Luxurious Land Rover Defender by German tuners, STARTECH. The Defender takes its design inspirations from luxury yachts.

Merry Christmas! From a kidrobot holiday dunny to mix and matching flocked santa beard and reindeer skull on a stick with some other fun toys...

'Stewie' the new tiny anatomical toy sculpture from Jason Freeny

Send a gift to a random person in the world.

Wilde Dieren/Wild Animals By Rop van Mierlo. Beautiful. Odd. Book of wild animals! See the video of how the images are made... mesmerizing.

Q:What will the Lord do on this holiday season? A: a vacation to tropical island. Collaborative figure by Abell Octovan and Surya Sunburn limited to 8 pieces around the world.

Typodarium 2011 - 365 fonts! Perfect way to work your way through 2011! EnglishTear-off calendar to hang or stand. With bank holidays of 30 countries and a box to collect the sheets.

Italian turnstiles (Tornelli d'Italia). The proposal of Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano in the interpretation of Sanrocco

House Industries makes some gorgeous blocks for Herman Miller Japan! The packaging by Advance Packaging is beautiful!

c-water by chao gao - iida awards 2010 - Solar Powered Water Desalinator is the perfect water purification system for emergencies.

Vorstadt 14, located in a 15th-century house in the town of Zug, Switzerland, offers three suites of radically different designs for rent. The room shown here is a rustic-meets-Swiss-modern apartment designed by Roger Stussi.

Kube Player ~ cute tiny MP3 cube you just put a microSD into

Revenge Is Tees ~ cute Save Some For Us kids graphic tshirt

Matthew Hancock has the loveliest letterpressed xmas/business cards

Here are just a few of the beautiful destinations showcased on Notventures this week. Where will you be off to next?

'Cesarion' the prize for the winner of Coca-Cola design contest, designed by Kossi Aguessy

Armani / Samsung: 'It speaks for you'

A peak inside Vancouver's Old Faithful Shop - a rustic shop in historic Gastown full of carefully conceived and crafted products.

When life gives you snow, go sledding...with Slalom's steerable sled!

Love that a christmas card inspired Shelterrific to find out more about the story behind this baby deer... named twitter!

Abitare: 50 Years of Design: The Best of Architecture, Interiors, Photography, Travel, and Trends 1961-2011

Technology in Fashion! A look at some of the latest innovations...

Darpa, the Pentagon research branch is ready to shield US soldiers with advanced 360-degree vision technology. The helmet-like gadget scans objects a kilometer away.

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #30: KIDROBOT!!! A giant tower of blind box treats ~ more than enough to share... or hoard. Tons of fun inspiration in surprise boxes...

Icotrip.com is like a road movie in the world of icons. Every day, you will discover a new (ico)trip experience!

A temporary installation of leaves made by Skull-A-Day's Noah Scalin at a mountain retreat.

Barker Gray sent out 'Office Snowball Fight' kits this year to bring Northern hemisphere winter fun to Southern hemisphere clients. It uses Victorian imagery and language and comes with both insturcitons and 'snowballs' of waste paper.

The Dutch Best Designed Books Foundation presents 30 of the best-designed books of 2009 at the Stedelijk Museum until January 9th.

Beautiful rubberband dress by New York based architect Margarita Mileva. The dress was inspired by Paul Klee and Bauhaus.

Maicon Costa creates and alphabet composed of classic videogame characters and icons.

Fogo Island Studio by Saunders Architecture off Newfoundland.

Great ultralight helmet bag from Dainese by Nava with reflective yarn, and bright red aluminum accents. Designed by Gioia Giovannella.

Jules & Jeremy Furniture Design is the brainchild of Dutch designers—and childhood friends—Jules Ponsioen and Jeremy Nagel, which features innovative, highly functional tables, shelves, and seating are simple yet visually striking.

Mural of a black hole event inside the world's largest particle physics detector at CERN by Josef Kristo Foletti.

Jonah Ward isn’t a pyro, but he does burn wood on a daily basis. The Oakland-based California artist creates stunning wood panels that have been charred and burned by molten glass that he pours, drips, and drizzles over planks of woods.

list of ten exorbitant Christmas gifts from business insider, featured in neiman marcus holiday gift ideas

A data visualization project, in poster form, to demonstrate differences in data transfer rates, from 110 baud modem to the latest in fast RAM.

Learn how to make a genuine $2 bill tear-off pad with this simple guide.

iWallet - carbon fiber, pairs with bluetooth to your phone, fingerprint reader to open wallet.

A clever Flight of the Conchords Christmas card by Elliott Quince (hi-res version available)

Cast iron wood stoves by Danish company Morso are made of 98 percent recycled materials and meet the strictest of environmental standards. They are also beautiful.

Behind the scenes of Chow's 'Last Kodachrome Christmas' photo shoot.

"La Manta" light by French designer Jacqueline Guillermain. Made of thermoformed and sandblasted glass.

Skate fails is a collection of ceramic skate fails by Apparatu in collaboration with Alex Trochut.