Pop Up Park Opens in Nolita

The iPad paintbrush, Zagat does food trucks, high-tech barcodes and more in this week's look at the web

Transforming a gallery, this indoor park—complete with see-saw, a pond and grass—offers a respite to the current wintery slog in Manhattan.

Granny Tunes

Soften up hard music with a hand-knit iPod case

by Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi Love having all your Townes Van Zandt tracks at your fingertips but can’t stand the iPod’s shiny exterior? Enter Granny Tunes, a hand-knit case that covers the musical device with lacy looks. Seizing on fashion’s enduring neo-boho obsession, the macramé-like design is fetching enough to charm younger patrons and not just grandmas rocking iPods. The snuggly pouch, available in neutral palettes (white, …

The Man-Made Rainbow Machine

Self-washing fabric, underground NYC (literally) and recycled-magazine Nikes round out this week's look at the web

Professor and artist Michael Jones Mckean designed a machine comprised of commercial jet pumps and custom-designed nozzles that creates gigantic, man made rainbows.