VIDEOTessel, a kinetic sound installation investigating the perception of sound and space by David Letellier + LAb(au) - great video of it in action.
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Designboom visit the studio of Fuksas in Rome headed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas.
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You have to pull the stripe off to see contact details on this business card.
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Popville Pop Up Book by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud - adorable! See the video if it in action!
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Fun animated video for National Geographic - Nigel Holmes imagines how much space we would need to host a world party for 7 billion people in 2011.
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Have you wanted to make your very own INFOGRAPHIC… well here is your chance. All the elements you will need for you to customize your own inforgraphic. Created by Cursive Q Designs.
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Zarb Champagne - gorgeously playful packaging design that makes you think differently about the pleasures of champagne...
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Orishiki Suitcase is a wheeling case concept by Naoki Kawamoto with a hard, faceted shell. Sleek, functional, and anonymous, the exterior allows it to pass through the hubbub of global cities while protecting and concealing the interior.
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The Konstantin Beta sit-on toy by Nika Zupanc - 20LTD special edition
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Love that the Jack Spade iPad case even accommodates docking!
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Great video and animation with Dyson vacuums and a Gorillapod cameo. A stop-motion by Sergey Yazvinsky.
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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics spotted in Abu Dhabi
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Pump it Up! by Ted Noten - a bone China dildo with a 24 carat gold-plated valve. Created exclusively for 20ltd, limited edition of only 20.
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Totebags were totally the new tshirt the last few years... and it's no surprise that Jitesh Patel's The Tote Bag Book comes with... a tote bag!
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FEATUREDAwesome half off Eero Aarnio Ts and Totes at Publik
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Portrait pavilion celebrates the 50th anniversary of museum at Zuid-Holland Duivenvoorde Castle, in the Netherlands.
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Photography by Hilda Grahnat 'Vintage by color'
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VIDEOIt's pure feel-goodery for the new year. A video of kids from Shanti Bhavan in INDIA dancing to a remix Yelle's Ce Jeu. The video was created by American artist Yazmany Arboleda during his artist residency.
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Plan Toys Wooden Lacing Sheep - Children can lace corresponding colors together to form a sheep. The toy helps them learn basic colors and sequence.
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The manipulation of existing architectural structures, turned into trendy locations, is exactly what the duo Snarkitecture does in its creative interventions, like this curious ice cave.
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From Paris in a french creative collective: graphic design, fooding, music, interviews, art, concept.
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The OXO soap dispenser with a big dispensing button!
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Nat Geo has an amazing pic of Lightning Captured by X-Ray Camera - Giant camera stops the action at one-sixth the speed of light.
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Hand made skateboard design by the artist Elna for the SHAKE & SKATE exhibition in Germany last month. inspired by fishing.
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Dinosaur Soup Recipe Book - An illustrated collection of fifty hilarious and dubious recipes written by children. Illustrated by Mark Fisher.
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Genevieve Gauckler's «A Good Day» Exhibition in Japan's Publik Gallery
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"Sounds of Stockholm", a music documentary on Swedish artists in Stockholm. A musical journey around the city and nice artists to discover.
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Drifters tee for Solitary Arts by Geoff McFetridge
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Good Wood Puzzle - this is TOTALLY tetris! I guess you can't start them young enough figuring out how to clear those lines!
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FEATUREDThough only 2 months old, we'd be remiss not to include NotVentures in our Top 100 of 2010 roundups!!!
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Bob's Your Uncle has the cutest flash cards - A-Z Animal Flashcard Set with illustrations by Mark Fisher
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Mike Reedy makes some beautiful anatomical illustrations mixed with classical styles
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{Exclaim Typography Poster} Twenty-four words and short phrases with which you will use with an exclamation point.
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How did i ever miss the animal part of the Saks "Think about it" branding by Pentagram?!?!
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Michal Dziekan is an illustrator, character designer and animation director based in Warsaw Poland.
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Stockholm high end department store PK-huset has been revamped with a retro glamorous face lift in gold.
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More of Stasia Burrington's Secret Yakuza Girls - this time in space!
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Skype for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) now with video calls. All you need is WiFi or 3G.
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Behind the scenes video of a photo shoot with Dan Saelinger. The shoot of exploding game consoles and controllers took place at Brooklyn pyrotechnics studio, J and M Special Effects and images captured for Fortune.
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LED NET designed by Michele De Lucchi and Alberto Nason for Artemide is a showy pendant lamp.
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Tube fireplace was designed by Mario Mazzer for Acquaefuoco wellness mood. The stunning contemporary bioethanol fireplace is a winner of the red dot design award 2010.
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Schiit Audio reveals gorgeous six-watt Lyr headphone amplifier.
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Wooden Octopus (and babies!) Puzzle to help kids learn counting and coordination
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A 12 stamp pane honoring "Pioneers of American Industrial Design” will be added to the USPS Forever stamp program in 2011.
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Check out these SUPER AWESOME prints from Paper Jam Press!
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Frank Gehry redesigned the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in his native city of Toronto.
