How to create the perfect animation showreel and portfolio
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Discover the best new fonts of 2017
From Monotype’s Japanese typeface to a robust display serif, here are our pick of the latest typefaces released by foundries or individual designers.
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Here’s everything you should know about Futura, on its 90th anniversary
We celebrate the typeface’s rich history in Bauhaus, mankind landing on the moon and World War II.
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How Sensible Object designed 2017's best board game
The Beasts of Balance creator tells us how the game, its graphics, app and characters were designed – and how playing God can be a huge amount of fun...
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10 tips for creating better animation
Arcade Studio founder Jean-Pierre Le Roux has worked with Coca Cola, Starbucks and the NBA. He shares his top tips for animation – whether 2D, 3D or stop-motion.
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How to Name a Brand
Global branding agency Siegel+Gale offer tips to help you successfully name a brand or product in 2017.
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12 geometric vector art tips
Leading illustrators share their tips for perfecting artworks and patterns based on geometric shapes.
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What it means to be a creative director in 2017
We sit down with Possible’s executive creative director in London to find out what working for a leading digital agency with clients such as adidas, Aston Martin and Specsavers looks like in 2017.
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Designer Russell Gray's created amusing, Minion-filled playing cards for a Despicable Me 3 promo
Mattson Creative commissioned Russell to design a Despicable Me 3-themed pack of cards for McDonald's Happy Meals.
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Download 3D scans of real objects with this new online store
Download 3D scans of real objects to use in your own productions for a very small price.
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This 14-year-old could be the future of graphic design
Designing from the age of 10 in a digital world that relishes your ability to attract thousands of social media followers, Ted Bettridge has skills and a profile beyond his years.
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Best Pens for Drawing: 10 Pens for Artists and Designers
Discover the best (non-digital) pens for linework, technical drawing, sketching, colouring and more.
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11 must-have iMessage stickers packs by Jean Jullian, Christoph Niemann, Jon Burgerman & more
For those who use an iPhone or iPad with iOS 10, this is our list of iMessage sticker sets by talented artists that are well worth the download.
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Branding agency Templo on how design 'born out of frustration' brings social change
The small, young London studio talks about working with the UN on issues of torture and civil war, and the project that went viral before they did.
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Why creative agencies still design their own magazines in a digital age
Human After All and AKQA on why and how they each produce a magazine in-house, and what it offers clients that their website doesn’t already.
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The pulp art of 80s computer game magazine covers
We look back over the work of Oliver Frey, whose painted covers of magazines like Crash and Zzap 64 in the 1980s and 90s made games look much more exciting than they really were.
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These brilliant Lego posters show just what children's imaginations are capable of
Learn how Illusion created a CG rockstar, firefighter and astronaut print posters made out of Lego for this award-winning campaign.
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Branding studio The Working Assembly on why small agencies are better
Creative director Jolene Delisle tells us why she left working in a large agency to start her own female-dominated studio.
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Interview: Designer Catalina Winitzky on simplifying characters from iconic cult films
Catalina uses simple shapes and colours to recreate the personalities from The Breakfast Club, Mean Girls and more.
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Best of the Grad Shows 2017: New Designers
Check out some brand new talent with our pick of the best graduating designers and illustrators from across the UK.