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Attached is an Illustrator die line I created for a 6 x 9 pocket folder. It fits a CD and business card on the left side and a half or folded letter sheet on the right. The image to the left is the cover of the folder project.

AIGA Orlando held their SPOT 2007 competition hosted at Full Sail last week.

Julio Lima, Orlando's only One Show Gold Pencil owner spoke. Lima owns local agency SAY IT LOUD. After seeing his presentation, I was surprised to learn how small his core team is. They do an amazing job of pulling in outside resources when they need them.

Thanks for sharing Julio. And thanks to the exhibitors for being brave enough and organized enough to show your work for SPOT.

Allan Haley, type guru and prolific typography author (see More About Allan Haley below), spoke to the Orlando AIGA chapter. Haley appears to know more about type than I know about most other subjects combined. But the focus of his presentation was on the power of non-font typography or words created without the use of digital fonts.

Remember AdCritic.com? Yes, the great Web archive of commercials and print advertising. It was/is a wonderful site for taking a creative break and staying current with advertising trends. Unfortunately, to gain access to AdCritic.com one must subscribe to their oversized, very expensive, sub-par magazine Creativity.

A List Apart is trying to help create a better picture of who Web professionals are. To accomplish this goal they're offering a survey. It takes less than 10 minutes and is written well. Here's you're opportunity to be in the picture.

I can't wait to see the results.

When Brian Collins spoke to AIGA Orlando a few months ago, he said the MFA is the MBA of tomorrow. Businesses are seeking innovation to gain the competitive edge. To find that creativity they are turning to design schools.

It seems to be the right time for brushing up on what design schools have to offer. To help with that the innovation section of businessweek.com has a link-full page of articles relating to Top Innovation and Design Schools. There's even a table for comparing D-Schools.