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  • Freelancing with a baby

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    Freelancing with a baby

    How does a young, single mother juggle raising a baby with building a freelance career?

    How does a young, single mother juggle raising a baby with building a freelance career? Well, says Lisa Hassell, it ain’t easy
  • 10 steps to staging your own show

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    10 steps to staging your own show

    Lyall Bruce from NEoN Digital Arts Festival shares his 10 tips for getting your event off the ground

    Lyall Bruce from NEoN Digital Arts Festival shares his 10 tips for getting your event off the ground and ensuring it doesn’t crash and burn
  • Can anyone design type?

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    Can anyone design type?

    We speak to graphic designers and seasoned typeface designers

    We speak to three graphic designers who’ve created their own fonts, and some of the seasoned typeface designers whose rules they might be breaking
  • It’s a book… or is it?

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    It’s a book… or is it?

    The publishing world is taking on a new form where designers will be essential

    Books are changing, and the publishing world itself is taking on a new form where designers, animators and technologists will be essential, says Sophie Rochester
  • Commercial character design - MTV characters

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    Commercial character design

    We explore the unique challenges involved when clients and characters meet

    Faced with a tight brief from a client, many character illustrators create their best work. We explore the unique challenges involved when clients and characters meet
  • My design classic: The 45rpm spindle adapter

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    My design classic: The 45rpm spindle adapter

    This elegant 50s object represents several generations in popular music – and more

    Designed out of necessity in the 50s, this elegant object represents several generations in popular music – and more, says Sarah Jane Coleman
  • Freelancing: how to get things done

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    Freelancing: how to get things done

    Ninian Doff reveals his techniques for avoiding distraction

    Director and motion graphics designer Ninian Doff reveals his techniques for avoiding distraction and getting on with his job
  • Destroy desk culture

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    Destroy desk culture

    Mobile email and studio Facebook pages make it feel like we’re constantly at work

    We may have sofas and foosball tables in our studios, but with mobile email at all hours and studio Facebook pages to run, it feels like we’re constantly at work, says Steve Price
  • Independent magazines go digital

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    Independent magazines go digital

    We speak to four small publishers making the most of the iPad's ongoing succes

    The ongoing success of the iPad is creating amazing opportunities for independent mags. We speak to four small publishers making the most of it
  • 10 essential tips for flawless typography

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    10 essential tips for flawless typography

    Ensure that your typography hits all the right notes with these tips

    Ensure that your typography hits all the right notes with these 10 tips that every designer needs to know
  • Why circles are better than lines

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    Why circles are better than lines

    We have to think about the lifecycles of what we make, and designers have a key role to play

    Gone are the days of sustainable design, says Nat Hunter; now we have to think about the lifecycles of what we make, and designers have a key role to play
  • Why we love print

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    Why we love print

    Eight graphic designers reveal what inspired them to launch a magazine

    Eight graphic designers reveal what inspired them to launch a magazine, how it fits around their day job and the challenges they have overcome to keep publishing
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