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  • Pattern design and decoration

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    Pattern design and decoration

    Designers are rediscovering the wealth of knowledge and technique which decorative print design accumulated over hundreds of years. Mixing digital and traditional has brought about a creative renaissance, as Mark Penfold finds out.
  • Create a mini magazine

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    Create a mini magazine

    In the first of a new three-part series, editorial designer Dylan Channon reveals how to produce a 'future-proof' publication using InDesign that can be exported as traditional print or as an interactive PDF.
  • Be a greener designer

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    Be a greener designer

    With the world facing the reality of climate change and other environmental threats, it's time to take stock and ask - What can designers do to help?
  • Illustration: The Art of Ornament

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    Illustration: The Art of Ornament

    The old mantra 'form follows function' has finally had its day. With decoration, ornamentation and embellishment back on the agenda, today's designers and illustrators are letting their hair down once again, as Lawrence Zeegen finds out.
  • Q&A: Alberto Cerriteño

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    Q&A: Alberto Cerriteño

    Computer Arts talks to Alberto Cerriteño a Mexican illustrator and designer based in Portland, Oregon, who has a distinctive character illustration style that draws on the influences of his native land.
  • Fake 3D in After Effects

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    Fake 3D in After Effects

    It's easy to add extra depth to your motion graphics work using Illustrator's Collapse Transformation function to create simple 3D objects. Regular JJ Johnstone gives you all the know-how you'll need...
  • Profile: Grandpeople

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    Profile: Grandpeople

    Inspired by the famously arresting Norwegian outdoors, Grandpeople's design and illustration interprets natural processes into graphical forms. Always engaging, occasionally psychedelic, for them, design is more than skin deep, as Mark Penfold found out...
  • Animate stencil graffiti

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    Animate stencil graffiti

    Creating stencils is a straightforward process that can produce impressive results. But what if you want to take the technique further? Motion graphics pro Lee Heyward reveals a simple way to animate your stencil designs.
  • Stay on top

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    Stay on top

    Running a thriving design studio requires more than a creative mind and the ability to make tea. Nick Spence meets the names behind leading studios that successfully combine artistic flair with solid business skills.
  • Screen-print effects

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    Screen-print effects

    Screen printing is a tricky, messy process, but it's the less than perfect areas that create that distinctive look. Here, regular Derek Lea reveals how to simulate silk-screened imperfections .
  • Getting ahead

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    Getting ahead

    Paul Wyatt ventures down the rocky road of freelancing to give you the definitive guide to getting on the right track.
  • Perfect your portfolio

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    Perfect your portfolio

    In the final instalment of this three-part guide to creating an online portfolio, Richard Guest reveals the techniques he uses to add those all-important finishing touches to best show off his design work.
  • Eastern promise

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    Eastern promise

    China's astonishing economic success will have serious repercussions for Western designers. A heavy investment in talent is about to catapult the country into the centre of the world's design stage. Tom Dennis takes a look East.
  • Freedom or folly?

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    Freedom or folly?

    When the office gets us down, freelancing can seem mightily attractive, but does the reality live up to the promise? Sean Ashcroft investigates.
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