Cute business cards for Forge design studio. I love the word 'Brandsmithery'!

FEATUREDDuffy London's Swing Table!

Exquisite black and white photography of the Fair of Milan in 1955. Featuring avant-garde architecture and design—modernist and futurist exhibit design.

Jesus Viloria is an artist that was born in Venezuela and specializes in Fashion underwater photography.

Pancake & Franks, run by Stacy Pancake, makes superb recycled letterpress greeting cards in gorgeous wood boxes out of San Francisco, CA.

Siba Sahabi's delicate paper ceramic works.

Brand New has some gorgeous images of Starbucks’ new logo and identity on their various products.

FEATUREDA peek inside Hueless, the new show at Mallick Williams & Co gallery in nyc. A greyscale show... from the artwork, to the cookies!

Lange Photo has an interesting iPad app ~ a UI that is focused on acting as an exercise in understanding the relationships between photos

COAT LOOP by Tom Raffield - "a contemporary butler's elbow"

Nat Geo has some amazing space photos of the week ~ including a plan that happens to "photo bomb" a pic of the sun and more!

VIDEOPlacebos have some strange powers. This video illustrates some interesting facts about the sugar pills.

Currently exhibited at the Galerie Gosserez in Paris, French designer Elise Gabriel has created 'L'Étreinte' (the embrace), a series of furniture exploring the properties of a cellulose-based material, Zelfo.

365 Chile. A book of 365 interviews with 365 Chilean workers from all around the country and from every profession you can imagine.

Tiny camera stamps from Japanese distributor Decole for a nostalgic nod to vintage cameras.

The new Holographic CitizenCard has been presented this month in a smart and compact slider pack, designed by Burgopak. The proof-of-age ID card is PASS Accredited and available to all residents of Britain and Ireland.

VIDEOPorter's adorable Raccoon comes to life in this new animated tv ad spot by Winkreative!

The results of 2011 Skyscraper Competition have been announced. The winners include a drastic conceptual redesign of the Hoover Dam.

Baccarat's MEMOIRE (Memory) collection , in collaboration with Airdiem ~ a new collaboration

'Chicka-dee-dee-dee' - Chickadees are an onomatopoeia with wings. [painting by David Schwen]

Daphneé ~ a parisian teaching you french via iphone/ipad app! "...features Anne-Sophie Franck from Inglourious Basterds, and its satirical portrayal of day-to-day scenarios..." Adorable videos!

The Japanese duo Hifana has launched Fresh Push Play in your web page, a nice virtual mixer.

Cornell scientists paired up with the French Culinary Institute to construct novel edible objects with 3D printers that use pureed foods in place of ink. Mmmmm tiny spaceships of scallops and cheese.

Grayson Byrd, a senior in industrial design at Georgia Tech, designed the Casper Stool that uses vacuum-forming to hold all the pieces together. No fasteners needed, and it has a cute name too. Entire prototyping process included!

From bespoke goldsmiths Da Capo in Dublin; a printed titanium ring with decoration completely unbroken covering the entire inside of the ring...

Map of The Stars is our attempt to depict the encompassing feeling of space through a mixed-media approach. Our aim was to limit computer use till post-production, relying on ink and watercolor to drive the piece.

Roll & Mix is a multifunctional kitchen roller. It is split in two halves. Each half has a different function by itself. One is an oil bottle and the other one is a mortar for grind and mix.

FEATUREDThis week’s roundup captures the variety of design goodness we’ve been seeing this week on NOTCOT.org. Self inking, polar ice trays, sheep in Times Square and turbines are all part of the fun.

Bespoke working Corsa-shaped headphones created for the launch of Vauxhall UK Beatbox Championships 2011.

"From Inspiration to Innovation: What happens in the middle" is an amazing talk by Matt Schoenholz, Creative Director of Frog Design.

Painted Faces by Michelle Samuels. Cool project. Great shots!

Luscious lettering by Doyald Young, embossed beautifully for 344 Design as a Thank You card.

Stranger Danger - little people with big dreams. Video profile/interview with London-based miniature fanatic and street artist Slinkachu.

Central Illustration Agency (CIA). Specializing in photographic illustration, typography and 3D design, award winning Toby & Pete put a strong focus on innovative visual direction as well as great craft.

Sehorsch architecture and design have an interesting cat... tube? hideaway? they even place it behind pillows on a bed...

Eindhoven based designer Joon Lee looks to old artifacts when designing tableware that engages people to converse at the table. The “Drink Link” tea set consists of a teapot connected to its cups, directly linking every person to each other.

From London to Singapore aboard aerodynamic fireballs. The works by the duo Makemei emerge from a digital 3D embryo and land on planet Earth like impeccable handmade articles. No, you won't be bringing a shuttle into your sitting room.


Great interview with GMUNK (Bradley Munkowitz) looking at his role as the lead animated graphics artist on Tron: Legacy; accompanied by some amazing imagery.

A cross between This Is Indexed and XKCD, Graphene is a new weekly comic with a shrewdly mathematical design edge.

Cats Attack scratching post ~ for the architectural cat... or for it's inner king kong?

A pictorial History of Rum Running in Vancouver.

Artist Aaron Valenzuela investigates tensions in his latest sculpture: excess and restraint, visibility and concealment, spectacle and labor. The work was completed for a group show at the University Art Gallery of UC Irvine.

This insane screwdriver-powered vehicle by Nils Ferber rockets you headfirst through the streets!

Oooooh there are also tri-colored sets of Genevieve Gauckler wall hooks for Domestic! 'Hang on to yourself'

PIG OUT Metal Postcard by Es Collection

French designer Domestic enlisted the help of graphic designer Geneviève Gauckler to produce these quirky coat hanger-hooks. They come in a pack of 3.

Global Service Jam - In celebration of their growing global following - the service design community has produced a clever range of logos to brand each individual 'jam'.

The lures are meant to symbolize a modern Trojan Horse. The intent is to entice, engage, and captivate the mind of the observer. They exemplify a time of intimacy with our weaknesses as a consumer. By designer Eric Ericksson.

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left" Fun typography print.

VIDEOBest Made Co's promo video for the 'American Felling Axe' - an amazing American made tool.