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  • Q&A: Gary Hustwit

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    Q&A: Gary Hustwit

    Next year 'Helvitica' celebrates its 50th birthday and, as a tribute, filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a movie that celebrates the font's integral role in graphic design in the last half century. Joe Russ finds out more.
  • Digital illustration

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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.
  • When we roll, we roll like idiots

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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.
  • Repeating patterns

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    Repeating patterns

    Patterns can be used in a number of ways to create intricate repeating images that can be put to a multitude of creative uses. Hannah Gal uses photoshop to demonstrate the possibilities.
  • Yell.com: Results for real life

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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...
  • Profile: Tom Hingston

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    Profile: Tom Hingston

    Tom Hingston's career in music design has taken in everything from creating flyers for club nights to putting together some of the most memorable cover images of the last few years...
  • Metallic print effects

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    Metallic print effects

    There are several ways to add metallic effects and inks to your images, but, as Research Studios' Jeff Knowles demonstrates, adding an extra metallic Pantone layer to your channels makes the process quick and easy.
  • Profile: TOCA ME

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    Profile: TOCA ME

    Built on the back of a thriving online community and a successful design conference, TOCA ME was set up in 2003 by Nina Schmid and two brothers, Thorsten and Ronald Iberl. Their endeavours across print, web and events focus on bringing people together.
  • Be more creative

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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.
  • Photoshop street art

    Tutorial

    Photoshop street art

    Mastering a few unique image conversion techniques is the key to creating urban, gritty, lowbrow art in Photoshop. In this tutorial, illustrator Derek Lea explains the process, and proves that not all prefab filters are pure evil.
  • Profile: Ninja Tune

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    Profile: Ninja Tune

    "In today's oversaturated world, people need something strong and identifiable to grab on to in the torrent of media thrown at us 24/7." Kevin Foakes on building a Ninja brand...
  • Designs on MTV

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    Designs on MTV

    Look beyond the girl-band gloss and MTV is revealed as one of the most powerful forces for animation and graphic design. We celebrate 25 years of extreme visual stimulation.
  • Q&A: D&AD Students of the Year

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    Q&A: D&AD Students of the Year

    Haino Sakurako and Klaas Diersmann became D&AD Student of the Year award winners for their witty take on MTV's 25th anniversary. Joe Russ caught up with them to celebrate their success and pick up some cooking tips.
  • Typographic overload

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    Typographic overload

    When an abundance of choice leads to dithering away design time, perhaps we don't need any more new fonts, says Jason Arber. So how should we go about stopping the designers responsible from creating more and more choices?
  • Behind the scenes: Two Faced

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    Behind the scenes: Two Faced

    What better way for the design community to celebrate its pioneers than with an innovative new project? Wear it With Pride's new book, is just that, and sees influential creatives redefining portraiture.

  • Tutorial

    Expert colour

    In the final part of his three-part masterclass on creating Japanese-style digital skin art, Derek Lea explains how you can use the application's features to add stunning colour to your artwork.
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