PRINT’s Regional Design Annual.

We are now accepting entries for the 2008 Regional Design Annual. NEW for 2008: Entering your work is even easier. You can now register and pay for your entries online. Read the complete guidelines or access the official entry form (pdf).
This issue, the Regional Design Annual, is the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United States-and one of the biggest issues to hit the graphic design industry each year. All winning work will be organized by region and featured in the December 2008 issue of PRINT. We received more than 20,000 individual entries for the 2007 Regional Annual, from almost every state. The process of selection in all regions of the country was as stringent as ever, and, as always, we feel that the work we chose is first-rate, and that it represents the best design, illustrations, and photography being produced throughout the United States.

NEW: Get inspired with ten year's worth of Regional Design Annual Winners. Learn more about the Regional Design Annual 10 Year Retrospective DVD and website.

2010 Biodiversity Target: Act Now

In decision VI/26 the Conference of the Parties adopted the Strategic Plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity. In its mission statement, Parties committed themselves to a more effective and coherent implementation of the three objectives of the Convention, to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth.

Read more: Convention on Biological Diversity

Video: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/animations/cbd_web.swf

Is it time to go Freelance?

Posted by Haig Armen on Saturday, October 6th, 2007 3:58 pm

"In the UK, where I’ve been for the past couple of weeks, pay rates for design freelancers are up in many cases, particularly when it comes to digital disciplines, according to DesignWeek’s second annual survey.

Overall, pay increases have been extremely healthy over the last twelve months, with increases of 13% cited, and a further 9% over the next twelve months predicted. However, rates in more traditional print, branding, exhibition and retail sectors lag behind their new media equivalents, as the following tables illustrate."

Take a look at the tables...

Language as Sculpture, Words as Clay

By RANDY KENNEDY

Published: October 21, 2007

How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.

It’s an unusual way to meet him, given that almost 40 years ago Mr. Weiner decided that words would serve almost exclusively as raw material for his art: words spoken, sung, painted on walls, printed in books and on matchbooks, stamped on coins or manhole covers or elsewhere. In 1968, in a declaration of principles that has become a founding document of Conceptual art (a category that Mr. Weiner, as you might expect, views with great suspicion), he wrote:

“1. The artist may construct the piece.

“2. The piece may be fabricated.

“3. The piece need not be built.

“Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist the decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership.”

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Two events at FullSail

Two events at FullSail to raise awareness for World Diabetes Day Nov 15^th

Poster and T-Shirt Design Contest
In order to promote the "Draw For A Cure" event below and also help raise funds for diabetes, we're holding a design contest for the promotional poster and t-shirt

Requirements:
-Submit a design where the theme is in white against black (so that we can print 1-color black t-shirts).
-The design needs to be roughly 8.5 by 11 and be saved as a vector graphic in 300 DPI resolution.
-Send all designs (or questions) to Theresa Becker at tbecker@fullsail.com.
-Deadline: designs will only be received until Oct. 26 at 5 p.m.
-The winner will be selected and announced in Propeller by Oct. 31. The winner's name will be included in all posters and receive a $25 Best Buy gift certificate.

Touched By Diabetes? Draw For A Cure
If you or someone you know has diabetes, join the "Draw For A Cure" initiative. You can choose your own medium to express yourself or, if you need a canvas to work on, we can supply it to you. Make sure to contact Avaryl Buzbee at abuzbee@fullsail.com by to give her your contact information, so we can coordinate and informative meeting with all those interested.

The goal is to have the pieces submitted by the participating artists exhibited in our campus around World Diabetes Day, to be auctioned to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (http://www.jdrf.org/). The details of the exhibit will be posted at a later time.

Joost – next-generation TV

What's Joost? It's free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience. It's a completely secure platform for content owners that respects their rights, while protecting and enhancing their brands. And it's an incredibly flexible way for advertisers to reach a truly global audience, in ways that really work. Joost isn't just video on the internet – it's the next generation of television for viewers, content owners and advertisers everywhere.

Who's building Joost?
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström have been talking about the idea behind Joost for a long time. In early 2006, they started gathering the world's best engineers, web gurus and media visionaries to start building it, under the code name of The Venice Project. More than a year of very hard work later, their vision is ready for public viewing.

In that time, Joost has grown from a handful of people in a small office outside Amsterdam to more than 100 people spread right across Europe and North America. Joost is already a global venture, bringing TV to a global, highly networked community. And already, it's setting new standards for 21st-century entertainment.

