Jaws by Coarsetoys.

Need a name for your Design Company or Web 2.0 startup? This Machine will help you choose.

Howdy the Bouncy Cow ~ especially awesome in the black and white...

Dreamland Toyworks recently lifted the lid on Jon Kovalic’s follow-up project to his My LIttle Cthulhu vinyl which was a smash success. Mythos Buddies is a 12 figure blind-boxed series revolving around Buddy Cthulhu!

Went to this store in Boston called Magic Beans, it was such a refreshing experience! Couldn't find any photos on their website but I found the firm that designed the experience.

Inspired by celebrations, modern-day fairytales, and the promise of adventure. SPELL aspires to create a new dimension in Dutch design, creating a playful environment for people to divert from their daily routines.

Oooh Suckadelic Mimobots!!! ORIGINAL VILLAINS and THE MICROSEXUALS

Joe Ledbetter and Touma have teamed up to bring the Trexi Plus Series 02 series to avid collectors. The collection has 14 designs in total, including two rare and two super rare pieces.

Inside the studio of incredible pop-up book artist Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart.

Book Ring

adFunture's Yoka comes in a new Valentine's Day edition.

Super cute Morgan Cycle - Morgan Retro Scooter

LEGO memories of NYC by artist Christoph Niemann.

Dustin Cantrell combines plasma globes and designer toys to make these beautiful, interactive Plasma Dunnys. Dustin is currently the featured custoMONDAY artist, which means you can win one!

Here's a peek at some of the latest Monkey Assassins from our favorite, Wunderland War!

A game controllers embedded in a new playground concept. KOMPAN is recognized by the quality of their work, but I was wondering about how long it would last under random weather conditions.

Win a box upgrade for your cat. Unicahome is holding a Cat in Box Photo Contest. I think my cat would be very happy in a fire truck!

Sega is working on a block controlled arcade game called Block Pipo. Players use the blocks to control the on screen characters which makes Block Pipo sound like a Lego stacking game.

Munky King and The Pizz get creative with iconic lowbrow themes on Eyegore 7" vinyl toys.

DIY paper toys by Marshall Alexander and argentinians Beppie and Her Pals

Highly collectible combination of a brand-new blue-silver One Classic 600 camera and a splendid premium pack of the very rare, strictly limited edition Silver Frame 600 film. Drool!

New Egg sextoys for men come from Japan. ~ the video and product is quite bizarre... the egg is a blobby egg with a hole you fill with lube...

AMIGONSTRO’s create friendly plush monsters, bags, and other stuff. All products are handmade in limited edition. AMIGONSTRO does not change the world. AMIGONSTRO changes your world.

Bay Area-based graphic designer, Jure Gavran, created this toy to communicate his stance against the social ill known as scapegoating, a problem which he refers to as “a silly make-believe caricature of the truth.”

Paper toy creator and artist, Shin Tanaka, has teamed up with Asian-American pop culture magazine; Giant Robot, and with car manufacturer, Scion, in an effort to provide cut-out templates of Shin’s paper toys, in various issues of Giant Robot magazine…

America: The Gift Shop. A Photographic remembrance of recent times by Phil Toledano

Each handmade 'Snuggle Lump' you order is a Snuggle lump with bonus Snuggle Buddy and comes with a numbered tag.

DC Shoes have partnered with Portland-based character creators, UNKL, on a limited edition sneaker and toy set. 450 sets will be released in SD at Agenda...

Kiddimoto, awesome wooden bikes for kids.

Chichito- a first steps ride on made of sustainably woods from Argentina!

Zuny, which means 'funny zoo' is a fun and creative animal style of leather-made home accessories by Bonanza Design.

Cute raccoon puppet that pops out of a trashcan that has "please recycle" on its exterior

Love these cool illustrations by Nick Fosta, UK. I'm particularly getting a kick out of that YouTube camera in Obama's pile.

Although no longer in stock, I love the aggressive and clean look and eco-friendly execution of these BDSM paddles. Visit to the scrap yard, anyone?

Cartoon Network rebrand for 2008/09 by Capacity ~ very cool video!

Gumliens Dawnman!!!

Melbourne/San Franciscan artist Luke Feldman aka Skaffs introduces his first modern fairytale for children (and grown-ups alike) with accompanying figurines.

Goose Grease makes these adorable little woody folks for cute wedding toppers, game pieces, or anything you can think of...

LA street artist, Buff Monster will be releasing a small number of the long-awaited 10-inch Teddy Troop figures. The production quality is amazin!

