Design time
Digit celebrates the Swatch watch – 80s fashion accessory and design phenomenon.
Features
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Surreal site by Grouek
A french interactive agency has just completed a unique site for Japanese branding agency Frontage. Digit explores.
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Beyond burning
Roxio and Nero produce the two leading disc-burning suites, and they’ve raised the stakes with their respective new versions.
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Top 20 TV commercials
Television commercials are visual palettes in minute form. Digit charts the 20 best effects-heavy ads of all time.
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iTunes' TV times
US television networks are being cagey about the potential of the iTunes Music Store to sell their content. Is downloadable TV a serious proposition from Apple’s all conquering music shop?
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Artful effects in Oliver Twist
Invisible visual effects were the order of the day for Polanski’s latest film, Dicken’s classic Oliver Twist.
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Maynard troll
MPC creates a fairytale CG troll using Maya for Maynards Wine Gums latest TV campaign.
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Quick Photoshop tricks
Many photo-editing tricks are simple to do – if you know how. We talk you through three common techniques for enhancing your work.
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Work in progress
Working Title Films co-founder Tim Bevan talks Hollywood, British talent, and making movies on a shoestring.
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Cuddling up to clients
Whether you’re inspiring a brand or walking on eggshells, handling clients is as much of an art as design itself.
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Volkswagen Lemon ad
Selling the Volkswagen Beetle to America was always going to be tough. A New York agency took the job and changed advertising forever.
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Nowwashyourhands
At full-service agency Nowwashyourhands, creativity is key with its design-hungry team busy on varied projects for blue-chip clients.
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Sci Fi UKs Geek Boy
Developed by onedotzero industries in partnerships with unit9 and Jake, the mascot for the Sci Fi channel, Geek Boy takes to the air in four adventures.
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The new iMac
The new iMac represents a step forward for Apple. We investigated the unit’s new features.
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Making out with Maya
Will the meeting of Maya and 3DS Max be good for 3D? Is Autodesk Maya on the cards? Will Money and 3D marry well?
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3D Jet propulsion
Rendermedia created a 3D simulation of the Whittle jet propulsion engine for a forthcoming TV show.
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Dog tired
An animated short film created using still photography, Dog Tired is the latest from Brit animation pranksters the McLeod Brothers.
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Why so blue?
For more than a year now, the impending blue-laser disc format wars have been looming. But what’s the benefit to consumers for rushing the technology to market?
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Hive gets X Factor
Replicating the contestants’ walk to the studio to face the judges with a CG sequence, the hive’s promo for The X Factor piles on the pressure.
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Stealth title design
yU + co brings futuristic military aircraft to the fore with a tension-packed title sequence for new action film, Stealth.