YACHT Collage

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Thanks to the open-source mission of online creative platform to.be, YACHT fans are now free to play with the album art for the Portland-based band’s new single “Plastic Soul.” Originally illustrated by artist Tim Lahan, the graphic features all the wonderful things found around the beach—from smoking seagulls and spilled ice cream to broken skateboards and dolphins—which can be personally collaged into a one-off T-shirt.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A Twitter-shaped short story, Google's new Nest, Four Tet's "Thriller" and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Hero-Glyphics Designer, illustrator and self-proclaimed nerd, Josh Lane perfectly blends hieroglyphics with mythical superheroes through his series of “hero-glyphics,” in which the likes of Spiderman, the X Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get the ancient Egyptian treatment. While the illustrations are visually entertaining, they are also incredibly apt for modern times, in which many people have “left behind the gods and monsters …

Kate Moss Turns 40

A Twitter-shaped short story, Google's new Nest, Four Tet's "Thriller" and more in our weekly look at the web

While certainly not outwardly visible, Kate Moss does actually grow older each year and 2014 marks her biggest birthday yet. This week the supermodel turned 40, and the internet was abuzz with celebratory tributes. But culturally savvy website The World’s Best Ever has been paying homage to her unfading beauty for years in a column called Kate Moss Thursdays. Whether you need a little inspiration …