What We’re Reading on the Web

As usual, we’ve read the Internet cover-to-cover and rounded up some of the most interesting reads out there for your perusal. Enjoy!

Happy Olympics, everyone! Last week we gave you a couple of fun links to get you all warmed up for Sochi and this week we’re back with another great take on olympic architecture. This post from Design&Trend ranks this $50 billion endeavor’s architecture from worst to best.

We’re always curious about the ways in which our surroundings and experiences impact the way we design (check out our design inspiration posts here and here!) and this post from FastCoDesign is a fascinating look at how fields discoveries in behavioral economics and cognitive psychology affect our design ability.

Speaking of design inspiration – I’m not sure what experiences or scientific discoveries influenced this guy’s beach art abilities but it must have been impressive. It’s incredible.

A few months ago, Architectural Digest featured the homes of some of America’s most beloved athletes. This time they’re letting us into the homes of some of music’s biggest stars.

And finally, an extremely non-traditional and very bendy take on office design from the New York Times.

Enjoy the weekend and happy reading!