Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 176th birthday of American author Mark Twain. Today, he’s best known for his two novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which have become a part of the American psyche. The Doodle shows a famous scene from Tom Sawyer. Tom’s a great figure in American [...]

Did you know ogle is an anagram of Lego? Neither did we, until we saw this 33ft tall Christmas tree in London’s St Pancras Station. It’s constructed entirely out of Lego bricks, complete with Lego ornaments and Lego QR codes. The tree has 172 branches, from which dangle 1200 Lego baubles. It took 2 months [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! Today, Americans celebrate what they’re thankful for with bounteous turkey dinners shared with family and friends. Tomorrow is Black Friday, a day of special discounts and hardcore shopping. Let’s take a look at the best apps custom-designed to make the next few days flow a little smoother. The 85th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade [...]

Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the focus of a new book of photography, Messages from Tahrir. It documents the signs carried by protestors in all their witty and reactionary glory, edited by the fabulously well-spoken Cairene Karima Khalil. I heard her talk about her book yesterday at Leighton House as part of the Nour Festival of [...]

Today, we’re taking a look at the proposed River Park, designed to float on the Thames in London. The proposed structure will be a full kilometre long, running between the Millennium Bridge and Tower Bridge and linking many of London’s key tourist spots. It’ll be comprised of long walkways with silver “pods” to house cinemas, [...]

I’m not against controversial ads. Just last week I argued against  banning the Marc Jacobs’ Oh, Lola! ad. But I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the Benetton Unhate ads just aren’t right. United Colors of Benetton habitually courts controversy with campaigns about AIDS, racism and violence. They’ve shown a [...]

Jewels jewels jewels… with some shells, wood and plastic cows thrown in. Unless you live under a rock (pun intended) you’ll have noticed Christmas creeping up on us. If you need a cutting-edge gift for that special someone, check out these crazy/cool pieces from my favourite jewellery designers. “When great herds of wild, mad cows [...]

We’re used to great things from the Unilever Series at the Tate Modern, and Tacita Dean’s Film fulfilled our expectations. It’s visually arresting. The 11-minute film is projected onto a 13m high screen, inviting the viewers to sit down in old-school awe of the medium. The images are flighty and playful, featuring tinted blocks of [...]

How do you turn a Twitter account into a book? Today, we’re looking at two writers who’ve done exactly that. The first is Justin Halpern who writes S** My Dad Says. Two years ago, he moved back in with his cantankerous father, a retired doctor and Vietnam veteran. Halpern started posting his dad’s most outrageous [...]

Apple produces wonderful design, so it’s logical they’d inspire more. The simplicity of the back of a Mac invites graphic images. There are reams of Mac stickers on the web – here are our top five. ‘The early bird catches the worm’ is brought to life in this rather aggressive design. Recommended for the lazy [...]