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FUNDRAISER: Pupils get creative, designing football kits for African children

By Jenny Waddington COVENTRY schoolchildren have added a touch of colour to football and helped disadvantaged children in Africa. Primary school youngsters in the city are getting creative when it comes to supporting pupils in Ethiopia by getting involved in...

Posted by Esh Capelo on November 14, 2008 10:20 AM

Design Event: Urban Translation tour

DID you know that if the city planners of the 60s had had their way, Newcastle could be an underground City? I learnt this and many other fascinating facts this weekend as I took part in a totally alternative City...

Posted by Anya Bramich on October 20, 2008 1:58 PM

Getting a foot in the door

When I graduated from Uni a few years back I suddenly found myself staring at a black hole between where I'd been and the challenge of landing my first job in the Creative Industries. After studying Graphic Design for three...

Posted by John Newbold on October 14, 2008 4:43 PM

Post redesign - 22 days to go

Read that heading above - and then email me to reassure me that it is an obvious mistake. Maybe it is supposed to say 32 days to go...or 28...23? It is certainly true that time has flown by since my...

Posted by Mike Hughes on September 28, 2008 9:01 PM

Post redesign - 32 days to go

Coming towards the end of an 11-hour day working through the 1001 things I need to do before The Post relaunches as a compact on Monday October 20. Sometimes the days pass quickly and much is achieved and sometimes I...

Posted by Mike Hughes on September 18, 2008 6:46 PM

Me and Andris

Having just started blogging yesterday, I had committed myself to keeping a regular dialogue about how I am involved in redesigning the Birmingham Post. But I am just about to break that rule on day two. And it is all...

Posted by Mike Hughes on September 18, 2008 8:33 AM

A new look for a newspaper

You may not realise it, but this is an important moment. Not only is this my first blog, it is also the start of a guided tour - hopefully lasting a few weeks and led by me - through the...

Posted by Mike Hughes on September 17, 2008 5:06 PM

I'm going back to college - web site design

I'm very proud of my Dr Midas website as I put it together myself through trial and error with overwritten templates and copy and pasted designs. However I know it is really basic compared to some author websites out...

Posted by Susan Humphreys on June 23, 2008 1:02 PM

Dragons' Den for Weapons - win and kill someone!

I see the MOD has launched a scheme for wannabe military scientists to come forward with ideas for battlefield weapons and equipment. It's being billed as a kind of 'Dragons' Den for Weapons' although some might say that is trivialising...

Posted by Ben Hurst on May 31, 2008 6:22 PM