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Founded in 2005 by an ever growing group of young designers and vagabonds eager to collect and share the best design work they came across, FormFiftyFive soon became an international showcase of creative work.

Although the site was doing a great job at sparking creativity, we felt it could, and should, be even bigger and better. So we spent many moons working on a brand new FormFiftyFive, still high in eye (and brain) candy, but with a brand new look and lots of new features that dig even deeper into what’s happening in the design community.

We’ve also added more interactive elements on the site so people can exchange and store ideas more easily, encouraging collaboration and making the site more than just another design blog.

So have a look round, if you see something you love or hate be sure to comment, and drop us a line if there’s a juicy bit of creative gold you’d like to see on here.

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Jim Datz

Illustrator Jim Datz has updated his immense folio of work with new gems including a whole range of independent projects.

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Ten Years of Bleed

Mr. Joakim Jansson wrote to us to notify about a recent update of his versatile portfolio, 1-UP. He's a senior designer at Bleed, the well-known norwegian design consultancy, which by the way turned 10 this June.

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RM 2012 Olympic Stamps

Studio David Hillman have just finished designing these brilliant stamps for Royal Mail. This is the second set of 10 stamps to be released by Royal Mail with a further 10 set to be released in 2011 to complete a collection of 30 1st Class ...

Posted by Gil
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Joao Oliveira — Update

Joao Oliveira is a portuguese illustrator. Through the last year he rapidly expanded his skills and become a designer with very recognizable style.

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Yes Yes Y’all

Yes Yes Y'all / Channel Y has re-launched. With more people experiencing the web on TV and TV on the web, this new iteration of Yes Yes Y’all is right where it needs to be. As one of the first passive experiences online, ...

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26 Treasures at the V&A

Jayne from the writers collective 26 has been in touch about this very interesting project. 26 writers have been paired with 26 objects in the V&A’s British Galleries, with each writer writing exactly 62 words in response. The written pieces will be on display ...

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We Made This

One of my favourite studios – We Made This – have a shiny new site showcasing their considered print work. You can find out more about the changes on their blog

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True North

Matt from True North has been in touch about a new project for photographer Paudie Spillane, the idea behind the stationery is using raw image names which come on digital contact sheets and jpegs, sequential numbering adds to the bespoke feel and can be ...

Posted by Chris J
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We Shall See— New website

FFF's very own Mr Chris Gray has just updated his personal blog – not to be confused with his illustration agency, Toy. Another one for the blogroll.

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An interview with The New York Times

An interesting interview with Graphics Director of the NY Times, Steve Duenes. Discussing the role of graphic designers (graphic ...

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  • Subbuteo Poster Competition—Winner

    The lucky winner is John Argyle. Congratulation to John Argyle for winning one of Ryan Tym's hand screenprinted Subbuteo pitch posters. Commiseration’s to everyone else who entered, but you can still buy them from Ryan's online store. Remember to keep checking back for more ...

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  • Go Faster—Book Review

    The racing car is the product of an endless search for a high speed and precision performance machine, both in terms of engineering and aesthetics. Sven Voelker's latest book Go Faster: The Graphic Design of Racing Cars looks at how the exterior graphic ...

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  • Graphic Design: A User’s Manual—Book Review

    Of all the design related books on my shelf How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul is definitely the most thumbed. Its tatty corners and mucky cover hint at its usefulness since I bought it about five years ago. And you ...

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  • HelloMuller Poster Competition—Winner

    The lucky winner is Jack Osborne. Congratulation to Jack for winning our HelloMuller signed poster competition. Commiseration's to everyone else who entered. There's always next time. So keep checking back for more competitions and features and best of luck for next time. We'd also like to thank ...

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  • Made & Sold—Book Review

    Made & Sold charts the efforts of designers outside the usual 9 to 5 bill paying work. Published by Laurence King and edited by FL@33 towards the end of last year; FL@33 have built themselves a reputation for editing ...

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  • Fully Booked—Book Review

    Fully Booked is a tome representing some of the best examples of cover art and design for books. Hitting our doormat with a real thud, Fully Booked is a hefty title announcing itself as an authoritative reference point on book design. Everything about it has been ...

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  • Sixpack Zines

    1998, Sixpack opens it's first store in Paris, with no business strategy & no daddy's boys socializing, the first Sixpack tee-shirt is made. 2009 and Sixpack is still collaborating with incredible artists around the world, from Steven Harrington to Parra. Famous for ...

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  • Papercraft—Book Review

    Papercraft is the fourth book from Gestalten documenting the growing trend of hand crafted creations. Following on from Hidden Track , Tactile and Tangible, Papercraft focuses on paper as a means of creation and expression of ideas through this common ...

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  • Visual Aid 2: Competition—and the winner is…

    To mark the recent release of Visual Aid: v. 2: You Can Never Know Enough Stuff, the people kind people at Draught Associates are giving away one of their brand new poster from the book. Visual Aid 2 is the sequel ...

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  • Boxed and Labelled—Book Review

    Boxed and Labelled takes a fresh look at packaging design, illustrating how it has developed it's own graphic language in today's over crowded shelves. A solid body of work, showing off some of the best examples of contemporary packaging design. Documenting various aspects from ...

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