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Building a Green House

These days, green is all the rage, from eco-friendly food to clothing and cars. Architecture and design are no exception.
A Home Where the Buffalo Roam: Western Interior Design

The styles of the American West are alive and well all over the country.
Your Blossoming Career in Landscaping

Three important principles for planning a breathtaking landscape design in your own backyard.
Web Design 101

If you're interested in web site design, find out more about your options, from technical schools to online web design classes.
What Do Colors Mean?

Colors mean more than you think they do. As an interior designer, you'll learn how to use them in a whole new way.
The Rise of Russian Fashion Design

From Moscow to Miami, Russia's top fashion designers are making a scene on runways around the world.
Identity Crisis? Not with a Good Graphic Designer

What happens when your business's logo doesn't work? If you're smart, you hire a graphic designer.
Using White Space in Your Web Design

Web site designers these days are inundated with specific demands from their clients, which make it difficult to include white space no matter how badly the site needs it.
Designing the Nintendo Wii

The video game design of the Nintendo Wii combines sophisticated gaming technology with accessibility even novice gamers can understand.
Modern Interior Design Answers the Greenhouse Call

There might have been a time when interior designers worked only for the wealthy, but these days, they're helping a lot of people who simply want to use their homes and offices to help save the environment.
The History of Fashion Week

Are you a fashion fan? Discover the history of Fashion Week, American fashion design's biggest celebration.
Miniature Artwork: The Graphic Design of Stamps

Explore the tiny, but fascinating world of postage stamps' graphic designs.
Spruce Up Your House for Spring with These Interior Decorating Tips

Here are some quick interior decorating tips to help you revamp your house's interior design for the new spring season.
Healthy Hospital Architecture

A new trend in hospital architecture and design is helping cancer patients find a better place to heal. Want to help?
Graphic Design Project Ideas: Creating Digital Brochures

The digital brochure is an effective marketing tool that gives your clients an inexpensive way to advertise their products and services.
From Graphic Design to Architecture School

Ratchet your graphic design skills up a notch or two and you might find yourself seasoned enough to attend architecture school.
Family-Friendly Landscape Design

Outdoor education has stunning benefits. Help your kids to learn with creative landscape design ideas.
How 3D Animation Puts You in the Game

3D animation programs bring the feel of real life to game play. Find out more about how it works.
Build Your Interior Design Career in Baby Boomers' Homes

If you're studying home interior design, the odds are that you'll be working for Baby Boomers, and designing the (second) home of their dreams.
Fashion Production: The Nuts and Bolts of Your Clothes

Building a fashion career takes more than just pizzazz. Fashion design school can give you the tools you need to find a career in style.
Building a Better Business Card: Careers in Graphic Design

The business card is a critical marketing piece. These graphic design tips demonstrate how to create an effective one.
But Is It Art?

Graphic design is a creative, lucrative, flexible career. But can you put "artist" on your business card?
Discovering Tools of the Design Trade

From flash web design to Photoshop, CAD to Maya software, here are some tips on today's hottest design tools.
A Design is Forever: The History of Jewelry Design

There's more to fashion design than just clothing design. For thousands of years, humans have been designing jewelry. Fashion design school can prepare you for a career in jewelry design
Make a Play for a Great Career: Video Game Design

Video game designs are mixing it up with books, movies and TV shows as video game graphic designers play with conventional media.
What's So Great about Spanish Architecture?

From Frank Gehry's Guggenheim in Bilbao to Seville's new "mushroom forms," Spainish modern architecture has a creative, world-class style.
Advertise Your Talents with a Graphic Design Degree

Ads for print media, graphic design applications, neon signs--graphic artists use their talent, design skills, and computer software to create a variety of compelling images.
From Independent Artist to Icon: The Story of Annie Leibovitz

Meet the art culture icon who turned a photography experience into one of the most celebrated careers in the industry.
Be a Jedi Designer

Industrial Light and Magic once more showed its design mastery in post-production of George Lucas's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. If you have a dream and Jedi design chops, here are some hints for applying to the company.
Career Options for Web Designers

From big firms providing every known web site design service, to small businesses, web site design careers are out there for talented web designers--especially those who specialize in business web design.
The Shape of Sound: Graphic Design and Cover Art

