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News: DK and AKQA turn popular Human Body Book into a beating iPad app
The Human Body iPad app, developed in collaboration between DK and AKQA, uses interactivity to reveal the structures that make up the human form.
News: New Digital Arts issue on sale now!
In this issue, we're focussing on the techniques that will make you an even better designer, illustrator, editor, animator, 3D and motion graphics…
News: London Design Festival: The Digital Arts pick
Our pick of the events from this year’s festival across graphic design, illustration and interactive design.
News: Death of the typographer? Or, why we wont use Gill Sans in Digital Arts
Digital Arts editor Neil Bennett discusses why he can’t look at Eric Gill’s beautiful typefaces without being reminded of the man’s horrific…
News: Tado updates cute character art bags for the back-to-school season
These are what all the coolest kids will be carrying their schoolbooks in when the new school year begins next month -- new Gola bags by Tado.
News: Jonas Bergstrand crafts beautiful 'vintage' posters for Soho Beach House
The Swedish illustrator has created a series of three posters that evoke the sophistication of the Côte d'Azur in the first half of the 20th Century.
News: Eoin Ryan depicts contrasting Indian wedding styles for Wallpaper*
We interview Eoin Ryan about his striking set of illustrations for an article in Wallpaper* about Indian weddings.
News: The Dead Sea Mob bring live art to Brighton on Sep 1
Illustration collective The Dead Sea Mob's latest event features artists including Ollie Munden, Harriet Seed, Dan Mumford and Godmachine.
News: Will your creative tools run on Lion?
We outline issues with tools from Adobe, Quark, Autodesk, Maxon and Microsoft.
In-Depth: Graphic workstations head-to-head
Neil Bennett puts three new desktops featuring cutting-edge tech through their paces
Review: Epson Stylus Photo R3000 review
Epson’s Stylus Photo R3000 has a smaller droplet size for finer detail, and an extra ink cartridge slot so you don’t have to swap between…
News: Our pick of the D&AD's New Blood 2011
The Digital Arts team scoot round the D&AD's New Blood exhibition of creative graduate work to bring you the best illustration and design work…
News: World exclusive: first Apple Thunderbolt test results
We've finally got a chance to test external drives connected using Thunderbolt – and the results are as impressive as you’d expect.
News: Adobe rejigs Digital Publishing Suite pricing, offers lower-cost entry
Adobe is giving users of its Digital Publishing Suite more for their money, but it might not be enough for design studios looking to produce…
News: Interview: Serco Prize for Illustration 2011 Gold winner Anne Wilson
We talk to the overall winner of the prize this year celebrating London's River Thames, who sees her winning artwork on posters across the Tube…
Review: Adobe InDesign CS5.5 review
InDesign’s upgrade has one clear focus - digital publishing. The new interactive design tools are intriguing but still out of reach for many --…
Review: Apple MacBook Pro review
The latest generation of pro Mac laptops offers an intriguing new technology, as Neil Bennett discovers
News: Digital Arts April 2011 is on sale now
The brand new issue of Digital Arts is now on sale featuring mixed media revealed, heavy metal art reborn and wealth of tutorials and new creative…
News: The interactive designer/app developer's guide to the Apple iPad 2
We talk to three leading iPad app design and development studios about how the new features in Apple iPad 2 will allow them to create better apps.
News: Director of controversial Dead Island game trailer reveals its creation
We speak to Stuart Aitken of Axis Animations about how he created the powerful Dead Island trailer and how game trailers in general have grown…