Here is a look at some standout brand-building and communications stories that caught our attention this week.

Ideas Shaping Strategy, Creativity & Innovation

• Banksy on Creativity, Art…& Advertising
• 3 Things Wile E. Coyote Teaches about Creative Intelligence (counterpoint to last week’s Bruce Nussbaum piece)
• The Key to Design Insights: See the World Differently
• Book: We First
• Beyond the Mobile Web
• The Hidden Secret to Successful Innovation
• Disruptive Innovation Is Never a Surprise
• The IKEA Effect: When Labor (Your Own) Leads to Love (also on customization, personalization)
• 3 Questions that Will Kill Innovation
• ad:tech Keynote Presentation: Trends, Fads & Transformations
• The Creation & Cultivation of Ideas

Innovative, Inspiring Ideas: New Products, Projects & Services

• How Genius Works: the Culture Report
• Future.ly: Mapping the State of Innovation Across the World
• AIGA’s One Day for Design
• Stack: Magazines that Matter
• Want to Know Your Co-Workers’ Salaries?
• AirBnB Lets You Rent a Country…for $70,000 a Night
• Postagram Transforms Any Instagram into a Postcard (& Delivers It for $.99)
• You Are Listening to New York
• That Can Be My Next Tweet

Brand (& unbranded) Content – For Better Or Worse

• Virgin America’s New Terminal Checks Into Foursquare, Facebook
• In China, Burberry Stores Get Digital Makeover
• Reebok: the Promise Keeper
• Moleskine Readies iPhone, iPad App
• Converse: Desire
• The IKEA 365 Campaign Case Study
• The Power of Words
• The GE Show Episode 5: Solar
• Cute Roulette: Cutest Videos on the Web

Digital Media, Tech & Marketing News & Resources

• The New Information Age (on data, personal identity)
• Facebook Places, Foursquare: Tiny 2% Impact on Business?
• The Current State of Social Networks: Winners & Losers
• The Linguistics of Retweets
• Twitter Strategies for Brands: 5 Reality-Tested Tactics that Work
• Apple Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to New Browser
• American Express Invests in PayFone, Powers Mobile Payments Plan
• Twitter Turned Down a $10 Billion Offer from Google
• Leading App Maker Said to be Planning Twitter Competitor
• On the Web, A Revolution in Giving
• LinkedIn Launches Textin