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 Friday, February 05, 2010
Job Of The Day
Senior Graphic Designer
160over90, Philadelphia, PA
160over90 is a branding firm headquartered in sunny Philadelphia, and
we need a graphic designer with at least 2-3 years of agency
experience. A beautiful portfolio will get you in the door, but your
strategic thinking will land you the job. Successful designers in our
firm can quarterback their way through a client challenge. They have an
encyclopedic knowledge of production techniques. They crave involvement
in developing strategies, appreciate great copywriting, and enjoy
healthy critique in a collaborative environment. You’ll be surrounded
by professionals like you who push you to create your best work, your
opinions will be valued, and you’ll have opportunities to grow as you
work with our select client roster of brands from around the world.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Friday, February 05, 2010 12:51:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
And Funny
With a great sense of humor and a talent for crafting gorgeous ampersands Haäfe & Haph are offering a collection of 10 ampersands for only $9.99, which comes as both .eps vector files and an opentype font.
Here's their back story:
The year was 1887. Dierk Einhard Haäfe Master Typographer and Johan VanEngelbert Haph Suspected Wizard
were inventing a typography machine to compete with Mergenthaler's
newly unveiled Linotype. With Haäfe's typography experience and Haph's
scientific and technical know-how, they were sure to revolutionize the
design industry. Misjudging the combined radioactive effects of (then
unknown) plutonium and liberal use of Dr. Kurl's Moustache Wax ™,
Johan inadvertently sparked a quantum flux ripping space-time wide
open and transporting the designers to the 21st Century. With no hope
of return, they set about re-establishing themselves as prominent
designers, quickly adapting to new technology with old-world flair.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:10:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Q&A with HOW Conference Speaker Marcia Hoeck
About a year ago, a design-firm principal e-mailed to pitch an article she'd like to write for HOW about the tough lessons she'd learned about managing creative people. I knew of Marcia Hoeck and her firm, and the article was a perfect fit. Marcia's advice was so helpful that we invited her to present at this year's HOW Conference in Denver. And she agreed to be a part of our first Twitterview with a speaker.
Catch Marcia's session, Be a Better Manager, in Denver, and watch for other speaker Twitterviews in the coming weeks.
Here's the text of our conversation:
Marcia, you ran a successful Midwest design firm for 25 years. Tell us a bit about that business.
Focus on marcom (foodservice) & corp communication, print base, Toledo OH & Phx offices. 8-9 people, mix of on-site & virtual
And you recently sold your firm to an employee. Was that a bittersweet event?
Sold to 3 former employees, surprisingly emotional but cool experience. Like saying goodbye to a baby, but time to go
How did you know that you were ready to move on, and that this was the right time?
25 years is a LONG time! It ran very well by itself, and I was ready for a new experience. I love to learn new things
Is it fair to say that you’re now teaching other entrepreneurs to avoid the mistakes you made along the way?
YES! You learn a lot in 25 years—stability is important, & the challenges stay the same. Entrepreneurs are different from 'normal' people
Love that: Entrepreneurs are different from ‘normal’ people. In what way, do you think?
Bright shiny object syndrome, "I can do it myself!", won't let go but don't have patience for details, off in the clouds a lot ...
So entrepreneur = creative, scattered, a bit ADD. What are challenges in BEING creative and MANAGING creative people?
Balance. Being involved vs letting go. "I wanna DO it!" Empowering vs directing. Focusing on the value of each person.
Plus creative people can be a handful, as you know! :)
Ah yes … letting go when you really want to design something yourself. You wrote a terrific piece for HOW about managing a great team. What’s the 1 biggest thing you learned about management?
Everything I learned is big! But biggest is: 1st, you need great people. Then, you need to let go. It's not about you, but how you handle it
How did you make time to run your biz AND design AND develop consulting practice? Is that where letting go comes in?
Ah! That's the secret! Yes, it's great people, the way you treat them, the systems you set up, & letting go. It's a balance.
What was the 1 management task that you most struggled with in running your own biz?
For me it WAS just that: the balance. I'm a natural steamroller. You walk a fine line.
What can a designer not in a management position do to help shape the culture of his/her workplace?
Be valuable! Step up. Take on the tasks no one else wants 2 do, like you own the place (in a good way). You'll become integral.
How similar are people-management issues in a design firm vs. an in-house creative dept?
People issues are people issues, anywhere. You just have less control in-house.
Think entrepreneurially. U can build a culture of interdependence on values w/in a dept w/the right mgr. People valuing people is the key.
How do you get over the urge of wanting to design it all?
U never get over the urge of wanting 2 design it! I lock my hands behind my back & hold my tongue 4 the good of the biz. :)
Posted by Bryn
Design Resources | HOW Conference | HOW Magazine
Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:05:13 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Type Love Ts
TypographyShop just announced a pre-release sale on three new shirts celebrating a love for type.
