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Blog Action Day 2008 – Design for Poverty Contest

The Design for Poverty contest was a big success thanks to all the entrants. To do our part for Blog Action Day 2008, we wanted designers all around the world to come up with ways to address different aspects of poverty; food, clean water, shelter, medicine, education, etc. We’re amazed at all the creativity and ingenuity. Thank you so much for your hard work. We didn’t expect so many entries! We need a little more time to read thru each one and will post the shortlist October 17th. Great job everybody!

Visit: Blog Action Day

We’re Finally on Facebook

We know, we know. WE’RE LATE to the party, but better late than never. Yanko Design is finally on Facebook so join our group and see all the many faces that make up Yanko Design country.

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Make an Avatar!

One of the new features on our site are the Gravatars that appear when commenting. Gravatars are globally recognizable avatars. They reflect who you are so why not make one? It’s fast, free, and easy. The cool thing is you just sign up once and every time you comment on any blog supporting the Gravatar service, your avatar will appear! So go! Make your Gravatar and come back here to leave a comment. I want to see all of you!

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As many of you have noticed, we now support Gravatars which are globally recognized avatars. All you have to do is sign up. The next time you comment, your Gravatar will appear.

Design for Poverty International Contest

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline: October 10, 2008

Design for Poverty International Contest hosted by Yanko Design in collaboration with Blog Action Day. Participation is open to applicants from every country in the world; professionals, students, and design enthusiasts.

We’re on Holiday but There’s a Second Coming

We’re short on posts today as the Yanko Design team are all on holiday. It’s Labor Day in the United States so with half the team kickin’ back with BBQ’s and beers, we thought it best to give the international team a rest too. But there’s more than meets the eye.

Contact Us Email Problems

It has recently been discovered that our Contact Form on the Contact Us page has been experiencing problems routing emails. Unfortunately, if you have contacted us with the said form over the last two weeks, there is a reasonable possibility that your mail has been lost. We kindly ask that you please resend any emails via the contact form now that the problem as been resurrected.

Thank you for your understanding!

Want To Write For Yanko Design?

Thanks to readers like you Yanko Design is growing fast. If you’ve ever wanted to write for us now is the time because YD is looking to expand its staff. Connected to the student base? That’s even better. Part of working on an innovative ID editorial team means research and today’s innovations usually come from students.

You must possess the ability to translate loquacious and long winded descriptions into meaningful, clever, humorous laymen’s terms. You should be able to find or create your own content. Got an opinion on the ID industry? Speak your mind. That’s the kind of stuff we want to read. You’re probably used to YD only writing about concepts but as we grow, we want to expand. That includes concepts, product reviews, industry news coverage, and opinionated editorial pieces.

These are paid positions so apply only if serious.

Mother of a Weekend

For many of us in the creative fields, whether it be design, music, art, accounting, film or even dressing up like Pokémon for some brat’s birthday party, we have a person to thank for the inspiration and never-say-die attitude we sometimes take for granted. For those lucky enough to have or had a good relationship with our mothers, we here at Yanko Design wish you and yours a Happy Mother’s Day.

Yanko Design Is Looking For Writers

The site is growing more quickly than we could have possibly imagined, reaching 1.7 million page views per month! We’re looking for a couple of design-loving writers to join our team! You don’t have to be a professional writer or even be a designer, but you must enjoy writing about design and be capable of expressing yourself in a clear, engaging way.

Best of Yanko Design – 2007

Happy New Year – I hope that you’re having a good one. I’ve got a day of shopping planned (Winter Sale starts today in Japan) – but wanted to leave something here on the blog for those of you with a little more time on your hands.

I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect back on the year. This post contains some highlights for this blog and the top 10 design from the last 12 months of archives.

Our Gratitude to YOU the Designers

We have been receiving a vast amount of designer Christmas and Holiday cards from designers from all over in the past few weeks. We wanted to take a moment to show our appreciation to all of you for sharing with us your incredible and remarkable work. We are always so thankful to get a look at your talent and skills that go into creating your designs. We appreciate all that you do and for blessing the world with your talent.

Takashi Yamada

Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is a day to be thankful for all the beautiful things this life has given us. So we at Yanko Design want to do something a little different today; something outside of our regular postings. We want to say to you, just how thankful all of us here are for each and every one of you who support the site and make it what it truly is.

P.S Takashi is off to Japan this Friday