Do you need to pierce your bumper?

Can you believe these are made out of PET plastic water bottles? Absolutely gorgeous in person - more info at .com

Anyone else ever go through an awkward stage? NOTCOT's summer intern, Caroline, made this site that embodies that nicely, and is cleaning up her web design magic ~ it's a fun distraction to check out!

Buff Humpty is a lamp by J Schatz.

Discovered at AD Goodness. The tagline says it all... "No wonder our preception of beauty is distorted..."

1st class rug by Mixko. Cat not included

The Charlie Brown t-shirt made me smile...

to22's martini glass, needs an olive as a stopper

pong with people, how did somebody NOT think of this before? link to photos, see http://www.sonicbodypong.com/ for more.

'RealSnailMail' is a project in development by boredomresearch, employing RFID technology to enable real snails to carry and deliver electronic messages.

33 incredible designers from various fields have designed limited edition Playsam cars... will try to go to the event on fri... more info at .com

i love books and illustrations...this blog is amazing and these anagram bookshop promos are great. [editor's note: prev seen on .com]

im skeptical about its actual practicality, but the "knee mug" is my favorite of the 'not-at-the-table' series.

i know notcot loves inflatable and bouncy chairs, so i just had to post this set.

Ad for Marimekko shirt. Not sure about the shirt, but I love the ad!

GreenFortune's Plantwall. turn an entire wall into a garden.

I am so in love with the lines and curves and colors of this glass designed by Ivan Baj, handblown by maestro Simone Cenedese.

hehe, this BLT ring is awesome.

Love the one year of white pages (one for each month, with holes punched to tell you which you're on) - found at rare devices, featured on betterlivingthroughdesign.

Granted i'm overworked and jetlagged but will be back in LA monday - my obsession/discovery/toy for the day is RADAR.net - its brilliant, pretty, and does what i want it to ~ and well. will share more on .com soon.

DaKino Film festival: Basic Instinct as directed by Pedro Aldomovar.

Wood grain carpet at FloorToHeaven

Mark Ryden has a gorgeous new limited edition gold leafed giclee print based on his "The Creatrix" painting.

This ring from the Gothic Torrent collection by Catherine Bysheim, is stunning. In fact, there's lots of great jewelry from independent designers on this site, appropriately called Love2Have. www.love2have.co.uk

I want Luke Chueh's first limited edition skateboard deck.

Sweet - LIE FLAT AIRPLANE SEATS!

Max Longin has created 4 different variations of the chair, each slightly different.

The explanation of how this chair was conceived is too long to post here. It looks like the chair is made from chewing gum if you ask me.

wow. silja goetz does some pretty amazing print work.

nab has some great ideas for "connecting"...free wifi from a chair in front of his house, communication via shared playlist names in itunes. i think hes my hero.

wow, talk about simplicity. these chairs are sickeningly sleek.

Digital Life NYC - helping at ThisNext's booth - seeing the latest in tech. Exhausted - but have a quick roundup of what caught my eye over at .com - from the new Palm to brilliant Blurb.com

Working SteamPunk styled laptop by Ironworks.

I'm curious about Elegant Establishment architectural and pollution absorbing tile. And I love the organic shapes.

I saw Chairman Mickey Mao's bust at Munky King on Melrose today

Giles Revell : "Giles’ work is influenced by seminal fine art and conceptualism, producing graphic, ideas-based imagery." Strong images and an unique vision...

im sure these arent new, but yoga paws are hilarious.

what do people think of denver's new art museum?

i know i posted the corrugated cardboard dividers before...but this laptop case is so awesome, it deserves a post on its own.

Ms. Pac-Man and Ghost rings by Tiny Armour. Adorable!

From the "Simple Words" greeting card collection at inspirico.com. They sort of say it all.

Another Web 2.0 inspired design: Radiant FM Radio

The Dolmen Mini radio looks like it was created by a Web 2.0 designer. Everything is there, the blue gradient, rounded corners, brushed metal radio buttons. The word BETA is the only thing missing!

sometimes i need these stickers. turn off the idiot box by adding "the end" and getting on with your life. get them at atypyk.

we've got the marriage of street art+ origami, so why not street wrapping paper? how would you open it though? rip it open? delicate to save the paper?

txt your darkest fears to Paul Notzold and let the fear fighter gun them down.