As a graphic design artist in the music industry, you'll translate music into album art and graphic design-a creative challenge, no matter what your graphic design training.
Build a Green Career as a Sustainable Architect

Green design emphasizes an environmentally friendly architecture style. If you're hoping to be an architect, read about this new trend.
Design Harmonious Homes with Feng Shui

Learn interior design ideas that are based on a combination of meditation and ancient arts. Today's clients expect their interior decorating to have some elements of feng shui.
A Culture of Clutter: Fine Art Photography

What makes fine art so appealing is that there is always an inherent order in a good painting or sculpture. Lee Friedlander, a master of fine art photography, shows us in his latest exhibition at New York's MOMA that great visual art can also be cluttered.
In With the New: Interior Design Trends for 2007

Want to learn more about interior design? Start with this article about 2007's trends, and consider getting your interior design degree.
A Blueprint for Success: Architecture Jobs for You

Architecture jobs don't stop with designing buildings. Discover one of the many career paths in architecture that might be right for you.
A Career By Design: Graphic Design Internships

A graphic design internship combined with an online degree program can be the career opportunity young designers need to get started.
Two Giants in the World of Video Game Design

Love video game design? Hoping to land a design job of your own? Get inspired by the video game design careers of two legends of the video game design industry.
Graphic Design: An Online Degree for All Personalities

Earning a bachelor's degree online in graphic design can prepare students for a career of versatility.
To the Moon With 3D Computer Graphics

A 3D animation career can carry you far beyond the world of entertainment. 3D graphic art is being used as a learning tool in occupations where lives are on the line.
Careers for Aspiring Fashion Designers

Looking for a career as a fashion designer? Interested in business and want to learn about fashion merchandising jobs or a career in fashion marketing? Look no further!
Families that Play Together Stay Together

Computer games have become a far from solitary activity; today families play over the Internet, giving them chance to communicate and have fun together.
The Value of Animation Training in Today's Multimedia World

Learn why animation training is becoming increasingly important for graphic designers and other types of multimedia artists.
Top 5 Web Site Design Mistakes

Your Internet web site design should draw in readers. What separates the web site design novice from professional web site designers, and the best web designs from the worst?
TV Shows Boost Enrollment in Interior Design Schools

Enjoy interior design or interior decorating TV shows? Considering interior design courses? You're not alone! Home interior decorating shows are boosting interior decorating school enrollment.
Graphic Design: Barter Your Skills

Sell, barter, trade, rent: we're all turning into budding entrepreneurs and turning our surplus possessions into shiny new dollars. Why not do the same with your graphic design skills? As a graphic designer, you'll be amazed at what you can swap your skills for.
Creation and Creativity: Graphic Art in Museums

From graphic art and cutting-edge designs to information on graphic design history to trends in home décor or the life stories of graphic design artists, design museums have it all.
Landscape Design 101

Discover how to create a magazine-quality garden, for yourself or others, with a degree in landscape design.
Web Design for All Audiences

Web designers are learning how to make the Internet more accessible for the elderly and disabled.
Plot Your Career in Graphic Design

In many areas of art and design, your career can start in school. A network of instructors and colleagues is a great benefit of an online degree program.
Video Game Programming Turns Your Hobby into a Career

An online degree in video game programming allows you to turn your love of gaming into a lucrative income stream.
Three Reasons to Go to Fashion School in New York

New York is the place to be for fashion designers. For a career education that will put you on the fast track, consider a New York fashion design school.
Film Production Students Land Success on First Try

Two recent film school graduates made a splash with their film Fourth Dimension.
Grassroots Advice for Landscape Designers

There's more to good landscape design plans than shrubs and textures. Landscape lighting design can add a whole new dimension to your creation after nightfall.
Site Selection: A Career as a Website Analyst

Many businesses engage private consulting firms to gather data on their company websites. A rigorous analysis of website design can make or break a business in its effort to hold a niche in a fast-paced marketplace.
Graphic Novels and Art Spiegelman

Comix are independent graphic art stories originally created in San Francisco. Art Spiegelman is one of the fathers of comix, and his graphic novel, Maus, shows how he combined history, literature, and graphic art to create an artistic masterpiece.
Photoshop Editing Saves the Celebrity - Or Does It?

