Master this year's top type techniques
The days of uninspiring typefaces are long gone, with the latest offerings going in bold new directions, says Anna Richardson Taylor
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Create innovative interactive paper apps by mixing graphic design and printed electronics
Conductive inks you can screenprint or litho print offer a whole new world of creative possibilities.
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What Made Me: Anthony Burrill reveals the 5 people who've influenced him most
The designer and printmaker tells us the five people who have influenced him most
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How to choose colours for a branding project
Laura Snoad explores the simple principles that guide leading agencies’ use of colour
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Why Don't You? – 50 project briefs from leading creatives to inspire your next project
Laura Snoad asks the world’s best graphic and interactive designers, illustrators and animators to set briefs to inspire your next project. Here are their inspired suggestions.
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Inside leading designers' experimental personal projects
Personal projects not only give you the chance to experiment but can also lead to future commissions, as Laura Snoad discovers
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How to find new clients
Alice Ross gets to grips with the freelancer’s perennial headache – finding new sources of work to keep the cash flowing in and yourself constantly inspired
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How to set up a successful live art show
Live art events are an opportunity for unfettered creativity, a bit of self-promotion, and pure good fun. Lisa Hassell reveals how to make your day (or night) a grand success
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Children's illustration grows up
The best creators are leaving saccharine clichés and simplistic figures far behind in an effort to captivate today's younger audience, finds Alice Ross
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Top 10 in-depth features of 2011
Here are our most popular features from the last year, across graphic & interactive design, illustration, motion media and business.
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The graphic designer's guide to interactive design
How you can break into web & app design by Craig Grannell
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Design and ethics - Can you stick to your beliefs?
Whether it’s choosing clients, fonts or even styles to emulate, there are aspects of art and design that should give us pause, says Laura Snoad
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How to avoid being exploited
Don’t work for a pittance – know the hows and whys of earning a fair reward, says Neil Bennett
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Creative Freedom: John Mark Herskind of Designers Against Child Slavery
Neil Bennett talks to a teenager who’s brought top illustrators together to help ex-sex workers
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Make digital projects seem hand-made
Lisa Hassell finds out why it’s become so fashionable to bring a handcrafted dimension to digital artwork
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Design for change -- how your art and designs can make the world a better place
Why are more and more creatives devoting their energies to good causes? Lisa Hassell investigates how your art and designs can make the world a better place
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Creative Freedom: mc bess on why his Dead Pirates band is his most important creative outlet
Neil Bennett talks to the artist and director about his cherished sideline -- his band
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Illustration by numbers: an in-depth guide to creating infographics
Data is all around us – and savvy designers are transforming it into jaw-dropping images that also tell a story. Alice Ross charts their progress
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The secrets to success as a designer, illustrator or artist
Should I be part of a professional creative body? Should I work for free? Michael Burns discovers the answers to the questions about how to succeed in the design industry, with advice from those in the know.
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The Future of Graphic Design
The trends, techniques and technologies at the cutting edge of graphic design – and how you can use them to produce your best work