Music CD labeling system is a neat way of displaying the contents of a CD, by Joshua Distler. Each track is represented on the cover by it’s unique digital wave form.

Outside by Samuel François.

Ghost Bikes are small and somber memorials for bicyclists who are killed or hit on the street. A bicycle is painted all white and locked to a street sign near the crash site, accompanied by a small plaque. They serve as reminders of the tragedy that took place on an otherwise anonymous street corner, and as quiet statements in support of cyclists’ right to safe travel.

Some beautiful, minimal, black and white videos and design by Maxim Zhestkov.

“Disturb Me” is an interactive installation by The Popcorn Makers. It is activated and modified by the sounds of it’s surroundings and participants.

With ‘The Sims 3′ released just the other day, Technology blog Techcrunch have an interesting interview with Rob Burkinshaw, a game designer who created an experiment called Alice and Kev, which essentially tries to simulate homelessness in The Sims.

The results are quite astounding as you will find, and it is this quote that has stuck with me from the Alice and Kev website:

“What does it mean when a character you’ve created makes you re-examine your own life through their astonishing selflessness?”

Beautiful illustration from New York artist Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch. You can see more (along with other great illustration) at blow your horn hunter where Maxwell is a regular contributor.

E15 is a research project by MIT which will attempt to allow you (as the user) to visualise web content in any way that you see fit. This can be accomplished in a few ways, either by providing a visual hierarchy to the elements which form a web page, in a three dimensional space or by rendering these items through an image processing engine to create a visual of the site. Looks really interesting, can’t wait for a public release.

With the US dollar tanking, why not inject some interest into it by re-designing. The dollar rede$ign project intends to do just that by inviting users to submit their idea of what the dollar should look like. There are some silly ideas, but there are also some really well designed gems.

Wooster Collective have uncovered a great project by Tel Aviv street artists who have been altering the public lighting in underground street tunnels. They say their source of inspiration was the Wizard of Oz although it feels to me a lot more like scenes from The Abyss or 2001: A Space Odyssey. (via PSFK)