Photoshop retouching is becoming a fact of life for A-list celebrities. Some are lashing back at the alteration of their image, yet the digital photo editing industry continues to flourish.
The Design of Wine

The wine industry employs hundreds of thousands of people. Much like fashion, a label can make or break this business. Explore the world of wine package graphic design, and learn how to become a label designer.
Broadcast Engineering 101: What NOT to Do

One thing they surely teach in media school is how to cue a song for on-air production. Apparently the Saturday Night Live engineer who fed in the wrong Ashlee Simpson tune was asleep at the board.
Design Knows No Boundaries

Despite how proud we Americans are of our design prowess, some of the most inspirational concepts in design and architecture come from beyond our borders. Here is a survey of the most influential international design concepts.
Animate Your Career

Animation is an exciting, growing and rewarding field to get involved in, and traditional animation is just one of many careers that a degree in animation can prepare you for. With a degree in animation, you may be qualified to enter fields such as special effects, game design, shading, motion capture animation, modeling and bench animation, as well as the traditional kinds of animation that brought us Snow White and Bugs Bunny.
Which Camera Is Best for You?

So you want to buy a good 35mm camera for photography school? We've got a step-by-step guide for choosing the right camera to get your photography career started.
Becoming a Film Production Location Scout

A location scout finds film locations for production companies. Whether it involves music videos or films, the job of a scout is more than just traveling the world.
An Industrial Designer's Holy Land: CES 2006

It's the holy grail of tech geeks everywhere and the Mecca of industrial designers. In January of 2006, 150,000 attendees converged in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. Here, we'll highlight the Best of Show for CES tech items.
Computer Animation Takes Hollywood by Storm

Disney recently bought Pixar Animation Studios. What does this tell you about the future of animation in film? It means that animation is booming!
Designing for Disaster

It ripped through New Orleans in hours, but it caused years of destruction. Now designers across the nation are asking a rhetorical question: Should preventative planning be an integral aspect of architecture and design?
Mobizzo: A New Career Opportunity in Media Arts

If you're looking into a media arts career, then you're looking in the right place. Internet and cell phone usage has rapidly grown, and the corporation behind Fox News is hiring media arts school graduates for a new venture. Find out more in this week's column.
The Bay Bridge Architectural Engineering Dilemma

Modern architecture is held up to high standards. In the case of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Caliofornia this reality became a costly and time-consuming city planning disaster; can architectural engineering solve it?
SpongeBob Square Pants and the Third Dimension

How does a studio take a 2D cartoon and turn it into a 3D thrill ride for its amusement park? Animators grappled with issues of maintaining character fidelity and creating realistic effects when they produced the SpongeBob Square Pants ride for Paramount Parks.
Paris Hilton on the Podcast Frontier

If you haven't experienced a podcast, there's a brave new world of multimedia on the web for you to explore. From Paris Hilton to Electric Larryland, it's out there for the taking. All you need is a computer, an internet connection, and speakers.
Canvas sans Cash: Investing in Inexpensive Art

What do you know about investing in art? Besides, you don't have the money. Believe it or not, investing in art need not empty your pockets.
Photojournalists Take to the Trenches

Despite the outcry from film stars and other celebrities, paparazzi continue to dog their prey with reckless abandon. They practice a form of photojournalism that takes few prisoners while it takes plenty of snapshots.
Are You an Otacu?

What's the hottest in Japanese animation these days? Welcome to the leaf village of Konoha where devoted geeks turn goggle-eyed each week for the latest Ninja adventure of their hero Uzumaki Naruto.
Urban Exploration -- A Growing Fine Art Photography Hobby

Shimmying your way into abandoned buildings may not be your idea of fun, but to millions of fine art photography buffs, an abandoned building about to be demolished is their own personal photography school.
Goodbye "Sweatin' to the Oldies," Hello 3D Fitness Training

3D game design has risen to a new challenge. Even though consumers are slow to catch on, 3D fitness training games are a popular way to tone up. Richard Simmons, eat your heart out!
Plus Size Women: Passion for Fashion Doesn't Stop at Size 14

