Target’s Kaleidoscope
To help kick off Targets new clothing line, Mother New York created a huge light show using 155 rooms from the Standard Hotel.

Dirpy
Convert your favorite YouTube videos into mp3’s with Dirpy.

Strange Cargo
Contraband is an interesting collection of photos taken by Taryn Simon who spent a couple days at JFK Airport photographing various items that were detained from customers.  Some of the items include a dead hawk, deer penis, and cow manure.

Google Cheat Sheet
If anyone is ever overwhelmed with Google’s search engine go check out Google Cheat Sheet for some tips.

NYC Transit Collection
I came across this interesting collection of NYC Transit photos dating back from the 1970s and 80’s.  I must say as much as I complain about the subway system, it has come a long way…

Designing Style Guides For Brands
Once again Smashing Magazine has posted a great informative article about
Designing Style Guides for Brands. As a freelancer, it’s always good to see how other companies present their client work.

Logos With Hidden Symbols
Web Designer Depot did a good job spotting hidden symbols in some of the most recognizable logos. I personally overlooked many of these.

Web Designer As The Artist, Scientist and Philosopher
Interesting article by Smashing Magazine describing web designers as the artist, scientist, and philosopher. I agree..

80 Extreme Advertisements
Interesting collection of so-called “Extreme Advertisements” from around the world by One Extra Pixel. While these are suppose to be taken seriously, I can’t help but think some of them are way over the top and ridiculous that they are almost comical to me.

iPhone Dark Room
Interesting app created by Swanko Lab that let’s users process their iPhone photos in a digital dark room. The app is fully stocked with chemicals and supplies to give the illusion and fun of processing photos by hand.

Evolution of World Cup Ball
In the spirit of the World Cup, New York Times has published an interesting look at the Evolution of the World Cup Ball.

Type Con
A nice collection of typography shown in the Flickr: TypeCon pool.

Clients From Hell
As designers we all dread working for those Clients From Hell, why not tweet your nightmare?

iPhone 4
As most of you have heard by now, Apple has released a sneak peak at their new iPhone 4 earlier this week. I have to admit the new slick design and features are worth drooling over.

Behance
The popular design community, Behance has recently upgraded their site. The new site is a huge improvement over the previous release and is much more easier to navigate.  The additional much improved load time isn’t too bad either. 

Gravilux, Bubble Harp and Antograph
Scott Snibble created these awesome apps for the iPhone and iPad by combining painting, animation, art and science. The small particles move around gracefully by following your fingertips around the screen.
via Cool Hunting

Persona
Persona is an ongoing project created by photographer Jason Travis.  He photographs people along with the items they have inside their bags in a very voyeuristic and intriguing way. 

Street Museum iPhone App
Street Museum looks like an amazing developed by Brothers and Sisters.  This app guides users through the streets of London displaying old images over the current view via Geo Tagging and Google Maps.

Colossal Media
I was walking around East Village last week and spotted someone painting a giant mural on the side of a building.  I noticed he was only using regular paint brushes and had a photo as reference of the image he was creating which is really incredible considering the scale of the whole building.  I did some researching and stumbled across Colossal Media which is really similar to what I saw and they even have videos of their process.

Availability Calendar
Availability Calendar is cool little program developed by Creative League that lets users share their availabilities with clients so they when when you are available, booked or on Hold. Really useful for freelancers like me and many others.

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull
Awesome time lapse video of the volcanos in Iceland shot on a Canon 5D Mark II by Sean Stiegemeir.

Strawser & Smith
Stawser & Smith is a furniture store in Williamsburg, BK that specializes in re-purposed industrial past furniture.  They have a nice collection of pieces primarily from the Mid West.
via Cool Hunting

Berlin Street Art
Someone recently decided to take art to a new level by dumping various colors of paint onto one of Berlin’s busiest intersections.  The effect is a rainbow like swirl of colors, splatters and shapes smeared throughout the cities roads.
via Wejetset

GE: Data Visualization
A cool simple little interactive visualization created by Lisa Strausfeld of Pentagram. The site features some of the most used household items and when you rollover each one it tells you how many watts that item uses. A good application if you are trying to save a little $$.

NY Design Week Guide 2010
Core 77 is back with another guide to Design Week in NY.  The site breaks down the events by location (Soho, Tribeca, Noho, etc) and gives a brief description of who and what is happening at the event. 

Graffiti Analysis
Graffiti Analysis is a motion study for graffiti.  A custom software was developed by Evan Roth allowing artists to draw on a screen and watching their art in real time with a layered 3d effect.
via QBN

ShopVon
ShopVon is the online store of talented designer Hello Von. His artwork speaks for itself and this shop allows you to purchase some of his originals or reprints. Go check it out and buy something today.

Google Map Envelopes
Google Map Envelopes is exactly what it sounds like.  A envelope that looks like Google Maps and shows you where you are located and where you are sending your letter to.
via Lost At E Minor

Kuroshio Sea
An inspiring video showing the 2nd largest aquarium in the world, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. Video shot by Jon Rawlinson.

Ups And Downs Of Being A Perfectionist
In no way am I perfect but I do find myself most of the time attempting to be a perfectionist. Sometimes it’s a great thing and other times it’s more unnecessary work.  Smashing Magazine has a great article focused on this subject. Whether you consider yourself to be a perfectionist or not, this is an interesting read.

Cool Hunting
Cool Hunting has recently designed their website with a very grid based look.  The majority of the site still resembles the previous version but definitely a nice new touch to the site.

Stargate Studios Back Lot Reel
While we all know many things are green screened in Hollywood I never realized that almost everything is green screened, especially in TV shows. Star Gate Studios released their back lot reel which shows scenes from various tv shows as seen on tv and behind the scenes.  Watching this clip skewed my views on TV shows.

Chiquita Banana
DJ Neff recently redesigned everyone’s favorite bananas, Chiquita.  The new design is a play off the old one but in a more fun and quirky way.  Neff created over 25 of the recognizable Chiquita stickers that will randomly be placed on each banana. Each sticker features a fun illustrated character that can easily be something that you would want to collect.

Overcoming Creative Block
As designers we all get creative block at some point.  Some of us are able to overcome this better than others and we all have our own ways of doing so.  Here is a great list of 25 designers that explain what they do when they get into a slump. 

i Phone Doctor
Anyone with a cracked screen on the iPhone that has been looking for a cheap repair look no more.  Dr. Brendan is based in NY and will meet you at near by location to fix your screen on the spot for around $70.  I hear he does a great job and works quite fast.