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IdN v15n5: The Geometrics Issue
Beyond Shapes and Patterns

It is probably the most difficult design form to define since in many ways it underpins the entire discipline. But one thing it is not, in the hands of our 10 featured practitioners, is cold and calculating. They each explain how geometry shaped their design world — and why they feel so passionately about it. And their selected artwork helps to square the circle.

Jon Burgerman: Pens are my Friends is now on Amazon!
For the first time ever Jon Burgerman’s commercial, personal and collaborative works are collected together in one lavish publication. Included amongst the many projects are toys, clothing, exhibitions, murals, customizations, sketchbooks and a sick bag.

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IdN v15n4: We Love Infographics
Signs of the times

A lot of designers regard the practice of infographics as dull and boring — but this is almost certainly because they've never tried it. We spoke to 10 expert infographic designers, who love what they do and believe it offers as big a challenge and as great a satisfaction as any other kind of design.

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IdN v15n3: The Exhibition Issue
Show/Design

A growing number of designers these days are in designing exhibitions everything from interior to exterior, print materials to product, identity to fonts… etc. We talk to eight of them, all experts in the field.

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IdN v15n2: Creators Id
Standing out from the crowd

Some artists just can't help being instantly recognisable. But is a unique style an advantage or a handicap? We look at the work and listern to the words of 5 true originals.

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IdN v15n1: The Semiotics of Illustration
Teasing out the true meaning

Illustration is the backbone of graphic design, be it for publications, advertisments, commercials, billboards or even graffiti. Regardless of its medium, most illustrators develop a very recognisable style. In this issue's feature, we look at the work and read the words of 8 leading designers who share what may be broadly termed a child-like approach to illustration.

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IdN v14n5: Music + Image Issue
On the Case

Graphic designer for music these days involves much more than just coming up with a pleasing visual for the album cover. Designers are collaborators with the featured artists, attempting to convey the sprite of their songs to a potential audience, often across a variety of media. We invited industry-insiders: designers, record-label owners and graphic performance artists to explain the relationship between eye and ear.....

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IdN v14n5: Art Directors Issue
Printing Proofs

Creative experiences from 9 experts in the field, and what they love most about the medium is its tangibility. The smell of the ink, the feel of the paper... and having an end-result that you can carry around with you!

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IdN v14n4: Cut & Paste Issue
Re-ordering the Disorder

Collage/montage is dismissed by some as a mere hobby or a craft activity for kids, yet it has an honourable place in the history of modern art. In this forth issue of IdN 15th Anniversary issue, 8 top creatives reintrepret this century-old technique for today's digital world.

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IdN v14n3: Fashion Graphics
Fashion Graphics Collection 07'

What happens when fashion takes off its glamorous coat? It is still fabulous, thanks to graphic designers who are involved in almost the entire creative process: from illustration and packaging to runway presentation and marketing. In this issue, we features 10 graphic designers who have had, or continue to have, a close relationship with fashion design, tell us about blazing the fashion trail.

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IdN v14n2: Ornamental Graphics
Crime & Ornament

The word "Ornament" implies decoration, something designed to add beauty, but usually without practical use in itself. At one point in the history of art, ornamentation was almost everything, but over the centuries its role has become somewhat diminished. As an aspect of art that is often overlooked, ornamental designs are often as vital to the impact of the finished work.

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IdN v14n1: Black and White
Beyond & Within

The featured artists in this Black and White issue who hail from a variety of artistic media, are united in their passion for this most primitive of juxtapositions. They are not seeking to persuade anybody to their prediliction, but would like people to know what it is about black-and-white that has such a hold over them.