Not another shapeless frock! Plus size careers for fashion designers give hope to women over size 14.
About Face Art: Self-Portraits Incite a New School of Photography

From a self-obsessed culture has arisen a new 'art'. This new type of art is widely available, and is sure to be a subject most art and photography training school courses.
Logos Create a First, Lasting Impression

Logos provide businesses with immediate recognition in print, on television, or on the Web. If you're considering designing your own logo, consider dedicated illustration tools that can simplify your work.
Top Ten Odd Design Jobs - Part 2

In my first listing of top odd design jobs, you read about the lives of a subliminal marketer, soap opera set designer, and celebrity snapshooter. For this column, we're closing off the two-part series with my picks for top five wackiest design careers.
Stonehenge: Religious Architectural Structure or Computer?

Stonehenge in England is probably the most famous architectural stone structure. It continues to baffle people as to how it was made. If you want to know why it was made just make sure you are there during the summer solstice at dawn and sunset….
The Audio-Visual Designer is a Key Player in the New World of Media Production

The number of media jobs is growing every day. The role of the audio-visual designer is a central one for the thousands of film and video productions that are being produced around the world.
Digital Design Degrees

With a degree in digital design you may be qualified to enter career fields such as digital design, multi-media art and design, computer game programming, or digital animation. Digital design is a balance of both aesthetic and technical expertise. A degree in digital design will teach you both practical knowledge and application skills that with your own artistic ability will help you to master both of these key skills.
Computer Animation Degrees

Computer animation is an exciting, growing, and cutting edge field to get involved in. With a degree in computer animation, you may be qualified to enter career fields such as special effects, game design, shading, motion capture animation, modeling, bench animation, as well as traditional animation.
Advertising & Design Degrees

With a degree in advertising and design you may be qualified to enter the advertising industry as an advertising manager, or as an art or creative director. A degree in advertising and design will provide you with the business and creative skills to plan and direct ads for businesses.
Finance Degrees

One of the most lucrative career fields you can enter with a finance degree is becoming a financial analyst. Financial analysts help people decide how to best invest their money. As a financial analyst, you will often meet with company officials to learn more about investing in their company.
Modeling Degrees

There is no real easy road to becoming a successful professional model, but earning a degree in modeling or attending a modeling school can help you to get started. A modeling degree will teach you how to avoid some common pitfalls and build a successful career in professional modeling.
Fashion Merchandising Degrees

With a degree in fashion merchandising, you may be qualified for a career in such fields as fashion merchandising, sales and distribution, promotions and sales management, and merchandising display.
The Promotion Designer - Design Impact Analyst

When a company seeks the services of a graphic design firm, they need more than just a pretty company logo design. The work of a promotion designer may be as important as that of a graphic designer when it comes to the establishment and maintenance of a corporate identity.
The Corporate Art Director - A Voice From the Top

The corporate art director is at the hub of operations in any company or institution that uses graphic design. Whenever a question regarding corporate identity arises, it is the corporate art director who must make the final decisions and determinations.
TrueSpace Blasts Off in Version 6.6

With its straightforward interface and compatibility with Windows, Caligari's TrueSpace is a popular choice in animation modeling software. The good news for users is that TrueSpace tutorials abound on the Internet.
James Nachtwey: Photographer or Public Activist?

James Nachtwey is a fine example of how visual arts communication can heighten public awareness and encourage public participation in history making events.
Robert Capa, Embedded in Memory

Much is made today about so-called 'embedded journalists'. Decades before there was an official designation, Robert Capa invented the art of war photography.
My Architect: A Look At Famous Architect Louis Kahn

Louis I. Kahn defined modern architecture. A new documentary, My Architect, created by Kahn's son, examines the famous Philadelphia architect.
Tapping the Net for Great Free Home Decorating Ideas

Getting the most out of free home decorating ideas and trends by getting a clear home decorating picture before you begin.
Now It's Called "Wedding Photojournalism"

Traditional wedding photography is now called wedding photojournalism. Families want you to capture action shots in addition to posed images. Learn how to do it all at a visual arts school.
Are Short Film Festivals more than Fun and Fancy?

