Impressive building for Vakko in Turkey, by NY based REX Architecture. The use of mirror like surfaces on both exterior and interiors generate a series of subtle effects with different results. Love the inclined box containing the auditorium.

THE JAZZ LOFT PROJECT - Archives of photographer W. Eugene Smith's myriad recordings and photos of jazz musicians from 1957–1965 available for the first time, for looking and listening.

Canadian product designer Kitmen Keung has created a modular hexagonal mat called Hexis that brings together the convenience of a coaster and a resting place for small utensils.

From Here to There is a collective of artists currently living and working in Los Angeles. Their practices range from photography to collage and include video, sound, and installation.

A small VFX studio in Santa Monica opens it's doors to a magnificently designed office, hand painted by the 4 co-owners and wonderfully branded! The Scoundrel office is something to be seen.

Abitare's picks of what not to miss if you have only one day in Milano for the Salone del Mobile 2010.

We Heart Wood opens its doors at Munky King Melrose. Over 50 amazing customs, all based on Noferin's wooden Jibibuts.

Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his “Manga Farming” technique — which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables. This crop of radish sprouts are an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store.

Infomab10 pavilion was installed at Paseo de Recoletos in central Madrid during the public arts festival Madrid Abierto 2010 and is currently located at the Matadero cultural centre (Madrid).

Concrete Lace by Doreen Westphal exploits the unique characteristics of locally produced materials to create an object architecture that combines expertise with modern technology.

Check out a selection of our latest posts here on NOTCOT.org, including mirrored men, lego cars and much much more.

MASH created the packaging for Inkwell wine in an ink splatter forms. Its shape reflects open pages. Logo type was kept simple and used on a neck label to keep separation between the type and the strong yet simply presented ink imagery.

Adobe CS5 is here! Well, nearly ~ we got an early peek at it to play around with sprucing up the site for the week ~ so Linhchi has made some awesome new house ads, playful googly eyes, new tags and more!

This is the güs passport folio. This unique folio has pockets for everything from a passport to sim cards. All of this in a sleek profile that fits in a pocket.

Dinner by Naoto Fukusawa for Driade at Linea. Great childrens dining set.

Mini Thundermutts designed by Mike Burnett and produced by Thunderdog Studios are ready to launch with new packaging. Only 300 are being made of each character.

Great wine glass and champagne flue sponges. The rounded end hugs the curves of wine glasses, while the pointed end reaches into the bottom of champagne flutes. A tiny slot in the sponge permits quick cleaning of glass rims too.

Mini-mundi, a virtual planet to learn to separate for recycling. Depending on how well is cared for with the 16 games available, the little world starts growing and becoming abundant in flora, fauna and natural resources.

Nel vetro c’è: Diego Chilò presents some vases designed for the famous Venini glassworks of Murano.

Max Estes shares a few images from his upcoming Norwegian picture book, 'On the Job with Garbage Men.'

Bread artwork & transformation for famous french boulangerie Poilâne, by french designer Julien Madérou.

Autofficina backstage at Milan Fuori Salone. With rENs, designlabel, vij5, deridderdesignstudio, stduio vraay, reiner de jong and david derksen. Images and video!

We present the new flagship store B&B Italia & Silvera by Jean-Maris Massaud in Paris.

The Lamborghini Le Mans Concept is a design study of an extreme single-seater sportscar with a design inspired by the diamond cuts. It was created by Mexican Daniel Chinchilla Ochoa.

Sea Cider - packaging designed by ilovedust (and showcased on their lovely new site) for cider company Hearts Cider makers.

Noisy Furniture by BCXSY is a modular furniture system. Each element attaches to the next via a Dual Lock re-closable fastener, enabling endless constructions ranging from a straight and sober aesthetic to something wild and unexpected.

Patricia Urqiola's Lavenham Executive chairs for De Padova are stunning in person ~ with a modernized chanel like quilting on the exterior and a matte eggshell like interior to sink in to ~ with a range of leg options!

Really cool urban patterns by the Brazilian designer Julia Fraia feature stylized aspects of city life like manhole covers and powerlines.

Freitag takes truck tarp bags to a new level with the new REFERENCE Line coming in the fall... but first a Limited Edition Silver Edition of 34 pieces at 10 Corso Como (and apparently gold at Colette). See closeups of the beautiful details!

The innovative Porsche GT3 R Hybrid is doing well on the racing circuit. Two weeks ago it came 6th in its debut performance, now it's climbed to third at the second race of the Nurburgring Long Distance Championship in Germany.

Illustrator Jane Mount has a great series of books (and creatures and animals).

Seagate has just announced its latest FreeAgent Go USB 2.0 drive, a pocket-sized external HDD with a 2.5-inch 500GB disc ready to be stuffed with your favorite blurred images and shakycam videos from the decade that was...

California College of the Arts ID student Ryan David Francis breaks out of the box with his radically-shaped Sony DSLR concept. a352's unusual form isn't purely aesthetic: but allows a variety of ways to grip the camera while shooting.

Milan 2010: Hidden Treasures by swedish designer Emma Marga Blanche. Humble, elegant and poetic creations and furnitures.

Dom Pérignon's Black Box by Marc Newson ~ 4th in their line of collaborations ~ here's an upclose look of its Milan launch! Also a really cool piece of robot street art you have to check out that i found en route!

Slipping up on words can be a dangerous mistake. Great street art from mobstr.

japanese architect shigeru ban’s plans for a temporary music auditorium to be built in aquila, italy.

Medea vodka is a single-distilled wheat-based vodka from Holland but what makes it distinctive is a bottle with a programmable LED display that can hold up to six different messages each with 255 characters.

Individually, Eames House Blocks feature letters, numerals, and symbols from House Industries’ Eames Century Modern font collection. When pieced together like a puzzle, they form Eames House (Case Study House #8).

"The Italic Room" installation by Linna Xu for the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

Performance Design Perfromance. Is design a performance art? Work by Marcia Lanca, Martino Gamper, Max Lamb and the others. “Designed” theatre" and design as performance.

The Ampersand ID Chart, a brand new Letterpress print from Douglas Wilson! Based on the Snellen eye chart, this three colour print has been designed to keep your typographic eye keen on the details of everyone's favorite conjunction.

A great knife block by german label °es - made of a natural wood block.

Animal bookmarks designed by Mai ONO.