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 Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Real Good Project
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of its flagship SoHo store, Blu Dot is releasing 25 of it's Real Good chairs onto the streets of NYC and tracking where they go.
When we opened our SoHo store in 2008, we
became surrounded by the resourceful culture of “curb-mining”: the act
of finding furniture and art on the street. Now that a year has passed,
our friends at mono
approached us with a way to conduct a curb-mining experiment of our
own: What would happen if we left a bunch of Real Good Chairs all over
New York, free for the taking? Who will grab them? Where will they go?
How will they get there? What will their new homes look like?
A documentary film will follow up on some of the new chair owners; how they found their chairs, how they transported them home, and how their new chairs fit into their spaces. The film will premiere in December, at Blu Dot SoHo’s one-year anniversary party.
See more images of the chairs.
Follow the action on Twitter.
 Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:14:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Job Of The Day
Flash Animation Developer
Macys.com, New York City
Based in New York, the freelance flash animation/developer position
conceptualizes and animates for the macys.com special events mini-sites
and special seasonal/brand shops. Works closely with designers to
animate flash home pages and features.
Key Accountabilities:
• Assemble and lead animation for interactive websites.
• validate functionality of design concepts.
• Ensure site optimization, unit testing, proper referencing and documentation.
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Work closely with art directors, copywriters, designers and project
managers to ensure proper and on-time completion of projects.
• Ability to quickly learn and understand technologies and applications of varying degrees of complexity
• Develop and Incorporate social networking aspects to sitlets.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:03:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Real Fake
Photo studio realfake specializes in creative retouching, photo composition and digital illustration. What's fun about looking at their portfolio is that they include the original sources images along with the final illustration so you can see how they work their magic. In a recent series of ads for Back to Nature Natural Food Products, realfake combined images of a woman shopping with her daughter with close ups of squirrels. It made me laugh.
 Posted by Megan
Creativity
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:03:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Job Of The Day
Creative Services Associate
Focus Products Group, Vernon Hills, IL
Focus Products Group, LLC, located in Vernon Hills, IL, is looking for
a Creative Services Associate. This position would be responsible for
Planning, directing, and controlling the overall efforts of creative
services including but not limited to desktop publishing, digital
production/print production and graphic arts for Focus Housewares Group
and the other Focus entities as appropriate. This position would Design
packaging, displays, advertisements and sales presentations. They would
also facilitate photo direction and press approvals, lead and assist in
program management of creative needs from development through
production (often times via Far East manufacturers and third party
suppliers), play a significant role in the design and development of
company identity/logo and packaging strategy, assist with major trade
shows, communicate with internal as well as external resources, and
maintain advertising files and support marketing communication
investments. Focus Products Group is a growth-oriented holding company
serving the retail, hospitality, and foodservice markets.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:54:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 02, 2009
The Grand Prize
Veer just announced it's Grand Prize creativity contest. If you want to stretch your imagination, try your hand at this fun challenge:
Step away from the computer and re-create the Veer logo using
real-world objects or materials. Build, carve, light, shape, cut,
project, or [insert verb here] your entry, then take a photo and send
it to ideas@veer.com along with your name and mailing address. Entries will be judged on creativity, execution, and sheer awesomeness. The deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. PDT, November 5, 2009. THE GRAND PRIZE A MacBook Pro and accessories worth nearly $8,000 - Apple® 17” MacBook Pro
- Adobe® Creative Suite® 4
- 1,000 Veer Marketplace credits
- Jukebox Type collection (122 fonts)
- a Type Tray laptop cushion
- a Kern Zip-up
 Posted by Megan
Just for Fun
Monday, November 02, 2009 5:19:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Big HOW Conference News!
We're really excited to announce some big news: We're teaming up three hot HOW events, all in Denver next June. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the HOW Design Conference, this will be the must-attend design event of the year.
The 2010 HOW Design Conference will be held June 6-9 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. The Creative Freelancer Conference will be held June 5-6 and the In-HOWse Designer Conference will be June 6-8, also in Denver.
Designers who also freelance now have the option of attending THE business conference for solopreneurs as an add-on to the HOW Design Conference. In-house design managers can focus on topics like leadership, management and efficiency at the In-HOWse Designer Conference, while their staff members attend the HOW Conference for a big dose of creative inspiration at the very same time.
