The new Cultural Center of European Space Technologies in Slovenia has opened in the hometown of the first theoretician of space, Herman Potocnik Noordung.
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The world's most amazing and endangered animals feature in the WWF's interactive iPad storybook. Designed by AKQA, with animal portraits by Morten Koldby, music by Copilot, and origami by Anita Barbour and Joseph Wu.
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Sergey Semonov, a Russian photographer, received a 2012 Epson Pano Award for his aerial photograph of Manhattan that was stitched together from multiple shots from a helicopter over the city. Mesmerizing 3d effect.
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Minimal craft desk and workspace for kids. Designed by Rachel Faucett.
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Jack Lew, current White House Chief of Staff, will be nominated by President Obama to be the next Treasury Secretary. This could be the signature on future dollar bills...
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FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious includes Kit Kat Cheesecake Bars, Matcha cupcakes and Pomegranate Mojito Champagne Cocktails.
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La Distributrice, the tiny and adorable takeaway coffee shop in Montreal.
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Beef Stakes, an interesting project from Sarah Hallacher that offers a data representation of the amount of beef produced in 2011 in the form of steaks.
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Svbscription V3 Leisure edition. A limited edition parcel designed and produced in New York. Includes collabs with brands from Sweden, US and Australia.
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The simple, elegant Clip table by James Boock.
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Lush art from the japanese artist Brownister Hen, using vibrant color and rich process to produce these works.
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PINPIN Studio's Beam Me Up suite at the Jukkasjärvi, Sweden ICEHOTEL.
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'House' by the architects Mode:lina in Poznań, Poland.
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Spiralab, a Tokyo research laboratory by KINO Architects.
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FEATUREDFour-Eyed Mercedes-Benz 2014 E-Class lights are quite the design detail... also, there's a magical pop up basket in the trunk...
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Sebastian Scherer's glass tables are design objects and pieces of art at the same time. They resemble cubistic objects and invite us to play with optical illusions.
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VIDEOThe ABC of Architects, an alphabetical list of the most important architects with their best known building directed by Federico Gonzalez and animated with Andrea Stinga.
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VIDEODrive TV's first episode of the 9 part series Inside Koenigsegg begins with Carbon Fiber, where Christian Von Koenigsegg, the founder of the super-car company, shows how they make some of their high-strength lightweight parts.
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SANDABLES are moldable sand paper blocks that come in different grits and can adapt to difficult shapes (corners, complex curves, etc) previously impossible to achieve. It was designed by Quirky and its online community.
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The Intel booth at the 2013 CES was created by The Lab at Rockwell and used 176 Intel Ultrabooks all connected together to create digital blossoms controllable by touch screens at the base.
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FEATUREDCommune goodies for 2013 - “The future ain’t what it used to be” bumper sticker and incredibly delicious Good Mix of chocolatey amazingness in collab with Valerie Confections.
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The London Underground celebrates 150 years with a new set of stamps.
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150th Anniversary of London Underground by Google.
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'Colors' side tables bu the designer Aap Piho for Warm North Furniture.
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Slussen from Urbanears, an accessory that plugs into an audio source and your headphones letting you be the DJ with the upcoming Slussen iOS app.
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'Copernico 500' suspension by the designers Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paolo Dell'Elce for Artemide.
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Plair, a dongle for wirelessly streaming videos from your phone to your TV.
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'Cheers from the Deep' mug by Bandito for the Creativity Fluid Project.
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'Roots' vases by the Italian designer Giorgio Bonaguro.
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VIDEOIf a movie changes its scenario depending on audience's feelings, will you know the end of the movie? HyperPresence reads audiences' brain activities and give possible 4 scenario from 1 movie. It's a brand new movie experience!
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Jet helmet from Lacoste LAB for Lacoste L!VE 2013 collection
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VIDEOStunning tightrope walking before a full moon. Dean Potter walks a highline at Cathedral Peak as the sun sets and the moon rises as part of a larger National Geographic series.
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PLOCKEPINN Table Lamp from designer Mårten Andersson.
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VIDEOTake a look inside the busy factory of DayGlo Color Corp., where you'll find huge, grinding, belching and all around intimidating industrial machines coated head to toe in fluorescent pink and blaze orange hues.
