Capital loss
Creativity isn’t the sole preserve of the Capital, and many design agencies are thinking big outside the big smoke.
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Design postcards from the edge
London doesn’t have to be the capital of design – so if you get bored of the Big Smoke take a look outside.
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Designing beermats
Top designers bring art and graphic design to the humble beer mat.
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Shadow lands
Shadow of the Colossus has taken game design to new heights to create an almost cinematic experience. Designer Fumito Ueda explains how.
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Firedog
London’s Firedog Design combines a small staff with big ambitions, offering a specialized alternative to the Soho design set.
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Pressing matters
Digit investigates some of the more adventurous creative possibilities that modern printing technology offers.
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Type dreams
Once uneasy about the career prospects associated with type design, Sebastian Lester is now one of the UK’s leading typographers.
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What price design?
It’s decidedly un-British to talk about how much we get paid. But it’s vital designers know the value of their work.
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The Hives Alpine antics
The Hive helped rebrand Swiss public service TV by animating thousands of tumbling blocks across Switzerland’s varied terrain.
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Pay and display
Designers are only in it for the creativity, right? Sure, and the money. Talk to designers about where they get their inspiration, and you’d better be prepared to be bombarded with images and quirky observations...
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Tronic
Tronic met at architecture school, and were asked to design for the digital screens on Times Square a week after graduating.
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The new face of logo design
A good logo conveys a brand’s identity with the simplest of designs. Digit broke down this unique creative challenge.
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Speeding Photoshop
No-one wants to wait for struggling applications when you're trying to be creative. Optimize your image editing with Digit's guide to getting the quickest possible performance from Adobe Photoshop.
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VSpot promo
When music channel VH1 launched its new broadband channel, VSpot, they turned to branding agency CA Square to make the promo.
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Killer brands
The growth of online media makes it even harder to catch the consumer’s eye. But it's also an opportunity to create killer brands.
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Mario Garcia
Cuban refugee Mario Garcia is one of the world’s great newspaper designers. His latest project is The Observer’s redesign.
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What clients think
Clients pay your wages. They may also drive you crazy. But what do they think of you? Brace yourselves…
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Top Trumps
In an age of rampant digital interactivity, the Top Trumps brand is an inspiration.
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Feature perfect
On the ultra-competitive magazine newsstand, how do top magazine art departments lure the fickle reader?
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Container
Container has enraptured clients and peers alike with their multi-layered, detailed illustration work.