I would love to have these paper drums in my livingroom... what a conversation starter.

If you are in LA, Saturday is your last day to see The Blab! Show at CoproMason. My Favs were Amy Crehore and Ryan Heshka

some well executed Amigurumi.

Creative Sweet TV: Its nice to see designers taking advantages of Pod(NET)casts to create visual tutorials. If youre using the Adobe Creative Suite, this is a great resource...

The Art of Complex Problem Solving... this is a very nice diagram for solving complex problems.

these Hoshiko number mugs are super cute.

undersound is a new type of experience, an interface that is on your mobile phone and in the underground stations you pass through every day. It is part personal, part public and all about the tube.

hair gel...that...glows. crazy.

this kids desk is too cool. a space saver...stylish design...and it just oozes fun vibes.

The ScrapHouse Design Team built an amazing house by re-using materials they found in the Bay Area. Most interesting part: the Keyboard Wall

Toy Box + Table - feet - tabletop = Bassinet and vice versa! Gorgeous design

While this looks like an abstract painting of cell phone cases, in fact it's a sheet of recycled plastic made from them. Used to make great-looking countertops, display cases, etc.

More lace, this time for the Lehti tray by Maria Jauhiainen

Mmh! chocolace tiles by Katja Gruijters. I love dutch designers

Jun Konishi skull-teddy pendants

Sun's Project Blackbox is a prototype of the world's first virtualized datacenter--built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space, and performance efficiencies.

Core77 found the Owl Projects crazy new iLog - the green lovers iPod killer?

oooh...well spotted swissmiss. how gorgeous are these animal silhouettes? a must have FREE font.

Barrette made of building blocks. One more addition to NotCot's Lego Party :-P

how cute are these baby spoons? they're airplane spoons! they come in blue too.

trip clip, to prevent denim damage. hehe, i know its a great idea...but something about it seems too reminiscent of the pocket protector.

gorgeous tea towels from third drawer down.

more cute cards. =) this playground series is simultaneously stylish and childish.

i love these cards from pancake and franks. so naturally inspired. can you guys guess what this one is? =)

Kancept - its HOT or NOT for Concepts.... not sure what the crowd rating is like so far, but the images seem so so... love this rock storage device though - its like the modern day key hider in the yard?

variations on a kewpie doll.

Ooooh Audi TT Roadster - check out the microsite - interesting/odd navigation - gorgeous car

Gorgeous mod scrabble necklaces by Chip Chop

The My China Emperor Rim line from Sieger by Furstenburg

Just b/c its scrimshaw on pre-ban ivory, does that make it ok? The scripting is gorgeous and the words are witty... Bangles by Jessica Kagan Cushman.

Hello Kitty humidifier.

Tokidoki for Fornarina! Two of my favorite things combined... to make some great shoes.

Ms. Dewey ~ she's not your average search engine. She's flashy... to say the least

Stephen Reed's Wordplay Installation ~ how sweet are these scrabble pillows/benches? Interactive seating based on scrabble provides a short break area for employees in the London offices of Bloomberg financial services

O Plus D is a line of cards i'm currently obsessed with - here is one of the mildest of my favorites - but you MUST go see the others.

Kur Di Ka rocking chair, reminds me of the multiple legs when will coyote was trying to catch the road runner.

Corrugated combo cat house, play house & claw sharpener

Watch is an MP3 Player, Voice Recorder, and USB Flash Drive in One! Whoa.

Stylish way to make your latte or hot cocoa.

more shockingly elegant and simple chairs. these are from futureproof.

thinking about Halloween...this is a cool print, and it's also available as a tunic and a hoodie.

Duct tape bandages by 3M/Nexcare! Ever had to whip up a make-shift bandage using tape & toilet paper? That's what this reminds me of sorta...

Hehe, Pac-Man heads! wouldn't this be fun for Halloween?

What happens when designers/artists get their hands on the brilliant patterns of Deadly Squire? Find out this weekend!

Email Submission - won me over with this... hey NOTCOT, remember the 1991 Keanu Reeves movie Point Break? in it, a young surfer tells him: "surfin's the source. it'll change your life." turns out he was talking about teh internets.

Google is ruining everything T-shirt

Patrick O'Brien : Filmmaker, Artist, Visionary and he's slowly dying from ALS. He's attempting to create awareness for ALS thru the Patrick O'Brien Foundation and his documentary.