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| Cut&Paste partners with Computer Arts Computer Arts - Amy - 27 Aug 2010 11:39am Computer Arts is chuffed to be partnering with global digital design tournament Cut&Paste for its 2010 series of events. The Cut&Paste world tour will see 2D, 3D and motion design competitions hosted in 10 cities around the world, making it one of the most prominent platforms for emerging new designers and gathering the global design community through its design-as-spectator-sport approach. Competitors in London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Bangkok, Seoul and Tokyo will have the chance to battle it out over the coming months, flexing their creative muscles live on stage. The competition is now open for entries, but hurry – online entry deadline for the United States is September 10.The deadline for Europe, Asia and Latin America is October 15th. Entries will be reviewed based on quality of portfolios, and select candidates will be invited to an in-person ‘test round’ to determine final selections for the live city tournaments. For full competition details visit the Cut&Paste website, and for updates keep your eyes on our Twitter feed. http://www.cutandpaste.com/ |
| EpicWin Computer Arts - Jim - 19 Aug 2010 3:55pm If you're hopelessly disorganised and want to do something about it, but scared of the David Allen Getting Things Done approach because it sounds too much like hard work, our old friend Rex Crowle has an iPhone app for you. Developed with Tak Fung, it's a to-do list crossed with a role-playing game where you win treasure and complete quests as a reward knuckling down and getting on with things. It's available on the App Store now for £1.79. http://www.epicwinapp.com/ |
| iStockphoto’s online makeover Computer Arts - Amy - 11 Aug 2010 11:34am Next time you visit iStockphoto, be prepared for its transformation. The multimedia marketplace site has had a refresh, emerging clean, up to date and increasingly focused on its variety of visitors and their needs through its revised navigation scheme. The site is navigable via three distinct segments: ‘Shop’, ‘Participate’ and ‘Help’, and the work of exclusive contributors features more prominently with large ‘hero images’. The shopping portion of the site is now organised by file type, with separate landing pages for photography, illustrations, video, audio and Flash files; ‘Participate’ houses the iStock Forums, Design Spotlight, Steel Cage and Article pages from the previous site, enabling users to interact and contribute; and the ‘Help’ section is your go-to place for relevant articles and support. To mark the launch, iStock is offering its members 25% off all credit-pack purchases until Sunday 15 August 2010. Just type in the coupon code iLOVEF5. http://www.istockphoto.com |
| Apostrophe promotes café culture Computer Arts - Amy - 11 Aug 2010 10:19am The London café chain Apostrophe is running a competition to design its new winter 2010 takeaway cup – plus receive a year’s supply of Apostrophe coffee (handy for seeing those deadlines through…) and £500 worth of Cass Art supplies. Entitled ‘Espresso Yourself’, the competition is open until 16th August. All entries are displayed on Apostrophe’s Facebook page, where fans can vote for their favourite design. A judging panel including Emma Farrow, Head of Design at Topshop, Irene Bradbury, Assistant Director at White Cube gallery, and Kevin Curran, CEO of Tri-star Packaging, will select the winner from the most popular entries. The winner will be announced on 23 August, with the cups appearing in customers’ hands in November 2010. To enter, visit the link below for a template, full design spec and entry details. http://www.apostropheuk.com/espressoyourself |
| Bluegfx in training Computer Arts - Amy - 10 Aug 2010 11:06am Bluegfx, which supplies 3d software and hardware to the gaming, design and moving image industries, has just partnered up with online CG training company Digital Tutors to offer users access to over 12,000 CG videos, tutorials and project files. And until 30 September 2010, you can take advantage of a free subscription to the training when purchased as part of a bundle. Visit the bluegfx website for more details. http://www.bluegfx.com |
| Assembly Summer 2010 Computer Arts - Jim - 09 Aug 2010 12:17pm The cream of the demoscene came together over the weekend in Helsinki for the Assembly Summer 2000 computer festival, with some amazing work on display in its demo competitions. Our favourite, and the winner of the main demo competition, was Happiness Is Around The Bend by Andromeda Software Development. Impressive stuff, and it's not pre-rendered - it's running in realtime. Check out other entries in the AssemblyTV YouTube channel, or find out more about the event at the link below. http://www.assembly.org/summer10 |
| Free typography guide download Public User - 06 Aug 2010 12:00pm FontShop has released a great new education document called 'Meet Your Type - A Field Guide to Typography'. Full of tips and tutorials, it's a great way to improve or refresh your typography knowledge. You can download it for free here. http://www.fontshop.com |
