40 Years of Family Photos

Elon Musk's new Tesla, the Nobel Prize-winning blue diode, skateboarding sculptor Stefan Janoski and more in our weekly look at the web

Back in 1975, photographer Nicholas Nixon snapped a photograph of his wife and her three sisters. A year later, an opportunity presented itself for him to line them up in the same way and snap another—an event that has since gone on annually for the past 40 years. The New York Times recently revealed the latest in the series, and all of the photos will …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Elon Musk's new Tesla, the Nobel Prize-winning blue diode, skateboarding sculptor Stefan Janoski and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Norway’s Artistic Bank Notes The Kroner, Norway’s currency, just got a radical redesign and the result is simply stunning. After a call for submissions from the nation’s central bank Norges, architectural firm Snøhetta and graphic design company The Metric System were named co-victors. Each was offered one side on every note in the bill range, which will go into circulation in 2017. Snøhetta’s side …

Phone-Free Concerts

Vitra goes to Africa, the Indienet, a people's history of coffee and more in our look at the web this week

Glowing screens at concerts can be annoyingly distracting and disruptive. New SF-based start-up Yondr aims to fix this by removing phones from the equation. They plan to give specially made cases to all show attendees, which will lock the device once it’s entered the designated phone-free area. If the user receives a call or text, they can leave the no-phone zone to regain access to …