Today has been frustrating. The boss sucks (not Josh, who’s always lovely … our other boss. Bruce Springsteen), we barely ate, and there are high demands placed on our productivity. But whenever the wish for a blood clot to travel up to our heart and explode in the pointless Tuesday meeting strikes, we look at Squares from RightBrainTerrain.com. Somebody actually had to cut up tiny pieces of magazine paper, playing cards, and other sundries to form this striking, if not head-bangingly tedious piece of art. It works even better than their alterna-motivational posters, and reminds us that there are people in the universe that have infinite patience — and way too much time.

You’ve lived it up in London, found romance in Rome, and even wandered into a tourist trap in Turkey. So what’s next, you international traveler you? You could take photos of the Leaning Tower of Pisa or eat brunch in Barcelona, but that’s all been done before. Why not try a little something off the beaten path? If you’re looking for a bizarre travel suggestion that doubles as an incomparable life experience, we suggest checking in with Urbane Nomads. The self-proclaimed “travel mixologists” specialize in creating unique itineraries for those who think they’ve seen it all, but ain’t seen nothin’ yet. So if you’ve ever imagined yourself playing polo in Pakistan or at a spa in Sri Lanka, your window of opportunity is wide open.

Bowers & Wilkins, producers of totally sick, high-end audio equipment, is showing love to music fans with an unusual approach for gear makers. B&W Music Club puts out exclusive albums recorded at Peter Gabriel’s studio, and available to members in a lossless file format (as to avoid compromising the superior recording quality as it reaches your B&W speakers). One album will be released every month by artists including Skip McDonald, Gwyneth Herbert and Grindhouse. Even if you haven’t heard of any of them, it will probably be worth checking out just for the quality of sound.

Overall it’s really progressive program. Based on the membership fee, each album (in digital format) costs the consumer about $5. The artist gets a high-five from B&W as well, by getting the rights to their music two months after the initial release on Music Club. The motivation for this series is seems to be experimentation in sound rather than the ‘best-seller’ mantra of your traditional label. Definitely a refreshing move from an old school head.

If you’re in the market for haute headgear, whether it be a fine fedora or a dapper derby, look no further than Los Angeles-based ELM Company. Their new spring/summer collection runs the gamut from retro to modern with a classic line of Copelands or a few slick fitted caps that they don’t sell at Lids.

A few days ago I got a sneak peek here in Sao Paulo of the handsome, new Nike Sportswear line that will debut simultaneously with the Olympics in Beijing on August 8, and will be worn by their sponsored athletes at the games. They’ve taken eight of their most iconic shoes and apparel — the Nike Dunk, Air Max 90, Air Force 1 and Cortez; and the Windrunner, AW77 Hoody, Eugene Track Jacket and NSW Tee — and updated them. The Air Max 90 lighter and incorporating a new technology they developed called Flywire which — among other things — makes their products stronger for better performance. We’ve got photos of the full line, which you can check out after the jump.

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If Pedro Lourenco didn’t share the same name as a certain prodigy teen clothing designer in Sao Paulo, I would’ve never had the delight to come across this Portuguese artist’s impressive work. He earns his daily bread through illustration assignments with newspapers, magazines and books, but gets to inject his personal enthusiasm for comic books, music and movies into projects for clubs (Lux/Fragil in Lisbon), record shops (like Flur, “the greatest record shop ever,” he says) and concert posters (The Liars). Next on the production line is a kid’s book and fanzine. Between the two Pedro Lourenco, there should be no mistaken identity here.