| Dusk Computer Arts - Jim - 04 Aug 2010 4:14pm Here's a very impressive interactive installation by angryPixel, created for the Underbelly Arts festival in Sydney last month. Dusk combines motion tracking, lighting and real-time sound to create an artificial environment that responds to the movement of people across its landscape. Clever stuff. http://vimeo.com/13474272 |
| Go Pro with Flixtime Computer Arts - Amy - 27 Jul 2010 3:49pm Fresh news from the Fotolia camp is the exciting industry-first features offered by the new Pro version of its slideshow generation platform, Flixtime. In addition to existing features such as image highlighting, video presentation speed control, the ability to keep/strip sound from uploaded video clips, text integration on to photo stills, unlimited copies and sharing capabilities, plus a reseller option enabling users to profit from their productions, Flixtime PRO serves up voiceover capabilities for customising videos, plus image transition editing for a greater level of creative control. Unlimited, full-length HD videos licensed for commercial use and free of Flixtime branding are available through the Pro version, which starts at $10 USD for short term projects, and $149 per year. http://www.flixtime.com |
| Off the peg Computer Arts - Luke - 22 Jul 2010 2:43pm 'Ready Media' is the new venture from magazine design guru Roger Black. It's an off the peg solution for clients requiring professional publication design at a fraction of the cost. A healthy debate with contributions from the likes of Scott Dadich and Paula Scher is going on over at SPD. http://www.spd.org/2010/07/just-add-water.php#more |
| The BBC talks typography Computer Arts - Jo - 20 Jul 2010 4:07pm Check out the BBC's web article on typography – 'Do typefaces really matter?'. There are some interesting opinions from Bruno Maag of typeface studio Dalton Maag, as well as some cracking quotes from Jonathan Barnbrook. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10689931 |
| On sale now! Computer Arts - Jim - 16 Jul 2010 12:55pm The Book of Inspiration: Vol II is our new luxury volume, featuring 192 pages of the world's very best digital art, design and illustration, selected to fuel your creativity. For more details, hit the link below. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/bookofinspiration2 |
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The Book of Inspiration: Volume II The second edition brings you even more of the world's foremost digital art, design and illustration |
| Escape goes the distance Computer Arts - Amy - 14 Jul 2010 5:04pm Escape Studios has today launched a new type of online course enabling anyone unable to travel to London to take advantage of their flagship Visual Effects classroom courses to access a virtual classroom. The 12-month-long intensive mentored distance-learning courses offer the same high quality, interactive training experience as Escape’s in-house equivalents, and students can interact and seek feedback from their tutors and fellow classmates via the e-learning platform. For more information, click here. http://www.escapestudios.co.uk |
| London Transport Museum illustration winner Computer Arts - Amy - 06 Jul 2010 2:57pm An illustration by Surbiton artist Rachel Lillie has been selected to appear across Transport for London services as a poster, following a competition organised by London Transport Museum in partnership with the Association of Illustrators, and supported by Serco. Lillie’s winning illustration features in the London Transport Museum’s new 'Cycling in London' exhibition of over 50 artworks, all based around the theme of cycling in England’s capital. The exhibition opened today and will run until 22 August 2010. http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk |
| Street Studio Book Launch Night: Thursday 8th July CA Projects - Al - 02 Jul 2010 11:59am If you’re around in London on Thursday 8th July, we strongly recommend you take a trip down to the Black Rat gallery in East London for the launch night of the new Street Studio book. There’ll be original artwork on display, and a book-signing from artists Miso & Timba. http://www.streetstudiobook.com |
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Graduate Showcase Exhibition Seminars 23 September 2010, 2pm. Café 1001, London E1 6QL |
| Stereo aces Wimbledon website Computer Arts - Amy - 01 Jul 2010 12:36pm The squad at creative studio Stereo have been in touch to tell us about the stunning BBC Radio 5 Live Wimbledon website they’ve created. The team didn’t just build the site – they came up with the concept, designed it and produced it, commissioning illustrations from the brilliant Serge Seidlitz. Check out the site and stay on the Wimbledon ball here. http://www.stereocreative.com |
| Computer Arts at OFFF Paris Computer Arts - Amy - 29 Jun 2010 11:17am Didn’t manage to get to OFFF Paris 2010? Never fear, because Computer Arts’ crack team of correspondents were there to round up the highlights of the world’s coolest digital design festival. From Non-Format to Art + Com, Julien Vallée to Hoss Gifford – read all about OFFF’s best presentations on the dedicated Computer Arts blog. http://computerarts.tumblr.com/ |
