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Many bemoan the romantic celebration that is Valentines Day as a commercial ploy to flog high-end reinforced parchment. First concocted in the Middle Ages by Geoffrey Chaucer’s, a group whose descendents went on to found the dynasty that is ‘Clinton’s Cards’.

We’re very quick to get excited about man’s architectural achievements and the possibilities of new super city complexes. But what about the empty buildings?

You may have remembered Loz’s 3D Issue last summer, well this time he geeks out on something every single one of us has played with at some point in our lives – LEGO.

Notes from the Underground was founded in a pre-Kindle universe back in 2007. This year will see their fifth anniversary, and they would like to share some of the very best work they have published with you all. Notes from the Underground write about everything here .

Monday was, apparently, the most depressing day of the year, creative agency The Church of London set out to find some reasons to be cheerful and made a one-off newspaper full of them. Monday afternoon 10,000 copies of The Good Times were distributed around London.

A couple of the Mother team attended CES. Whilst the grand plan was to report all the amazing things, they’ve actually spent it playing black jack and drinking cocktails. So here is the lowdown on want went on in Vegas.

It’s the time of year when we are all compiling lists. Be it top 10’s, best of’s or New Year resolutions. So with a bit of help from you, our readers, via the survey, we’ve done the same and compiled our top five issues from 2011 in no particular order.

Santa special Xmas 2011 version of SFTW. So in between getting hammered at his Xmas party and making toys. His take on the events of the past year and what he expects will happen in 2012. Merry Xmas.

This week Tim Samuels ‘guarantees to send us all off’, with a unique insight into the world of sleep. For the past couple of months, Samuels, with the help of some select contributors, has been investigating the subject of ‘getting under the duvet’ for Mother and our client Ikea. If you like what you read here, visit Happytobed.com / for more.