It looks like Valérie Blass clones her own work. Always making the same thing twice but presenting it in 2 different ways.

Have a recycled cardboard holiday!

Jenny Pokryvailo follows up Ninette van Kamp work with designing products that wil leave a temporary a tattoo print over your body …

Lyle Owerko (well-known for his famous shots of the Twin Towers) speaks boomboxes, NYC, and why "cool don't pay the bills."

The most influential designers of our time.

KaNO is a New York City artist who is quite the jack of all trades when it comes to design. His name has been attached to a variety of different projects including commercial design, graphic novels, animation and most recently, vinyl toys.

Escape the stress of the ensuing RECESSION.
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Naturally grown Fuji apples with the Apple logo on them! Delicious!

Disney animators collaborate with street artists to get new interpretations of iconic Disney characters.

How to make a customs agent laugh. An impossible task, this one might just work!

Inclusive Objects - David pompa - why do we always think about functions when we talk about inclusive design? design icons are icons for an exclusive range of our society. why?

Chunnel.TV - Online magazine/Meta-Blog that I stumbled upon. It's got a pretty nice grid layout with a lot of very interesting articles.

Porsche Museum Is taking Shape and I for one will be there opening day, Amazing building!!

I Love You But ~ awesome illustrations with reasons why people love... but....

Dadist artist Robert Wolf is painted with the ashes of real burnt money in Zurich as a protest against the global financial crisis.

artworks of Eveline Tarunadjaja. She draws beautiful women with a stunning hair details, mostly on melancholic theme.

50 beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography.

FSG designer Charlotte Strick designed the impressive paperback and hardcover for Roberto Bolaño's 2666...

Hubcap art by Ptolemy Elrington.

Artist makes these sculptures from car hubcaps. Incredible!

Ji Lee's Dead Bull (as seen in Portfolio Magazine)

Ray Rapp is set to open his exhibition, “I Spy,” at the Black & White Gallery, NYC. The show features video assemblages meant to explore the illusory notion of one’s ’seeing something’ as a claim to one’s ‘knowing something’.

HBO Sopranos' legacy continues in the form of old fashioned Italian soda...

Kapsule Childrens Chair, with storage in the back, ultra cool design from Karim Rashid!

An artistic gallery. Originality, Artisticfully... all creations have the sentense "Expose With Us"

Moon story from Vladislav Novikov-Barkovsky (Red Richman Creative Studio)

Halvor Bodin has made the amazing poster and graphical work for Oslo International festival. I love it!

New work by London artist Sophie Scaplehorn. Lots more map-art on her website.

Sir X paints a rendition of Pablo Picasso bombing. Doesn't get much better than this.

Lori Hersberger a fresh face in the study of art through through her Phantom Studies. I think her work speaks for itself.

Light Play, an urban art installation for Luminato 2008, Toronto’s annual Festival of Arts and Creativity, played on the concept of a 1950’s dance hall.

Alejandro Chavetta's awesome collage work.

For geometrophiles everywhere, the Kapitza sisters' book of 264 rather lovely patterns

The Yamake Art Project features customized Yamake vinyl toys by over 60 different artists around the globe.

AMAZING Russian Photographer Oleg Dou from Moscow win the Professional Photographer of the Year in Fine Art

Finally the identity of the artist nicknamed as the 'bottle Banksy' was revealed and more of her work surfaced.

Nadia Flower’s illustrations are playful and sensual, residing in that area where dreams, fantasies and fashion collide….

How to fully customize your moleskine to suit your designer needs

Awesome time-lapse video of Mark Dean Veca in action as he creates his Phantasmagoria show at Otis.

Robert Hunter is a British illustrator with a great portfolio of work - I love this illustration for the cover of Penguin Classics' reprint of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man.

Li Xiaofeng designs clothing out of porcelain. Breathtakingly beautiful.

San Francisco-based artist Jeff Eisenberg's layered drawings on Mylar and paper transect utopian and dystopian visions.

