If you never get tired of looking at gorgeous type, then We Love Typography is the site for you.

WLT is an image, video, & text ‘bookmarking’ site that is wholly dedicated to type-related content. Think of it as a type-centric and visional delicious, if you like.

Posted by Megan

Junior Art Director/Graphic Designer
André Balazs Properties, New York City

André Balazs Properties is a world renowned boutique hotel company consisting of The Standard Hotels in New York, LA, and Miami, The Raleigh in Miami, The Mercer in New York, Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, and Sunset Beach on Long Island. This position works out of the corporate office in New York.

Responsibilities:

• Variations or expansions on existing brand identities including marketing, sales and event materials
• Create presentation materials for marketing, development and sales teams
• Support of web based applications and website development / play an
active role in website planning and innovation
• Update website through CMS system. Create supplemental flash pages.
Update HTML code pages.
• Update and redesign existing menu concepts at hotel restaurants
• Assist with property signage, collateral design and production
• Design email and printed marketing and sales promotions
• Create Advertisement mechanicals for print publications
• Design Invitations (digital and printed) for hotel events
• Design Advertisements for Trade Publications
• Work closely with art directors on concept, design, and
finalize all components of a project
• Maintain the company’s graphic design and photography archives
• Image research

Posted by Megan

Chen Design Associates recently published a charming handbook to help train kitties to use the toilet instead of the litterbox.

A gift book that combines ironic humor with an utterly practical guide, Kick Litter features Moxie and Cooper, two photogenic cats who their message of recovery from litter addiction to the masses. Conceived and written by Hollywood web designer (and reluctant cat whisperer) Perre DiCarlo and designed, packaged and published by Chen Design Associates/CDA Press, Kick Litter is now available at bookstores everywhere.

Posted by Megan

Before the HOW staff heads out for a creative offsite this afternoon, here's a roundup of recent industry news:

• Veer Ideas is the stock photo/illustration/type company's new social networking site; designers can connect, post portfolios, create new artwork and more in what Veer calls "an online creative playground."

• If you're a large firm or in-house group with tons of fonts to manage and many, many workstations, know that Extensis is now shipping Universal Type Server, a font-management solution for Mac and PC. The system tracks metadata including licenses, permissions and keywords and allows users to create font sets and families.

• Duffy & Partners, Minneapolis, created a new identity system for HandsOn Network, the nation's largest community volunteer organization, which manages millions of volunteers and 50,000 community impact projects. In addition to the logo, Duffy developed visual collateral, T-shirts, buttons and a tradeshow booth.

• PhotoShelter announced two initiatives: Shoot! The Day pairs the company with Nikon and Apple for a one-day photography event where professionals shoot images of subjects that stock buyers recently identified as needing new material. And School of Stock is a website that offers pros and amateurs tips on shooting and selling their work.

• Shutterstock launched an online stock-footage collection of "royalty-free forever" video clips that's available on a per-image or subscription basis. The library includes work from 100,000+ photographers and videographers worldwide.

• Neenah Paper released three new swatchbooks: Esse "To Be" features textures and colors created by Italian designer and colorist Beatrice Santiccioli. Minneapolist firm Design Guys created the promo. For Oxford writing, text and cover papers, designer Holly Hunt developed four color palettes that reflect the line's luxurious appeal. For UV/Ultra II and Clearfold, Design Guys again developed a piece that demos Neenah's translucent paper lines and shows its on-press performance.

• Design/branding firm laga (formerly Lipson Alport Glass) and global agency Desgrippes Gobé, have joined together. The new firm, Brandimage—Desgrippes & Laga, provides branding, strategy, architecture and design services in various disciplines. The new venture creates one of the largest design firms worldwide, with $60 million annual billings and 300 employees globally.