HOW Conference mp3s Available
The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get the entire package for $199. A pretty good deal considering the price…
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New-to-me Design Conferences
I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a couple that I wasn’t familiar with in the current issue of STEP…
5 Questions with Wayne Geyer
One of the HOW Conference presentations I really enjoyed was “Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers” with Wayne Geyer. A designer-turned-copywriter, Wayne gave a great presentation about how we can improve our writing skills as designers. Aside from providing…
Speaking of CSA…
Awhile ago I promised I’d show you some of the paper promotions I received at the HOW Conference, and of course I just finally got around to organizing them. One in particular that I love is this one designed by…
Making the Impossible Possible
Fortunately I got a chance to see Bill Strickland speak as the closing keynote for the HOW Conference. As a speaker and a person, he is truly inspirational. He grew up in poverty in the inner city of Pittsburgh and…
Type Galore
One of the highlights of the conference was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the conference. I love the books cataloging these competitions. I personally own Typography 26 and Typography 28 and will definitely be adding this new one…
Charles S. Anderson Design
Another presenter I was really excited about was Charles Anderson. I love the look and feel of all the work that comes out of their studio, and I really love French paper, who they partner with on many of their…
The Design Catch 22
Another session I was excited about was the one given by David Schimmel of And Partners here in New York. I’ve always admired their work so I was excited to hear what he had to say, especially about this topic…
Another HOW Blog
Just came across this blog via the Daily Monster. It covers a bunch of the sessions I didn’t get to see, so take a look.
Daily Monster
Designer and Illustrator Stefan Bucher, of Daily Monster fame, gave a talk along with John Foster called “Arriving at Creativity”. The most entertaining part of the talk was the video played at the end of Bucher’s monster created specifically for…
Behance
Another one of Monday’s sessions I really enjoyed was given by Scott Belsky of Behance. For those of you that don’t know about the company, they maintain several creative initiatives. They include the Behance network, an online creative community; a…
Helpful Business Resources
In Monday’s second session I attended “Financial Planning for Solo Designers” given by Shel Perkins, the author of Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers. While a lot of the information didn’t really apply to me, some of it…
Joe Duffy: A Designed Life
Monday morning’s session presented by Joe Duffy was one I was really looking forward to. I love the work that comes out of Duffy and Partners and I was really excited to get some insight into their process. His presentation…
Opening Night
This past Sunday I headed into the Hynes for the opening Keynote address, given by Jeremy Gutsche of Trend Hunter Magazine, entitled “Creating a Culture of Innovation”. Gutsche was an excellent speaker and his talk and made some great points…
Apologies for the Slowness
Well, I really did mean to have my HOW recaps up long before now, but I didn’t realize how much being at the conference would take out of me. It was a bit exhausting inhaling all of that information in…
Inspiration Overload
Well, the first full day of the HOW conference is over and it’s been awesome so far. I went to 4 really great sessions today and got my hands on tons of free stuff at the resource center; so there’s…
Time for HOW!
I’m currently back home in Boston, which is exciting because I haven’t been able to get here since Christmas. And as much as I love New York, Boston will always be home. I’ve had several things going on since I…