September 2010 (#179)

The Graduate Showcase 2010 is out now, free with this month's issue of Computer Arts. Judging the showcase has been a real pleasure for the Computer Arts team and external industry practitioners - the standard of work never fails to impress us.

The Graduate Showcase doesn't end at our printed supplement this year. In September we bring a seminar series and exhibition to London's Shoreditch. Tickets start at only £10, and we've got a fantastic range of speakers and a chance for recent graduates to have their portfolios reviewed by industry figures such as Dan Moore of Studio Output, as well as my design team here. Find more details here.

Elsewhere this issue we take a trip to Argentina, and discover why this South American destination is quickly becoming one of the world's foremost design hotspots.

Next issue we approach the topic of sex in design. And a phone call from Jasper Goodall at the Computer Arts offices has just made the issue even more exciting. The issue hits the stands 23 September in the UK. See you then.

Rob Carney Editor

IN THE MAG

Output

Think big
The creatives putting out the grandest of designs

Andrew Holder
Folk art's given a modern twist by our One to Watch

Studio of the Month
Walk into Dinosaur

In Depth

Hoss Gifford interviewed
Controversies, Flash and the future with this issue's Design Icon

Viva Argentina!
Why you should be watching design's newest hotspot

Neo-Pangea
The leftfield Pennsylvania studio profiled

Sustainable design
Bin disposable design for a positive, profitable future

The new photography
The camera lies - and it's helping designers make their edgiest work yet

Technique

Master freeform typocollage
Tom Sewell demonstrates how to master the text-collage mash-up

Modern multipurpose patterns
Fernando Volken Togni proves that repetition is anything but boring

Beautiful distortions
Add abstraction to photographic works

Inspiration Workshop
Going geometric with Chrissie Abbott

Grid-lock
Make good use of grids to simplify typographical layouts

Brief Encounter
Passion Pictures' newest Gorillaz promo

Master Inner Glow effects
Use Illustrator effects for shadows and highlights

Need to Know

The new word in web fonts
Real type's about to be unleashed on the web

Social security
The social media pitfalls you need to steer clear of

Micro-format moves
The handy cameras vying for the digi SLR throne