Best of the Web

This week’s round-up of interesting things we’ve seen on the web goes from riots to x-rated movies, via Tom Waits.

http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/the-politics-of-desire-and-looting/29508/

In the wake of the rioting across England, Adrian Shaughnessy asks if designers (as well as brand owners and ad agencies) should shoulder some of the blame for ‘creating a world of desire and consumption’ that excludes those who can’t afford entry. A predictably lively debate is played out in the comments section.

http://www.xratedcollection.com/

It’s Nice That have drawn our attention to the X-Rated Collection, a site dedicated to X-rated film posters from the 1960s and ’70s. Titles include The Love Merchant (A Spectacle of Decadence) and The Erotic Adventures of Zorro

http://boingboing.net/2011/08/17/cookie-monster-performs-tom-waitss-gods-away-on-business.html?dlvrit=36761

And as it’s Friday, here’s a video of Seseme Street’s Cookie performing Tom Waits’s God’s Away On Business. No design relevance really, but it’s still been the DW news-desk’s most-visited site this week.