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News: Taschen opens shop in The Simpsons to make Springfield hip
The art, design, photography and "sexy" book publisher's store appears in the episode, The Day The Earth Stood Cool.
Review: Photoshop CS6.1 review
Free update for Creative Cloud users includes improved type styles, blurs, web design tools and Conditional Actions.
Tutorial: Master Photoshop CS6.1's new Conditional Actions
Conditional Actions are great for speeding up image processing tasks such as common resizing tasks for the web. Here's how to use them.
Tutorial: Add a blur to a video using Photoshop CS6.1
Photoshop CS6.1 allows you to add Field Blur, Iris Blur and Tilt-Shift effects to Smart Objects. Here's how.
Review: Photoshop CS6 13.0.2 with Retina Display support review
We test the Photoshop CS6 13.0.2 update on an Apple MacBook Pro and discovered that there are two main advantages...
News: Pictoplasma Berlin 2013 artists revealed
The Pictoplasma festival in Berlin is a yearly conference and exhibition featuring the best character design work from around the globe.
News: UK design industry tells Michael Gove to put design into the EBacc
The likes of Jony Ive, Stella McCartney, D&AD, Design Council, a long list of leading ad and creative agencies and Digital Arts stress the…
News: Flying Lotus' Tiny Tortures music video uses VFX to realise the dark dreams of a recent amputee
David Lewandowski's video for the electronica act stars Elijah Wood and some creepy CG.
News: Interview: Digital Arts Creativity in Motion competition winner Jason Pooley
Jason Pooley takes us through how he created the winning artwork in Photoshop.
News: A handcrafted wooden keyboard for Mac and iPad
Orée uses traditional woodcraft techniques to build the Board keyboards in a studio in southern France.
News: Opinion: Promoting good in the age of an austerity of caring
Neil Bennett responds to opinions on what works in 'good' campaigns from speakers at the D&AD's White Pencil award event.
News: Steak Studio creates a phone-driven interactive water artwork from 408 fish pumps
Experiential design project was created to promote Samsung's Galaxy Note II phone.
News: David Puttnam tells creatives to keep it real at D&AD's first ever White Pencil award
Branding needs to show what companies are really like – authentically and honestly – if it wants to win back the trust of consumers.
News: Adobe CS6 reviews and tutorials
In-depth guides to what Adobe Creative Suite 6 has to offer.
News: New Tiger Translate artworks illustrate 'Asia's 20 most dynamic cities'
Up-and-coming Asian artists create "a celebration of the energy that infuses the streets of Asian cities."
News: Deck the Walls exhibition offers prints by Noma Bar, Kristjana S Williams, Marion Deuchars & more
Also on sale up to Christmas are works by the likes off Anthony Burrill, Malika Favre, Kate Morross.
News: London Transport Museum showcases illustrations of 'Secret London'
This year's exhibition and competition reveals a hidden side to Britain's capital.
News: Inkymole discusses creating Playboy's first illustrated cover in 23 years
Sarah Coleman is the first person to get to redraw Playboy's iconic logo too.
Review: Armari Magnetar M32 workstation review
Neil Bennett discovers what splashing five grand on a workstation gets you
Review: HP Z1 workstation review
Neil Bennett checks out an ‘iMac on steroids’