The top ten funniest pieces of fitness equipment you may or may have not owned -- but definitely wanted.

A fascinating snap of social history, a retro photography pool (for images taken between 1977 - 1985) to which now grown adults submit pictures of themselves 'Growing Up With Star Wars'.

VixML: Easy way for us creative folk to actually get stuff on the iPhone without all that pesky programming.

The BushDoctor comes to the rescue whenever the going gets tough! Silently chanting to pray any personal wish you come up with. And you can build him yourself ~ just print, cut, glue!

On fun solar toys ~ how cute is this RobotiKits Frightened Grasshopper? "In sunlight eyes jiggle, legs wiggle, and antennas sway to-and-fro as the frightened grasshopper dances."

cute solar powered monkey kit!

Rock-et Roll ~ by zo_loft! A foam rocket that attaches to your champagne cork with a streamer with your message attached!

FEATUREDNathan Jurevicius' Peleda Owl Wind Up Blind Box Toys by Toy Tokyo!!!! There is the pastel set, and the more vibrant urban outfitters exclusives ~ both are adorable and GORGEOUS packaging!!!

Radio Flyer's Cloud 9 prototype is like the hi-tech concept car of pull wagons! Complete with seatbelts and cup holders!

An interesting combination of old and new - an Apple Remote modded into an Atari 2600 cartridge for Christmas!

MEET THE LITTLES .... Don’t be fooled by their small stature and quiet demeanor. This quirky trio of anti-heroes, will electrify any room they saunter into.

Coolrain is now offering up pre-orders for their new, handmade ‘Monsterz Crew’ figures, Andy and P-nix.

Schiapataus 4 WINDOWS
III° EDITION 24-Dec 2008 >1-Mar 2009

The Pollynation Leezard Smirk is adorable ~ over at Rocketworld!

Great flickr set of the collab: "c13 recently teamed up with AMG to create a series of custom Munny’s for some industry heavies." Here's the Veuve Clicquot Munny!

Pull-Along Zebra ~ something so cute about its disproportionate black and white little woodiness

DIY Bottle Catamaran!!! From urban ~ and its nice and sleekly simple with just black and whatever bottles you use...

The McLaren / Mercedes partnership is done this year, and they've decided to go out with a bang with this 2009 McLaren SLR Sir Stirling Moss Edition.

Very awesome SHELBY SLOT CAR RACETRACK, better then the ones you had as a kid.

Cool...Crayon Rocks!

An electric paper plane launcher to waste time during work ;)

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #33: This Skip Hop Outer Space Playmat for babies is the awesomest ufo/rocket/planetary playmat i've seen ~ and its a Babies'r'us exclusive and ridiculously cute!

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #32: Shawnimals! Here's a chance to win the special red Geeky Ninja ~ with ninja con badge and comic! Also stickers, buttons, and wee ninja comic!

Put simply, Modern Tots bent birch rocker rocks, designed by sirch.

Custom crafted for a prestigious vintage guitar such as a Telecaster or Strat, the Clear Dice Connectors by Bullet Cable offer the ultimate high roller experience. Two (2) DIY connectors per gift box. Choice of angle or straight.

The iXi bicycle has a sturdy, lightweight aluminum frame that comes apart easily for stowing and transporting. Survival gear is also stashed right in the frame - tire pump, repair kit, even a rain poncho.

The Worst Of The SkyMall: A Holiday Gift Guide

“Toasty Charger” - you simply slide your lithium ion battery into the slot, push the handle down and wait for it to pop back up again.

West German Apollo Space Ship - The great NASA scientists behind the Apollo project were former Nazi rocket/missile developers. The title of this little nugget of retrofuturism speaks volumes.

FEATUREDCopernicus Compact Curiosities ~ freshly in and updated ~ here are closeup scans of their packaging labels!

Animated Businesscard without using lenticular , consider to wow the receivers. And they will play with the card for a long time before it disappear in their pockets.

Awesome toy sheep stool! and equally brilliant as those eyes... so looking down on you, yet so hilarious...

Grain Leather I Buy/You Buy Dice ~ so very cheeky, clean, and super tempting from Jack Spade

FEATUREDThe Xylocopa Young Mad Scientist Laser Etched Wood Alphabet Blocks ~ in person! I even took pics of each letter so you can see up close how fun the illustrations are! Original found in #16975!

Illustrator/Designer Mike Perry launches his new website with all new work.

NOTCOT Holiday Deal ~ here's another update! 20% off at Kidrobot with the code "KRNOTCOT" ~ see all the details in the coupon book (not good on sale, previously ordered, etc) I totally want some owls :)

Format recreates over 20 Classic (and some not-so-classic) Hip Hop Album Covers in LEGO.

