'We want to be modern' an exhibition at the National Museum of Warsaw in Poland.

Festo's SmartBird robot, an autonomous bionic bird that even has a bending torso for added directional control. Although it can be controlled remotely with a ZigBee radio, it can even take off and land alone. Great video of it in action!

The manufacturing and assembly of an Eames lounge chair.

Cute tape, part of the stationery suite for Screenprint Productions, designed by The Consult.

It’s Friday! Where will you be getting away to? Running through Bordeaux? Enjoying the local delicacies in Hong Kong Or walking through a New Zealand glacier? This week has been full of inspiration from NotVentures.

Hobo lantern by Molo Design.

Cute packaging for Val Saint Lambert by Creneau International.

Normincies elegant, aluminum-framed laptop bag.

Mame-cam dx, a tiny multipurpose digital camera from the Tokyo-based brand Thanko. The tiny camera weighs just 14g.

Gorgeous home in the Czech republic which embraces nature with its fanciful shape of a bird with wings extended.

Illustrations by José Parra at Mister Onüff for Laken Bottles.

Cute travel bag created by Jack Russell Malletier Paris for Air France.

Series of 11 cases for Ricola by luxury trunk designer Fred Pinel.

Paris's Gaîté Lyrique, a 19th century theater that has been converted to form a gallery for digital art by architect Manuelle Gautrand.

Great infographic of our water footprint by Harvard School of Design Students Joseph Bergen and Nickie Huang.

A fashionable roundup from Notcouture.

Filmmaker Alex Profit takes you around the world in as little as 80 seconds, or 2,000 photos.

Bassano Hard Soda, a vodka-based drink with great packaging from Dossier Creative.

Great stationery set for Filthy design studios, printed and finished by Generation Press.

Gaz-Gazebo by Metchanun Suensilpong for Kenkoon.

This Marie Coquine Chandelier by Philippe Starck is part of Baccarat's 'Highlights Collection' range to be shown at the upcoming Milan Design Week 2011.

MP09 Headquarters in Graz, Austria by GS Architects.

How fun does the Office Bowl bowling set from Cardboard Safari look?

Awsome time lapse video! Citylapse: New York City and San Diego by Drew Geraci.

Hand sewn illustrations by Nike Schroeder.

London's book-obsessed design studio, Bibliothèque, shares their top six rare reads with Cool Hunting.

Stunning roundup of a fabulous week here at NOTCOT.org. This week we’ve seen slides instead of stairs, book sculpture portriats, high end foosball tables and so much more.

Teeny tiny elevators… which of course open and close and make all the corresponding noises. "Liliputian “Lift” by Maurizio Cattelan at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris.

Packaging by kakoii for Das Korn, a German distilled wheat liquor.

Scaffoldage finds beauty in scaffolding, an unusual tumblr of skeletal archiporn.

Super cute sardine paper clips packed in a reusable 'sardine tin ' designed for Animi Causa.

New street art from Remi Rough, Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoen and Scott Sueme in Vancouver.

London-based linocut illustrator Nick Morley to make a print of MAD's Absolute Towers in Toronto for the April issue of Icon Magazine.

You can age your own whiskey with the Woodinville Whiskey Kit.

Light + Time = Form by Paulius Nosokas.

Cute old ID card inspired stationery from V Communications.

Lexus ad featuring the carbon fiber weaving chassis.

Infographic: The Global Timber Trade, Who's Buying, Who's Selling? By Good for the WWF, designed by Section Design.

Cool Hunting's guide to prosumer espresso.

Gorgeous foosball table, called 'The Beautiful game' by Gro.

Your weekly dose of travel inspiration from NotVentures!

Cute Izola Soap Dishes. These ceramic soap dishes are crafted in New York by renowned Niagara China.

Lettercult has posted an incredible collection of custom lettering projects by hundreds of lettering artists, all completed in 2010.

'From Over Here' is a physical representation of news mentions by Irish designer Paul May who is currently studying at the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program.