Grumpy Bean Plushes~ "Artist Andrew Bell and plush master Lana Crooks bring our Cafe Grumpy coffee bean logo to life!"

Flensted Penguin Mobile!

Makerbot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer!

The new hue for 2011: Honeysuckle pink, an intense pink, specifically Pantone 18-2120 TCX.

Japanese architectural firm Studio Velocity designed a curved building located in Nagoya city, Japan.

Holiday Giveaway #16: Fitzsu! The awesome modern gift store fits our kitchen theme today with a chance to win the Boomerang Wok and Alea 16 pc. Stone Trivet!

New vessel from Craftedsystems. made from all-natural, vegetable-tanned saddle leather, 23.5" x 6" and waterjetcut and handwoven by the women at the YWCA of Portland in 'healing' collective fashion.

Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas–Jones of extreme design's 'Legacy of the River' suite is a TRON inspired part of this season’s ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.

Packging for El Gaucho by Blendit.

Manifold Clock from Stuio Ve (Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger) represents time in three dimensions.

Bakon Vodka, a superior quality potato vodka with a savory bacon flavor.

NOTCOT Gift Guide ~ into the kitchen! Lots of culinary goodness for gifting!

Chow pays homage to 1950's and 60's food photography: Last Kodachrome Christmas

Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is pleased to present Winter Group Exhibition, curated by Ryan Martin. Exhibiting artists include: Elizabeth Dorbad, Ramiro Hernandez, Sarah Hirneisen, Jane Kim, Jennine Scarboro, and Jake Ziemann.

The show marks the gallery debut for many of these artists, most of whom are affiliated with Martin’s alma mater, the California College of the Arts.

A Year in Caps: 2011 Typographic Calendar is a series of twelve sustainably-harvested birch veneer cards. Interpreted each month typographically. with US holidays.

Fourteen snow globes each exploring fourteen scenarios of the co-existence between Man and 'Nisse' (an elf-like creature appearing in Scandinavian folklores).

FibreForm is a new interesting biodegradable and recyclable paper from Swedish Billerud.

Leave it to an Italian intimates company (Intimissimi) to trade one kind of stuffing for another: by recycling used bras into soundproof building insulation.

The Swedish furniture company A2 has some interesting furniture in their collection. One of the striking designs are from designer Sara Larsson, and is called Stripe.

"Xipe Totec" by Thomas Glassford renews the facade of a 60's building by lighting it with a geometric pattern in Mexico City's Tlatelolco District.

Karolina Kurkova is going to be the face of the 2011 Mercedes-Benz CLS coupe.

Grolsch has brought together some of the world's best musicians to create the Swingtop Philharmonic Orchestra. The musical troupe has created a video Christmas card featuring the carol 'Oh, Christmas Tree' played entirely using classic Swingtop bottles.

The 111 Chairs Project! You can check out my doodle filled survey as well as many others leading architects, designers and other industry professionals - 111 surveys going up a few at a time, day by day!

Paper Denim is a cool new deck of playing cards designed by Si Scott in association with Dan and Dave. Packaged and printed with a new embossed case using metallic ink on imported paper.

Denis Bouyer, Yann De Preval, Vincent E Sousa and Laurent Monneron invite you to "Meet Buck". Watch as a relaxing afternoon goes south for this interesting deer. (VIDEO)

The Macallan 18 2010 Holiday Gift Box ~ a close up look at the fun packaging

LA based Desiger and Illustrator Nike Chapman shows us the secret life of monsters in these cute illustrations!

History of the Bra: From modern bra designs to the contemporary, gravity-defying bustiers of today, women's undergarments have come a long way.

"Hadar" is a 3D light by French designer Cyril Afsa for Specimen Edition and Galerie BSL - Paris.

Maria Ocampo's portfolio. Graphic designer based currently in Madrid.

From Typewriter to a Waffle Iron, inside 9 more cool waffle irons

House of Ship by Tezuka Architects overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

Anthony Schmitt's holiday tree made from 86 shopping carts.

The Alex Bottle from Nice Reusables with Clean Seam Technology.

Photographer Ian Flanigan went on a road trip with his girlfriend, took over 4000 photos and then made a stop motion video of it all!

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #15: Dead Zebra Inc is giving away 10 of their limited edition new SNOWMAN ANDROID toys!!!

Katherine Verhoeven is a Toronto based artist and illustrator whose works combines both hand-drawn and digital elements. While her work spreads across multiple themes, her most recent work revolved around representations on common European superstitions.

Designer Kaylene Kau has created a prosthetic arm that supports the dominant functioning hand in accomplishing day-to-day tasks with ease and efficiency.

The USB rechargeable Kisai Satellite LED watch has gone from a design concept to reality.

NOTCOT Gift Guide: the annual birthday guide of randomness i'm loving!

Interview with San Francisco Illustrator and Artist, Charmaine Olivia.

The Bench Rack by Vik & Fougere is an answer to the lack of closet and storage space in the average apartment.

Great work by Spanish designer/illustrator, Fantastic Hysteria.

'Sunset at the Spiral Jetty' outlined by rays of sunlight known as crepuscular rays, the setting sun having disappeared from direct view behind them. Seen from the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, Utah.