Wieden+Kennedy, Creature and 32 leading UK creative agencies pledge to pay staff, freelancers & interns a real living wage
Could this be the end to unpaid work experience and internships in the creative sector?
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Watch VFX breakdowns from VFX Oscar winner Blade Runner 2049 (and the other nominees)
Here's how the stunning VFX from Blade Runner 2049, winner of the 2018 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, were created - plus the four other nominees.
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This animation promoting freelance designers reaches out to the Comic Sans user
Reaching out to iconic leaders and pop culture, these animations show what design freelancers can do.
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Why this awful City of Los Angeles job ad for a graphic designer is actually brilliant
Is this perfectly calculated eyesore humorous, or a step too far?
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Majority of illustrators don’t earn enough to live from, new survey shows
Ben the Illustrator surveyed 1,261 illustrators worldwide and found 80 percent say they can't live 'sustainably' from illustration.
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8 brilliant character artists speaking at Pictoplasma 2018
From prolific Trump illustrator Edel Rodriguez to ustwo's behind Monument Valley 2 game, check out work from the artists speaking at this year’s festival.
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Creative industries are growing at twice the rate of the UK economy, new figures show
The creative industries sector is now worth almost £92 billion – up from £85 billion in 2015 – according to a report by the Department for Digital, Media, CUlture and Sport.
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This website and podcast aim to help freelance motion designers & animators run successful businesses
Set up by an ex-Google and now freelance motion designer, Motion Hatch provides resources, community and a bi-weekly podcast for “the ins and out of the business side”.
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Be inspired by these fresh, talented under-30 graphic designers & illustrators
US non-profit, The One Club for Creativity, has named 32 young creatives from 2017 to watch out for, including Jing Wei and Hattie Stewart.
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GDPR for digital agencies – how you can avoid hefty fines
Creative businesses are urged to get to grips with the biggest overhaul of data protection law in a generation before new rules come into effect.
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Aardman's new YouTube channel to share the work of independent animators
Fresh and established independent animators will have a chance to get offbeat, humorous animations featured on Aardman Animations new YouTube Channel dedicated to giving good work exposure to thousands of its subscribers.
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The new Easle website lets brands hire freelance designers, illustrators and photographers without an agency
This website aims to make it easier for freelancers to get hired by big brands – without needing an agent or to enter exploitative 'competitions'.
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Why you should stop entering design competitions
Many design 'competitions' are just ways for brands to get you to work for free – and we need to put a stop to them.
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VR could be in danger of peaking too early
Founder of 360° video content creators Blend Media, Damian Collier, on why virtual reality is yet to be fully adopted by the mainstream.
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‘Creativity – not technology – is what matters’, says industry legend Sir John Hegarty
Illustrator and art director Ben Tallon interviews the creator of still memorable campaigns such as Levi’s Flat Eric and Audi’s ‘Vorsprung Durch Technik' slogan about what’s wrong with the creative industries – and what will fix it.
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Design collaboration tool Wake is now available for free
A free version of design collaboration software Wake - as used by Facebook, Airbnb and Spotify - has launched today, aimed at smaller design teams.
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British designers win at Art Director's Club Awards
See the work from The Partners, Google Creative Lab, Factory, AKQA and more that picked up gongs last night in New York.
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D&AD Awards 2017: see the best design, advertising, illustration, animation and VR of the past year
The UK's biggest advertising awards gave gongs to some truly outstanding projects, most of which are trying to make the world a better place.
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Dropbox Paper's mobile apps now work offline
Dropbox Paper users will now be able to edit their documents offline while using mobile devices, thanks to an update.
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This free storyboarding tool by Animade will make your life so much easier
Boords is a web-based tool that helps animators, UX designers or anyone else to storyboard in a much more efficient way.
