FEATURE | BRINGING UP BABY
It sounds like child's play, all cute and cuddly, but graphic design for the infant, toddler and preschool market is grown-up stuff with big stakes (think $50 billion-plus in retail sales and services). We focus on brochures and collateral and similar projects for the likes of Carter's, Jack and Lily, The Baby Owner's Manual, Pottery Barn Kids, the Urban Infant and more.

INSTORE GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS
In today's overheated, cluttered and competitive marketplace, it is dynamic, strategic and eye-catching graphic design that can make the difference in how, when and where consumers purchase. Our newest national competition honors the top 10% from among the hundreds of packaging, point-of-sale and retail graphics entries we received from creative firms, manufacturers, marketers and stores.

NEWS
Templin Brink tailors Lee message; mOcean hits BBC bullseye; Google and user-generated sites show brand strength; water with a point of view; conceptualizing the new Jim Carrey thriller; and many more.

SEEN AND NOTED
A quick visual tour of interesting new projects. South Park in MySpace courtesy of Big Fish; Shine Advertising scores advertising knockout; whimsical cosmetics packaging from Dragon Rouge.

PEOPLE
Jobs, careers, milestones, transitions. Zoa Martinez thinks creatively; Renée Korus makes a Stand; Heather DeRonck produces at 160over90; Robert A. Bernardini engages at fd2S; and more.