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 Friday, April 11, 2008
Save $50 on the HOW Conference
If you're considering attending the HOW Design Conference in Boston next month, here are two reasons why you'll want to jump on that today: • If you register by midnight tonight, you can still score 50 bucks off the registration price. • Space in the conference hotels and in goodies like the Studio Tours is filling up fast. Linkage: See who's attendingGet scoop on all things conference-relatedCheck out the fantastic speaker lineup (Charles Anderson, Debbie Millman, Michael Bierut, Julieanne Kost, Katherine McCoy, Joe Duffy, etc., etc., etc.) Find out about sessions, tours, workshops and more
Events | HOW Magazine
4/11/2008 12:00:11 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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Cool Job Listing
Perusing the HOW Job Bank, I just came across a listing for an apparel graphic designer at Target in Minneapolis. They're looking for expertise in CAD illustration, print, and pattern design. Posted by Megan
Industry News
4/11/2008 11:08:38 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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How's Business?
FOH David Baker, business consultant extraordinaire, sent an e-mail newsletter today reporting that he's seeing just a teeny slowdown in the design field due to the sluggish economy right now, mostly due to any softness in clients' markets. David just relaunched the website for his firm, ReCourses, and is offering a webinar on May 5 with smart strategies for preparing your design business for a tightening economy. Sign up for the ReCourses newsletter, and you'll capitalize on David's good advice.
Design Resources
4/11/2008 9:20:05 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Creative Career
Apropos of nothing, really: My arts & design newsfeed from NYTimes.com this morning had this headline: Marvin Sylvor, a Designer of Carousels, Dies at 75. I thought to myself, Wow! Wouldn't it be wonderful if your life's work were creating carousel animals? I'd be pretty psyched to go to work every day. 
Thought Provoking
4/11/2008 8:51:03 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Creative Agency Workspaces
Need a little inspiration or just want to drool? Take a look at the collection of creative agency workspaces on This Ain't No Disco, a blog dedicated to providing a peek into the best offices in the world. Here's a look into San Francisco-based Chen Design:  Posted by Megan
Creativity
4/11/2008 8:31:49 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Attractive Face
The very attractive 4-weight text face Adriane is on sale for $111.30 from the TypeTrust. Designed between 2006 and 2007 by Marconi Lima, it can be
classified as a transitional typeface and recently won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008.  Posted by Megan
Typography
4/10/2008 3:09:23 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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The Very Secret Order
Veer is known for its well-designed promotions, but the latest one (called The Very Secret Order of Creatives Understanding) is interactive and fun. If you haven't received a handbook in the mail, you can download one here. Inside are seven riddles to solve. The answers can be used as coupon codes on future purchases to nab free merch like cool T-shirts.  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
4/10/2008 8:31:06 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Hot Shipoopi
Just because it's fun to type the word 'shipoopi' -- and because Mike and Robynne are FOH, here's a bit of Modern Dog info for the week: First, they're chatting with Debbie Millman on Design Matters this Friday. Then, they're doing a book release party/birthday celebration (Modern Dog is officially of drinking age now) in Seattle on April 23. Oh, and surely we've mentioned they're speaking at the HOW Conference in May, right? 
