Designer Gerda Hopfgartner revolutionizes the air travel industry in a single swoop, redesigning the economy class plane seat to include personalized media screens and auto-or-programmable form-fitting seats for any sized person!

'Everyone ever in the world' by the Luxury of Protest. Screen print on plastic. A visual representation of the number of people to have lived versus been killed during the recorded history of humankind.

These witty avian abodes are a collaborative effort by San Francisco artists Luke Bartels & Jeff Canham.

LED mushroom lights are sprouting from reclaimed wood.

A terrific collection of typography, letterhead and images. All vintage.

St. Mary’s Cathedral, selected by the American Institute of Architects as San Francisco's top 25 buildings. Photo by Dirk Weidlein.

Inspiration: Let's Get Lost! A look at some visual research of beautiful images of places to lose yourself... and fill with your imagination!

Sylvester Stallone explodes Youtube to promote the Expendables.

“Temp Nouveau” an exquisite shoot showcasing watches that incorporates the ornate and floral stylings of Art Nouveau posters.

Beautiful, unassuming "Love Couch" from Samuel Moyer Furniture. All handmade and one-of-a-kind, their pieces are heirloom quality, meant to be passed down for generations.

The Four Seasons Seychelles, designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates, is the ultimate Indian Ocean escape (from reality).

Claesson Koivisto Rune created this series of shelves called Hillside. Going up and down in bright colours these furnitures are really artful pieces for room decoration.

Part art-installation, part post-apocalyptic, Spanish photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes has elegantly captured the ghost towns and disused properties that have been, over time, ravaged by the unforgiving Namib desert.....

Oh My God What Happened and What Should I Do? This book is for everyone who is interested in the digital era of awesomeness. Download the free eBook and pay with a tweet.

Summer break – the vanguard Berlin theater Volksbühne closed its doors barricading the iconic limestone facade with five additional columns. The architectural collective osa – office for subversive architecture realized this temporary installation.

Office --> Grey --> Cement --> Buildings
"The Office" is a range of office accessories with an architectural look. Produced in cement. For sale. NOW

Peter Scherer designed the Aluminium Chair to produce a kaleidoscopic effect when viewed from various angles, thanks to the open and closed geometry of the base.

Orbital Washing Machine ensures energy efficient cleaning.

The Heart Chamber Orchestra uses the heart beats of its 12 constituent musicians to generate a musical score in real time which they then play

chilean-born new york-based artist sebastian errazuriz seeks to create works which
provoke people to think about their lives and question their daily routines. he

APATTERNADAY is a place when you can find a plethora of patterns. The act of doing is what the site is all about, it's updated daily and the work can be licensed.

Great design and product concept with this iPad DJ Station for Numark.

Another stunning week here at NOTCOT.org means we bring you yet another gorgeous roundup of posts.

Scout Regalia introduces the first of the SR Cutsheet Projects, a series of free instruction sheets available on their website to help people build simple projects for the home.

Two legs table. Designed and Manufactured by Shay Carmon & Ben Klinger.

Amazing short film, Chore for the underwear brand Damaris by Justin Anderson - Who said that doing the laundry couldn’t be sexy?

Being a great industrial designer requires a nuanced balance of many important skills and personality traits, but which matter the most?

FLUD ipad app is a modern, beautiful and personalized news ecosystem that empowers it's users to engage and broadcast relevant news topics to their social networks.

Open Studio is more than a little office for visual communication in Düsseldorf, Germany. Their attitude is overwhelming: open, friendly and professional.

Honeymoon Fragrance by Stephanie Simek - "Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle is refillable, so you can use it over and over." And padded with loofa!

ElliptiGO - Elliptical bicycle delivers fun workout experience that closely mimics outdoor running.

The £900 White Tiger Chest is limited to 70 individually numbered and engraved boxes, which are “handmade in maple and ebony veneer maquetry, lined in ultra-elegant kumquat silk” and packed with 30 LUXE City Guides......

Gerhard Richter treats photographs like swatches and makes an entirely interesting incidental compositions.

Super-amazing letterpress birth announcement by Mattson Creative.

Hilarious video campaign by Honda Australia for the Honda Jazz...How much hipster can you pack into a Jazz?

Trailer for Olafur Eliasson: Space is Process. Directed by Henrik Lundø & Jacob Jørgensen.

Yi-ting Cheng's fun 'Secret Stash' project about concealing valuables, secrets, bad habits and personal information in our workplaces.

Located on a small island in the impressive Archipelago Sea of Southeast Finland this decent and well camouflaged wooden summer house was designed by the Helsinki based practice Huttunen–Lipasti–Pakkanen Architects.

Nona is a light box. Its shape suggest one of a panettone cake. Its design achieves a surprising play on light and shadows with organic and geometric patterns.

Discover design workshops at Boisbuchet, in partnership with Vitra Design Museum. In the middle of an amazing french chateau estate!

Innen Stadt Aussen
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

What to Cook and How to Cook it ~ intriguing new book coming from Phaidon by Jane Hornby ~ love the cover!

The website for Bottega Veneta has a great page called " Hand of the Artisan". Really interesting to see all of the hard work that goes into their products.

What the fuck is my social media strategy? Refresh away for new social media buzz phrases...