John Lennon’s “Imagine” Illustrated by Jean Jullien

Over 40 years ago, John Lennon released “Imagine” and now, as French artist Jean Jullien says, the song is as important as ever. Jullien has illustrated the lyrics for the first ever picture book set to Lennon’s words in order to “inspire a new generation to imagine a world at peace.” With a foreword by Yoko Ono, the book was created in collaboration with Amnesty …

50,000 Vinyl Records Digitized for the Internet Archive

Working from 200,000 physical recordings received through donation, Internet Archive (archive.org) has already digitized 50K vinyl records—many of which hail from before the ’50s. The organization is seeking to preserve genres that have received less attention, including yodeling, bluegrass and early blues. The process of digitization is quite complicated and requires landing the correct recording speed. Altogether known as the Great 78 Project, the resulting …

Electronics Sculpted from Biodegradable Materials

For his thesis project at Holon Institute of Technology, Shay Castel constructed a series of speakers, clocks and lamps from biodegradable materials. Each piece calls into question the amount of time consumers use products—here, allowing them to comfortably dispose of components when their time is up but also encouraging individuals to use what they’ve acquired while they last. The interior electronic components, however, can stand …