Netscape browser gets an overhaul
Netscape’s new browser impresses with its revamped look and new functionality. We dissect the beta version.
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Specialmoves
In a break away from the one-stop-shop for Web design, Specialmoves is a dedicated interactive design agency specializing in high-end production for the Web.
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Under the covers
Great covers burn themselves into your brain and sell magazines by the truckload. Here, some of the industry’s best people reveal what makes a magazine fly.
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Renegade Master
“The design community used to be an exclusive club. Now they let any riff raff with a computer in.” Meet the ever-contrary Ian Anderson, founder of the unique Designers Republic.
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Brand Designs
Creating a brand identity for a global company can be financially lucrative, but the commission will bring its own kind of design challenges.
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Cover story
Covers of books, magazines and anything else that contains interior content are more than the sum of their parts.
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Practice safe surfing, use a firewall
The amount of malicious code on the Internet is staggering – experts say an unprotected PC will be under attack within 20 minutes of connecting. Here’s everything you need to know about firewalls – your saving grace.
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The Syndicate
When British Telecom wanted to get their 'networked-business' message across they turned to Californian VFX company The Syndicate. The 60-second ad took five months to make. We asked how they did it.
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Managing creative colour
Colour management needn’t be something best-left to others. Understanding how to create a colour-accurate workflow will benefit you, and your clients.
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DS Emotion
New Media agency DS.Emotion rode the wave of the dotcom boom and landed on its feet. Online gaming, entertainment and design for kids is its thing.
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More than Manga
Japanese design, like Japanese culture, can be bewildering to outsiders. But Japan’s design culture has influenced designers all over the world. Digit speaks to Western creatives who know that great Japanese design is more than just Godzilla in pink.
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Card Shark
Business cards are designed and printed by the million every day. Ignoring the print-it-yourself booths and card design Web sites, we went looking for the creative thinking that’s behind the cards you keep.
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Top of the League
TWI bombarded Premiership stars with CG footballs to create a title sequence for one of the biggest brands in world sport.
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Covering Your Assets
For the modern creative company, keeping track of your digital files is essential for a smooth workflow. A digital asset management solution might just help you meet your deadlines.
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It's bad to share
With all the lawsuits around, where has all the good illegal peer-to-peer action gone? Waaay underground.
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Start Creative
Effectiveness in design is everything, say the people at creative agency Start. And they should know…
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Overclocking the World Cyber Games
The founder of one of the US' biggest LAN parties on the ultimate custom gaming rig.
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Ready to wear
People say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Whether the cover provokes desire, rage, or indignation, the point is it inspires something. The same applies to T-shirt design.
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Type Cast
Bruno Maag is MD of one of the world’s top custom font foundries – and even he believes typographers are all a bit strange.
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Designing for kids
They’re your toughest customers and they can’t even read yet. How do interactive designers keep their audience of children happy?