Peleda Wind-Up - 4-Inch Mini Figures - Australian illustrator, Nathan Jurevicius, gets folky with his limited edition, wind-up Peleda Owl mini series. Blind box series, 7 in total.

Block & Blockele is a novel building block system of characters, figures and elements that interlock with each other in an unlimited number of ways.

The Super Ampersand Pillow - Made by hand with some crazy fabric. Now you can have your favorite typographic symbol right next to you on your couch!

Each transformers is packaged in a nike shoe box. Inside the box the toy looks like a typical nike running shoe, however once you start playing around you realize that the shoe is actually a transformers toy.

FEATUREDBack to back giveaways today! NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #23 ~ Reform School is giving away one black viewmaster with a set of Vladmasters of your choice! Vladmaster = artistic handmade viewmaster reels!

Art Center College of Design Product Grads have a website showcasing their work, in preparation for their upcoming Grad Show.

Dread Pirate Roberts! The Action Figure! What stocking doesn't need that? After all the fairy tale comments, Princess Bride sure came up a bunch...

Nomad Light Molecule, designed by Maarten De Ceulaer. Another unique light design with the molecule atom shape where the light position is fully configurable - yes, you can change the shape of the light according to your taste.

'Drawdio' created by adafruit and jay silver is a pencil that lets you draw with the music. The kit is an analog synthesizer circuit that straps to any soft-leaded pencil, and lets you crank out electronic sounds while you sketch.
sketch.

Super cute stop motion animation of the Pecanpals by Noferin. I cant believe these are made from wood. Beautiful packaging too.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway 20: StrangeCo is giving away a toy bundle for all ages: - Mr. TTT - Rainbow + Julie West's Limited Edition Bumble & Tweet Tree Edition + TokiDoki's Captain Coco

The HoundRound dog exercise wheel. A giant hamster wheel for dogs!

Fisker Automotive's eco-friendly plug-in hybrid, 'Karma', revealed.

Sleek aluminum kaleidoscopes by Japanese artist Tomoo Hosono. Inside are non-colored pieces which produce saturated patterns of changing color through the scientific phenomenon known as birefringence. (Japanese text)

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #19: Mimoco is giving away 3 of the new VDC Mimobots with protohoodies to 3 lucky commenters!!!

Freitag recently introduced the F22 iPhone sleeve, made with an individual roadkill tarp exterior and a velvet interior lining that automatically cleans the iPhone.

Japanese design team, Tibori Design, have an awesome blog called Dotter Dotter where they post 8-bit inspired pieces of 3D art from classic Nintendo games.

Amazing puzzle design by Vesa Timononen. I can just imagine peeling this like the tangerine it is named for. Available from Puzzle Palace.

OMG Naal by Nathan Jurevicius ~ can't believe this adorable little guy is 50% off ~ SO perfect for stocking stuffing ~ here he is in the Mushroom Lover mode, and also comes with Action Hero helmet, spiders and mushrooms!

Revolutionary LED bike lights from MonkeyLectric. They're not only providing outstanding visibility at any speed but creating amazing color patterns on your spinning bike wheel.

Rody! the italian inflatable bouncing horse for kids that comes in quite the rainbow of colors! I had no idea there was an add on for it that turns it into a ROCKING horse! Would be fun to have a design contest around this classic...

Adorable Felted Manta Rays Handmade in Nepal! From Branch (don't forget the NOTCOT coupon!)

sjors trimbach (aka brickboy) ~ 14 papermodels (dubbed SPEAKERBOSS) in the colors of the rainbow, Matt Joyce printed (and sponsored) t-shirts in the same colors, and a mini-print ~ all boxed ~ and proceeds go to the Dutch Cancer Society.

Vinyl Toy Network! For all the LA toy lovers, don't miss out on the annual pasadena event Dec 6-7!

Those Who Live In Dollhouses (Better Be Small) - gorgeous modern dollhouse ~ the sleek curved woods and the adorable furniture make me wish i were a kid...

Play Home's at the Land of Nod (Crate & Barrel's kid store) ~ these ceiling hanging play houses are brilliant! They look like super forts... or they could make for some great instant dressing rooms!

Brain Bogglers! Who can resist the challenge? And that awesome retro typography?

Superhero in a box! Bring out someones inner superman with this playful gift?

I did a double take on Camilla d'Errico's Tony Tony Lollipop for Disney's Stitch Experiemnt 626 Custom Art Tour ~ did you recognize that it was stitch? from lilo and stitch?

