This is Kids Being Awesome Artists.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama created this amazing interactive art installation at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

Kusama created an entirely white “large domestic environment” as a palette for the museum’s young visitors, who were given thousands of dot stickers to put wherever they wanted over the course two weeks. Kusama calls the installation “The Obliteration Room,” (which is a fascinating story in itself… read on).
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This is Design for Japan.

The empathy of designers flows forth in support of Japan. The proceeds from the sale of these items goes to relief for the Japanese in the wake of the devastating earthquake.

Here is a roundup of blog posts which are themselves different roundups of various pieces of art and design for sale.

—Jessica Kuhn on HOW’s blog: Designers Reaching Out to Japan.
—Steven Heller on imprint: The Earth Quaked, Designers Designed.
—On GOOD’s blog: Buy These Things and Support Relief Efforts in Japan

This is Super Nrmal on twitter.

Yes, we joined the 21st century of communication.

Now you can follow us in yet another way… maybe in Flipboard? And if you read Super Nrmal and like it, feel free to re-tweet. Cheers.

This is a 373-Sample Mash-Up.

Girl Talk (former biomedical engineer Gregg Gillis) released his fifth album, All Day, in 2010. Fast Company tabbed infographic artist Tiffany Farrant to try to visually organize the ridiculous number of samples, track by track. (They admit Gillis is the “only one who knows the full genetic code.”)

This is Track 3, That’s Right:

Gillis secures no legal rights for the samples in his albums—he cites fair use as justification for his creative work.
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This is a Rolling City.

When the city of Åndalsnes in Norway sought a new masterplan, Swedish architects Jägnefält Milton responded with a plan that not only recognized the city’s existing rail network, but was focused entirely on it.

The rolling masterplan called for a mobile architecture that would move buildings according to seasons or events on both existing and new track.
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