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 Friday, October 09, 2009
Type Trouble
The Font Bureau is suing NBC for trademark infringement over several faces that are part of their fall marketing campaign.
In a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit filed in U.S.
District Court, Font Bureau argues that NBC only paid for a single
license—which would only permit the company to install the typefaces on
a single computer—and only paid to use a limited number of fonts. But
NBC went ahead and copied the fonts to a bunch of other computers
within the company, Font Bureau claims, and also started using several
other fonts for which licenses were never obtained. (In case you're
wondering, the typefaces in question include Bureau Grotesque,
Interstate and Antenna.)
Oops!
Read more.
Typography
Friday, October 09, 2009 5:27:26 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Friday Font Find
P22 Type Foundry and the Sherwood Collection introduce Spooky by Ted
Staunton. (On sale for $15.96 throughout the month of October.)
Spooky is a chilling font that is evocative of the type used in horror
films and posters. It's creepy, it's kooky...it's spooky. Perfect for
invitations, banners or other ghastly uses.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, October 09, 2009 1:15:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Packaging Design Manager
Godiva Chocolatier, New York City
Principal Accountabilities
40% - Design
30% - Meetings
20% - Press Approvals
10% - Creative Management/Art Direction
• Obtain and review briefs from Marketing
• Provide cost estimates prior to commencing work
• Manage budgets
• Concept and design development for all packaging requests
• Ensure that designs are impactful, innovative and reflective of our brand positioning
• Ensure cost effectiveness of designs
• Hire and manage freelancers as needed
• Provide comps for Marketing and Production/Purchasing department
• Be aware of and research packaging trends within this channelPosted by Megan
Industry News
Friday, October 09, 2009 12:47:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
500 Pencils
This is possibly the best gift you could give a designer, illustrator or other creative: a subscription to 500 Pencils. They'll receive 25 pencils a month for 20 months and end up with every color imaginable. Love it!
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:32:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Pretty Girls
Illustrator Caitlin Kuhwald recently finished and assignment for R/GA New York that was turned into a fun iPhone app.
Early this summer I was asked to create
illustrations for an iPhone application for AMP energy drink. Honestly,
it was one of the most challenging jobs I’ve ever done: it had tight
deadlines and a lot of detail to pack into some small spaces. But it
was also my dream job.
Had I been asked to do whatever I wanted for two months, I would
have wanted to paint loads of pretty girls in as many pretty outfits.
And painting pretty girls is exactly what I got to do.
 Posted by Megan
Illustration
Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:11:15 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Senior Visual Designer
Netflix, Los Gatos, CA
Netflix is looking for an outstanding visual designer to join our small
but amazing team. If you are as passionate about designing great
experiences as you are about helping a successful business reach even
higher heights, then we would love to talk to you. We are a close-knit
team, so our ideal candidate is an excellent collaborator and team
player who values complete honesty and candor. Although we are an
established company, we still act like a start up in many ways. We
offer an opportunity to innovate on a large scale, and our
compensation, benefits, and culture are hard to beat.
About You:
You
have exceptional visual design skills and impeccable sensibility for
color, composition, form and story. You can design in a range of styles
and have a gifted eye for detail. Your visual sensibility allows you to
strike the perfect balance between form and function. Your aesthetic is
guided by restraint and simplicity.
You don’t have a “thin
skin” because you know that any feedback you get is given with the
intent of making you and your designs even better. You’re smart and
competent, but you don’t have an ego. You understand that communicating
has as much to do with listening as it does with talking. You can
articulate the value of your design to Marketing, Product Management,
Engineering and your grandmother as well as you can talk about font
size and whitespace to other designers. You will be expected to produce
quality quickly and be able to take your designs through multiple
iterations on an ongoing basis. You have also read the 7 great reasons
to work at Netflix and you understand and embody the characteristics
listed in reason #6.
You have a user-centric approach to
design and you understand the value of being in a data driven
environment where extensive testing guides us in improving the
experience for our customers – expect to engage in an ongoing healthy
debate about data vs. design. We hire senior people who are expected to
“think” AND “do” and as a result, this is a very hands-on, roll your
sleeves up and get dirty kind of environment.
…and of course, you must love movies. Posted by Megan
Industry News
Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:00:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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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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