As seen in desktop magazine here Pretty much any design studio you walk into will have music playing – it can be the radio, but more and more often it’s an MP3 player hooked up to speakers. This can lead to staff
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As seen in desktop magazine here During your career you are inevitably going to use a recruitment agency at some point. Many of them are pretty appalling when it comes to the way they get talent on board, promising all sorts of
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Outing the culprits. Talk about laziness, bulk emailing all creatives you know to basically ‘free pitch’ for work. Without a proper brief or working in consultation, hell not even knowing the criteria they are going to select against, I would have as
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Every business needs a logo, business cards and all manner of branded material. So where do you start? Pretty much everyone starts their search online for someone to create the designs they need. With so many options, it is hard to know
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Original article is available on Desktop Magazines website. I recently came across a great reference to the book, The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and the bonus is, you can read it free online before buying yourself a copy. It is very inspiring,
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Original interview by Nicholas Turner available here Today I am speaking with Saratan. A Death Thrash Metal Trio from Krakow, Poland. Okay, first question, and I am sure plenty of others have asked it before. Where did the name of the band
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As seen in desktop magazine here What would the Garfield comic be like without Garfield in it? Would it be funnier than it was before? I think so, and if you think it might be an insight into a paranoid and delusional
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These days you can find somewhere to get sushi in most shopping centres. The exposure to Japanese food and culture has never been greater than it is now. With the sheer volume of quality animation that has been done, you will no doubt have watched and enjoyed Japanese animation (possibly not even knowing it), and had at least a little bit of exposure to their movies (Akira Kurosawa’s films are all timeless and worth watching, not forgetting Godzilla…) as designers we embrace their different viewpoint on packaging and design and their culture that embraces the illustrated work so whole heartedly.
For IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) sufferers the idea of spending two hours commuting to work and then another two home each day sounds like a pretty horrible state of affairs. IBS is not a diagnosis of anything, in fact it is a
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The recent 12/12/12 12:12 we had was a great excuse to take the time to spend ten minutes sitting out in the sun. It is the change in routine and the chance to quietly meditate on the year that has passed and
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