The Make:Good Curiosity Cart is made from 35 layers of 12mm and 24mm plywood and provides exploratory and sensory play, alongside storage. Commissioned by Bow Arts and created for Lansbury Lawrence Primary School in East London.

5.11 Tactical AMP Backpacks feature a unique Hexgrid system that allows you to mount accessories at a variety of angles. Visually - it's a fun twist on the usual molle webbing.

Jägermeister COOLPACK - an ice pack inspired new bottle design - stackable, compact, and portable.

Future Food Today: A SPACE10 Cookbook has launched! It promises a collection of delicious and sustainable recipes and a tangible vision for what the sustainable kitchen of tomorrow may look like. (SPACE10 = IKEA’s future living lab)

The Master Theorem... might be launching a book of puzzles, intrigue, and wit? Quite the teaser video...

FEATUREDHappy Mother's Day - first proper NOTCOT.com feature in nearly 1.5 years! An update on life, our latest project in the making, and a few things i couldn't have survived pregnancy without... and a peek at things to come.

Mooki Mello Posse Stool! Saddle shaped stools made of recycled paper pulp that is "light enough for kids to carry around but strong enough for a 220 lb adult to sit on it." They are the official chair of NYC Design Pavilion in Times Square for NYC Design Week 2019.

Audrey Kawasaki "Clair de Lune’ print will be available for 48 hours beginning Sunday May 19th 2pm PST on Static Medium as part of the online Sofa-Con 2019! Happy Mother's Day!

Look Keys! Fun custom art keys featuring artists like Joe Ledbetter, Yoskay Yamamoto, Amanda Visell, Chris Ryniak, Robots Will Kill, Sket One, and many other NOTCOT favorites!

BUGA Wood Pavilion and BUGA Fibre Pavilion at the Summer Island of the Bundesgartenschau by the University of Stuttgart Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE).

GRAPHIC FEST: Spot-on identities for festivals & fairs from Victionary

Leatherman Signal gets colorful! I can't stop seeing the Blue/Red/Silver ones as the Optimus Prime Edition and the Aqua/Red/Black as 90's Ski Edition... definitely a fun playful (nostalgic?) twist on the traditional though?

Burn Steady, Not Out - enamel pin from Pretty Useful. A good reminder for us all!

Well Beings CBD Inhaler - unique design for this custom inhaler

TRAXXAS TRX-4 Sport RC Crawler is adorable! Complete with expedition rack, Maxtrax styled traction boards, RotopaX styled gas cans, a snorkel and more... love the clear body (which can be painted) too!

IKEA x Darcel Disappoints (by Craig Redman) collaboration: the FÖRNYAD Collection launched today in France!

Tiny Badger Ceramics out of San Diego, CA - beautiful vintage glassware inspired, faceted, matte slip cast ceramic bowls, cups, vases and more.

Magazin: Kindermöbel Tschutschu. Fun kid's work table, bench or stage - depending on which side is up and how you choose to use it! The black surfaces are chalkboard, and the rails are milled in and perfect for Brio like trains!

Weltevree Stringlight has stunning mouth-blown glass lampshades. Designed by Floris Schoonderbeek.

A look back... VOX Recode article By Jason Del Rey: "The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program: An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever."

Fascinating NYtimes piece: "Can an Art Collective Become the Disney of the Experience Economy? Meow Wolf started as a loose group of penniless punks. Now it’s a multimillion-dollar dream factory anchoring an “immersive bazaar” in Las Vegas."

Speedgate - AKQA fed an AI 400 international sports and had it create a new game - from the gameplay, to the rules and even the logo.

At the London Marathon, Lucozade was handed out in Ooho! packets from Notpla, a material made from seaweed and plants that disappear, naturally.

Automated Micro-Cafe designed by Leadoff Studio for Truebird Coffee. The kiosk brews, pours, and serves cups of coffee, which can be ordered from the Truebird app or ordering stand.

MOYA Birch Bark by Anastasiya Koshcheeva - turning birch bark combined with colorful powder coated steel into storage containers, furniture, lighting and more.

Octopus Rum branding/packaging concept design by Pavla Chuykina. Melted wax drips into tentacles...

Kumi Mood - beautifully simple, painted wooden animal pull toys (with little creatures riding on the backs of the larger ones thanks to dowels!)

Converse All Star Pro BB - they've come a long way from the original basketball shoe from 1917. Launching in May 2019, the All Star Pro BB is a collab from Converse and Nike's Eric Avar to engineer the next generation shoe.

Grouphug “Solar Cat: The Cutest Solar Panel Ever Made,” a giant cat-shaped solar panel at the historic New York Hall of Science in Queens.

Apple Watch Activity Earth Day special - if you work out for 30 minutes wearing your watch, you earn a special Earth Day Award and three adorable animated iMessage stickers! (The cute penguin dives off the iceberg!)

JED “Odi et Amo” Bandana - Latin quote from the roman poet Catullus meaning "I hate and I love." Available in navy blue and jet black

Blueland - cleaning system of reusable spray bottles and tablets (just add water!) Nice packaging design and concept, but curious how well it really cleans. They are starting with Bathroom, Multi-surface, and Glass cleaners, with plans to further expand.

Sydney Olympic Park celebrates the arrival of migratory birds with an Eggpicnic mural. (Take a look at their other fun murals around Sydney too!)

Serra THC/CBD Gumdrops are beautifully packaged and their "sweets are infused with real fruit purees, then rolled in extra-fine sugar crystals" by hand!

The Washington Post Magazine has 24 stunning covers about climate change

VIDEOSesame Street x Game of Thrones and Westworld. Fun HBO crossover spots to teach kids (of all ages) about respect! Featuring Elmo and Cookie Monster.

Raising Robotic Natives: Artefacts for generations growing up with robots by Stephan Bogner, Philipp Schmitt, and Jonas Voigt. Living Room Kill Switch, Robot Baby Feeder Toolhead, Dragon Costume for Industrial Robot, and "My First Robot" Book.

Leander Changing Matty - of all the baby changing mats we researched, we're most impressed with the design and quality of the Matty! (Also, no need to air out the foam smells like Keekaroo/Bumbo options and feels far better.)

Everlane x NYTimes: Earth Day 2019 T-shirt and sweatshirts focusing on the truth of climate change.

RackBuddy - this Danish company is taking the DIY industrial pipe shelving look to a new level with simplified modular systems. Their Elements collection is particularly interesting with the wall panels you mount then attach pipes to.

Sierra Club Earth Day 2019 Stickers!

Sleeping Piles installation by Estudio Campana and Apex Brasil for Interni's Human Spaces - Milan Design Week 2019. These grassy conical structures pull you in to relax...

RoBOTL - Timberland partners with Giò Forma for this massive 6m tall installation made of recycled plastic bottles in Piazza XXV Aprile for Milan Design Week 2019. (Inspired by ReBOTL, Timberland’s new footwear collection)

OBall Clicky Twister Easy Grasp Rattle. 5 linked dodecahedrons = baby rattle + fidget toy for all ages. Satisfying clicks and twists combined with the classic OBall slightly flexi dodecahedrons.

String Pocket 70th Anniversary Limited Edition by designer Mats Theselius - featuring glass shelving and powder coated stainless steel panels, it will be produced in 2019 reproductions.

Bauhaus 100 Poster by re:design studio celebrates 100 years of the Bauhaus school through illustrations of its iconic designs

ZAG Hooks by Studio Bling for La Chance!

Bittersweets NY Mini Strummer Charms in gold and silver - perfect little guitar picks that can be hand engraved.