Who knows if they’re actually informative, but they sure are pretty. Looking at these and The Guardian‘s consistently stellar designs coming out of its graphics department, I’m left slightly disappointed by their American counterparts :(

The Times London also just release a killer one-off iPad app for its science magazine, Eureka. First time I’ve seen navigation architected and designed in a way that gives credence to tablets (specifically the iPad) as any kind of game-changer.

Cover art:
Thomas Müller
untitled, 2008
ballpen on paper

This survey examines the state of drawing in Germany through the lens of 19 artists working in the medium, among them Irina Baschlakow, Marc Brandenburg, Monika Brandmeier, Fernando Bryce, Marcel van Eeden, Pia Linz, Theresa Lükenwerk, Nanne Meyer, Christian Pilz, Alexander Roob, Malte Spohr, German Stegmaier, Markus Vater, Jorinde Voigt and Ralf Ziervogel.

Would’ve liked to see this exhibition. Would also like to own this very expensive book.

You bet i bought this.

And here is what they look like inside $3.99 Bed Bath and Beyond frames on my kitchen counter, and also in magnetic sleeves stuck to my fridge:

Tokos poster submission is an ode to genetic code which appeared on Earth with the first cells. Codes of cultural evolution arrived almost 4 billion years later. (Marcello Barbieri)

Our understanding of the mathematical principles behind our physical world is increasing and it provides us with ‘tools’ to create a new and exciting digital world. Most ‘codes’ are virtual and a state of mind but some are ‘present’ and provide systems to generate new forms of architecture and e.g. cures for diseases. The human ‘interference’ in the natural world is what we visualized through our design by using a cross section of Cedar wood and altering it into a human creation.

This is going on my apartment wall, one way or another..

The following are all untitled, from the “Aila” series, 2003-2004. I stole them from the internet.

Foreign Policy has a nice photo essay with some images from the same collection also on view at D.C.’s Corcoran Gallery.

Ben Rubin, Lolita 6 (installation view), 2009, acrylic and color LEDs

Airan Kang, 109 Lighting Books (detail), 2009, LED lighting books and plastic cases

Ben Rubin, Shakespeare Machine Study No. 1-4 (detail), 2009, White LEDs, aluminum and electronics

All images from Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery.

Watch “Hobo Clown” on her official site.

Can you tell the difference between a Jackson Pollock and bird shit on a sidewalk? What about priceless abstract pieces and worthless monkey doodles? Visit reverent.org’s homepage for more quizzes.