Designer David Sherwin is working on a book for HOW and is looking for contributors.  The book consists of 80 creative challenges that are designed to stretch your talent into disciplines that you are interested in exploring, but have never had the opportunity to try. Until now. Learn more here.

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User Interface Designer
Emma, Nashville, TN

Emma is looking for a talented user interface designer to join one of the most interesting and unique technology companies around.

This is a role that meshes form and function, taking complex processes and heaps of data and presenting them in the most simple, clean and stylish way possible. Already known for its easy-to-use interface, Emma is looking to break new ground in its future interface work by incorporating the best of modern application design with Emma's own unique style and flare to create one of the more unique customer experiences around. To that end, the ideal candidate will understand the interplay between design, development and data and possess a natural ability to picture how people will use something and come up with the best way possible to present it. You'll be comfortable converting existing mockups to a finished XHMTL/CSS product, and you'll be equally comfortable creating unique interface concepts from scratch. Above all, you'll be adept at creating light, efficient, fluid designs that are simple and fun to use, and you'll enjoy being part of a team, whose team mascot may or may not be the lemur. What can we say - we really like lemurs.

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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.