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Muralist and graffiti artist David Choe has extensively tagged the walls and furniture of the new Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California at the request of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. You might remember in 2007 when we posted images of David’s mural work from the Palo Alto Facebook offices. Upper Playground has photos of Zuckerberg giving Choe a tour of the new campus and creating the giant murals.

Choe even secretly decorated Zuckerberg’s laptop while he was away at lunch:

 

 

 

 

From the moment we open our eyes it fuels our existence. We are on a mission to remind everyone to never lose your sense of curiosity or wonder. Long live learning!

credits: http://www.skillshare.com

Director: One Year Study - oneyearstudy.com

Creative Director: Thompson Harrell

DP: Pat Scola - patscola.com

Production Designer: Jen Dunlap - jendunlap.com

Simply collect data with your mobile, and then use one of the simple visualizations to see your data or do whatever else you want with it. It's your data. You get latitude, longitude, compass direction, speed, distance, and time, along with an optional input field to mark significant spots.

AddThis, a sharing platform, and Clearspring, a social data aggregator, present the sharing trends of 2011. With over 1.2 Billion users analyzed, this may be one of the most comprehensive sets of data available about online sharing.
Source: TheNextWeb

How could Volkswagen sell Hitler’s favorite car to the American people only a decade and a half after World War II? This was the question asked of the advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach in 1960. In order for them to solve this problem, they would have to find a new way to advertise their products. The now revered “Lemon” ad for the Beetle was their answer to this considerable task, which would revolutionize the advertising industry. DDB introduced the Beetle with this dynamic ad that seemed effortless, yet possessed a revolutionary approach to marketing. It connected with consumers, successfully integrating European small design into a culture with a big lifestyle. This ad, along with others from the campaign, was the first to represent a perfect balance of image, copy and simplicity, setting a benchmark that has inspired advertisers to do better ever since.
Source: writingfordesigners.com

"There was recently a pirate wi-fi network on New York City's L train. Available only in the last cars of the Brooklyn-bound train and only from 8am until 10am, this underground pirate wi-fi network was live and available only for a week. If you're wondering why or how or who put this together, allow me to fill in those blanks as best as I can. WeMakeCoolSh.it tends to do precisely what their name advertises--they really are masters of cool. The L Train 'Notwork' was just one of their endeavors and here's how it went. The people over at WMCS powered the 'Notwork' with person-portable battery-powered web servers. The wi-fi didn't connect commuters to the internet, though. Instead of connecting train passengers to the whole world wide web, it connected them to content provided by local artists in addition to a chat room. Check out the behind the scenes video above for a look into the the world and work of the people who put this project together."

Source: http://www.gadling.com/2011/11/29/video-pirate-wi-fi-on-new-york-city-subway/

Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.

Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.

Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra (cinematicorchestra.com) and the track is Arrival of the Birds - please buy the fantastic album: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos/id297787201

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