Mistakenly attributed to Banksy, the piece above was created by the very talented artist,Priest.

While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a “potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.”

The Endangered Wildlife Trust print campaign is a vulgar look at the gizzards of wild birds. Using an unpleasant light and tone for the ads, the TBWAHuntLascaris advertising agency of Johannesburg, South Africa, certainly drives the message home with horrifying images.

The ads display the bellies of these poor creatures, inside which nothing but our filth and garbage is homed; it truly causes shame that we are the culprits. The tagline of the <Endangered Wildlife Trust print campaign makes certain we understand that point: “If you don’t pick it up they will.”

And Everything Was Alright is a short film about a day in the life of a lonely bear who wants to travel to space. It represents the first joint venture between Robert Kilman and Safwat Saleem, and was filmed on location in Phoenix, Arizona in the summer of 2008.

The Smitten Kitchen, in its latest physical incarnation is a 80 42 square foot (whimper) circa-1935 sort of half-galley kitchen with a 24 foot footprint, a single counter, tiny stove, checkered floor and a skylight on top a noisy window at the end to the avenue below.

What you’ll see here is: A lot of comfort foods stepped up a bit, things like bread and birthday cakes made entirely from scratch and tutorials on everything from how to poach an egg to how to make tart doughs that don’t shrink up on you, but also a favorite side dish (zucchini and almonds) that takes less than five minutes to make.

This beautiful board is offered by Buddy Carr. The 39 Longboard is a collaboration between California based skateboarder Buddy Carr and New York based graphic designer Antonio Carusone. Now that’s a beautiful cussing Longboard. Makes me want to go riding.

I have to make the assumption that the Phaidon Design Classic will not be the last of their publications to be converted to iPad/e-Book form. It’s amazing that once was/still is three(3) enormous volumes fits into your hand at just under a pound.