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A modern take on the traditional kitchen sofa, suitable for the modern lifestyle made by industrial design students Lisa Frode, Emma Nilsson and Johanna Westin from Lund University
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FEATUREDEven at a mere 3.5 months old ~ Tasteologie has almost 4000 posts! Here's the Top 100 delicious inspiration from Tasteologie in 2010 so far!
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A Continuous Lean shows us the making of the Leica M9. This video takes us through the Leica factory and shows how new M9 rangefinders are getting assembled.
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TagCandy is a augmented reality lollipop that allows users to taste different sensations through their mouth.
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Domestique is a great cycling blog dedicated to the history, nostalgia and passion of the sport.
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Karl Lagerfeld stars in a new ad for the Volkswagen Golf "Style".
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FEATUREDA look back at 2010 through 100 drinks from Liqurious!
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Knot house in Tokyo by Apollo Architects and associates.
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Phone books, old computer program manuals, books given by friends or bought at half price: in the hands of Cara Barer, they become hypnotic sculptures, caught by her lens as they come to life.
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Dieter Rams’ T1000 for Braun is a fantastic example of how colours can help identify specific functions. Post by Giorgio Biscaro titled Forms/Functions/Behaviours (Colours #1).
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Art graf pencil packaging by Mario Jorge Lemos.
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VIDEOBonbon Macherei - great video about artisanal hard candy making in Berlin
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Designed by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects, this beautiful house is called Beach Road 2 and is located in Jupiter Island, Florida, USA.
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The Fab@Home, a 3D food printer from Cornell's Computational Synthesis Laboratory and The French Culinary Institute.
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Kees van der Westen's Speedster Espresso Machine.
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Swedish architecture team Jagnefalt Milton has proposed a solution to the master plan of the Norwegian town Åndalsnes.
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Walldecor made of bamboo pulp. 4 different designs from 3DWalldecor.
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wow! 2011 will see the USpostal service issue a series of Pixar stamps from the movies.
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On December 30th 2010, Qatar will open the Muthaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in the states capital, Doha.
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aProdukt's Kork iPad Case ~ nice packaging design
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Crocheted Olek (AKA Polish-born, NYC-based Agata Olek) crocheted Wall Street’s Charging Bull in a cool piece of installation art that only lasted two hours before being taken down.
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'Wedge' a multifunctional stool/side table by Vaugh Shannon
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Dotklok is an open source digital clock that displays the time with animations, such as a Pong mode.
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Sieveking Sound Omega Headphone Stands gorgeous bend wood and german made...
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The arresting beauty of frozen follies and ice palaces, from Sweden to Quebec. Olafur Eliasson installation above.
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The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona, designed by Patricia Urquiola, is a gorgeously conceived place where all your senses will be aroused.
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DJ Light - a public sound and light installation that gives visitors the power to orchestrate a performance of light and sound across a large public space.
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Interview with Niels Shoe Meulman. Amsterdam born master of graffiti, graphic design, and typography.
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Chilean weekend house by 01 arq architect firm.
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Turquoise 2011 Birds Calendar by Tinted Mint.
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FEATUREDAs we countdown to 2011 ~ here's a look back at the top 100 fashionable posts at NotCouture!
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Shade by Simon Heijdens at the Art Institute Chicago uses natural light to cast shadows across a room with a special film across the windows.
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Zebar, recently opened music bar in Shanghai with impressive interior space and a live music venue. Design concept by 3Gatti Architecture Studio.
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An on-going exploration of the world of fine art -one Not Safe For Work image at a time.
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Genuine sound, as nature intended: Symphony Cricket sound system projects clear sound from Carrot Grant’s most compact package. Great for desktop, and book shelf use, crickets infuse the room with a symphony of music.
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Adios LA ~ a series of 5 billboards went up in LA, as a creative director broke up with the city for Brooklyn, NYC... to go work for Huge (who is now picking up the tab for the stunt!)
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Make your own wikileaks insurance file necklace
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FEATUREDMontessorium ~ in addition to the Math and Letters apps, there is now Alpha Writer! Perfect for the little kids in your life...
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dezeen share some of their favorite Christmas cards of 2010.
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Zeptonn's Wellies for Greenpeace are awesome!
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Great waxed canvas lunch tote from Artifact Bag Co.
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XXY series luxury door handles from Valentin Garal. Handcrafted in high quality wood.
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Hunkemöller flagship store designed by Belgian Creneau International.
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Kinekt Design's first vinyl toy Kinektible, designed by Glen Liberman and Motomichi Nakamura.
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Spanair, a spanish airline surprises its passengers with Christmas gifts. By Shackelton.
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Salt & Pepper shakers. The silicone coating wraps a plastic container which holds the salt. Squeezing the shaker reveals the holes. By Tal Mor and Shlomi Azulay aka DAG DesignLab
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Armani Samsung Galaxy S , Dress Up Your Model with "I Wear Armani" Application on Facebook.
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'Stem Chair' by designer Patrick Norguet for Crassevig.