| Glug Summer events Computer Arts - Luke - 23 Jun 2010 11:01am Glug have lined up a couple of special events for the Summer including a London to Brighton bike ride to coincide with a special summer beach party with talks from the likes of Airside, Mainframe, Studio Conran and Malcolm Goldie. They’ve also teamed up with the D&AD and are organising their student awards after party. For more info hit up the link below. http://www.gluglondon.com/blog/ |
| ALT/1977 Computer Arts - Jim - 21 Jun 2010 12:11pm Alex Varanese has put a lot of thought into the basically splendid notion of time travelling back to 1977 with an MP3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld games console, and then redesigning and marketing them in true 1977 style. I definitely want a LapTron 64. Actually, I want all of them. http://bit.ly/dtsLRt |
| Degree Showtime Computer Arts - Tom - 21 Jun 2010 11:29am It’s that time of year again, and as well as degree shows opening from Kingston, Central Saint Martins and Brighton, the excellent Free Range opened on Friday at the Truman Brewery in London. Don’t forget that Computer Arts’ Graduate Showcase is still open for entries, so get your work in before July 11. http://www.computerarts.co.uk/gs10 |
| Base Update Computer Arts - Luke - 17 Jun 2010 1:14pm With offices in Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, New York and Santiago, Base are an international, multidisciplinary design studio to be reckoned with. They have recently re-designed and updated their site and it’s well worth a look for anyone interested in creating world-class design. http://www.basedesign.com/ |
| OFFSET 2010 goes live Computer Arts - Tom - 14 Jun 2010 10:26am The full OFFSET 2010 festival has been confirmed. Taking place between October 1-3 in Dublin, tickets are priced at €150 early bird and €180 general admission, with a special €120 student rate. Speakers confirmed include David Carson, Emily Forgot, Wooster Collective and Wired magazine’s art director, Scott Dadich. http://iloveoffset.com/ |
| Free World Cup wall chart Computer Arts - Rob - 11 Jun 2010 9:55am In case you haven't heard, the World Cup starts today. And what better way to chart the progress of your favourite team than with this wall chart - courtesy of the brilliant Jeff Knowles at Research Studios. Enjoy. http://bit.ly/dA9cdJ |
| Kharma Computer Arts - Luke - 09 Jun 2010 10:51am Kharma is a New York city based T-shirt brand with a difference. They have invited a number of the world's leading designers and illustrators to create a T-shirt and specify a good cause to which 40% of the T-shirt's sales will be donated. With such luminaries as Mario Hugo, Gary Fernandez and Non-Format all contributing designs, these are some pretty sharp threads that will smarten up even the dowdiest of designers. http://kharmanyc.com/ |
| Modern British Posters Computer Arts - Amy - 08 Jun 2010 5:10pm Retro graphic design buffs have a new tome to weigh down their library wish-list: Paul Rennie’s ‘Modern British Posters: Art, Design & Communication’ (Black Dog Publishing Ltd). Focussing particularly on three classic eras of British poster design – the mid-1910s, around the outbreak of World War II and the self-publishing explosion that was the 1970s – Rennie plots a graphic course through the past century, via creative, sociological and political waves. A must-read for advertising and graphic design fans everywhere. http://www.blackdogonline.com |
| Street Studio book CA Projects - Al - 08 Jun 2010 11:21am If you’re a fan of the street art scene you’ll love the amazing new book Street/Studio, which offers a unparalleled insight into the work of 10 of Australia’s most influential artists living in the hotbed of creative talent in Melbourne. Read all about their adventures and challenges painting on the street, as well as the demands of studio and gallery work, as told by the artists themselves. A sick book written by artists, about artists. http://www.streetstudiobook.com |
| eBoy FixPix... Computer Arts - Jim - 07 Jun 2010 12:32pm ...is on sale now in the App Store for a reasonable £1.19. It's a puzzle in which you have to tilt your iPhone (or iPod or iPad) the right way to align 100 eBoy images properly. Follow the link to give it a try on your desktop. http://www.eboyfixpix.com/ |
| D&AD Awards Computer Arts - Tom - 07 Jun 2010 11:12am The D&AD Awards took place on Friday with creatives from South Africa and Australia picking up their countries’ first Black Pencils. Computer Arts 177 will bring you the full report, on sale July 1. http://www.dandad.org/category/awards/ |
| Free creative calendar Computer Arts - Tom - 04 Jun 2010 11:02am The folks at Creative League have produced an embeddable html calendar that lists your freelance availability. Dead simple. Dead effective. http://bit.ly/9Yddsh |