Short film festivals are great entertainment for the public and great opportunities for film school students to pad their portfolio with pre-graduation film awards.
File Sharing and the Film Industry - Will it Affect Entertainment Earnings?

Will the entertainment industry be affected by file swapping? Will your dreams of becoming a top producer be quashed? Find out.
Is Your Flash Site Accessible to Everyone?

Your new Flash animation may be stunning, but is your website available to everyone who visits? Offering alternate text and keyboard shortcuts on your pages is simple, inclusive, and won't detract from your message.
How to Choose a Digital Video Production School

How can I decide which of the digital video production schools is best for me?
What is Involved in Online Art Therapy School?

When you express yourself using the more creative portions of your brain, much healing can occur. This is exactly why online art therapy schools are so successful.
Selling Creative Ideas – A Career in Fashion Marketing

A career in fashion merchandising can begin anywhere in North America at one of many art institutes.
Photojournalism: The Dregs of the Earth, or Window into Our Souls?

They say news travels fast, nowhere is this more true than in the twenty-first century with the help of the Internet and visual communications. Is photojournalism one of the few careers that is a job for life?
Design in Visual Communication

A visual communications course will enable you to develop your design skills through visual media, including web page design.
Be the Architect of Your Own Destiny

There is nothing more depressing than being out of work and receiving rejections. With your natural architectural flare, you could build yourself a bright new outlook.
Web Design - Make Money and Art

If you want a fun and lucrative career in art, consider a career in web design.
Media and You: Are You Compatible?

The opportunities in web media are rapidly growing. If you're looking into media jobs, now is the perfect time to begin media training.
Designed for Life

Whether you want to make your mark in design or quietly improve product safety, you'll need some major industrial design know-how.
The Hell and High Water of Digital Production

For a smoother route into the music video production industry, check out our cardinal sins of what not to do in the recording studio…
Educated Follower of Fashion

Project Runway - a runaway success story to find the nation's hot new fashion design diva or a cynical exercise to boost viewing figures?
Computer Assisted Drafting & Design Degrees

Computer assisted drafting and design involves the use of computers to assist in the design process. Specialized computer assisted drafting and design software programs exist for various types of design such as architectural, engineering, electronics, roadway, and fashion to name a few
Fashion Marketing Degrees

With a degree in fashion marketing, you may be qualified to enter a number of careers such as fashion merchandising, promotions and sales management, and merchandising display.
Graphic Design Degrees

Earning a graphic design degree can prepare you for career opportunities in a variety of fields such as graphic design, multi-media art and animation, computer game programming, web design, advertising, or commercial design.
Fashion Design Degrees

With a degree in fashion design you may be qualified to enter a number of careers such as fashion design, apparel manufacturing, or merchandise display. Curriculum for a fashion design degree will incorporate practical knowledge of equipment, fabrics and other materials with basic applied design skills, and your own artistic and creative abilities.
Putting Design to Work in Your Own Garden

Professionals that work in a myriad of design fields already understand the artistic principles that lie behind successful landscape architecture. You can create your own stunning garden by employing the aesthetic relationship of basic design elements in your plan.
Logo Design - Leaving an Indelible Marketing Mark

If you ever wondered about the high-octane world of advertising or marketing, and you have a flair for design, then read on...
Love Your Job - Become a Wedding Photographer

Turn your artistic passion into a rewarding career as a wedding photographer. Experienced wedding photographer Mariah Flanagan shares some thoughts on how you could succeed in this job.
Top Ten Odd Design Jobs - Part 1

Have you ever wanted to be a political t-shirt designer? How about a children's toy tester? Here's an inside look at our top picks for weird and fun design jobs
Olmstead, Landscape Design, and Central Park

Central Park is still an American icon, 150 years after it was first zoned. The origins and story of its principal designer, Frederick Law Olmstead is an inspiration to any landscape architect.
Roman Architecture, City Planning Ahead of its Time?

