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# Wednesday, April 04, 2007
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Not For The Fainthearted
Posted by Megan

If you've ever watched (and enjoyed) the stop-motion animation show Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network, then "Five Minutes to Kill Yourself" is a fun little web game you'll enjoy. If the idea of an office worker offing himself in despair isn't amusing to you, then I'd avoid it.

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Just for Fun
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:22:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [2] 
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Fun With Tupperware
Posted by Megan

The third annual Translations in Tupperware Global Design Contest invites consumers and designers from around the world to create a piece of art or unique functional product inspired by Tupperware. The deadline is August 31.


Call for Entries
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:24:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
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Taxi!
Posted by Bryn

Surely there's no more iconic brand than the screaming-yellow New York City taxicab. Smart Design in NYC put a fresh graphic face on a new breed of taxi (the 2007 Kia Rondo) as part of The Design Trust for Public Space’s Taxi 07 project, celebrating the New York City taxi's centennial. Antenna Design and Birsel + Seck also worked on the project, which bowed this week at the New York International Auto Show.


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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:37:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [1] 
# Tuesday, April 03, 2007
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Your Design Business
Posted by Bryn
Looking to start your own design shop (or in the throes of doing so)? Business of Design Online is surely a great resource; it's from a few of the minds behind Creative Latitude, including Catherine Morley, Jeanette (Jay) Wickham and Neil Tortorella.


Industry News
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:11:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
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Customize Your Laptop
Posted by Megan

What's cooler than a 17-inch Power Book? A 17-inch Power Book that's been laser etched with a sweet design. Both Urban Retro Lifestyle and MAKE have posts on this warrenty-voiding trend.

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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:03:48 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [1] 
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Do You Gnome Me?
Posted by Megan

In honor of HOW's associate editor Carmen Pease, who's in sunny San Diego for the Y Conference, here's a link to a great roundup of gnome products and accessories on home-style blog Shelterrific.


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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:48:19 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
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Predicting The Future
Posted by Megan

What will tomorrow bring? You be the forecaster: By 2025, will design be solely the domain of professional designers or will it be a commodity created by the masses? Take our new Web Poll by April 25 and register your vote. Then watch for the results in HOW's August issue.


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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 3:23:47 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
# Monday, April 02, 2007
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A Model of a Model
Posted by Bryn

via designBytes

"Plastic replicas of fake copies of these great buildings": The new Las Vegas Miniland at Legoland in Carlsbad, CA, boasts a replica of, among other Vegas attractions, the ersatz New York New York. All using 2 million tiny building blocks.



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Monday, April 02, 2007 7:45:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
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Deadlines, Schmeadlines.
Posted by Bryn

Lots 'n' lots of deadlines in the fair month of April, at least for HOW-related things. Of note:

Promotion Design Awards: Deadline is April 2. That's today, folks. Get your work together and stamp it with a postmark before midnight. In case you didn't hear, we've changed the competition to make it a bit easier to enter, with broader categories to show off even more design work. Judging starts in two weeks; we'll be sure to blog about it!

You'll be bombarded with messages about the upcoming HOW Conference early-bird registration deadline (don't say I didn't warn ya). That's April 13, so pay attention. Hotel rooms and conference slots are goin' fast.

Then there's the brand-spankin'-new In-HOWse Design Awards (how clever are we with the HOW reference, eh?). If you're a corporate creative, here's your chance to show off to a jury of your peers. Send us your stuff by April 19.


Call for Entries
Monday, April 02, 2007 4:47:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [0] 
# Friday, March 30, 2007
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Crazy Climbing Wall
Posted by Megan

via SciFi.com

I might actually be excited to go to the gym if they had one of these gorgeous climbing walls.


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Friday, March 30, 2007 3:24:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [2]