What’s in it for you?
• All the great sessions and speakers you’ve come to expect from HOW events
• Programs focused specifically for the Creative Freelancer Conference and the In-HOWse Designer Conference, plus lots of extras that have never before been part of those events
• An unmistakable energy that ignites when the design community comes together
• A once-a-year opportunity to network with other creative pros
• Unparalleled access to information and inspiration in the better-than-ever Design Resource Center and HOW Bookstore
• The biggest design party of the year, under one roof.
Put it on your calendar, add it to your budget and start your networking now. Trust me, this is THE design event you won’t want to miss.
Visit HOWconference.com, CreativeFreelancerConference.com or InHOWseConference.com to learn more about the events, and sign up for the free e-mail newsletter so you'll be among the first to know when speakers and sessions are announced in the coming weeks.
I hope you'll join me in Denver next June for a whole pile of design awesomeness.
Posted by Bryn
Events | HOW Magazine | Industry News
Monday, November 02, 2009 4:55:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Design News
Forgive us; our in-boxes have been piling up with industry news you should know about, and we're a bit behind in sharing it with you. Here's what's happening:
• Adobe last week announced the global winners of its Adobe Design Achievement Awards at the ICOGRADA World Congress in Beijing. The program recognizes outstanding student creative talent. Full list of winners here, including these:
—Illustration: Joerg Block, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
—Animation: team led by David Prosser of the Royal College of Art, London
—Motion Graphics: David Harper, Indiana University
—Print Communications: team led by Jison Park, Ewha Woman's University and Chung-ang University, Korea
• AIGA Los Angeles is hosting an evening with Milton Glaser on November 12, 7:30 at Space 15 Twenty in LA. Go here to register.
• Workamajig has announced a user conference for design and ad agencies that use its project-management software. Workology 2.0 is slated for the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, April 11–14, 2010.
• Wausau Paper released a new promo for its Royal line of papers for digital printing, "WYSIWYG: What You See is What You Get." The piece shows that even the textured stocks in the Royal brand perform reliably and worry-free, with a guarantee from the mill.
• Appleton Coated announced the 2009 winners of its U B the Judge competition, with 17 projects (printed all or in part on Utopia and Curious Collection papers) taking honors. Full list of winners here, including these:
—Hornall Anderson's "Jetforth" brochure for CitationShares
—Tiffany & Co.'s worldwide trade catalog, by the company's in-house creative team
—Rule29's "29 Reasons to Vote" screen-printed poster
—ESOPUS magazine's issue No. 10
• Shutterstock now legally guarantees every footage clip and image in its library by providing up to $10,000 to cover costs and damages for claims arising from usage of one of its products.
• From the "Cool Projects" file ... NYC firm Chermayeff & Geismar worked with Alicia Keys to create motion graphics for the singer's Black Ball fundraiser for her Keep a Child Alive charity. C&G partner Sagi Haviv conceived of a graphic representation of donor names that filled a giant LED stage onscreen.
Posted by Bryn
Design School | Industry News
Monday, November 02, 2009 3:51:11 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Job Of The Day
Associate Professor
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The University of Kansas is seeking a full-time faculty member to lead
our growing new program, PhotoMedia, which began as a degree program
spring 2008. PhotoMedia seeks to make the most of these innovative
advances through traditional photography skills and techniques,
enhanced digital photography skills, and contemporary media formats
that can be applied to industry or artistic endeavors.
The
candidate for this position must be able to develop curricular course
content as the program evolves and will work closely with other faculty
members in the development and implementation of curriculum to include
digital media, visual literacy, photographic composition, computer
imaging, motion graphics, video, and more. The candidate should have
credentials in Photography and Digital Media practice and theory and be
able to demonstrate research accomplishments or creative activities in
one or more specific photo/media disciplines.
Duties and Responsibilities
Teach
intermediate and advanced undergraduate PhotoMedia classes, assume a
leadership role in development of curriculum and course content,
participate in regular academic advising of PhotoMedia majors, and
other departmental service activities, as well as contribute to the
intellectual life of the university.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Monday, November 02, 2009 12:51:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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