How to appear racist through poor choice of stock images
Every designer's been thoughtless in their choice of stock images and realised it could make it easy to misconstrue the meaning of a piece – and we've just received a prime example.
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6 tips on how to win awards from Dare's Flo Heiss
The Lovie Awards judge on ways to ensure your work gets the attention of people like him.
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Dropbox Pro users' online storage doubled to 100GB or 200GB
The increasingly crowded competition among cloud-storage providers may lead to a boon for creatives – more storage for your money.
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Kickstarter crowdfunding platform to launch in UK in autumn
Kickstarter, the US-based crowdfunding platform for start-ups, has tweeted plans to launch in the UK later this year.
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New Designers Awards graphics winners announced
While most prizes went to product designs, there were some notable graphics wins.
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UK-based Kickstarter-for-businesses investment crowdsourcing site Seedrs launched
Creatives in the UK will soon have a new way to pitch for project funding, thanks to the launch of a new website called Seedrs, which enables start-ups to crowdsource equity capital from friends, family and third-party investors.
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Digital magazine distributor Zinio 'up for sale'
Zinio, the world's leading digital newwstand and distributor of magazines, is reportedly looking for a buyer.
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Mag+ announces 3.5 version with iPhone publishing tools, winner of Magnify Your World competition
Upgrade is designed to make it easier for creatives to develop content for a growing range of mobile devices.
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See the best graphic design of the past year from The Review awards
The Review is a competition celebrating innovation, and creativity within Print design. Amongst the attendees were an impressive line up of designers and judges.
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Illustrator Simon Wild builds a Tiny Universe for creative kids
Simon Wild, the illustrator behind Fantastical Flying Machines, has launched Tiny Universe – a new site offering creative materials for children.
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Plastic Logic demos display tech that could lead to thinner, lighter iPad with massive battery life
Plastic electronics company demos video animation on an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) electronic paper display.
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BaseKit creates community for web designers who design sites based on its templates
BaseKit has launched an initiative to attract professional web designers to offer customisations beyond what's possible using the service's templates.
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Avid sells consumer business: video to Corel, audio to inMusic – cuts workforce by 20%
Avid is to concentrate on the professional products it's best known for.
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Find success as a professional illustrator with advice from Gemma Correll, Dan Mumford, Sneaky Raccoon & more
This Saturday, Digital Arts is hosting the second Secrets to Success panel discussion at the New Designers graduate exhibition in Islington, London.
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Twitter turns off 'tweet' tap to LinkedIn
Twitter messages will go down a one-way street on LinkedIn after Twitter shuts off its flow of data to the professional networking site on Friday.
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Google releases Chrome browser for Android and iOS
Google's Chrome browser now claims 310 million active users, the company announced at its I/O developer's conference this week, nearly doubling the number it had at this time last year.
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Former Dragon says government should concentrate on creative sector, not East London tech startups
Doug Richard, a government adviser and former Dragons’ Den panellist, has launched a harsh attack on the government-backed tech community developing in the East End of London, dubbed Tech City, claiming that the creative sector is being ‘neglected’.
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Google reveals Nexus 7 tablet, Jelly Bean and spherical Nexus Q device
Google revealed its Galaxy Nexus 7-inch tablet that will run on Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean' yesterday.
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Updated: D&AD Student Awards 2012 Yellow Pencils announced across design, illustration, digital & self-promotion
62 Yellow Pencils were awarded, though none in Branding, Photography or Typography.
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Facebook hires Apple design expert
Chris Weeldreyer is now Product Design Manager at Facebook, he left Apple, where he was UI Design Manager, this February, according to Cnet.