Darwinia has made it’s presence known on the Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Darwinia+. This game has won multiple awards and received lots of attention in the past in it’s PC incarnations. Introversion Software has now brought it to the console where it is surprisingly easier and more natural to navigate. They even threw in the multiplayer incarnation ‘Multiwinia’ to boot.

The game exists in it’s own little digital tron-esque universe. It’s an ecosystem populated with industry, civilization, wild life, and various stimuli. It’s a virtual ecosystem where evolution and artificial intelligence is studied. There even religion as a component. continue…

Cliff Chiang has a series of illustrations mashing-up classic album cover art with comic art. He does a lot of other stuff too but theres just something about this series of 12″ remix drawings that really strike a nerve. Keep going Cliff, we want to see more! This idea has legs.

[Cliff Chiang]

Dig this set of tableware from Lovegrove & Repucci. The New York Delft series combines classic china aesthetics with graffiti themes to result in china that would be perfect upon which to serve gourmet hot dogs and sweet potato fries. Sure they could have pushed it further, particularly with the tea cup but otherwise it looks like a pretty hot item and reasonably priced to boot. I’d be tempted to whip out a sharpie and tag a plate with that day’s menu though.

[Lovegrove & Repucci]

Christoph Niemann’s Has a series illustrations up in the New York Times themed upon his inability to sleep. It makes some sense. If you find that you can’t sleep you may as well think about and then illustrate the reasons why this could be. The results charmingly evoke the familiarity of late night (or early morning) frustrations from sleep deprivation. We’ve all been there.

[New York Times]