I loved this graphic by the remarkable designer Paul Sahre in Sunday's New York Times Week In Review section, accompanying an article on the stock market's decline. He pretty much sums up everyone's sentiment these days:

The Sci Fi channel is changing its name and logo to Syfy. Ugh. Not only is the word mark horsey and unattractive, it's doesn't have an obvious pronunciation if you're not already familiar with the channel.


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Flickr has partnered with Getty to license specially chosen images for commercial use. The Flickr Collection currently offers 7,243 images to choose from, but Getty says it will continue building the collection by inviting select Flickr members to participate. Here's a small sample of what you'll find:







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Gary Lynch has joined F+W Media as publisher and editorial director for the design community, which includes HOW and our sister publications, Print and I.D. magazines. Lynch is a media industry veteran with previous stops at Reuters, Incisive Media and Thomson Media.

Visual Interaction Designer
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, MI

Uncommon opportunity for uncommon individuals exists at Whirlpool Corporation to fundamentally shape its world-class visual interaction design team and directly impact the design of products that millions of people use every day.

At Global Consumer Design, we are charged with assuring design and usability excellence for next-generation appliance user experiences. We practice user-centered, experiential design to understand emerging consumer trends and seek out real-life insights about customer experience. We craft user interaction design solutions differentiated in the marketplace by usefulness, usability, and appeal. Total customer satisfaction drives our achievements. The work environment fosters a culture of curiosity, creativity, diversity, independent thinking, innovative problem-solving, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and global consciousness.

We seek individuals who communicate effectively in various mediums, able to collaborate skillfully with industrial designers, usability specialists, electronics technicians, and software engineers. Ideal candidates should have graduate training in the art and science of graphic/interaction design and a portfolio of successful, creative new-media interaction design for consumer products. Mastery of tools to envision and prototype interaction designs is prerequisite. We expect uncompromising honesty and integrity. Initiative, talent, leadership, commitment, and passion are keenly appreciated, and rewarded.

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Photojojo, a fun photography tips blog, has a nice little roundup of 12 business card ideas for creative people.

In fact, your cards should be more creative than anybody’s, especially when the economy’s gone all pear-shaped. An artistic card will make people remember you/ think you’re awesome/ give you money.

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Pentagram worked with Marian Bantjes to design a new thistle logo for Strathmore then turned it into a gorgeous pattern to use on packaging, trade-show booth and more.

Asked to refresh the Strathmore Paper brand presentation for our longtime client Mohawk Fine Papers, Pentagram asked the designer Marian Bantjes to reinterpret the famous Strathmore thistle. This mark was then used to create a pattern for new packaging of Strathmore Paper reams. The goal was to project a stronger signature presence for the brand in business-to-business and direct-to-consumer retail settings.

via The Dieline

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I love this illustration by Brooklyn-based creative Morgan Blair. In the weeks leading up to Easter, tiny malted milk eggs are also my biggest vice.

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