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Book 0809 showcases some of the finest work produced by emerging creative talent internationally in the last 12 months. Set in the enchanting World of YCN, the publication is available to buy online now.

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This year's YCN Awards have now launched, and all needed to take part can be found online. The Awards are based around a collection of live creative briefs, written each year by partnering organisations

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Today's News

Posted December 1st, 2008

Blyk research session...

Last week we ran the second in a series of design research sessions for the Finnish mobile company Blyk; a case study of which will be added to the agency section shortly. Thanks to Hans Lo and Guy Archard for filming and photography - pictured is attendee Rachel Owen.

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Posted November 27th, 2008

Damien, Desk, Dalston...

Damien Poulain, whose work as part of our Bateman's Row project is shown above, has a some desk-space on offer in a shared London studio. More details here...

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Posted November 27th, 2008

Jordan Nelson...

... hails from Edinburgh, graduated this year and recently visited YCN to show some interesting type work.

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Posted November 27th, 2008

The 12 Days of Christmas...

... is an exhibiton in aid of Shelter, curated by Studio8 Design and hosted by Poke London. A series of prints depicting each of the 12 days has been created by different artists (including Sophia Augusta, whose three french hens are shown above) to be sold - along with matching Christmas cards - on the evening of 3rd December. Further details can be found here, and all are welcome.

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Posted November 25th, 2008

Book 0809...

... is now available to buy online. Designed by HudsonBec (and set in the specially created World of YCN), this fifth edition of our annual publication presents a wonderful and diverse showcase of emerging creative talent, including all work Commended as part of last year's YCN Awards. Read all about it here.

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Posted November 25th, 2008

Case study, ActionAid...

We were recently commissioned by the the international development charity ActionAid to re-design the website for their youth campaigning arm Bollocks to Poverty. As part of the project we commissioned ten image makers to create tactical, campaign related, artworks to pepper the pages of the site.

Shown is a crop from the work of Andrew Groves, while a case study of the project can be found in the Agency section here.

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Posted November 24th, 2008

Furze Chan...

... is a Hong Kong based illustrator producing extraordinary hand drawn, collage and sculpture work. See it here.

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