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Children’s book design

May 18, 2015May 24, 2022 2 minute read.

Tuxedo’s Tales is a fun and informative book for children of all ages. Bringing wildlife and the countryside to life through the eyes of Tuxedo. This book will take you on a magical adventure as I tell you all about my year in the Sussex countryside. You’ll read about the new friends I meet and the adventures we…

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Olympics graphics 2016

November 9, 2013May 24, 2022 1 minute read.

Rio 2016 is fast approaching – take a look at the official Olympic and Paralympic pictograms. With any new Olympic or Paralympic Games, all creative eyes are going to be on the all-important design aspects. Logos aside, pictograms are probably one of the most essential designs for the games – adorned across leaflets, architecture, flyers,…

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Facebook redesigns its ‘Like’ button

November 7, 2013May 24, 2022 2 minute read.

Love it or hate it, we all use it – and now it looks totally different! Check out the new design here… It might be small, but the Facebook Like button is stared at by more people around the world than pretty much anything we can think of – it gets multiple billions of views…

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