WOW. This was my first year at SXSW and it will now be a yearly event for me as long as I am in this field. It was nice to be around great minds and successful leaders from all over the world. I was able to sit in the same room and ask questions to the people in charge of websites that you and I use on a daily basis.  Austin is also the perfect place for this gathering of geeks and designers. I will share with you some of the things I learned while at SXSW.

From the TED archives: The legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser dives deep into a new painting inspired by Piero della Francesca. From here, he muses on what makes a convincing poster, by breaking down an idea and making it new:

source: swissmiss

Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog Design talking about the business of design.

2010/01 Michael Bierut from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.