If you really want to make your mark on the world, then city planning might provide the springboard to your aspirations. Who knows, future archaeologists may study remains of your plans in thousands of years to come!
The Newest Advertising Fraud

Google is earning over six billion dollars a year through the newest type of advertising. Learn more about this superstar of online advertising, and how it will effect web development jobs.
Lucas Keynotes Design Fete

Star Wars writer-director George Lucas was the keynote speaker at the 35th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques this August. Attendees also were be treated to tutorials on effects used in Madagascar and Polar Express. Read on for more details
Animal Rights and High Fashion

Not all fashion designers work in animal skins or leather. Stella McCartney, daughter of singer Paul McCartney, is an ardent animal rights activist and top designer.
'Hot Coffee' Ire: Controversy Brewing over Video Game 'Mod'

Hilary Clinton and politicians across the country are taking up arms against the video game design industry - and their most recent ammunition for action has been a computer game design 'mod.' Find out more about 'mods' and the role they play in modern game design and development.
Giving is Receiving: Fashion Marketing Guerilla Tactics

In a New York minute, fashions come and fashions go, but fashion marketing has a new tactic that will surprise you. How do high-end labels get free promotion? Find out in this week's fashion career column.
Film Continuity, Batman, and the Fractured Dream

Have you spotted the visual flub in Batman Begins? When a script supervisor fails to make adequate notes in a rainy scene, many characters and extras stay extra dry.
Viral Marketing and Multimedia Animation: A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay?

Flash animation and multimedia in combination with viral marketing is the way ahead for the advertising industry.
Consumer Product Design - Designed for Life

If you love problem solving, a fascinating product design career could be yours.
MySpace, or Yours?

It's a flagship example of Web design that makes a lucky few rich. MySpace now has more views than Google, and it's taking the Internet by storm. Find out how Web design training can teach you to build your own successful space online.
Gorillaz in the Midst

Gorillaz is the best hip-hop band you will never see in concert. This animated hybrid is a hit with youngsters and is topping the charts in England and America.
Secrets of a Space Planning Pro

Interior design is more than just buying attractive fittings and rag rolling walls. Read on to find out if an interior design career is for you.
Great American Inventions in Architecture & Design

For a country that is notch under 250 years old, the United States has managed to pull a few architecture and design tricks out of its sleeve. Here are our best picks.
Fashion Designer Tips to Bathing Suit Success

Here you are again scouring fashion design books and magazines to find a bathing suit you won’t want to hide away in. Your begin to wonder if fashion designers are schooled in making this part of summer a nightmare.
East Coast, West Coast: Design Gigs in SF & NY

On the West Coast is San Francisco, consistently paying some of the top wages in the country for design. On the East Coast, New York continues to dominate advertising, photography, and fashion. They are two cities fueling one industry.
Gothic Architecture - More than a Movie Set

If you thought gothic architecture was invented by moviemakers, you couldn't be more wrong! Find out how to recognize medieval architecture.
Graphic Design Annual Competitions

If you want to play with the grownups in graphic arts, consider entering Communication Arts' annual contests in graphic design and advertising. Work by the winners appears in annuals distributed worldwide.
Prepping for Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios is the renowned company that brought us Toy Story Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. You can get an inside look at the company and its proprietary software through a summer internship in Emeryville, CA.
Who's the Daddy of eCommerce Web Design?

Find out if you've got what it takes to become an eCommerce Web site designer.
Life By Design

Many people design their own websites using large image files that take forever to load. Here's a simple rule of thumb in using web graphics.
CAD Training is Good Business

CAD training is in the news, making headlines as good business.
Stolen Art Prompts $5 Million Reward

A small, determined Boston museum offers $5 million for the return of 13 treasured pieces of art.
The Art of Interviews

I've been running my own business for many years now and have interviewed countless candidates during my working life. Check out my list of why I didn't give people a job...
Interior Design to Architecture: Products and Practices for Sustainable Design

From eco-architecture to sustainable interior design, some of the newest breakthroughs in design have helped the Earth.
Cate Adair Gets "Desperate" with her Fashion Design Career

Desperate Housewives has the country in an uproar. Women are scrambling to emulate everything about the very likable characters from the way they act to what they wear. Fashion design school could find you supplying wardrobe for such an influential show.
Make Sure Your Web Site Design is User Friendly

You know yourself there are some web sites designs that you appreciate more than others and you visit those sites over and over again. What makes a web page design attractive to the average user?
A Movie Production Couple Behind the Scenes

