Interesting modern cat shelf/toy...

Cabin Vardehaugen in Grøttingen - Norway by Fantastic Norway Architects

Beautiful seaside house in Japan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects.

Holiday Alibi - Wanna get out of all those random holiday shindigs and awkward family dysfunctions? This site let's you do exactly that. Just pick an email-able alibi from: jury duty, to volunteering at a nursing home, to being “detained” at the airport.

Entertainingly tactile letterpress & sticker biz cards, fittingly for a branding firm focusing on food and beverage clients: Stir.

By stirring a stone in a pool of olive oil, we give the illusion that it is dissolving and producing a flavoured sauce.

Cocktail lounge, Yucca Lounge, opens in Shanghai at Mansion 26F in Sinan Mansions.

Prosthetic Arm with functional design lets amputees pinch again

Nick van Woert his latest: Poor Me, a marble impregnated resin bust covered with polyurethane plastic - Awesome!

Movember is over, but you can celebrate the moustache all year with Most Wanted, the 2011 Moustache Calendar.

VoicePrints from Toronto is The Image of Sound. VoicePrints allows anyone to turn their unique voice into a custom, one of a kind work of art.

Cuore di pietra presents a Public Art project for the city of Pianoro.

The refurbished Gronigen Museum on the Verbindings Canal designed by Alessandro Mendini with Philippe Starck, Michele de Lucchi and the Coop Himmelb(l)au group.

Cool concept by artist Jim Darling portraying aerial panoramas in a series called, "Windows".

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #27 comes from Belkin! Chance to win a Belkin Flip Blade for iPad and a Belkin Conserve Valet!

Yeta Log Cabin from Lab Zero.

Gift Guide: for the Jetsetter on the Go! Fun, surprising mix of luxe and playful goodies!

Megan Geckler's installation at the Wexner Center for the Arts , Columbus, Ohio. Called 'Spread the Ashes of the Colors' the installation is constructed from interlacing strips of flagging tape.

Paul McClelland (PM custom) makes some beautiful pieces of furniture.

Christoph Niemann's awesome photo set using cookie dough to make us smile and think as he wishes everyone a happy new year!

In Belgium, AABE Erpicum & Partners has renovated and restored a suburban home into a modern and minimalist villa built around a pool of water.

Georgi Djongarski a bulgarian designer, which makes I-gloobox for vagabonds. tent that can house mangled is made of thick fabric, which is connected together with a band attached to the aluminum folding.

Renovation plans for 'The Great Rock' at the Budapest Zoo by Atelier Peter Kiss.

What I Saw Today ~ a collection of daily sketches of "cool stuff guys wear" by designer Richard Haines

New York City's first re-design of sidewalk sheds since the 1950s, besides being aesthetically pretty, creates wider sidewalk area for pedestrians, and reduces construction impacts on businesses.

VideoLAN has a special christmas greet in it's desktop player this year. I was surprised! Open it up and see for yourself...

Latest roundup looking back on another week of inspiration here at NOTCOT.org! Here are my favorites!

Eno & Normal Studio's Plant Label Stakes - you pop them out yourself!

Antrepo's last project is about simplicity and They try to find alternate simple version for some packages. Almost every product needs some review for minimal feeling.

Awesome PAPER GUITAR!

For the 10th edition of The Annual Year in Ideas, the New York Times Magazine has created a special cover allowing smartphone users, to interact with a QR Code made of balloons.

Oprah book pick 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens prompted a Penguin Classics cover redesign. But there was a gorgeous repackaging by Jim Tierney that didn't make the final cut for the newly published edition...

Parisian artist Ludo's latest ad subversion: a take on Benetton's classic line.

Better Days Tattoo Parlour was established in 2009 in the fine arts district of Santiago, Chile. BDT introduces us to their artists and gives us a look inside their studio. The owner, Nico Acosta, also shares why he loves being a tattooist.

At-Home Macaroon Maker - Macaroons made easy with this machine, which pops 'em out in original and animal-shaped varieties.

Matthew Palladino is in your art radar soon before you know it! Very original vision with witty elements that makes you feel uncomfortable yet comfortable.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #26: our friends from MOR are giving two lucky readers: a Dear Mr. Partrdige Gift Set, or a Soap Opera Gift Set!

Recently worked on MTV Music Meter, a new music discovery site that utilizes an algorithm developed by EchoNest to rank the top 100 emerging artists. The site works by tracking artist's social media buzz through twitter, blogs, and news feeds.

French company, Art & Toy, has created these stunning limited edition Lomoges Porcelain Potamus Anarchy figures in black and red editions - a collaboration between Frank Kozik & K.Olin Tribu.

This planter box is made of plastic are reproduced, so as to reduce environmental pollution, especially pollution of the soil. (more...)

Artists show their nerdy love for the original Star Wars trilogy in a trio of new posters he created for collectible art house Mondo.

PicTarot ~ in iPhone and real world forms from Pictoplasma! Every card illustrated by amazing artists you probably know and love!

Cute Mercedes-Benz holiday video...

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #25: Skip Hop! They are giving two lucky readers: a Night and Day Discovery Toy, a Friendly Forest Mirror, and Zoo Bookends.