Software you need to be using as a creative

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Over the last six months we have been making a conscious effort to reduce the amount of paper we use, while doing this I have come across some really great applications. This post is really about some great software you need to be using as a creative for collaboration, note making, sharing backing up and so much more. Evernote

Lets kick things off with Evernote, it may have been around [...]

One Show 2012 Design awards Winner BEKO, “The Recorded Contents” Campaign By TBWA\Istanbul

One Show 2012 Design awards Winner BEKO, "The Recorded Contents" Campaign By TBWA\Istanbul

You’ve probably heard of or at least seen some of TBWA’s, work being one of the most talented design agencies on the world it’s no surprise they have won the 2012 One Show Design awards along with countless other awards for this campaign.

This particular campaign really caught my eye for a number of reasons, I was wondering what on earth is going on when I first saw it, then [...]

★ Best Of the month. April

Photography By Lina | Model Liza Kei

It’s that time of the month and it’s our second Best Of The Month selection. We have some really great finds this month from all around the world. Mostly Photography this month, but we have had such a hard group to pick from after finding some stunning art work.

We really hope you enjoy this month’s selection, if you have any of your own work you would like to suggest [...]

Meet the Last Jedi, Kyle Walrond

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Who you may be asking? Well for those who aren’t one of his 1000+ followers on Instagram Last Jedi or Kyle Walrond is an extremely talented street photographer, who I just so happened to bump into a few weeks back purely by chance after he recognised me from a picture he had taken on the London Underground.

Trying to get ‘Natural’ looking street photography has always been something I have [...]

Six powerful, super cool and famous video adverts from around the world

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Video adverts can create a brand with the digital world that we live in today there is nothing more powerful than a cool and impacting video campaign. We have taken a look at some of the most recent and not so recent powerful advertising campaigns from around the world.

We will also be looking at some print commercials over the next few days so keep a look out or subscribe [...]

Back to Herefordshire, Photography with the iPhone.

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I have been back in Herefordshire this weekend, it’s been so nice to have a break from the city. Amazing London may be, but it can get a bit grey and hectic after a while and what better way to have a break than go back home to the countryside of Herefordshire.

As usual I’ve been out on some lengthy walks with Archie and what a delight it is to [...]

★ Best of the month. Exposing talent. (March)

By Alice X. Zhang - http://www.alicexz.tumblr.com/

We have decided to have a little feature each month where we pick 5 of the best images, drawings, videos, graphics or any other creative work that we have found and love. We will only pick 5 each month and the 5 will be work we could have found anywhere.  The work also doesn’t have to have been made in the month, for all we care it could have been [...]

How to: Create a vintage style label using Illustrator and Photoshop

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The vintage look is really becoming a popular style in print and web design recently. From vintage comic styles to rustic leathers and textures combined with complex hand drawn patterns.

We are going to show you how to create a super quick and simple vintage style waved label using Illustrator and Photoshop (Photoshop for the style). You can use the same technique for many other things and it really is [...]

The lovely world of fashion

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So I have been working on a bit of a new thing recently… A fashion / lifestyle blog. It’s a nice change of scenery, and working with new styles is always good. We have been working on so many different prototype designs and the final design is yet to be finished.

I jut wanted to share the progress so far to get an idea of the look and feel.

The [...]

Samsung 400B2B 12.5 notebook review

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I thought I would do a little review on a new notebook/laptop I had for a few weeks, it’s a Samsung 400B2B it’s relatively new and has the new Intel Sandybridge range of processors in it.

The reason I wanted to put the review on here was because it’s a business laptop and it’s very well suited for in the field work regards photography, design and even copy writing.

So [...]

Steve Jobs stands down as Apple CEO

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Steve Jobs stood down as the CEO of Apple yesterday and handed the role of CEO to Tim Cook the company’s COO. It’s an end of an era for Apple, but Jobs will be able to resign leaving an incredible mark not only on Apple as a company but on the world. A genius in his field and with incredible innovation he really had taken his company to a new unknown high and changed the face of technology for the world. [...]

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