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A spot for Nike's newest product Fuelband is a slew of pop culture references on speed. Enjoy.

Put this in the whoever thought of this has way too much time on their hands file. That doesn't mean it's not totally cool. These colorful images of streaking light were created by using super long exposures while a Roomba did it's thing. So not only can you create a work of art but your carpet will get clean while you do it. Heck there's even a Flickr group devoted to this movement.

Bored with the sudden trend of minimalist movie poster re-design? Well just in time for Oscar season awesomely named UK movie website TheShiznit might be on the leading edge of the next trend, movie posters that tell the truth.

Via Design You Trust

This is a campaign absolutely deserving of a WOW.

Apparently the young adults of Stockholm, Sweden are among the worst at practicing safe sex. Sure, you can hand them all condoms and hope for the best, or you can take it a step way further and turn sex into a fun, competitive game... as long as it's safe of course.

That's exactly what Swedish agency, Ester, did with this campaign. They handed out 50,000 condoms to young adults with QR codes on them (yeah, I know, but it's actually a good use of them). The QR code downloads an app that measures your sexcapades for motion, rhythm and duration. Just turn it on when you start, get a countdown clock reminder to put on your condom and have at it! After your sack session's done, just upload your performance to their website and compare it to other's performances.

Awesome right? But they didn't stop there. They also overlaid personality traits with the sex performances to create lighthearted "stereotypes" like "dog owners are louder" and geo-locations to create fun stats like "76 people got laid in this area," printed them on posters and plastered them all over the city.

Brilliant.

It's pretty easy to love comedian / filmmaker Mark Malkoff. Apparently so easy that he convinced 13 celebrities to let him sleepover their houses, including Dave Coulier (cut. it. out.), Kate Walsh (who is clearly not attracted to Mark) and the adorable Lisa Loeb, who reads him a bedtime story from her book. You can't help but smile when you watch this fun little video.

FirstBank - Super Bowl Commercial from TDA_Boulder on Vimeo.

Most of us are sick of Superbowl commercials already and it's not even the Superbowl yet, but this one from FirstBank gets a pass. Why? Because it's pretty awesome without even trying too hard to be awesome.

Playing off the fact that since commercials are now just as much part of the "show" as the football game, we no longer have a free second to pee, this simple ad features a man in a recliner who remains silent for most of the commercial so that you can go take your bathroom break. Then it just ends with "Better Customer Service."

Who can argue with that?

Amnesty International 'Amnesty Rescue' Call Of Duty MOD from Strange Day on Vimeo.

In November, we reported on Amnesty International's "Slide to Unlock" campaign.

They've joined forces with Call of Duty: MW3 to take the campaign further with seamless in-game advertising and potentially reach millions more potential volunteers and supporters.

Players can buy the Amnesty Rescue MOD (additional map) for $1, which gets donated to Amnesty, and players can rescue and save people suffering from human rights violations.

And let us thank Amnesty for giving gamers a chance to contribute to society. (What - too harsh?)

Who says pharmacies have to be so cold and clinical?

Swedish Design Labs doesn't. They have designed new collateral for pharmacy chain Vardapoteket in Sweden that is full of vivid colors and fun designs that incorporate organs and body parts in a fun way.

The design isn't just a pretty face either. It's also informed by research that proves positive environmental factors help lessen anxiety and promote overall well-being. Now there's an idea.

Mattel has released various versions of Barbies over the decades, some being borderline questionable, and in recent years has been scrutinized for its inaccurate proportions and depiction of what's beautiful.

A project created by Jocelyne Grivaudis anything but questionable - in fact, is unique and inspiring. Muse Barbies is a series of images Jocelyne created that portrays altered images of Barbie as her favorite artist's muses, demonstrating various forms of beauty are inspiration to many. But it still celebrates the iconic doll in its own way.

You can see more images on her website.

Would you ever commit to trying to visit all of your "friends" on Facebook? Probably not. You hide most of them anyway.

Unlike most, Arlynn Presser made the commitment to try and visit all 325 of her Facebook friends as her 2011 resolution. So what? Arlynn suffers from agrophobia, so for her, it was an essentially large feat. What transpired and transcribed on her blog is now becoming a documentary, and the trailer is now available.

