Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Women of NASA Legos, Jack White's Detroit record-pressing factory, the "death" of street-photography in Japan and more

1. NYC Gallerist Denied Entry to the USA As longtime fans (and neighbors) of NYC’s design gallery Chamber, we were shocked to hear that its owner, gallerist Juan Garcia Mosqueda, was detained upon re-entry to the US and sent back to Buenos Aires recently. Mosqueda, a legal resident of the US for the last decade, who lives on the Lower East Side, was returning to …

Design a New UK Passport Ahead of Brexit

With a top prize of £1000, Dezeen has launched a competition to design a new UK passport—ahead of the controversial Brexit implementation. While many artists and designers most certainly see this an an opportunity to depict the heartbreak, anger and absurdity of the decision to leave the European Union, organizers have specifically said they are calling for “designs that present a positive vision of the …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A braille smartwatch, Google Doodle celebrating our new planet friends, color-changing hair dye and more

1. New Planets Are a Google Doodle The news that NASA discovered an exoplanet system some 40 light-years (235 trillion miles) away from Earth—three of which are in the habitable (or Goldilocks) zone—was a big deal yesterday. Never a company to be too late to the party, Google created a very cute Doodle celebrating the seven planets. With Earth, our moon and each of the …