From wheelbarrow chairs and bot like modular lamps… beautiful tables made of stunning wood or grassy tops… lamps both generative and basketball inspired… and more! A look at the NOTCOT favorites from NY Design Week 2012!

Wevae, a shelf-less bookshelf by Chicako for the Italian brand Casamania.

Aether's Beach Folding Chairs & Table combine an elegant look with a functional collapsible design.

Aesthetically inspired by a stealth bomber, David Hsu's Desk 117 features a large working surface, integrated power strip and ample cable-caching space. On show at Model Citizens NYC 2012.

As part of NoHo Design District during NY Design Week, the folks at Balloon Factory made custom butcher-themed meat balloons for Japanese Premium Beef's store display on Great Jones Street.

New work from Studio DUNN including the Corliss Chair which cleverly integrates traditional American hardwood construction with an aluminum backrest.

'Express' the lightweight and mobile side table by Eliumstudio.

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'Minuscule' chair and table collection by Cecilie Manz.

Real Games are physical games for the physical world. A beautiful new launch with this hand-crafted, solid-wood 'Real Big Top'.

Totem, a transformable wardrobe designed for people that need space in their homes. Totem can work in a corridor, wardrobe and mobile support plane and is wheeled for ease of movement. Designed by Francesco Ferretti.

The Liar fireplace collection by Borja García for Gandia Blasco. The minimalist framing reminds me of aquariums!

Street Seats, a furniture project by Bade Stageberg Cox for the Pier 94 Coffee Bar at The Armory Show refurbishes found chairs and paints them in taxi cab yellow.

Minimalist, plywood chair by architect Pierre Thibault.

Handmade by Mat Driscoll of Bellboy in New York with reclaimed redwood from an NYC water tower. A beautiful showpiece just added to his growing collection of hand-crafted furniture.

Coffee table in resin by Julien Vidame. We can put papers or books in the lines.

'Made in Ch-i-taly' series by Stefano Pugliese, series made from plywood with RE-Y-Stone, designed and built between Chile and Italy.

Block 210, a coffee table filled with 210 birch blocks by Jessica Arosenius.

Pop-up sales and exhibition of odd finnish design and series of events at Ivana Helsinki Concept Store in New York 17th - 28th of May.

Issey Miyake commissioned Emmanuelle Moureaux Studio to handle the set design and art direction for their event 'bloom bloom bloom' inspired by spring flowers in bloom.

'Traverso Table' by Francesco Faccin is a tribute to the iconic 'Frate Table' by Enzo Mari.

Respond, a mechanical coat rack from Nicole Schindelholz. The interactive coat rack moves when a coat is hung.

Maisonnette storage units, designed by Simone Simonelli for Cartel.

Hesus, a stylized steel rocking horse designed by J Key.

Fun furniture collection from the Italian Be+Have design studio.

Minimum Book is ready-made perpetual bookshelf, expandable and adjustable in all ways.

'Jo' vase by Eric Jourdan for Cinna.

Buchtisch, the book table, by Studio Voigt Dietrich.

Rayuela is a stool designed by Alvaro de Catalán Ocón.

David Koch's '3style Table' assembles and disassembles without requiring tools and can be flexibly configured in 3 different configurations.

Ruskii and Ruskii Twist are two suspension lamps presented during the light+building 2012 in Frankfurt. Designed by Enrico Zanolla for Viso.

Stairs Bookcase made of lacquered aluminum, available in two heights. By Julien Vidame.

The Zen Circus chair designed by Caroline Kermarrec, Alexia Moisan and Kevin Geffroy. Fitness-minded furniture that makes it possible for the user to do alternative exercises like yoga positions, trapeze and balance.

Walls in clear plexiglass and sticks in colored anodized aluminum, another simple bookshelf by Julien Vidame.

The 'matryoshka bench' developed by Jaewoo Chon + Antariksh Tandon explores the possibilities for furniture to shape and respond to the social interaction of its users.

Charles Kalpakian solo-show at Galerie BSL in Paris.

The Lazy Goal Chair (clearly needed in pairs or more) designed by Emanuele Magini

Beautiful furniture from the new Swedish furniture maker Snickeriet.

Boxetti Private, a bedroom module that contains a double bed, night stand and wardrobe in a single unit!

The Doodle sofa by studio Front for Moroso. The sofa's patterning are doodles by the members of Front from during design meetings.

This beautiful armchair 'Mammoth' designed by Knut Bendik Humlevik and Rune Krøjgaard, with the potential of becoming a modern classic.

Chariot, a cute wheeled tray/side table by Gam Fratesi for Casamania.

With a penchant for fine woodworking, Jason McCloskey's work melds the old and the new in this contemporary wing chair crafted from walnut, poplar, and rubber.

An interesting work by artist Manfred Kielnhofer entitled 'Glowing Light Balls Bench' and lays at the intersection between art and industrial design.

'Paper Planet' is a collection of recycled-paper furniture by Berlin designers Katja Hettler and Jula Tüllmann, exhibited at Noho Design District in NYC from May 18-21.

Colleen Whiteley's Hold on Tight shelf.