Illustrator Felix Sockwell shares a behind-the-scenes look at his creative process designing icons for the iPhone New York Times app.


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Packaging Designer
Summit Products

Make an impact and join one of fastest growing toy companies in the World. We are looking for a person who is passionate about consumer packaging design with experience in package structure, brand identity, photography, and graphic design. Toy packaging experience a plus.

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The Totoro Forest Project is an effort by a group of artists to raise money for The Totoro Forest Foundation created by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki to save this huge urban forest just outside of Tokyo. Miyazaki was inspired by the forest to create the wonderful film "My Neighbor Totoro," (which is in my list of Top 10 all-time faves.) Visit the gallery to see a selection of fun, gorgeous, disturbing images inspired by the forest.



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Designer
Southern Poverty Law Center

SPLC, a non-profit civil rights organization is seeking a talented, font-savvy designer with a positive attitude for our award-winning in-house design department. Our work has been recognized by Communication Arts, HOW, PRINT magazine and the Society of Publication
Designers, just to name a few.

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A few bits of industry buzz this Friday morning, including:

• Orlando agency FDG {CREATIVE}, has launched a corporate giving program called the "Greater Good Initiative," whereby it gives a portion of its profit from every project to help a Central Florida nonprofit group. Co-founder Stephanie Darden reports that the firm will give either a 5% monetary donation or 20% worth of in-kind services for each paid job the firm completes.

• Canon recently introduced the latest in its EOS Rebel series of digital cameras; this one boasts and Optical Imaged Stabilized lens, a 10 megapixel sensor, a 7-point autofocus function and other features that appeal to the "prosumer" user.

• AIGA San Francisco has awarded its 2008 Enrichment Scholarship to Sumila Mehta, a graduate of the Academy of Art University's school of graphic design.

• In support of the new QuarkXPress 8, the company is hosting the Xperience Design Global Tour, a series of free workshops offering workflow and productivity tips and other how-tos for using the newest version. Upcoming events include July 17 in Boston, July 22 in LA, July 24 in San Francisco, July 29 in Atlanta and July 31 in Dallas.

I was poking around web designer Matthew Inman's portfolio when I came across a disturbing quiz called "What are your chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse?" Despite having read many, many books on the subject of surviving such an event, I only scored 37%. I really need to stock up on canned goods and guns.

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Check out web designer Cameron Adams's collection of type designers' handwriting.

There's great power in a typeface, but what's always interested me more than the typeface is the designer behind it – why did they create the typeface? Where did their inspiration come from? How did they start?

Lately, I've been asking just one question, though. Something which has always intrigued me: these people that help us communicate ... how do they themselves communicate? If we strip away the monitors, and the printing presses, and the typefaces ... how would William Caslon have written on a post-it note?

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