Like Cheese & Wine: It Only Gets Better...Economic setbacks that killed the few other chapter-driven design covens nearly extinguished Design Ranch in Texas but the event survived due to loyal Austin supporters and the will of its board. It became a biennial affair, too, which helped sponsors stay in the game. Conference Report 2011: All's Well in Hill Country. ...

It's Design Ranch time in the Texas Hill Country. Not going? Follow all the action on Against the Grain and its Tweets. This small conference in the lovely Texas Hill Country reminds all lucky goers that you have to play to win.

Selected among the Top Ten Best Illustrated Children's Books by the New York Times Book Reivew is one heck of an honor. More than 2,000 are submitted for consideration. But getting selected on your first ever submission in the category like Chris Sickels did? Unprecedented so far as we know. Great things happen to nice people who talent is only surpassed by ...

Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Chris Sickels (Red Nose Studio) and writer Jonah Winter has garnered much national attention. None higher than the praise handed out by six year old Owen Sickels, Chris' son and Santa's Little Helper.

Last week the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) hosted a symposium on the future of illustration and graphic design organized by SCAD professor of illustration Julie Lieberman and co-hosted by the departments of design and illustration. The purpose of the symposium was to showcase the work of leading practitioners who view rapid technological changes ...