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I have recently launched What Do You Carry, A site where creatives share what they carry. Please feel free to check it out and participate via the website or by video on WDYC’s YouTube Channel. Stay updated and become fans on Facebook and Twitter.

Check out today’s post pictured above from Michael Freimuth’s bag live from Sagmeister.com.

I recently ate at Lalezar’s in Montclair, NJ and had a delicious Turkish dinner. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant in addition to the way they presented the bill to us in this unique box.

Why Design Now? is the fourth installation in the National Design Triennial exhibition series launched by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2000. The Triennial provides a sample of contemporary innovation, looking at what progressive designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and citizens are doing in diverse fields and at different scales around the world.

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This exhibit looks great and I look forward to seeing it.

This past weekend I attended the Thinking Creatively Conference at Kean University and heard Jon Kamen and James Spindler of @ radical.media speak. One of their many intriguing projects, The Johnny Cash Project was particularly interesting. It is a website where the user can pick a particular picture and draw over it creating a frame for the music video for one of the tunes. All of these frames are drawn over by different people all over the world and then compile as one and make one music video for which ever song was chosen.  Definitely check it out and be a part of the The Johnny Cash Project. Here is also some background of the project.

I was recently at Target and came across Giada De Laurentiis‘ new cookware and specialty food line with Target. The product line was designed affordably for everyday cooking while maintaining both great product and graphic design. I loved the pasta packaging design it simple yet fun in color and type choices reflecting Giada’s brand.

You’ve Got Mail! That was the sound of  first days of the internet for me. AOL has now taken their brand to the next level. A more creative everyday feel has been incorporated into their new look. It almost gives off an MTV vibe. It should be exciting to see what happens with AOL’s rebranding. The rebranding was done by Wolff Olins.

AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers opens of Thursday, December 10, 2009 and will be
up until February 19, 2010.This exhibition showcases selections from the “AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008”competition, which aims to identify the best-designed books and book covers published in 2008.

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I’ll never forget the business card scene in American Psycho. This was probably the best part of the movie. A group of business men discussing the printing effects and design of their business cards. Now why doesn’t this happen in real life?

National Design Week began in 2006 and is from October 18- 24th this year. National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission to all museum visitors. During the this week the 10th National Design Awards take place as well as a series of public programs/speakers. Get involved and spread the importance of design worldwide.