Design time
Digit celebrates the Swatch watch – 80s fashion accessory and design phenomenon.
Features
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Surreal site by Grouek
A french interactive agency has just completed a unique site for Japanese branding agency Frontage. Digit explores.
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Top 20 TV commercials
Television commercials are visual palettes in minute form. Digit charts the 20 best effects-heavy ads of all time.
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Quick Photoshop tricks
Many photo-editing tricks are simple to do – if you know how. We talk you through three common techniques for enhancing your work.
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Cuddling up to clients
Whether you’re inspiring a brand or walking on eggshells, handling clients is as much of an art as design itself.
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Volkswagen Lemon ad
Selling the Volkswagen Beetle to America was always going to be tough. A New York agency took the job and changed advertising forever.
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Nowwashyourhands
At full-service agency Nowwashyourhands, creativity is key with its design-hungry team busy on varied projects for blue-chip clients.
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3D Jet propulsion
Rendermedia created a 3D simulation of the Whittle jet propulsion engine for a forthcoming TV show.
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Stealth title design
yU + co brings futuristic military aircraft to the fore with a tension-packed title sequence for new action film, Stealth.
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Poker TV campaign
Addiction’s TV commercials for IPN use quirky animated characters to entice novices and pros to the online poker site.
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Creative space
Starting out your own creative studio is fraught with stress, but it could be the most rewarding move you every make.
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Red Design
Celebrating ten years in business, Red Design has emerged as one of the most creative studios in the music industry.
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Virgin Digital launch
Start went back to Virgin’s musical roots when creating a launch campaign and identity for its new digital music service.
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One is a lonely number
Design is more tribal than nomadic – and creating a design clan is the most rewarding thing you can do.
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Pin it down
Badges present a small canvas that force designers to get right to the point, as this collection from Stereohype shows.
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The golden touch
Life isn’t perfect – unless you’re a professional image manipulator with the power to alter reality. Digit spoke to the best in the business.
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Brainstorming session
Storm Thorgerson’s audacious album covers have made him the music industry’s favourite designer. “Of course it’s indulgent!” he tells us.
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Creative zing
All truly creative endeavour needs a spark that inspires the project and makes sure the results are worth the effort.
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Airside
Having created work for Coke and Orange, Airside is winning over major clients with the help of smart hairdressing.
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Creating the hyper real
Digital manipulation is changing the face of reality – often quite literally.