Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Smart surgeon gloves, indoor camping, a custom iPhone collodion and more in our weekly look at the web

This Week’s LAB is Sponsored by Dos Equis 1. Custom IPhone Collodion Using an antiquated method that’s as technical as it is creative, photographer Jake Potts ingeniously turned the glass back of his iPhone into a ambrotype photo. The wet plate collodion process calls for some real camera nerdery, but the diligence is clearly worth it. 2. Camargue’s Bright Red Lake Russian photographer Sam Dobson …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun, an LV waffle maker, a flock of umbrellas and more in our look at the web this week

This Week’s LAB is Sponsored by Dos Equis 1. Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker Artist Andrew Lewicki’s newest creation is a full-blooded child of capitalism. Featuring Louis Vuitton’s signature LV-and-lily print, Lewicki’s waffle maker promises to make your breakfast prettier, if not more expensive. Unfortunately, for now not even an Amex black can buy you this prototype. 2. Matchbook Ever wondered what your favorite book would …

House of Style

A never-ending road trip, House of Style on MTV, the Olympics and more in our weekly look at the web

MTV may make up for canceling Total Request Live by rebooting their 1989 hit House of Style this fall. Preparing viewers for the show, MTV will be airing a documentary about the ’90s program on 7 August 2012, followed by the announcement of the new host at the MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September.