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Design Your Own Kelly Bag

2008-05-13T10:12:15.8123750-04:00

Just download the PDF from the Hermes site and cut, fold and glue your own iconic Kelly bag. There's even a white version so you can add your own graphics.

Optical Illustion

2008-05-13T09:00:26.7967500-04:00

If you squint, you can read the title of this album designed by Trevor Jackson.

Shaken Illustration

2008-05-12T14:17:18.1873750-04:00

Penguin Books is re-releasing the entire collection of James Bond novels with new retro covers created by illustrator Michael Gillette.

Getting Started With Dreamweaver

2008-05-12T13:23:41.5623750-04:00

Whether you’re totally new to building websites, or migrating from GoLive or a previous version of Dreamweaver, a new one-day seminar called Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CS3 brings the entire workflow together.

HOW Conference Project

2008-05-12T09:30:48.4217500-04:00

Over on the HOW Forum, longtime member Fantomas has created a unique badge that'll help the forum gang identify each other in Boston. Cool.

Build Your Own Font

2008-05-09T11:26:11.0317248-04:00

If you've got a little time to kill today, check out FontStruct from Fontshop.

A Way with Words

2008-05-09T09:09:51.0310000-04:00

Being first and foremost a word person and secondarily a visual person, I find these Newspaper Blackout Poems by Austin, TX, writer/illustrator/designer Austin Kleon to be quite remarkable.

Friday Font Find

2008-05-09T08:23:39.4848498-04:00

Calgary, designed by Alejandro Paul, was inspired by the brush script on a "Welcome to Calgary" sign.

Really, It All Sounds Alike

2008-05-08T16:30:46.5671250-04:00

Having spent a recent week poring through the entries in HOW's Promotion Design Awards, we once again observed that the sales pitches in a lot of design firms' promos sound stunningly alike.

News

2008-05-08T14:21:36.5000000-04:00

Buncha news this week from Wausau, Neenah and Strathmore, plus Extensis and the Design Management Institute.

No. 1 Design Mind

2008-05-08T11:54:31.6406250-04:00

The Cooper-Hewitt just announced the winners of the National Design Awards and Pentagram's Michael Bierut won for Design Mind, which recognizes a visionary who has affected a paradigm shift in design thinking or practice through writing research, and scholarship.

Pretty in Green

2008-05-08T08:27:32.6710000-04:00

We're big fans of delphine, designer Erika Firm's Rancho Santa Fe, CA-based papergoods line. Not only have Erika's gorgeous goodies shown up in HOW design annuals, but they're also featured in our upcoming story about designers' handmade paper items.

Blog Love

2008-05-07T13:58:22.5625000-04:00

I just fell in love with a blog called Hula Seventy, written by Andrea in Portland, OR.

Found On Flickr . . .

2008-05-07T13:05:49.0625000-04:00

this paper alphabet made by Argentine creative Lala Ladcani.

Smart Models

2008-05-07T12:42:50.7968750-04:00

If I wasn't going to be on my to the HOW Conference on May 17th, I'd love to check out AGIA New York's SMART/MODELS event.

Web Winners

2008-05-06T16:18:34.6693750-04:00

The winners of the 12th annual Webby Awards were announced today and you can check them out in a fun-to-browse interface.

So Do I

2008-05-06T13:24:16.3100000-04:00

This inspiring typographic drawing was created by 22-year-old design student Will Bryant.

Stunning Images

2008-05-05T11:22:04.4350000-04:00

The photographer Walter Schels and the journalist Beate Lakotta spent over a year making portraits of 26 people who were very close to death and again just after death.

It's Back: HOW Salary Survey

2008-05-05T11:02:46.9818750-04:00

We're all paying more at the pump and at the grocery checkout these days, so our paychecks are stretched thin. If you're wondering how your income stacks up against others in the design field, then you'll be interested in HOW's 2008 Design Salary Survey.

Congrats!

2008-05-05T10:33:39.4193750-04:00

HOW's sister magazine, PRINT, celebrates its fourth win in the General Excellence category of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Ellie Awards, the magazine industry’s highest honor.