Last week in Munich at the Optics Trade show, OPTI 2008, Porsche Design unveiled their new ultra light reading glasses, the P'8134. Colors vary from matte gold and matte titanium, Price: TBD. Pretty wild.

Stelton mi:key keychain ... the tip screws off... and you can put a picture/logo/whatever on the flat side.

For those on the fence about whether its worth staying in it through vday... can't argue with "I - You = Double Awesome" logic. Great Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

Preview video for LVHRD's upcoming Architects Duel in NYC. Two teams of architects designing structures in the Alaskan Wilderness for a post-oil world circa 2029 AD.

The Morgan LifeCar is the most gorgeous fuel cell car I've ever seen. The LifeCar will be displayed to the public at Geneva Auto Show in March. Can't wait!

Pasta tool in stainless steel for measuring and serving pasta and grating cheese. We like to call it Pasta & Parmesan. Designed by Transformer for Sagaform Spring 2008. In stores and internet from February/March.

Beautiful work from LA-based artist Joe Biel

A Bathing Ape renovated their Shibuya store in Japan and as usual it was designed by architects Wonderwall and as usual its really impressive!

Samsung’s new SC9540 Silencio vacuum cleaner boasts nano technology and a distinctly Haloesque inspired design. Not so much a dust buster as a dust fragger.

Problem: how to reduce the wild fires that ravage Table Mountain every summer. Solution: install wooden fire extinguishers that are completely useless. It’s not as dumb as it sounds…

the zoological society of london has set up EDGE pages for amphibians. that is evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered.

More valentine's day ideas ~ how about a gift set which amongst many other things contains a pair of silk restraints with a playful handcuff print?

turn your pens into utensils! din-ink by cingoli, bellisario, cellini + fontana tied for first in designboom and macef's dining in 2015 contest.

A long time ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Street wars, new Urban intervention by SpY... [Editor's Note: Those are glow sticks! Great gallery of projects]

Another mysterious email from French duo Myzrk and Moriceau ~ images of their latest show “Golden Eyes” at the Caixa Forum in Barcelona... INCREDIBLE, must see, installation of wall drawings and framed pieces.

Global Package Gallery ~ a gallery of packaging...

Will Hudson and Jon Widdow's Open Day Poster
June 2007 ~ is such a fun concept using cardboard boxes

For those curious on how designers live... betsey johnson's PINK apartment is extremely pink, but in an awesome livable combination of modern and vintage pieces.

Oh Diesel Sweeties, my mail auto completes me too.... and on cute possible vday gifts : limited run of 50 wooden pixel hearts (such a nice fusion of the digital and physical)

Pocket Guitar for the iPod ~ well those which haven't upgraded and still have it unlocked...

2007 pictures of the year by Reuters.

Check out the digital art, music and photography at evokeone

Fascinating exhibit ~ “Seventy Years of Penguin Design” at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath - i love seeing all the old book covers and the evolution of the Penguin book logos!

OS house. Located in Cantabria, Spain, this house builds an inner yard to get an open space protected from winds, while taking advantage of solar gain and cross ventilation and integrating with the landscape through a green roof. By Nolaster Arquitectos.

Pratap Ganapathy of National Institute of Design , India developed this injection guide to assist diabetic patients while preparing insulin shots as a part of his classroom project. The Guide prevents needle from bending and helps measuring insulin doses accurately.

One of the standouts from the Tinlark anniversary show... getting to see Diem Chau's insanely cool carved crayons in person!

The Crossroads of the World on sunset blvd in hollywood. ~ first shopping center in LA ~ built in 1938 ~ and completely surreal just after sunset... i was there for the Tinlark Anniversary Show (#8200)

Get your words across using this dot matrix or segmented message tape from rAndom International and Suck UK.

NASA is now publishing books with pictures of the universe specifically designed for visually impaired readers.

The Library of Congress opened a Flickr! account displaying thousands of historical and wonderfully addictive photos.

Groovy Danit & Yinnon Simhi run Studio Groovy in Israel. They built a wooden Vespa. I don't really know what else to say.

Cockney Designs turns street signs into coffee tables ~ an interesting new twist on what you can recycle metal street signs into!

Edinburgh artist, Grace uses pebbles found on her native Orkney Islands to create her beautiful organic bangles, pendants, earrings and cuff links.

Twin artists Guy and Pete show their stuff on this video / graphics show-reel site... talented chaps of Peephole Productions

Adorable bird necklaces... Check out the creative work by Jessica Jane.

I don't know why I'm just discovering this, but I love. Akemi Tenaka's Tagei eco-friendly, convertible coffee table/bench.

Banksy contributes a defaced Damien Hirst painting to the (RED) auction/benefit for aids, which takes place on Valentine's day.

A holiday house is located in the middle of the village of Vnà in the Lower Engadine in southeast Switzerland by the architects : Gabrielle Hächler & Andreas Fuhrimann.

Charmed by the new ad campaign for Renaissance Hotels & Resorts. Using famous Renaissance paintings as their starting point, they've adapted them to boast about hotel amenities and showcase hotel architecture.

" Suddenly , out of nowhere, on the plane of the wall or on the patches of mould appears a growth of pure geometry, minimalistic composition of simple forms." says mr.TRUTH

House Industries has some adorable new logo kids tees!

April 1958 - Vendre design magazine - french design trade magazine via grainedit.com

i know brooks salzwedel gets plenty of love here on notcot, but... wow! there's an opening of new gallery work at tinlark in los angeles this saturday night (1/19). even if you can't make it, check out the preview. simply amazing.

For the typographile, a chat with the designer of the google logo.

Skate Study House, modern design classics remastered with skateboards - incredible collection

it took me some time to gt their card, but in the end i though it was pretty clever! Ambos Design: two girls working as frelance in Paris.. nice!

Zebra Crossing is now one of the most popular element of guerrilla marketing. This time, it has been used in order to draw attention to the “Settimane dell’Architettura e del Design”, an international appointment between designers, architets and passionates.