Freshjive is taking their logo and name off all products, website, and promotional materials (starting 2010). To learn more check out this interview with founder Rick Klotz.

AIGA Philadelphia speaks with Michael Bierut on design’s rising status. Nice bit of insight from the ever popular Pentagram partner. Via swissmiss.

Design Smoke, presented by Spunk Design in Minneapolis, is a webisode series that engages innovators in the worlds of Design, Culture and Invention. They interview everyone from photographers and designers to fire starters and window dressers, aiming to explore a broad cross-section of individuals through relaxed conversation.

Current webisodes with:

Steven Heller
Demetrios Argyropoulos
Jon Forss
Aaron Pollock
Steve Rife
Michael Cina
Sarah Nelson Forss
Bill Thorburn
Katie Kirk & Nathan Stranberg
Craig Duffney

Fascinating interview with Pipilotti Rist talking about her new exhibit at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in The Netherlands (open until 10 May 2009). Makes me wish I lived in that part of the world… if you do, go check it out! Thanks for the link Jorrit.

Peter Saville speaks at the D&AD President’s Lecture – 12 March. More in this series here.

2007 NYC Cut&Paste champion, Mate Steinforth, talks about his work at Psyop in this great interview from Digup.

Louis CK on Conan O’Brien
Via kk.org

Anthea Chrome knit the miniature clothes for Coraline. There’s a nice bunch of features and interviews from the film here. Via FFF.

Candy Magazine gets a makeover and the new issue is chock-full of great interviews and articles. Issue 11: For All Intents & Purposes features Jen Stark, Alex Trochut, Kim Høltermand, Chris Ro, Alex Gross, and many others.

Redesign was done by Keith Nally and Jamie Delaney at MakeItWorkDesign. Thanks for the note Keith!

I received an email this morning from SubmarineChannel.com letting us know about this recent video upload of Finnish illustrator Kustaa Saksi. It’s a part of Pretty Cool People Interviews. Thanks for the link!