Well, Chronicle Books has done it again. They recently sent me a slew of design books - and all of them, well, almost all of them, are pretty interesting. I thought I'd choose 3 of them for now and write about the other ones in a future post or two.

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We all buy products. And, we all have different amounts of stuff to carry when we buy these products. It seems there are so many different brands of the same thing out there. How do we differentiate and how do we attract the same consumer to buy our product rather than "the other guy's"? Well, one method is in the design of the packaging. Therein lies a big problem.

We all like to be a little naughty at times, whether we admit it or not. Naughty thoughts go through our minds many, many times a day - men have them a little bit more often. Anyway, STEP magazine's Jan/Feb 2009 issue has a blurb in there about Tart Cards. Yes, Tart Cards - how naughty. In case you don't know (I didn't) these cards are how prostitutes in London advertise their services. Intrigued? Read on...

Once again, San Francisco was the host of the greenest design conference in the West, Compostmodern. Held at the lovely Herbst Theater on Saturday, February 21, CM played to over 500 designers and other industry professionals from many disciplines. Thank you, AIGA SF and the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design! Yours truly was there and has a full report for you. Read on...

Well, it's here again. San Francisco is soon hosting one of the preeminent eco-design conferences in the nation - Compostmodern. Compostmodern 09 is being hosted by the AIGA SF as well as the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design. What a day it will be! Read on...