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posted on July 24, 2011 by Gina Hong

This week, New York experienced a sickening heat wave--we're talking temperatures around 103. But of course we know how to keep it cool--with fresh links:

^ The artist of this work is the same person who designs those tops and jeans you've been coveting for ages: Helmut Lang. Check out the designer-turned-artist if you're rolling in the Hampton's this summer. Nowness asks Lang about his work, which is btw made out of archives of his old collections that have been shredded!

This week's dose of hope for humanity: ex-TV industry guy/ex-megachurch marketing director goes through massive ups and downs in his life, then decides to drop everything and start talking to homeless people, photographing and filming them along the way--giving them a voice.

The first of its kind in the US: an LGBT artist residency program opens up on Fire Island

Dazed and Confused editor John Paul Pryor has just released a novel, Spectacles--apparently it's disturbing beyond belief.

Summer is the season of A) moving and B) redecorating: so check out these amazing beanbag chairs shaped like amps, cameras, and burgers! Just released by Woouf!

Some visual stimulation for any west-turned-east coaster to remember those beaches: images of sand captured at over 250X magnification. Beautiful.

Mashable takes a break from talking about Google Plus and Apple's sooooaring shares/Lion OSX to bring you 15 Creative QR Codes--from Muakami to M&Ms

Cultural diplomacy: Main St. to bring in performers and artists from Pakistan, Indonesia and Haiti to perform across the US.

Another MoMA blockbuster? Talk to Me has just opened: an exhibition that explores communication between objects and people, and--of course--design. The show includes the story of Kacie Kinzer's unforgettable robots from 2 years ago!

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