Hop on! Free Rides For All!
Ecocabs Ireland launch the 2008 season at 12.00 midday on April 1st at the mansion house Dublin.

The Hong-Kong Lego squad pumped out this representation of the Beijing olympics. The detail is amazing!

Urban regeneration

Nice promo by Jawbone, if you get a ticket for not using a handsfree, you can get a 20$ discount on a jawbone headset.

Ode Chair: Great sensual chairs made from a selection of real wood or GRP.

Schamann District Area in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria Island, Spain. Aerial view through the eye of the photographer of Canarias Design Center.

Dezeen has some great pics from the London Festival of Architecture

Pingmag has a great piece rounding up the art of the RFID tag.

The official time-lapse recap of Londons Cans Festival, organized earlier this year by Banksy!

The classic Italian Yacht maker, Riva, is the latest design collaborator with Veuve Clicquot ~ not only do i have a peek at the new products, but the sketches of vintage boat designs are so sweet!

Kicking off NY Design Week 2008 ~ Matter preview of their new pieces!

St. Martin's gets a makeover ~ with this incredible distorted looking window... "The East Window, by artist Shirazeh Houshiary, shows the rippled image of a cross as if it were being seen reflected in water"

Cantilever Hall Table by Integration Workshop - Deceptively simple, incredibly beautiful example of what a hallway table can be.

Trunki - luggage that children can pack, sit on and ride for under $50.

Gallery NOTCOT presents - SUB-STUDIO! Check out the gallery tags along the left and right with peeks at some of their work - click them to see the pieces in the gallery!

review of a gorgeous modern minimalist interior in new york

NOTCOT Exclusive! Sneak peak closeups of the upcoming Noferin Pecanpals ~ hand carved and painted wood critters launching soon! (the grass, elephant, and dumbells are too cute as sidekicks)

The beautiful entrance pavilion at the Trumpf factory in Ditzingen is designed by Barkow Leibinger and the lightweight structure is by the master of lightweight structures Werner Sobek.

"Support bras, now available." Great new ad from DDB Toronto and art director Alexandra Wells. I just find these ads absolutely hilarious, extremely clever and fantastic art direction.

Really nice advertising campaign from Venture Communications, Toronto. In locations around Toronto, a new campaign from travel Alberta puts people in lift chairs riding up into the Rockie Mountains.

Happy 50th to comic B.C. by Hart! Fun to see how they've evolved from their "parade float" days.

cute flipbook animation for valentine's day: "Moving in"

[H2O]3, or Water Cube, National Auqatics Center in Beijing, China.

Mostrini ~ some crazy little creatures in stuffed animal and pin form!

Boost Up - A new site by JWT NY and Mekanism built to aggregate support for high school students.

Killer dog beds in 5 signature patterns from Fabric design superstars Deadly Squire

2007 pictures of the year by Reuters.

Dwell studio's bedding line for kids has grabbed me with their adorable animal motif!

Mark Lives in Ikea ~ for WEEK ~ surprisingly, the videos are quite amusing... he's there until saturday!

polish government's winner for the polish pavilion at
the 2010 world expo in shanghai was designed by architects wojciech kakowski, marcin mostafa and natalia paszkowska.

All I want for Christmas is this Swash buckle from veer. They have some other clever merch, but this is my personal favourite. [Editor's Note: also NotCouture #973]

If I had this shark guitar from JC Penney I might be persuaded to learn how to play. On sale for only $150! That's pretty cheap for a guitar I think.

Katharine Hamnett's tees are big bold colorful ways to state your cause and scream it to the world. “MAKE TROUBLE question everything” - STOP AND THINK - SAVE THE SEAS - etc etc etc

The Seashell House, one of a trio of wonderful wooden houses by Finnish architect Olavi Koponen. Green, baby, Green...

Casa da Quinta, designed by Marcio Kogan - a minimalist stone house in the São Paulo countryside.

those Maeda Reebok limited editions are now available - there will only be 100 pairs... and as of now they are down to 92!

Let the birds fly free ~ i'm absolutely loving these screen printed kitchen towels... the bird made of a flock of birds is just awesome. by 3p-3

Oooh free 2008 calendar from Blue Ant Studio

...also Germans can build nice Singlespeed/ Fixed-Gear Bikes. VELOHELD - consistent reduction for urban riding!

After much very bizarre research, i finally tracked down one of the manufacturers of the gels in the gel ant farms... also if anyone knows about the diff between this and the plant gel crystals email jaw-at-notcot.com

A student's stylish proposal for a tramway to be implemented in the city of Stockholm.
With the aid of sensors this tram runs without physical tracks but always keeps its route.

Ok just one more... Flip and Tumble... the Popple/Sockball of the reusable bags... i've even dug up an 80's Popple Advert for anyone who's forgotten about Popples.

There is something so precious about wearing a fragile quail's egg shell on a necklace... with a gold leaf interior. By Stephanie Simek.

Guerrilla Campaign for Peugeot 308 by Torke Stunt, Lisbon, Portugal

Neptunus Rex is a new short film about two scientists who pioneer Nubiology, the science of harvesting clouds for medicine. Won Best Student Film at the New Hampshire Film Fest.

As a twist on the subdermal tattoos ~ implants that create braille messages... The Braille Tattoo, designed by Klara Jirkova