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 Wednesday, October 14, 2009
National Design Week
Next week (beginning this Sunday, October 18), is National Design Week, as designated by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Design-related activities in cities across the U.S. have been ongoing for several weeks, leading up to next week's series of events, including:
• Free admission to Cooper-Hewitt
• A Teen Design Fair on Monday at The Times Center in NYC, with keynote speaker Tim Gunn
• A panel discussion among winners of this year's National Design Awards on Tuesday
• The ubiquitous after-party on Thursday.
More scoop here.
Events | Industry News
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:05:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Bay Area Designers, Take Note
HOW Job Bank partner Core77 is hosting a Creative Employment Confab next week, aimed at both job-seeking designers and hiring creative managers. It all starts at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21 at the Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco, and ends with a reception late in the day. Topics include the Subtle Art of the Creative Talent Search and, on the flipside, Creating and Online Presence Worth Hiring. More info here.
Events
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:09:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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My Wish Is Granted
The Impossible Project just announced that they have reached an agreement with Polaroid to start making instant film again!
Large-scale production and worldwide sale of The Impossible Project's
new integral film materials under its own brand will already start in
the beginning of 2010 - with a brand new and astonishing black and
white Instant Film and the first colour films to follow in the course
of the year.
Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:39:13 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Stefan Mumaw on Reflex Blue Show
Geesh ... how'd we miss this a couple of weeks ago? Anyhoo ... Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, the guys behind the Reflex Blue Show podcast, recently interviewed one of our fave people, HOW Books author and conference rockstar Stefan Mumaw. It's absolutely worth a listen. From their preview:
... we mainly wanted
to talk about the other hobbies Stefan has, which seems to be writing
design books. Starting with Simple Websites and Redesigning Websites,
Stefan then moved on to teaming up with Wendy Lee Oldfield and creating
two books that seem to be everywhere in the design circles now: Caffeine for the Creative Mind and the just released Caffeine for the Creative Team.
If you ever run out of creative, these books will give you the pick-up
you need to get going again, and this is what we mostly talk about.
When you create two books like these, it's really all we want to cover.
Listen to the episode.
HOW Books
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:25:21 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Inst-O-Matic
I'm still hoping someone will start making Polaroid film again, but until that happens, I'm psyched about this Fuji Instax Instant Camera.
It prints credit card-sized photos on bold Fuji film, but
retains a classic instant film look that everyone loves. Plus, you've
got more control when you're shooting: four exposure settings for
indoor/outdoor shooting, a built-in flash, and a sweeping wide angle.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:53:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
CoverGirl Global In-Store Design Manager
Procter and Gamble, Hunt Valley, MD
CoverGirl is looking for a Global In-Store Design Manager for their
Brand Identity team. This role will be to lead and define the Global
strategy and vision for the brand's In-Store experience. Focusing
mainly on the NA customer wall executions but also leading the design
equity for other regional implementation.
This is both a
strategic and a 'hands on' role: translating the brand's equity in an
innovative and distinctive manner that redefines the in-store
experience, while also working on day-to-day retailer & regional
needs. This person will be responsible for setting the In-Store
standards for the brand, which includes compiling guidelines, and
deploying/supporting them, as well as working with in-store development
team to ensure ongoing brand vision. Most of the work will be around
In-Store graphics but can at times include influencing-optimizing the
planogram layouts.
Shopper tools and fixturing will also fall
under this person's responsibilities. Because of this, the ideal
candidate needs to have strong 2D and 3D skills, specific to In-Store.
This role will work closely with multifunctional partners and external
agencies.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:18:15 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Ad Collage
Linda Nakanishi is a graphic/web designer, a part time web design teacher at Humber College in Toronto, Canada, and a lifelong crafter. She recently decided to use the paper ads in old issues of HOW for her Upcycle Collage Project.
I enjoy reading this magazine and often keep the issues for references.
And one thing I noticed in every issue were these great paper company
ads showcasing some great paper finishes, laser cutting and vivid
images. But at the end of the day they were still advertising, so I
thought since they are not an integral part of being a reference, I
thought I’d give the paper ads a new life in my collage project. My
rule is to only use the paper ads, seeing as they are the only ads that
are two sided and do not have articles on the backside.
 Posted by Megan
Designers | HOW Magazine
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:36:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Senior Graphic Designer
Provide Commerce, San Diego, CA
Headquartered in San Diego, Provide Commerce is a leading online
provider of high quality gifts backed by superior customer service.
From fresh flowers, chocolates and sweets to jewelry, accessories and
other unique gifts, our brands offer a variety of great gifts for
anyone’s budget. Our proprietary technology has led to rapid growth and
profitability over the past 10 years and has helped strengthen all of
our brands in the process. Best known for ProFlowers, our portfolio of
brands also includes RedEnvelope, Cherry Moon Farms, Secret Spoon and
Shari’s Berries.
As part of
the creative team, you will be a leader as well as a designer,
partnering with internal clients. Pitching creative ideas to test is
one of your favorite things to do. People see you as a creative thought
leader who partners well with both left and right brain types. You love
to work on photo shoots and coordinate efforts to produce winning
images. You have a solid track record as a people manager and bring out
the best in your staff while maintaining hands on project work. Your
work will include designing web pages, e-mail, banner ads and catalogs,
organizing and running photo shots. Because of your retail experience
you have learned practical ways to solve for challenging timeline and
budget demands. Posted by Megan
Industry News
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:13:01 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Marshmallow Goodness
I saw the most adorable bag of marshmallows at Whole Foods yesterday and almost bought it simply because of the cute characters on the package, which I'm pretty sure are these guys, created by designer Yael Miller for Elyon Marshmallows.
 Posted by Megan
Designers
Monday, October 12, 2009 4:20:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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