Three London freelancers joined forces in the late 1990s to create Airside; a fun-loving design company renowned for its work across different media and the diverse backgrounds of its members. "The whole thing about us," they tell Adrian Sandiford,"is having an idea and a story to tell"
"A lot of packaging is just decoration its typefaces and colours and backgrounds. There needs to be a conceptual heart" Richard Murray explains the ethos behind Williams Murray Hamm.
Red Bee Media, formerly BBC Broadcast, is a multi-disciplined agency that encompasses design and technology while producing top quality work for all the major UK broadcasting channels. Michael Burns finds out more about the creative powerhouse.
Paula Benson, Co-founder of Form, takes time out to uncover the studio's ongoing attempt to explore every possible creative outlet. Oh, and explain a penchant for smutty packaging from overseas...
Imagine a magazine cover whose ink forms new patterns under your touch, a bus stop poster with a Facebook ‘Like’ button, or a gig flyer that uses NFC to stream the band’s latest single to your phone. Thanks to printed electronics, these are all becoming a reality.
Thinking of incorporating electronic printing into your next design project? Don't forget you'll need special paper that accommodates conductive inks...
Designers and design studios are under constant pressure from clients to do more work for less money, so we asked Robert Senior, CEO of Saatch & Saatchi EMEA for his thoughts when we caught up with him at the LeadersIn conference last week...
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