Traditional Amish Furniture - by Leon Tuberman

<p>Leon has been in the furniture industry for almost 40 years. His furniture store carries a large selection of handmade Amish bedroom, home office and dining room furniture. They carry everthing from solid oak <a href="http://www.barnfurnituremart.com/">amish dining room furniture</a> to elegant <a href="http://www.barnfurnituremart.com/livingroom/corner-tv-stands.aspx">wood corner tv stands</a>.
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Leon has been in the furniture industry for almost 40 years. His furniture store carries a large selection of handmade Amish bedroom, home office and dining room furniture. They carry everthing from solid oak amish dining room furniture to elegant wood corner tv stands.

Tilt Announces Carnaggio as New Partner - by James Sypsa

Award-winning graphic designer and creative director Lonnie Carnaggio has joined the team at Tilt, a Baton Rouge communication design firm. Baton Rouge, LA (PRWEB) March 24, 2006 — Award-winning graphic designer and creative director Lonnie Carnaggio has joined the team at Tilt, a Baton Rouge communication design firm. Carnaggio comes to TILT after six years as Creative Director/Partner with Object 9, a nationally recognized marketing firm. He joins Scott Hodgin and James Sypsa as agency partners, and will provide design services and project management to clients across all disciplines, including: branding, advertising, Web design and development, packaging, promotions and environmental. With 14 years of experience in graphic design, advertising, and marketing, Carnaggio’s wide-ranging industry portfolio includes banking and finance, beverage/packaged goods, healthcare, industrial/manufacturing and telecommunications. He has received numerous local, regional, national and international awards for creative excellence, including American Design Awards, American Advertising Federation (ADDYs), ReBrand 100, Telly Awards, Summit Awards and International ARC Awards (Annual Reports). He is a Louisiana State University graphic design graduate. About TILT TILT is a communication design firm offering both high-end traditional design and strategy-driven Web development — creative services that require extensive technical and production knowledge. The firm’s diverse client list includes Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Community Coffee and Swine Palace Productions, among many others, and clients benefit from direct interaction with agency principals at all times. Less than six months after opening, TILT won 10 awards in the Advertising Federation of Greater Baton Rouge’s 2006 American Advertising (ADDY) Awards. The firm’s offices are located in the historic Brunswick Building at 240 Laurel Street in Downtown Baton Rouge. To learn more, call 225.389.1433 or visit www.tiltthis.com.

The graphic choice of choosing a graphic design school - by carl formby

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The basic job for a graphic designer is the same no matter the type of work they end up doing, but some courses will concentrate on one type of design above others, and the student would do well to bear this in mind.<p>
When deciding which school to attend, make sure that you discover where most of the students were places, and what the syllabus actually teaches. Those colleges which place students in publishing will have, or should have, modules which are directly related to magazine and newspaper production. There should be instruction on the mechanics of magazine printing, editorial work flow, and how to use the type of technology that is used in the modern day editorial office.<p>
Those looking to enter the advertising field should make sure that the course teaches more about the layout of print advertising than editorial, and will probably need far more instruction in the use and commissioning of photographs and illustrations, as well as concept development.<p>
Those looking to enter packaging design as a career will need an education that has some overlap with advertisement design, but will also need instruction on the mechanics of packaging development, and the various materials used.<p>
It is possible to attend a general graphic design course, but it is always better to specialize right from the very outset if you want your career to get off on the right foot.

Carl Formby owns and operates http://www.artcoursesfair.com, a site with information about Interior Design Courses among others

The 2006 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest is Drawing Near and the American Design Awards is Preparing for a Record Number of Entries - by Art Javid

