This week continues Performa 09, the internationally acclaimed biennial of boundary-breaking art, held in New York City.

Burberry’s The Art of the Trench has finally launched, and The Sartorialist was tasked to shoot the first 100 photos.

Michael Lebovitz conducts experiments with dynamic, interactive typography.

Coca-Cola had several fashion labels create limited-edition Coke Light bottles in an effort to raise money for victims of last year’s earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy.

Trendsmap is a new service that features real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world.

For its 57th issue, Visionaire draws inspiration from the Smart Fortwo car.

In a move that aims to enhance the storytelling experience, HBO has unveiled a four-panel video installation that offers four different perspectives on the same scene simultaneously.

Bijin-tokei is a Japanese website that photographs girls on the street in real-time and with non-stop updates. Every minute of the hour, cute girls are featured holding up a blackboard with the time written in a white marker.

As part of a series of sophisticated concept shops in Japan, the Kamakura Starbucks is designed to resemble a wooden Japanese-style home.

Bicycle commuting is growing in popularity in major cities across the globe. Portland’s Create-a-Commuter program is the first project in the United States that provides low-income adults with commuter bicycles, equipped with lights, a lock, a helmet, a pump, tool kits, maps, and rain gear.

Gizmodo reports that the Yelp iPhone app has a special Easter egg program hidden inside of it. Named Monocle, it’s an augmented reality app that is only accessible by shaking the device three times.
After the AR feature is unlocked, icons of Yelp-reviewed establishments will begin to pop-up on your screen, showing locations, ratings, and reviews for restaurants in your surrounding area.
Gearlive has a video demo:

[via Gizmodo]

Disposing cigarette ashes in a tray filled with coffee grinds is a common habit in Japanese culture because the coffee absorbs the smell of cigarette ash. Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki embraced this idea and designed a simple ashtray made out of used coffee grounds.
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“Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” was the new solo installation and exhibition by London-based artist INSA. Working in collaboration with the Nike Sportswear IAM1 launch of the 2009 Air Maxim, INSA’s premier London show in 2009 featured footage from the IAM1 Journey Nike Sportswear project by Charlie Dark. It featured a multimedia mix of large scale installations, photography, prints, exclusive collaboration projects, and a stunning animation made up of 35 frames which were hand painted across east London in 7 days. This artist collaboration project had evolved out of inspiration from the 1987 Air Max 1.
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The developers at ThinAir Wireless have created an iPhone app that tracks sex offenders in your local area. The Offender Locator App uses the iPhone’s built-in GPS to pinpoint the user’s location and provides a map that lists where the offenders are located. Tapping on one of the ‘pins’ dropped on to the map pops up a photograph of the offender, as well as their address, date of birth, and list of convictions.
This app could come in handy if you’re planning a trip alone, into an unfamiliar area. Users are able to search by typing in a street address to [...]

Imagine riding through Picadily Circus and all you hear and see are people talking and birds in the sky. This was the guiding vision of this year’s winners at the Future City Mobility competition for designers to envision how London’s transportation could look in 2030.