Modern artery: New artwork for latest Renaissance release

Filed under: Advertising & Marketing, Design & Illustration, Engine News, Music,

Posted 6 months ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

With a request from the artist of a human heart for the cover, Engine Creative continued the Platform series op(eration)-art direction with a touch of bold isometric pop. The theme is carried through to an ominous transplant theatre on the interior gatefold panels.
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Bricking it: Lego Universe MMO beta testing

Filed under: Games, Games Industry, Inspiration, Technology,

Posted 7 months ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

In lieu of a more detailed post on Lego and its universal role as a creativity catalyst, you might want know that you can currently sign up to beta test the forthcoming Lego Universe MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game!).

Bricking it: Lego Universe MMO beta testing
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An irregular games review: Mirror's Edge

Filed under: Games, Insight, Technology,

Posted 9 months ago by Dan Smith, Comments (2)

Using a unique modern aesthetic, so refreshing from the standard testosterone sci-fi apocalypse of many games. Rendered in white with controlled pockets of bold colours, there is nothing else like Mirror's Edge.

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Engine Creative gets published

Filed under: Branding & Strategy, Engine News, Publications,

Posted over 2 years ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

A few months ago, I got an email from a lady named Charlotte Rivers. She had come across our work and wanted to know if we would like to contribute to one of her books about design. 'LogoArt - Innovation in Logo Design' showcases some of the best logo design from around the world. The book examines logos both as two-dimensional designs and also in their three-dimensional contexts, exploring both the creative inspiration and the logistics behind the work.
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I Don't Believe in Modern Love...

Filed under: Inside Engine Creative, Inspiration, Irreverence, Music,

Posted over 2 years ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

I chanced upon a musical gem while listening to Jonathan Ross' Saturday Radio 2 show. Enter The Last Town Chorus' version of David Bowie's "Modern Love". Being a big Bowie fan, I had to track it down.
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Video games go to the lab

Filed under: Games, Inspiration, Technology,

Posted over 3 years ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

Usually reserved for websites and software applications, video games are now getting the usability treatment. Development companies have always had testing departments, more technically focussed on fixing visual errors, bugs and crashes. Now Microsoft and Bungie are putting Halo 3 through the full usability lab process to make their game perfectly playable by all.
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ecm magazine & digital awards 2007

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Posted over 3 years ago by Dan Smith, Comments (0)

Continuing our long running relationship with Emap, Engine Creative was commissioned to produce a poster, menu cards & website header for the Emap Consumer Media (ecm) magazine and digital awards 2007.
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