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 Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Alphabeasties
I'm looking forward to Alphabeasties, a new children's book from Chronicle that's illustrated with animals made out of letters.
From an alligator made of aaa's to a zebra made of zzz's, the
alphabeasties in this book are ingeniously built out of multiple
typefaces. Adults and children will be engaged and delighted with the
flaps, which lift to reveal "beasties" for each letter of the alphabet.
Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss are
graphic designers at the two-person design studio Werner Design Werks,
Inc. in St
Paul, Minnesota, which has garnered many graphic design awards, as well
as a place in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress,
Musée De La Poste, Victoria and Albert Museum, Musée des Arts
Decoratifs, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
via Notcot.orgPosted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:18:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Job Of The Day
Director of Visual Design/Senior Creative Director
Fluid, San Francisco
Fluid is searching for an interactive visionary to lead our
super-talented team of artists, designers, art directors and creative
directors.
Our ideal candidate has a formidable brain that fires
on both right and left cylinders: the talent and passion to truly
innovate + the experience and sensibilities to expertly manage a
stellar team to greatness and profitability. We are looking for a
concept-driven visual problem solver with expert design chops and a
desire to define the next generation of consumer shopping experiences
for digital retail.
At Fluid you will lead an award-winning
creative team with a portfolio of innovation for global consumer brands
such as The North Face, Vans, JanSport, Calvin Klein, Lucky Brand,
Craftsman, and Kenmore.
As Director of Visual Design / Sr.
Creative Director based in our San Francisco headquarters, you will
directly manage the visual design group, reporting to our Chief
Experience Officer. You will be simultaneously hands-on and high-level,
leading select accounts from concept-to-launch as well as mentoring,
managing and directing your team of designers and artists through to
pixel-perfect work. You will work closely with key client accounts
developing strong relationships and cultivating new business. Your
proven ability to balance a range of responsibilities across sales and
delivery will be critical in Fluid’s fast paced environment. Lastly,
though you will be based in San Francisco, your responsibilities will
include growing, developing and leading the creative group in Fluid’s
New York office.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:01:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Power Hungry
Design writer Michelle Taute just posted a link to a New York Times article about the massive amount of power that server farms use. The Internet may seem green because it's paperless, but it's consuming more and more electricity as it expands.
Data centers worldwide now consume more energy annually than Sweden.
And the amount of energy required is growing, says Jonathan Koomey, a
scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. From 2000 to 2005,
the aggregate electricity use by data centers doubled. The cloud, he
calculates, consumes 1 to 2 percent of the world’s electricity.
Posted by Megan
Industry News | Thought Provoking
Monday, June 15, 2009 6:49:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Visual Designer
Tivo Inc., Alviso, CA
Help us develop the product that is revolutionizing Television! TiVo is
the Emmy award-winning experience that continues to enhance and expand
how consumers watch and access home entertainment and personal media.
We are looking for a visual designer to help develop the look of our
next generation products.
Description
Designing TiVo's
user experience presents unique challenges from making a depth of
content and functionality remarkably easy to use, to designing for a
platform that combines television with the broadband capabilities of
mobile devices and traditional computers.
Our goal is to create
an interface that presents itself as extremely straightforward,
consistent, and simple to use for the wide market of family, in-home
use. We work very closely with Customer Support, Product Marketing, and
Research teams to gather information on our products. We have a
collaborative, team-oriented, consensus building approach to design,
and believe in taking input and feedback from a wide variety of sources.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Monday, June 15, 2009 1:01:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Charming
Julia Icenogle is a Kansas City-based illustrator. While her drawings are often charming, funny and adorable, I'm most enamored with her photography series "Lauren the Tyrant."
 Posted by Megan
Creativity
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:53:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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The Week's Industry News
• We were glad to get word from FOH Steve Hartman about the 10th anniversary of his firm, Creativille Inc., which is proudly based in Edwardsville, IL. Steve's a real champion of his hometown, and he's celebrating the milestone by curating an exhibit titled "Impressed by Design: Letterpress in the Heartland" at the Edwardsville Arts Center. He aims for the exhibit to raise $10,000 for EAC; it features work by Amos Kennedy, Jim Sherraden and Brady Vest, among others. The exhibit opens August 26 and runs through early October. Learn more here.
• AIGA's Center for Cross-Cultural Design has announed a new design competition, Celebrating the Role of Culture in Design. Submissions can include print design, photography, interactive media or video. Entry deadline is June 26; winners will be announced in July. More details and an entry form here.
• StockFood hosts the international FAB Futures Award to recognize outstanding design work in the food and beverage category; the 2009 winner of the "most promising designer" award is the young Portuguese advertising copywriter/designer Miguel Castanheira.
• FontShop released Ian Party's lovely and delicate SangBleu, created by the photography and culture magazine of the same name. Their super-thin nature make the Hairline weights of SangBleu useful for headlines.
• Quark announced a product bundle aimed at students that pairs QuarkXPress 8 and the VisTablet Graphics Tablet for a combined price of $259; the offer is good through October 30 for students and educators. View a demo on YouTube here.
• Minneapolis design studio Larsen has created a website documenting an amazing project: Calligrapher Donald Jackson is creating a handwritten and illuminated Bible for Saint John's Abbey and University. Jackson's project began in 1998 and is scheduled for completion next year; the site shows his process, progress and tools and includes a page-view look at the book itself. The Saint John's Bible is a modern work using ancient tools and materials: quills and paints made of ground lapis lazuli, vermilion and 24-karat gold. See the Saint John's Bible website.
Industry News
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:35:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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