by Ardrich
January 18, 2011 in News Roundup
A new online tool has been launched allowing businesses with minimal knowledge in design to do their own banners for exhibitions and conferences.
Digitalab, a Newcastle-based photography company, has created the exciting new tool, which provides a low-cost means of creating promotional banner stands.
Jill Roe, Digitalab’s exhibitions manager, said the new tool is not meant to put designers out of work.
by Ardrich
December 18, 2010 in Events
Date: 24 January 2011 at 6:00pm
Venue: Hackney Community College
Falkirk St London, Shoreditch Campus
London, N1 6HQ, UK
Cost: £300
Event Website
The Hackney Community College Digital Media 10 Week Evening Courses include:
Digital Radio Production Using Garage Band
Digital Video Editing with Adobe Premiere
Digital Video Editing with Final Cut
Digital Video Motion Design with Adobe After Effects
Graphic Design with Adobe Illustrator
Print Design with Photoshop
Print Layout Design with InDesign
Web Design with Adobe Dreamweaver
Web Interactive Design with Adobe Flash
by Ardrich
October 18, 2010 in News Roundup
The live rendering enabled by the Shaderlight plug-in allows designers to see their 3D images develop while working.
A fully integrated plug-in – Shaderlight – introduces interactive rendering to Google SketchUp 7 and 8.
The new plug-in, launched last week, enables 3D designers to see their image develop on screen as they continue to work inside SketchUp.
by Ardrich
October 13, 2010 in Jobs
A Newcastle based company is looking for a Games Artist responsible for creating visuals for games. The company is currently expanding their online gaming studio. As part of this expansion they are looking for talented and creative individuals to become games artists.
As a Game Artist you will be creating vector illustrations, art, animation and effects for Flash games. This includes environments, character design, game UI and web ready graphics. The candidate will be involved throughout in the design process and have a strong influence on the overall product.
by Ardrich
October 10, 2010 in News Roundup
Winner Graeme Metcalf, designer at Rufus, (left) with runner-up Steph Stamb from Atom Hawk. Photo courtecy of Codeworks
Following last year’s success, the second Codeworks design event, ‘The Battle’, challenged some of the region’s top designers in a fast-paced competition.
The event attracted a crowd of 150 people from the North East’s digital industry at the Performance Academy at Newcastle College to see eight graphic designers tackle 20-minute design challenges.
by admin
September 29, 2010 in Events
Date: 4-6 October 2010, from 9:00am – 6:00pm
The Brewery
52 Chiswell Street,
London, EC1Y 4SD., UK
Cost: Video tickets £95, Two Day Pass £595
Event Website
We’re super excited to be bringing FOWA back to London in 2010! New decade – new format! This year FOWA is offering an extra track of presentations for you to choose from: FOWA’s back – bigger and better than ever before!
by admin
September 16, 2010 in Jobs
Company: Urban River Creative Limited
Position: Permanent
Reference: Connect
Salary: £16-21k
Closing Date: 20 Sep 2010
Urban River, a well established and successful design agency based in the centre of South Shields is looking for super-creative designers to join their design team on a full time permanent basis.
The role requires fantastic creative and design skills with an in-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) and Quark. You will have a passion for branding and the ability to design for both print and web 2.0.
by admin
September 2, 2010 in Events
Date: 30 September 2010
Time: 2010-09-30 17:30:00
End: 2000-01-01 00:00:00
Venue: The Performance Academy, Newcastle College
Test your design might!
‘The Battle’ is back for its second year as eight contestants fight it out in the creative stakes to find the ultimate graphic design champion.
by admin
July 22, 2010 in Events
When: Tue 17 Aug, 2010 from 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: BSG House
226-236 City Road, London, EC1V 2TT, UK
Cost: £345
Event Website
This one day Web usability testing training course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference.
by admin
June 22, 2010 in Events
Date: Thursday 8 July 2010, 9am for 9:30am kick off followed by lunch
Venue: Cornerhouse, Manchester
Description:
Digital tools play a key role in driving innovation in today’s creative industries. But what new tools are on the horizon and how will creative businesses harness them to drive exciting new business opportunities?
What will creative professionals – from architects to fashion designers to games developers and others – be using to create and produce content in the future? How can digital tools cut production costs and improve efficiencies? What can the different creative sectors learn from each other?
