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 Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Monsters
I just had to share the fabulous monster sculpture I bought from artist Lori Brown over the weekend. She'll be selling her creatures on Oct. 17 at Craftin' Outlaws in Columbus, OH.
 Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:45:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Type Camp
Designer Jessica Yurasek shares her recent Type Camp experience and how it helped to rejuvenate her creativity.
I signed up for Type Camp not quite knowing what to expect, but I knew
one thing for certain: that the past two years at my in-house design
job had burned my creativity to a crisp. There are many things I love
about my work, but I was beginning to feel like I had settled into a
rut. So when I found a link to the Type Camp website,
my heart jumped. Started in 2007 by teacher and typographer Dr. Shelley
Gruendler, Type Camp professed to be a living-learning creative retreat
for designers and typophiles — a seemingly perfect way to escape my
creative slump. It sounded absolutely glorious to travel to an island
off the coast of Vancouver, BC to study typography with four inspiring
teachers and a group of like-minded designers. I couldn’t wait.
Read more.
via I Love TypographyPosted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:12:45 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Money Talks
Learn how to maintain financial control throughout every freelance project with the Creative Freelancer Webcast Series: Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients.
Tonight's presentation:
Determining Your Client's Budget Before You Start
October 7
7:00 pm Eastern / 4:00 pm Pacific
If you don't want your clients to fall off their chairs from sticker shock, you must find out what numbers are in their heads before you spend a single minute writing a proposal. There is no "right" way to do this, but there are many methods you can try. This webcast will explore all the different ways to ask for (and get) a number from potential clients, so you can find the ones that fit your comfort level and preferred approach.Posted by Megan
Events
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:48:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Web Designer
The New York Times, New York City
The New York Times is looking for an exceptional WEB DESIGNER to play a
central role in the continuing evolution of its industry-leading online
style publication, TMagazine.com.
This person will design
immersive, interactive content and user experiences, based both on
content appearing in print and on original, Web-only editorial content.
He or she will also be an active participant in ongoing efforts to
improve and enhance the TMagazine.com platform.
Ideal candidates
will have a deep, practical understanding of the art of creating truly
engaging, usable and immersive digital experiences. He or she will also
possess a highly refined graphic design sensibility, including a
superior typographic and layout skills. Expert proficiencies in Flash,
ActionScript and web standards-based design are also requirements.
Prior experience working with style and luxury brands are a significant
plus.
We are looking for someone who is more than a "Web designer"
or "Flash designer," but rather an exceptional creative mind who can
both imagine and execute at a superior level.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:44:53 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
T Of The Times
This T-shirt sold by NYC-based designer Tim Lahan is a perfect way to laugh in the face of this wacky economy. (It will only set you back $20 + shipping.)
 via Made in England Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:10:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design
School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting
applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication
Design, starting in Fall 2010.
At Carnegie Mellon’s School of
Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline–initiating,
planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs
and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a
responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with
a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic,
scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading
research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems
as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work
effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and
staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate
excellent communication design and typography skills, with an
understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The
ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills
in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable
rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative
thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts
over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants
is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that
appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together
critical thinking and problem solving is vital.
Excellence in
design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching,
researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at
the rank of assistant professor.
Within our school, we are 15
design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate
students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units
on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see
design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and
advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:08:17 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, October 05, 2009
HOW Insider
We're excited to announce a new membership program called HOW Insider, which includes:
* A year's subscription to HOW Magazine. (retail value $79.70)
* One year online access to over 13 years of award winning graphic design from the industry's most prestigious competition -- PRINT Regional Design Annual. (retail value ($49.00)
* FREE access to our most popular webcast – Print to Web – an hour long tutorial on why and how to become more web savvy. (retail value $69.00)
* Plus 10% off event registrations as well as all purchases made at mydesignshop.com throughout the year
This is a total retail value of $197.70 for only $49.95. Pretty cool!
Posted by Megan
HOW Magazine
Monday, October 05, 2009 5:26:18 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Senior Interactive Art Director
Comcast Interactive Media, Philadelphia, PA
The Senior Interactive Art Director manages from a project perspective
both full time and freelance designers and multiple Core Teams as
needed while setting the conceptual and visual direction of assigned
products for Comcast Interactive Media Group (CIM).
The Senior
Interactive Art Director is the Design representative at their assigned
Core Teams. This lead must have a voice and raise design (strategic,
conceptual, design, resource) related issues when appropriate to the
whole team. The Senior Interactive Art Director is empowered to think
about the “big picture”— Comcast and all it’s properties (online, STB,
mobile, etc…) and how deliverables could impact schedules, other
properties and resources.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Monday, October 05, 2009 12:51:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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