My best friend shall cook for a television programme. This weekend she served some of her recipes but we missed the killer to win, so we suggested to prepare showy testicles. To my surprise I found a multi-media cookbook on balls.

I frequently visit the excellent designblog of my friend Martin Pyper (Me). He published an article about photographer Paul Graves who also makes hilarious balloon art.

Music temple Parardiso in Amsterdam starts a new romantic multidisciplinairy programme (sept-nov), called ‘Love in the City’.  Click here to see the interactive graphics consisting of love messages by the artists Teun Castelein and Sylvain Vriens.

A friend just mailed me this handy iPhone app for Paris. A sort of visual Yellow Pages, like a robot is holding your hand.

I have done several projects with art director Rob severein (Case 09), also a meritorious photographer (left). These days he is travelling with the Trans Siberian Express (right).

’Imaginary forces’ by Michaël Ferron.

Turning heads in an Open Bic. This fast sailing dinghy is specially designed for children. The Bic is so much cooler than those Optimist bath tubs and it took my son just 10 minutes to learn sailing it (never sailed before).

Australian artist Ben Frost loves and hates advertising: “it is all about desillusion”. The new edition of Dutch magazine CREATIE shows his work amongst other work from artists that never grew up.

Retro brand Lego is hot: a Lego movie is in the make and Lanvin and Castelbaljac use Lego in their ads and shows. Lego just launched a simple electronics range for kids.