Multi-Touch Finger Paintings

David Byrne's Tight Spot, Tokyo subway posters, Land Rover's new concept car and more in this week's look at the web

Artist Evan Roth created a series of paintings using the medium to abstractly echo routine tasks performed on multi-touch hand-held computing devices.

Tight Spot

David Byrne's Tight Spot, Tokyo subway posters, Land Rover's new concept car and more in this week's look at the web

Following the success of his Playing The Building piano installation a few years ago, David Byrne returns with Tight Spot, a giant inflatable globe under NYC’s High Line that will allow passersby to hear David Byrne’s voice as they walk on by.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

David Byrne's Tight Spot, Tokyo subway posters, Land Rover's new concept car and more in this week's look at the web

1. NYC Bike-Share Portland, OR-based Alta Bicycle Share was recently chosen by the Bloomberg administration to populate the streets of America’s largest metropolis with public bicycle rental stations by summer 2012. 2. A Family Tree For Video Game Controllers The “definite history of the video game controller,” Pop Chart Lab‘s all-encompassing infographic plots the controller’s design evolution from classic joysticks to the modern racing wheel. …