Best of the Week #233

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s going on out there!

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You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe or twitter.com/abduzeedo, and include #abdz_best in the message.

Friday 07/27

Amazing property in Queenstown
Amazing property in Queenstown

25 Beautiful Digital Paintings and caricatures by Artist Javier Martinez Sanchez
25 Beautiful Digital Paintings and caricatures by Artist Javier Martinez Sanchez

Tour Coda Studio’s Wonderful Office
Tour Coda Studio’s Wonderful Office

1930?s Interior Architecture Illustrations
1930?s Interior Architecture Illustrations

The Best New Shortcuts in OS X Mountain Lion [Os X Mountain Lion]
The Best New Shortcuts in OS X Mountain Lion [Os X Mountain Lion]

Google Handwrite lets us scribble our way through mobile searches (video)
Google Handwrite lets us scribble our way through mobile searches (video)

Last.fm is testing a subtle but tasty redesign [Screenshots]
Last.fm is testing a subtle but tasty redesign [Screenshots]

Is Technology Really Making Your Life Easier?
Is Technology Really Making Your Life Easier?

Facebook Designers Ask “What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid”
Facebook Designers Ask “What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid”

Thursday 07/26

Stay Focused And Keep Shipping: What Is Facebook Thinking With Its Phone Folly?
Stay Focused And Keep Shipping: What Is Facebook Thinking With Its Phone Folly?

Mark Zuckerberg: It doesn’t make sense for Facebook to build its own phone
Mark Zuckerberg: It doesn’t make sense for Facebook to build its own phone

TweetDeck for Web gets cleaner user profiles, improved hashtags, mentions and filtering
TweetDeck for Web gets cleaner user profiles, improved hashtags, mentions and filtering

Google Fiber: everything you need to know
Google Fiber: everything you need to know

Twitter blocks Instagram from using its API for friend-finding feature
Twitter blocks Instagram from using its API for friend-finding feature

Housing Vitrolles / MDR Architectes
Housing Vitrolles / MDR Architectes

Structural Graffiti: Street Art Tags Fresh Architectural Design
Structural Graffiti: Street Art Tags Fresh Architectural Design

25 Best 3D Modeling Tutorials
25 Best 3D Modeling Tutorials

Wednesday 07/25

Retro Style in Web Design
Retro Style in Web Design

Chameleon Clock for the Ipad
Chameleon Clock for the Ipad

Speed Painting by Agnes-Cecile
Speed Painting by Agnes-Cecile

Dreaming of Dubai
Dreaming of Dubai

How Freelancers can Express their Fullest Creativity
How Freelancers can Express their Fullest Creativity

New York Times ends support for official BlackBerry, WebOS apps
New York Times ends support for official BlackBerry, WebOS apps

Tip or Skip is probably the most addictive way to get your friends to buy things, ever
Tip or Skip is probably the most addictive way to get your friends to buy things, ever

Take a scroll down Twitter memory lane
Take a scroll down Twitter memory lane

Garage Turned House Features A Large Central Atrium
Garage Turned House Features A Large Central Atrium

Aurora Colorado theater shooting
Aurora Colorado theater shooting

Tuesday 07/24

Girls Who Code: Crashing the “Brogram”
Girls Who Code: Crashing the “Brogram”

Arduino Leonardo finally launches with new pin layout, lower price (video)
Arduino Leonardo finally launches with new pin layout, lower price (video)

Be More Optimistic. Here's Why
Be More Optimistic. Here’s Why

3 Tricks to Doing More in Less Time
3 Tricks to Doing More in Less Time

Developers react to Sparrow's sale to Google: 'they're winners'
Developers react to Sparrow’s sale to Google: ‘they’re winners’

How many people use third-party Twitter apps?
How many people use third-party Twitter apps?

As sales surge, Google debuts its first Nexus 7 commercial
As sales surge, Google debuts its first Nexus 7 commercial

Hey Twitter, what happened to good old 140?
Hey Twitter, what happened to good old 140?

Monday 07/23

Tired of the mouse
Tired of the mouse

Two simple task management apps to help you reinforce habits
Two simple task management apps to help you reinforce habits


Martin Scorsese discute com Siri em novo comercial do iPhone 4S

Working on a Team as a UX Designer
Working on a Team as a UX Designer

21 Examples of Inspiring Typography in Web Design
21 Examples of Inspiring Typography in Web Design

5 Psychology Studies for Smarter Web Design
5 Psychology Studies for Smarter Web Design

Simulating The Letterpress: From Live Filters In Fireworks To CSS Code
Simulating The Letterpress: From Live Filters In Fireworks To CSS Code

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I’m from Brazil, co-founder of Zee with Fabio. Nowadays I like to play with Fireworks, Photoshop and improve my skills in CSS. If you wanna request some posts, please feel free to contact me or follow on Twitter.

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