Peckham Peace Wall

A year on from the London riots, Peckham Space art gallery is launching a new public artwork on Peckham Square. The Peckham Peace Wall is by Garudio Studiage and celebrates, in permanent form, the post-it notes of love and respect for the area which grew on Rye Lane in the aftermath of last year’s disorder.

Crystal CG’s London 2012 Velodrome film

Just in case simply being inside the 2012 Olympic Velodrome is not exciting enough, a Tron-inspired animation by Crystal CG set to a specially created Chemical Brothers track is being used to whet the crowd’s appetite before each session

A Jamaican celebration

Designer Jon Daniel created the new identity for last weekend’s Brixton Splash festival, alongside street banners (above) and a gallery of ‘Jamaicons’ posters to celebrate the 50th anniverary of the country’s independence

Set in Stone: the Babson Boulders

Carved into giant granite boulders by unemployed stonecutters in the 1930s, the 23 inspirational messages of the Babson Boulders are a unique work of graphic design

This is a Pair of Levi’s

Levi’s has released a stylish new ad as part of its Go Forth campaign, featuring a poetic serenade to how the clothes supposedly help you get through the day.

An amazing maze of books

Artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo have created aMazeme, a giant labyrinth of books currently on show at the Southbank Centre Clore Ballroom, as part of the London 2012 Festival…

Record sleeves of the month

It’s been a while since our last roundup of beautiful record sleeves so we thought we’d pick out and share some releases from the last couple of months from labels 4AD, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Sub Pop and more…

Looking beyond the darkness

In what looks set to be an interesting take on the history of the scene, a new book from Black Dog explores the powerful visual side to one of music’s most notorious and maligned genres: black metal

How Black Pencils are won

D&AD’s Black Pencil. Not easy to get one. But here’s a teaser for a forthcoming behind the scenes film which will apparently shed light on what happens in the judging room

Louis Vuitton pays tribute to Muhammad Ali

Louis Vuitton has released the latest in its Louis Vuitton Journeys campaign, which sees hip-hop artist Yasiin Bey and calligraphist Niels Shoe Meulman pay tribute to the great Muhammad Ali…