All-star German tuner BRABUS has just released the WIDESTAR Wide Version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2010 Essen Motor Show.

Marie Sena began tattooing in Dallas, Texas where she had moved to pursue her graduate degree in Medical Illustration.

Man builds world's largest rolling, mechanical globe planetarium in his backyard

Fantastic 2D traditional animation "Thought of You" by Ryan J Woodward.

Inspiration: Peppermint! A visual look at the red, white, stripey deliciousness that screams holiday season!

Meat & Bread is a great name for a sandwich shop. In addition to a great name they are also sporting a stylistically pure identity created by Glasfurd & Walker.

The Wireframe bag by Spanish designer Oscar Diaz is being displayed in Barcelona as part of the Okay Studio & Friends exhibition at the Otrascosas de Vilarrosàs gallery.

If you, like many, are a little curious as to how the Friends With You exhibit turned out at Art Basel Miami here are a few photographs of the art instillation + concert event put on by Paper Magazine.

QRapping Paper - Wrapping presents in this paper will sure to bring joy to anyone with a smartphone. It comes with 2 sheets and has over 50 holiday videos you can scan with your phone and watch.

Chopin’s Visiting Card consists of mesmerising ribbons of laboriously processed plywood chaotically weaved their way through the space of this recent Polish exhibition by WWAA Architects and artist/set-designer Boris Kudlička.

French skateboard brand Rekiem introduce us to his world. Skateboards made by hand, in France, from natural wood... "how to make a board", what a nice video!

Edinburgh's Dean Gallery commissioned Turner Prize winner Richard Wright to paint their ceiling.

Tweet Wrap - Free Twitter Wrapping Paper ~ from your tweets to the printer to your house ~ fun holiday cheer spread by Samsung Boost ~ fun UI and pattern choices too!

Roto-uku, minimal rotary-necked guitar concepts designed with only one sheet of formed wood or carbon fiber composing the body. The shape of the final guitar is like a megaphone with only tuning keys and strings required.

« Het dak dat opgaat in rook » (the roof that goes up in smoke) is a floating roof with a bar and a wood stove covering a mobile picnic table, by Dutch design studio Overtreders W.

Simpson puppets behind the scenes photo set. Special puppet segment produced by the Chiodo Brothers - puppets and puppetry by Swazzle.

Put it back down: fantastic psychedelic animation video for Seymour Bits a.k.a. Bas Bron. Directed by Michiel ten Horn & Maarten J. Berkers. Produced by Habbekrats Amsterdam.

A bench baked with gingerbread. Stockholm Stadsmission: An old Christmas tradition is thousands of people celebrating Christmas in homelessness. These cards helps us to break that tradition.

"M & Mme" furniture series by German designer Valentin Loellmann for Galerie Gosserez - Paris.

NOTCOT.org Roundup time! It continually blows my mind daily how together we’ve all found so much inspiration constantly! Can you believe its been doing its thing since 2006?

Great packaging for Zealong (New Zealand Oolong) by Designworks.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #13: Incase is giving away 8 bundles of iPhone4 and iPad goodies!

Six designers and twelve pithy fortunes combined to create the third annual fortune cookie calendar by redblackbrown. Screen printed in a limited edition of 100.

Light stencil long exposure animation by Pahnl.

Dezeen revisits some architecturally stunning museums.

A peek at House Industries Pop-Up Holiday Show in New York's Partners & Spade. The show even included live screen printing by Awesome Dudes!

nocs introduce their sleek new ns800 headphones.

Fortune Posters - phrases taken from fortune cookies, illustrated in poster form. Order and one of 8 possible designs is chosen for you.

A sneak peek at tomorrow's Gilt Man sale... we go behind the scenes at Gilt Groupe and see how their lightning fast photo shoots happen!

The CRKT Eat'N Tool is a spoon, fork, bottle opener, screwdriver/pry tip, metric wrench, carabiner and clam.

Didier Fiuza Faustino's Hermaphrodite chair.

Contemporary rough coorporate identity of norwegian creative agensy Dist by Martin Stousland and Kjetil Wold.

Max by Stadler Form is a reliable fan heater capable of being just a fan during the summer and a toasty heater during the winter. This space heater is quiet and elegant.

Jørgen Høvelskov's 'Harp Chair' transformed into a Christmas Tree. This piece is a part of the installation at the Danish Embassy 'Creative Christmas: 50 Years of Iconic Danish Design' showing on December 9, 2010.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #11 and #12 ~ Delight and Gent Supply Co. are giving 6 readers gift certificates!

Amazing Timelapse of Aurora Borealis over Tromsø, Norway. Photography by Tor Even Mathisen.

The Linna Armchair design revisits historical elements like avant-garde and memory. The chair is made of solid wood with multilaminated shells in the seat and back allowing for a variety of forms, and the material is in harmony with the human body.

Festive Inferno - A new take on the ubiquitous holiday fireplace DVD. Interesting things are fed into the fire, like a gingerbread house, dancing snowman and full turkey dinner!

Gift Guide: Fun toys for kids! (Little kids and BIG kids alike!)

Amazing video for the new D_luxe collection 'Costumes & Crystal Armour'

Camilla d'Errico releases her second limited edition print to coincide with her new painting and winter release party. Only a few prints available online - the rest are for the Vancouver based party.

Fearless Chocolates ~ a close up look at the graphic design and packaging!

A creative face-off between the creative industry and the finest emerging creative talent. This Tuesday, Shoreditch, London.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #10: Maker SHED! A chance to win Cooking for Geeks, a "Bomb Defuser", and a 200$ Gift Certificate to get your make on!

The Fourth Wall by François Bauchet, Eric Jourdan and N°111. Set in a former cinema, the Quatrième Mur was one of the off site exhibitions at the 2010 Saint-Étienne Design Biennal.

Artist & Illustrator Zachary Johnson has been doing new work in "negative" pen and ink. He takes photographs, inverts them, draws the inversion in pen, and then takes the negative scan for the final print. A ghostly, glowing effect.

An amusing series of conversational street art pieces by British artist Mobstr

Operation Window Seat: LAX-LHR The super snowy edition! Amazing how crisply the patterns stand out in the snow... especially layered with fluffy clouds.

Wood Whale designed by Eric Pfeiffer for the Utility Collective

KungFu Sutra Condoms ~ playfully packaged for the lovers+fighters out there