Blood & Glitter
Life, death and the normality of everyday existence... Elevator's photo campaign for denim brand Blood & Glitter.
Features
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Fade to grey
How long can you expect your inkjet-printed photos to last? Companies are making their claims, but the lack of a standard clouds the issue.
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Disc dilemma
As both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps travelling full steam ahead to get their disc format to market, optimism for a single successor to the DVD format is diminishing.
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Batman begins
The bat is back in the new film Batman Begins, which saw Double Negative charged with creating a digital Gotham City.
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Design pioneer
Hilary Cottam believes that design can help change society for the better. Her pioneering work has earned her Designer of the Year 2005.
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Perfect portfolios
A portfolio is your passport to a brighter, happier future – or a one-way ticket to full-time frustration. Digit unearths the portfolio pitfalls to avoid.
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The podcast revolution
Podcasting is set to become a mainstream media source – and Apple’s new version of iTunes could make it happen.
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LightScribe at the end of the tunnel
Labelling discs as part of the burning process is a compelling idea, but is the technology ready for widespread adoption?
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3D in the fast lane
When Ford want a sexy new shot of their cars in action, they don’t hire a photographer, they turn to a crew of 13 3D animators in Essex.
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Quark bites back
Quark is getting its new version of QuarkXPress ready for battle with InDesign – and the company isn’t afraid of Adobe’s fighting talk.
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Tidy your typefaces
Designers acquire zillions of fonts, and the collection can be a nightmare to manage. We’ve tested the top font management tools for the Mac that promise to keep your type in order.
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D&AD Student Awards 2005 - part one
Here are some of the best of over 2,500 entries trying to win a coveted D&AD Student Pencil and a prize pot of £70,000. Part 1 of 2.
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Vertigo
Film-poster designer Saul Bass' flyer for Vertigo is the epitome of his work, using Bauhaus-style imagery to cut through movie cliché.
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Tado
Working from Sheffield young design duo Tado is intent on taking over the world with cute toys, a dog, and a saccharine sweet vision of the future.
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New Blood - part two
Digit presents the hottest new talent from this year’s D&AD New Blood show – part 2 of 2.
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Pixel perfect
Richard May, co-founder of quirky online design portal Pixelsurgeon, is one of the most sought-after editorial illustrators in the land.
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Type trends 2005
Type design is evolving faster than ever. Digit spoke to the industry’s type experts about the fashion for fonts in 2005.
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AKQA takes us into the Xbox
Microsoft wanted an interface so good you wouldn’t notice it for its new Xbox 360 console. AKQA spent two years creating just that.
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New Blood - part one
Digit presents the hottest new talent from this year’s D&AD New Blood show – part 1 of 2.
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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.