Stillspotting NYC

Nap in public, Google's digital wallet, branded comedy and more in this week's look at the web

In an attempt to introduce a little calm into the urban landscape, the Guggenheim is tasking architects, designers, artists, etc. with creating ” stillspots” in the five boroughs of NYC. The first such happening “Sanatorium” consists of Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’ experimental (and experiential) therapy sessions this coming June.

DumbDumb

Nap in public, Google's digital wallet, branded comedy and more in this week's look at the web

Paper mag recently profiled the agency started by former Arrested Development costars Will Arnett and Jason Bateman in 2010. The cleverly uncomplicated design of the operation delivers comedic branded content as a digital-age answer to the traditional advertising model.

Mountain Men Figures

Nap in public, Google's digital wallet, branded comedy and more in this week's look at the web

Mountain Research’s limited-edition Mountain Men Figures, a collection of detailed figurines representing four global revolutionaries, will blow your friends’ Star Wars collection out of the water with little versions of Marx, Mao, Lenin and Thoreau—all dressed to the nines in rugged hiking gear.