MWM Graphics presents "Cycles

When Michael Burk isn't customizing shoes for his customers, he spends his time creating incredible works of art like this custom munny.

Dick Bruna Memory Game cards from 1981. Blast of colour and beautiful illustrations - even Miffy makes an appearance.

Patrick Leger's old styled illustrations are so mesmerizing ~ my favorite is his After The Heist promo image

Daruma's as custom vinyls ~ Dacosta Bayley has teamed with the Japanese American National Museum to create Dreams to Dreams, the first ever custom show to be held in a museum.

Awesome silhouettes on the latest series of furniture - ‘industry’ by studio job - mitterrand+cramer, geneva - november 18, 2008 – january 10, 2009

Mathmos' new eco-conscious LED Wind Lights work like tiny little wind turbines. No battery required!

Money Skateboard Deck, by Micah Spear. I want one!
Kick Push/Bling Bling

Beautiful time lapse video of the installation of the ongoing Rug Company exhibition "Demons, Yarns, and Tales" at The Dairy in London.

Daniel Canogar, most recently shown at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, sought inspiration in Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece painting in the church of St. Ignatius in Rome

Former scientist, Kelsey Brookes, creates impressive paintings.

Alexis Themistocleous's Caged Message vases are cast in bubble wrap and contain secret messages that are laser-cut into stainless steel. The messages can only be revealed when the vases are smashed.

Painting by contemporary Iranian artists is not yet widely known in the West. For those willing to look beyond far-flung borders to find exceptional art, great deals await.

Fantastic work by Charlie Owens & Jim Koch showcased at Rivet.

Series of beautifully melancholy, yet sweet prints from Guy Mckinley. His newest creation, the Dead Japanese Ghost Girl Warriors, used in the launch of the Carhartt flagship store launch in the UK. Half Cute Fruit, Half Deadly Warrior.

Some fixation for ultralight points in the images and perfect control of light. Love it.

Beautiful light fixture installations at Designers' Saturday in Langenthal, Switzerland. 'Underwater World' was designed by Aqua Creations and installed in the Création Baumann textile factory.

Happy BDay Russian Vogue ...For the 10 year anniversary of Vogue Russia some of fashion’s biggest names designed Matriochkas (traditional Russian doll) - to be auctioned for charity at a super-chic party on November 20 ...

twenty six faces and typeface for vman: from the star photography team of inez van lamswerde and vinoodh matadin: available through m/m paris for purchase. this series is a limited edition of 26. hurry before they are all gone.

The new number of Be|Different Magazine. An amazing Italian e-zine compleately downlodable!

Some new skull sculptures coming from UK artist Damien Hirst.

For the Hi

Waffle, as part of Trapdoor, runs from November 7, 2008 – September 25, 2009
MetroTech Commons (Myrtle Ave between Bridge St and Lawrence St). Downtown Brooklyn, New York. By Martha Friedman.

Incredible skate decks by Charlie Owens, Atlanta GA.

The intricate and dark satiric work of Kris Kuksi is worth a closer look.

Florina Becichi is a talented Romanian ‘ Fashion Artist ” - She just made some really cool costumes and sketches inspired from the 1920’s

Wooster Collective caught Supakitch's installation usurping the subway lights at the 2nd Ave. F stop in Manhattan.

New release for cities poster series designed by the collective eBoy. The new Baltimore Docks poster is available on the online store.

Interesting Chaos and Order installation at the Kobe Biennale by 000studio.

Incredible new art from Si Scott, and an interview about his work. The above poster is also available for free for a couple of weeks!

this is a set of four text messages that i had kept around to the point that they became like artifacts. each message is rendered in braille on used audio tape stored in glass bottles.

Roxana Vazquez - 22 years old illustrator and 3d artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Spy is an artist from Madrid. His work consists in the playful reappropiation of urban elements, that he replicates or transforms and then installs in the street.

Wax still-life by Jolynn Krystosek.

