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.
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Blood & Glitter
Life, death and the normality of everyday existence... Elevator's photo campaign for denim brand Blood & Glitter.
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Making Waves
Surfing's laid-back image conceals a serious design subculture - people who build and paint the boards.
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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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Designing for charity
Creating adverts for charities and campaign groups allows you to use your talents to make a difference to the wider world.
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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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Change something
While designers can feel weighed down by jobs, dating, and life, they have the tools to change the world.
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D&AD Student Awards 2005 - part two
More of our pick of the best from the 2,500 entries trying to win a coveted D&AD Student Pencil and a prize pot of £70,000. Part 2 of 2.
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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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The art of bad spelling
Designers should ignore the rules of grammar at their peril – but the next generation of designers seem determined to do just that.