Martha Stewarts needs to get to Chicago and work on the lobby of the Hyatt. Bring every set of Twins in your arsenal, Martha. James Victore lives for chicks. Mig Reyes cannot stop repeating Mig Reyes. Robynne Raye is the best kept secret at HOW. Stephen Doyle leaves his socks on the floor. Bill Drenttel wears his heart on his sleeve... and other tales of wonder ...

Sure, you come here to learn, get inspired and advance intellectually and professionally. But more than half the fun is the connections with old friends and now. Oh, so many fabulous people to meet and get to know. Ever wonder how many HOW newbies are the product of HOW romances of HOWs gone by? Lots. [...]

Whenever you get three to four thousand design professionals and free fine paper SWAG in a room, lives change. Count on that. Design Army’s shrine to Neenah Paper brands offered much to the converted. And we are not talking about sheets into envelopes, people.   Design Army redressed the Neenah Road Show Booth for HOW Design Live. [...]

HOW is holding four conferences this week in Chicago. We kick off with reunion hugs and edifying life changing fabulousness from the wonderfulness priestess Dyana Valentine then bump into Michael Osborne, Jane Alexander and Rockport's Emily Potts. Fasten your seatbelts. Loads to share this weekend in Chicago.

Have you ever been Valentined? Well, now's your chance. Dyana Valentine will be working her magic and tossing her hair at this years HOW Design Live Conference. She is in Chicago now (notice the brown out?) working on her presentation and stuffing it with inspiring ideas and simple, effective advice. This is the last in our Pre-HOW speaker series. It is the only ...

How Now Monster Maker? HOW Design LIVE in Chicago offers a smorgasboard of high calorie information. Among them, Turning Brainstorming Into Brainsqualling by Wendy Oldfied and Stefan Mumaw, the author of the latest smart book, Chasing the Monster Idea. In this book Stefan demonstrates how one may determine whether or not they have an explosive idea — or fizzling ...

Design Army's Pum and Jake have big plans for HOW Design Live in Chicago: JAKE - Is the Jerry Springer Show still there? I would like to go see his show and throw a !#$%@$#@ chair. PUM - I am too busy to plan so wherever my feet take me I will be sure to take a picture ... and figure out what it is later.

Wassup at HOW Design LIVE? The Armin and Bryony Show! Armin’s session is Saturday June 25 at 3.45 pm—in it, he will talk about the creative obsessions of people and how even the most unusual obsessions can be used to create interesting, paying projects. Bryony's talk is the next day, Sunday, at 2 pm. Her talk is a must see for those seeking career change, ...

Mig Reyes… is a … um… a… Mig Reyes is a definitely… um… decidedly talented creator of… well. Mig is a brand unto himself. He defies definition. Go see for yourself. The only way through it is to experience it yourself.

They are an unmistakable pair: a cross between dress-a-like Matt Drudge, silent Henry and intellect Nina Totenberg, cadging great interviews from the vainglorious, unwitting, witty and shy. If you see them, step up and say hello. You don't interview the interviewers! Barbara Walters taught us that! But, we tried: in our "tawlk" with "Little Donnie" and Nate. ...