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Movember rewarded the valiant and generous fundraising efforts of those raising over $1,000 for cancer efforts with a limited Movember edition of the Debrett’s Guide for the Modern Gentleman.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT.org annual roundup ~ top 100 of 2010!!! Thanks again for another amazing year ~ here's to an even more inspiring 2011!
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FEATUREDBeautifully illustrated Story of (ginger)SNAP ~ as found around the neck of the bottle of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction's SNAP spirit.
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Pattern over pattern. Takt&co´s latest experiments with furniture and prototyping, help from Tietz-Baccon and Mariano Recalde´s visual representation.
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It's a skate park, on a skateboard, in a skate park.
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A Short Film on Fashion directed by Benjamin Bouchet & Thomas Crauk for Under The Influence #8 / The Daddy Issue.
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FEATUREDThe final NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway! #31 is from The Is A Limited Edition, which is giving away the 9 Cups & Saucers with Prints from Series 2! Gorgeous limited edition works of art from NOTCOT artist faves!
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blackheart, a fashion label from Bali, showing nice artwork for accompanying their latest collection.
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Tattoo artist Paul Timman in collaboration with Ink Dish inspired of Japanese Irezumi.
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An optical illusion skull in the snow by Skull-A-Day's Noah Scalin.
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FEATUREDAlcohol packaging gurus, Stranger & Stranger have concocted their 12th Christmas Spirit, and this year it is a deliciously beautiful Absinthe! See packaging details!
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I Hurt I Am In Fashion ~ addictively fascinating fashion tumblr pairing witting quips with fashion pics.
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Z-Haus in Portland, Oregon by Atelier Waechter.
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SAN ROCCO is a magazine about architecture.
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Luxurious Land Rover Defender by German tuners, STARTECH. The Defender takes its design inspirations from luxury yachts.
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FEATUREDMerry Christmas! From a kidrobot holiday dunny to mix and matching flocked santa beard and reindeer skull on a stick with some other fun toys...
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'Stewie' the new tiny anatomical toy sculpture from Jason Freeny
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Send a gift to a random person in the world.
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FEATUREDWilde Dieren/Wild Animals By Rop van Mierlo. Beautiful. Odd. Book of wild animals! See the video of how the images are made... mesmerizing.
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Q:What will the Lord do on this holiday season? A: a vacation to tropical island. Collaborative figure by Abell Octovan and Surya Sunburn limited to 8 pieces around the world.
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Typodarium 2011 - 365 fonts! Perfect way to work your way through 2011! EnglishTear-off calendar to hang or stand. With bank holidays of 30 countries and a box to collect the sheets.
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Italian turnstiles (Tornelli d'Italia). The proposal of Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano in the interpretation of Sanrocco
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House Industries makes some gorgeous blocks for Herman Miller Japan! The packaging by Advance Packaging is beautiful!
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c-water by chao gao - iida awards 2010 - Solar Powered Water Desalinator is the perfect water purification system for emergencies.
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Vorstadt 14, located in a 15th-century house in the town of Zug, Switzerland, offers three suites of radically different designs for rent. The room shown here is a rustic-meets-Swiss-modern apartment designed by Roger Stussi.
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Kube Player ~ cute tiny MP3 cube you just put a microSD into
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Revenge Is Tees ~ cute Save Some For Us kids graphic tshirt
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Matthew Hancock has the loveliest letterpressed xmas/business cards
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FEATUREDHere are just a few of the beautiful destinations showcased on Notventures this week. Where will you be off to next?
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'Cesarion' the prize for the winner of Coca-Cola design contest, designed by Kossi Aguessy
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A peak inside Vancouver's Old Faithful Shop - a rustic shop in historic Gastown full of carefully conceived and crafted products.
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When life gives you snow, go sledding...with Slalom's steerable sled!
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Love that a christmas card inspired Shelterrific to find out more about the story behind this baby deer... named twitter!
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Abitare: 50 Years of Design: The Best of Architecture, Interiors, Photography, Travel, and Trends 1961-2011
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FEATUREDTechnology in Fashion! A look at some of the latest innovations...
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Darpa, the Pentagon research branch is ready to shield US soldiers with advanced 360-degree vision technology. The helmet-like gadget scans objects a kilometer away.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #30: KIDROBOT!!! A giant tower of blind box treats ~ more than enough to share... or hoard. Tons of fun inspiration in surprise boxes...
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Icotrip.com is like a road movie in the world of icons. Every day, you will discover a new (ico)trip experience!
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A temporary installation of leaves made by Skull-A-Day's Noah Scalin at a mountain retreat.
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Barker Gray sent out 'Office Snowball Fight' kits this year to bring Northern hemisphere winter fun to Southern hemisphere clients. It uses Victorian imagery and language and comes with both insturcitons and 'snowballs' of waste paper.
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The Dutch Best Designed Books Foundation presents 30 of the best-designed books of 2009 at the Stedelijk Museum until January 9th.
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Beautiful rubberband dress by New York based architect Margarita Mileva. The dress was inspired by Paul Klee and Bauhaus.
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