Best of the Week #184

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 08/12

Modern Le Source Spa Nestled in the Canadian Mountainside

star wars x simpsons mashup

Mobo Cupons para Celular

Raul Urias illustrations

Brick by Brick

Kate Moss wedding day by Mario Testino

The Incredible Digital Paintings of Serge Birault

Andy Gilmore

Students love tech and Twitter enabled classrooms produce better grades [Infographic]

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemelo doesn't believe in electric cars, Santa Claus (video)

Google brings games to Google+

Aplicativo Noite Hoje lista as melhores baladas sempre na palma da mão

Thursday 08/11

Google Rolls Out "Panda" Search Improvements In Most Languages

Time to rethink every website in the world

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Coming In 2012 To Revive The Aging, But Still Awesome, Franchise

The Amazing Power of Being Present

Adobe Creative Suite 6: O que vem por aí?

Does Facebook Really Have the Worst API?

Next Generation 911 Will Support Text, Photos, Video, And Data

Ducats 1980s Milk Packaging

Wednesday 08/10

Techniques For Gracefully Degrading Media Queries

How To Build A Better Web Application For Your Business

HTML5 Boiler Plate Hits 2.0

Big Question: Do You Take Pictures of Your Food? Why?

Here’s how the Reddit logo was created

Instagram growing twice as fast as Flickr, and other fun facts [Infographic]

Hey Twitter, activity streams are great but why is it still so hard to track a conversation?

Illustrations by Ewa Ludwiczak

Mobile Web App Frameworks: 10 Great Frameworks

Architectural Inspiration #29

Gunderson House by WRB Architects

The Architecture of Ruy Ohtake

Beautiful Portraits Photography by Peter Nguyen

20 Really Useful HTML5 Tutorials

Sophie Hellyer | Surfer

Tuesday 08/09

25 Superb Minimalist Print Ads

Social Media Propaganda Posters

6 Reasons to Stay Small

Facebook introduces separate Messenger app for iPhone and Android

I’m Quitting Breathing

BrowserTexting: A remote SMS solution for your Android smartphone

Boomerang for Gmail goes mobile. Send and receive email when you want, from anywhere.

LYCS Architecture Office / LYCS Architecture

Google to Build Headquarters in Mountain View

Skate NYC by Josh Maready

3 Ways to Raise Your Rates and Crush Your Freelancing Fears

Monday 08/08

Designing For Android Tablets

Real Madrid vs. 109 crianças

Deliver the Future, Gradually

Digg's New Newswire is a Radical Experiment in Social News

How mobile, apps and social media have changed the restaurant industry

8 Web-based alternatives to Instagram

What will the Web be like in 20 years?

Redesigning the Browser Window