A celebrity film couple shares a common love of movies. Director Rebecca Miller and Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis discuss their latest collaboration for the film, The Ballad of Jack and Rose.
From the Drafting Table to CAD: Changes in Drafting

3D CAD software is rapidly being used in all manufacturing and architectural fields. Jump on the bandwagon by enrolling in a drafting school.
Landscape Architecture and Miniature Golf Collide

Can miniature golf teach you about landscape architecture? Find out how mini golf has played its role in urban design.
Flash on This

Animation and cartoon developers will meet in New York this summer to share technical tricks and secrets at the annual FlashForward Conference. For three days, Macromedia experts will join with Flash users to trade techniques and revel in the annual Flash Film Festival.
Your Online Art Gallery Guide

Trying to find the perfect online art gallery? How about an original photo print from a renowned photographer? We've picked the top art gallery resources on the web.
A Freeware Masterpiece

It's rare to find graphic freeware that offers the powerful toolkit and cross-platform support that commercial 3D-modeling software provides. A Dutch developer has created Blender, an Open-Source modeling and animation program that can master the big job with finesse.
Sundance Film Festival Celebrates Documentaries

Documentary films captured top prizes at this year's Sundance Film Festival. If you're interested in working in video and film production, the Sundance Institute also offers courses and grants in year-long programs.
In Living Black and White

Black and white photography does not need to make a comeback in today's digital world. It never went away.
Accessorize Your Fashion Career

The clothing design industry is a burgeoning field. If you're looking into attending a fashion design school, you may want to accessorize.
Going Digital for the Best Photography Job Prospects

How do you get from a photography class, to a photography degree, and eventually to a photography job? It'll take a while, but let us show you how.
Database Design: A Hot New Career

In the age of technology, information is king. Businesses rely on their information database to design the direction of the marketing and services they offer to consumers. If you are technologically inclined and you would be interested in database design, then you should consider completing a database design program at an area college or technical school.
Game On!

Many people would love to have a game design career, and you can see why. You get to do what you love most, and are paid for it too! What you might not realize is how difficult it can be to get to the top. If you really yearn to be King of the Castle, then you'll have to plan your approach, gather your weapons, and find your way in before the enemy!
3D Game Design Careers - Exciting, Fun, and a Steady Salary

There was a time when video games were just for kids. I remember my eighth Christmas vividly; I tore open a gift from the grandparents - it was a Nintendo set with Super Mario Bros. included. That was the beginning of my childhood fascination with video game design.
Crossing the Interactive Frontier in a Flash

Designers can go far in their professional careers by programming Macromedia Flash animations. The robust program has cemented its reputation at the hub of mainstream digital design. With a beginning level of Flash training, you can build animated web sites, advertisements, feature cartoons, and presentations.
Going Digital for the Best Photography Job Prospects

There's much more than meets the eye in digital photography. If you're have a photography job that requires point-and-shoot camera work, you might consider enrolling in a state-of-the-art photography class at a college, university, or specialized arts school.
A Darwinian Primer for a Digital World

It's time to evolve. I know you hate to hear it, but eventually, you're going to have to learn how to add attachments to your e-mail or pay your utility bill online. The fact is that we live in a digital world, and digital is the fashion statement that's here to stay. In fact, going digital means more than fashion; it's about survival.
An Inside Look at Tattoo Design

Despite the common misconception, tattoos are not for the hard core bikers or the circus performers. More people everyday are making the decision to decorate their bodies with the tattoo design of their choice. Tattoo design professionals make a comfortable living without being held to the traditional 9 to 5 job. If you have a creative flair and you like the idea of an alternative profession, then you should consider becoming a tattoo design professional.
Careers in The Fashion Industry - How to, Where, and Which One?

