We’ve been working around the clock on our bold new design, destined to become the default view for all photos on Flickr – and we can’t wait to show it to you today!

To try out the new look, click the computer icon with 2 dots at the bottom right of any photo page. This will be rolling out over the next 24 hours.

Your photos will be re-envisioned in a glorious black and white Atkinson Dither, removing the distraction of those many many megapixels and stripping your art back to its most original, naked, beautiful form. The new page design has been updated to match the new vintage aesthetic.

We’d love to see your photos in this bold new style. Take a screen shot and upload it tagged with “flickrdither” to share them with the rest of us.

We’re rolling this test out over the next 24 hours and then out as the default look in the coming weeks! Photography started in black and white, and we feel it’s time to take photo sharing back to its roots. Welcome to 2012, via the 1980s.

Top photo from Xerxes2K. Bottom photo from Robert Scoble of Bill Atkinson, who created the dithering effect for the classic Mac application HyperCard.

If you’ve been following us closely, you have seen our excitement about the Roll in a Day project. Now that the first developed films are rolling in (couldn’t resist the pun), we hope you will enjoy browsing the contact sheets and sets as much as we do!

Especially if you missed Roll in a Day this time, go ahead and cast your vote in the poll on how frequently you would want to shoot a roll in a day and if there should be a theme going forward.

Photos from Josh_Wolf, Evansshoots, metavida, Arachide, rob orchard, l.attitude, vanezia, Trish P. – K1000 Gal, and penguinova.

Suzanne Collins’ books about Katniss Everdeen’s adventures in the fictional world of Panem are an inspiring source for many of you. Above are just some samples of your works that we found in the Hunger Games search results.

Photos from Jeannette Rose, Twig Capra, and katie.leighton.

Photos from lar3, Fab. B, paraclafoto.

We wanted to take a moment to highlight a fun Yahoo! Music sponsored group that opened up today for all you Madonna fans asking you to Picture yourself with Madonna.

Upload a picture of yourself with the cover of Madonna’s new album MDNA for a chance to win special VIP tickets. The tickets will put you in the pit at one of her shows. These tickets are for fans only and can’t be purchased. Winners will be selected at random from the pool.

Get creative and show them you’re a fan!

No purchase necessary. Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States & D.C. (excl. FL & NY), Puerto Rico, Canada (excl. QC) and the United Kingdom 18, or the age of majority, whichever is older, at the time of entry. Ends April 23, 2012. Please see Official Rules for complete details.

"The waves of passion – 80,000 football fans streaming out of Wembley stadium towards the underground station after the England vs. Holland game."

Photo from optickarma

Yesterday, we asked you to share your justified Flickr Favorites pages with us. Below is a selection of the ones submitted so far:

Favorited by m+b

Favorited by Kimb0lene

Favorited by faygate

Favorited by elgourmet

Favorited by emma du pille

Want to share some of your faves with the Flickrverse? Send a tweet to @flickr with the hashtag #myFlickrFaves.

Photos from (1:) Fotobes, slimmer_jimmer, patorayado, yOuKfOu, ale2000, saviorjosh, (2:) bansfan, Robert-Paul Jansen., Mark B. Imagery, DollyArt, JayJay Klees, Daniel Borg, Gallery32/ Trina Baker, 30milesapart, Lindsey Thompson (Lindsey76), Reservoir_Dan, (3:) ennyBunz, Jhascrapmom, Valette, Perry McKenna, metró, evilibby, dailyweekley, demandaj, Vicky Eastwood, (4:) MOSTAFA HAMAD I PHOTOGRAPHY, Jay Daley, Fotos Gov/Ba, linus_lohoff, Benji Chan, Aydаr, rion, Βrandon, DinosaursAreNotDead, (5:) Miles.Photography, The 10 cent designer, the cheshire smile, n.white1, blažena, *6261, doublecappuccino, Nikole Herriott, Nicole Franzen Photo, Isabel Alcalá, and Robby Mueller.

We’ve promised some big changes this year and we’re keeping our word. A few weeks ago we announced a new look for the Photos from your Contacts page and your feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Mostly, what you’ve been telling us is “we want to see this layout on other pages. Now!”

So today we’re happy to announce that the Justified View is coming to your Favorites.

“Go check my Favorites page, it’s awesome!”

Do you ever find yourself saying that? We do! It makes perfect sense that we all love our individual Favorites pages, after all it’s the page on Flickr where you get to handpick all the photos that mean something to you, whether it be photos of family or a stunning photo that you discovered in Explore. So it’s excellent that from now on, you’ll be able to experience your (and other people’s) Favorites page with even more gusto, using the Justified View, voilà!

As with the Photos from your Contacts page, the roll out will be gradual, but is likely to be very fast. If you don’t see it right now, check back again shortly, it’s on the way.

We working very hard to bring this layout to other pages you care about soon. In the meanwhile, have fun with it! Please keep sharing your feedback and let us know if you encounter any bugs.

Photos from aniatot, Angie Tanksley, t does wool….i do, and Belén Villanueva. Inspired by the gallery Still Wonderful curated by msjunior.

All over the world, Flickrmeets are taking place and we want to take this opportunity to highlight some of them taking place today and in the next couple of days.

"One day. One roll. A window into your world through film. 24, 36, 10 or 12 shots."

But first of all, let us direct your attention to a group project that came to our attention through the Flickr Stories post last week: Roll in a day / A day in a roll will kick off this very Saturday, the 24th of March.

 
Tonight, if you’re in Hampshire, you can join the Star Trails Meetup in Chineham. Friday, Flickr members in France meet in Lille.

So get your analog gems ready and take part. We’re already very excited to see the results trickling in once the films are developed and uploaded to Flickr.

Then on Saturday, the early birds of the Scottish Meet Ups group are organizing a sunrise meet. Later in the day there’s the Lunch meetup in Kuala Lumpur, another in Shenyang and a Nature Walk in Twinsburg (OH) and another Meet in Pasadena (CA).

And last, but not least, on Sunday we’re very excited about the Flickr Instant Camera Photo Walk in San Francisco. Of course you are also welcome if you cannot call an instant camera your own to hang out with fellow Flickr members, grab some schwag and chat about all instant photography.

Photos from Ronironic, manyfires, Xavier Cloitre, donglejitter, chrisj_abz, arndalarm, and Amanda Mabel.