When it comes to getting some new sweet t-shirts, the folks at Progresswear know just the “type” you’re looking for. Known for producing shirts with political messages or as they like to say “meaningful messages for thinking people”, the socially conscious apparel brand has taken a bit of a departure from their usual aesthetic, releasing their first in their new line of shirts aimed at designers and typophiles alike. The Helvetica Neue Descending shirt is a redesign of Max Miedinger’s own classic 1957 work featuring one of our favorite fonts on a black t-shirt descending in weights ranging from Ultra Black 95 to Ultra Light 25. If you’re suffering from the same case of typophilia that we are, we recommend heading to their online store and grabbing one of these babies for yourself at the special pre-release price available until May 15th. A portion of the shirt sales will be donated to Design Education programs…sounds like the “type” of cause we could really get behind.

Like Lost fans, quantum mechanics professors, or McCain supporters, we like to exist in a constant state of confusion…all it a perpetual need for puzzling plot lines. In the webisode series Take Me Back, we follow ordinary Canadian citizen Al on a typical day; tailed by a man in a creepy mask, almost dropping a crippled girl down a flight of stairs, coming into possession mysterious pocket watch thing, and then being tasered and thrown into a trunk. Sounds like a full weekend to us. Two out of the ten eps of the series are currently up at Take Me Back and after a big reveal in the second episode, message board theories are flying. The most impressive thing is the production values that creators Joe and Seth are working with — the set design alone leads us to believe this isn’t the first time these Quebecois have held a camera. Plus, watching web videos is never a bad way to spend a day at the office.

Oh trackball, where have you gone? Back in the early 80s, when quarters were plentiful and mall arcades were built to satisfy a young man’s fancy, we’d spend some quality time with this rolly control on games like Bowling, Missile Command, and of course, 1978’s Space Invaders. 55DSL is also down with Taito’s alien kill-fest, and in honor of the game’s 30th anniversary, they’re rolling out a limited edition tee with everyone’s (born before 1975) favorite 4-bit iconography. The Soho store will only have them available from 7 – 9 p.m. on April 30, so get there early…and bring an Atari 2600 to bide your time.

For something so important, your coffee table goes through a heck of a lot of abuse. Look at yours now. Magazines from six months ago are left forgotten under bills and junk mail. Assorted coins have become permanently glued to its surface because they’ve been resting on the sugary leftovers of soda can rims for so long. Lonely DVDs sit apart from their parent cases. To put it frankly, it’s a mess. You’d benefit from the Mix and Match Table by Brazilian design company Nodesign, an ingenious work of craftsmanship that promises to adapt to the demands you unintentionally put onto this living room centerpiece. It comprises nine wooden panels that can be moved around like an old childhood slide puzzle game minus the image, and some of the panels are specifically designed to function as a CD holder or fruit bowl. Another one comes in a form of a lidded box to hold all the tchotkies — like old casino chips, you know — threatening to wreak havoc on order. When you do finally get rid of all the extra junk on your table, flip all the panels over for a smooth, flat surface. Perfect, at least until the mail comes again. See the table in action in a video here.

At the end of February we tipped you off to the first of three web films, an astonishing claymation piece on adidas founder Adi Dassler, that helped kick off the sportswear brand’s Celebrate Originality Campaign. Nearly a month and a half later, we’ve got the scoop on round two. The second film entitled The Superstar Film a.k.a. “The Left-Right Project” documents what happened when a gigantic pair of the iconic ADIDAS Superstar (shell-toe) sneakers were dispersed to opposite ends of the North American continent and bestowed upon two groups of talented artists, who were then faced with the task of adorning said blank canvas with the aesthetic of their particular coast. As you’ll see, the west coast contingent featuring artists from San Francisco’s Upper Playground and the East Coast crew made up of artists from NYC’s Surface 2 Air, came up with stunningly original works of art that while completely different, seem quite complementary. Check out photos and behind the scenes footage of the making of these dope designs for yourself at the campaign’s HQ and you’ll see just what we’re talking about.