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4th February 2004

The big picture

“Luc Delahaye made his name as a photojournalist and war photographer. He is still immersed in the fray, but now the aim of his vast panoramas is capturing history ó making art. What is the distinction? Peter Lennon asks him.”

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4th February 2004

Create a Hoax, Earn Damnation

“The Overclockers.com website published a barely believable hoax last week detailing the gutting of a brand new and very expensive Power Mac G5. This brought on an unbelievable reaction from the Mac community… ‘Mac users are nuttier than a fruitcake,’ Andy said. ‘People have an unnatural emotional attachment to object(s) like computers. For some, their reaction was akin to me butchering their parents or a beloved pet.’”

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4th February 2004

The Dynamap

“We certainly don’t mention enough low-tech gadgets on the site, but here’s one we’ve found that’s worth mentioning: the new Dynamap of Manhattan, which, using interlaced images, manages to put three different maps of Manhattan ó a street map, a subway map, and one showing landmarks and neighborhoods ó all onto the same surface. Tilt it to one side and you see the street map, tilt it another way and you see the subway map, etc. Useful for tourists, no doubt, but even New Yorkers will find it helpful to have a map that can easily show you the exact street intersections of subway stops.”

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4th February 2004

Creating a 3 layer multicolour stencil

“Several of you have asked about how to create a multi colored stencil. There are many ways to do it, it all depends on what tools you are comfortable with. I work faster on the computer than I do freehand, so this tutorial will focus on using graphic programs, particularly Adobe Photoshop, Streamline, and Illustrator to get your initial image.”

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4th February 2004

The Sins of St. Paul

“Paul Rand stands without peer at the pinnacle of graphic designís Olympus, the North Star that guides professional practice even more than eight years after his death… So itís with some trepidation that I wonder if I might lodge a few complaints about Mr. Rand as a model for graphic design practice. But here goes.”

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