City without limits

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The environment for each episode of 'Futurama' is disposable, according to Claudia Katz, lead producer of 'Futurama' at Rough Draft Studios. She emphasizes that it is very difficult to design the future, as it is impossible to define the future except through things that exist now or through inventions that have a second incarnation. She recognizes that humour is important, and states that contrasts are always funny.

Interview, Animated films, Animated movies, Katz, Claudia

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Ornaments of interface: For now, there's little innovation in the icons of mainstream software, but the art of iconography is becoming every more subtle and complex

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There is little innovation in mainstream icon art. Icons must be reductive and redundant, and there are spatial limitations. Major software companies do not even employ designated icon designers. Susan Kare, an icon designer, believes that icons should be simple. Gedeon Maheux, president of Icon Factory, believes there will be a new type of information architecture, which will have to be defined with signage.

Design and construction, Icons

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Refined art: There will always be a demand for the hand-drawn line, but subtle special effects and high-tech amenities are wending their way into a classic art form

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Commercial illustration is combining the raw materials of fine art with a palette of pixels. The Illustration Conference in Santa Fe addressed new processes, and many next-generation illustrators claim that digital tools can be used to inject an old-world tradition with subtle texture and complexity.

Methods, Usage, Innovations, Computers, Digital computers, Commercial art, Illustrators

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