All the best ideas in the fashion industry are nothing without the team that sells and promotes them.
Christmas Shopping For The Photographer on Your List

Digital cameras are popular Christmas gift ideas for anyone, especially those in a photography course or career.
Finding an Interior Design Job Q&A

If interior design excites you, be aware that over 20 states require you to pass a qualifying exam before beginning an interior design career. How can you prepare for the interior design exam? The answer: through experience and interior design school.
Being A Specialist

Finding a niche in a fashion career starts with having a strong focus in your fashion school. A good education will help your fashion career be successful as a fashion specialist.
Advertising, Avoidance to Entertainment

Only a few years ago commercials were a part of television that people wanted to avoid at all cost. Today the advertising career has become much more popular, to the point of artistry.
Doing the Right Thing

Is a career in fashion design right for you? A few points to consider...
Adventure through the Lens: Finding the Best Digital Photography School for You

A photography career can be difficult and challenging, but with training from one of the best photography schools you could look forward to an exciting international photography job.
Beyond the Basics in Web Design

While it's true today that many companies hire web designers to build or maintain sites using WYSIWYG programs such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage, you'll still need to know basic HTML code to get a well-paying, long-term web design job.
Everything You Need to Know About Graphic Design

Graphic design is expected to grow faster than average over the next twenty years. But what exactly does a graphic designer do? Read more to find out.
Selling Fashion - Finding Fashion Merchandising Schools

Different parts of the fashion industry require different skills. For the skills required in a career in fashion merchandising career, a fashion merchandising school is the place to start.
Find Yourself in Advertising

There are advertising schools and design-trade academies (both on campus and online) that offer degree and certification programs to sharpen your chops on the latest software. Find out about the latest programs in this week's column.
La Dolce Vita

If you're considering enrolling on a fashion design course, broaden your horizons and your job opportunities by going to Italy - the home of style.
Is It Shutters for Black and White Photography?

If you think a career in photography is right for you, then you should ask yourself: Do I have a passion for all types of photography - even black and white photography? Believe it or not, there are still photography schools offering courses in black and white photography.
For a Career in Fashion, Follow These Steps

To follow in the footsteps of the great brand creators, a fashion design degree is the first stop. Which steps must you take to begin a fashion career? Find out here.
Mother Maya!!!

Why will a quality Maya training program put you way ahead in the competition for jobs available for Maya experts? Mainly because you have the latest training, and the in the world of technology, the newest training programs can prepare you for the job skills in demand.
Maya Training at Your Fingertips

You can find, books, CDs, and Maya training videos online that prepare you for work in the field. Many colleges and dedicated animation schools offer a complete Maya curriculum online.
A Passion for Fashion

How to turn a passion for fashion into a career in fashion merchandising: What do students learn in fashion merchandising school and what kind of jobs can they get?
In Illustration, a Picture is Worth a New Career

Translate your doodling hobby into an illustration career!
What's the Next Best Thing to Fashion School in Italy?

You see the most amazing hat in a store window. Of course, it costs a lot, because it's an Italian brand. You don't have to go to fashion school in Italy to design Italian fashion. Learn more about courses close to home that could fulfill your fashion education needs.
Fashion Sense

Fashion design is the most artistic form of design but creative flair is not enough without the schooling to back it up.
A Century-old Tradition of Special Effects: Will there Continue to be Career Growth?

Everyone in the movie industry is talking about computer generated imagery (CGI) special effects, but can there still be room for the old style? Learn more career growth in special effects and - yes - even special effects make-up school.
Capitalize on Your Creativity with an Advertising Career

Growth is expected in the glamorous advertising industry, but before you jump into an advertising career, follow these steps to ensure the perfect advertising agency job for you.
In Design, the Fun and Games Never End - Accessing Exciting Game Design Schools

If you're a gaming fanatic with a serious artistic bent and envy people with video game jobs, you may want to design a career for yourself. Learn how, here.
Dimensions in Growth: Is the Trend Toward 3D a Fad?

Become a creator of worlds with 3d animation training! Here are some of the reasons 3d worlds are gaining in popularity.
The Art and Design Merger: Today's Technology ensures Diverse Training

Many people chase headlong after an art career before understanding the breadth of the field, the highly competitive nature of the profession, and the training it takes to be successful. The broad range of work can be daunting if you haven’t focused on developing your skills.
Get with the program: Video Game Testers and Designers Needed!

Do you have the creativity and talent to actually be able to design video and computer games? If you are looking to pursue your passion, do it conveniently with an online game design program. Entry-level video game jobs include texture artist, character animator, modeler, and level designer.
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