American Design
America’s cultural global influence is immeasurable – from the ubiquity and innovation of Marvel and Disney, to the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein.
Features
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Flying solo
Freelance designers are often seen to have all the fun. Digit guides you through the pleasures and pitfalls of going it alone.
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Countdown to deadline
Time pressures are one of the biggest issues facing designers today – but they're also one of the most creative tools at our disposal.
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$5,000 photo challenge
Photographers love their toys. But new lenses, PowerBooks, and image editors don’t come cheap. We gave a pro photographer a $5,000 budget to see how he’d kit himself out.
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A walk on the wide side
Widescreen screens are catching on, and for creating on the move, a widescreen laptop could make your work easier.
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The Top 25 Games Characters
A great game needs a great character, whether it’s Lara Croft or Tommy Vercetti. Here’s a rundown of the very best.
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Preloaded
So named because it suggests “prepared and ready to go”, interactive agency Preloaded has worked with some of the biggest names out there.
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Sin City: from comic to blockbuster
Sin City is a revelation, and is as inspirational as The Matrix. Digit spoke to CaféFX about its unique visual style and the challenge of greenscreen.
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Be a design leader
Being a design leader is more than simply being inspirational in the studio – it’s about pushing boundaries in design.
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The Viral Factory
You should be working but instead you’re downloading and emailing your mates the latest video viral going round. The Viral Factory did this.
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Footballers' Wives
TMR Digital had to distill the rich and grasping lifestyle of Footballers’ Wives into a few detailed scenes for the show’s DVD titles.
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Web Head
Jon Bains has been part of the Web scene since before there was a Web scene but there’s no love lost between him and the Nathan Barley brigade.
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Free your media
You can’t watch a film properly on a PC, so we checked out the devices that can set your digital media collection free, and stream it all over your house.
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Budget Blockbuster
Take £50,000, a good idea, network a renderfarm, call in your mates and work non-stop for three months. The result? Hollywood on a shoestring.
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Brand New Identity
Rebranding presents a great opportunity to boost a company’s fortunes. Digit checked out the best way to do up a brand.
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The brand played on
The Discreet name is no more, while Avid has made a play for Pinnacle. Rebranding is coming to a desktop near you.
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The Last Dragon
Here be dragons ... Framestore CFC found experience with dinosaurs helped when it came to creating fire-breathing reptiles.
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Def Wars
Format war has been raging across Earth for years. While peace reigns in places, interplanetary council members Sony and the EBU are still fighting. What can be done to bring peace to the world of HDTV?
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Mac security: fact and fiction
Just because you use a Mac doesn't mean you're immune from hackers and viruses. Find out what you should and shouldn't worry about...
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Tribal DBB
Tribal DDB London is ten this year. That’s quite an age for a new-media ad agency. We asked them to tell us all their secrets and they said yes.