workspaces for designers
(via Creative Review, above “idea wall” from the Acrylicize offices)

photos of the new Leo Burnett Office designed by the Singapore-based
Ministry of Design
(discovered via Dezeen)

likeable:

laser cut paper RFID Radios by Matt Brown
(via mocoloco)

Creepy Creative: halloween advertisements
(discovered via ALAN VALEK)

Boxed and Labeled: New Approaches to Packaging Design

looks like another fun book from Gestalten
(via Lovely Package)

The AIGA / Aquent Salary Survey 2009 for design professionals is now available as a downloadable pdf. I think printed copies will be sent to AIGA members (atleast that was the case in previous years). In the survey AIGA gathered advice from top design professionals in the industry, including Michael Bierut (page seen above). In addition, there is an online salary calculator. Like most salary surveys, the figures should be taken with a grain of salt (data collected from approx. 9,000 design professionals). Nonetheless, it serves as a good overview and an essential resource for designers and the creative industry.

I first discovered Jenny Grigg’s work in Fully Booked, and found her work brilliant. Thanks Faceout Books for sharing her behind-the-scenes process for the Peter Carey series in Australia .

bauldoff:

I really like this tissue paper book cover series by Jenny Grigg!

Found on the super FaceOut Books blog, which features the process and challenges of book cover design projects by interviewing the artists behind them.

How Do You Design a Book Cover?

“First you start with a blank page, stare and think really hard, drink lots of coffee, take lots of breaks, fix the copier jam, update your Facebook page, get over the fears that this project is the one that will finally expose you as the hack that you are, and then just trust to do what you feel is right from what you’ve read, present your ideas to find out how they live outside of your head, listen to feedback, try to leave work at a decent hour, have a life, floss, get enough sleep, have a good breakfast and come back the next day to redo it all over again. It’s that simple and fun. And if it isn’t, then get another blank page and start all over again.”

—Henry Sene Yee, a good friend, teacher and the talented Creative Director at Picador

(above cover design is one of Henry’s unused comps for The Resurrectionist)