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 Monday, October 26, 2009
How to Get Published
If you've browsed the bookstore and seen design books like these ...
   
... you may have wondered how designers like Maggie Macnab, Joshua Chen, Jeff Fisher and Peleg Top managed to get their books published, or how you can get your work included in a design book like these.
Designer and veteran book author Peleg Top (his forthcoming "Designing for the Greater Good" joins his previous "Designers Guide to Marketing & Pricing" on shelves), is hosting a seminar to help designers get their work published. You'll learn how to submit your work to book editors for consideration in their projects, and also how to pitch your book ideas to publishers.
The session is Thursday, November 5 from 7:00 to 8:30 at the studio of Lime Twig Group in South Pasadena, CA. More info and registration here.
Posted by Bryn
Events | Industry News
Monday, October 26, 2009 3:22:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Trash To Treasure
Design Within Reach has partnered with Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS and invited leading figures in art, architecture and design to put their touch on DWR's classic Vipp trash can. Five of the cans will be auctioned on eBay on October 29. Learn more here.
Posted by Megan
Industry News
Monday, October 26, 2009 12:20:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Job Of The Day
Graphic Designer
Icon Motosports, Portland, OR
Love motorcycles? Icon Motosports, located in Portland, Oregon is
looking for a talented Graphic Designer to join our industry leading
motorcycle equipment design team. Our highly creative and team oriented
in-house product design group needs an individual who can
conceptualize, design, and produce graphics for Icon apparel,
equipment, and casuals. Packaging, interior labeling, illustration, and
supplementary print design are also required of this position.
Intricate knowledge of Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop is
required. Motorcycle riding experience very desirable.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Monday, October 26, 2009 12:08:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Lovely Lettering
Two things make me love Lisa Ridgely's blog, PenandInk-Journal.com: First, as someone with anal-retentive, second-grade-teacher-ish handwriting, I can only WISH my penmanship was a fraction as nice as hers. Second, since we're putting together a feature on hand lettering for an upcoming issue, I've been totally inspired by handwriting lately.
Ridgely is a Maryland-based calligrapher, and her work is stunning. Plus, she hand-writes her blog entries. How cool is that?
'Scuse me, I need to go practice my writing now ...
Posted by Bryn
Illustration | Typography
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:36:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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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.
Posted by Megan
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 CandyPosted by Megan
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
Posted by Megan
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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