Asking About Design: The Activity Introduction: The activity that I have created is generic, not based around any one item or set. Of course, as a graphics tutor, my main aim here is to provide a set of questions to help open up graphic design or perhaps photography or illustration […]
Summer is here and instead of being bored you could do a graphic design project with GDP! Whether you are a complete beginner at design or someone who’d like to refresh or build your portfolio you are welcome to join the GDP community. Our recommended getting-out-of-the-house for summer projects are […]
Sometimes you head off to an exhibition thinking, “yeah, well it’ll be kinda ok, I guess” only to be blown away with surprise and delight. And any exhibition that greets you at the door with a giant meringue French bulldog has go to be worth taking notice of. The new […]
Boston is my favourite city. So the tragedies of recent months have hit home in the GDP headquarters. However, what has been refreshing and indeed heart-warming has been the response of the people of Boston itself and the wider world. Such kindnesses have been shown privately and institutionally, not least […]
One Day in History Portraits of children and youths who survived the massacre on the island of Utoeya outside Oslo (NO) on 22nd of July 2011. “I bear my scares with dignity, because I got them standing for something I believe in.” Ylva Schwenke (15) from Tromsø hid by a […]
Welcome to our Spring Offer on online design and art projects for creative beginners and portfolio builders! Topics range from basic design layout and type all around, custom shoes and packaging, to more challenging projects like book jackets, illustrated lyrics, graphic novels and promotions. There are fashion, retail, environment, animal […]
If you would like to take part in our seasonal project, The Easter Image Project, you might want to start thinking about beginning now to be ready at Easter itself. The project helps you to create a fabulous poster for a community gathering at Easter. This could be a large […]
Trying to ignore the horrible weather and feeling like you’d like to create instead? Then look no further than GDP’s featured projects. For music lovers we’ve got The Visible Sounds Project and The Words Project. The first introduces you to a fantastic range of imaginative designers, artists and animators who […]
This time of year sees organisations in both the USA and UK collecting data from garden bird counts that we can all join in with. GDP folk have been engaging in garden bird counts for years and it is really interesting to monitor the decline and increase of varying bird […]
Until 3rd February 2013 you can go to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, to have the winter blues blasted away in no uncertain terms by the uncompromising, super-heated photographs of Mario Testino. The exhibition is subtitled “In Your Face” and that is an exact description of the way that Testino […]
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