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Cute packaging for Hardegger's original Zurich Hüppen by Nadine Geissbühler.
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Quentin Debaene's AIRBLOW 2050 is a prospective umbrella which uses air rather than fabric to protect user from the rain.
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Inspired by the ancient myths of the angel Metatron and Pandora’s Box, Melbourne's coolest tower has risen in their Central Business District with a starry new design.
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Tiffany & co. Holiday card 2012. The original artwork was hand cut in paper by Sara Burgess and then laser cut for production.
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Hi-Tech 3D origami from computer scientist and engineer Jun Mitani.
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Clones of the world's oldest and largest trees, giant sequoias and coastal redwoods, planted last month along the coast of Oregon to create the world's first man-made old growth forest by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive.
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Flower Power from Parrot, a wireless sensor for your plants that measures sunlight, humidity, temperature and fertilizer levels.
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VIDEOSlow motion flame throwing. Flaming slow motion liquids at 2500fps.
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Shelf in three parts, fixed to the wall thanks to two 'branches' through a rectangle. Design by Paul Menand.
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Photographer Egor N's beautiful 'Cofee Time' series.
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3D Systems newest printer, the CubeX, is the biggest and best of their Cubify lineup. The print area is one of the largest for entry level desktop 3d printers, has a Z resolution of 125 microns, and comes with up to 3 print heads!
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Photographer Michael Zimmerer's White Horizon series captures beautiful snowscapes across the American West.
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Scalpel is a series of books that feature works across various fields showcasing inspiring and creative work.
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Beautiful box from YouArtMe, designed by Ewa Dagny and is inspired by artworks of a Norwich artist Randi Antonsen.
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This film takes a look at the painstaking process of deconstructing a Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey barrel, and crafting it into a beautifully designed and functional snare drum.
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Alphabet Factory Blocks from House Industries, designed by Andy Cruz.
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The team at Japanese label fragment design has collaborated with Starbucks‘ concept store–Omotesando B-Side–for a specially crafted beverage bottle. Quite the thermos - look at that clasp!
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Selfridges in London is introducing a range of debranded products as part of its No Noise retail initiative.
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The new Canon Powershot N, a 12 Megapixel compact with tilt-able 2.8'' inch touchpanel display, 28mm wide angle lens, 1080p video recording, smartphone sharing, and built-in WiFi.
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Trakdot Luggage tracker you stick in your suitcase to track it in real time on your phone or on their website, even get notified when it starts moving on the carousel.
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FEATUREDThis week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org includes tiny remote controlled flyers, firefighters’ battle axes, and Mandelbrot’s lost fractals.
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1,200 bulbs light up Lisbon at the 'LEDscape' installation, a bright collaboration between LIKEarchitects and IKEA.
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Off the Map, a celebration of London's out-of-use tube stations by Thomas Wood.
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Lovely reminder to mind your manners from The Old Try ~ General Manners No. 1 print
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FEATUREDNOTCOT + NOTpuppy, Bucky, have a new article over at MyLifeScoop sharing how to turn cell phone puppy pics into laser cut gift hangers, as well as a peek of the pup skyping and more!
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The sculptural Trama teapot designed by Jaqueline Terpins for Riva.
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VIDEOSupermajor by artist Matt Kenyon is a mind bending installation that uses sound, vibrations, and flickering lights, to trick your eyes and brain.
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Oscar is in a Bucky (yup, our NOTpuppy!) Wrapping Paper HAT over on Oscar Ate My Muffin! You can also see beautifully illustrated instructions on how to make your own by Natalya Zahn.
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Wow. Kingston announces 1TB USB Flash Key! 1TB DataTraveler HyperX Predator flash drive
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'Table' by Jie Gao, Cory Lambert, Robert Audroue and Zung Nyuen Vu, students at Rhode Island School of Design.
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Secret Squirrel Cold Brew Coffee, a coffee concentrate cold brewed for 18-24 hours using filtered water and ground beans, it can be mixed with water or milk.
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FEATUREDCheck out the behind-the-scenes of our latest NOTlabs piece, the mirrored, Instagram Infinity Cube that just got installed in Virgin Atlantic’s new EWR Clubhouse!
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The Old Try turns the classic saying about what boys and girls are made of into prints! (Though the NOTCOT boys and girls all fit better in the blue category)
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VIDEOThe LEGO Axle Sorter AS-L40A, a machine to sort LEGO that's made from LEGO itself!