Ettore Sottsass - Industrial Design

At the age of 90, Italian architect and furniture designer Ettore Sottsass is still shaking up the design world with his irreverent flair. Co-founding the design collective Memphis in 1981, Sottsass became known for brightly colored, outrageously playful designs that defined '80s style. Although his more recent furniture is a somber mélange of polished aluminum, warm wood, and clear plastic, the tone is just as impudent. The towering cabinets on view at Friedman Benda are stacks of mismatching pieces — in Cabinet nr. 72, cold metal shelves rest on a dresser of polished tropical wood teetering on clear acrylic legs. Cabinets nr. 76 and nr. 67 also walk the line between subdued elegance and cheek, but his glass works are unapologetically bright and colorful. (BR)

An exhibition of Ron Arad's aluminum chairs is also on view at Friedman Benda through October 27.

One of the most significant counter-forces to modernism in the history of design, Ettore Sottsass has made monumental artistic contributions to every decade since 1945. His remarkable career has produced a provocative body of work, including architecture, furniture, industrial design, glass, ceramics, painting, photography and a wealth of writings. With this work he has consistently intellectually and aesthetically challenged the conventional wisdom of forms and proportions for over 65 years. Having celebrated his 90th birthday in September, Sottsass continues to produce work through Sottsass Associati, the architecture and design practice he founded in Milan in 1985.

The United Nations Documentary Film Festival needs a logo

Prize: $5,000
Deadline: Monday November 26, 2007
Competition Brief

Design the official logo for “Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival”

The Stories from the Field festival is presented by Media Communications Association International, New York Chapter (MCA-I NY) in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and The New School.

Until now the communications material for Stories from the Field has contained variations of the MCA-I NY logo with the United Nations logo and the title – as shown in the example here. The organization is looking for a logo that represents the festival, rather than the organizations that present it.

The logo would be used on the festival's calls for entries, programs, posters, flyers, stationery, collateral materials and the website. It would also be used to brand the various satellite festivals that are in formation. The Logo should be composed of 2 elements:

– An icon representing the festival
– The festival title


More information...

Nike Design Director at Full Sail

Wilson W. Smith III

October 25, 2007
Check In: 7pm
Presentation: 7:30pm

Location:
Full Sail - building behind Chilis

Register online now and save!

ONLINE PRICING
$5 Members
$20 Non-Members
http://orlando.aiga.org

AT DOOR
$10 Members
$25 Non-members

Wilson W. Smith III is a Design Director at Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon. Becoming a Senior Designer in 1990, Mr. Smith had been involved primarily with the concepts of Nike's Cross Training and Basketball products. Establishing the design direction for Tennis footwear throughout the 90's, he created many athlete-endorsed products including Andre Agassi's signature line. In 1997, he became the first dedicated Senior Footwear Designer for Brand Jordan, and eventually inspired by, and collaborating with Michael Jordan, he created the industry leading Air Jordan 16 & 17. Fall of 2003, Wilson became the Creative Director of Nike Court, which includes all tennis & racquet driven footwear, with lead design direction for Nike endorsee Serena Williams and world #1 Roger Federer. A recent recognition, Black Enterprise Magazine named Wilson one of America's Top Black Designers.

Maira Kalman - illustrations

From April 2006 to April 2007, the artist and author Maira Kalman, known for the “Newyorkistan” cover of The New Yorker and for her illustrations in the newly updated “Elements of Style,” blogged for the New York Times.

Now “The Principles of Uncertainty,” her witty, whimsical illustrated series, has come out in book form. Tonight, Ms. Kalman — who has also designed for Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, and created sets for the Mark Morris Dance Company — will sign copies at a new exhibition of her work at the Julie Saul Gallery.

“‘Style’ Gets New Elements,” by Jeremy Eichler

“The Principles of Uncertainty,” a blog by Maira Kalman

“Sidestepping the Camp in a Work by Stein and Thompson,” by Jennifer Dunning

The Art of Business: Artist's Rep or Artist's Rip Off?

Artist's representatives charge too much and won't even consider you unless you're already successful, so why even seek representation? Good question.
(creativepro.com)
By Eric J. Adams, creativepro.com contributing editor
Monday, October 18, 2004

By day you create tedious corporate brochures and inane illustrations; by night you wonder if there is an artist representative somewhere who will recognize your talent and introduce you to A-list clients with bulging budgets and glamorous projects.

