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The favicon is the smallest canvas on the Web. But a lot can be done in that 16×16-pixel space. Whether used to showcase a product, create a cohesive brand experience, or try something totally experimental, clever designers are making the most of that little square. To give you a little inspiration, here are the cool things designers are doing with favicons. 

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What’s in a word? Well… a lot, and especially in these highly unusual examples from around the world. While the English language has something like 1.25 million words, there are plenty from other languages for which we simply don’t have a match. The Portuguese word “Cafuné” is one example: it means “the act of tenderly running fingers through someone’s hair.” See… these are words we need.

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What’s in a word? Well… a lot, and especially in these highly unusual examples from around the world. While the English language has something like 1.25 million words, there are plenty from other languages for which we simply don’t have a match. The Portuguese word “Cafuné” is one example: it means “the act of tenderly running fingers through someone’s hair.” See… these are words we need.

 the coming months, New Zealanders are getting the unusual chance to vote for a new national flag. The design would replace the existing flag, which was adopted in 1902 and features the Union Jack along with 4 stars of the Southern Cross constellation.

For the Fallas festival in Valencia Spain, the creative crew behind Nituniyo built an interactive elephant sculpture made from 6000 recycled cardboard tubes. Festival goers were encouraged to write down their dreams on colorful pieces of paper, then slip them into the tubes.

Good design requires equal parts skill and instinct. To stay sharp and fresh, taking yourself to school every once and a while is key. No, not an endless stream of YouTube tutorials. We’re talking good old-fashioned books that educate and inspire. Whether you geek out over fonts or want to get deep with philosophical musings on design, there’s something out there to feed your creative soul. Here are our 12 books to enjoy.

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Open up just about any US news source, and you’ll see stories of controversial police-involved shootings, or the use of excessive force. While the finger often gets pointed at law enforcement in situations that go bad, there’s only one way to be sure of what truly happened: cameras. 

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Watch a professional violinist playing a fast composition, and their incredibly quick movements are almost a blur… but hidden in that motion is a talented dance happening before your eyes. Photographer and light painter Stephen Orlando has been capturing the movement of bow along strings using a carefully placed strip of LED lights and a long exposure photographic technique. The colorful rainbows he captures are straight from the camera, and are not manipulated in Photoshop.

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Unlike cars from just a decade ago, Teslas are able to add new features with a simple wireless software update… just like your smartphone. Already there have been improvements to the massive touchscreen on the dashboard, as well as fine tuning of the entire fleet’s suspension, and, in the last update the company says it made the car impossible to intentionally run out of range. Announced last year, Elon Musk says that the self-driving ‘Autopilot’ feature will be arriving soon.

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