Graffiti has ditched its renegade roots and cleaned up its act—quite literally. A U.K. company called Street Advertising Services helps its clients catch attention with a process known as reverse graffiti. For a price, you can have your company's logo or advertisement power-washed onto dirty sidewalks, roads or walls. These super-clean areas show off your message to passersby and convincingly demonstrate that few spaces are safe from the reaches of guerilla marketing. http://www.streetadvertisingservices.com/
Annoying boss? Irritating coworkers? Up to your ears in reports? A new book, Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land, gives you DIY ammo for navigating the dark underbelly of office life. You can learn how to organize a covert who-can-hold-their-breath-longer contest during a boring meeting or give yourself a mini-vacation by choosing from a list of inventive sick-day excuses. There's a good belly laugh in every chapter, but if your boss catches you carrying out these projects, brace yourself for the inevitable chewing-out. http://www.workingfortheman.com/
Andy Warhol may have become famous for his soup cans, but two New York-based art directors had a more altruistic goal in mind when they painted a spiral ham. The pair sold their strictly decorative pork creation for $100, then donated every cent to a food bank. It's just one warm, fuzzy story from Needs For Sale—an online art project that lets you bank good karma as you decorate your walls. The concept is simple: You buy a painting of something someone needs—like a warm coat—and all the money goes to a relevant charity. http://www.needsforsale.com