We love a good light show as much as anyone, but Elliot Golden has taken it to a sci-fi level. The fantastic lighting effects in the above image leave us terrified to ask what is dripping from that man's hands. Elliot comes from an illustration background, depicting the surreal world of bland working environments. His new work explores the possibilities of injecting that same feeling into human extremities. Whatever’s happening, it makes us want to watch old space monster movies with a black light on. Elliot has a new show that just opened in Williamsburg at the Heart and Soul Gallery.

Tired of everyone stealing your look? Maybe you should stop shopping at the Gap. Instead of populating your wardrobe with mass market pieces, drop by Hanging Out and ogle the unique accessories like the Casa Nostra Pizzeria and Nintendo shoulder bags, or the very early, limited edition back-to-school agenda (crazy panda ad pictured above). All of their products are available at reasonable prices — unlike that Mulberry purse you blew your paycheck on last weekend. Although if you don't live in Europe, it'll cost you a plane ticket to buy them.

When we used to sneak out of our parents house in high school, it was just to party and drink beer. When Richard Reynolds started sneaking out at night, it was to plant flowers in front of his flat. We're sure it made his neighbors happy, but he had no idea that it would turn him into some kind of gardening superhero, fighting the forces of neglect, land shortage, and public apathy for garden aesthetics. He began recruiting his friends and started a blog called Guerrilla Gardening.

Years later the movement has inspired communities to don dark clothes and plant colorful flowers at night, throwing seed bombs out of car windows. He has recruited "troops" that have started chapters in New York, Berlin and other major cities. And their nighttime activities earned them praise from everyone from Esquire to Al Gore for fighting neighborhood filth with forks and flowers. Read all about Reynold’s green days and wild nights in his new book, On Guerrilla Gardening.

It looks way unconventional, but this clever Walking Bike by Max Night “kicks” at an impressive pace. The enterprising designer outfitted an ordinary bike with eight pairs of sneakers for his pal at Intersection magazine, and it truly does run — albeit at a jogger-with-a-cramp speed. And a word to potential bikejackers: making off with the wheels on this one are likely to earn more on eBay than at the used bike store. Watch the foot pedaling action here.

Feeling a need to break out that party beret? Well, for six hours on Sunday, June 8th on London's famed Brick Lane Road you can do just that. Indulge in delicious wines, cheese, and watch all kinds of artists do their magic — including turn two cars into art-cars — at the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair. So far, about 50 talented folks are signed up to participate. One of the more happening events at the fair is Pretty Taxing's booth, where they'll be hocking holders for artist crafted tax discs (for us Americans: registration stickers). It’s a little bit of inspiration for an otherwise ugly institutional tag on your vehicle.

Everyone loves receiving mail the old fashion way. There’s a certain romance to getting a physical letter or a postcard. And jewelry is always romantic. So it was obvious to London-based designer Nutre Arayavanish to put the two together as Postable Jewelry. Her hard postcards with pop out pieces can be constructed into creative rings or necklaces. While these jewels aren’t exactly 14 karat, they’re the perfect answer to "sorry, I was traveling and missed your birthday/anniversary/wedding."

Two weeks ago, a detailed article appeared in New York magazine that made many, including myself, rethink something we’ve taken for granted for so long — walking. In particular, walking in footwear. If you take a look at how the human foot is formed, and how we walked hundreds of years ago, you can see that modern shoes are completely counterintuitive.

Sneakers are designed to minimize heel strike and maximize toe spring. What ends up happening instead is we slam our heels on the pavement harder than necessary because we want to feel the feedback that is, ironically, cushioned by the shoes we wear. Of the solutions presented, the one I found to be the least radical is a line of shoes called Vivo Barefoot.

They offer 12 designs for men in a variety of colorways, and look like normal — albeit slightly boring — shoes. What sets them apart is they are essentially slippers fitted with puncture resistant soles. Wearers comment on being able to feel the grates on the street or the curvature of rocks on trails. If you’ve ever worn rock climbing, driving, or Nike Free shoes, you know what this feels like. The Vivo Barefoot seems to be a wonderful way to start regaining the muscle strength most of us never developed thanks to our fancy kicks.