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.

Huski Lodge, an Australian ski lodge designed by Elenberg Fraser.

The Karlsson Twin Bell Alarm Clock combines modern and classic styles for a timeless look.

A curated collection of vintage construction photos from L.A.

Scanchovies! In the tradition of Scanwiches and Scandybars- Big Pictures of Little Fish

Simple outlet design that organizes your plugs and saves energy by Milena Włodarczyk.

Jewel House in Islington by by Fraher Architects.

Sexy new dish drying rack from Joseph Joseph.

The Graduates 2011, a film from It's Nice That showcasing some great talent from emerging talent from UK art schools.

This wax woman embedded with candle wicks was made by Lenn Cox for the Arnhem Mode Biennale 2011.

New illy Art Collection designed by Anish Kapoor.

Portland-based Von Tundra took this 1969 Dodge Chinook and transformed it into a modern mobile juice bar and lounge.

Vehicle for Children by Masahiro Minami.

Richard Serra's massive sculpture "Cycle," 2011, will debut at Gagosian in September.

Visualization of the spread of earthquake related Tweets across North America, from the moment the epicenter hit Mineral Virginia (1:51PM) on August 23rd through its spread across the East coast and the South.

Ikea's interactive campaign "Happy to Bed" takes status updates, wall posts and photos from your Facebook to personalize your ideally furnished bedroom.

New batch of shirts from Columbus, OH DJ / VJ group roeVy. Let's Do This!

Iona Cheval Mirror by Pinch Design.

Adorable wooden toys from Papa Foxtrot.

Made Out Portugal's mobile gallery in a truck for DMY Berlin.

'Milstein hall Cornell university' by OMA in Ithaca, New York, USA.

beat.wave is an entry gate by Jurgen Mayer H. Architects. Initially featured at PULSE Miami 2007, it resurfaces this year at Burning Man.

This week’s roundup from NotVentures includes a 100 mile bike ride, some of the world’s saltiest places and tightrope walking through the Bavarian mountaintops.

Toggle: Tomorrow's Remote for Today's TV uses an innovative application of capacitive touch technology to deliver a low, cost, multi-mode touch remote.

Exquisite 3D renderings of hyperbolic paraboloid roof forms from the 1960 publication 'Structures of Warped Surfaces' by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano.

Delicate wire works by Masao Seki.

Amazing characters by Miguel Bencomo.

The exhibition the Chiasso M.A.X. Museum dedicated to graphic designer Bruno Monguzzo, leaves behind a precious catalog curated by the designer himself.