As we move into November, we’re being inspired by illustrated food rules, urban environments, and more. 

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In his latest film, Gary Hustwit documents how ordinary citizens can impact their urban environment.

These vintage-inspired designs for classic board games create a great sense of nostalgia…and really make us want to start a Studio Monopoly tournament.

Noma Bar uses negative space to create some fantastic images.

All good movements need a brand identity. Occupy Wall Street is no exception. 

When was the last time you heard a dry cleaners sound so musical?

Maira Kalman’s charming illustrations highlight Michael Pollan’s Food Rules.  

Image: Noma Bar illustration. (via Design Collector)

A cool panoramic camera, amazing beatboxing videos, and the other great things that’ve kept us busy this week.

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The CBS eye turns 60.

A great way to get total panoramic photos — just toss your camera in the air.

Eve Ashcroft, Paint Whisperer.

Turn your bicycle into a turntable.

It’s been a banner week for beatboxers: Actor Michael Winslow as a one-man Led Zeppelin and improvisational logo-inspired beats.

Surely we can find a way to incorporate some Quantum Levitation into our future signage programs. 

Image: Panoramic camera, by Jonas Pfeil (via Core77).

We’re going to help you head into the weekend grooving to Miles Davis, tagging walls (totally legally, we swear!), and studying up on Steve Jobs’ impressive list of patents. 

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Diet Coke gets a temporary facelift. Some designers like it; others, not so much. What do you think?

Steve Jobs’ name appears on a mere 313 Apple patents. Only 313? Oh, wait, that’s about 313 more than we’ve got…

There are way fewer legal implications when you tag the walls in this book instead of the ones in your neighborhood.

This sheet music animation of Miles Davis’ So What is pretty mesmerizing. 

To make our dream of being in Tron closer to a reality (you guys dream about that too, right?), we need to get our hands on one of these transforming scooters.

Image: A page of Sherwood Forlee’s Walls Notebook. (via Brain Pickings)

On this sunny afternoon, we’re marveling at crazy-looking pillows for on-the-go napping, U2’s 360 Tour, the redesigned dietary guidelines, and more.

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U2’s in Seattle this weekend, with their 120 semis of equipment, and The Claw.

I’m sure no one will notice you taking a nap at your desk with your ostrich pillow.

The USDA throws out the pyramid for a plate (that looks an awful lot like a pie chart…), but if that one’s not working for you, you can just design your own.

Helvetica may be the vanilla of typography — and that’s not such a bad thing.

Image: U2’s 360 Tour in Denver. Photo via Jessica Patterson at Design.org

Visualizing mash-ups, business cards for kids’ imagined careers, the overlap between comedy and design, and the other neat things we’ve stumbled upon this week.

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These rim-mounted bike lights will make your nighttime commute safer — and definitely make you look at least 12 times cooler.

The basics of design and comedy are surprisingly similar. Clearly there’s a niche market for a graphic designer-slash-comedian out there…any takers?

When I was a kid, I, too, wanted to be a ninja ghost superhero (with powers of ice).

Timothy Goodman’s Sharpie art captures the sense of discovery and excitement for tourists in New York City.

Who doesn’t love a good mash-up? And it doesn’t get much better than the Definitive Daft Punk and its awesome graphics. (via Cool Hunting)

The residents of Park Slope, Brooklyn, have their eyes on you.

Image: Cameron Adams’ Anatomy of a Mashup.

From street-art-infused music videos to clever marketing campaigns, and the other news items we’ve followed this week.

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Death Cab for Cutie and Shepard Fairey collaborated on a great music video that looks at “redefining familiar space,” through street art. (via ARTINFO)

It may be missing the steaminess of the Ghost pottery session, but this digital pottery wheel and 3D printing is still pretty darn cool.

Touring Google Art Project is amazing: you can collect artwork, walk through famous museums, and examine (with serious zooming action) the tiniest details of the works. 

Creative and attention-grabbing guerrilla marketing (like the clever Axe exit signs, above).

Get a refresher in Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles for Good Design.

On our radar this week: Superhero travel posters, prepping for the World Cup, and symbols galore.

Qatar’s planning to build some really unique-looking stadiums for the 2022 World Cup.

Batman wants you to visit Gotham City.

Food trucks? Fishing? Haircuts? The Noun Project has the (free, downloadable) symbol for that.

50 years of typographic album covers.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport has a cool new personalized wayfinding app and digital concierge service.

We wouldn’t have expected a color called “Honeysuckle” to be pink. But, I guess, who are we to argue with Pantone?

Image via Core77.

This week Banksy visits The Simpsons, Gap listens to the design masses, and we learn how to spot pop-culture fonts. 

The Simpsons’ executive producer talks about Banksy’s “couch gag.”

Bands with clever typographic music videos win us over every time. 

A guide to all those pop-culture fonts you recognize.

MOMA is showcasing architecture that’s made both social and artistic impacts.

Gapgate ends with the company throwing out its new logo in favor of its old one.