Like swarm of locusts, you and thousands of other hipster/tech/groupie/auteur/comedian indie producer types will be descending on Austin this weekend.  While we are sure you have plans to attend all the parties, screenings and concerts you can jam into your calendar, don’t forget the hundreds of seminars, book signings and panels taking place daily.

No need to slog through all the offerings, we’ve picked the best 20 SXSW sanctioned events for design minds and creative types.  To simplify things – we imagine you’ll be in a bit of a post/pre-party haze the entire time; the list is in chronological order.

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• Mind-Blowing Nest Houses Made of Living Trees [inhabitat]
• What I Want From a Restaurant Website [theoatmeal]
• The Five Most Inappropriate Cartoon Characters of All Time [thisblogrules]
• Power plant in Denmark that blows smoke rings and has a ski slope [telegraph]
• The Seven Deadly Sins That Choke Out Innovation [fastcodesign]
• Kaufmann’s Unbreakable Sunglasses [dwell]
• Artists Predict the Future of Art [creatorsproject]
• Debate on Design Plagerism [core77]

Check out this old-timey wrist keyboard and a bunch of other design related posts from around the web.

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The WordPress community has almost single-handedly changed the face of the web.  Countless blogs, portfolios, news sites and web communities are powered by WordPress, in a range of quality from good to bad, beautiful to ugly.  WordPress.org and its community runs an on-going tally of some of the best WordPress designs on the web, including their ten best.  To showcase the hard work of a select group of designers, we take a close look at the 10 best WordPress designs as rated by the WordPress community.

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