Proof that Facebook could be more of an inspiration than time suck? Eh.

Want to wow guests at your next dinner party? Buy china that comes to life with augmented reality.

Ok - so it's not available at retail, but British ceramic designer Andrew Tanner collaborated with Unanico Group and Royal Winton to create a dinner plate design that animates when you hold up an app to it. Pretty interesting and could be revolutionary for home decor and dinnerware (uh, ok maybe not), but interesting to see AR moving into other industries.

Although, not sure you want to feel like your eating of a real bird's nest. You might feel like you're eating twigs and dirt.

The making of Variable Brain Design from DIST Creative on Vimeo.

What does a kid's brainwaves look like? What does anyone's brainwaves look like? Have you ever actually thought to ask that question?

Varier furniture has taken that question to task and created a line of patterns and designs to be used on a line of its chairs by measuring the brainwaves of three kids, while sitting on its Balans chair that helps improve concentration and well-being. They explain the tactics and premise behind this uniquely creative experiment in the video on their website. Created by Swedish production company B-Reel.

It would be awesome if everyone could get their own custom fabrics.

Know someone who is so un-photogenic that they refuse to join any social networks, and are therefore missing out on virtual friendom?

Internet Service company Fibertel is here to the rescue. In this ad, you see Patrick take picture after picture with amusingly unsuccessful results.

Fibertel claims they can save even the most un-photogenic people, like poor unfortunate Patrick. They are promoting a campaign to offer professional photographs to anyone who needs help so they can finally join that social network they've been avoiding.

Maybe they can give some people who think they're uber-photogenic some real talk while they're at it.

Twitter Reacts to Internet Sensorship from Andrei Taraschuk on Vimeo.

So now that the SOPA uproar is quieting down (for now), everyone's taking a look back at how the social world reacted. Some recaps are pretty darn funny, while others just really cool data visualizations like this one. Kind of beautiful to see how the country banned together at one time now that we know we actually made a difference. Yay to the power of the internet.

... especially when they go off in the middle of a beautiful classical performance. But how this one Violinist handles it is absolutely brilliant.

When coworker @domitron first posted this over the weekend my spidey sense told me it was probably a fake created by Nokia, but supposedly it's real, recorded by GREATMILAN at a synagogue in Presov Slovakia. Now that that's confirmed, you can officially think it's awesome.

Back in 2010 Tropicana brought sunshine (and free orange juice) to the Arctic (where it's dark all day in the winter) with a ginormous lighted helium ballon.

Now they're back at it again, this time bringing 3 extra hours of sunlight to London with an even bigger ball of light that is 30,000x larger than a football field.

Sure, it's all stunty and stuff, but who can argue with more hours of daylight in the middle of the dark and depressing winter?

The classic design school challenge; to make an image out of a word using nothing but the letters in the word. The results, an amazing collection of typographic imagery.

A clever collection by Greg Stefano featuring the desktops of 6 creative professionals. From Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley (photos above) to RISD President John Maeda, we get a look at what shapes the modern creative workspace. Greg, if you ever do an article about the messiest desktops in the creative industry, feel free to shoot me an email.

William Gates and Steven Jobs. Seems Microsoft was a bit off the back in design aesthetic even way back when.

Via Jay Mug.

BMW is popping up large outdoor projections in major cities in South Africa and inviting passerbys to race their new BMW 1 Series around the projected race track with their tablet as the remote control.

People can simply login to Facebook on their tablet and it becomes the steering wheel, sharing their results on their wall. Maybe not as fun as actually racing the cars, it's still pretty cool!

Love the simplicity of this latest Wheat Thins ad spoofing probably one of the most recognizable and beloved scenes from Family Guy. And of course, instead of bickering over the pronunciation of the "wh" in Cool Whip, it's the "wh" in Wheat Thins. What? WHHHHeat Thins.

In honor of the epic day of internet protesting yesterday, it seemed appropriate to share something related to it.

It's hard to choose between all the instances of protests and blackouts, but this video is pretty amusing and captures the sentiment of millions of worried folk.

If you or people you know haven't signed the petition against SOPA or PIPA, just listen to the music, and reconsider. Before Monday.