Best of the Week #194

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 10/28

Alfabeto Graffiti

Vintage Ads Representing Modern Technologies

Modern Residence With a Clean Design in Mexico: Casa del Tec

Typography and Illustration by Sebastien Cuypers !

Ferrari Factory Store / Iosa Ghini Associates

IE9 continues to boost its Windows 7 market share

Rdio launching in Brazil, boosting the local music streaming offer

Google says Black Swan and Angry Birds are the most popular Halloween costumes this year

Thursday 10/27

Inspired Bricks

24 awesome retro posters by Strongstuff

Workspace of the Week: Dutch details

I Believe I can Fly

Nokia launches Lumia 800 “the first real Windows Phone” [available from November]

Sony to buy out Ericsson's stake in joint venture, call it quits after ten years

Social networks in Brazil: Orkut in decline, Facebook growing

Coldplay says no to streaming, are they missing out on millions of music listeners?

Microsoft + Mozilla = New Firefox, With Bing

Can the iPad Save Magazines and Newspapers After All?

Sonho Brasileiro: Um retrato do jovem dos anos 2010

Wednesday 10/26

Thiana e Felipe - Mini documentário

Geometric Beauty

Keen On… Chris DeWolfe: What I Learned From The MySpace Failure (TCTV)

Nokia announces the Lumia 800, the 'first real Windows Phone' (video)

New paintings by Danny O’Connor !

Steve Jobs Portrait Made with 3,500 Apples

DRIVE poster giveaway on Abduzeedo

Phantom Water Edit

Tuesday 10/25

Gary Vaynerchuk: Put a Ring on It

New Samsung Galaxy Note ad: freedom's just a stylus away (video)

How Much Faster is iOS 5 For Mobile Browsing? (Infographic)

Steve Jobs movie could be written by the Social Network’s Aaron Sorkin

Photography by Jan von Holleben

Monday 10/24

Elsternwick House by Simon Couchman Architects

How to Design a Mobile Responsive Website

Nike | Never Stop Running

How to Make Glow Stick Lanterns

A Showcase of Infrared Photography