The story behind these peSeta caps is pretty romantic. Bike meets sewing machine. Bike and sewing machine fall in love. Together, they create some pretty cool cycling caps for New Museum. Yessir, I’m adding this to the list of things I totally heart about Spain.

I’ve always felt like the shuffle on my iTunes is biased, but don’t you totally love it when it brings a song back in your life that really means something to you? I remember finding out about this band (Stairwell) years back on a message board when someone suggested them, but little did I know their message would give me the courage to take some risks and move to California. It’s not musically the greatest song out there, but it doesn’t need to be. This lyric means the world to me.

“Why don’t you be what you always want to be, why don’t you go where you wanted to go? I don’t see a single thing that’s truly keeping you, why don’t you go where you wanted to go?”

Stairwell – “Ancient Ruins”

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending PSFK’s NY Conference. It brought together some heavy-hitting creatives (I’d suggest watching the talks from Airbnb, Thrillist and Kickstarter) but the most compelling (and best executed IMO) came from Aaron Dignan. He’s not only a Jason Schwartzman look-alike but a new author and successful trends strategist. Aaron explained how we’re totally bored in places that matter (i.e. school, work) and offered game mechanics as a solution to fixing this. I gotta say, I found his reasoning both humorous and insightful. I definitely agree that game mechanics has become an enormous part of our everyday culture and I love the idea of experimentation in our schools and workplace, but I’m also hopeful that gaming doesn’t become a be-all, end-all. solution I mean, I love a good ass-kicking as much as the next guy but there are plenty of days I just want to unplug, take a deep breath and soak up the unexpected…without keeping score. BTW, Aaron’s book looks awesome. Bonus points for making a trailer.

If you live in a tiny apartment like me, maximizing each square inch becomes crucial. Imagine an intense game of Tetris that forces you to stack belongings in weird places. Yeah, my Cosby sweaters are stored in the kitchen cabinets, what of it? Let’s just say keeping things separate requires some creativity. Morgan over at The Brick House turned one big loft into several spaces with these inexpensive jute rope walls, and they look oh-so-lovely. I wouldn’t limit this type of project to a huge warehouse though; picture a sweet patio enclosure or an interesting studio division. Definitely adding this to the DIY queue, right behind her awesome plumbing shelves. Dopeness!

I love me some rocking chairs but worrying sucks. It often leads to over-analyzing and stress and drama and bad skin and bad TV and thinking it’s ok to tweet your ex at 1:30AM. No thanks. I’ll take less worrying and more rocking.

This gets filed under totally endearing, super awesome, never-ending fun. Imagination is such a beautiful thing. And mixing that with reality, well, Ben Heine has officially reminded me how shit my drawing skills are. If this set were a book, I’d buy it. If he were shooting on a street corner, I’d miss where I was heading. Pencil vs Camera is what playing outside is all about. Don’t ever stop having fun people. [h/t quipsologies]

Alright, so I’m choosing full-disclosure on this one because I do now work for Photojojo, but these USB Film Rolls debuting today are pretty brilliant. They’re real upcycled film cans and each one will hold 4 GB of whatever you fancy, like tunes, your best creative work or ridiculously amazing photos with friends. Exactly which one you get is a surprise and that’s part of the fun, like toys in the bottom of a cereal box or Homies vending machines in taco shops. Did you know Obama is part of the Homies collection? Well now you do and you’re a better person for it.