Laser cut paper ants, framed for your wall. Available from www.cutoutpaper.com

FEATUREDA roundup of another great week here at NOTCOT.org with everything from iPhone plungers to Star Wars Pancake molds. What’s not to love?

Lumenhaus is a sustainable project done by Virginia Tech. It is a zero-energy home that is completely powered by the sun.. A lot of sustainable and high tech features are attached in this design.

Live Lamp is a nest of eighty live Fuschii v Gracillis tillandsia air plants. Illuminated by a CFL grow lamp, these epiphytic plants survive with no dirt - just UV, air and a little moisture. Remove the dome and run the plants under water or mist liberally once a week.

Always With Honor's table for Facebook's f8 developers conference. The graphic is a global map comprised of inter-connected icons: items and ideas found throughout the developer's building process.

Electric Hotel is a bizarre and beautiful outdoor spectacle made of 6 shipping containers; a uniquely designed, fly-by-night residence brought to life through dance and sound.

On July 9th 14 European galleries will find their temporary home for a month in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone. No Kindle required.

A great DIY Simon kit. All components are through-hole, making this kit great for beginners.

Carbon fiber bag 'Airstream' weighs just under 3 lbs! Stronger than steel.

The Fingerist is a new iPhone/iPod touch accessory that enables you to play your music applications as if you were actually playing musical instruments.

Y-Grinder by Joseph-Joseph is a distinctive salt and pepper mill with a unique twin-chamber design, allowing both salt and pepper to be dispensed from the same stylish ceramic unit.

Historypin is a user-generated window into the world's past, by We Are What We Do + Google. Explore and 'pin' old photos + their stories onto Google Maps according to time, overlay them onto Street View.

Gagarin has designed an interactive table for the Sea Monsters Centre in Bildudalur Iceland, opened in June 2009. The table shows a map of Arnarfjord wherein visitors can hunt for monsters in the fjord and find tales stories deriving from the area.

Cub lamp by a french designer Julian Robin. It's not only a block of oak wood. It can becomes a light.

From the guys who brought you Chrome ~ Mission Workshop Messenger bags and backpacks have some pretty sweet features ~ like a rolltop and expansion possibilities!

VIDEOAT-AT Day Afternoon by Patrick Boivin. Two things he wanted badly and never got... A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker.

Our friends at Newmindspace decided to throw a flash mob-style bubble fight in Times Square loosely based on Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book.

The great installation by Matej Krèn for the first time in Italy.

'Stop the water while using me!' is new brand of eco-conscious personal care products. 100% biodegradable with organic ingredients and reminds you everyday to save water.

Toru Iwatani still carries top secret documents with him to game conferences. No, really. The original Pac-Man sketches!

Painted portraits are making a comeback in the art world, including the quirky works of American painter Kris Lewis.

Munky King will host an advanced release of the OG colorway (800 pcs) of Luke Chueh’s Black in White (8”) figure at SDCC.

Self Contained by Michael Johanssons. Large-scaled ordinary objects are stacked and organized into a three-dimensional temporary wall. The objects are taken out of their normal context, separated from their function and become solely elements of color and shape.

Playsam's 'Playtown Stockholm' polished wood buildings, replicate four well known Stockholm landmarks. These make a special and original gift or souvenir!

16 Redesigns of famous Masters of the Universe-characters in the indie/hipster/fashion-scene!

VIDEO'Exploded View' by artist Jim Campbell. A sublime reduction of vision into rhythm.

Say goodbye to bulky bifocals. The emPower uses slim lenses that alter their prescription whenever a small electronic current passes through them.

Toaster Oven by Plus Minus Zero, Naoto Fukasawa Design Director

VIDEONeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit — E3 Reveal
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Chris Burns of World Famous Design Junkies reviews one of the new Vannen artist / designer watches from their Series 2. Designed by the infamous comic style graffiti artist Bigfoot!

Matti Klenell designed two bird families for Iittala: the Harakka (Magpie) family and the Korpi (Deep Forest) family, both with two generations of members.

FEATUREDArchitectural model made of CHEESE! And other looks at some of the legendary Achille Castiglioni's less traditional architectural models in “Effetto Castiglioni”

'Sport Classic' 3.2 mm pencil and ballpoint in leather etui by Kaweco. Beautiful packaging.

FEATUREDAn inside look at ad agency RPA's creative spaces in Santa Monica, CA ~ check out the first Honda Civic in their lobby ~ and so much more!

Ultra portable, square format POCKET DIGITAL CAMERA Sq30M Piano Black (limited edition) just released in Japan.

FEATUREDLurisa Water ~ this old italian water has a stunningly designed lighthouse lantern inspired glass bottle! (And super cute old logo!)

Awesome Infographic: Hipster Fashion Cycle

Amazing ‘Unbearable Lightness’ by dutch designer Tomáš Gabzdil of studio Libertiny. Worker bees complete the sculpture.

Evan Roth has just launched a new project, Graffiti Analysis 3d, that is currently on exhibition at the Kunsthalle Museum. It's a 3D printed data visualization of a 7 second tag, frozen in time.

Australian illustrator Megan Herbert brings her sketches to coffee with a set of intricately laser-cut stencils intended for bedecking coffees and cakes, dubbed Vinarþel.

Cours toujours is a short animated film about a bird trying to escape from a human hunter. It was made by Olivier Barre and Elise Garcette.

Munich & Zurich based About Studio imagined TRIPOD - a tubular metal tube desk lamp taking advantage of the qualities of up to date 24v led technology. space-saving integration, long life span and energy efficiency.

Stunning geometric precise tattoo designs from Tomas Tomas.

Message Box by D-BROS is a 3D message card. Warm messages are set behind curtains.