Events | Industry News
4/9/2008 10:37:05 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Yee-Haw
Famed letterpress shop Yee-Haw Industries recently opened a store on Etsy selling notecards and limited-edition posters. These Alpha Pattern card sets are my favorite and a great way to keep cool cards on hand for unexpected occasions.  via PoppytalkPosted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
4/9/2008 10:25:46 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Overheard On The Forum: New Starbucks Logo
Do you love it or hate it? Take the poll in the forum.   OLD NEW (It turns out this is the original logo. The new one has longer hair that covers her nipples. Plus, according to the Wall Street Journal, the retro logo is only being used as a promotion.)  Don't miss the Antiques Roadshow parody by the Vonster. Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
4/9/2008 9:26:57 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Creative Challenge + Free T-Shirt
SnapVillage, a microstock site from Corbis, just announced a design contest. Here’s how it works: create a cool (fake) ad using a SnapVillage image, email it to contactus@snapvillage.com and they’ll send you a free SnapVillage T-shirt (be sure to include mailing address and shirt size, S-XL).  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
4/9/2008 8:28:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Custom Moleskine
What's better than a classic Moleskine notebook? A custom, laser-engraved one! Engrave Your Book offers an artists' series of notebooks for sale, as well as a custom-engraving service.  via Oh Joy!Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
4/8/2008 1:22:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Design For Kids
If you design for the children's market, check out this call for entries from Spanish publisher Index Books. They're looking for logos and characters, corporate identity, packaging, labels, catalogs, brochures, posters, invitation cards, books, educational material, web and multimedia design, exhibitions, signage, etc. to include in a forethcoming book called Growing Graphics.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
4/8/2008 12:03:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Monday, April 07, 2008
DIY Temporary Tattoo
Now you can design and print your very own temporary tattoos with a special two-part paper. This would be an awesome way to try out a self-created tattoo and find the perfect spot for it.  via SwissmissPosted by Megan
Just for Fun
4/7/2008 12:31:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Ikea Design Stories
The new Ohio Ikea just opened less than half an hour from my house and I braved the crazy weekend crowd on Sunday to check it out. But before I went, I logged on to the website to get directions. While I was there, I came across a link that said " Ikea Madness" and I had to click. What I found was a great little section all about the Ikea designers with stories about how specific products were developed. It's an interesting peek inside the creative process.   Posted by Megan
Creativity
4/7/2008 8:35:28 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Eggs-Cellent
Hatch Design got 147 entries in its egg-design contest and the winner is stunning. Of course, I love it because it's a tiny replica chair!  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
4/4/2008 1:51:13 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Friday Font Find
I love how Joshua Darden's font Omnes changes as it increases in weight from demure to serious to ebullient.  Posted by Megan
Typography
4/4/2008 1:09:24 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Ch-Ch-Ch-Change
The Royal Mint just revealed the new designs for British coins and they're quite lovely. The designer, Matthew Dent, is only 26-years old and beat out 500 other designers to win the open competition.  via Ask H&FJPosted by Megan
Industry News
4/3/2008 12:12:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Another Y Perspective
Eric Karjaluoto just posted his own Y recap. As both a speaker and attendee, he offers some interesting insight into the event. As designers, it’s our responsibility to use materials well. Creating
ineffective design that is poorly suited for the medium is simply
wasteful. Let’s utilize our resources in the most effective fashion
possible. We can do this both personally and professionally, and it’s
easier than we are often led to believe.
Posted by Megan
Events
4/3/2008 9:54:58 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
2008 Y Conference Recap
Now that I’m back at home in Cincinnati (but still recovering from jetlag), here are my last highlights from this year’s Y Conference, which focused on how, as designers, we can be more aware with our work when it comes to the environment and world in general: - Brian Dougherty of Celery Design made the compelling point that our job as designers isn't to prevent costs—it's to provide value. That's what we're good at and often, to provide premium value, will often mean the exact opposite: spending more. We shouldn't be afraid of spending more, because the extra value is worth it—to the client, too.
- Eric Karajaluto was a speaker, and he created the website Design Can Change, which is full of resources to help you think about and make your design do good.
- Marc Alt from the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design brought up a good point: electrons aren't free—the answer to our wastefulness is not simply to take everything online. (That was in response to the fact that when we’re thinking about green design, we often pose paper as the villain when that isn’t the case; there are many elements to take into account and balance.)
- Susan Szenasy said that the idea of sustainability shouldn't be something that's tacked on to design, but should be an inherent aspect—it should be integrated into our design process from the very beginning, not an afterthought.
All in all, it was a great trip and really gave teeth to the green design movement—from something that we often think about and want to do, to something that we actually can do. See all my notes from the conference here.
Events
4/2/2008 1:45:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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