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).

Typography games, Ai Weiwei’s latest gig, and other finds keeping us occupied this week.

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Ai Weiwei served as art director for the cover story of the latest issue of W…via Skype.

File under: Awesome (Also under: Way Harder than You Expect): Cheese or Font?

And while we’re talking about typography games, how’s your kerning?

An interactive Parisian garden that ignite children’s imaginations.

Clever neon posters, from Superman to the Beatles.

These little Lego guys are excellent printers.

Image: Neon posters by Mr. Whaite.

This week we met people who turn their cars into works of art, learned why so many wine labels feature “Animals Doing Things,” and brushed up our logo history.

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Go ahead, judge those bottles of wine by their labels.

Behind the creation of one of the world’s most memorable logos (done by a graphic design student for just $35!): the Nike ‘swoosh.’

A recap of last week’s Worldwide Developers Conference recap. In song, of course.

Fascinating collection of pictures of pictures of the past in the present (got that?).

Painting a Ford Pinto to look like the horse? Makes sense to me (and to all the “art-car” enthusiasts).

Image: Dear Photograph

This week, we’ve experienced healing through fine art, retro packaging design, and the dangers of too much historical preservation.

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Apparently, Monet paintings can cure hay fever and Georges Seurat is the patron saint of great skin…just a few of the healthy tidbits you’ll learn at New York’s new Art Healing Ministry.

John Cho Moore creates thoughtful and lovely bags, and Kai Hsing’s video beautifully documents the process.

Rem Koolhaas’s new exhibit questions our eagerness for historic preservation.

The retro trend hits packaging. 

From ABBA to ZZ Top, you can get your hands on signed prints of some of the most iconic pop culture photographs.

Finally the ladies join the world of foosball.

Image: Some of the new retro product packaging. (Boyle + Gardner for The Wall Street Journal)

Wondering if you’re following sushi-etiquette, curious about Ai Weiwei’s new installation, or trying to get your kids interested in math and science? We’ve got you covered.

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Dos and Don’t of sushi-eating. I’m pretty sure I’ve been doing it wrong…

The process of creating the New York Times Magazine cover.

After his arrest a month ago, Ai Weiwei’s “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads” was unveiled in NYC this week.

These “cinemagraphs” beautifully combine photographs with animation.

Maybe the best way to get kids excited about science and math is to show them the amazing things they can create (like the awesome bike, above).

Image: Alpha, created by UPENN students.

Hairstyles of the rich and famous, data about our data-filled world, cassette-tape packaging, and the other cool stuff we’ve seen this week.

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Try your hand at putting famous hairstyles with their famous faces. (Hint: You’ll know if the hair is David Lynch’s because it’ll look an awful lot like Starry Night.) 

Shinichi Maruyama can work wonders with some paint and a quick shutter.

Google’s “Think Quarterly” has a slick design and some fascinating articles focused on — what else? — data. 

How artists can help re-shape Japan’s perspectives as it begins to recover.

When you made that cute senior girl all those mix tapes, we hope you kept the packaging in there. Cool graphics and your favorite jams — how could she not fall for you?

Excuse me, I think you’ve got a little Helvetica on your face.

Image: Maruyama’s Garden #4

This week we’ve been busy searching for the perfect valentines, studying the evolution of great logos, and watching the Academy’s growing unease with Banksy’s quest for an Oscar.

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Nicholas Feltron produced another great annual report, this one tracking his father’s life.

An interesting glimpse into the process of redesigning a franchise logo.

Is the parody “Exit through the Petshop” part of Banky’s unconventional quest for an Oscar? 

A unique set of photographic infographics.

Track the evolution of some famous logos. Can you believe the student who designed the Nike swoosh was only paid $35?

Valentine’s Day gifts for your lovable nerd.

We celebrated the first week of November with vintage posters, a glimpse into the mind of Paula Scher, and a lesson in how to speak “architect.”

Andy Adams of Flakphoto.com compiled 100 stunning portraits from his site submitted by a variety of contemporary photographers for a display at FotoWeek DC.

Vintage posters discovered in an abandoned station in the London Underground.

Paula Scher talks about her approach to typographic art and design.

Meet the designers behind Bergdorf Goodman’s artistic window displays.

A humorous lesson in architectural terminology.

Photo: “Self Portrait with Christopher (Clementines), 2007.” © Jessica Todd Harper. 

Halloween Edition: Zombies, election-sign typography, designers’ sketchbooks, and more!

Typography’s influence on the election race.

Take a peek into the brainstorming process of a designer. 

Stunning photos of awesome architecture.

Some great works in the history of graffiti are being recreated in New York. 

978 zombie movies, books, and games. 1 amazingly detailed poster.

Photo: The fantastic pumpkin carving of James Pope.

The Gapgate firestorm, defining “good design,” and other interesting things we’ve stumbled upon over the past two weeks.

Gap redesigns its logo and the internet goes crazy. Brand New recaps the past two days of “Gapgate,” Gap asks for design suggestions, the President of Gap defends the change, the logo itself speaks up, and several websites offer you the chance to Gap-ize your own logo. 

A group of prominent designers share their thoughts on what makes “good design.”  (via SEGD)

Goodbye, Buffaslug! Several NHL teams are returning to their roots.

In true Ikea style, the company releases a minimalist cookbook. (via kottke)

Last week a few of our designers attended an Yves Behar lecture at the Central Library. For the rest of us, here’s a video of his great talk at TED this year about creating products that tell stories.

(Photo: The gradient blue box that started it all, via Brand New)

PARK(ing) Day 2010 photo by Jacob D.

Turning parking spots into parks, roadside haikus, and the other stories that caught our eye this week.

Happy PARK(ing) Day! All over the country, people are turning parking meters into parks for the afternoon.  

Paula Scher’s large-scale typographical map paintings installed in the atrium of a Queens school campus. (Pentagram)

Reflections on the waterfront design presentations. (DJC)

Poetic “bandit signs” in Atlanta that aren’t advertising loans, but positivity. (GOOD)

Take a tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum with your favorite celebrity. Well, at least follow a map of their favorite sites and items. (via @jrez)

Great photos of signs were submitted to Smashing Magazine’s World of Signage contest. (Smashing Magazine)