Enid Blyton couldn't have written a better one; it's time for the Weekender!!

This Sunday night sees the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots in Superbowl XLIX. Yeah us neither. But it does make us think that more stuff should use Roman numerals. They’re cool. They’re confusing. They make even the most mundane event seem electrifyingly exciting. What if the early 2000s boyband Five had actually been called V. They’d probably be massive now. Or Enid Blyton could have written The Secret VII. Where were we? Oh yeah, some great stuff to read and watch from the past seven days. Once more into the fray!

– Freunde von Freunden went for a snoop round the home of Dutch illustrator Jordy van den Nieuwendijk, met his dog and discovered his strange art school alter ego.

– Assistant editor Maisie Skidmore looked at the furore around the peeping penises in the recent Rick Owens catwalk show and suggested that if it was half-naked women nobody would have batted an eyelid.

– Sir Peter Blake treated us to 60 seconds of inspirational wisdom in the latest One Minute Wonder film from Dutch agency Present Plus.

– Young designer Robert Bye had some interesting observations about being an intern after three months at one of the UK’s leading design consultancies. His argument that doing crappy jobs was ok stirred up a good debate.

– Graphic designer and founder of The W Project Teo Connor took us on a tour of the top five tomes to be found in her Bookshelf, and it was a real eye-opener.

– And we checked out some of the hotly-anticipated Superbowl adverts which were released this week ahead of the big game.

– We had a great chat with Margherita Urbani about her work, her influences and collaborating with Andy Rementer…

– We explored two great graphic design books on the site this week. First up Michael Evamy told us about his new logo book and explained what makes good logo design in his eyes.

– While elsewhere we enjoyed this new book of Californian graphic design and were thrilled to be able to reproduce an excerpt from its introduction.

– Taylor Wessing winning (easy for you to say) David Titlow chatted to us about his photography, sharing some great insights into the way he works.

– We spoke to editor Jennifer Sigler about redesigning Harvard University’s Design Magazine and the pressures and challenges that came with it.

– And we interviewed Francois Visser about shooting some incredible wild flowers in Namibia for The Plant Journal.

– Rob Walker wrote a good piece on Design Observer exploring how the digital age has rebooted the music video.

– Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer apparently has three rules for apps apparently, and Fast.Co Design helpfully let us know what they are.

– In dinosaur skeleton news this week there was an outcry at London’s Natural History Museum’s plans to replace its famous diplodocus skeleton.

– A missing Damien Hirst painting fired into space has been found on Mars this week. So there’s that.

– And Dazed gave us some great context to the elections held in Greece last weekend and specifically how the new Prime Minster energised the country’s radical youth vote.

Maisie Skidmore

I was slave to girl guiding from the ages of four to 11, and while I dug (and now rule at) making fires from material found in forests, putting up impossibly old green canvas tents, building supersize dream-catchers out of hoola hoops and spotting star constellations (that’s right) I can’t help but feel embittered upon finding out about the Radical Brownies. Aged eight to 12, the Radical Brownies are effectively a cooler version of your average Brownies; they wear brown berets in an homage to radical civil rights groups, win badges for participation in social protests and hold beauty workshops celebrating racial diversity. More of this please!

James Cartwright

Everyone else in the office will definitely agree that I’ve got a really sophisticated sense of humour, and as such will be incredibly surprised by my choice this week.

It’s the perfect combination of complex physical humour and impeccable costume design. You can thank me later.

Emily Gosling

I’m going to Edinburgh at the end of the month, so I thought I’d do a bit of research on the city. And who best to shed some light on this Scottish treasure than The Fall’s Mark E Smith? Here he is, being shockingly coherent, and describing it as “the poor man’s San Francisco.”

Liv Siddall

Came across these fantastic party shoes earlier via the Twitter feed of Present and Correct. They’re basically platform shoes designed to be put on at the beginning of a party so that all the guests can be exactly the same height. I’m actually a really average height, so these shoes don’t really apply to me. Still, I like the idea of how much effort went into making something that was essentially pointless.

Billie Muraben

I can’t say that I’m entirely sure what this is. Some kind of encouraging infomercial, with the added benefit of exercising those biceps and quadriceps while teaching the subtle art of compliments. Here’s to your lovely eyes.

Rob Alderson

It took me a while to get into Curb Your Enthusiasm and the first few times I watched it I couldn’t see what the fuss was all about. Then it all clicked and I become one of those wide-eyed Larry David evangelists. This interview over on Vulture was by far the best thing I read this week and made me consider investing in a Seinfeld boxset too.