This week we’ve been thinking about painting particle accelerators, observing one’s surroundings, and our favorite logos of all time.

The artistry of the Large Hadron Collider in all its 7-ton glory.

Pretty amazing chalk-drawn typography.

The Sartorialist offers great thoughts on connecting with one’s environment every day.

iPad apps for typography lovers.

Creative Review’s April issue will list the Best 20 Logos Ever. Under Consideration gets a jump on the polling. 

Image from GOOD. Josef Kristofoletti’s mural at the Large Hadron Collider.

We hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Over the past few weeks we’ve been staying warm by our computers, amusing ourselves with Star Wars typography, wayfinding apps, cigarette warning labels, and more.

These are not the semicolons you’re looking for.

Meet the Google Doodlers.

Why are so many architects short?

Michael Beirut on typography.

Lost? There’s an app (or several) for that.

Crayons aren’t just for coloring book art.

Slate readers offer their own designs for the new cigarette warning labels.

Image: Star Wars posters by H-57 Creative Station.

This week we pondered the typographic tattoos we could get, learned about how the Empire State Building was built, and enjoyed a billboard with a unique message.

Seattle’s Lead Pencil Studio created a billboard (above) on the US-Canada border that advertises nothing but clean air.

Clearly this is how you show that you really love typography. 

Redesigning cookware for a new generation.

Did you know it only took about a year to build the Empire State Building?

These designers put the typographic “t” in T-shirt.

Photo: Lead Pencil Studio

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. 

This week a street artist wins the TED prize, the Brits bring us two examples of clever typography, and we learn about the psychology behind the layout of a school cafeteria…

Street artist (or, as he likes to call himself, “photograffeur”) JR wins the 2011 TED prize.

Beautifully designed illuminated letters that tell a story.

An interesting series of articles about signage and the future of finding your way around.

Stephen Fry has a thing or two to say to language pedants (and it all plays out in a cool typographic video).

The psychology of the school lunch line.

Image: JR’s images on the facades of homes in Rio de Janeiro. Courtsey JR/Agence VU.