Hey, we're all human, but before you spend hours chasing down an agent who will, take up to 25 percent of your earnings, first understand the rep game and determine if an artist's rep is right for you.

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Hotel Chevalier, free download

Hotel Chevalier is a 2007 short film by director Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman, the film acts as a prologue to Anderson's 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited. The 13-minute short takes place in the eponymous hotel some time before Schwartzman's character, Jack, meets his two older brothers in India. The film was screened out of competition alongside The Darjeeling Limited at the 64th Annual Venice Film Festival. It was made available in the United States as a free download on Apple, Inc's iTunes Store on September 26th.

The film was made in the Hotel Raphael in Paris, France. Prominently featured in the short is the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" by Peter Sarstedt, from the 1969 album of the same name.

Top Design: Design for Special Events

Peleg Top is the founder of Top Design, the Los Angeles-based design and branding firm now specializing in design for special events. Peleg started his firm in 1991 from his apartment and, with a strong dedication to marketing and a passion for business, he has grown Top Design into one of Los Angeles' most sought-after firms.

Initially specializing in design for the music industry, Peleg and the Top Design team art-directed over 300 CD packages and created the Grammy Awards Logo. Top also chaired the Grammy Album packaging committee for five years. In the Non Profit sector, Top Design helped Toyota Motors USA brand their corporate contributions division and helped raise over $200 million dollars for many other respected organizations like City of Hope, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Tiger Woods Foundation.

Illustration

We have been representing the newest talent since 1929 and then known as the Kathleen Boland Studio and later the Garden Studio. Over the years we have represented the world's leading illustrators from Frank R Grey in the 1930s, who illustrated the Jane Turpin stories by Evadne Price, to the outstanding collection of contemporary artists we represent today.
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Sacred Paris

Audio Slide Show
Among the churches of Paris is a trove of artistic masterworks, from a revelatory Tintoretto to a shimmering Keith Haring.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization that provides innovative artists working in the media, literary, and performing arts with exhibition and performance opportunities to create and present new work. Using its own extensive history as a resource, the organization identifies, supports, and presents emerging and under-recognized artists who are making significant contributions to their respective fields as well as serves as a safe space for more established artists to take unusual creative risks. Read more...

Job Applicant, Beware: You're Being Googled

by Allan Hoffman
Monster Tech Jobs Expert
It’s not just what you say that can be held against you when you’re looking for a job. It’s also what you post on MySpace, write in your blog and broadcast on YouTube.

That’s because if a potential employer uncovers salacious or otherwise unflattering material about you online, that job offer you were expecting could vaporize. With 77 percent of employers Googling and otherwise researching applicants, you never know what your future bosses may think about those times you ranted about your coworkers or got sloshed at a party. They may simply decide to avoid your questionable past and move on to the next candidate.

“Who wants to be the person in HR who brings in the kid who has bong hits all over his page?” says Michael Fertik, the CEO of ReputationDefender, a services company that helps job seekers clean up their online reputations. Read more

TOCA ME design conference 08 - BEYOND SURFACE

The next TOCA ME design conference
will take place on 23rd february 2008 in munich, germany!

TOCA ME design conference once again brings together some
of today's most outstanding designers from around the world.
they present their works ranging from graphic design to web
design and product design, from video to interactive instal-
lations and allow a view behind their scenes - BEYOND SURFACE.

featured designers:

ERIK NATZKE, usa
INSERT SILENCE, canada
NANIKA/HI-RES!, uk
DVEIN, spain
MARIO KLINGEMANN, germany

sat 23rd february 2008
reithalle, munich, germany

http://www.design-conference.de

TOCA ME & LOUNGE SEVENTY-TWO present:
BEYOND SURFACE - DESIGN CONTEST

everyday we meet people, talk to people on the web, watch
beautiful faces on ads and tv. at the end of the day we
often resume that there was lots of communication but we
don't know anything about each other.

we want you to allow us a view behind your nice face. show
us your thoughts and feelings. your fears or pleasures. what
you are occupied with in your daily life. from sadness to
happiness. from global issues to personal thoughts. we are
interested in you - so let us follow you beyond surface.

don't waste any second and join the contest. there are
prizes (adobe packages) waiting worth more than 8000 euro!

all contest details can be found at:
http://designcontest.toca-me.com