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"Product design firm and creator of tools like Notable\u00A0and\u00A0Verify,\u00A0ZURB,\u00A0has acquired Forrst, a design and development community founded in 2010 that was previously acquired by COLOURlovers in mid 2012.\r\n\r\nThis is an interesting development for both companies involved, as ZURB has played an important role as a service provider in the Web and interaction design space for quite some time. The company is only now diving into the social side however, and the results of this move are certainly worth keeping an eye on. Similarly, as COLOURlovers focuses on monetization with Creative Market, ZURB may be able to breathe new life into\u00A0Forrst's network for designers and developers.\r\n\r\nTo that end, ZURB is taking the helm of Forrst and its\u00A050,000 users without the community's original founder,\u00A0Kyle Bragger, although ZURB tells us he will remain &amp;quot;an active community participant&amp;quot; on the site.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nZURB has shared its intentions of this acquisition with us, detailing that it aims &amp;quot;to\u00A0create an active, engaged design community focused around detailed design feedback.&amp;quot; The company's plans are as follows:\r\n\r\n\t\r\nWe will actively listen, participate, and foster the site to build a strong, active Forrst community.\r\n\r\n\t\r\nWith a suite of design apps, a top-20 open-source framework (Foundation) and over 15 years of product design experience, we\u2019re excited to lead the Forrst community forward to achieve great things. We\u2019ll start by streamlining the site interface and implementing responsive design for the mobile web.\r\n\r\n\t\r\nWe\u2019ll iterate upon and add new Forrst features to help designers and developers collaborate easily and effectively. The invite system will shift to reward users who make consistent, high-quality contributions to the site.\r\n\r\n\r\nForrst has served an interesting role in the design and development community over the past two years, and certainly still has a dedicated set of core users. The service differentiates itself from Behance and Dribbble by focusing on detailed, constructive feedback.\r\n\r\nWe\u2019ve covered tons of ZURB\u2019s products in the past, including:\r\n\r\nBounce,\u00A0Clue,\u00A0Verify,\u00A0Strike,\u00A0Notable,\u00A0Reel,\u00A0Spur\u00A0and\u00A0Axe.\r\n\r\nImage credit: Stockbyte / Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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