LALA Arts is about to release a series of limited-edition series of metal die-cast mini-billboards based on the Public Works project billboards going up around LA, designed by a select group of leading street artists and graffiti writers!
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FEATUREDLAX-FRA-LNZ - the inspiration and amusement are in the details! A peek at unexpected travel snapshots, art, logos, exhibition set up and more - part one of Linz/Ars Electronica Festival adventures!
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This built-in bunk bed & nook by Van Oud Hout makes great use of wasted space in a vaulted children’s room
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A Studio Life by Grid, a series of illustrations outlining the typical life of the design studio, from essential tools and must haves, to thoughts, visionaries and revelations
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FEATUREDWashable keyboards, water wigs and dynamite cupcakes all feature in this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.
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Tu Wei-Cheng's atypical chocolate shop. A large-scale installation that alongside its pink walls and hearts contains chocolate hand grenades, soldiers, guns and other miniature chocolate arms and artillery.
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Dutch Building ceramic necklaces. There is a necklace from every archetype Dutch building: farm, church, family house, canal house, flat, factory, and the mill.
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Limited Edition Ugmonk 4th Anniversary Set. Each tee comes packaged in a flexible wood cylinder, accompanied by a letterpress block made from reclaimed Ginkgo wood. Only 200 ever made.
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VIDEOWatch the ignition of an atomized spray of flammable liquid, recorded at 10,000 fps and replayed at 30 fps.
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Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer's The Guardians of Time at Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany. Uninvited, it is more of an occupation than an installation!
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New Scientist and the Australian Museum's 2012 winners of the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
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New Museum ABC in Madrid is one of the few spaces in Europe dedicated to contemporary drawing and illustration. Designed by studio Aranguren & Gallegos.
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Grain Creative Pty Ltd's beautiful wine packaging for Wildfire Restaurant in Sydney.
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Gorgeous design in the SHED 5 restaurant in Melbourne from Loopcreative.
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With "Brick", young Dutch designers Leanie van der Vyver and Lars Zwirs devised a terracotta brick.
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PostlerFerguson's clever packaging proposal for fresh fish.
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GranTouristas, which is being presented as part of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture - it is an open system of knowledge acquisition.
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Michael H. Rhode makes familiar spaces seem alien through an unexpected perspective in his "From Below" series.
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8 to 30 September, 'Espace Wallonie' in Brussels will host the exhibition 'Homology'. Organized in partnership with Muuuz.com, this exhibition brings together the work of young Belgian designers through a selection of twenty everyday objects
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The OCT Design Museum, designed by Studio Pei-Zhu, focuses mainly on fashion shows, product design, and conceptual automotive shows. The goal was to create a space that is surreal to the subject matter.
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Fotodiox produces Canon 7D replicas in crystal. The beautifully detailed replicas are 2/3 life size.
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B-OK, a bookshelf/divider by Marica Vizzuso.
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VIDEOCelebrating the simple pleasures of life, the charming short "The Pleasure of" by Vitùc.
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VIDEOiTypewriter by Austin Yang allows you to type on your iPad with a typewriter that has been specifically designed for the size and screen. A little slow, but still cool.
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The Barking Bathhouse, an experimental spa and bar bringing everyday luxury and relaxation to Barking Town Centre for 8 weeks. Commissioned by Arts Agency CREATE and designed and produced by Something & Son.
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World's Best Jungle Gym. Newly constructed from massive fallen eucalyptus trees, it's an art installation —and a play structure at Marin Country Mart mall in Northern California.
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Stunning photograph of moths in flight by Steve Irvine.
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"Hubble's Hidden Treasures Revealed" - a look at some of the amazing photography winners... Stunning!
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FOLDS is 3D angular sculpture by David Mesguich and Valentin Van der Meulen that shows the transformations of the faces associated with life and death.
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FEATUREDUnboxing the HTC One S ~ current phone favorite over at NOTCOT! Also, take a peek at some of my favorite UI details! The world clock is beautiful!
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VIDEORobot Chef that makes sliced noodles is appearing all over noodle shops in china...
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A tour of Arion Press, a typefoundry and limited edition book press, in the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
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Adorable Firefox for Android video ~ great illustrations in this animation!
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Tim Tadder's Water Wigs photo series - bald men + water balloons = amazing water hair styles
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VIDEOAIRarm - Inflatable Robot Manipulator Arm (AIR = Advanced Inflatable Robotics) by iRobot for DARPA
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Korean toy artist Coolrain's Dunkeys series of monkey characters celebrating hoops and sneaker culture. MINDstyle brings them into production vinyl in both 18” and 5” forms.
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London-based designer Po-Chih Lai invented STAIR ROVER – a skateboard that could easily roll down the stairs.
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Autostadt, a theme park in Wolfsburg, Germany, with the new Porsche Pavilion, designed by HENN Architekten.
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Psy's Gangnam Style! The Atlantic has a great article on "Gangnam Style, Dissected: The Subversive Message Within South Korea's Music Video Sensation" (AMAZING music video)
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Adelaide-based artist, Emma Hack, is a skin illustrator, photographer and sculptor.
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Alex & Chloe geometric bangles in thin sterling silver
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The Owl, the Lion and the Elephant get some wheels! Wooden toys for Skip Hop by Sandra Isaksson.
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Salih Kucukaga designed these cute hot beverage cups for Dripp Coffee.
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Reebok's Fit Hub Experience ~ a store and crossfit gym in NYC just opened (following their Russia, Korea, and Dubai ones) Interesting to see more and more sportswear gym spaces opening.
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Natalya Zahn's latest are adorable illustrations of salamanders - from eggs to full grown! Also a nice illustrated lesson on lung breathing vs cutaneous respiration (breathing through your skin - no lungs!)
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Beautiful Harvest Pavilion from Vector Architects, a shelter to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China.
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Porcelain Fortune Cookies by Aleksandra Pollner & OBJECT.
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FEATUREDNOTlabs helped SubStudio laser cut/etch her wood frames for Brevity Jewelry's NYIGF Booth! See the making of, as well as the finished booth!
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Black & Decker is going MODULAR with their new power tool - Matrix tool system consists of main unit containing a handle, motor and battery, to which the user connects: drill, impact driver, oscillating multi-tool, jigsaw, sander, router and circular saw.
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The Hut Pendant Light a beacon of light and shape, which directs our gaze upwards, pointing us home. From Australian based Under.
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