Entries for the National Geographic 2010 Photo Contest are truly inspirational.

NASA and Goodyear have been awarded a 2010 R&D 100 Award for their airless mesh tire design, intended to be used on moon vehicles.

The American Design Club (AmDC) opens Black Market tomorrow. The pop-up shop will be full of indepndently designed objects and is hosted by Digital Fix at their Culturefix Gallery in downtown NYC.

This table made of huge pipe wrenches is an absolutely great idea by young designer Jonathan Niemuth.

Cedarwood, linen and ricepaper make up the interior of vintage shop Habitat Antique in Osaka, Japan. Interiors by Facet Studio.

Sunset from RS Barcelona is a really nice flexible shelve with bright colours.

Takashi Murakami. Dragon in the Clouds, at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome.

Les Bikes de Bois Rond have a postcard box set to commemorate Gavin Turk's 2010 Frieze project.

Bigger than ever, NikeTown in London is back open for business. This short video that features athletes from Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis to English Premier League stars Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Ashley Cole and Dider Drogba.

Watch Me clock designed by danish designer Rasmus Gottliebsen. Watch Me isn’t about telling you the exact time, but more about an idea of time - a time color.

BlackBox Cases - stunning wooden macbook pro cases that just launched! Hand made in Colorado!

Thanks to their special conductive fingertips, FIVEPOINT gloves do what other gloves don't: They let you use touch-screen gadgets without having to take them off!

Maison Martin Margiela store in Tokyo's Ebisu district.

Carnovsky's RGB exhibition is on display at the Johanssen Gallery, Berlin until February 10th.

NOTCOT Holiday Coupons!!! A little something from us and some of our friends to help with your shopping! Happy Thanksgiving!

I love this 3'38 commercial for Batelco. Between 3D animation and real movie, dive into your own imagination with Alex & Steffen (FP7). Mind-blowing.

The French electro-acoustic research and development unit, La Boite concept just released the Laptop Dock LD 120... the first high-fidelity dock station dedicated to your laptop computer.

Classic car enthusiasts will love the Louwman Collection in the newly-constructed National Automobile Museum of the Netherlands in the Hague. Designed by Michael Graves & Associates.

The San Diego Zoo welcomes a new cheetah cub.

See the roots of mathematics in 13 cuneiform clay tablets of ancient Mesopotamia, from 1900 to 1700 B.C. The tablets are on display until Dec. 17 at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, part of New York University.

Interior Designer Matt Woods has created Bloodwood restaurant; a sustainable approach to dining in Sydney's Newtown.

Argentina based TheShortcuts Collective made this beautiful and cute papercraft to promote their next gig in Buenos Aires.

Personalized Wood Holiday Cards with a Keepsake 2011 Calendar printed on back

Clever and elegant stairs provide loft access in this London house by Tamir Addadi Architectures.

Canon shows off their 4K resolution technology with a multi-purpose video and photo camera. The camera has a center mounted lens with a grip on the right, large viewfinder and pop-up digital display.

A modern perpetual calendar from Calouette.

Art Stable in Seattle by Olson Kundig Architects.

Lancia TrendVisions is an International Research Laboratory, sponsored by Lancia and directed by Angelini Design.

A new Converse store opens today in Soho, NYC.

We rounded up our favorite snow-bound architecture for the Holidays - here's the 2 Sisters House by NRJA in Langstini, Latvia.

The SR Bookcase is made to order and available as a 1, 2, or 3 bay system. Standing 7’-8” tall, the SR Bookcase will surely be a signature piece in any living space or office. From Scout Regalia.

Initial shots from 10.Deep's total visual takeover at Fairfax Ave's HALL OF FAME for first ever pop-up shop. Built from scratch using reclaimed wood.

Art, Architecture and Design library in Muenster, Germany - part of our Top Ten Libraries!

Humanair Air Purifier uses Swedish Clean Air Zone technology and uses just 22 watts of power.

'Seeds of wild flowers' microscopic image by Yanping Wang from the Beijing Planetarium. Part the NY Times 'Microscopic View' slideshow.

In addition to cats, this Teepee is also be the perfect Christmas gift for all kinds of small furry friends like domestic rabbits, ferrets, and small dogs

Smartfish introduces 'Whirl' Laser Mouse with patented ErgoMotion pivot system.

This fun and quirky tea (or coffee) set is a real conversation piece. Slipcast in porcelain clay with a completely life-like mouth-shaped pour spout.

Between 1968 and 1973, Wendell Castle created a unique series of lamps that were steeped in inspiration from pop-art, surrealism and hot-rod cars – known simply as Benny, Fat Albert, Sluggo, Pinkie, and Raquel.

Makoto Orisaki has developed 'or-ita', a specialized blade that fits inside a rotary cutter allowing materials like cardboard to be cut and folded.

Delicatessen 2 in Tel Aviv, designed by Z-A Studio.

Christmas Windows by Chris Bosse of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) for the famous Italian department store La Rinascente.

Cute packaging for FRTS & YGRT b Mika Kañive.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #1! Tegu! A chance to win two super sets of these magnetic wooden blocks, including a first look at the new Jungle Set!