We love the modular furniture JONO - signed by the Finnish designer Mika Tolvanen for Zanotta. A collection that attracted us to the complexity of its simple shapes.
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The Dutch duo, Lernert & Sander, have taken seven of the most mundane of household domestic appliances and comedically refashioned them into divine creations for Selfridges in London.
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CIA's Martin Haake will be giving a talk, revealing secrets & inspiration during this year's Offset festival in Dublin Ireland.
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Koraltaruk Bilardo, furniture manufacturer from Turkey - another modern pool/billiards table that converts to a dining table. The table top flips open with hinges on the side.
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Peter Jamieson - Quilt - Quilted stainless steel sheets dressing new radiators for Deltacalor
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These war planes for kids from NZ company Newbies doubles as fridge magnets. Multi-function design of kids toys.
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A video exploring the science and technology employed by craft chocolate makers, Mast Brothers. The custom designed/engineered hand-blown glass is impressive...
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VIDEONicely done video looking at the evolution of skateboarding from the 1970s to today. Nice mix of archive footage and period music.
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Pedalr ~ A marketplace for people who love bikes
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FEATUREDLemons growing IN my lemons ~ My crazy old giant lemon tree is doing it again... this time with even more roots!
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alessiTab by stefano giovannoni ~ runs on android 2.1, 1GB internal, Wifi, DVB with antenna, mic + camera, HDMI/USB/SD, digital frame...
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Yes, that IS a HUGE middle finger - the most recent and much discussed artwork by maurizio cattelan arrived today in milan's piazza affari, in front of the italian stock exchange building.
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Stéphanie Kilgast’s miniatures are unbelievable ~ including plates of sushi that could fit on your finger nail... boxes of laudree macaroons... and donuts that could sit on a match head
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OMHU Canes ~ on more woody objects lovingly dipped/painted in vibrant colours...
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Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World's Most Inspiring Online Design Community ~ the book! By founder Jake Nickell
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Painted birch wood table that expands to 1.4 times its original size - by London based Tom Cecil.
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Paaaaaarty! "I wasn't myself last night" ~ latest creature in my head by Andrew Bell
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FEATUREDI Am Plastic Too ~ by Kidrobot's Paul Budnitz ~ amazing coffee table book that is like the yearbook of amazing designer toys! So many NOTCOT friends and favorites featured ~ take a peek inside...
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Seabird - Mozilla Labs and Billy May showing off a conceptual Mozilla Phone. 3D mouse and projected interfaces demonstrating the next frontier of mobile tech.
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Lauren Tennenbaum aka (In)Decorous Taste presents her rock crystal shoes.
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HOUSE Collective take over 1 Berwick Street, Soho for nine days of workshops, talks and creative events showcasing design, performance, art and fashion with highlights including sessions from D&AD, Seymourpowell and Stand + Stare Collective.
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Brian Viveros' "The Dirtyland" Show preview is up!
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Chris Jackson's 'Data Stream' is a sculptural addition to the USB key.
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FEATUREDIKEA's Hembakat är Bäst - what looks to be an incredible cookbook of 30 yummy recipes as photographed by Carl Kleiner. The ingredient shots are AMAZING.
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FEATUREDA look inside NYCs new FoodParc ~ 20,000 sq ft high tech food court ~ with Bacon Snack and Hash Browns with bacon/cheddar (seen here), even Smoked Bacon Egg Rolls and Steamed Dumplings with bacon + much more!
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"Totem" shelves by belgian designer Vincent Van Dusyen for Pastoe. Some minimalist and colorful furnitures shown in Antwerpen at A.Track 2010.
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A family in Seattle renovated their bathroom and tiled the floor in 13,650 nickels!
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AWESOME SOLITARE! App for iPhone... the video is... WTF... but amusingly fun!
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New quarterly graphic design and illustration magazine Wrap, is a collection of original wrapping papers, design related interviews and articles; the aim is to showcase talented artists/designers.
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Design studio Caberlonaroppi had chosen Flou to create the bed to furnish the Penthouse Room on display at the ‘Good Design Hotel’ exhibition event at the SIA. Lovely how its both tall desk and bed!
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Not all garbage, has just a single use. Look at this design by SHSH , a temporary pavilion made from used plastic beer crates.
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A trestle glass table that folds up. Designed by Bénédicte de Lescure for La Corbeille Editions.
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Sotheby's inaugural The Art of Farming, An Auction of Edible Heirlooms. Great mini site showing off the incredible lots and stories behind them! For local farmers, purveyors, celebrity chefs, and food industry experts to join together.
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Designer / artist Bill Zindel presents a collection of illustrations and collages all on brown bags, of brown bags, or representing brown bags, all of them titled, you guessed it, "Brown Bag."
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Swisstrax has a sustainable product for flooring, made from recycled materials. It is called Ecotrax. This product will be the answer for any designers looking for sustainable materials for their designs.
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‘Cultural architect’ Helen Kontouris has created this planter for Ambius. The VOC-free planter comes in small desktop, medium and large.
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The Anti Design Festival has taken over Shoreditch - check out Londonewcastle, Aubin Gallery, Idea Generation Gallery, KK Gallery, Payne Shurvell Gallery, and many more for a variety of exhibitions and events!
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Shipwreck in a gallery – Josh Beckman's installation Sea Nymph
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FEATUREDClick4Art does their second set of Cups & Saucers, this time tea/coffee cups! And the Kozyndan Sea Hares design is AMAZING! Also take a peek at Ron English "Abraham Obama" and Jon Burgerman "In the Park"
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A trilogy of guidebooks with how-tos for a Bollywood-Meets-Rocky-Mountains wedding invitation. Quirky illustrations and concept make it an instant collectible.
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This shelf is designed, inspired by the wave, how the wave moves, the beauty of waves. It is called Summer, designed by Martin Gallagher.
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If you go mad for mid-century classics, why not get these mini replicas for your little ones. From Eames to Jacobsen, these pieces are dreamy.
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Looking up into the Oberhausen Gasometer, a 430' high renovated gas storage-facility turned exhibition hall. From our top ten conversions of historical and military structures.
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The Paris/Berlin collective are known for their fur 'graffiti' but they have now taken the idea one step further. A species may not have to be living in order to evolve anymore...
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"Twist" by french designers William Boujon and Julien Benayoun from Bold Design. Some clever twisted steel trestles, between metalworking tradition and modernity.
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Heima series designed by Canadian designer Francis Cayouette.
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