Create an online profile picture like a police composite with Veer's amusing Unusual Suspects tool. This sort of looks like me:


But this is what I would look like if my face matched my personality:

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I've always been fascinated by the sketchbooks of illustrators, artists and designers. Seeing their work at its most raw is like peeking directly in the creative centers of their brains. When I came across Danny Gregory, who has formed a whole community around the idea of drawing and keeping a visual journal for personal growth, I knew he would be the perfect person to write a book that slips inside the secret pages of the visually creative. And I was right.

An Illustrated Life captures the hopes, dreams, fears and mundane musing of a talented group of professionals and amateurs. It will inspire you to pull out a fresh Moleskine and start filling up the pages. Danny made a great video that really captures the essence of the book. Check it out.

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Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
Boston University

Responsibilities include teaching introductory level, upper level, and possibly graduate level courses in one or more of the following areas: Graphic/Information Design, Design Theory, Design Practice, Typography, Digital Imaging, 3-D Design, Animation, Multimedia Design, New Media. MFA graphic design, 3-5 yrs professional exp, prefer and/or college teaching exp. Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Flash. Video and Sound a plus. Additional responsibilities include curriculum development, departmental and university committees. Evidence of a substantive exhibition record would be helpful.

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To see gorgeous typography in the most limited of spaces, check out this amazing collection of postage stamps created by type designers.


Gerrit Noordzij (b. 1931) is a Dutch teacher, type designer, and typographer. From 1960 through his retirement in 1990, he taught at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He designed many books for Van Oorschot publishers and has written many articles about writing and type.


Julian Waters (b.1957) is a designer and calligrapher living near Washington D.C. In 1989 he succeeded Hermann Zapf in teaching annual lettering workshops at Rochester Institute of Technology. With clients including the USPS and National Geographic, he has received awards from the Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club, Print Magazine, and Letter Arts Review Annual.

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Los Angeles/London-based design firm Jawa and Midwich just relaunched their self-promo site. The opening page features to new promo posters. "The Medium is the Message" is knocking my socks off this morning.

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Creative Director
The Shop

Are you secretly hoping to be part of a scrappy agency where you can have a significant impact on the company’s vision and growth? We’re an unconventional and collaborative branding shop that’s got big dreams and needs a talented creative director to help pave the way. We’re based in Bend, but are opening an office in Portland where you’ll help run the show.

We’re looking for a natural leader who knows how to lead with inspiration and a great spirit – not a big ego. You should be terrific at managing in-house and freelance talent, and able to generate big ideas that win accounts and awards. You should have a knock-out book of national client work in both traditional and interactive media.

If working intensely with a small group of spirited adventures and
crafting stories threaded with emotion are your idea of great day, we'd
love to talk.

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Change Order has a great post on why you should learn to work collaboratively.

2. Collaborative making is a sign of maturity in your portfolio. I respect nothing more than seeing a designer's portfolio stuffed with killer creative work, chased by a presentation where the designer talks about how they brought the unique strengths of each team member to bear on the work. The designer carries the vision, while the team supports it. Such a designer can become a leader.

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Designer Megan Cummins  created the packaging for You Smell . . . Like a Lemon soap while she was a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Now she's selling the soap with its gorgeous, funny label.



via Oh Joy

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Interactive Designer
PBS

PBS seeks talented candidates for Interactive Designer. The designer will provide design and production support to the General Audiences, Product and Strategy teams under the direction of the Creative Director including working with vendor and will act as lead on assigned design tasks. Key responsibilities include:

• Produce wireframes, comps and final cuts for assigned design tasks;
• Produce and optimize graphics from comp stage;
• Hand-code HTML pages, including DHTML, CSS, basic JavaScript, Flash;
• Work closely with members of the PBS Interactive strategy, product, content, design and technical teams on multiple projects.

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