How magazine - Friday, October 16, 2009

Quiet Next Week

The whole HOW gang will be out the week of October 19, first setting up and then joining judges Pum Lefebure, Derek Sussner and Tim Smith as they evaluate several thousand entries in our International Design Awards.

So the blog will be quiet. But we'll be tweeting about the work we're seeing and about the process itself. Be sure to follow HOWbrand on Twitter! And we may post a few photos of the action on our Facebook page.

And in the meantime, check out last year's Best of Show winner.

Posted by Bryn

HOW Magazine

Friday, October 16, 2009 9:51:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Call For Entries

Chen Design is still accepting entries for their follow up to Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design. Entries are free and the deadline is November 5, 2009. Download complete rules and entry form.

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Call for Entries | HOW Books

Friday, October 16, 2009 1:39:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Job Of The Day

Android Visual Designer
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA

We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." We're passionately interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and Web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.

The role: Android Visual Designer

As a Visual Designer focusing on Google's Android mobile platform you will work closely with engineers and product managers throughout all stages of the product cycle to create compelling, coherent and user friendly designs. You will be a critical thinker with the ability to express concepts verbally and visually and refine them through to final production artwork. visual Designers will be able to have an impact on the mobile experience of millions of Android users.

Posted by Megan

Industry News

Friday, October 16, 2009 12:46:15 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Inspirational Posters

The most recent in a series of inspirational posers about the creative process by Frank Chimero, "The More You Say" says a lot in a few words.

via Share Some Candy

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Designers | Typography

Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:38:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Creepy Coasters

These wonderfully creepy letterpress coasters are perfect for upcoming Halloween parties. Etsy seller Olive-Route also has a selection of both charming and creepy notecards.

via Poppytalk

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Gifts and Goodies

Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:34:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Job Of The Day

Assistant Professor in Design
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, a world renowned learning community dedicated to research and the education of artists and designers, invites applications for a full-time tenure track position of Assistant Professor in Design commencing August 2010. Candidates should be equally fluent in design discourse and studio practice and in balancing the conceptual, aesthetic and technical demands of the discipline. (Competition #F010-2009)

Located in downtown Vancouver on the West Coast of Canada, the main campus is on Granville Island, an award-winning site of urban renewal. The student body is culturally diverse with approximately 1800 students from across Canada and the world. Emily Carr University offers programs leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in Fine Arts, Media Arts and Design.

Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in at least two of the following areas: typography, graphic design, systems design, interaction and/or information design, motion design, and/or exhibition design, but who can work effectively in interdisciplinary design teams on theme-based curriculum focusing on design for inclusion (cultural, socio/political, and sustainability issues).

The successful candidate may teach students at all levels, from Foundation to Graduate Studies, and will be expected to make a major contribution in developing curriculum in a University that is committed to the interrelation of theory and practice. Faculty members are expected to contribute in shaping the future of the University through participation in planning, administration and committees and in being actively engaged in the ECU community.

Candidates should have a Masters of Design or equivalent degree, and a minimum of two years related post-secondary teaching experience.

Posted by Megan

Design School | Industry News

Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:03:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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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.

Posted by Bryn

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.

Posted by Bryn

HOW Books

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:25:21 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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