A great place to learn the 411 on various techniques withyour favorite graphic design programs. Take a peek at CreativeBits.org…

Over at MasterNewMedia.org they have a simple, very basic mini-guide for all those of you who need to perform effective online searches for images. They have compiled some great tips to uncover free images.

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Fung specializes in both illustration and media design and enjoys the challenge of integrating the two disciplines. Originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After graduation from the University of Winnipeg with a BA in Business, Fung decided to pursue a career in new media design.

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Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their works online. The Shift calendar competition, held in 2003, 2004 and 2005 successively, pushes the boundaries between online and off line using a “calendar” as its medium. Entries are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.

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If you have a desk to spare, a job to give please keep those who were affected by Huricane Katrina in mind. Visit this site to offer up whatever you can.

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April 20th - October 31
This exhibition features Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s winning entry for the redesign of the High Line, a defunct, elevated railway bed that runs along Manhattan’s far West Side. The design was inspired by what the architects deem the “High Line’s melancholic, unruly beauty, in which nature has reclaimed a once vital piece of urban infrastructure.” (more…)

Over a century of graphic design is on display at International Poster Gallery this Fall, as seen through nearly 50 poster classics that trace the changing form of the medium from its birth in the Belle Epoque to Post-Modern experiments around the world today.

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