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A new double exposure photography app, Dubble, lets users shoot and upload images which are then matched with a random stranger’s…

Dubble was founded by Adam Scott – a photographer and former MD of Lomography UK – and developers Angelo Semeraro, Ben Joyce and Uldis Pirags. It’s free to download and aims to rekindle the excitement of waiting for analogue film to develop.

“I’m from a photography background and have always loved shooting and developing film. I also used to like doing ‘doubles’ – swapping film with other photographers and developing each others’ pictures,” says Scott.

“I got very into smartphone photography in 2011 and 12 but there was still something missing: that element of surprise when you’re developing film and have no idea how it will turn out.  One day, I was walking home from work and thought it would be really good to make an app that brought that experience to smartphones,” he explains.

Dubble isn’t the first app that lets users experiment with double exposure or photo sharing – Rando users can gift and receive images from strangers and Instablend, Mexposure and Camera360 have multiple exposure features – but it’s the first we’ve seen dedicated to social doubling.

The app is still in the early stages of development but it’s easy to use and nicely designed. Photos can be shared via Facebook, Twitter and Flickr and dubble is working on making the app compatible with Flickr and Instagram.

“Angelo [who was responsible for designing the app] is a real app addict and has several years of experience working on user interfaces. The doubling process is quite complex, so we wanted to simplify the app as much as possible. It’s very gesture based – you swipe rather than tap to zoom and share images, as we think people will move away from tapping in future – and it has a flat look like ios7. We started designing dubble at the start of this year, months before ios7 was released, but were really pleased when it came out as the app’s a perfect match for it,” adds Scott.

Random doubling will probably create more bizarre imagery than good, but that’s half the fun of Dubble. Pictures are matched quickly – in just a few seconds, my shot of the bus stop outside my house had been twinned with one of some runners in the Scottish countryside and Washington DC’s Smithsonian Museum – and the caption function allows each photographer to assign a story and hashtag to their picture.

The app isn’t monetised yet, but future plans include paid for extras, follow-up apps and an online store selling photography and smartphone accessories. Scott says he doesn’t want to compete with Instagram or Flickr, and hopes instead that dubble will become “the go to place for creative, collaborative and fun photography.”

It could also prove a useful marketing tool, particularly if group features or functions pairing photos with similar themes or hashtags are introduced.

“We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of images people have uploaded so far and you can create some really nice work with it,” he says – provided, of course, that it isn’t hijacked by users posting ‘selfies’.

Dubble is free to download from the iTunes app store. For more info visit dubble.me

Inspiré par les clichés de chien se secouant (réalisés par le photographe Carli Davidson), le studio Variable, déjà présenté sur Fubiz grâce à la superbe vidéo Holi, nous montre toute leur maîtrise du slow-motion avec cette vidéo intitule « Shake with Dogs ». A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.

In the November issue of Creative Review, we look back at 40 years of Virgin Records, go coast to coast with Levi’s, explore the future of print publishing and tell one man’s story of love, fatherhood and how graphic design can get you arrested in modern America

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Our cover feature this month ties in with Virgin Records’ 40 Years of Disruptions book and exhibition (a project helmed by This is Real Art). We interview two of the label’s key creative collaborators – photographer/designer Brian Cooke of Cooke Key Associates and video commissioner Carole Burton-Fairbrother.

Cooke talks at length about working with John Varnom and Jamie Reid on the Sex Pistols, his partnership with Trevor Key and the origins of the famous Virgin logo.

Our cover, by the way, features a piece of point of sale material produced by Cooke Key for the Great Rock n Roll Swindle in 1979. You can see its fluoro loveliness and wraparound image better in this snap of a proof

Elsewhere, Angharad Lewis introduced her new concept, Up Side Up, which provides a platform for graphic designers to create products

And Rose Design talk us through their brand identity for the Bletchley Park museum

For advertising readers, Eliza Williams profiles Flo Heiss, who recently left Dare to set up his own studio with Tomato founder Graham Wood

And Rachael Steven reports from Station to Station, a collaboration between Levi’s and artist Doug Aitken in which a converted vintage train travelled across the US stopping off for arts events at cities along the way

Plus, Mark Sinclair looks at the changing world of graphic arts publishing where paper-based products, gifts and new formats are rapidly replacing books on the shelves of both retailers and buyers

And we look at the transformation of magazine websites thanks to a host of new tools

In tribute to his late father, NY designer Paul Sahre decided to recreate and relaunch a model rocket from his childhood. As a result, he nearly got himself arrested. Helen Walters relates a beautiful tale of love, fatherhood and paranoia in our Crit section

Plus, Julia Errens reports on an open day for creative studios run by women

Michael Evamy looks at the flattening trend in logo design

And Daniel Benneworth-Gray shares the agonies of awaiting feedback, while Paul Belford discusses a classic Guardian ad from 1987 with incredibly brave art direction

And in Monograph, we feature a beautiful collection of bicycle headbadges courtesy of Phi Carter from Carter Wong

The November issue of Creative Review is available to buy direct from us here. Better yet, subscribe to make sure that you never miss out on a copy – you’ll save money too. Details here.

Le photographe Diego Arroyo, après sa superbe série au Kenya, nous présente des clichés de visages d’une beauté incroyable réalisés en Ethiopie. Des images magiques, qui nous font voyager à travers le regard d’hommes et d’enfants captés avec talent par l’appareil de l’artiste espagnol.

Le photographe allemand Nick Frank, après sa superbe série Munich Subway, nous propose de superbes clichés de la ville d’Hong-Kong pris depuis les hauteurs de la ville. Réunie sous le nom « Hong-Kong Cityscapes », cette série mixant images en couleurs et en noir et blanc est à découvrir dans la suite.