There has been a great outpouring of grief across the world for this great man, Steve Jobs. Dats Cool has been reading the many quotes, watching the many inspirational speeches by Jobs and viewing the many ways in which people have expressed their grief.

Of those, the above tribute stands out in our memories. This street art in New York City shows an image of Jobs in his younger years when viewed from one side, and an image of him that many will remember for years to come. RIP Steve.

Have you ever doodled on a notepad and felt that it was good enough to share with the world? You wished there was a way to show someone just how great your little picture is? Well, this is your chance to share your little sketches.

The Sketchbook project is finally ready for a world tour in 2012! Having previously only toured around the US, in 2012, the project is extending their tour to London, UK and Melbourne, Australia. To participate, all you need to do is purchase one of the custom designed sketchbooks then draw, doodle, sketch, scribble to your heart’s content. Simply post your sketchbook back where it will go on tour before resting at the Brooklyn Art Library where it will be catalogued and available to be viewed.

It’s $25 to purchase a sketchbook and participate so get your pens and pencils ready!

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

There is always something a little cool about tattoos…but now they are more mainstream and accepted by society – is there a way to still stand out and be a little different?

Well, here’s one way! An animated tattoo! How, I hear you ask? A tattoo artist from Paris named Karl Marc, has basically included a QR code into the design. This means that by using a code reader on your iPhone the tattoo comes to life – an animated show. The code has been cleverly incorporated into the design so it still looks a work of art, whilst not ‘animated’.

Very cool….but no recommendations on where to get one as yet!

Feeling guilty about your carbon footprint? There has been lots of talk about non-traditional ways to recycle that has been inspiring the team at Datscool to look for more DIY projects to re-use some of our old items.

So, we were pretty excited to come across this idea for a cigarette case. This old iPod has been altered to slide open and hold cigarettes. Although this iPod is no longer fully functional, it seems to still play one song! This has got us all thinking, how else we can recycle some our unwanted goods!

Remember hanging out at gaming arcade, waiting by the side of machine for your turn to get your name on the top players list? Well, to bring back those memories of our childhood is this cool device.

iCade is an accessory for the iPad. It’s a wireless dock that lets you turn your iPad into an ‘ol skool’ arcade cabinet. You can play to your hearts content and no change required!

Dats Cool does have a liking of Scandinavian furniture so we were especially chuffed to come across designer, Jory Brigham. He has a number of collections but we especially like the retro collection and the above piece Torino White.

Jory Brigham learnt woodworking from his father at an early age and built everything by hand. His unique style has come from a combination of skills handed down and his own more modern artistic ability. We love the clean lines and simplistic style of the Torino.

We have always been impressed with Nike ads and love that they always trying to raise the bar. Again, they have come out with a campaign which motivates us to want to get into the great outdoors.

With a new slogan of just experience it – Nike is revitalised again.

Like everyone else, Dats Cool was glued to the small screen to watch the Superbowl yesterday. Amid all the gossip of incorrect lyrics and naked celebrities, we almost forgot that it’s about football! And I’m sure there has been lots of talk around the office water cooler about the commercials which were run during the Superbowl. As they did spend incredible amounts of money to advertise, we thought we would at least share our favourite commercial.

Bringing us back to our own childhood and love of Star Wars, the Volkswagen commercial was the one to catch our attention. Not only did they find a way to grab our attention, feel a sense of nostalgia as well as keep our attention right through to the end of the ad, Volkswagen also effectively told us something about their product! Awesome!

Dats Cool is being drawn to transparent items of late such as the transparent tv and now, this transparent mobile phone!

It’s a concept phone and a glimpse at another of Mac Funamizu’s designs. We think it has a really clean and sleek look and certainly looks a lot better than some of the smart phones that are currently available. It will be interesting to see how transparent materials are utilised in the future – perhaps they will even be able to have 3d images from our phones in the future.

Now, QR codes are nothing new but the way in which they are being used seems to be evolving.

The innovative people behind Lupe Fiasco have teamed up with Red Laser to use a QR code to promote his upcoming album Lasers. In Union Square New York, a QR code was projected and offered fans a chance to pre-order and get additional bonus content of the album. A fun and innovative way to promote a new album – certainly got Dats Cool’s attention!

Check out a clip of the projected code in Union Square here!