design
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Ooh…Cromatica Bluetooth speakers are music for the eyes, too
Read Essay →: Ooh…Cromatica Bluetooth speakers are music for the eyes, tooOne look at the Italian Cromatica Bluetooth speakers and…whoa. Think of this lamp-speaker hybrid like a mood ring for your home.…
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A Design Kit: The fabulous new type overlay and stickers app to keep your Insta stories on point
Read Essay →: A Design Kit: The fabulous new type overlay and stickers app to keep your Insta stories on pointLast year, I fell in love with the A Color Story app for photo editing, and named it my cool pick of…
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How to make ombre text overlays: Instagram stories design tutorial
Read Essay →: How to make ombre text overlays: Instagram stories design tutorialLeave it to my twelve-year-old-daughter to be way ahead of me on the Instagram design tricks — in this case,…
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Got design commitment issues? You need this handy new website.
Read Essay →: Got design commitment issues? You need this handy new website.I admit, my decorating skills are limited, and I’m always worried about painting a room only to discover I really…
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Hot home tech design: 7 devices you never knew could be gorgeous
Read Essay →: Hot home tech design: 7 devices you never knew could be gorgeousIt’s amazing how far home tech design has come, even since we started this site six years ago. What once…
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Your iPhone flashlight just got a whole new use.
Read Essay →: Your iPhone flashlight just got a whole new use.There are times when the brightness of my iPhone flashlight is helpful — like, when I’m helping my kids look for their forgotten…
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5 of the most glam, stylish wearable fitness trackers: perfect for spring or, you know, Mother’s Day (hint, hint)
Read Essay →: 5 of the most glam, stylish wearable fitness trackers: perfect for spring or, you know, Mother’s Day (hint, hint)It’s springtime! Bring on the warmer weather, chirping birds, flower blooms, lighter layers, and the fabulously stylish wearable fitness trackers…
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The Garmin Vivofit by Jonathan Adler: Ooh, fitness trackers are getting fancy.
Read Essay →: The Garmin Vivofit by Jonathan Adler: Ooh, fitness trackers are getting fancy.A few years ago, you could spot someone wearing a big, black, rubber band-looking fitness tracker a mile away. I’m…
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Type geeks, your fabulous new font finder is here
Read Essay →: Type geeks, your fabulous new font finder is hereI tend to browse lots of places looking for cool fonts that I may never use. (When it comes to…
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9 of the most stunningly beautiful mobile games add some zen to your apps.
Read Essay →: 9 of the most stunningly beautiful mobile games add some zen to your apps.Think for a minute about how far we’ve come in games design from the days of Asteroids and Space Invaders. Now, there are…
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Love apps? Why not marry them to your home decor.
Read Essay →: Love apps? Why not marry them to your home decor.I dug these end tables right away when I saw them on Design Milk — vaguely mid-century lines, clean design, nice…
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4 tech summer camps for kids that parents will think are way cool, too.
Read Essay →: 4 tech summer camps for kids that parents will think are way cool, too.Getting our kids on board with STEM early in the game seems like a great way to go. And just because…
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The ABCiné app develops literacy of the pop culture variety.
Read Essay →: The ABCiné app develops literacy of the pop culture variety.Yes, it’s an ABC app. But unlike other ABC apps we’ve covered here, I don’t know that the new ABCiné app (as in…
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How to get your kids a free coding education this summer from Microsoft.
Read Essay →: How to get your kids a free coding education this summer from Microsoft.School’s out (finally). Time to really sink into summer’s sun and fun. But for many parents, summer also means tackling this…
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A clever, customizable iPad sleeve for the very crafty or very fidgety.
Read Essay →: A clever, customizable iPad sleeve for the very crafty or very fidgety.We’ve found cool iPad cases made out of everything from felt to leather to industrial strength NASA mystery metals. But…
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Superheroes sleep in an 8 bit bed
Read Essay →: Superheroes sleep in an 8 bit bedI usually stay away from licensed characters when decorating my kids’ rooms, but I might have to make an exception…
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Pixelate this.
Read Essay →: Pixelate this.With 8 bit making a comeback (thanks, Minecraft) and pixels starting to appear everywhere as a “new” art technique, it’s…
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11 Instagram accounts to follow that start your day off happy
Read Essay →: 11 Instagram accounts to follow that start your day off happyI recently learned a tip: Waking up and beginning your day looking at Facebook and Twitter can start you off on…
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LG Art of the Pixel celebrates technology, design, and the creativity of youth
Read Essay →: LG Art of the Pixel celebrates technology, design, and the creativity of youthUsually when I check out a new tech product, it’s me in a conference room (or sometimes alone) listening to…
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Another artist making Bluetooth speakers extra cool
Read Essay →: Another artist making Bluetooth speakers extra coolRemember the old days when a Bluetooth speaker was just some ugly but fascinating little thing that was cool simply because it used Bluetooth in the…