Following their launch of Metrotwin last year, a social community that twins different things to do and places to see in New York and London, British Airways have now added another city to their fold – Mumbai.

Stephen King’s latest novel Under The Dome is not due to be released till November 10th, but in the meantime, fans have the opportunity to get a copy of it early, if they have the patience to unravel a series of clues that is.

As part of the “Artists Taking The Lead” program, which invited all UK artists to submit proposals for art projects that are to be displayed during the 2012 Summer Olympics, designers Alfie Dennen and Paula Le Dieu have created “Bus-Tops”.

Brixton, the south London area in the Borough of Lambeth famed for it’s diverse community, has decided to single handedly combat the recession within it’s borders through an ingenious adaptation of money.

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.

To celebrate 100 years of existence, Selfridges London put products from a century into the future on window display. Each object was assigned a letter and formed the ABCs of tomorrow.

To celebrate the return of Wispa Gold and say thank you to fans of the chocolate bar, Cadbury is offering up £2 million worth of advertising space for fans to potentially have their personal messages displayed on the brand’s billboards throughout the UK and Ireland.

Yesterday, we were invited to the launch of PUSH N900 at the One Dot Zero event in London, a design, hacking and modding competition organized by Nokia.

For the first time ever, Jem Finer will be leading a live performance of a 1,000 minute section of his 1,000 year-long ‘Longplayer’ at London’s Roundhouse Theatre.

At this year’s 100% Design Event, designer Yu Jordy Fu created ‘cloud walk’, a nine-meter-long white recycled paper chandelier inspired by ancient Chinese paper cutting techniques.

The London Underground is now opening up its future reputation to the public with a competition to re-design fabric moquettes…

In an attempt to consolidate London’s multiple identities into a more unified package the Greater London Authority has opened up the ideation process to all. The official invitation hopes that contractors will help engage stakeholders in order to develop London’s narrative post-2012.
Independent agency Moving Brands is already putting social media to work with its blog, A Brand for London, and Twitter account @we_are_london. These initiatives are designed to open up commentary on subjects such as London’s design DNA, architecture, and people who live there.
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