Best of the Week #181

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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Friday 07/12

A Day Without Native Apps: My Chromebook Experiment

Google Plus Best Practices: Trey Ratcliff, Artist

Google celebrates Alexander Calder and spinning things with HTML5 doodle

Don’t think you’ll use Google+? It’s only a matter of time…

How the social Web is transforming travel

8 essentials for every self-respecting geek’s office

Android vs. iOS: The Heated Battle Over Mobile Advertising

I Had Cancer, A Social Network For Fighters, Survivors And Supporters (Private Beta Invites)

40 useful APIs for web designers and developers

Russian Carpet — Process.

Ujean & Glazyrin

Thursday 07/21

Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools and Design Strategies

Web design inspiration from the history of art

Apple tops Android in enterprise; little green robot still gunning for corner office

Too many devices? Here are a few strategies for consolidating your gadgets.

10 things you need to do to be supremely productive

Quarter Cultural Center / Mikolai Adamus

Headphones Double as Portable Speakers

Citroen EV Doesn’t Want The Family Image

Amazing Photography by David Olkarny

Wednesday 07/20

Street Art Inspiration

Kim Høltermand

17 Captain America Designs

Don’t punish everyone

Lessons Learned: Productivity Tips For Running A Web Design Business

50 Songs to Listen to at Work

HP Announces New Agile Programming Tools

WebPutty: Browser Based CSS Editing Made Easy

The MacBook Is Dead. Long Live The (New) MacBook Air.

FLUD’s iOS news reader gets speedier and more social

Tuesday 07/19

What’s new in Apple OS X Lion

CE-Oh no he didn't!: Google's Eric Schmidt says competitors are 'responding with lawsuits' instead of innovation

Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Center / McPhee Architects

Web Typography for the Lonely

Beastie Boys lança novo clipe dirigido por Spike Jonze

10 Awesome Videos Featuring Retro Typography

Skateboarding, classical music and poetry !

Jessica Tremp Photography

Monday 07/18

Casa en Andalucía - McLean Quinlan

29 Ways to Stay Creative [Video]

World’s worst theme proves Microsoft once had sense of humor

Beautiful Portraits Photography by Peter Nguyen

20 Excellent Examples of Icon Usage in Web Design

Signalnoise sticker concepts

Master Class: Design and Development: First Sprint

Seven Guidelines For Designing High-Performance Mobile User Experiences