The Creators Project is a collaboration between Intel and Vice which sees how computers are shaping the future of creative thinking and application. A hugely ambitious project, featuring many of the world’s best ambassadors in the creative fields, it’s great to go behind the curtain, meet the people, and see how they continuously push their craft. Click here and prepare to lose a good bit of your day.

No doubt if you live in Dublin you will have noticed some rather nice and thought provoking ‘messages’ painted on the walls and buildings of our fair city. This has been a collaborative effort between graffiti artist Maser and singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey. A website www.theyareus.ie has gone live outlining the project and documenting the sites. Go visit now!

NYC’s finest art collective Faile have gone and outdone themselves yet again. As part of Portugal’s Arte 2010 festival they have taken their iconic 2d creations and brought them to live in 3d and then went one step beyond to create a “future temple” to house them all in. Every detail is considered, every single inch of it treated with love and attention, every element is unbelievable. The piece was meant to only be up for a couple of weeks but such is the interest, both locally and people flying in to see it, that it will be extended for a couple of months. Check out more pictures here and here. Also, here’s the making of, the effort just blows me away.

Words can’t describe how amazing I think this is. The latest, and in my opinion greatest, animation so far by Blu is absolutely killer. “Big Bang Big Boom, A Short Unscientific Story about Evolution and His Consequences” is a massive undertaking and realised with a real, beautiful feel. So, grab yourself your nearest and dearest, and kick back for 10 minutes and take it all in.

With only a couple of days to go before we unveil the full Hit The Decks collection this Friday we can finally announce the artist lineup for the first edition. In aid of Kings of Concrete we’ve secured the incredible diverse talents of the following bunch to rock the halls of Bernard Shaw over this weekend. ADW / Anto Sands / Asbestos / Askim / Barry Hughes / BRENB / Brian Coldrick / CANVAZ / Chris Judge / Conor & David / D$ / Dan Leo / Donal Thornton / Gavin Beattie / Glenn Leyburn / Gonzilla / Grim / I Am Doom / Jine / JOR / Lints / Loki / Maser / Mick Minogue / Morgan / Richard Gilligan / Risto / Splinky / Steve Simpson / Studio AAD / Unthink / Wes Trumble / Will St. Leger / xTTr. Hope to see you there to admire their handywork and enjoy “A” pint.

You’d think with the sun scorching all around us that people would kick back, take it handy for a couple of months, and get stuck back in when Mother Nature and Jack Frost conspire against us all once more this Autumn. Not so it seems as there’s plenty of events upcoming that are worth getting out and supporting so forget the football, Big Brother and Pat Kenny on The Front Line and get stuck in at some of these…

Super8 Shots Festival in Galway opens tomorrow with a fantastic, varied lineup.

The first Pecha Kucha Night Belfast tomorrow night!

King of Concrete promises to be the biggest yet with over 10,000 people expected over the 2 days to see bmxers, skaters, breakdancers, artists, djs and much more rocking Wood Quay and venues all over town.

And if that hasn’t you out of the house enough, our friends at For The Love Of have teamed up with Castlepalooza and Re-Dress and have just released the brief for anyone creative to get involved. Click here for the 5-0.

Okay, okay, so this week’s pay day print is actually 3 but they’re all by the same artist so please forgive me. Street artist Escif has his latest show at London’s Pictures On Walls and as part of the event (which looks amazing btw, hundreds of original sketches, video installations and other cool shit) they’ve produced 3 really cool prints. Each is an edition of 100 and available for £85 each, I’m liking the bullfighter most but they all look good. There’s also a bunch of products available in the shop here including a zine and some posters.

Shepard Fairey and his posse have just arrived home after a hugely successful show at Deitch in NYC, their last in the current space. While there he got involved in many different types of events and put up lots of murals across the city but the show he put on was incredible looking. Check more pics here. As part of the trip Interview hooked up an interview between him and long time hero Iggy Pop, subject of one of his portraits for the ‘May Day’ show, which you can read here.

Looks like Banksy took a Stateside trip to be around LA for the US launch of his recent documentary ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’. While hanging in the city he found time to put up 2 pieces, one of which lasted no time before some opportunists nabbed it, no doubt to sell it on as his work sells for ever higher amounts. Here’s a report on what went down and even some footage, I’m going CSI today folks!

And finally, for anyone who hasn’t seen the film yet, here’s a 5 minute preview to whet your appetite.

Shepard Fairey and his Obey Posse have taken NYC’s Times Square by storm to promote their recent collaboration with Levi’s. The video above is a great insight into the work that goes into producing the more large scale pieces and what a backdrop to show it all off live.