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    Design Icon: Blue Note

    Reid Miles's inventive use of type, moody photography and a minimalist colour palette helped Blue Note establish itself as the hippest of all jazz labels.
  • Behind the headphones

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    Behind the headphones

    Behind every silent, iPod-using designer there's a sociable, creative mind desperate to break out, says Jason Arber. But when they emerge from the office at the end of the day, how do they bridge the gap between work and pleasure?
  • Design Icon: Coca-Cola

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    Design Icon: Coca-Cola

    Coca-Cola's famous logo is widely regarded as the most successful brand in the world. But how did it become so iconic? Michael Burns investigates this global phenomenon.
  • Profile: Hort

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    Profile: Hort

    Eleven years ago, Eike Koenig fell in love with record label design. But as Graeme Aymer discovers, now there's much more to Hort's creative mix.
  • Expose Yourself2

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    Expose Yourself

    Designers look at self-promotion in the same way the British do sex - no-one admits to it, but everyone knows it's going on. Daniel West puts on a dirty (Apple) mac to investigate the last taboo.
  • Pitch Perfect

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    Pitch Perfect

    There's much more to pitching than just turning up on a client's doorstep with a good idea. Preparation is the key to success, says Mark Penfold
  • Design Icon: The Mac Icons

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    Design Icon: The Mac Icons

    Susan Kare's original designs for the first Macintosh computer icons continue to exert a powerful influence over the look and feel of modern-day personal computing, as Mark Penfold finds out.
  • It's a man's world

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    It's a man's world

    Graduate shows revealed a host of talented female designers, yet the industry is still male dominated. So where are all the women? Jason Arber investigates.
  • BV-01 by Alessandro Pacciani

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    BV-01 by Alessandro Pacciani

    To launch 's new section showcasing the work of students and independent animators, we talk to the young Italian hotshot responsible for BV-01, a five-minute blast of urban robot coolness.

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    10 Best Design Competitions

    Whether you’re an established designer keen to break into the international design scene or a graduate who wants to show the world what you’ve got, winning a recognised competition could give you the exposure you crave.
  • The Ultimate Portfolio

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    The Ultimate Portfolio

    You've done all the hard work and got plenty to show for it, but what's the best way to show off your talents? talks to the masters of folio presentation about building an online gallery.
  • Design for Mobiles

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    Design for Mobiles

    With 1.7 billion mobile phone subscribers around the world, the market for mobile content is huge, says . Mobile data services need designers, so isn't it about time you got to grips with the latest information revolution?
  • The agent agenda

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    The agent agenda

    Whether or not to team up with an agency is a tough decision at any point in an illustrator's career. We talk to the industry about this hotly debated topic...
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