http://wearedesignbureau.com/
Design Bureau
This new bimonthly magazine is aimed at interior designers and architects but has plenty of content for anyone who loves design.

http://www.designers-anonymous.com/
Designers Anonymous
This London-based firm specializes in smart graphic design and cheeky product design.

http://www.jcolt.com/Misc/CrossCountry.html
East / West
This linear story of a cross country adventure was photographed on various 35 and 120mm cameras and compiled into a horizontally scrolling website.

Written by Audrey Watters

In the last four years of my life I’ve been doing different things. University first, then internship, then a real job in the gaming industry, then recently a new one in the web and communication field, after a huge change in perspective… and I actually guess it’s more or less the same for a lot of you.

After a bit of thinking I realized there’s one thing I’ve been doing throughout the entire process and I’m positive I’ll be doing in my future: presenting. Not focusing on any topic in particular, it’s the pure act of putting ideas into slideshows and present them to someone, whether it’s a CEO, a random manager, a client, a partner, a group of collaborators, a supervisor.

This new infographic compiles social data from the Fortune 100 global company index across the four major social platforms in Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Blogs. One of the most interesting statistics to come out of this chart is that 65% of the worlds top 100 companies has a twitter account, now that in its self might not be all that surprising, but in comparison to Facebook (54%), YouTube (50%) and blogs (33%) that’s a serious number considering the length of time that Facebook, YouTube and Blogs have been around comparability to Twitter.

On a percentage scale across all 4 social mediums, it’s interesing to not that only 20% of the worlds top 100 companies are using all four platforms to engage their followers, fans and workers.

In the second installment of our Designer Spotlight series we shine FontShop’s yellow glow on Jason Santa Maria, founder and principal of Mighty, a Brooklyn-based design studio, and creative director of Typekit.

Yes, this affects you.
Speak up!
The Great Oil Leak of 2010 affects your life, in one way or another. Are you an artist, designer, malcontent? We want your work. There is no cost associated with this call for entries.

The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.

View font details to get the code needed to embed the font on your web site. Please also visit our quick start guide and FAQ page. For more help and suggestions, use our moderator page

Create. Connect. Community.
Whether you need creative inspiration or hard-hitting instruction, the HOW Conference provides all the tools you need to build a successful career and create outstanding designs. The information you’ll get will have an immediate impact on your work. Register today!

You’ll also get the chance to connect with the entire design community: HOW’s also hosting the Creative Freelancer Conference and In-HOWse Designer Conference in Denver at the same time as the HOW Conference. Find out more here.

Follow the complete Twitter List of Speakers:
http://twitter.com/IgniteDallas/ignite2-speakers

Willie Baronet – We are all homeless  @WillieBaronet
While taking a class on interventionist art in the Fall of 2009, I organized an event called “We are all homeless,” I want to share parts of this journey, collecting homeless signs, making art with them, what it feels like to be ignored by people, and plans for the next event(s). My purpose is to raise awareness, because we are all homeless.

Ajay Waghray – LIFE: What I Learned After College Graduation @ajaywaghray
I got closer to death than any completely healthy 23-year-old would ever imagine. You learn a lot when there’s a chance that you might not make it. Not just about your body and health, but about life. Things that any average, fresh American college graduate probably won’t learn until it’s too late.

Carrie Corcoran – Pole Dancing  @carriecares
My topic of discussion is Pole Dancing. The Pole Dancing community has really seen a lot of controversy in the last few years but this art form is now being more widely accepted as a way to get and stay fit. It is empowering and builds a woman’s self confidence. Take a spin around the pole with me and feel what it is like to take flight.

David Gouldin – The Economics of Free @dgouldin
The internet has radically changed the face of the music industry. The days of monetizing recorded music are over, but the death of one industry has allowed the birth of another. How can musicians tackle the challenge of making money when the reliable revenue of album sales can no longer sustain them? By leveraging the economics of free.

Emily Rushing – Pirates v. Ninjas; Librarianship in the 21st Century  @emily_rushing
A passionate supporter of library services and librarians, Emily will speak on what librarianship means today, what librarians really do, and how librarians are today’s information ninjas. Topics covered include: databases, SecondLife, crowdsourcing, folksonomies, and Freedom of Information. Bun hairdos and glasses optional!

Eric Bruntmyer – Three Questions for Life @ericbruntmyer
I’m a Type A personality. Because of that, I almost ruined my life before I turned 30. After some reflection, I realized I had to answer three questions before I went any further. From those answers, I then made a plan for the rest of my life. I will be sharing the steps I took to build the life I wanted.

