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10/10/27 by holden

Breaking Type

Typography can bring out the willful side of some graphic designers. It’s rules are there to be broken with rebellious flourish. But woe betide anyone breaking those rules without at least a glimmering of knowledge of what they’re doing. There’s a fine line between beautiful, avant-garde type and illegible nonsense and it takes skill and [...]
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10/08/26 by holden

Apple 04-05

Arguably one of the most iconic campaigns of the noughties, Apple’s early iPod ads helped kick off a global trend for simple flat-colors and vector graphics. Computer Arts
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10/05/13 by holden

Go Commercial

Image libraries are becoming increasingly popular with businesses feeling the pinch of recession. Those photographs, digital images and logos didn’t fall from the sky; people made them and were paid for it. Why weren’t you one of those people? www.computerarts.co.uk
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10/05/12 by holden

Teach

Everyone has to learn somewhere. While most professionals designers have studied at art college, there are hobbyists queuing up to learn how to use design software, so why not teach them? Think beyond digital design, too; if you can draw, why not teach art classes? www.computerarts.co.uk
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10/05/11 by holden

Photography

Many of us are hobby photographers anyway, so why not put it to good use? Professional snappers aren’t going to be quaking in their boots, but niche areas of photography remain undeserved in the age of ubiquitous digital cameras. www.flickr.com/photos/holden_hardcastle www.computerarts.co.uk
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10/05/10 by holden

Micro-publish

You don’t need a letterpress to produce interesting books and pamphlets; any designer with an interest in literature or fiction can use print-on-demand services to produce fantastic work. www.computerarts.co.uk
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10/05/09 by holden

Make T-shirts

A classic side-project, printed T-shirts are simple to produce and eternally popular. Starting a couture clothing line might require a serious investment, but T-shirts? Not so much. From simple silk-screening to mass production, T-shirts have always been easy to make and, if your ideas are good easy to sell. www.computerarts.co.uk
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10/02/19 by holden

The New Breed

Everyone from big soft drink companies to wine festivals are interested in the flow, movement, freedom of mind and ornate lettering of psychedelic design. The context and the aims of psychedelic design are different now than they were in the 1960′s. Many designers are trying to walk to the same path while trying to improve [...]
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10/02/18 by holden

Psychedelic Revival

Psychedelic-infused art and design is taking on the mainstream. The heydey of psychedelic art and design spanned but a few years from the rump end of the 1960’s, and yet its influence continues to resonate strongly, with a new breed of artists and designers drawing on the classic works of genre in fresh and exciting [...]
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10/02/13 by holden

Spark some controversy

Stir things up a bit: Voice your opinion and seek public debate and critique of your ideas, not just your designs. Of course, this is dependent on you having ideas in the first place. If you don’t, the best policy is to say nothing and let people read you as a deep thinker. If you [...]
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