps!

IKEA launches new marketing campaign for its annual sale, transforming its iconic flatpack boxes into home furnishing.

CES: A peek into Belkin's new logo, their two story vintage modern home setup of a booth at CES, the new WeMo system to control your home via app... and even a peek at the house Belkin started in!

An insanely cool species of gliding lizard in Indonesia looks like a (tiny) flying dragon!

Nova Arctica is an architectural study developed by Joseph Battistelli and Eric Boyer of an offshore urban landscape as an answer to the constant melting of the
Arctic sea ice.

These symbols, and their symbolic meaning, Sound, Energy and Loop, come from reasoning about the Feedback (Larsen) constituents.This minimal and extremely clear connection of the Treble Clef , the Ying Yang and the Infinite is questioning their origins.

Recycling meets Art - The suspended light “Beute“ is made of corrugated board. Each light is unique.

Alexander Chen's 'Conductor' transforms the iconic New York subway map into a real-time, interactive string instrument.

Christoph Proessler's "Bolid" is a next generation tractor concept for large scale farms.

You have never experienced Fashion and Beauty like this before! HARD is a Bookazine by german Design-Student Ruben Scupin which features interactive elements such as Pop-Up, lenticular images, stitching and much more.

My carnivorous plant caught a mosquito on its own! Fun to see how it tightly curls up around it...

The C/Z House by SAMI arquitectos is tucked into the hillside of a Portuguese island.

Organ Jewelry by Anna Szabó made from concrete.

Boardwalk Empire VFX Breakdowns of Season 2 by Brainstorm Digital is mind blowing. The show's visuals are amazing and once you have seen this, you will know why.

Niagara Falls in Motion, beautiful footage by Matthew Wartman.

Joel Cooper's incredible origami.

A look at the creatures under the Sea of ​​the Canary Islands in Winter by Rafa Herrero Massieu.

Wouter van Buuren's stereographic projections.

Vera Wiedermann's dreamtime alarm clock powered by water

Big Drip by Daniel Arsham at OHWOW gallery in LA.

Beautiful underwater footage of endangered West Indian Manatees in Florida.

One Darnley Road's packaging for Pavilion Tea.

"I am the master of my fate and captain of my soul." This inspirational typographic artprint illustrated an extract from Invictus poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1875. Available in both French or English by Eva Juliet.

2ballz, a new android game that is just like the old school pong but way more challenging. Be careful - it is addictive!

Lexon's Mini Totem, a tower containing everything you need for the office, tape, container, USB Hub, and a clock. Only thing missing here is a stapler.

Portrait of the Ghost Drummer from Odaibe uses 3d drum stick tracking to make an elegant motion graphic. The result is simple, but pure awesome.

Time lapse video documenting the process of creating the SLS AMG GT3 tape mural at the Mercedes-AMG Private Lounge Affalterbach. Having seen this in person, it's still mind blowing to see the process.

Check out the Diesel Farm, where their vineyard produces wine, olive oil, and grappa. The tilt-shift intro is also pretty awesome.

Giveaway!!! Ice Cube celebrates the Eames Limited Edition Poster. You've probably seen the video circulating as part of LA's Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival happening right now, here's a chance at the poster.

The Ampersand Collection is a limited edition package of 10 Original 9x9 prints from 10 aspiring designers around the interwebs.

A fun reminder of Chandelier Creative's Summer Surf Shack in Montauk... Limited edition HONEY from their 20,000 little honey bees. Fun packaging, of course!

'Manton de Manila' by chilean/spanish team gurmornin- A logo-shawl which represents Madrid's identity made of a whole alphabet of logos.

The First Flyphant exhibition in the world.

Charlie Alan Kraft's rolling out a bunch of handmade and hand painted one of kind wooden monster's on wheels.

Incredible NASA footage of a recent (January 19), M2.6-class Solar Flare which created an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection.

12" Laser cut paper Eiffel Tower model that assembles without glue, tape or fasteners. Design was based on the original plans.

Ron English's Fat Tony ~ Sugar Frosted Fat...

Short documentary on some imagery used by internationally recognized street artists FAILE, a Brooklyn-based collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller.

The new MiiR insulated stainless steel bottle. Designed to keep your hot things hot, your cold things cold, and every bottle provides one person with clean water for an entire year!

Scott Campbell's new show Bless This Mess in Zurich.

Israel based designer Roi Vaspi Yanai provokes the relationship between people and pigeons,
wearable interaction tool in an urban scenery.

Lurpak and Wieden+Kennedy are giving healthy food a bright and cheerful makeover with their new campaign for Lurpak® Lightest Spreadable. Ad directed by Dougal Wilson.

Vardapoteket identity scheme by Stockholm Design Lab.

BlackBody presented two beautiful lights designed by Gaugin and McConnico, at Maison & Objet 2012.

The collection Set De Sept, designed by Roos Van de Velde for Serex. Every piece is unique !!!

Exhibition Waking Background features beautiful new work by Ivana Franke, Seeing with Eyes Closed. This February in Lauba House, Zagreb.

An epic car chase in 360 degrees. By Eric Herrmann, Steven Hasegawa, and Austin Kearsley.

Envisat image from ESA of a phytoplankton bloom swirling in a figure-of-8 in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Father-and-son Daniel and Noam Libeskind have concocted a slender, faceted chandelier that 'mimics and reproduces the cosmic light that fills the Universe'.

The Styleliner is a retired potato chip truck that now tours the US loaded with indie designer accessories and fashion.

Giulio Frigo's first personal exhibition 'Chora' opens tonight at Francesca Minini gallery.

Monolith solid wood iPhone replacement back panels with laser-cut cardboard and cardstock packaging.

Gianni Pettena’s research today on show at Enrico Fornello and Federico Luger ‘s gallery.

A tribute to Park Chan-Wook's ultraviolent and groundbreaking film, Oldboy. Timothy Cheng is a hybrid designer whose focus is in illustration and motion graphics.

Adorable quarter/euro sized button steak thermometers...

'Know Thyself' is the second print in medical illustrator's, Emily Evans, series of combining beautiful women and anatomy.

Artist/sculptor/woodworker Ted Lott creates chairs for living in.

Puppet Parade, fun interactive Kinect controlled puppets by Design I/O.

A collection of vintage Swiss stamps from the 1940s-70s.

Mercedes-Benz B-Class Commercial: Thanks, Airbag

Clever urban interventions by Russian street artist Pavel Puho.

The 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser Trailer. Woof! Woof! A chorus of dogs barking out Star Wars...

Fläpps Folding Chair by Malte Grieb.

TA-ZE premium olive oil store in Toronto by Burdifilek.

Board of Awesomeness, a motorized Kinect controlled longboard from Chaotic Moon Labs.

A collection of Olympic non-events from Hat Trick.

Center Tape is a sticky tape that is divided into three bands, two opaque on the sides, and one transparent in the middle.

A geometric puzzle/sculpture composed of 30 identical pieces of laser cut acrylic

'Shake', a series of photos by photographer Carli Davidson consists portraits of dogs as they shake off water.

A 'greenhouse' in London replaces traditional plants with clear bags of algae into which visitors can blow carbon dioxide (and tweet about it!).

Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s track ‘Two Against One’ features Jack White and Norah Jones and comes alive in this animated video by Chris Milk. The Danger Mouse x Danielle Luppi album is rumored to be made into a full length film.