I\'d seen this image several times before but upon seeing it on Madrids Tumblr I was reminded that I didn\'t actually know anything about it.. it was just a great piece of design work. So, this may be old news to the majority of you but I finally did my due diligence and looked it up. The piece is called \"The Gastrotypographicalassemblage\" and was designed by Lou Dorfsman (along with Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase) for CBS. All of the text and imagery on the 35-foot wide design epic is food related, as it resided in the cafeteria of the building from 1966 to the early 90\'s. Sadly it was discarded around that time and it wasn\'t until around 2008 that restoration began on reviving such an incredible piece of work from the past.

Read more about it here, here or here. Check out the restoration process here.

I\'m loving the functionality of Popeye 2.0 - an inline lightbox alternative. More and more I\'m growing tired of huge overlayed modal windows in websites and would like to see a bit more integration into the site. This appears to be right up my alley and has, absolutely, been bookmarked for future reference if I can ever manage to get a new design for this site off the ground..

Via Daniel.

Occasionally running this blog has its perks. I recently received a very nice care package from Make Mine; a singles label in the UK that has put out goodness from The Books, Dent May, Suckers, The Non-Commissioned Officers and a host of other great bands that I\'m just now filing through. My suggestion to you, go check out their releases and then pick some up for yourself... the music is quality and the packaging is solid (love the turned down upper right corner on each release.. nice touch).

Everything. Part 7. If you\'ve not seen the first six installments of this, I suggest you take a moment and properly catch up. Otherwise, enjoy.

Snagged a heads up from yvynyl about the new site trntbl - a tumblr turntable. Basically you just input any Tumblr username and it will compile all of their audio posts into a handy all-in-one player (not just the posts on a particular page, all of their audio posts). My trntbl isn\'t bad but Tumblr isn\'t where I post much music, so it\'s not the greatest destination. I suggest checking out the trntbl\'s from: Jamie Holland, yvynyl, Ryan Catbird and, undeniably, A Record A Day.

It\'s a great, simple, service but there\'s more than meets the eye to the player. Be sure to read this post about how audio posts can be tagged to affect the look / functionality of the player.. very cool.

Caught this from Kate yesterday and it is too insane not to share here:

Queen Liliuokalani was a 19-year-old Boeing 737-297 serving Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, some twenty minutes after take off from Hilo, part of its roof ruptured at the altitude of 24,000 feet (7,300 m). The age of the plane, corroded fuselage and stressed rivets led to the entire fuselage being ripped off in what is known as a zipper effect. At the time of the decompression, the plane’s chief flight attendant was collecting cups from passengers, and she was sucked through a hole in the side of the airplane. Other flight attendants and 65 (out of 90) passengers were injured, but she was the only fatality.

Look at that image! The entire rundown of events here will blow your mind.

I\'m pretty much enamored with 99.9% of works from Mr. Andy Vastagh, aka Boss Construct, but I\'ve really been blown away by his latest creations - show posters for Yeasayer and Beach House. The best part being that I\'m sure the digital versions don\'t do the legit screenprinted versions justice, so they are likely even better looking in person.

Now if I can just start convincing him to make various desktop images from his creations we\'ll all benefit....

I was recently made aware of BRONZE, the new musical outlet of former Detachment Kit members alongside some new, but vetted, blood. The self-titled EP is a free download and I suggest you go and snag it at your earliest convenience.

I have enjoyed the antics of Paul F. Thompkins for as long as I\'ve been aware of him. His work on Mr. Show was great and his standup CD\'s have been quite amusing. So, it is no surprise when a little skit like Hugh Yuse Used Used Car Lot pops up on Funny or Die that I\'m completely amused by the whole thing.

This video on Google Chrome Extensions is pretty spectacular. I love the notion of a tech company as nerdy and impressive as Google making a video that uses a series of clever practical tricks to prove their point. It\'s an engaging way to let people know about Chrome Extensions.

This Like Button site is nuts! All of your Facebook friends Like activity aggregated into convenient little boxes of data. I\'m not saying it\'s an unbelievable feat of technological implementation (it\'s not) but it\'s just sort of crazy to see such a wide overview of activity. I guess this is the social web they keep talking about.

Via Chad.

Jonathan Percy did some proper documentation of the new Banksy pieces that have popped up in San Francisco recently. This one is my favorite among the bunch but it\'s hard to deny a good Banksy rat piece.

As usual, enjoy the goods.. here is the playlist. I think there are some gems in here this week.