Andy Uprock is a Sydney based artist whos work includes transforming streetscapes into large floating cup installations. The method and practice of his work runs parallel to the culture of graffiti and he titles this movement 'Cuprocking.'

Stunning new screen print from London based type designer Seb Lester. The lettering used is part of a charming 19th century alphabet by the brilliant lettering artist, Daniel T. Ames.

More Ai Weiwei love (see also post 15524) - a sculpture of China - not sure how it's made - extruded with wood veneer? or carved wood? Either way - beautiful!

FEATUREDCataline Estrada sent over one of her amazing prints from the Backyard show she did in collaboration with Pancho Tolchinsky ~ check out how nice her packaging of it was!

Toilet Graffiti Embroideries by artist Frances Goodman

Talk about customization! Pick this one, other artist tees, or create your own Tee at Burger King Studio!

The 50th anniversary of the Peace Sign is upon us - here's a brief history of the iconic image.

Ginger Anyhow ~ Embroidered Text Messages - bizarre and fascinating to follow this story of love and break up...

VIDEOShadows is the DIY video from Russian students about our dreams. It happens so often: you try to reach something, try to achieve something or just do something that you want to do right now, but...

Gareth Pugh created a neon bulb christmas tree for the Topshop Oxford Circus location!

Darren Hostetter manages to find natural beauty in the machinery of war, currently at the Sam Lee Gallery.

MWM (Matt W. Moore) X Threadless Gallery. Chicago, IL. November 7th – December 3rd. 3 recent series of work across disciplines. Enjoy!

Craig Hickman's latest installation of his Enigma Gadget series: Standard. There's something really compelling about its simplicity.

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Yatzer has the honor to publish images from the Droog Headquarters in Amsterdam, by the world famous Greek photographer Vangelis Paterakis.

The Most famous rabbit characters list

Fictional buildings created by Filip Dujardin. (My eyes are popping.)

VIDEOMichael Salter has done it again with another HUGE Styrobot ~ watch this appear from a pile of styrofoam in his HD time lapsed video. WOW. So mesmerizingly cool.

FEATUREDAudrey Kawasaki's The Drawing Room at Thinkspace ~ beyond the gorgeous work, you have to see the mind blowing micro-studio set up she did in the front window! Wow.

A beautiful movie poster for the new documentary "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father" which is now showing in select theaters...

The trailer for Pixar's 10th feature film, Up, is finally available to view. And the animation looks exquisite as expected...

vogue uk: december issue is a bit mind blowing.... nick knight's photographs gives us a escape from reality into the world of avant garde fashion from some of the best designers of late...

Awesome collection of postage stamps via flickr user David McFarline.

Malibu got together with three artists to make a limited edition series of their liquor. Delta, So_Me and James Jarvis designed each a bottle, coming in a numbered limited edition of 100 bottles each.

Some amazing shots of Obama and his family watching the election results at home. It must have been really something to be in that room when the results came in.

Loving the bent wire handles of Marita Kohl's porcelain paperclay vessels.

Leading digital and interactive agency Catalyst Studios has released its latest spot, "Art Interacts" as part of the Art for All campaign created for Target.

MTV and VIVA collaborated with PETA Germany to raise awareness of abused animals in captivity. Hosts and VJs from the music channels stripped naked and posed as animals in body paint.

Gorgeous illustrations by Joe Wilson. This particular one was done as a t-shirt pattern for Topshop’s Illustreight Capsule collection.

Kaws presented last night an amazing life size version of his Chum character toy.

Awesome graphic of what the last 12 presidents did in their first 100 days in office.

A new level of paper art, a fashion toy made from a lot of variation of paper. With a story and a graphic novel coming up.

An crop from a poster by Seblester showing 100 Contemporary Boomerang Designs ~ it's absolutely fascinating (click the grey/white square in the photo nav)

I see the devil in my sleep, a comic by Becky Cloonan (American Virgin, etc.)

