tuesday is graffiti day

Courtesy of Wooster Collective

pixel madness

The fascination with pixel art grows stronger and stronger every day. It seems artists are using it on everything, front posters, to cd albums, to wall paper, just about anything. Part of the attraction is the simple visual representation of something that looks like it could be deconstructed one pixel at a time - the anti-wholeness of it all. Smashing Magazine recently launched their own love of the pixel, all by outlining 50 awesome examples of it.
Pixels Go Mad.

weird science

An art student from NYU recently presented a project he'd been working on for the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Drew Barrows has created a virtual representation of what could be your future girlfriend lying in bed with you. What's pretty cool though is the level of interactiveness the virtual person has on you. When you sit or lie down the bed, the 2-D image snuggles up to you. If you curl up in the fetal position, she spoons you.
Check it out at New Yorker Magazine.

capturing the streets

Check out a pretty recent interview with Martha Cooper, one for the first to recognize the New York graffiti scene before its popularity. The self made photojournalist started her passion while documenting the first generation of graffiti artists in the 70s. Click through to watch the short interview from Pretty Cool People Interviews.

teva mountain games

The Teva Mountain Games are about to start in the beginning of June. Its claim to fame is the fact that it's the biggest outdoor sporting event in the country. Both international pro and amateur level athletes compete in sports like cycling, trailer running, freestyle and extreme kayaking, kayak and raft paddlecross, bouldering, fishing, speed and dyno climbing, mountain bike freeride, big air, cross country, and road racing, as well as the first U.S.-based World Cup Climbing event in 20 years.
The fun doesn't stop there - the event is also hosts a ton of live music, a bumping nightlife, a mountain photography competition, art exhibitions, sport equipment showcasing, and what they call "mountain lifestyle parties."
Check out the official website for more information as well as this youtube of the speed climbing event from last year.

schmap

Schmap is essentially a tourist map guide optimized for the Apple iPhone. The application works much like Google Maps, but with the addition of call-outs for popular tourist sites, shopping, restaurants, and anything else you might be keen on doing while visiting a new city. The iPhone application also makes use of the gyro system of the phone, allowing you to change your view in landscape with the flick of the wrist.
Schmap for iPhone and iPod Touch

cubed

The "Fractual" drawer system designed by Takeshi Miyakawa.
Jump on over to his online portfolio.

science machine

sun jar

This isn't at all new, but I was digging through some of my old bookmarks and it came up again. I'm surprised as to why no one else has capitalized on this idea - it's actually pretty cool. The idea seems to come from the memory of trapping glow bugs in a jar - one of the truest forms of suburban childhood. The jar itself has no moving parts, no on/off switches. The jar charges from direct sunlight and a light meter turns the glow on when the sun goes down. Pick one up from Suck UK

hot to cold

This site re-arranges all of the world's capitals from hottest to coldest.
Check out the site project in real time: hottesttocoldest.