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Constance Guisset's eye and neck pillows - Col de Voyage and Lunettes de Sommeil, objects inspired by the idea of Voyage and imagined for Louis Vuitton’s Objects Nomades collection. Lovely neck pillow design - you can even move the flaps to stack one side.
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New building of the Parrish Art Museum at Water Mill, Long Island, NY, with inspiration from artist workshops and surrounding farms, the project is by Herzog & de Meuron.
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Fun new campaign for Expedia from Ogilvy using airport luggage tags.
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NVIDIA presented at 2013 CES in Las Vegas 'Project SHIELD', a gaming portable for open platforms, designed for gamers who yearn to play when, where and how they want.
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VIDEOAn illustrated talk with Maurice Sendak, animated by Christoph Niemann.
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'Library and auditorium' by the architects Atelier 9.81 and DeAlzua+ in Méricourt - France.
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Andrew Lee McConnell's vertebra staircase, inspired by interlocking vertebrae.
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Awesome colorful backyard igloo created with milk cartons in Edmonton, created by Daniel Gray and Kathleen Starrie.
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The new Lego Mindstorm EV3 gets an update with mobile computing in mind. The new Linux-based "intelligent brick," the central Mindstorm operating component, is now controllable from iOS and Android devices.
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Beertone - like pantone for beer... a beer color reference guide!
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Verdant Drink Dispenser made of Clay, earthenware, olive wood, and stainless steel.
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Oooh the Los Angeles Egotist has a peek inside Crispin Porter + Bogusky's newest Santa Monica office
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VIDEODeadmau5 goes through the airport luggage xray scanner...
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The people at Atelier Défense d'Afficher are bringing vintage school charts back to life with these amazing 'Audio Cassette Anatomy' posters printed on authentic Belgian cotton canvas.
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The web design inspiration blog siteInspire has had a redesign and refresh; now featuring over 2,500 beautiful websites.
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Sovar Lerner refers to herself as a cultural mutant. East, West, Persian, Polish and a Russian. All of her mixed roots come to life in a series of ceramic mutants that represent the cultural differences of the Israeli society.
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xDesign is an inaugural event at Harvard University that aims to build a platform of innovation by engaging key stakeholders through the creative process.
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FEATUREDRootcup (in regular and BIG) ~ a simple, elegant solution to growing plant cuttings! Nice packaging/branding too...
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Defy Bags' Shanti Bags - clean, colorful yoga bags made from recycled vintage sail boat sails!
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Hotel Paradis Paris is a new hotel in Paris designed by Chzon. The Hôtel Paradis is ideally located in a typically Parisian street situated half way between the Gare du Nord railway station and the prestigious Opéra Garnier in Paris.
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Interesting guitar picks made out of coins by Dustin and Stephanie in Nashville, TN.
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Breathtaking murals from Etam Cru - i keep going through each of them, stunning illustrations filled with lots of amazing animals!
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Carbon Butterfly Living Room Flyer super mini RC flyer that comes in an aluminum briefcase. Has a mere 3.6 grams flying weight and ready to fly!
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Fotio is a view camera photo booth. Users click the red shutter button to take a picture, which then appears in a slideshow on the back.
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Photographer Wes Naman's newest Scotch Tap Series where he contorts and manipulates the human face.
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Defy Bags' First Class Messenger Bag - WOW. Reclaimed Military Canvas and Vinyl Truck Tarps with Bicycle Inner Tube Trim, Auto Seat Belt Straps, High Strength Austri Aplin Quick Release Cobra Buckles. (SM + LG)
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CuBox - Using less than 3 watts, weighing 91 grams (3.2oz) and measuring roughly 2x2x2 inches, this is a miniature computer capable of some amazing things.
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Furniture and architecture are cut from the same cloth in this proposal for a sustainable Timber Café.
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In a series of 3D images shot in China, the United Kingdom and Slovenia, Matjaž Tančič adds an eye-catching twist to fashion photography.
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House "stairs" (Maison Escalier) by the French architect Jacques Moussafir in St Germain des Prés , Paris France.
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Julian Montague's gorgeous posters of state insignia, "State of America" showcasing some unexpected state plants and animals!
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