France Social problems. A car accident involving a police car and 2 kids on a motorcycle sparked riots in Villiers-le-Bel, reminding the 2005 riots (just a bit). I chose the Economist coverage coz, well, it’s in english and I prefer exterior coverage of a local news event, I think it’s always a bit more impartial.

Richard Rogers + Architects at Pompidou center. “presents a detailed survey of the work of Richard Rogers and his partners over the last 40 years.” Here’s a good presentation of the exhibit by Dezeen.

Small actions, big changes. “We’re looking for the simple, everyday actions that, when enough people do them, can bring about BIG CHANGE. So, we’re asking you “what would you ask one million people to do to change the world?” (by 2nd of jan 008)

Collection of links from this week:

Artists I liked
Guilherme Marconi
Kallegraphics
The image is found (for some strange reason, I like wedding photography..)

And a couple of great ads
Anoniem for freshcotton.com
Vorsthammer.com
Best of Guerrila Marketing, by bloguerilla.it (via freshcreation.nl)
Oh yeah, and Facebook change its opt-out “Beacon” advertising system to opt-in after a 50 000 signature petition. But I’m sure you already read about it…

Artist of the day is: Caribou

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