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One of my favourite ’styles’ in web design is one that takes inspiration from traditional media such as paper and cardboard. Using scans and images of paper provides an informal, cut-and-paste collage feeling to the design giving the site more of a personal and hand-crafted image - quite opposite to the clean and shiny trend of other web design styles. Here are 25 good examples of this super cool paper based effect put into practice.

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Today I came across the uber-cool Newton Virus, a harmless friendly virus created by Troika, a multi-disciplinary London art & design practice. Inspired by the wit and ingenuity of early viruses which aimed to surprise and amuse rather than destroy, the Newton Virus makes for a great prank to play on your Mac friends!

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If you didn’t subscribe to the RSS feed over at DesignFlavr after last months post post; 32 Amazing Inspirational Pieces of Graphic Artwork, here are 32 more reasons to head over and check out the huge collection of incredible artistic pieces compiled daily by DesignFlavr!

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Whether you’re a student designer learning the tricks of the trade, a web designer looking to delve into the world of print or an accomplished designer looking to broaden their knowledge, there’s always something to be learnt when it comes to designing for print. One of those areas is how to approach using blacks in your design and knowing how it will end up when it comes back from the printers. Read on for a few tips and techniques on how to create artwork containing black.

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Round one of the U-Printing International Poster Design Competition is due to start on the 1st March 2008. This is your chance to win an Apple iPhone, printing credits from UPrinting and photo credits from iStockPhoto, not to mention the chance to have your artwork reproduced as a full page ad in one of the top design magazines.

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