This little YouTube video is satire, but really, it's a pretty accurate depiction of the client from hell. Take a look, and see if you can suppress your own sense of familiar panic. Most painfully funny are the creative director's agony at the end, and the client's parting shot: "We're a little disappointed in how this thing is testing, so we've got some fiiiiiinal tweaks we're looking into."



via the HOW forum, via Ugly Doggy

Check out these photographs of tiny people and animals living out their lives on the streets of London. Yes, I'm obsessed with tiny things. I know. But this is super cool.



via Craft

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It looks like FontShop has been having some serious summer fun with a little project they call FontPool. You can fill your own pool with type with inflatable letters from party and teacher supply stores.

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When I saw the new Got Milk? site on NotCot, I had to know who was responsible for the funky, 3D paper toy design. Turns out it's a British company called Unit9 who worked with the Milk Board's agency Goodby, Silverstein and Partners to create the site. You can totally see the aesthetic and concept of the Got Milk design in Unit9's own site.

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Bluelounge recently received a Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the IDSA and Businessweek for The Sanctuary, a compact charging station compatible with more than 1,500 electronic devices from 35 brands, and hundreds more via an industry standard USB port.

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Looking to finesse your creative career? Seeking a better balance between the work that you enjoy and the life that you want? Join popular HOW Conference speaker Jeni Herberger as she presents a one-hour, interactive live webinar this week. Jeni's session last month drew rave reviews from participants, so you won't want to miss this week's presentation. Get more info about the series.

In Jeni's Designing Your Reality session on Thursday at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, you'll learn:
• How to look at your life priorities to create your own reality
• How to recognize what you value the most
• How to find your self in your work life

Even better, we're offering $20 off and a free HOW Career Guide to sweeten the pot. Register today!

Graphic Designer
Wham-O

Wham-O is looking for a self-motivated, dynamic, and entrepreneurially-minded graphic designer with 1 - 4 years packaging and/or branding experience to join our informal but driven team of industrial and graphic designers.

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Put your color printer to good use today by downloading this paper airplane file, printing it on sturdy paper, and sending your creations flying around the office. It's sure to brighten someone's day.

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Community-centric tee shirt company Threadless.com is asking designers to turn the true stories of their lives into works of art in its latest "Loves" campaign. To help lead the way, Threadless has partnered up with original, personal storytelling site Fray.com, self-publishing site Blurb.com, and the film Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, written by and starring famous character actor Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Deadwood, Heroes) as he tells fascinating stories from his life on-screen and off.

Threadless, Fray, Blurb.com and Stephen Tobolowsky are giving submitters the chance to prove that extraordinary things happen to ordinary people, and run wild with this challenge; tell their stories through design. The chosen design could become the cover of Fray's third volume of tales titled "Sex and Death," so the design must incorporate these two topics into its art.

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Creative Leader
Landor Associates

The Cincinnati office of Landor is seeking a Creative Leader with a strong background in Packaging and Corporate Identity overseeing a multi-million dollar business in fabric and health care to join the Creative Services team.

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