London College of Communication offers short courses for pro creatives
The London College of Communication (LCC) has launched some new short courses to provide professional development for designers, photographers and those working in media.
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Skyrill makes type explode
Skyrill took every letter of the alphabet, extruded them in 3D and then blew them up as if under extreme pressure to create a series of inspired CG artworks.
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Interview: New Designers Hallmark Award winner Lucinda Ireland
At the New Designers exhibition, Lucinda Ireland picked up the Hallmark Award. We interview her, and find out why 'Girls Like Type Too'.
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Illustrators recreate 70s movie posters for Little White Lies exhibition
A new exhibition in London has artists including Joe Wilson, Autumn Whitehurst and Craig Redman recreating classic 70s movie posters by creating some stunning illustrations.
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Dan Stiles' classic poster art for Jónsi & Alex
We talk to Dan Stiles about a poster he designed for a special gig by Jónsi & Alex at the Church of St Paul the Apostle in New York, which has just gone on sale on the Sigur Rós website.
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Designing 3D covers for Random House's new Vintage line of classic novels
Vintage Books has just released a new imprint of classic sci-fi and horror novels that have anaglyphic 3D covers that leap out at the reader. We caught up with creative director Suzanne Dean.
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Nadine Chahine creates typeface in memory of assassinated Lebanese newspaper editor
Linotype type designer Nadine Chahine has created the Gebran2005 typeface for An-Nahar, Lebanon’s leading Arabic-language daily newspaper, as part of a major redesign of the publication.
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First Look: QuarkXPress 9
QuarkXPress 9 is due to ship later this month, promising more contextual automation to simplify the creation of complex documents.
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ADC Young Guns 9 competition for creatives under 30 open to entries
The Art Directors Club (ADC) has opened its ADC Young Guns 9 competition for creatives and designers age 30 or younger.
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Nina Tara taps classic graphic design for covers of comics based on Agatha Christie murder mysteries
Nina Tara takes us through the design process of her outstanding covers for a series of graphic novels based on the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie from publisher HarperCollins.
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Want readers to remember your words, use Comic Sans
Having difficulty getting your message across? Try Comic Sans (or any other unusual typeface), say a group of US researchers tracking how type affects learning.
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Digital Arts January 2011 - on sale now!
The brand new issue of Digital Arts is now on sale -- where we're revealing our beauty secrets.
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Masterfile tests your colour and type knowledge
In the latest extension of Masterfile’s Creative Mastery campaign, two new games test art directors’ and designers’ knowledge of colour and typeface.
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Design Museum announces Wim Crouwel - A Graphic Odyssey
The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective between 30 March – 3 July 2011.
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Flipboard unveils mag-style Web pages for the iPad
Flipboard has announced a deal with eight online publishers that will allow those publishers' stories to appear directly within the Flipboard app with custom typography, layout and imagery.
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D&AD Awards 2011: judges announced
The judges have been announced for the D&AD Awards 2011, featuring a cross section of the good and the great in the design and advertising worlds.
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Blurb offers a free guide to book design
Blurb is hosting a series of free creative online seminars, or Webinars during November and December offering tips on creating books, managing colours and get the most of of your photography.
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Veer releases tattoo-inspired typeface
Stock font and image library has released Piel Script, a typeface designed by Alejandro Paul specifically for use in tattoo art.
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Citroën Créative Awards winner creates a personalised hatchback
Italian artist Flavio Melchiorre has won the First Prize at the Citroen Créative Awards, creating a version of the car that will be sold next year.
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Win $3,000 by using web fonts
Monotype has set up a competition to reward the best use of typography online using web fonts technologies.