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)

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.

A tech-focused Coachella, boosting creativity with wall color, and the other cool things on our minds this week.

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Can the color of a room really make us double our creative output?

The beauty of symmetry.

OK Go turns LA into a giant canvas for GPS art.

This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival went tech-savvy.

This might be our favorite Royal Wedding souvenir yet.

Beautifully minimalist bikes, bizarre package design, Romney’s new campaign logo, and other cool items to liven up your afternoon.

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On this Tax Day, take your mind off your own money by checking out some currency from around the world (like the beautiful Swiss franc, pictured above).

Francesco Bertelli knows what he likes in a bike: vintage, minimal beauty. (via Cool Hunting)

From installing benches to decorating crosswalks, Do-It-Yourself Urban Design is becoming a popular way for citizens to reclaim their environment. 

Why yes, I have always wished tequila came in a gun-shaped bottle. Haven’t you?

A spring break resort for the environmentally conscious. And, apparently, Tom Cruise.

Maybe Mitt Romney’s presidential platform is whiter teeth and poor kerning.

This week we kept busy with outsider art, sustainable shoes, and profiling the most average person in the world.

TED Prize-winner JR wants to use art to change the world.

Biodegradable shoes that you can literally wear into the ground.

Meet the most typical person in the world.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim opened a free museum to house his vast art collection.

A lot of work goes into making your Sapporo taste so delicious.

Can work still be “Outsider Art” if it’s at a New York gallery selling for thousands of dollars? Either way, it looks pretty cool.

What happens when you put a group of frat boys in a glass cube for hours and call it art? Pretty much what you’d expect.

This week, we’ve been wowed by Sharpie murals, giant office supplies, and a colorful vacation spot.

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No more generic white envelopes — the Oscar envelope finally gets a Hollywood makeover. 

To illustrate the likely office divisions in this empty building, Radford Wallis used some unconventional “signage.”

Who needs wallpaper when you’ve got cream walls as your canvas, $10 worth of Sharpies, and the art talents of this guy?

A South LA high school uses street art to give students a unique voice.

Make your European vacation a bit more colorful with a stop at Brussels’ Pantone Hotel.

Who’d have thunk that just pouring paint out of cups would look so cool?

This week we’ve been impressed with beautiful typography that’s selling shoes, a minimalist album cover design that’s winning Grammys, and a Monster Supplies shop that’s encouraging kids to write imaginatively.

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These typographic videos really capture the experience of learning a new language in a foreign country.

Louboutin created a pretty fabulous window display, eliciting longing glances at the beautiful typography. Oh, and probably the shoes, too. 

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies isn’t just full of fun products with clever messaging, but it’s also the site of kids’ writing center — the magical-sounding Ministry of Stories.

Banksy’s getting ready for the Oscars with two new walls in LA.

Grammy-winner Michael Carney on his graffiti education, font design, and the value of great album covers (additional album pics here).

Google Streetview has captured some pretty wild images. 

“Great design has to be holistic, it has to be human, it has to speak to us.” - Pattie Moore.

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.

This week, we’re judging teams by their logos, visiting the streets of India, and marveling at awesome typographic office furniture. ______________________________________________________

Predictions for this weekend’s NFL Conference Championships, based solely on the teams’  logos, typography, and graphics. You know, the things that really matter.

Street art in India is often similar to what you’d see in the U.S., yet also pretty culturally-specific.

Try saying “Gastrotypographicalassemblage” three times fast as you marvel at the fact that this typographic beauty was almost thrown away (and dream about how amazing it would look on your own kitchen walls).

With a love for Westies and Croatian humor and a desire to do something creative every day, this designer created 100 logos in 100 days, none taking more than 100 minutes.

Spring may come to Park Avenue a little sooner than the rest of the country. 

Wondering about the font in the new Comedy Central logo or the latest Ford ad? Fonts in Use has you covered.

Not sure these look particularly comfy, but pretty certain we should get an “S” & “C” for the office.

Image from Pr*ttySh*tty.