Signals is a cultural briefing of people, places and events making an impact in their city. Each week our editors scan City Note Submissions and select a few of their favorites from a particular city. This week, for our third edition of Signals, we present London. The city has a surge of creativity running through its streets. Their innovative business models, improved civic engineering, revamped hotels and new artist debuts make the city an exciting place to be.

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As Taj said, “Someone make this a train and put it on the east coast.” I couldn’t agree more. Although it’s not likely in the immediate future, it’s exciting to see developments like the Buckeye Bullet open new possibilities. Just recently Ohio State’s lithium powered Buckeye Bullet 2 shot across the UTAH desert at an average speed of 291 miles per hour breaking the world land speed record for a battery powered vehicle. We have a few photos from the event. Pretty awesome. Click Read More for additional information.

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I ride the train often, and on one of my regular routes we pass a train yard where you can see rows and rows of cars waiting for maintenance. Some look brand new while others look like they’ve seen better days. As we pass I always wonder what they do with the ones they want to retire. Well Animal Magazine points our attention to the fantastic photography of Stephen Mallon. In his work he documents the submergence of hundreds of NYC Subway cars. According to Animal, “They were ferried and dumped in the Atlantic Ocean to get reenacranted as articial reefs…” Below, you can find a few pictures from Stephen’s collection, but visit Animal for the full gallery. Also, Stephen has a show coming up September 10 – 13 at the Front Room Gallery in NYC. Check it out if you’re in town.

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This week, for our second edition of Signals we present Paris. The beloved city boasts the most submissions in our City Notes Collection and has a wide variety of offerings ranging from amazing art events to fantastic eateries. Below, please find a few of our favorites. Also, just in case you missed last week’s feature – Signals is a cultural briefing of people, places and events making an impact in their city. Each week our editors scan City Note Submissions and select a few of their favorites from a particular city.

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Ever since my first kaleidescope I’ve appreciated the beauty of distortion. And it’s Serge Mendezhiyskogo’s subtle distortion that makes his art so beautiful. Part pixelated dream world and part post card, his art re-imagines the traditional travel poster. We’d love to have a few of these hanging at the studio. View more examples of his work below.

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Safety doesn’t come easy. Despite the brilliant efforts of safety campaigns, many city officials still don’t get it. There’s no excuse for a city without bike lanes. It’s obvious they improve road safety. That’s why we appreciate Lansivayla’s take on the issue. The Helsinki based collective invited people to join their guerilla operation and paint a bike lane on Hameentie – one of the main roads leading through the Northern part of central Helsinki. Not only is this generally awesome, it looks beautiful too. We also love that the idea was inspired by a few creative folks in Berlin. Click Read More for additional information and photos.

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New York City has beautiful parks – big and small. Of course there’s Central Park and other tourist hangouts, but I especially like the smaller ones where new-families go. Their Sunday morning sounds put the upcoming week in perspective. I’m not sure what it is, but there’s an inviting sense of hope in the air. You hear it in the kids playing. You see it in the parents watching. And most of all you feel things slow down as you notice other people taking a second to enjoy the moment. That’s where we met Marcia Howard – an aspiring book store owner and resident of Brooklyn. Marcia has a nice disposition so it was easy to strike up a conversation about travel, her favorite cities and what New York means to her…

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