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You Can Download Adobe’s Creative Cloud Right Now

Adobe pulled the covers off its shiny new Creative Cloud earlier this month, but it’s now finally available for you to get your grubby little hands on. From now on, you won’t be able to buy CS6 or CS7 — you’ll just buy a $50 per month subscription to CC.


The Periodic Table Of Muppets Brings Order To Wocka Wocka

Not everybody’s into chemistry, but you have to be a special kind of insane to not have a fondness for the Muppets. This periodic table of Muppetry is a wonderfully organised and colourful take on the history of the form than anyone (with a soul) can appreciate, chem-geek or not.


Origami-Inspired Clocks So Attention-Grabbing You’ll Never Run Late

Sometimes, a piece of design is so interesting, it’s hard not to drop everything and pay attention to it. Dressed in bright, bold colours, with sharp, tessellated forms, these origami clocks from U.K. firm Raw Dezign definitely fits the bill.


Twist-Off Wine Cork Invention Means Life Will Never Be The Same

Just when you thought that mankind could go no further, four years of research has given birth to a new apex in cork innovation. Please say hello to your newest wine-stopper, the Helix cork.


This Is The Future: 14 High-Tech Farms Where Veggies Grow Indoors

In the 21st century, a significant change is underway in the food industry: farming is moving indoors. The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light, temperature, humidity, air quality and nutrition.


The Wildly Functional Studio Of Video Wizard Casey Neistat: Part I

Casey Neistat makes movies. His products are homegrown and eccentric as though they were built from sticks and stones. But they are also often brilliant and have clearly caught on, at least enough to garner a presence on the New York Times website and HBO. Much of Neistat’s magic is concocted in a bright SoHo loft that is as every bit as weird and wonderful as his movies. One that he let us explore.


We Are Light-Eaters: The Unearthly Art Of James Turrell

The last time James Turrell staged a major installation in a New York museum, lawsuits ensued: two visitors, who ostensibly didn’t realise what they were in for, sued Turrell after they became disoriented and fell inside of an installation in 1980. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped Turrell manipulating our senses — in fact, this month, he’ll unveil what critics are calling one of the most daring installations ever attempted.


Dance Like Kinect Is Watching: The Interactive LED Amphitheatre

Outdoor music festivals traditionally means days of sliding over mud-slick fields in galoshes. But a group of designers and engineers in Lyon dreamt up an alternative: a Kinect-powered interactive amphitheatre that radiates light based on the footsteps of attendees.


What’s Wrong With The iOS 7 Icons?

“It looks childish.” That was the first reaction I heard to iOS 7. I’m not going to lie — when I saw it for the first time, I freaked out a little too. Like any good simplicity-loving designer, I was eagerly waiting for Jonathan Ive to reveal a fresh, clean take on iOS.


A Self-Sustaining Hut For The Modern Hermit

If your world is feeling overwhelmingly and counterproductively materialistic, it may be time to downsize your life and move into a hut. That’s normal, right? And for all your sacrifice, your minimalist hut can be built by celebrity architect Renzo Piano. Intrigued?


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