The Swedish manufacturer Skulpturfabriken is specialize in the design and fabrication of concrete products for both interior and exterior environments. The whole collection of the monolithic and sculptural products is designed by the Stina Lindholm...

View 7Gods new collection of lighting solutions. All the lighting designs are handmade and available on limited edition.

Architect Die Baupiloten create space for exploratory learning at the Carl Bolle Elementary School in Berlin-Moabit. It looks like the most fun school ever!

The flavor spoon is one concept from Matt Brown's degree project "Food and the Future of it" from the Umea Institute of Design in Sweden. This spoon has two parts, so you can put some garlic or something in the middle, then eat soup.

"The Big Dig House by Single Speed Design reutilizes materials (infrastructural refuse) from the Big Dig", Boston's huge freeway project.

Tea4Two, designed by Ben Peterson, is a portable electric tea kettle concept allowing users to transport, reheat, brew, and drink on the go. Check it out.

The Four-to-One table by Leon Fitzpatrick is a dining table with matching chairs. It draws inspiration from both Asian design (its low seating position) and mid-century Scandinavian design (use of bent plywood).

Creative photographer Dave Hill just updated his portfolio with some amazing shots and behind the scene videos, which I find very interesting because i get to see how a photographer like Dave works.

Meet Mr. Water Otter
the newest eco-friendly, sustainably harvested
wooden card from Night Owl Paper Goods.

Ryan McGinley shot a fantastic campaign for Wrangler - We Are Animals.

A dark, troubling animation promoting James Palumbo's first novel: Tomas - a brilliant riposte to the financial crisis now engulfing us.

Thinkspace has a special mini show going at CA|Boom and in it are some great pieces! Including this one with a hidden trio of supervillains... see my favorites!

Close-up Photography of weeds

Rene Lawter's Energy Efficient Dinos are truly the most playful eco-conscious subject matter i've seen recently... check out the full piece (cool frame too!)

Ford & Ching has the most incredible little giveaways at Dwell on Design... Branded Marshmallow in a perfect little wooden box. SO CUTE. And delicious.

Beautiful campaign for Ikea, by DDB Germany.

Mobile shipping container restaurants are making it big. This one in Linz, Austria is made from a 20 ft container, hinged hydraulic door that raises to reveal a just right bar outfitted with beer taps. Oh and it's gold-plated and totally blinged out.

WOOLLY POCKETS!!! Just fell for these fun modular felt pockets for planting! (Amazingly cute logo as well) ~ they work as living walls/vertical gardens as well as movable planters and centerpieces!

Raphael Charles.
Reminds us of beautiful arty stones, but this rug is completely made out of foam and felt.

Bipolar Chair by Steve Haslip.
Plain wooden IKEA chair into a physical manifestation of a human characteristic.

Björk released a box set special dedicated to Voltaïc. a lovingly produced celebration of the past two years of Björk’s Volta activities—her sixth studio album (2007) and subsequent two-year world tour.

Combine one Canon 30D, an intervalometer, and a microscope, add in a trippy yet soothing soundtrack, and you have this video, called God of Small Things. Tune and trip out this fine afternoon.

Collages made of vintage illustrations from designer Alessandro Maffioletti.

The perfect stool for the roadie in you! Made currently by Zanotta in Italy, originally designed in 1957 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in, you can't help but love this thing!

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.