Graphic Designer Pierre Mendell, 79, Passes Away in Munich
Entwurf: Pierre Mendell, Design Studio Mendell & Oberer, 1986. MUNICH.- Pierre Mendell ? one the world?s leading graphic designers ? passed away at the age of 79 on December 19, 2008 in Munich.

B.C. Rich offers Kerry King's New Graphic V Electric Guitar
The hundreds of thousands of people that have seen Kerry King on stage with Slayer recently have seen his Generation 2 graphics. This new striking tribal design is floating over a hand drawn flame making it visually striking.

Skoobit Offers College Students an Opportunity to Win a Full Semester of Free Textbook Rentals
Calling all communications and graphic design students! Online textbook rental company, Skoobit , announces its first-ever contest for college students set to begin in January. Registered teams of up to ten students will create and implement a public relations or advertising campaign for their campus to spread the word about Skoobit?s money-saving services. Submitted materials will be judged by ...

Blue Marlin brands Butts Out portable ashtray
Branding consultancy Blue Marlin Brand Design has designed the logo and graphic identity for portable ashtray Butts Out, intended to diminish litter from cigarettes.

Rome SK Contest | Transworld Snowboarding
For the coming 2009-2010 season, the Rome SDS is expanding the idea behind the Artifact SK (Shop Kid) that it has made for the last two years. It?s taking the one SK board and turning it into an entire SK Collection. And this time, the shop kids will be doing the graphic design.

Can the Current Recession Affect Future Home Design? A Leading Home Designer Thinks Not
Housing industry experts continue to predict that the new home of tomorrow will be smaller and smaller. Most of those predictions are not backed up by events of past economic downturns. AVID Home Studios, a leading residential home design firm, decided to look back in order to look forward. (PRWeb Jan 9, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1836134.htm

Kimball Office Receives Prestigious ?GOOD DESIGN? Award for Innovative New Desk System: Hum. Minds at Work.®
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, has distinguished Kimball Office with a 2008 GOOD DESIGN? Award for the Company?s Hum. Minds At Work.® desk system. The award reflects Kimball?s growing reputation as a leader in problem-solving design and workplace efficiency. Kimball was previously honored ...

Quango Helps Maxim Global Wealth Advisors Go Outside the Norm to Offer Financial Guidance and a Sense of Community to ...
Maxim Global Wealth Advisors, financial advisors to American expats and global citizens, recently teamed with Quango, an independent, full-service graphic design agency, to create its new Website and provide an increased level of online financial services information to clients worldwide. (PRWeb Jan 9, 2009) Read the full story at ...

It's the last month for Anomaly Design Shop
Sadly, another Milwaukee business is closing its doors at the end of this month. Anomaly Design Shop, the Brady Street gift boutique, will close Feb. 1. Located at 816 E. Brady St., Anomaly opened in 2006 to sell kitschy, design laden gifts, paper goods and accessories inspiring creativity.

City unveils new logo design
The more things change, the more they remain the same.

My1Stop.com Adds Direct Express Direct Mail Services with Bulk Mailing Options for Customers of Any Size
My1Stop.com print services expansion continues with the addition of mailing services and bulk mailing services. The new direct mail services, dubbed "Direct Express Mail", join the My1Stop Services offering which includes, Print Management Services, Graphic Design Services and Green Business Services. (PRWeb Jan 9, 2009) Read the full story at ...

Changing Skyline: P.O. design doesn't deliver, either
Inga Saffron: Don't be surprised if you have trouble finding the front door when you arrive at the Postal Service's new Philadelphia flagship at 30th and Chestnut Streets.

DisplayLink Congratulates Samsung Honored With 2009 CES Innovation Award
DisplayLink Inc. today congratulates Samsung for being named an honoree in the 2009 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards in the Computer Peripherals category for the SyncMaster D190SX Sidekick Display featuring DisplayLink?s USB graphics hardware and software.

Web Design Firms - 31 New Listings
Here are some of the most recent Web Design Firm listings submitted by fellow designers. Not as many as last time, but some of these are really interesting. Submit Your Web...

Team Ireland newsletter 2009-01-09
Dublin, 09 January 2009; With the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport set to recommence in two weeks time at Taupo, New Zealand, series leader A1 Team Ireland is once again assisted in maximizing its on-track visibility thanks to its multi-year partnership with leading car and team-livery design company Hutchinson Design.

Design firm?s ?box? ad spurs terrorism fears
THE COMPANY?S offbeat marketing strategy was not meant to scare those who received the ?DNA fusion? mailing, said Shazamm?s founder and president, Dana Paul. ?We?re very apologetic for any kind of craziness it may have caused.?

The hottest design trends for 2009
Whether you are designing a custom home, remodeling or simply looking for inspiration, here are the 10 big trends they've spotted for the coming year.

Some scared by design firm?s ?box? ad
SPOOF TURNED SCARE: A person examines one of the test-tube containing boxes, in a scene from the video at www.dna-fusion.com. The idea was, the green liquid would represent the fusion of the corporate ?DNA? of marketing company Shazaam and its new parent, Atrion Networking Corp.

Consumers of the World Unite
Saks Fifth Avenue uses Soviet-inspired art in its spring marketing campaign, inspired by the bold graphic designs and propaganda spirit of Constructivist art.

CoMAD receives $25 million gift
Drexel University received $25 million in funds, the largest gift in Drexel's history, toward the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. The gift was given by an anonymous donor, who is a trustee of the University, according to Mark Greenberg, interim provost and senior vice president of the Pennoni Honors College.