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  • 21 design books you must own

    With so many new books hitting the shelves, how do you sort the library-worthy from the waste paper? These are the titles no designer should be without.
  • Designed For Use

    Matt Marsh assembles his 10 essential tips for designing a positive interactive experience that will keep your users coming back.
  • Reinvent yourself

    Nigel Evan Dennis, who made his name as a bold, colour-driven illustrator, has reinvented his style with a stark, stripped-back look that's won him new fans and plaudits. He describes how he did it.
  • Don't Be Bland

    Putting more stock in focus groups of users than designers is not a recipe for visually enthralling interfaces. Jason Arber strikes a balance.
  • New adventures in colour

    Be it eye-poppingly vibrant or high-contrast monochrome, the design world's use of colour is shaping our reactions to the world around us more than ever. Mark Penfold discovers how.
  • GREP in InDesign

    Take advantage of support for GREP to power up Find/ Change and automate application of character styles, writes Sam Hampton-Smith.
  • 10 tips for print designers moving to the web

    Despite the lack of colour proofing and CMYK values safety nets, moving from print to the web needn't be daunting. Follow this beginners' guide to taking it digital.
  • 31 tips for a better portfolio

    It's the world's introduction to your work; the first base in scoring any job. We ask designers both established and breaking through for their advice on how to build and present the perfect portfolio.
  • Discover London Digital Week!

    We catch up with organiser Rob Corradi to find out more about the inaugural London Digital Week event, which starts on 21 September.
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