U.S. Interstates as a Subway Map

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Cameron Booth’s depiction of the States’ highways as a subway system is interesting both for its visual appeal and the fact that Booth, an Australian living in Portland, used London’s notorious Tube map as the foundation for his design. A challenging map to devise, it took Booth a full year and several iterations to perfect.

Mac Ghosts

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A series of videos by Emilio Gomariz uses the Mac OS to create desktop performances from moving files and folders. Testing the limits of the system, Gomariz exploits features like color coding and hot corners to achieve these mesmerizing effects.

Shawn Stussy’s S/Double Studio

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Seth Epstein spends a day filming Shawn Stussy, who makes shaping surfboards for his line S/Double look as rad as surfing itself.