Featured Forum Topic of the Day:
ID Twitter
by woodandplastic in general design discussion
I’ve finally given in to the power that is Twitter. Find it quite useful for sharing/finding links, seeing what people are working on, networking etc.
After reading Design Droplets recent blog post of 10 Industrial Designers worth following I decided to post a topic here.
So thoughts on Twitter? Any IDers you recommend following?
Senior Design Manager
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Georgia
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for developing innovative strategies to drive inspiring design development programs for Coke Zero, Dasani water and Minute Maid brands. The position will be located at our corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Areas of focus include: packaging graphic design, point of sale creative design, brand identity and design management.
The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.
You’ve got just 3 days left to vote for your favorites in our Wave Sport Kayak Hull Trip-Tych Competition! The Grand Prize winner receives $2500, and the Top 5 designs will be displayed at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Show in Salt Lake City in July 2009, in addition to getting a kayak with their own design. Here are the finalists:
Jared Schmale, Canada
Mike Serafin, United States
Ben Nelesen, United States
Danny Louten, United States
Sam Bevington, United Kingdom
>>CHECK OUT THE GALLERY NOW to vote on the Finalists and to view all the Semi-Finalists and Notables.
Featured Forum Topic of the Day:
Furniture Pilgrimage – Help!
by woodandplastic in furniture
I am starting an apprenticeship with a furniture maker, and family friend, in Germany this summer. While on the trip I was hoping to see / do some other things that would better inform me of the industry I am trying to be engaged with. Are there any upcoming furniture fairs / exhibitions / companies / small shops that you would recommend I visit? Traveling throughout Europe is hypothetically possible on this pilgrimage…
Lead Designer
Electronic Ink
Philadelphia, PA
The Lead Level Designer will work closely with various level designers, research professionals, technology experts, strategist, program managers and the business development team, to both create and oversee the design, look and feel, and user experience of various web-based and desktop applications. Candidate must have the ability to guide and oversee fellow team members. Candidate is expected to develop a deep understanding of every client’s target audiences, their users’ behaviors, needs and expectations and confidently incorporate them into a comprehensive solution.
The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.
Featured Forum Topic of the Day:
Small-run Glassware Production?
by jknodell in consumer products
I may be in need of a company to produce a limited line (20 to 30) custom stemware glasses. Are there any U.S. based companies that would accommodate such a run? Or should I seek out a specialized glass artist?
Anyone have experience with this?
Cinco Design isn’t like a lot of other design firms; but a lot of design firms are starting to look more and more like Cinco. The cross-platform branding/media/product studio has grown from a small, marketing-oriented graphics shop into a dynamic, mid-sized firm that’s weathering the economic downturn surprisingly well, adding digital, interaction and product design to its list of services in the meantime, and counting Microsoft, Fox Racing and Nixon watches among its repeat clients.
Kirk James, who founded Cinco in Portland several years back, after stints at Nike and JDK, has been the unifying element on this diversified team, and first drew our attention last year as a proponent of the product-as-brand-extension trend that’s been slowly altering the branding landscape. He’ll be serving as counterpoint to some of the larger, more established firms represented at tomorrow’s Creative Confab in Portland, with a unique point of view that comes from building creative teams where everyone has to know a little bit about everything. His two questions:
1. You’ve mentioned that you sometimes find designers through past or current clients — how does that usually work? Are there any pitfalls to be aware of when going this route?
Over the years we’ve had some great talent referred to us by our clients. In some cases it comes as an extension of their own creative network, other times it comes from good talent that is reaching out to work with them — often as freelancers — who are showing interest in projects or programs that we’ve lead. On several occasions they’ve directed those candidates our way when there wasn’t a need or fit within their own teams. It’s lead to some great collaborators and, in at least two cases, staff positions.
For us the key is to keep it casual. We’re not typically seeking out contacts in that way, it’s just that our clients know what we’re all about and that we’re always interested in meeting new talent. Sometimes a fit just seems natural.
Of course not everything is a fit. Sometimes candidates are drawn more to the idea of working with our client’s brands than in joining a diversified team on the consulting side. So that indirect referral path doesn’t always lead to a cultural fit.
2. Cinco has been expanding from graphic and identity design into a wider array of digital services lately. Do you find that you can rely on the same professional networks as before to fill your hiring needs in these areas, or does it require building new ones?
We’ve been known for some time as a branding and graphic shop, and get a steady stream of portfolios in that space. But more and more we’re looking for hybrid designers who are able to deliver across disciplines, and think more strategically. In years past that’s meant looking mostly to graphic designers with the skills to stretch to environments, trending or product styling. Today that is as likely to mean product designers with the ability to create visual and branding strategies. It’s not one type of creative versus another — it’s more about diversifying our thinking and being open to more possibilities.
In the last couple of years that’s lead us to search for talent by exploring recruiters who specialize in ID and digital experience, using sites like Coroflot that speak to a broader range of designers, and placing ads in cities beyond Portland. We’re continually looking to expand our network and reach into territory that’s new to us.
The hour-long panel that Kirk will be sharing with directors and recruiters from Nike, Ziba, and Intel forms the core of the afternoon-long informational and networking event. It’s shaping up to be an unusually great conversation, and an outstanding opportunity for designers, creative directors and recruiters from the product, apparel, branding and interaction design fields to meet, learn, and connect. Tickets are still available, and this is the only such event in the Pacific Northwest this year; check out the Confab page for details and registration info.
Coroflot’s Creative Employment Confab
Thursday, June 11th, 2:30-6pm
University of Oregon, Portland – White Stag Block
70 NW Couch St. @ NW 1st Ave, Portland, OR
Other panelist interviews, and more background on this thing we call Confab:
2 Questions for Nick Oakley of Intel
2 Questions for Beth Sasseen of Nike
2 Questions for Chelsea Vandiver of Ziba
Fast Company coverage of the Austin Confab in March
Junior Graphic Designer
Fuseproject
San Francisco, California
This position will be responsible for delivering top-notch substantive creative output with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc. A keen understanding of the relationship between brand and product is key, as is the ability to directly participate in design efforts, along with driving them. You should have experience working on a wide range of projects (identity, print, brand and UI design experience are basics…animation or other multimedia experience is a big plus).
The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.
Senior Graphic Designer
J.P. Morgan
New York, NY
The senior graphic designer is part of a creative group – writers/editors and designers/production specialists – who work within Marketing to conceptualize, execute and produce sophisticated marketing collaterals that will advance sales objectives by leveraging our intellectual capital and reflecting our brand values.
The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at Coroflot.
Nidecker Snowboards has partnered with Core77 to produce the Nidecker Snowboard Competition, an international design competition inviting designers to create custom snowboard graphics. The Grand Prize winner will receive $2500 and be included in the Nidecker 2010/11 line, and the Top 4 will be produced in a limited run and receive a snowboard with their own design. They will also all be displayed at the international SIA Show in Orlando and at the ISPO Tradeshow in Munich in February 2010, along with profiles of the winning designers. And…the designer’s name will be featured on the side of their board!
Design Brief
For this competition, Nidecker is challenging designers to create the next generation of snowboard graphics. Designers can submit designs of any style or content, and participants have the entire topsheet of the board as their canvas. Just download the templates and create!
Competition Deadline
July 12th, 11:59 pm EST
COMPETITION IS OPEN! REGISTER NOW!!
Check out Nidecker boards in action:
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