We’re back! This time with a refined set of apps that covers the spectrum of your beloved mobile device, be it iPhone, Android or Windows. The Weekly App Smack is the best of design and productivity apps for the busy professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient.
Always one to be ahead of the times, the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) Design Store will be selling a collection of curated Kickstarter projects as part of the upcoming NYC x Design event collective starting this month. If you’ve had a hard time finding a successfully Kickstarted project post-launch and will be in the NYC area for the month of May, this is your opportunity to jump in and grab those products. Here’s a rundown of the MoMA-curated Kickstarter collection that will be available both at the MoMA Store itself as well as the SoHo MoMA store.
In case you missed the release last week of MODO 801, there were some announcements made that might be of interest to all you product designers who might still be on the fence with jumping into MODO or not. The new 801 release of the powerful modeling and rendering tool aims to make working with watertight models a seamless experience for creating 3D prints. Not one to shy away from opportunities to get a MakerBot into the hands of more users, Bre Pettis announced that they will be offering a 10% discount on three MakerBot 3D printer models in celebration of the new release for MODO users.
Cap chewers raise your hands! Does your BIC pen cap look like the aftermath of a five year shrapnel-testing frenzy after one day of use? The plastic… IT TASTES SO GOOD. Well, you can toss the whole pen for a fresh cap or flick that gnarled mess into your coworkers salad and slap on a replacement. But this replacement may just quell your nasty gnawing habits because 1) it’s a cap with a wiggly bit that doubles as a stylus tip and 2) the price will have you thinking twice before gumming at it for hours. Lab02 has released the Dragonbite stylus and it’s one that adds a bit of style to your pen and provides that ever-so-fluid approach to sketching on a tablet.
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week we’re celebrating the release of Damon Albarn’s first-ever solo release! You’ve heard him before as the mastermind behind Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, and other classic acts. For somebody who has proven himself over and over again with various projects, this modest collection of songs is the perfect collection of all things Albarn.