Thursday, November 28, 2013

Featured Journal: Computer Arts

November's featured journal is the stylish, information-packed Computer Arts.


The contents include: 

Features
  • Delight your clients: why happy clients equal a healthy balance book for your design studio
  • Showcase: our selection of the world's best new graphic design, illustration and motion graphics work
  • The power of dreams: from cog to hands: how W+K's inspired work for Honda became one of the most talked-about campaigns in advertising history
  • Underline studio: when does simple design become truly elegant?
  • Tara McPherson: we meet the creative whose distinctive style melds childlike whimsy with dark Gothic undertones


Culture
  • Trends: an illustration-led approach to videogames, plus a new poster that celebrates the beauty of print
  • People: we chat to ustwo's Tim Smith about how he bagged his dream promotion, peek inside Bleed's massive Oslo office, and celebrate the kooky style of blogger and illustrator Grace Danico
  • Places: take a stroll around Mexico City's creative districts with designer and illustrator Melissa Chaib
  • Events: London was buzzing with creative activity this month.  We report from AGI Open, the Global Design Forum and our very own Generate

Insight
  • Design-savvy clients: Computer Arts editor Nick Carson explores the value of the client's side of the story, and how our inaugural Brand Impact Awards scheme plans to tap into it
  • Get your hands dirty: all the planing and strategic thinking in the world can't replace genuine hands-on experience, argues Hoss Gifford
  • My year-long labour of love: are extended personal projects worth the effort?  Sabrina Smelko shares her experiences

Projects
  • The final countdown: how Sawdust took a stack of dry data and turned it into a stunning book, with the help of some custom ribbon-inspired type
  • Ink on paper: Illustrator Ollie Munden, aka Megamunden, brought his passion for tattoo art to Laurence King's new grown-up colouring book
  • Denim short: Tasked with turning the vision of iconic photographer Rankin into a TV spot, Realise Studio set about exploring G-star Raw's clothing into thousands of pieces

You can read a preview of this month's issue here: http://visualmaniac.com/previsualization/220-delight-your-clients.  Or you can read the full print magazine in the library!






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