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The art of art direction, part one
What skills does it take to run a creative project effectively? How do you manage a team of designers? In the first of two parts, Graeme Aymer talks to five top art & creative directors.
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Combine photos to create surrealist landscapes
The hyper-real look is back in style. Mike Harrison adds a touch of the surreal in his compositions. -
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Faking it in Photoshop
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10 strategies for successful packaging
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How to go green
Implementing sustainable practices can be good for your clients and your conscience - as long as you understand how it works. Darren Smith discovers the best solutions to going green. -
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Perfect your kerning skills
Kerning is crucial to producing beautiful typography. Tom Sewell of Red Design shares his recommendations for perfect letter spacing. -
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Make a sliceform prototype.
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Deanne Cheuk
"Nature seems to come through in everything. Even when I'm not trying to put it into my work, it sometimes ends up there." Garrick Webster interviews the illustrator, designer, art director and artist Deanne Cheuk. -
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Looping video backdrops in Flash
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Design from the heart
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Honey Creative
Combining experienced designers and branding experts has given Honey Creative a great start, working with superbrands including Harrods and Tesco. Computer Arts Projects talks to its co-founder Doug James -
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Combining photography with hand-rendering
Create richer images by blending drawing, painting and fashion photography. Alexis West describes some invaluable techniques. -
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Toy packaging then and now
The modern day strategies for packaging toys encompass pretty much every trick in the packaging designer's arsenal. But has this always been the case? Dom Hall breaks open the bubble pack and finds out. -
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Designing food packaging
Food packages come in all shapes, sizes and materials, but the design principles remain the same whatever the product. Peskimo shows you how to liven up any label. -
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Mastering InDesign preferences
InDesign is not just a tremendously powerful layout package, it's also hugely customisable. Susannah Hall explains how to change the default settings to suit you. -
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Wide-format printers - supersize your creativity
Wide-format printing used to mean outsourcing to a printer. Richard Wentk investigates whether the technology is a worthwhile in-house investment. -
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Creating a cardboard character
For a unique promotional item, there’s nothing like creating a cardboard character. Mark James, the man behind CardBoy, shows you how it’s done -
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Promo items with impact
Create an effective and technically complex piece of packaging that will launch a product in style. -
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Profile: Psyop
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The future of green packaging
Consideration for the environment shouldn't stand in the way of good design. Darren Smith looks at innovative packages that don't cost the Earth.
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