NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #27: Wejetset is giving away quite the jet setting bundle: a Hideo Carryon, Incase Krink Sleeve, Baxter Travel Kit, Field Notes, + STPL Socks ~ over 500$ of travel goods to get you home for the holidays!

Cake Designer April Reed has made this year's hippest (and most expensive at $4,320) gingerbread house based on the mid century modern masterpiece, The Farnsworth House, by Meis van der Rohe.

A look at vintage character balloons from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade's long legacy...

An excellent bit of typographical art from Singapore based graphic designer Jarrell Goh, aka fuzzyzebra.

PolaDroid! Long live the Polaroid! Luckily, with this new application, our favorite shakable images will live on, albeit electronically.

What recession? From 10/25 through 01/06, guests can pay to stay overnight at the Guggenheim in artist Carsten Höller's Revolving Hotel Room. Actually, considering where you're sleeping, the $259 - $799 price tag doesn't seem so bad. Sadly, it's sold out.

DJ Table by Cocoon for Red Bull ~ hilarious details tucked into this seemingly simple wood table

Banksy's village petstore in NY! Is it weird i want to hop a flight just to go see this? Check out the vid at wooster! The animatronics in this tiny 300 sq ft storefront are incredible ~ open till Halloween!

Wirestay from Harry Allen takes cues from those pedicure toe separators?

Typographunnies. submit or vote on your favorite font joke.

Tumi goes waterproof ~ with their HYDRO collection (part of their T-Tech line)

TADO solo show at Magic Pony. Lovely paintings and wooden sculptures among other treasured goodies.

Zoo York presents a nice artist deck series, with 5 recognized artists with a Cockroach theme.

Here's another piece of artwork being featured at the Manifest Hope Gallery during the DNC. The image was done by Jude Buffum and it will hang above a boombox playing a custom track by Computer Jay.

Tyrrells Potato Chips has some nice and simple packing for their Mixed Root Vegetable Chips and Parsnip Chips. The illustrations give the products an authentic feel, almost an organic "earthiness".

"Do you know what you eat?" : Campaign for Greenpeace by BBDO Moscow. To tell consumers about genetically modified plants problem.

For the woman who wants (to back-up) everything: the new Swarovski Crystal Engagement Ring with a USB Flash Drive. Don’t get too excited and pop the question just yet though — it’s still only a concept.

Evolution of Nintendo Characters.

I was waiting for the Raf Simons collaboration with Eastpack to be released and its finally here. Interesting shapes and nice colors - definitely a backpack I will get for the summer!

The Electrobike. Cooler wheels for a warmer planet, and available through DWR for barely less than Arne Jacobsen classic Egg chair...

designer:Giuseppe Canevese for Ennezero, Italy.
Graphics printed on white polished MDF, sealed with lacquertop and back in black lacquered MDFlacquered aluminum feet. $7,680.00 USD

Great work by the parisian illustrator JulesJulien

Vodaphone ad where it rains TIME - literally.... adorable ad

Environmental Obesity

"Think about what it consumes before buying."

The Great Turtle Race starts in 9 days. Follow 11 gps equiped leatherback turtles as they make their way to the galapagos

flickr related tag browser - freeform image search engine lets you play - gorgeous!

Genevieve Gaukler and Beck team up with Jeremyville on this latest limited ed Sketchel

90 artists from genres of rock posters, skate graphics, comics, children's books, and fine art each chose a classic mythological or folkloric creature to illustrate.

We're so easily amused by this awesome Target Wii gift card

As far as papooses go - Sheepskin Baby Papoose
by Bill Amberg - seems strangely cozy. and well padded for carrying all that weight around...

Signature bangle design by Liana Kabel using retro black and white knitting needles handshaped into bracelets. (see #1602 for more)

the UK's Innocent juices have tapped the craftster.knitting community and they come with hand made hats this holiday season

Just rediscovered in .com archives, and even at Target now, the Plasma Car is the ultimate holiday present! Aesthetically and scientifically brilliant ~ go watch the video if you haven't already.

skurniture. skate decks as furniture...and done right. =)

Clamp on to CLAMPOLOGY ~ the science of clamping your way to functional new uses for the everyday.

now you can pimp your baby's crib. get some remote-controlled rocking action and a good night's sleep. awesome.

Designed and illustrated by the very famous Yuko Shimizu. She is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts.

Ong & Ong renovated an art deco house in Singapore, creating a stunning new interior, complete with a pool.

MENU ~ the carafe with smart lid designed by Jakob Wagner

Finally, the Lacoste footwear in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects is on sales now. Priced at $525, the Limited Edition will only features 850 pairs. Amazing logo!

An interactive, toy-like site framing Fredo Viola's music and video work. Traditional rectangular videos are joined by circular and hexagonal works which can be turned.

Stereonoise. Ideas that sound good.

washi tape from mt deco. washi paper is made by hand in the traditional manner in japan.

Oslo plans to expand its skyline with these liquidy Crystal Clear towers.

Artist Ruben Toledo redesigns the covers of classics like The Scarlet Letter (above) and Pride & Prejudice for Harcourt Brace. If only I'd had these in high school, I might have actually read them!

Very beautiful and humorous photographies from Jan Steinhilber !