VideoSurf

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

Like Shazam for the TV, VideoSurf allows you to hold smart phones up to the screen to find out just who that actor is.

Made Of New York

Industrial-era building materials reclaimed to make a modern furniture line

Creatively crafted, Made of New York furniture is comprised of discarded Manhattan lumber and is constructed using as few machines as possible. The simple, geometric collection was conceived by former creative director of Ikea Sweden and current head of strategic design consultancy Daytime Projects, John-Michael Ekeblad, along with furniture designer Jonathan Locke and timber-sourcing expert Brian Kane—a trio as intelligent as the home furnishings they …

Best of CH 2010: Top Five Color Stories

From a Maserati bike to a neighborhood revival project and Yves Klein's retrospective, the year in color

Color, perhaps the most powerful, immediate and accessible element in a designer or artist’s repertoire, blessed 2010 in abundance from all quarters. With products, fashion, art and social projects all proving that color is a key to unlocking human emotion on a multitude of levels, here are five offerings which had us more than tickled pink this year. Let’s Colour One of the most fantastic …