N.Design Studio

I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at Future of Web Design - New York 2008, a web design event hosted by Carsonified. In the past, I’ve attended many design conferences, but this is my first time speaking. I will be presenting about "Finding Inspiration From Your Environment". If you plan to attend the conference, enter the coupon code FOWD/WDW for a 15% discount. Hurry! Because this code is only valid for the first 50 person who purchase the passes to the conference. I also have a FREE conference pass to giveaway, head over to Web Design Wall for details (contest ends at October 9, 2008).

Got some skills? Do you want to take the challenge and prove your skills? Check out these design competitions that are currently going on in September:

• UT Grand Prix 2009 T-shirt Design Competition
  Prize: 3 million Japanese Yen (approximately $30,000 US)
  Deadline: September 21, 2008
• Shapeways & Dutch Design Week - Every Day Design
  Prize: $250 in free 3D printing from Shapeways
  Deadline: September 21, 2008
• Don’t Panic & 3 Mobile - Street Work Design Competition
  Prize: £500
  Deadline: September 28, 2008
• PSDTUTS - "Solving Poverty" Button Design Contest
  Prize: 1st Prize $300, 2nd Prize $200, 3rd Prize $150…
  Deadline: September 28, 2008
• HOW Design - Poster Design
  Prize: $150 worth of HOW books & 1 yr subscription to HOW magazine
  Deadline: December 1, 2008
• Project Never
  Prize: Profile on projectnever.com & a "custom-built award"
  Deadline: December 1, 2008
• ScreenBurn at SXSW Game Design Competition
  Deadline: December 5, 2008
  Read on…

Finally, the job board (Design Jobs on the Wall) that I’ve been working on is launched. It is a very simple job board where you can post or find design jobs. If you have a job opening, please post a job and let me know your thoughts on the workflow. You can post a full-time job for only $75 or a freelance job for $50. Opening special: enter coupon code “promo” to get a 50% discount on your first job listing. Lastly, I would like to thank Justin from Scheetz Designs, for his excellent job on coding the back-end of the job board. Justin is also the guy behind the web design gallery, Design Snack.

Once again Sumo Lounge has launched another ingenious product: the SumoSac (super size bean bag). I received a SumoSac couple weeks ago for product review and I gotta tell you, it is one of the most comfortable bean-bag chair I have ever sat in. The SumoSac is a large suede sac filled with shredded furniture grade urethane foam. In addition to its comfort, the Sumosac is stylish and practical. The size of the sac is more than enough space to accommodate two people simultaneously, which is great for playing video games or just chilling with friends. The suede cover is soft and comfy, unlike the nylon cover of the Omni I got a while back. Best of all, it is removable so cleaning is not problem at all. For more details please visit their website.