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SXSW 2013: True innovation is tricky to find among the corporate marketing

If there was a "next big thing" at this year's event, finding it would be pretty hard.
- Topics
- 3D printing,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Printing
March 2013 issue of Digital Arts out now!

Featuring an in-depth guide to what you need to be creating for your clients right now – plus tutorials, reviews, interviews, the hottest new projects & much more!
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video
Java fixed with update, Apple lets it back on the Mac

If you rely on Java, you can breathe a sign of relief today as Apple has issued an update to Java, returning it to the Mac.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Printing,
- Apple
Pictoplasma Berlin 2013 artists revealed

The Pictoplasma festival in Berlin is a yearly conference and exhibition featuring the best character design work from around the globe.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Character design,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Illustration,
- Printing,
- Pictoplasma
The Best of 2012: Read the best and most popular features, interviews, tutorials, reviews and stories from the past year

Read the best and most popular features, interviews, tutorials, reviews and stories from the past year.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Life & Style,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video
D&AD auctions art from Quentin Blake, Neville Brody, Terry Gilliam, Nick Knight and Rankin

10 covers commissioned for the D&AD's 50th Annual up for grabs.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Motion,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video,
- D&AD,
- Taschen
Seb Lester shows off new type work drawing on calligraphy

After a turbulent year Seb Lester is back with a new found passion in calligraphy with two stunning new prints.
- Topics
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Seb Lester
Penjet printer prints with felt-tip pens not inks

On old-school take on printing from three Amsterdam-based design students.
- Topics
- Drawing,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Printing
Mint Digital discusses how Kickstarter can help guide self-generated projects

How the Foldable.Me helps Mint thrive creatively – plus 5 reasons why self-generated projects are a must for creative studios
- Topics
- Hacking & Maker,
- Interactive,
- Life & Style,
- Apps,
- Printing,
- Kickstarter,
- Mint Digital
A creative studio space with screenprinting thrown in

The space run by Print Club London is offering desks with more than the usual thrown in.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Motion,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video,
- Print Club London
Noma Bar illustrates The Guardian's first stationery collection

The illustrations are based around areas of The Guardian’s coverage, including News, Sport, Travel, Fashion, Music and Books.
- Topics
- Books,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Printing,
- The Guardian
Updated: Acrobat XI simplifies PDF editing with click-&-drag tools

Few creatives would say that it’s fun to edit PDF documents, but it should become easier with Acrobat XI.
- Topics
- Graphic Design,
- Printing,
- Adobe
Welcome to the new Digital Arts site

Find out all about the new features and ways to find articles to inspire the project you're working on right now.
- Topics
- Animation,
- Business & Career,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Life & Style,
- Apps,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video
A cut above most music packaging

The debut album from Cave Painting features a case with a concertina of die cuts.
- Topics
- Graphic Design,
- Music,
- Printing,
- Creative Corporation
MakerBot debuts Replicator 2 desktop 3D printer

A 3D printer every character toy designer will want to get their hands on (and us too!).
- Topics
- 3D printing,
- Hardware,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Printing
Adobe announces Retina MacBook Pro support in CS6, including Photoshop but not InDesign

Updates will be given to Creative Suite 6 application and Suite owners, not just Creative Cloud subscribers
- Topics
- Creative Cloud,
- CS6,
- Animation,
- Hardware,
- Software,
- Graphic Design,
- Illustration,
- Interactive,
- Mobile,
- Photography,
- Printing,
- Typography,
- Video,
- Adobe
Artists create portraits of each other to raise money for the National Autistic Society

On show are a works by illustrators including Pomme Chan, Sandra Diekmann, Miss Led, Tim McDonagh, Harriet Seed and Holly Wales.
- Topics
- Illustration,
- Posters,
- Printing,
- Screenprinting,
- Hellohead,
- Miss Led,
- Pietari Posti,
- Pomme Chan,
- Ripe Digital,
- Sandra Diekmann,
- Tim McDonagh
Berg's intriguing LittlePrinter available for pre-order, out in September

A tiny, cloud-connected printer that can be used for offline news, puzzles and even social media content is now available for pre-order.
- Topics
- Hacking & Maker,
- Interactive,
- Printing,
- Berg
Boffins create 100,000dpi printer

You might have thought that the highest-resolution image would have come in the form of the world’s most massive print. But it is actually printed on the world’s tiniest canvas, measuring just 50 micrometres squared.
- Topics
- Hardware,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Printing
3D printer makes amazingly intricate sandcastles

It's a way of making detailed pieces of art out of sand, soil and other earthly materials.
- Topics
- 3D printing,
- Hardware,
- Hacking & Maker,
- Printing

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