| Free Range takes flight Computer Arts - Amy - 04 Jun 2010 9:56am The 10th annual Free Range design show throws open its doors today, offering a platform for up-and-coming design graduates to showcase their work to the public and creative industry alike. This year's show runs from 4 June to 26 July at the Old Truman Brewery, the east-end of London's creative hub, which has played host to thousands of design graduates since the show's inception. Free Range presents the work of graduates from art and design universities around the UK, across several categories spanning art, graphics and design, photography, architecture, product and furniture design, and textiles. The 2010 show also includes a new fashion exhibition and showcase space from educational charity D&AD, which is bringing New Blood, its creative talent show, to Free Range for the first time. "Free Range provides new graduates with their first real opportunity to engage with the general public, future client base and potential employers, as well as making connections with each other, sparking relationships that can take them on new creative journeys," says Free Range founder and director Tamsin O'Hanlon. "We're still in touch with many who came through Free Range and are now well-established in their chosen fields." The calendar of Free Range exhibitors and events is online here. http://www.free-range.org.uk |
| Something for the football fans Computer Arts - Jo - 03 Jun 2010 3:37pm Wieden + Kennedy London and Stink have teamed up to create an animation to advertise The Guardian and Observer's World Cup Guides. Created by Peppermelon from Argentina, you can check out the animation here. http://www.stink.tv/ |
| Pablo Abad Computer Arts - Luke - 02 Jun 2010 4:42pm Pablo Abad is a Madrid-based designer whose experimental type and design work graces the opening page of issue 176 of Computer Arts. Be sure to pick up your copy soon and check out his work at the below address. http://www.pabloabad.com |
| The New Blood has arrived Computer Arts - Amy - 01 Jun 2010 4:35pm Keep your eyes peeled for D&AD's tongue-in-cheek New Blood 2010 campaign, which makes a departure from last year's onus on highlighting the design industry icons due to be in attendance, instead depicting them in various pre-suicidal poses above the line 'Sorry old blood, the new blood has arrived'. Designed by NB: Studio and shot by David Stewart, the campaign features the likes of Laura Jordan Bambach standing at the edge of a swimming pool with a Mac strapped to her ankle, and illustrator Paul Davis with a pencil perched precariously at the entrance to his left nostril. D&AD's New Blood exhibition takes place at the Old Truman Brewery, London and is open to the public from Friday 25 June to Monday 28 June. http://www.dandad.org |
| CS5 on the road Computer Arts - Tom - 27 May 2010 11:16am Adobe's taking CS5 on the road, with events in Bristol, Birmingham and London confirmed so far. Hit the link for more information. http://www.adobecreativejuices.com/RoadShow.aspx |
| StreetMuseum Computer Arts - Jim - 26 May 2010 11:46am If you'd like to look directly into London's past and have an iPhone 3GS, this augmented reality app from the Museum of London could well be worth checking out. Take it out and about in the capital and it'll act as a guide for walking tours and overlay views with images from the Museum's collection. Find out more here. |
| One Way or Another Computer Arts - Amy - 25 May 2010 10:02am Skate culture-inspired art is nothing new. For decades, urban streets across the world have been reclaimed by skateboarding bodies and the artwork of the subculture that they're home to. In the coming weeks, though, this culture comes in from the cold with 'One Way or Another', a series of one-day Stateside exhibitions of the work of skateboarding artists. Names including Greg Pnut Galinsky (Vans), Andrew Pommier (Momentum Wheels, RVCA) and Michael Leon (Commonwealth Stacks) will be contributing work to the exhibitions, which will take place at LA's Heavyweight Gallery (29 May), Escapist in Kansas City, MO (04 June) and the Austin, TX No Comply Skate Shop (07 June). http://www.wearecontributors.com |
| Infographic goals Computer Arts - Tom - 24 May 2010 12:08pm The CA team are all suckers for a lovely bit of infographic work, and this excellent interpretation of classic World Cup final goals from Adrian Neville is just such an example. Obviously, being English, the 1966 one is our favourite. And yes, the ball definitely crossed the line. http://www.score-line.co.uk/worldcupseries.html |
| Adobe releases HTML 5 update for Dreamweaver Computer Arts - Tom - 21 May 2010 2:29pm Adobe has released an update for Dreamweaver CS5 that enables designers to see and manage HTML 5 code without the software getting confused by the new syntax. What's more, the update includes a new version of the WebKit browser for live previewing of web projects, making it ideal for coding iPad and iPhone applications. We're pretty sure this is in direct response to Steve Jobs' recent rant on Flash, with Adobe's chief technology officer Kevin Lynch saying "We're going to try and make the best tools in the world for HTML 5." It seems Adobe's plan B for getting Creative Suite content on to Apple's platforms is a shrewd one. The update's available to Dreamweaver CS5 users at the link below. http://labs.adobe.com/ |
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