Architect Shigeru Ban has designed a "temporary" cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand made out of load-bearing cardboard tubes with seating for 700.

Amazing work by Eva Kotátková, Prague-based artist works in the fields of video, performance, drawing and photography.

Place Pulse, a website that allows anyone to quickly run a perception study and visualize the results in powerful ways. From the Macro Connections group at MIT.

Clever stationery - BRASS Index Clip that can be used to mark a page in the book or as a small frame to give a title to the page. Either way, looks beautiful and timeless! By Midori.

Pocket Dept Notebooks ~ They are quite simply, as their tagline states, “A notebook for every pocket” ~ from back pocket to shirt pocket to messenger bag pocket, they have you covered. Fun packaging too!

Ryan Gander's 'Locked Room Scenario' at Artangel.

Porsche Ice Cubes ~ now you can have mini frozen 911s, Caymans, Cayennes and Panameras to chill your drinks. Or see my melting traffic jams...

250 blueprints created for the Star Wars trilogy packed into an epic sized book, by J.W.Rinzler.

Fascinating sculptures from Edouard Martinet.

Brooklyn's 3rd Ward's Shopbox built inside a repurposed storage container unit.

The Soviet era in Russia was a period of economic stagnation, political oppression – and really gorgeous vacuum cleaners. A look at the space-age design that characterized those years, from the new book Made in Russia.

'Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design' on designer Saul Bass, creator of iconic film title sequences, corporate identities and graphic work. Co-written by grandaughter Jennifer Bass, and Pat Kirkham.

Gorgeous packaging for the Ugmonk 3rd Anniversary shirt. The tshirt comes with string-tie portfolio and laser engraved leather coaster. Only 200 sets made.

CityFabric blends cartography and design to create bold, figureground map prints (1"=1000') that inspire conversations about your place!

The World of 100 Postcards, a book about you.

Beautifully photographed serpents by Guido Mocafico.

World's smallest sushi as an art project. By Dave Seah, Hwee Chong Chan and Jody Yeoh.

LUZ shirokane by Naoya Kawabe architect & associates,

"Louxor" is a contemporary floor standing or hanging lantern designed by Parisian studio POOL.

'The Street Aesthetic of New York' a short film by Christian Andersen.

Anne Lorenz designed this Apple Tree, an alternative fruit bowl. Love the idea of picking your fruit from this structure in the morning.

Fantastic illustrations by Matthew Lyons.

Panoramic photographs by Rosemary Laing capturing the framework of a partially completed building in New South Wales.

Beautiful photos of chicken embryos by Michelle Leung.

Letterpress poster by Daren Newman for the Manchester screening of Typeface.

Quotel is a hotel in Poland with great design made on a budget. The interior design agency Mode:linea customized furniture from Ikea to create a unique and stylish environment.

Photo chromatic eyewear by Monoqool. Changes color when exposed to daylight.

BRASS Pencil is a compact refillable pencil made of solid brass. Good for traveling. Designed by Midori.

Bike Mess T-shirt at Super7

The Razer Blade Laptop is thinner than a 17 inch MacBook Pro and boasts a 17.3 inch LED-backlit display and a touch-enabled LCD panel next to the keyboard (Switchblade UI).

Shepard Fairey talks about the influence graffiti, skateboarding and punk rock had on his life and the ways it shaped his art career.

Beautiful illustrations by Tony Hong. This is from his Treerings series.

Neutral Milk Hotel will be releasing a box set spanning all of their recordings. The packaging is full of beautiful illustrations.

Grimloc Carabiners ~ a new must have for your travel bags/packs. Unlike the usual ones, these can be slid on to any 1" strap, and the release button is secure but easy to open (even with gloves on)

Lovely packaging for Burn Card Clothing.

High Wheel by Maider Lopez for the OK Center for Contemporary Art.

Dogpatch, San Francisco. Love the Triple Aught Gear morale patches they made with the pirate dog! Available in velcro patch and glow in the dark ranger eyes.

Vinyl illustrations by @Wissameid for 'Sophie's Choice', a boutique in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

Pulled Pork Poutine ~ Devils on Horseback ~ and a peek at the awesome menu of Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery in San Francisco ~ a long time NOTCOT favorite.

BotoxLamp by Drew Seskunas & SAQ Architects.

Mutewatch, an uberminimalist watch that can be activated with just a tap and can act as a clock, alarm and timer. It even adjusts the strength of its vibrating notifications to your movements.

Focus on Ehlén Johansson for the collection 2012 IKEA...

Very interesting video from Alaa Wardi of a song made in it's entirety of body sounds.

Photosynth is an app that allows you to stitch together photos taken on your iPhone to create three-dimensional panoramas and outrageously shaped photo collages.