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 Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Green Paper
PaperSpecs is sponsoring a free webinar, Sustainability-Hands On, with guest speaker Brian Dougherty of Celery Design Collaborative. The event, which takes place on December 13, will provide practical information about spec'ing sustainable paper and other ideas to decrease the environmental impact of your designs. Posted by Megan
Events
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 6:43:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Design On Sale
During the month of December, you can get 15% off all orders from Inhabit, purveyers of graphic sheets, pillows and wall decor (just enter HOLIDAY07 during checkout). All the products are designed by husband and wife team Jennifer and Mike Tuttle who also run a design firm called Planet 10.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:02:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Overcoming Barriers To Creativity
by The Creative Group
Breaking new creative ground can be a challenging proposition for
designers. In a recent survey by our company, eight out of 10 in-house
designers said it's difficult to convince senior management to accept
ideas that deviate from the prevailing corporate style. And more than a
quarter of respondents cited their company's unwillingness to take
risks as the most frequent obstacle to creativity.
On the bright side, many in-house designers feel they can
exercise more creativity than they did five years ago. However, it
remains difficult to break certain barriers. Following are seven
strategies for overcoming challenges and enhancing creative freedom. Posted by Megan
Creativity
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:03:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Readable Script
Ventura, a recent relase from TypeTrust, is a legible script with a nice set of alternate characters. The single-weight face sells for $26.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:59:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Listen Up
I first saw Jason Munn of thesmallstakes.com speak at this year’s Design Camp, from Minnesota AIGA. I just got word of an interview he did with Dave of grainedit.com, which features some great design examples (much it being beautiful vintage ones, but other categories of the blog cover “designers bookshelf,” “thrift hawks,” and “how to/diy”). 
Design Resources | Designers
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:52:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Applying Made Interesting
Trying to clean out the HOW inbox before we all disappear for Thanksgiving weekend, I just received an enigmatic postcard, not surprisingly from Wieden + Kennedy. As per their hallmark of piquing your interest and leaving with a cliffhanger, the postcard included removable stickers and simply pointed to a website, wk.com/seeking. Of course I followed, and found that they're hiring, but even if you're not looking, the site itself is worth a gander, having the ability to make a call for applications actually interesting and enticing.
Industry News
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 4:24:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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(Not) Staples
From our favorite OFFICE supply store in Portland comes news of an upcoming exhibit and a few cool new products: They're featuring 10 nationally recognized female letterpress artists in a show called (natch) LET HER PRESS, which opens November 29 and runs through January 19. Creative gals from Hammerpress, YeeHaw, Egg Press (all of whom have been featured in HOW) and others are participating; each artist has produced 5 prints, which will be for sale during the show. During opening weekend (November 29 to December 1), OFFICE is offering discounts on letterpress cards and papergoods in its shop. Also new to the store: These cute (almost sexy, in a schoolgirl-fantasy sort of way) Japanese book bags. 
Gifts and Goodies
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:02:11 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Yeah, it's Quiet Around Here, Too ...
Just for Fun
Monday, November 19, 2007 7:30:53 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Feed the Monster
Russel Quadros of AIGA Jacksonville recently sent us a little reminder about next spring's re:Charge08 conference in J'ville, April 3–5. HOW editor Sarah Whitman attended two years ago and had a blast. It's a great opportunity to, as they say, feed your creative monster. 
Events | Industry News
Monday, November 19, 2007 4:04:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Music House
I just got an email from designer Jeff Harrison about a CD cover project he recently designed for the band Vonnegut Dollhouse. You can see images of the finished CD here and images of the design process on Flickr. (Did I mention how cool I think this is?)   Posted by Megan
Designers
Friday, November 16, 2007 4:53:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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