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.

Home Depot re-branding? It’s almost too good…

Goooooooal! Awesome animation of Gareth Bale’s hat trick against Inter Milan.

Do you think they had the kids colors these pictures before or after they doused them in drugs? (The pages, that is, not the kids.)

A bright green idea in athletic field lighting.

It’s a squid! It’s an alien! Oh no, wait, it’s just a Zaha Hadid-designed civc center — and it’s created quite a rift in this central California town.

It may look like a pipe, but trust us, Ceci n’est pas une pipe (and other great art pranks).

Super Bowl commercials, speaking like an architect, and building our own fine art collections has kept us busy this week. What about you?

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Google helps you “collect” valuable art pieces and visit the world’s museums from the comfort of your desk chair.

AOL Artists created one-of-a-kind Super Bowl footballs (above) to donate to the American Heart Association.

Coolest bike transit center ever: this modern, sustainable Bikestation in Washington, D.C. fits right in with the architecture of neighboring Union Station.

If you use words like “methodology” and “typology” when you just mean “method” and “type,” you might be a victim of architecture speak.

Is the best way to get people to watch your Super Bowl ad to create on that’ll get banned?

Sci-fi graffiti, Lego artwork, and the other stories that caught our eye this week.

Modern Lego art. (Inside/Out via ARTINFO)

The world’s oldest international stadium gets a sustainability makeover. (Inhabitat)

Graffiti from a galaxy far, far away. (WebUrbanist)

Think golf courses are bad for the environment? Think again. (GOOD)

Catch awesome local band Truckasauras tonight at SAM Remix. (Seattle Times)

Here’s a sampling of the interesting stories that caught our eye this week.

Pelli Clarke Pelli unveiled its designs for San Francisco’s new futuristic-looking transit center. (Inhabitat)

Is architecture art? (Life of an Architect)

Cool typography can make ads so much cooler. (Best Free Web Resources)

Cover your house in ivy that converts solar energy into electricity. (Dwell)

Zero-waste fashion design. (New York Times)