Hey guys! Long time no blog — we’ll be back next year with some great new posts. But before we bid adieu to 2009, we wanted to let you know about a great event happening very soon: the Altitude Design Summit. It aims to bring together designers, design and lifestyle bloggers, stylists, photographers, artists and creatives, social media companies, and design companies to get together and talk, well, Design.

The first one is January 21-23, 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT, that just so happens to coincide with the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s summit will focus on growing communities, marketing and monetizing. What’s working and what’s not. Check out the amazing schedule of topics, speaker list, and keynote panel (did someone say DOOCE?). Yep, and Erin and I will be there speaking as well — so come join us and talk shop.

Who Should Attend Alt?

• People that love talking about design in all its iterations. What it is. How it’s changing. Why it’s important.
• Design or lifestyle bloggers who want to (finally!) meet their fellow design and lifestyle bloggers.
• People from across all the design disciplines: graphic, industrial, fashion, interior, product, textile. Plus illustrators and photographers too.
• Business Owners who make pretty things and want to figure out how to get their products on design sites.
• Advertising Agencies and Marketing firms that want help creating social media campaigns for their design-minded clients.
• Employees who would love to get credit for working while actually hitting the slopes.
• People who create inspiration boards and people who look at inspiration boards.
• Star-struck film fans obsessed with the Sundance hype who want to spend a weekend celebrity sighting.