Manning the faux faux bag pop up that sells real bags outside of the Murakami launch party... Updated the post with pics of murakami and marc jacobs and more from NYTimes coverage!

Opel Agila's high-heel shoes do indeed exist. Designed by Luca Stappers, they were unveiled on April 2 during a special party at the SHOEBALOO shoe shop in Amsterdam.

FOAM! And for cute kids wear (while i'm on my loving-the-Ryde's-graphics kick).... this one's adorable even if the little one cant surf yet.

Drag - i love this shirt graphic from the Ryde - in a way it even looks like he's painting as he surfs...

Dyslexflix lets users recommend the absolute worst movie based on what they recently viewed. So, if you enjoyed "The Squid and the Whale" you will love "Free Willy". by the folks at Underconsideration

Jeremy Brown's "This Is [NOT]" project with handmade alternative wine glasses and mugs are mesmerizing, this is my favorite of all...

MAD - Museum of Arts and design ~ Jill Townsley's piece "SPOONS" looks incredible. Wow... constructed from over 9,000 plastic spoons and over 3,000 rubber bands

we mocked an incredible UX for the BMW/FM microsite, but all that remains is the comment section that was my favorite part! Thanks to Linhchi for the design! we might need to redesign NOTCOT.com next?

Very interesting design from the Spanish studio enPieza, it is called Colgao. enPieza is a team of different disciplined professionals inside the design field who produce product, industrial, graphic, web or exhibitions work.

In photgrapher Brian Ulrich's on-going project "Copia" he takes a look at the affect of "patriotic consumerism"

Creative french duo Jonas & François have directed Madonna’s (with Justin Timberlake) video for 4 Minutes to Save The World.

Sneak Peek - DING3000's Animal Tales collection for the upcoming Milano Design Week! Very fun use of shadows in their product photography.

Insecure Spaces - Archisuits - An edition of four leisure jogging suits made for specific architectural structures in Los Angeles.

Good fingerflipping new music video for Kraak&Smaak’s latest single Squeeze me

Fold US Candidate lets you download your very own do-it-yourself finger-puppets of the presidential candidate. Just download, cut and fold, and have now you have your very own presidential friends to carry around with you.

The latest letterpress goodness from Douglas Wilson! Printed on old maps of the UK. See a short film of Doug printing the edition here!

Tautra Mariakloster is a beautiful abbey on a island north of Trondheim, Norway. Opened in 2006 and was designed by award winning Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor. It has to be one of the most stunning abbeys in the world.

'LetterSpreads' by PEETA - The 3D graffiti artist just added in his website a new selection of artworks on canvas.

Fashinating photos of Tokyo taken by night.

SPAMLAND - Strangely addictive animations by the Brothers McLeod. The dialogue comes from the semi-sensical text found in the filter-busting portion of spam emails.

THE END IS NEAR! Armed with money and some textual folding skills... Dan Tague uses bills to make politically provocative prints. There are more discussing oil, liars, american idol, god and more...

Start Here - linkable, customizable notebooks from Little Fury.

Red Cross | Save the World for Real. Campaign created by Leo Burnett of Beirut to encourage volunteerism among young people.

Linn Olofsdotter's creates wonderfully beautiful illustrations. This one was on the cover of Computer Arts Magazine recently.

Glowmobile - The iconic Midwest mode of transportation covered with glow paint by artist Scott Stulen in Minnesota.

UNTHO: Provoke, Interfere and Propose! Fashion / Street art project.

Marcus Wallinder's favorite color is green. He owns a Canon 350D and a 100mm f2.8 macro usm lens. This is his photoblog

Gallery NOTCOT presents - SUB-STUDIO! Check out the gallery tags along the left and right with peeks at some of their work - click them to see the pieces in the gallery!

Animation showing ship traffic on San Francisco bay.

The Chomp campaign helps make it easy for kids to eat healthier with a new take on the lunch tray and veggie plate. [Editor's Note: super cute cardboard diorama veggie vids]

Kissing with Ross - Is this the next rickroll? [Editor's Note: i hope not.] This is like that dog that cleans your screen with its... tongue.

Here is the collectors book accompanying the Warhol x Levis x Damien Hirst Collection. Bound in black denim and it comes in a custom plexiglas/metal box.

"Mate set" is a couple of products: an electric kettle and the recipient. Through a symbiotic relation they renew the experience of drinking and give to the old ritual of Mate a contemporary look.

A round up of the ©Murakami exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum as well as video of Murakami from the press conference.

Andy Mowbray creates active art installations that explore the relationship between artists and their exhibition spaces. He hand-makes everything, including the suits he wears. He even made fishing flies from his own hair.

Phil Ross's hydroponic (botanical) juggernauts and recycled (cement) cellphones. Aggregate art for gadget loving eco-geeks.

Cute screech owl stowed away on an aircraft carrier and nursed back to health by Zachary Gorman, an aviation mechanic who happens to be a licensed falconer. "Fod" - foreign object debris

Gregory Barsamian bases his work on persistence of vision, instead of making flip books though, he makes flip sculptures!

Shigeru Ban - all of his structures make me crumble at the knees... SO amazing - here is his paper tea house which will offered with pre-sale estimate of £20,000 – 30,000.

LV pops up 10 Canal Street like fake bag vendors outside their brooklyn murakami exhibition launch... selling REAL BAGS. Fight Counterfeiting by doing... not just talking...

A great article “examining the influence of color in the institutions of art and fashion Spring 2008...” The feature looks to MOMA’s Color Chart exhibition for inspiration.

...string of solar powered, wind-lit LED lights. This innovative design for enchanting outdoor lighting from Yoshihiro Shimomura, taps into the sun’s energy to light up summer nights.

Yay! Lorem Ipsum now as filler banner ads in all IAB sizes... so when mocking up websites we can now use these instead of dealing with clients focusing on real ads/ads we invent...

Starting on April 7, you can get your Volvo C30 with one out of 20 different patterns. If you live in Sweden that is.

Beautifully designed home by Berg Design captures the mid 18th century aesthetics with 21st century materials.

Fantastic new denim specials by Japanese brand Evisu. They made Zippo lighters, denim teddy bears and also a motorcycle helmet together with Acejet!

Drop is the new faucet shower designed by Giulio Iacchetti for IBrubinetterie. The fun silicon drop prevent formation of lime.