Christian Oldham is an artist and musician who goes by the name Megazord. His Tumblr is insane, a childlike mind expanding and unraveling, and the art is much the same way. He’s an 18-year-old product of the Internet and he crams all the wacky energy of the web into his work, including a couple of mind-melting music videos.

Layer upon layer upon layer – it’s a visual representation of how fried we’ve been by information overload, but also how we’re being forced to adapt to a weird new world. This is the World Wide Web showing us its world through the eyes of its own son.

This is just a nice, brief look at two of NY’s most creative minds. You know Andy by his last name even if nothing else, and he and partner Anthony Sperduti run Partners & Spade, a combination studio/storefront. Jake Davis captures a few moments with them as part of his series of Test Shots. It’s a relaxing interlude in the middle of a busy morning.

If you haven’t been watching The Neistat Brothers yet on HBO, I recommend it. I happened to come across it last week and now I’m hooked.

These two brothers have made a show that is unabashedly optimistic, creative and fun – a hard thing for two 20-somethings in New York to create without coming off as weird and annoying. Each episode is a collage of short films, loosely bound together with a unifying theme.

The look is boldly D.I.Y. and the brothers Neistat (pronounced Nye-stat – nye, like Bill Nye, the Science Guy) are so enthusiastic that it’s contagious. Andy Spade is involved, too, which makes a lot of sense. It’s New York with all its quirks.

A lot of the show’s charm comes from how behind-the-scenes is mixed right into the show – parts of it end up feeling like a show about making the show. Anyway, if there’s one thing to take away from this description, it’s that it’s a tough show to describe. You’ll see what I mean.

Over the course of the last few years, The National have been on a steady path to becoming the best rock and roll band in America. And now, right after the release of their much-lauded new record High Violet and their first headlining performance at Radio City Music Hall, frontman Matt Berninger is finally ready to be mistaken for a terrorist.

Hey, it’s how you know you’ve made it – remember the Cat Stevens/Yusuf  Islam airport mixup a few years back? It seems you’re no star until you’ve been detained by airport security as a potential threat. Blame the Banpresto DangerBomb clock — at least, that’s my reasonable assumption based on Berninger’s description. I humbly submit Exhibit A:

“I had bought a novelty clock in Tokyo, some sort of MacGyver, goofball alarm clock that happened to look exactly like a bomb. And it was in my suitcase,” (Berninger) says, describing the memento he bought for a pal. “I had the Honolulu Airport evacuated for about 45 minutes. I ultimately had to surrender the alarm clock to the TSA but they were very pleasant and professional. They had done a great job and I thanked them and they let me go.”

While it makes for a great story with a thankfully happy ending, it would have saved Matt a hell of a lot of hassle to know he could pick up this goofball clock right here in the city. You live in Brooklyn, man. Come see us sometime!

New York kids: keep your eyes on the Lower East Side. Eddie Huang has been running a great shop called Baohaus (no relation to the Vietnamese sandwich chain Baoguette operated by Michael Huynh). There, he’s been slinging Taiwanese-style buns filled with top-notch product like pork belly and hanger steak, but he’s had bigger and better ambitions for some time now. Xiao Ye, his concept for a restaurant built around the kinds of foods you’d find at a Taiwanese night market, is about to open to the public. A portion of the just-finalized menu is above.  You can tell the kid’s got a sense of humor, but if you check his blog you’ll discover he also has a genuine love of good food, perhaps rivaled only by his passion for hip-hop.

The menu is broken down into small, medium, and big plates with the entire experience crafted to promote family-style dining;  dish-sharing in a casual environment with high-quality ingredients. Roll in with some friends and order up a slew of small dishes like Kim Jong’s Ill Noodles or Tarofongo (a Taiwanese play on the Puerto Rican plantain dish Mofongo), or go at it with some of the larger plates like the Everything But The Dog Meat Platter or Robster Craws, prepared in Hainan style. Don’t worry – you may not know your Hainan from your Hunan yet. It’s alright. That’s why Eddie Huang is here.

Perks and Mini (P.A.M.) are a happily married couple making toys, furniture, clothes and any other knick-knacks. The only criteria is that the objects make sense as part of their ideal world – a dream they’ve named “Forevereverland.” You can feel the enthusiasm and childlike optimism radiating from their designs, including the character above who can’t, it seems, decide between a hot dog or other, more natural substance. Why not have both, little friend?

Speaking of little friends, Misha and Shauna, the couple behind the brand, collaborated with artist Mike Kelley in 2007 to conceive and produce a plush talking toy named Little Friend. What could be better! Take a look at P.A.M.’s other, more recent work, on their online shop Someday.

Evelin Kasikov is an artist and graphic designer best known for her CMYK cross-stitching. Her technique involves converting dot screens to cross-stitch screens and printing onto paper, marking it for embroidery. The process, developed during her time at St. Martins, results in a unique form of handmade printing. Her designs have been seen within the pages of major publications including Wired and The New York Times, but the Printed Matter project is the fullest realization of her vision.

Throughout the three-book series, Kasikov entertains and explores the union of traditional handcraft and textile work with modern design and technology. Her own CMYK technique is an important part, but this is more importantly a global look at graphic design and visual communication throughout the ages.