Light, light

A design installation exhibit on Light in tokyo.

Cotton Candy

Cool short video on a recent Brooklyn exhibition by artist Takashi Murakami. Murakami has gained some recognition recently for being the artist of choice for the ego formerly known as Kanye West. Think Andy Warhol, on acid, and from Japan.

Disclaimer, I deem parts of this video unfit for young minds.

A little Inspiration for your wish list!

How to Run for Office

CLICK HERE for entire comic.

Tevis has generated internet attention with an online ad that pays homage to the webcomic xkcd. He raised $95,162.76 from more than 5,700 online donors as of July 28, 2008. Tevis's platform includes abolishing the sales tax on food, raising teacher pay, and protecting an individual's right to privacy. This is Tevis's first run for political office. He seems like a great, smart guy and it's sort of amazing to see what happens when an information architect — a web nerd (with a blog) — runs for office.

Interesting Illustrated Lennon Interview

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a 5:15 minute film about it.

As The World Burns

Very cool Flash interactive that details the design history of the Olympic torch.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/01/sports/20080802_TORCH_GRAPHIC.html?hp