Celebrity Photographer, Rachel Joseph, wanted some simple christma cards to give out to clients. Check this little beauty out on heavyweight card with bespoke handwriting.

Sponsored by Leighton Denny.

"Recently I have completed a work placement at MadebyShape. During my time I worked with the team on a variety of projects, from designing the layout of an upcoming studio project - from research to final design stage, to working on character illustrations for a children’s sporting venture. Having never really done much illustration work in my time at college and university the experience was great! It proved to myself that I was capable of producing work of value in a different than my norm category.

The team are a great laugh and a really inspiring…

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Here at Shape we have just released our festive interactive countdown to christmas 2011 http://www.itsashapechristmas.co.uk/ in collaboration with illustrators from around the globe. A new illustration will be revealed everyday throughout December up until Santa arrives on the 25th. All of the featured illustrations will be available to download for FREE as wallpapers for iPad, iPhone and Android devices.

Illustrators from around the world include the likes of Alan Heighton (popular for works in Creative Review, The Guardian, The Financial Times and artwork for The Arctic Monkeys), Gareth Hughes (designer at Magnetic North),…

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As myself (Andy) and Jason teach Web Design to students at the University of Salford, it becomes apparent that many new students don't know basics of Web Design because they have never done it before, which gets us thinking what are the main 3 factors of starting in Web Design? What do you really have to understand well before you learn the rest?

Well from my experience at the University, I would probably say that it is the following:

Grid Structure
Understanding grid systems, margins, gutters and widths is very important within design. Of…

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Andy represented Shape at the I Love UK Launch party at the Place Hotel in Manchester. Unfortunately we don't have any swarve pictures of him in a blazer so here is just one from the night of a few celebrities - provided by Jason Harry Photography. For more details about I Love UK go visit the media pack website

"Here at Shape we appreciate excellence in design, consistency in branding and well-executed projects. As we gear up for @ShapeChristmas (www.itsashapechristmas.co.uk) we can't help but notice that the retail world has gone Christmas crazy and through all of the tinsel and 'celebrity' light switch-ons we turned to something a little more sophisticated. Ladies and gentleman, here at Shape we love the new John Lewis tv ad. Not only did we fall head over heels for the technical expertise involved (take a look at the 'making of' video) but we also welled up as…

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OK, so we feel bad for not doing movember in our new studio, so Andy shot a little something on set the other day in between shoots. The lovely Anabela was our model, and the sweet t-shirt just happened to be what she turned up to the shoot in! A lovely coincidence! We've seen a few other designers wearing the moustache this year, and let's just say that it suits some more than others! haha, so here's our little something to the wonderful world of creativity.

To find out more about movember follow the link here:

We were commissioned to develop the new Swifty Scooter website, which has just launched with great new features, go check it out:

http://swiftyscooters.com/