Calling all in-house designers doing great work for corporations, associations and organizations: We've extended the deadline for the In-HOWse Design Awards to May 1.

• A new survey on design internships by The Creative Group shows that those experiences are less about learning design skills and more about experiencing a "real-world" work environment. Among 250 marketing/advertising execs surveyed, the largest group, 31%, said the most important part of an internship is experiencing different work environments.

• agefotostock.com is running a deal this weekend: 25% off purchases made on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19. Use code weekend4.

• Dreamstime launched a new Flash-based search engine this week, giving photo buyers high-resolution full-screen previews, an interactive lightbox and zoom capability.

• On April 20, Bruce Nussbaum, visiting professor of innovation and design at Parsons and BusinessWeek contributing editor, will share the podium for a conversation with John Thackara as part of Design at the Edge—Redesigning Our Lives in an Era of Radical Change lecture series. Wollman Hall at The New School in New York City.

• Paper distributor Unisource announced that its own Porcelain Ultra premium coated paper is FSC-certified. 

• AIGA/Philadelphia opens its Philadelphia Design Awards exhibition on May 1; the show runs through the end of May. Opening reception is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the ADX Gallery in Philly. View the finalists and cast your vote for the people's choice award.

• School of Visual Arts presents its MFA design thesis exhibit, "Potential Energy: 19 Designers Set Their Ideas in Motion." Thesis forum on Wednesday, April 22 at the SVA Theater; exhibition takes place at the Visual Arts Gallery from May 1 to 16.

Design Manager, Kraft Foods
Madison, WI

B-O-L-O-G-N-A ... Kraft is seeking a design manager to create "delicious" design for its Oscar Mayer group:

In this role, you have the opportunity to lead and participate in creating a new experiential vocabulary for the brands in our Oscar Mayer Business Unit (BU). You will participate in designing vision and strategy for the Design organization. You will also manage innovative design initiatives along with the Design Director, across the BU including some of Kraft’s iconic brands. You will partner with cross-functional team members in Research & Development, Marketing, and Consumer Insights & Services.

My favorite weekend activity is our every-Saturday-morning trip to the public market in Cincinnati. Especially now that the nice lady from Whippoorwill Farm is selling spring flowers, including my very fave, ranunculus. So I loved spotting this clever and green idea for reusing tin cans on design*sponge's fun Weeder's Digest column.

Blogger, designer and papergoods producer Joy Deangdeelert Cho posted on her OhJoy blog about having discovered some of her screen-printed file folders; they're available now while supplies last.

If Joy's work looks familiar, you may have seen it in HOW's extensive roundup of designers who produce handmade/hand-printed papergoods a few issues back. See that article here.

Megan's on vacation this week; she probably already knows about this site, but it was news to me. Design Public has all sorts of home decor, lighting, kids' stuff, accessories and the like, all with a modern sensibility. I'm loving their collection of outdoor entertaining items, especially now that we've set up our covered side porch at home for spring and summer use. The bent plywood serving tray below is by Urbana Design.