Opinion: It's time for Apple to overhaul the Mac Pro's dated design
It's not just the internals that need to be dragged up to date, says Simon Jary.
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New painted & collage illustrations from Phil Wrigglesworth
Artist updates site with work for The Guardian, Readers Digest and Popshot
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5 ways Apple needs to improve iBooks Author
Ebooks designer & editor Serenity Cauldwell explains what Apple needs to change in iBooks Author.
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Broken Antler's VFX turns Surrey lake into a Thai beach
However, we can confirm that Greg Davies wasn't created using VFX. He's real.
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How to use IFTTT to make your life and work easier
IFTTT allows you to link Web services, so doing something on one triggers the rest – allowing you to post once to many different services.
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Optimal text layout is more than line length
Paul Olyslager explains how good use of typography on a website (or app) can improve UX.
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Socialmatic Instagram-meets-Polaroid physical camera to ship in early 2014
ADR's concept camera that lets you apply Instagram filters to photos you shoot and then print them directly from the camera will ship early next year.
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Evernote hacked - how to reset your password
Evernote, which makes business and consumer productivity software for things like taking notes and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords after detecting a hacker intrusion on its sytems.
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Music video mocks cheesy stock images & footage
Firector Keith Schofield has used the conventions of bad stock to ridicule mainstream media representations of love and happiness.
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Corel Painter Freestyle offers Kinect-style painting by making gestures in the air
Based on the Leap Motion Controller device – which is like a Microsoft Kinect for your laptop or desktop – it will be available for download as a free beta.
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Photoshop Touch released for iPhone & Android phones
iPad/tablet app is now available for £2.99, offering simple art tools on the move.
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Create a Raspberry Pi project and have it shown in the Design Museum
Enter your Raspberry Pi inventions into a competition to go on display in the forthcoming Designs of the Year exhibition.
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Floria Sigismondi marries Bowie and Swinton for The Stars (Are Out Tonight) music video
Video also stars Andrej Pejic, Saskia De Brauw and Iselin Steiro in a creepy look at fame.
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JL Design creates photorealistic CG glass installations for HBO idents
The design agency and Lithuanian VFX house Korb have created idents that superbly recreate the look of realistic glass.
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London exhibition lets you pick up amazing art & illustration
Pick Me Up 2013 features limited-edition prints plus workshops from the likes of Modern Toss and Aardman
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Life of Pi's 2013 VFX Oscar win hides an industry in crisis
Life of Pi's Oscar win for visual effects offers a sobering reflection on the precarious financial state of much of the VFX industry.
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Wolff Olins designs a fun fox character for Mozilla's Firefox OS branding
Mozilla has launched its own mobile phone OS at the Mobile World Congress exhibition, which features branding designed by Wolff Olins.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 8: Tell Johanna what to draw
This week has seen Johanna launch her first Kickstarter project, Wonderbeasts.
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Elia Felices creates 'holographic' mirrors with Turkish-inspired designs
The concept 'holographic' mirror has microdot LEDs that gives an effect that changes as you approach it.
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Firefox OS for phones offers HTML5 app development
Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress.