Whitney Houston

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

In the wake of her death, tributes abound. The New Yorker’s Sasha Frere-Jones offers a heartbreaking examination of the troubled superstar, down to her remarkable voice’s command on vowels and her always worried, enraptured public.

Zap’Ados

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

Paris’ Bang Architectes converted an old peanut factory in Northern France into a sleek skateboard park called Zap’Ados. The renovated building now features an orange mesh facade and a spaciously airy interior with an undulated ceiling that reflects the freedom of rolling on wheels.

Illustrator Sachin Teng

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

NYC-based illustrator Sachin Teng gently combines beautiful figurative drawings with data symbols like QR codes in perfectly balanced, abstract compositions. His knack for harmoniously blending colors and forms leads to subliminally striking works that only truly reveal themselves upon further inspection.