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  • Q&A: Piperboy

    Interview

    Q&A: Piperboy

    Edvin Lee, aka Piperboy, is an interactive designer living and working in the cold of Banff, Canada. Joe Russ talks to him about his numerous online projects, globalisation and the mystery of Kate Bush.
  • Distress your fonts

    Tutorial

    Distress your fonts

    Looking to give your fonts a grungy, distressed effect? Then look no further. Thomas Schostok explains how to vectorize your bitmaps using Illustrator CS2’s new LiveTrace function to modify a typeface in FontLab 4
  • Design icon: Guinness

    Feature

    Design icon: Guinness

    It's one of the world's most enduring alcoholic drinks, but Guinness's branding has made it one of the most recognisable, too. Michael Burns investigates the development of this truly global identity.
  • Profile: Happypets

    Interview

    Profile: Happypets

    Lausanne's brightest design trio talk to Graeme Aymer about their style, experimentation, illustration and the influence of Swiss design.
  • Online upstarts

    Feature

    Online upstarts

    Anyone can launch an online magazine these days, says Jason Arber, but if you want to dip your toe into web-based publishing, be sure to keep it original.
  • Transparency tricks

    Tutorial

    Transparency tricks

    Derek Lea explains how to add transparency to your objects and vary their Blending Modes within Illustrator to achieve rich, multi-layered, vector-based art that surpasses simple sections of solid, flat colour.
  • New horizons

    Feature

    New horizons

    Crystal ball-gazing may give you a headache, but one thing's certain in the world of design and that's progress. Karl Hodge looks at the technologies and trends looming on the horizon.
  • Organic imagery

    Tutorial

    Organic imagery

    There's no easy way to create an organic, atmospheric palette in Photoshop. It takes plenty of manual work combined with a knowledge of colour and digital blending. Nigel Dennis shows you how.
  • Corporate hospitality

    Feature

    Corporate hospitality

    Corporate sponsorship and the involvement of big business in art and graphic design has become more important over the past 12 months. But does business have a place in design? And who's actually benefiting?
  • Kanardo

    Interview

    Kanardo

    When it comes to creating ground-breaking design, Kanardo is sure to take the most original and risky approach. Mark Penfold meets the French design team making its mark on Lyon and the world.
  • Illustrate in Flash

    Tutorial

    Illustrate in Flash

    It may not be your first choice of illustration program, but has some unique vector drawing tools that will change the way you work. Trevor Van Meter reveals the skills you need to use this new approach to best effect.

  • Feature

    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.
  • Light work

    Tutorial

    Light work

    Computer Arts presents a guide to scripting a custom interface panel to control the lighting in Houdini scenes.
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