Happy Halloween weekend! Designing haunted houses, creating your own monsters (yep, there’s an app for that), and the perfect motorcycle to complete your Tron costume.

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You only have a few more days before Halloween to create your own Daily Monster (or just marvel as Stefan G. Bucher creates his).

The Museum of Obsolete Objects ensures you won’t forget about things like cassette tapes and the abacus.

This architect’s specialty is spooky environmental design.

Tron-esque Light-Cycles. We’ll take a fleet for the Studio, please.

These aren’t your average pumpkin carvings—they’re veritable sculptures.

Now that’s some Halloween spirit. We would definitely trick-or-treat here.

Image via Multy Shades.

This week we’re celebrating Steve Jobs’ impact on design, turning eyesores into artwork, and savoring some tasty typography.

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Typography and cookies. Could there be a better combination?

Uniting people around the world through laughter and balloon hats.

The ABCs of Bacon.

A Nebraska non-profit turns abandoned grain silos into artwork.

Haven’t you always wanted a beautiful, handmade wooden bicycle? Well, you’re in luck.

Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at Stanford: how a calligraphy class shaped the future of Apple, connecting the dots in your life, and creating great work.

Image by Jonathan Mak, via My Modern Met.

It’s finally feeling summery in Seattle, and we’ve been thinking about traveling the world (perhaps in a Velomobile), the power of typography, and how cool it is that the band CAKE used their own clothing to turn one of their songs into a book.

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Don’t these lovely videos just make you want to grab your suitcase and travel the world?

The band CAKE partnered with BANDbooks to turn its song “Bound Away” into a handmade book, where the song’s lyrics are paired with fabulous illustrations.

“Words have meaning and type has spirit, and the combination is spectacular” - PBS’s “Off-Book” series.

Planning a road trip this summer? Why not travel by Velomobile.

Remember these cool bike rim lights? (Which we still can’t wait to get our hands on, BTW.) They just won a Core 77 Design Award.

Image: Velomobiles, for traveling in reclined style. via GOOD.

This week we’ve explored the psychology behind naming paint colors, the meaning of “timelessness,” and the art of geolocating.

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Target brings wood-type to the masses. (via Quipsologies)

Cool idea for city wayfinding geared toward cyclists.

You are Here. Google maps in the real world.

In case you were wondering, “An afternoon in the country” is kind of the color of mud.

An exploration in timelessness.

Paris’ swanky and secretive Diner en blanc is being Americanized for swanky and secretive New Yorkers. Now we just need to figure out how to snag an invite…

Image: Aram Bartholl’s “Map” in Taipei, Taiwan.

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.