Remarkable patterns that bacteria form when grown in a petri dish. Colors and shading are artistic additions. Image templates are actual colonies of tens of billions of these microorganisms.

While the design mimic the shape of a picnic basket, this is actually a magazine basket designed by Enzo Berti.

French couple Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida collaborate to create this amazing collection of miniature sculpture/food photography. A beautiful marriage of pure fantasy and edible art.

From Follow Me - a site showcasing sculptural creations by Indonesian artist Faisal Habibi.

Tattoo artist Yann Travaille has made his name in the over populated field of tattoo design with these astonishingly refreshing designs.

"Waterboarding" is a sculpture by Stephen J Shanabrook using chocolate-waterboarded choir boy Christmas statues. It's "the peaceful song of a pair of choir boys turned into a silent scream"

Woven grass sculptures by Beth Hatton

Great exhibition of the Louis Vuitton Speedy Bags is currently showing at Selfrdiges as part of their 100th anniversary celebrations.

Amazing photographs from the International Space Station of Sarychev Peak on Matua Island erupting. The cloud shows the impact of the initial eruption hitting the atmosphere and creating that mushroom effect.

Yeti's Best Fruits & Produce!!! Whole Foods has some really fun produce box graphics...

Craftsman Chair. Materials include Belgium linens or a laundered Italian basket weave of a cotton and linen blend. Locally made and is sold exclusively at James Perse Boutiques.

Mark Mawson captures these beautiful shots by dropping paint in water. The colors and the lighting are simply amazing!

Igloo Store located in the heart of Little Italy in San Diego, CA. is the home base for designer Gary Benzel. [Editor's Note - it's an old NOTCOT fav from our college days in SD!]

new spec piece for san pellegrino's aranciata by leftchannel.

Sex Wax & Anderson Brothers Bring Sexy Back to the Contemporary Art World with- 'Sexy Skull' Life sized-limited edition skull, cast in seven different fresh flavors of surfboard wax.

DWR is relaunching the Eames Molded Plastic Chairs with Wood Dowel Bases! Both the Armchair (DAW - $499) and Sidechair (DSW- $399) will be available exclusively from DWR starting Sept 1st.

At a beachside park in Spain, architects built a shade structure that mimics the look and swaying action of nearby pine trees. Since new trees would never to grow in the salty air conditions near the beach, they created a stunning replica of a grove of pine trees.

Emperor Machine's new music video is less a music video and more a retro-futuristic sci-fi short. Wonderful animation sequences abound.

What's better than a spoon and a fork? A spork. What more could a spork ever need? Why, a cheese grater, of course!

Twenty-one artists, dealers, curators, and bloggers weighed in on what artworks should grace the Obamas’ White House walls. See all the works they picked here.

Quit eye-ing those sexy ankles! Amphibian is a set of fins that are an aid for lifeguards (and Baywatch beauties) patrolling the beaches. They help the lifeguard swim over faster and have some pretty cool features.

The Loft Cube presents rooftop living for the adventurous. The entire body of the Loft Cube can be customized to the buyer’s needs and it's built by you. Get your toolbelt ready!

Amazing ticket for Placido Domingo's concert in Astana

Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewelry made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved ones.

‘Animal Series’ by LEM

Matilda Wigg Erixon, A graduate from Central Saint Martins in London, has designed " My Life Urn",a modern memento mori reminding the living of their own mortality in a caring & beautiful way.

A few of us know that singer Bryan Adams is also a great photographer. His portraits includes the likes of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mickey Rourke, Victoria Beckham, Cindy Crawford, Heather Graham...just to name a few.

Kaws has teamed up with Hajime Sorayama to produce this “No Future Companion”. This is a fully-poseable metal figure. Word is it will go up sometime on Saturday, June 27th for $980.

Moduture is a brand spanking new furniture company set to launch at this week's CA Boom Design event, June 26 - 28. From convertible puzzle tables to interchangeable cabinet fronts, this collection is all about versatility.

Fascinating book about the design of wayfinding - an A++ on signage.

The amazing photographs of James Ostrer

Designed by Gina Demm, a student at the Art Institute of Minnesota. She was awarded AIGA's 2009 scholarship to her for best portfolio

Oooh my alma mater, UCSD, is the "First Public University to Provide Its Own iPhone Application"

Photographer Rankin captured British artists for the new Oxfam climate change campaign with the slogan ‘Demand action until you’re blue in the face’

Deskhouse for your children.

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!

Young graphic design and illustration junkies from around the globe unite to bring you an awesome 7x7 square book! Featuring handbinding and colouring.

The Brewery Site is the last undeveloped site on the harbourfront in the centre of Copenhagen. OMA introduces the concept of the “urban motor’ actively linking the city to its harbor.

Copenhagen architects BIG has won an International Competition to design Tallinn’s new City Hall.

Incases' latest collaboration with Hunter Gatherer and Arkitip. Woodgrain laptop sleeve and iPhone slip case.

To promote the benefits of Ginko Biloba page numbers were replaced in a popular design magazine with complex equations.

Blurb introduces PDF to Book workflow for creative professionals. Design books using the application of their choice, save the file as a PDF, and upload it directly to Blurb.

The new Nokia 5800 viral campaign. Speak only in song titles. How many did you get?

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