New Blood - part one
Digit presents the hottest new talent from this year’s D&AD New Blood show – part 1 of 2.
Features
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The art of bad spelling
Designers should ignore the rules of grammar at their peril – but the next generation of designers seem determined to do just that.
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Console carnage
This year’s E3 saw the next-gen console war kick off. With Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo showing off new hardware, we asked the experts who’s going to win.
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Ong-Bak Fight Club
Ong-Bak is the hottest martial arts movie for years – no wires, no tricks and no CGI. London-based Egovision created the film’s Web site and an addictive online beat-’em-up.
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Small is beautiful
If you work in cramped surroundings, or you’re looking to add a second computer to your set-up, a small-format computer might be your saving grace.
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Hardware torture tests
How much "wear-&-tear" can a product take before it gives up the ghost? To find out, we chucked several vital hardware tools around until they broke.
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BBC Bitesize
When the BBC wanted an animated teenager to promote their learning Web sites, they turned to the Hive.
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The Channel Four logo
Channel Four’s original brief was to ‘innovate and experiment’. It started with the logo.
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Randommedia
Founded in 1999 by a disillusioned IT refugee, interactive design agency Randommedia now boasts the BBC and Sony on their client list.
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Photo filters
Photoshop filters are vital to the functionality of the application – without them Photoshop loses some of it’s quick-fix image appeal. We tested three of the best.
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Peperamis new noodle army
Peperami took over The Sun’s home page and went big on virals when they launched their spicy new product – Peperami Noodles.
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VFX guru Colin Brown
As a young man Colin Brown was a soldier, now he’s a visual effects supremo giving Hollywood a run for its money.
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American Design
America’s cultural global influence is immeasurable – from the ubiquity and innovation of Marvel and Disney, to the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein.
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Feel Good Inc is swinging in
Gorillaz is the bastard-lovechild of a popstar and an illustrator, and the latest from the band is Feel Good Inc. Passion Pictures made the video.
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Flying solo
Freelance designers are often seen to have all the fun. Digit guides you through the pleasures and pitfalls of going it alone.
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Countdown to deadline
Time pressures are one of the biggest issues facing designers today – but they're also one of the most creative tools at our disposal.
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Why cant PCs be more like Macs?
It may still represent a fraction of the PC market, but Apple is one of the hot, hip companies right now. Could the Mac teach the Windows crowd a thing or two?
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$5,000 photo challenge
Photographers love their toys. But new lenses, PowerBooks, and image editors don’t come cheap. We gave a pro photographer a $5,000 budget to see how he’d kit himself out.
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Into the Sahara
Effects house Double Negative cooked up a desert storm for the special effects in blockbuster movie Sahara.
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Thinking Square
Polaroid was the stuff of dreams when it launched over 50 years ago. Here, images from the Polaroid Collection show what can happen when you start thinking inside the box.