Barcelona is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Eixample extention with a special time capsule.

Blind people in Barcelona now have a safer way to get on the city’s buses.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.

Whotells offers one and two bedroom apartments that are fully decked out in the latest offerings by MUJI.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.

Stefan Hobmaier, a photographer from Germany, has a new series of photos called Dorfjugend that covers young people growing up in small towns.

Image credit: Getty Images, Miko Walczuk Photography/Flickr
The main tank at Okinawa’s Churaumi Aquarium in Japan holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water behind the world’s second largest acrylic glass pane (8.2 meters by 22.5 meters). Known as the ‘Kuroshio Sea,’ the tank houses whale sharks and manta rays among a plethora of fish. Jon Rawlinson recorded a mesmerizing video of the tank, set to the music of Barcelona.

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.
[via 70percent.org]

“Las Ramblas” in Barcelona is well known because of its tourist-packed beaches, Barrio Gótico, Raval—and for its Human statues. People flock to them for photos and amusement, to the extent that the city council wanted to oust the performers for causing too great a scene. This week Barcelona’s Comical Week took  place (La Semana Cómica de Barcelona.), and Christian Lopez performed his own “statue” supporting their cause.
Click below for footage of one of the ’statues’:

Written on the human statue’s board: “I’m a hyperactive kid, right now what I’m doing is praiseworthy.

Unlike point us to a inventive tapas cafe in Barcelona where the chef brings a fresh but quirky approach to small bites. Tuna comes with eucalyptus and pomegranate, steak tartar is served with mustard ice cream and a suckling pig arrives nestled over a bed of Spanish-style sauerkraut and mustard!

Frank Plant is an American artist who creates drawings out of sculptured steel.  Based in Barcelona, Plant has been working with steel since the early nineties, mastering his unique form of drawing, creating “simple and direct studies of the forms and compositions of everyday objects.”
[via Frankie Magazine]

We recently profiled Multitouch Barcelona at OFFF. They have just released a video of their Human Interface interpretation, which includes a person executing analog versions of digital tasks. A surface-top touch screen serves as communication between you and your very personal Human Interface. Be sure to check out the rest of their projects here.

Barcelona’s Vaho Works create furniture out of items like shopping carts and oil drums and bags out of banner advertisements and tires. Vaho’s professional-looking and high-quality work (”Trashion”)  have even become part of promotional campaigns, with clients such as ADG-FAD ( a Spanish Graphic Designer and Art Director’s Association), Institut Barcelona Esports, and Grupo Mahou – San Miguel (a brewing company). Like many repurposed products, the items aren’t always cheap. Considering the craftsmanship and ethical benifits, though, Vaho’s products are within reach (about €30 for a small bag or €265 for a chair) and can be purchased through their online [...]

For 3 days in May, Portugal will be the center of the post-digital world, playing host to the 8th annual OFFF Festival. The event celebrates new visual culture with its 2009 theme: “This isn’t flying, this is falling with style – fall gracefully @ OFFF”. The showcase of top digital artists, web, print and interactive designers, motion graphics studios, and musical acts offers insight into the newest media platforms and what’s yet to come.
In addition to a main stage with presentations from artists and collectives, the OFFF Festival will feature live electronic music performances, a showplace of immersive digital arts [...]