This image helps to explain the phenomenon of "Why Do Freeways Come to a Stop?".

Roadworkers Coffee Break by Erik Johansson (in his 2009 works)

Cache - A 3 dimensional bank account that allows you to see your account balance at all times

Some balanced and minimal new graphic works by Cristiana Couceiro.

Stephanie Syjuco's project Towards a New Theory of Color Reading translates newpapers geared to limited audiences into a more universal language: color.

Some powerful images of celebrities like Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr, Kate Winslet & others shot by Paolo Pellegrin.

The Environmental Traffic Light is an open-source projects that aims to familiarize people with the environments they inhabit.

Escape Plan

The best family portraits EVER! Photos by Akihiro Furuta.

"History of the Internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to file-sharing, from Arpanet to Internet.

DariusTwin just created a Light Painting tutorial for Carmine Magazine. Learn how to recreate this super simple and stunning effect.

Artwork submitted to the 2008 No Comply skateboard artshow is now online. Fantastic work from 70+ artists.

Clever advertisement campaign from O&M Beijing for Motorola Ming8 GPS.

"Sofa so good" ~ A short i directed for a competition - on love, sofas, and science. It's a testament to Magic Bullet grading suite as it was dull and flat before we rubbed it with their magic.

Goldstar Beer: Flow chart ads!

Stunning digital collages by Joseba Elorza.

Johnny Cheuk Fashion Illustrations are a bit different, combines his computer work with water based painted pencils - result - nice and original creations…

Matthew Stone describes himself as a multi-disciplinary artist, DJ and shaman. Well, he takes some cool photos for sure.

"SHOT" comics.
Model: Simona Vaicyte
Photographer & post designer: Simonas Sileika

UK betting company Betfair has launched the world's first commercial goal celebration to advertise its new online game TaiKai. The first footballer to DO THE TAIKAI will receive an instant £10,000 goal bonus

Sift through the desk of Comrade Photography... Strangely intuitive website design and elegantly strange images.

Aston Martin's One-77 ~ take a look at some of the first pics, only 77 made and already sold out... £1.2m pricetag... and i need a NOTCOT reader to go visit the factory and take pics of this beauty for us! Up for the challenge?

Liquid Cardboard is an eco-friendly material developed by cardboarddesign, with a honeycomb cell shape that makes it durable and lightweight. Each piece can be molded into a variety of designs to create vases, bowls, votive holders...

Gary Allson's wooden bowls & utensils have a really nice feel to them - the grain gives the bowls the illusion of being thicker and rounder than they are.

Enormous pic of 500 magazine covers featuring Frank Zappa.

Welcome to Meet - Marc and Sara Schiller with the Apartmen have made one of the coolest meeting spaces in NY. Even the most boring meeting can be interesting in this environment. Book on line.

The Wohlfahrt-Laymann Residence by Meixner Schlüter Wendt blends old with new via interventions that link the existing to a new outer skin. The old cottage was painted white, separating its past and renewing it as an artifact of its previous self.

City Escape illustration by Rozefire.

Brooklyn based José Parlá is set to open his highly anticipated first solo show at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms (his representing gallery in the UK) on the 10th October.

This house represents the "Kawaii" culture in Japan - House SH by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

You can vote for your favorite project at the Cooper Hewitt's People's Design Awards

Haus K27 and Haus K37 are two small houses by Austrian architects Planhaus. I especially like the retractable facade of the smaller K27.

insert the parking ticket ... only in this way you can know the effects of Pfizer

Low impact woodland homes

Student Housing Poljane, Ljubljana - Slovenia / Bevk Perovic Arhitekti

Floatilla by Tom Loeser - what if boats could swim through the water? [Editor's Note - flash site - click Floatilla in the projects list]

New egg tempera paintings by Dan Gamble opening Friday, September 5th at Zg Gallery, Chicago.

Coilhouse Magazine's Premier issue just went on sale. Don't miss it!

Researchers at WPI announced yesterday that they have discovered a method to use paved surfaces to collect solar energy!

Baumraum Tree Houses

Dress up your bare lightbulbs in colourful 'Bulbcaps'. Buy dozens and change them according to the mood.

Breathtakingly beautiful new ad by AB5TRAX for teh Toyota Prius, "Think Isaac Asimov meets George Jetson" ~ the car in a briefcase is here!

My new business cards

Proposed flagship store for fashion house Louis Vuitton in Japan.

Michel Gondry, the man behind some of the most inventive movies, music videos and ads out there, turns his attention to the world of comics

Alison Carmichael has done some iconic commercial typography, from Sainsbury's to Virgin Atlantic. She also kindly contributed the artwork for the latest Don't Panic poster.