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Semi Permanent was started in Sydney in 2003 by Australians Andrew Johnstone and Murray Bell and has since become an international annual conference, spanning across 5 counties and 9 cities including London, Los Angeles and Stockholm. Semi Permanent is now synonymous with assembling industry leaders from all creative fields to present their work, inspirations, processes, insights and to simply share their creative journey with fellow peers over two jam-packed days. As always, there was an impressive showcase of amazing work that spanned across Graphic Design, Film, Animation, Motion Graphics, Architecture and Visual Effects. Illustration, Photography and Graffiti. Photographer Max Doyle showcased his diverse talent by entertaining us with a live jam of one of his songs. And of course it wouldn't be a design conference without the guys from Stab Magazine firing t-shirts into the crowd from a canon.

The World Wide Web gives anyone the chance to reach a truly global audience. But there's a lot more to successfully doing so than simply setting up a single English language site and hoping for the best. English is still the most commonly used language on the internet. An analysis of the technologies used in website construction suggests that over half of all sites on the web today are in English. If we take a look at the languages used by surfers however, English still comes out on top but only marginally. Around 27% of internet users speak English compared to 25% who speak Chinese, while Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish are all experiencing rapid growth. This is due largely to increasing internet penetration rates in developing countries (with Latin America accounting for the large rise in Spanish and Portuguese).

Adaptive design has evolved from being a strong trend to become a reality of the web today. In a world that has been conquered by mobile devices over the past two decades, no one now understands a website that cannot be viewed on different screen resolutions, or at the very least the minimum provided on smartphones and tablets.

Packaging is always inspirational. It's one of our favorite subjects, perhaps because it's about real materials, something web designers don't get to enjoy so often. Packaging selections didn't used to be a regular feature on our blog, but we've decided to make a monthly selection thanks to the number of visually outstanding projects that are out there. The creativity to be found in this area is admirable, with such unexpected, aesthetically strong and practical solutions constantly being invented to improve the quotidian objects that surround us.

Parallax scroll has become mainstream, Ian Coyle created the very first parallax website for Nike "Nike Better World" on 2011, nowadays it is overused as a trendy effect but it is a great tool if it serves the user experience and is perfect for storytelling websites. The term is derived from the Greek παράλλαξις (parallaxis), meaning "alteration". Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax scrolling can be used to determine distances.

These days embedding video in a website is very easy, the element in HTML5 is compatible with almost all current browser versions (see Can I Use video), which saves us a lot of the old difficulties. Now we can implement video and customize a player without third-party software. element is very simple: the complication is in the browser support, especially in old versions and mobile.

Handcrafted website for the first Georgian craft beer 34. Everything about the World's Youngest Legendary Beer told through meticulous illustration on a single flexible page.

Bonne Marque's bold new portfolio reflects their recent 'Born Makers' rebrand, defining the next era of the creative industry.

The inside story of a big pharma cover up, a 15-part journalism experience for Huffington Post Highline.

Step into the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah and explore inside the world's most luxurious hotels as you travel through 360 degrees of luxury.

An interactive war documentary that honors the 100th Anniversary of a historic battle

Four stories about elephants from around the world. Discover the secret life of elephants and why we need to protect them.

An online magazine with exclusive Centurion Magazine readers features - as well as a public go-to destination for luxury content.

It's a Shape Christmas is an Interactive Advent Calendar themed around Christmas & Shapes.

It's a Shape Christmas is an Interactive Advent Calendar themed around Christmas & Shapes.

A top cycling apparel brand that focuses its attention on the perfect product performance requires a website that not only is distinguished, sporty and modern, but includes all of its niche interests.

Discover the story of Apator, the last & legendary Gallic through 6 illustrated innovative and immersive scrolling episodes.