Allison Sommers is a stellar illustrator who puts her dark imaginings into the world for the rest of us to enjoy (albeit slack-jawed and saucer-eyed at their incredible detail).

Brilliant works by Joana Vasconcelos.

Environmental art in Finland by Jonna Pohjalainen.

Very cool reinterpretation of little red riding hood from Canadian illustrator Jerry Cai.

Exclusive interview of french body sprayer RéELBenjam1, one of the first artist in this art.

Zakee Shariff has some great illustration work, both in textiles and in print.

Filthy Boy is the ultimate line of bath and body products geared towards the locker room jock.

Love this dreamlike pastel painting by Jacek Yerka.

Supakitch and Koralie are two street artists from France who have joined together as a power duo in their craft. Both heavily influenced by Japanese art, their work showcases images of geishas, dragons and other elements of the culture.

VIDEOA video my creative partner and I made simply for fun, which ended up getting us both jobs. This is part 2 of 2. We did the entire thing stop motion (nearly 7,000 frames) and wrote and sang to the song in it.

I am digging this A Typical Day poster by Effektive Design. The red indicates time spent sleeping, and black time spent awake.

Fun retro style prints from Lab Partners' Hunt and Gather show.

Installation art, created by David Bowen based on the movement of flies.

Bay Area painter Yvette Molina creates work that is both a celebration of nature as well as an invitation to consider its fragility.

A battle between Italian papercrafter PHIL and the Japanese papercrafter Shin Tanaka has started with this one email Shin sent to all PHIL’s subscribers.

illustrator Ryan Chapman's simple twist on Andy Warhols classic banana.

100 hand painted chairs, which show moods, emotions, destinies and ways of human life. There is a movie made with stop animation about one hundred chairs in stroll through my city and the book “100lica stolica”

Interview with Duty Gorn, one of the most important contemporary artist in Milan. His works are becoming well-known for interior design projects.

Artist Brian Stauffer’s “A Very Long Tunnel” visually sums up this momentous week in American history.

Here is preview of Turn, Italy's big annual art week, when the Luci D’Artista festival, the Turin Triennale, and the Artissima art fair all have their debuts. Includes works by Rebecca Horn and Olafur Eliasson.

Malmö Streets Project is a sweden group of artists that replaced the usual grey street tiles for beautiful and inspiring images.

ENESS takes a regular whiteboard, regular markers and plays PONG irregularly.

Body Navigation is an impressive reactive floor projection designed for a dance performance. Collaboration between Ole Kristensen, Jonas Jongejan, choreographer Tina Tarpgaard, and the Recoil Performance Group.

Dioramas ву Laura Plansker.

Zipper jewerly by Kate Cusack.

Obamabats ~ for when you're speechless and can't type words.... congrats to our 44th president ~ Barack Obama!

Klaus Staudt is an internationally received artist who creates geometric abstractions with the focus on creating a sense of geometrical systematic thinking, within the constructivist movement.

Brian Jurgen created this collection of totemic representations of Native culture in Canada using iconic Michael Jordan athletic footwear to express and explore what he refers to his concepts as "Prototypes for New Understanding". This is #16

Dark Daze shoots dramatic and gaudy scenes in a way that would make David LaChapelle jealous. Nice set with DeadDeadDead down in Brighton

Kazimir Malevich's "Suprematist Composition" (1916), sold for $60,002,500 at Sotheby's last night. Check out other works from the auction that brought in a total of $223,812,500 and included Edvard Munch’s "Vampire."

Some nice creative photography from LSD s.r.l.

Some classic Haynes Manual covers collected together by Sell! Sell! with a short piece on cover illustrator Terry Davey

How to Make a Custom One-Off Skateboard. Thanks to a previous post on NOTCOT, Grease from Half Tone Def decided to give it a try and document the process from begging to end. The final Product came out RAD!

Pierre Vanni's mulitfaceted bunnies are awesome

Sesame Street made many animations to help with number recognition and teaching children how to count. Here are a few video highlights...