Issue 144 | United Arab Emirates

What a difference a year makes. Where once we might have been complaining that the city had been hit hard by the recession, we can now boast back-to-back dubstep/d'n'b nights a dizzying array of tech-house nights, endless hip hop and R'n'B options and big name gigs on a nearly weekly basis.

And that ceaseless diversity is represented on the biggest night of the year, New Year's Eve. From Paul Van Dyk, Axwell and Dubfire to home-grown sucess stories like Subst@nce and our own New year's Day party at Nasimi, there's something for everyone. and because we're nice like theat, we've compiled a handy going out guide for the 31st, to make your night out as stress-free as possible.

Elsewhere in the issue, we look back at the album...

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Issue 07 | International

And off you go in the 7th Edition. This time we present 100% graffiti. The Downbylaw # 7 starts with Captain Nemo on a journey into the graffiti world.
On board, we dance with the girls dropped to boogie styles. As a helmsman the old-school legend Fume on board and can shine with its long experience. Meki, from Btops has to offer not only his style, he is also concerned about that the crew is supplied with rum. The Uwax crew conjures in the Galley the best styles in the alphabet soup and Seoulmates show the others on board their "Kung Fu Fighting Styles". For the colorful entertainment are the Space Pirates and it shows all his boa Berlin Bombing NBC attack.

The cabins each berth depends on the yard pin-up posters on the wood...

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Issue 171 | International

The latest issue of Web Designer goes on sale this week (June 3rd) so here’s a preview of the cover art and a quick glimpse at the key areas of content to watch out for: WEB DESIGNER 171

Top 50 blogging tips for design and maintenance across the key CMS brands including WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal & SquareSpace

Flash Under Fire? A look at how the Apple/Adobe row over Flash could change the face of dynamic design forever
Behind the Scenes with Scottish agency Chunk, plus a Q&A with the app development team at UsTwo
Draw charts with jQuery, develop eCommerce solutions with Actinic 10, plus video with Silverlight 4

More info: http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk

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Issue 296 | International

This month, Blueprint reports on Venice and the twelfth Architecture Biennale. In particular, attention has been focussed on those countries who have chosen to use their temporary pavilions to express and discuss ideas that look far beyond the festival’s three-and-a-half months. Adrian Friend explores Bahrain’s award-winning attempts in creating a more harmonious relationship between Middle Eastern development and cultural traditions. Peter Kelly finds that Aldo Cibic is mixing the abstract with the actual in his notion of rural urbanism, presented at the International Pavilion.

Interdisciplinary collaborations reign large on Venetian soil this year, Owen Pritchard explores the Garden Pavilion by Belgian architects Office KGDVS...

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