• I am a Disco Dancer - Jamie sent me this video and I was sold in the first 15 seconds to its greatness. It\'s over seven minutes long but I think you can sustain throughout the whole thing and be incredibly entertained.
• Drifting - short, sweet and completely impressive.
• Stop Boring Hugh Laurie - I realize a lot of talk show questions are repeated / canned but seeing them all compiled like this is sad for Mr. Laurie.
• Green Men at Playoffs - thank goodness for the influence of It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
• Wasted Guy at Coachella - I\'m sure this sort of thing is a dime-a-dozen at any festival but there\'s just something special about watching this guy reach for his flip-flops and juuust not quite making it.
• Iron Man & AC/DC vs Dirty Dancing - this guy has several videos mashing up classic films with his 3D model of Iron Man and it is too absurd not to enjoy. Aside from the fact that it\'s so well done it\'s also just entirely hilarious.
• Hawaiian Punch (1987) - written by Mark Mothersbaugh this ad is quintessential 80\'s. It\'s entirely too long, has laughably bad computer effects and, in no way, inspires me to drink Hawaiian Punch. For all of those reasons, I love it.
• Hey Guys! - It\'s only 2:23 but I dare you to watch the whole thing. Falfa points out that after a little bit, it just sort of blends into sounds.. not words. I agree.
• As Seen on TV - You\'re Doing It Wrong - a great compilation of infomercials featuring people having the hardest time doing the simplest things. Via Chad.

Let me know if I missed out on anything absolutely must see this week.. and always feel free to email me stuff you think may be worth for this little weekly compilation.

Have a great weekend!

Please take a moment to browse the works of Mark Pernice; specifically the \"Photo Distortion Mask\" project in which he takes a distorted Photo Booth pic and makes it into a tangible, wearable mask. The mask is grotesque and sort of terrifying but it\'s also equally hilarious - particularly when eating a snow cone or put on a small child.

The rest of the portfolio has some great pieces as well - including a number of items art directed by Stefan Sagmeister.

Via Jeremy Okai Davis.

House of Buttons is exactly what you\'d think it is, a repository of intriguing button design found throughout the web / mobile devices. Curator Jason Long does a good job of showcasing clean and inspired items. I don\'t love them all but I\'d say a good 95% of them are worth taking note of for future projects.

I\'m loving the work of Always With Honor. It\'s very simple and seems to boil everything down to the essentials without losing the message they\'re putting forth. Their style lends itself particularly well to various icons but certainly extends into more robust infographics. Be sure to drop by the Gift Shop and The Study while you\'re there...

For some time now I\'ve been hearing little rumblings that \"Facebook is the new Google\" and I could never wrap my head around why people would think such a thing. Google offers services; useful things. Facebook seems to offer distraction and personal grandstanding. Then, I watched the F8 keynote from this year - Facebook\'s big announcement developer conference. Their pitch for a semantic web using Facebook Like buttons / OpenGraph has some scary implications but it also might revolutionize the web by potentially personalizing everything.

While this doesn\'t necessarily position Facebook to be more service based but it does put them in a position to be the central repository of information about you, the consumer, that can customize a sites experience right off the bat - even if its the first time you\'ve visited there.

Bottom line - Facebook is hoping that they can be omnipresent on the web and (voluntarily) collect as much information about you as possible. Scary, right?

Hey, today is Earth Day so be sure to take time to go look at some animals, think about endangered species, ponder how much Dark Power you\'re using and if recycling is really that hard or if you\'re just lazy.

A friend of mine recently hacked his Wii and while there are obviously some legal implications with downloading games I have to admit, it\'s one of the best hacks I\'ve seen. The interface for Homebrew channel feels like a legit Wii experience. It\'s not perfect but it\'s certainly lightyears beyond the hacks I\'ve seen for the DS or other systems in terms of integrating itself.

I\'m not sure how well this would work with games from the WiiWare store but if you\'re into expanding the functionality of your gaming systems and violating some Terms of Use / pirating software; this one is well worth it.

By now I would assume you\'ve seen the new $100 bill. Many people are saying that it\'s incredibly ugly but I don\'t see it being much of a departure from what we\'ve already got in circulation... Regardless, it does make me think about the changes that our money has gone through over the years and this Newsweek article is a great example of how we\'ve gussied up our Presidential representation over the years to be a bit more \"idealistic.\" Hamilton has been emasculated over the years and Lincoln\'s nose really got a massive chop job! The changes are subtle but comparing bills from 1923 to now, you can see a big difference.

There\'s a treasure trove archive of old currency to check out online that has some pretty interesting stuff going on. The Educational series (info here) of money that was release in the late 1800\'s to act as a primer for immigrants. Pieces like this or this would be a welcome change to the portrait style we\'ve got now...