The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Mike Speero, a graphic designer and digital artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. Mike has been featured in several galleries, exhibitions, books, interviews, magazines, blogs, websites, prints and the list goes on and on.

For more information about Mike Speero visit his Website at http://www.mikespeero.com and blog at http://speero.blogspot.com. You can also find Speero on Twitter http://twitter.com/Speero.

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Zwatch is an online community and multimedia art project about zombies. Created by Alexander Laccarino and his Zteam in 2009, Zwatch launched in the Quad Cities of the Iowa/Illinois area following a fictitious story of a local zombie outbreak. The unsuspecting public took the project seriously and madness ensued.

The Story

In the summer of 2009, Zacharia Furio, a 21-year-old from Davenport, Iowa, was working for the Quad City Department of Biological Sciences, when he suddenly disappeared. His brother launched a website, www.zwatch.org, to help in finding his missing brother, who was suspected of being the subject of testing on a man-made strain of viruses. After the site displayed redacted police files, missing person's reports and other documents, the local media took interest.

The site questioned authority. The story was off and running.

Over time, a series of documentary shorts, photographs, more official documents and articles from a “lone wolf” reporter flooded zwatch.org, in addition to hundreds of emails, blog posts/comments about Zacharia, his whereabouts, revealing a cover-up, Zacharia's infection and eventual return home.

Still, people questioned whether it was real. In the end, it wasn't. At least, not entirely. It was the creation of Alexander Iaccarino and a group of cohorts and artists known affectionately as the “Z-Team”.

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My latest project, zwatch.org, began as a viral hoax of a zombie outbreak and cover-up in the Quad Cities to promote my Halloween event, The Zombie Pride Parade. And how it ended was a different story, one best told by fellow zombie and friend, Ryan Collins.....

This past Halloween, something happened in the Quad Cities. Something about a missing person, an Internet hoax, an H1Z1 virus, and the threat of artists going to jail for their craft. Something…undead.

Zombies and their related ephemera are a cultural phenomenon, ever-present in books, cinema, video games, etc.

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Check out the the whole story on this controversioal and groundbreak project at http://www.thatkidwhodraws.com/zwatch.html.

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 09/03

How to Take the Next Step in Your Freelance Career

Twitter Now Over 145 Million Users, Almost 300,000 Apps

Project Dance Party: Facebook’s Secret Twitter-Like Follow Feature

Housing for Musicians / 24H architecture

Google Announces Wave In A Box

23 Unconventional eCommerce Website Designs

Mobee's inductive Magic Charger for Apple's Magic Mouse really is magical

Marcelo Queiroz lança Jogo da Velha para iPhone/iPod touch e iPad

McDonald’s lança aplicativo McEntrega para iPhones/iPods touch

Viva la Revolucion

Dimitri Tsykalov sculptures w/ vegetables

House 6, a Showcase of Contemporary Living in Brazil

A step to be ahead: start designing for mobile devices

‘Hobo with a Shotgun’ official teaser

How Many Vacation Days Do You Get Every Year? [Reader Poll]

Thursday 09/02

Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design

Check Out This Awesome RSS Reader for Windows Phone 7

Twitter Just Killed Something Else: Their Own Website. Twitter For iPad Is That Good.

Samsung: 'we are prioritizing our Android platform'

The Good Sisters Stay Naked

Designs by Fabio Ongarato

Nintendo DSi

geek squad

The Sweetest Surreal Photography

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

The Oval Office Gets a Makeover

Use the Power of a Positive No to Focus on What Really Matters [Negotiation]

Ciclotte

Play The Epic Game From The Apple Event

Wednesday 09/01

Skype for Android finally works over WiFi!

20 Year Old Founder Jessica Mah Gets $1 Million Put Into Banking Startup InDinero

Yes, iTunes 10 Is Finally Here. Get Downloading

Apple announces redesigned iPod shuffle, brings the buttons back

Twitter for iPad review

Mountain Home with Increased Comfort in Australia

Future of Screen Technology

Apple iPod Nano | 6th Generation With New Touchscreen

HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway

Smiley: An app in 24 hours

New shirts and Back to School sale!

There’s a Theme for That – The Best WordPress Templates for iPhone & iPad Related Sites

FOWA. Las Vegas. Baby.

iTunes 10 Gets a Streamlined Interface, Adds a Social Network for Music [Downloads]

33 Very Original Creative Industry Business Cards

Did Steve Jobs Accidentally Confirm Cameras for Next Gen iPads?

iOS 4.2 for the iPad being released in November for Free. Brings everything together.

iTunes 10 is Now Available for Download

The New MySpace Movies, Presented By… The Facebook Movie

Justin.tv Finally Broadcasts Live From Your Android Phone

Reddit games the new Digg. Has 7 of its own posts on the front page.

Tuesday 08/31

MTV To Reward STD Checkups With A Foursquare Badge

Nike - I Am The Rules

Incrediable Cardboard Cameras by Kiel Johnson

How to Write a Press Release

Google Places vs Facebook Places: It’s Search vs. Social

34% of people believe all websites are dangerous.

NASA Teams Up With Flickr to Share Historic Image Collection (Photos)

How Technology Made Us Humans

Want to Tap into Brazil’s Money Spending Web World? Learn Portuguese or Move (TCTV)

Former Digg Engineer: Digg v4 Is Here To Stay

Philips GoGear Connect is a legitimate Android-based iPod touch competitor (updated)

Residencia Mirante do Horto - Flavio Castro Arquitetos

Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac OSX in October, iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch versions announced

Motion Typography Rocky Balbo

Star Wars Prints

Monday 08/30

Design a Grunge Vintage Poster in Photoshop

Central Bank / Zaha Hadid

Mandalas

In the moment with Johnny Lucas, Photographer

Sketch or die!

Enjoy the Super-Incredible Activity Book for Creatives online!

Email overload? Try Priority Inbox.

Hydro74

What Do You Think the Future of the Workplace Will Look Like?

Chatroulette is back, but the joke’s worn off

45 Inspiring Design Agency Websites

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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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