Munich designer Christian Flaccus's amazin pring using Jer Thorp's tree.growth source code.

Cute packaging for Xinti lemonade by Breanna Radermacher.

TCH ACCESS agency's collaboration for LEGO, Build It.

Project Cascade, beautiful infographics help us understand how a story goes viral across Twitter. Developed by the NY Times' Jer Thorp and UCLA professor Mark Hansen.

Videos of the making of custom order New Balance shoes1300 and US574.

Artist Sage Vaughn will open a new show at London's Lazarides Gallery titled Children of a Lesser God on May 6h.

The desk project. Eleven New York woodworkers/architects/artists designed and fabricated kids desks to be auctioned off to support the education of orphans in Nepal.

Van Alen Institute, in NYC, has opened a pop-up bookstore for architecture and design books. It’s also a public reading room - designed by LOT-EK!

Internationally recognized self-taught artist Arturo Elena and his unique fashion illustration style revolutionized the world of graphic illustration.

What a week we’ve had here at NOTCOT.org. This week’s roundup includes Star Wars in Iconoscope, nunchucking Easter bunnies and painting with fire.

Aarhus School of Architecture undergrads in collaboration with the Roskilde Music Festival. Entitled Vintergatan, the installation is a modular exercise of different sized triangles combined to create varied spaces.

Posters about controversies in daily life by Nikiforos Kollaros.

Turf Geography, a location based mobile game designed to bring together the best aspects of Foursquare & Monopoly. At a moment it's a pretty idea that's trying to garner funding from Kickstarter.

Salus is a mountaineering safety tool for concise communication between parties of climbers or individuals. It uses coloured lights as basic commands to create a conversation.

These adorable and stylish pEi Pod will offer your furry friends a safe and nurturing habitat to relax in.

Amazing typographic based photographs from Ramiro Chavez.

South Korean artist Myeongbeom Kim’s work is all about breathing life into inanimate objects by juxtaposing man-made elements with nature.

Beautiful and Elegant Fashion Illustration by Sabine Pieper.

Some beautiful new full color drawings by artist Karl Addison.

Gold Lion winner in Cannes unfolds in 40 x 5 second parts of Abstract Urban Space by MUSUTA.

This unique pepper and salt shaker '304' was inspired by the shape matching toy and it creates a pleasant way to tidy up the table. Even your child will enjoy that.

Illustrator Matt Maher depicts a compelling and unsettling underwater scene. (check out his shoes!)

Strings and nails typography by Martin Pyper.

Where the Hip Things Are Print by Alvaro Arteaga.

Photographs of dishes from Ferran Adrià's restaurant elBulli by Francesc Guillamet

Glamorous fashion playing cards full of gothic queens and dangerous women by Connie Lim.

Independent design magazine for iPad - Designcollector MAG! Free and inspiring.

From Gutenberg to iPad, "Press Facts" is a super great infographic poster by Brazilian Designer Flávia Marinho for Visual Loop.

Smitten Ice Cream ~ from radio flyer to 2xShipping Container ~ here's a peek inside the new made-to-order liquid nitrogen ice cream shop in Hayes Valley, San Francisco! (Flavor: Black Sea Salt Caramel)

The Bird Machine's tiny herds prints ~ edition of 290, signed. one print contains 15 stegasaurus, the other contains 15 brotosaurus.

Sharpie is into the "professional" marker biz now? Sharpie Professional Chisel Tip Permanent Marker

Koziol Torr Corkscrew

Photographs of fire by Troy Moth.

Beautiful shots of the snow frogs of the French Alps, in National Geographic

How to fix a broken (Canon 5D MKII) dslr screen ~ yourself!

Young German designer Tino Seubert has recently developed this furniture concept called 'Forming History' based on significant moments in time.

Open House 2011 by Droog, led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro offers a "future suburbia" through self-inventiveness and collaborative consumption.

Illustrator Kyle Wilson recently decided to draw EVERYONE he was friends with on facebook. He gave himself around 30-60 seconds per portrait. totally rad.

Midnight Shot NV-1 Night Vision Camera - Infrared goodness in digicam style... "Important Note:
Respect the privacy of your fellow humans and don't use the Midnight Shot NV-1 Night Vision Camera for evil."

Muji Silicone Spoon Mold ~ for ice, chocolate,... get creative!

Typography sculptures cut by hand using only pencil, ruler, compass point, blade and of course paper (100% recycled). By Bianca Chang.

Droog Design's new project, Desogn for Download, offering opportunity to make your own furniture for less!

High end mixed with technical thinking, far from cheap polarfleece. Meet japanese Visvim.

Short video about an artist's experience during a trip to Rio de Janeiro to work at the ROJO NOVA art festival for 2 weeks.