By Impti Du Toit

To succeed in today's digital design industry requires more than simply keeping abreast of the latest versions of computer programs required. Visual designers also need to keep a finger on the pulse of new technologies in a broader sense to optimise creativity in a world revolutionised by the pixel, says Eva Csernyanszky of Friends of Design Academy of Digital Arts.

“Vilem Flusser, one of the great modern theorists on communication in the 20th century, predicted the pixel landscape as the new world we would move through -and the technological advancements made since the introduction of the personal computer and the World Wide Web has indeed led us into the era of the pixel: the universe of the technical image,” she says.

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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. today announced the official launch of Playboy Island in Second Life. The Rabbit Head-shaped island, created and maintained by Sentient Services, will house a virtual Playboy retail store and will also offer Second Life residents the chance to connect with the brand through a variety of events and social opportunities. Playboy is the first men's lifestyle brand to have a presence in Second Life.

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New York, NY - Galveston.com & Company won a Stevie Award in the Multimedia: Public Information category in The 2007 American Business Awards last night for its entry, Second Life Galveston Island. Galveston.com won the 2006 Award for Best Overall Website Design.

Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” (New York Post , April 27, 2005), The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business.

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When PA Consulting wanted to build an extra wing for its offices, it hired the best man for the job.

Unusually, perhaps, it turned out that the best man for the job was an enormous rabbit, and one which wanted to be paid in an electronic currency that didn't exist a few years ago.

But then again, the office extension PA wanted was a virtual one, built in the rapidly growing Second Life online world.

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