I love typography. Proclaim your passion via a five line specimen display of Simoncini Garamond. Designed by Francesco Simoncini and W. Bilz for the publishing house Giulio Einaudi Editore, in 1961, it's one of the warmest and most versatile of the modern day Garamonds.
Love. Love. Love. Love in Futura, Simoncini Garamond and Akzidenz Grotesk, labeled with their respective classifications of Geometric Sans, Oldstyle and Grotesque Sans.
Love it A-Z. An annotated alphabet display of News Gothic with which to declare your love, I love typography a-z is the third in our valentine trilogy. Designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1908, News Gothic preceded its workhorse rival Trade Gothic by 40 years.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:40:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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20 Years of the HOW Conference
Hard to believe that we'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the HOW Design Conference in Denver this June. Even harder to believe that I was at the first one. Yes, I was in grade school at the time.
I love that my HOW Conference colleagues had the idea for this year's program brochure to create a collage out of previous materials. It's kind of a historical overview of design trends: Note the cover designed by Chicago's Carlos Segura (upper right corner), with the composited, photocopied type style that was current in 1993. (If memory serves, Segura's design for the conference provoked a late-night conversation during the event over style vs. legibility ... one of many such conversations ongoing in the days of Segura and Carson and other ground-breakers.)
Posted by Bryn
HOW Conference
Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:18:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Job Of The Day
Associate Textile/Apparel Graphic Designer
Gymboree Corp., San Francisco, CA
The Associate Textile/ Apparel Graphic Designer will be responsible for
creating whimsical, novelty prints and graphics for the boy product
line. This person will support the graphics design process and work
closely with the designer, merchandise manager, and production partner
for the Boy apparel line. The Associate Designer will participate in
pre-concept meetings with the design team to create well balanced,
saleable lines. This person will shop the market and conduct creative
research for new ideas and development processes. This person will also
design original prints and artwork, and contribute ideas to design
partner regarding color and placement. The Associate Designer will be
responsible for re-coloring existing prints and artwork as well as be
responsible for making recommendations of purchased artwork. This
person will be responsible for producing millsheets for textiles as
well as creating colorways and repeats. This person will also be
responsible for technical instructions for factories/vendors to produce
fabric prints. The Associate Designer will produce the millsheets for
graphics as well as the technical instructions for factories/vendors to
produce artwork. This person will make changes to prints and artwork
and prepare legal copyright paperwork.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:36:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
HOW Seeks Interns
HOW seeks highly organized design-student interns to work on the magazine, books
and online projects. This internship program offers an excellent
opportunity to learn first-hand the day-to-day operations of a
multiplatform media brand, to learn from veteran art directors, and to encounter design work from leading firms around the
world.
Design interns function as an integral part of the team, working
on most visual aspects of the magazine, and may
also be involved in maintaining and creating content for the website,
and in basic layout and production for HOW Books.
HOW internships are conducted on a for-credit basis.
Any applicant to the program must be able to receive credit for the
internship (or must be remunerated by his or her school in another
manner already established by that school). HOW interns must be local
to Cincinnati.
See here for more information on HOW's design internship program. (Better-paying design jobs are always posted in our Design Job Bank.)
Posted by Bryn
HOW Magazine | Industry News
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:53:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Mind Blowing Miniature Photography
Michael Paul Smith is an amazing artist who constructs and photographs miniature scenes that transport the viewer back in time. I'm stunned.
What started out as an exercise in
model building and photography, ended up
as a dream-like reconstruction of the
town I grew up in. It's not an exact
recreation, but it does capture the
mood of my memories. And like a dream, many of the buildings
show up in different configurations
throughout the photos. Or sometimes, the
buildings stay put and the backgrounds
change.
NO PHOTOSHOP WAS USED IN THESE
PICTURES. IT'S ALL STRAIGHT FROM THE
CAMERA. It's the oldest trick in the special
effects book:
line up a model with an appropriate
background and shoot.
The buildings are 1/24th scale [ or
1/2 inch equals a foot ]. They are
constructed of Gator board, styrene
plastic, Sintra [ a light flexible
plastic that can be carved, and painted
] plus numerous found objects; such as
jewelery pieces, finishing washers and
printed material.
My model making skills are an accumulation of numerous and varied jobs
I've had over the years. Everything from text book illustrator,
wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays,
architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores.
via Boing BoingPosted by Megan
Creativity
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:47:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Job Of The Day
Senior Designer
Kolar Design, Cincinnati, OH
Kolar Design is seeking highly creative senior designers who are
motivated and have excellent strategic problem solving and
communication skills to join our collaborative team.
The
successful candidate will be integral in leading creative teams in the
creation of strategic design solutions that create compelling
experiences for our clients, their employees, and customers. This is an
ideal job for someone who enjoys the challenge of complex problems. You
will be asked to present your solutions both internally and to clients.
Through mentoring, you will be responsible for contributing to the
design education of junior designers.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:01:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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