The American Design Awards (ADA) is putting out a call for entries, inviting graphic and web designers domestic and international, to take part in the upcoming 2006 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest in February. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 13, 2006 — Every six months ADA receives an overwhelming number of remarkable design entries submitted by talented graphic and web designers worldwide, who wish to take part in ADA’s Summer or Winter Semi-Annual Design Contests. This year is no exception. Since ADA put out a Call for Entries last month, dozens of entries have been arriving steadily everyday to the American Design Awards office in San Diego CA, a remarkable feat in view of the fact that normally these kind of numbers aren’t expected until one or two weeks prior to the February 15th deadline. The 2006 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest now offers fifteen (15) various design categories to compete in, including Logo, Corporate Identity, Web Site, Flash Animation, Print/Magazine, Poster, Brochure, Catalog, Annual Report, Advertising, Mailer/Postcard, Self Promotion, Packaging Art, Menu/Invitation, and CD ROM/GUI design. The contest is open to design firms, studios, corporations, agencies, students, and freelance graphic and web designers from not just the United States, but from all over the world, with a postmarked deadline of February 15th 2006. As each year passes, the American Design Awards gains popularity and the backing of not only graphic designers, but the design industry and media alike, who praise and support ADA for its continued efforts to raise awareness for, and uphold ethical design and business practices within the industry. For more information about the American Design Awards, or to take part in the 2006 Winter Semi-Annual Design Contest visit the American Design Awards web site (http://www.americandesignawards.com). About American Design Awards: The American Design Awards was established in 2000 to recognize individual artists, graphic design firms and companies that value the art of visual communication on an ongoing basis, through fair judging criteria and upholding ethical design practices.

Ten Proven Ways to Reaching a Successful Career As a Graphic Designer That You Can Implement Now! - by Brent Dewhurst

There is so much demand and pressure on students these days to pass their degrees and courses with not just the best grade possible, but also as much experience as possible. This is the key factor to any graduate, as well as potential employer.. ‘EXPERIENCE’. How can students turn their graphic design course curriculum into valuable current industry experience? Well, there is now a way that graduates within the graphic design industry can approach prospective employers, armed with greater knowledge as well as an impressive portfolio that is guaranteed to impress and get a job as a designer. Here are nine more more things that you may not know about having mentor access to a career as a Graphic Designer:

Students are often brimming over with new ideas, but aren’t sure how to focus them into what the creative industry wants. At the same time, design agencies want new ideas, but don’t want to take on people who can’t hit the ground running when they come into a job.

A new website for design students aims to answer both these problems at the same time by mentoring students through their courses, helping them understand what clients want in the real world, and setting them commercially-relevant assignments so that they can produce work for their portfolio that will impress prospective employers.

Students are often at a loss to know how they should go about preparing for the real world of work - it’s very different from the freedom you get as a student. With this service they will be able to ask for advice on anything relating to their studies, get feedback on the work they are doing, and develop a portfolio of work that will impress potential employers.

This resource will also offer opportunities for recruitment agencies and potential employers to build relationships with motivated and well-prepared students who are looking for career opportunities.

When an agency or potential employer takes on someone who has been a member of this resource they know that they will be able to do useful work from day one.

Due to pressures expected of design students to develop their skills in such a competitive industry, having access to a mentor is an invaluable resource. Yes we are all expected to invent new ideas and processes, but it is very welcoming to know that there is a service available to give an unbiased opinion, especially where current issues and trends are playing such an important part into what will fail and what will not.

Graphic design graduates will require to have various industry application knowledge without the employer having to invest in what the students should have mastered during their course work. In today’s world, time is money, and using valuable time with a new employee in building knowledge of design and computer software, is money that most employers don’t want to spend. So if a graduate can approach a company who is looking to employ a designer with increased skills and experience, then that graduate has a very good chance at landing that position successfully.

There is a lot of printed material available to graphic design students these days that offer tutorials, news, and knowledge. But these resources fail to offer encouragement, detailed advice, critiques and details which can be tapped into more than once. If a graphic design student was to subscribe to the top 5 magazines available today, then that would be quite a costly undertaking, as well as having over a 12 month period, tonnes of magazines that may not be read thoroughly, or may not even be read at all. The world is turning more towards the electronic way of gaining such material and knowledge, so why not have access to a service that is available online, without having piles and piles of magazines cluttering up the bedroom, flat, house etc.

Today’s graphic designer is up against a lot of competition, as well as finding that perfect position which pays well, and has stacks of interesting clients to work with. This can all be achieved by having the ‘x factor’ which that other person(s) going for the same position does not.

Brent Dewhurst is the webmaster at www.creativebuddy.co.uk and invites you to email him at info@creativebuddy.co.uk for more information.

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