“Living Light” is a piece of public art that uses networked panels to reveal the real-time air quality of each neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea.

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”.

Specialists in creating extreme environments, as well as events that bring the DIY community together, a Bushwick-based art duo have constructed a maze within the space, entitled “YOU ARE HERE: THE MAZE”.

Delivery services of all kinds are a mainstay of New York City living, but none can match up to the bizarre originality of the Candy Crack Delivery Service.
If you live in the Williamsburg or Greenpoint neighborhoods in Brooklyn, call or text them- and you’ll be visited by a 7-foot tall man in white gloves, a tuxedo, and a plush blue fish head. He’ll offer a 1×1 baggie of “crack” rock candy in 4 different flavors (blueberry, cotton candy, lime, and original) for $1 a piece.
The service is the brainchild of Nate Hill (the self-proclaimed “greatest artist of all time”), the [...]

The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has teamed up with The Design Center at Philadelphia University to add a big splash of color and history into the city’s everyday street-scape. Ten recycling trucks have been wrapped with bold graphics inspired by the textile collection of the design center. The project marks the beginning of Philly’s new single-stream recycling program, where all recyclable materials can go in the same receptacle.
[via wejetset & Philau Today]

The Museum of Modern Art has put up a temporary museum annex inside the large Atlantic Pacific subway station in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout the complex, reproductions of the MoMA’s collection have been placed along platforms and passageways for anyone to view 24/7.
PSFK went to check out this pop up gallery, and found it to be a welcome addition to the station, adding a sense of place to what would normally be a space to be rushed though on the way to somewhere else. Subway riders entering the station displayed looks of confusion which morphed into expressions of delight as [...]