Wow, on ideas for stocking stuffers, or office gifts ~ kidrobot has a lot of deals on holiday packs of blind box toys ~ you can spend 100$ and get 30 blind boxes to spread the love...

To celebrate the Smurfs' 50 year anniversary, a giant blue balloon graced the sky this morning at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Scott Tolleson's Doc Von Block in Wood ~ such an adorable follow up to the mad scientists i loved so much!

Marshall Alexander the creator of the famous Foldskool Heroes just recently released his third series of Foldskool Heroes personal customs based on vintage game consoles.

The kids at BAGGU (reusable bags etc.) wish you Happy Thanksgiving with a penguin turkey. Don't forget to use the code 'NOTCOT' to get free shipping.

AUDI Auto Union type C pedal car.

THE SPACE WANDERER : Custom Exhibition
by artists around the world and you.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #8: Genius Jones is giving away the really fun combo for all ages... Lomography Fisheye 2 in limited edition WHITE! and the coolest automatic electric stapler, where you can watch the colorful gears in action!

These strange motion-sensor toys sculpted by Misako Inaoka are staggering.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for KIDS! Big kids, little kids, new parents, here's a list of fun gifts for the imaginative wee ones

Nice extension of Canadian Club "Your Dad" campaign, with Mustache stir-sticks. Mustaches: so hot right now.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Giveaway #5! Fawn & Forest is giving away a set of awesome woody toys for the kids ~ a Earnest Effort Wood Baby Rattle, a Naef Juba Worm, and a Suddenly, It's Real! Wood Yoyo!

Vintage Mayan playing cards designed by the Soviet State.

Brian McCarty does Kaiju. "Business as Usual"

FEATUREDJamie Hayon's big green glossy rocking chicken ~ obsessing over it tonight, you saw it miniaturized and in porcelain in #16304, and then i went and read up and found more sketches of the full size. Wow.

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #3 : Limited Edition #118/200 Rayd8gig! Yes, he's 8 gigs big and glows in the dark!!! Also comes with his black protohoodie to keep him warm (protected from keys?)

FEATUREDNOTCOT Gift Guide: Desk Toys & Stocking Stuffers ~ tons of fun picks to surprise and delight ~ just click the many many pictures to explore the products!

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.

container culture products still goes on from a2591. Latest design thing is a container icon set. 40 container icons, Leopard & vista supported. Of course free of charge, download it, use it, share it.

Full Bleed ~ "she'll go to the edge for you" ~ designer inside joke + adorably cute perfect desktop sidekick... "Full Bleed is a collaboration between Veer and UNKL, the originator of UniPo vinyl toys. She’s a Veer Exclusive."

FEATUREDThe new VDC Mimobot series is unbelievably adorable and incredibly detailed ~ part of their user submitted Vimobot contest, 6 designs were evolved into this new series, and we have lots of pics to share with you!

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

Shawnimals Geeky-Ninja! So cute, and totally wishes he could buy himself... check out the adorable packaging on the back of the box too!

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.

Kidrobot and Nooka have teamed up to make one SEXY watch. Too bad there’s only 150 of these beasts. You know damn well they’re gonna’ sell out in like 12 seconds.

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.

FAO Schwartz ~ Muppet Maker! Who wouldn't want a custom muppet for the holidays?

Interview with the creative director of Mrs. Grossman's (YOU KNOW, they make those sticker rolls you LOVED as a kid? YEAH!).

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.

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 ...

FEATUREDJulie West's super limited edition Bumble and Tweet ~ just had to give them a post of their own ~ they have woody dresses and magnetic birds and bees in their hair!

FEATUREDFreshly back from the Paper Magazine 24 Hour Department Store ~ there are 24 bands in 24 hours, and check out my top three products to go snatch up! Also lots of pics in the gallery...

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.

suddenly, its real! makes an awesome wood yoyo ~ "They are made with various sustainably harvested woods from our own tiny forest! The strings are 100% cotton, professional Yo Yo strings!"

Happy to have Obama for President ? Get your free Obama icon here !

FEATUREDMassive Toy Unboxing! Check out a first look at the new James Jarvis Amos KING KEN minis (even the secret colorway!) ~ and the new Toki Doki Captain Coco (and pinapple grenade sidekick)

A series of Papertoys Troop made to celebrate the 10th personal custom of Lemi the Space Wanderer, and to mark the first 100.000 visitors of Thunderpanda.com . The toys released one by one each day, starting today.

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.