5 Things I Loved Last Week… February 1-7

The Visual Repertoire of Obama’s Run for the White House

I think I am going to have to start a separate Obama links blog. The man has generated an endless amount of great links.

“The project is an analysis of the wide range of visuals which accompanied the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Obama’s campaign was mounted on numerous platforms and provided and triggered multilayered…”

I really want to get my hands on that journal, but in the meantime, we can settle for the images.

I Lego New York (courtesy of Adam)

I love Lego. I love New York. I love this. Christopher Niemen did a wonderful set of Lego illustrations of New York through the lens of everybody’s favourite interlocking plastic blocks. There’s a few of them below, but be sure to check them all out here.

TED Talks Updates via Twitter

I’ve always been a huge TED fan, but all the updates via Twitter gave me a much richer feel for the experience, cementing attending TED as one of my life goals. @austinhill, @loic and a number of others did a great job keeping the rest of use filled in on what was going on and I am glad that they did.

Check out the first TED Talk of the year below. Bill Gates talks about battling Malaria and improving the education system.

It’s Nice That (courtesy of Eve)

It’s Nice That is a gem of a blog documenting different forms of creativity (like the sweet Cookie Monster cupcake below). It also has a clean, elegant layout.

Better the World Launches

Better the World is a new start-up with a clever business model that allows users to raise money for the cause of their choice by installing a browser sidebar or search tool. 90% of the profit from the ads you view go to the charity of your choice.

Disclosure: Better the World is one of our incubation projects at Idea Couture.