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  Design in motion

  Thanks to an impressive wealth of talent, innovation and creativity, motion graphics is still an emerging area for designers. Nick Spence catches up with a number of leading industry practitioners to find out what it takes to make it big.

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  Get it together

  If you're designing for today's interactive devices, you'll need to understand your users; needs as well as the latest technology. Sean Ashcroft shows you how to push all the right buttons.

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  Case study: Innocent drinks

  Sticking with what you believe in not only changes the way you approach packaging but, if the results prove effective, you can get a queue of rivals wanting to mimic it.

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  Behind the scenes: Stereo by Shimm1

  Rap videos aren't typically known for their cutting-edge creativity, often relying on fail-safe booty-shaking women. But then Shimm1 and Notion Studio haven' produced a typical rap video, as we found out.

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  Future trends

  Confidence and creative energy continue to rule the heavens, but will the gods of financial reward finally return in 2007? Mark Penfold talks to a bunch of busy designers about their predictions and gets a surprisingly positive response...

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  Green sleeves

  The impact of packaging on the environment has never been more high profile. Go green, with our guide to sustainable wrappings.

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  Get ahead in advertising

  Have you got what it takes to work in the advertising industry? Can you meet the demands of a brief, manage relationships and deliver content on time, every time? Mark Ramshaw takes a look at the place where art and commerce collides.

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  Material witness

  Want to be a top packaging designer? Then you need a sound understanding of materials and how they affect what you can create.

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  Cover stories

  CD and DVD covers provide some of the most innovative examples of packaging design around today. Charlotte Rivers is on the case.

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  Youth versus experience

  The Government's new age discrimination laws are sure to make waves in an industry where youth often generates creativity. But will these new decisions affect the way you work? Mark Ramshaw finds out.

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  Create perfect characters

  Character-based designs are in greater demand than ever, from fashion illustration to designer toys. Nick Spence highlights one trend that's here to stay, and discovers what it takes to create characters that will last a lifetime.

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  In-store graphics

  Design for retail may seem like an exercise in branding or beautification, but it's one of the most exacting sectors around, as Graeme Aymer found out.

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  Photoshop reinvented

  celebrates another birthday soon and will then be old enough to drive a car, but how are today's creative mavericks getting to grips behind the controls of Adobe's pole-position front runner?

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  Creative common sense

  Looking for a way to protect your work? There is a way to fight the copyright war, as Jason Arber explains.

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  Behind the scenes: Beck's The Information album artwork.

  If downloads and piracy are responsible for dwindling CD sales, then Beck thinks it's time to reinvent the artwork. His new album leads the way in bringing back the physical format of music albums.

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  Urban art

  Today's urban graphics scene is a diverse and bewilderingly over-populated place. Ric Blackshaw takes us into the history of the movement, introduces us to some current practitioners and offers advice to the art heroes of the future.

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  101 ways to create better images

  It's all about the image, and there are ways of getting it right and ways of getting it wrong. We present invaluable advice from top designers on making sure the images you create, in whatever medium you work in, are bang on the money every time.

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  Digital illustration

  A revolution has taken place. The digital revolution has altered the nature of illustration beyond recognition, taking it from cottage industry to household phenomenon.

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  When we roll, we roll like idiots

  A good design agency should always be seen and not heard, says Jason Arber, who takes a look at what happens when an agency breaks those rules and tries to make itself the centre of attention instead.

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  Yell.com: Results for real life

  Yell.com's new interactive multimedia campaign talks to its audiences in a way not done before, by taking its local knowledge to the street. In fact, it takes it to the very street you're standing on...

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  Be more creative

  As a designer, you're asked to come up with original and exciting ideas on a daily basis. But what if your winning ideas have run dry? Paul Birch and Craig Grannell reveal the real-world techniques that can really help you unlock your creativity.

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