Eric Swayne – Put Yourself Out of Business @eswayne
Dear Social Media Guru: there will come a time when knowing esoteric tools and platforms won’t be enough. More and more people “get it,” and you need a new business model. It’s time to talk about being more: about inviting collaboration, about unleashing potential, and becoming a catalyst for others. It’s time to put the Guru out of business.

James Bird Guess – The Success Process @jamesbirdguess
He will discuss going through the process of success is worth more than achieving success. He will mesmerize the audience with his passionate story of living his passion, creating wealth, and going from nothing to something. This life changing and mind refining talk will inspire the audience on why it is important to encounter difficult circumstances, and how to endure and transcend their circumstances..

James Snider – When Engineers Become Marketers…bad things happen @JSnid
When I told my dad (a prominent Austin doctor) that I was leaving software engineering and moving into marketing, his response was “Well…I guess I can tell my friends that you are between jobs…” Marketing appears to be little more than “playing for a living” to people in brainy occupations such as electrical engineering.

Jessica Miller-Merrell – 7.2 Ways to Get Fired Because of Social Media @blogging4jobs
Social media is changing the way we do everything and companies are either embracing or running scared. Learn about 7.2 ways to get fired from social media from the funny to ridiculous. Companies do the craziest things and employees are often even funnier. Listen and learn from a former corporate HR person talk about the how, why, and what to do on social media that will land you in the office with HR, your box of belongings and the pink slip.

Joe Flowers – Crowdsourcing the Taco @unhatched
Being turned down from a job you would be perfect for sucks – a lot. Wouldn’t it be nice to get revenge? I thought so after I was passed on by a major player in the food industry for a dream opportunity. I turned a vengeful moment into an opportunity to explore the city and create a fun website that is helping make sense of the Dallas taco craze.

John Keehler – LOST in 5 Minutes @randomculture
Are you a LOST fan who needs to be able to succinctly describe the show, or perhaps a new viewer who doesn’t want to drop hundreds of dollars on DVDs, then this is the Ignite session for you… SPOILER ALERT – learn all about LOST in just 5 short minutes!

Jon Hartman – Attaining Awesomeness Through Chess @techdojo
Parents, teachers, and mentors always tell us to hang around successful people to become the same. They’re right, but we don’t just walk up to Bill Gates and ask if he wants to go to Sizzler. Greatness attracts more greatness and it starts with us. Using the lower-level chess tactics that enable the best players to lock wits with the fiercest supercomputers, we’ll dissect and apply the same tactics to everyday life, from finances and education to fitness.

MeLinda McCall – Relax at 70mph! @MeLMcCallTweets
Need to “detox” from a stressful week at work? Come get a “natural high” through the exciting sport of autocrossing! It is a fantastic adrenaline rush and a great way to take the edge off a crazy week of work. Cars raced during these non-professional motorsports enthusiast events are often driven on the street to work and back during the week!

Rob Scott – How to Grow and Manage Your Online Reputation @scottandscott
In business your reputation is your brand, you grow it by doing great work building a happy culture and giving back to your community. Everybody understands the important of growing and managing an offline reputation – but few are paying attention to growing and managing their online reputation.

Tommy Thompson – A New Brand of US Hispanics @inspire_tommy
They are young, mix two languages and live in two distinctly different cultural worlds. They are bicultural Hispanics and they’re quickly becoming the face of the U.S. Hispanic population. They’re powerful, have a voice and want to be heard. As such, they’re redefining the U.S. Hispanic experience. What does life look like through their eyes?

Wendi Medling – A Fair Trade Trip Around the World
I want to talk to Dallas about fair trade and how they can get involved, and what fair trade really is. This topic is a timely and socially responsible one because it illustrates the economic impact of our daily purchasing decisions on the lives of the people who make our goods and grow our food.

Every line counts for Texas based illustrator and artist Toby Thane Neighbors. Created as part of the Story Motel group show at the Owl & Lion Gallery, this illustration successfully weaves warm tones and detailed lines to transport us to the old frontier. Neighbors has a nice way of cataloging objects in his works, and this piece is no exception with its bag of bullets, feather, and hungry badger at the heels of the pensive gamekeeper.

Author David Sherwin travels to a Buddhist monastery in Japan to understand the work of a designer and where ideas come from.

Listen to his adventure in this latest version of the design mind On Air podcast hosted by Chris Sallquist.

I’m proud to announce that I’ve completed the Franchise Bold typeface. Over the last few years, I found myself many times searching for a quality, rounded block typeface that has some character. So finally, I decided to draw one up myself, and Franchise Bold is the result. Franchise is a powerful display typeface aimed at achieving a unifomity without compromising style. Franchise is just as much at home on the front of a donut shoppe as it is on the scoreboard at a football stadium. Take a look!