Posted by Bryn

To find out what's going on in the wider world of design, check out Icograda's redesigned website.

A highlight of the new site is unifying all members in one searchable database, so that all Icograda members - design associations, promotional bodies, education institutions and individual Icograda Friends - can be located from one easy access point. "The ability to look across 67 countries and regions around the globe and find all the Icograda contacts in a single location with one simple search is a feature that responds to our users' input," says Brenda Sanderson, Icograda's Managing Director.

Posted by Bryn

Netdiver editor Carole Guevin emailed this morning with a plug for the magazine's Best of the Year retrospective of 2007's top online projects. It's an intriguing array of work, including Get The Glass, which landed Best of Show in HOW's brand-spankin-new Interactive Design Awards annual.



We're also intrigued by the animations featured on the website of paper artist and sculptor Jen Stark.

Stock photography is a key component of every designer's toolbox. So we want to know how you use stock images and which stock-photo companies you like best. Then, we plan to share that information with HOW readers in our August 2008 issue. Please take our short survey and you'll be entered to win a freer subscription to HOW (if you already subscribe, we'll extend your sub for one year; open to U.S. residents only).

The 16-question survey should only take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Please be assured that your responses will be treated in absolute confidene and used only in combination with those of other readers. For official sweepstake rules, click here.

Posted by Megan