Design

In this final part of the series, we see how the "traditional" Chinese propaganda styles from the time of the revolution are still in vogue, though also supplemented by modern styles, not always successfully. Thematically, the period from 1976 to the present is possibly the most diverse, a mishmash of snowed-in oil fields, fat babies, styrofoam and cola cans.

From the seven years between 1969-76, we are left with a vast heritage of marvelous propaganda material. In the second part of this series, we take a look at 50 carefully selected posters from that period.

Chinese propaganda is like a fabulously bold and colourful history lesson, the kind of history lesson anyone with decent colour vision can appreciate. Look inside and feast your eyes on this first part of a series!

Glaring racism, violence, murder, misogynism and a lot of smoke - In this post, we have a look at various forms of "politically incorrect" advertising and propaganda from the late 1800's up until the present. The material of our present days might not be as overt as it used to, but it's still about in droves, and sometimes with an even fouler smell to it.

Design your own, authentic Reggae album cover in this fantastic Photoshop Tutorial. Continued from Part 1.

Design your own, authentic Reggae album cover in this fantastic Photoshop Tutorial. And who better to guide you in the process than a designer who is Jamaican born and bred, and who also happens to be one of the winners from the Crestock Photoshop Contest 2008? Enjoy!

Crestock sent five stock images to Peter Nowacki (aka. Velendil) and challenged him to Photoshop it into something weird or wonderful. Check out the end result, complete with an illustrated tutorial of how it was created.

In this post, we're taking a look at the cover designs of 42 album cover designs from reggae and related genres. See how Scientist rid the World of the evil curse of the Vampires, say hello to Uglyman, and learn why the colours red, gold and green are so central in reggae and Rastafari culture.

Designing a website is so much more than just making it look pretty. The bigger the site, the more complex the task grows, and it compasses so many disciplines you'll need a team of specialists for the really big projects. Even if you're working on a small business website, there are still a number of areas to cover – here are some of the best articles from 2008 to help you on your way.

In the following tutorial David Oei and Carolyn Sullivan show us how they created their entry for the first round of the Crestock Photoshop Contest 2008 - a poster inspired by the Russian Constructivist movement