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SXSW 2010 Preview: Best Events For Designers

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Shutterstock is sending a team to Austin, Texas, for the SXSW Interactive trade show and conference, which starts tomorrow. If you’re there, stop by booth 605-607 and say hello! We’ll be running a photo booth and handing out invitations to our party Saturday night.

SXSW is packed with events, and sorting them out can be overwhelming. To help, we’ve picked 15 events that sound appealing to designers, including some that involve Shutterstock partner bloggers. Here’s your handy clip-and-save guide:

Friday March 12

How Your Brand Can Succeed in the New WebFriday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m., Hilton C.
Presenter: Brian Solis, author of Engage, and a Shutterstock partner blogger.

Awkward Family PhotosFriday, March 12 at 5:30 p.m., Day Stage
Presenters Douglas Chernack and Michael Bender of the web site Awkward Family Photos. The Awkward Family Photos book is scheduled to be released May 4.

Saturday March 13

Web Fonts: The Time Has ComeSaturday, March 13 at 9:30 a.m., Ballroom B
Presenters Stephen Coles of FontShop/Typographica, Roger Black of The Font Bureau, Jeffrey Veen of Small Batch, Inc., Bert Bos of W3C, and David Berlow of The Font Bureau Inc.

Big Brother in Your Brain: Neuroscience & MarketingSaturday, March 13 at 11:00 a.m., Hilton F
Presenters Roger Dooley of Neuromarketing (a Shutterstock partner blogger), Gary Koepke of Modernista!, Eric Kogelschatz of shark&minnow, Dr. AK Pradeep of NeuroFocus Inc and Dr. Danielle Stolzenberg, of the University of Virginia.

I Don’t Trust You One Stinking BitSaturday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m., 9ABC
Presenters Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs (a Shutterstock partner blogger) and Julien Smith of Blah Inc.

Is WordPress Killing Web Design?Saturday, March 13 at 3:30 p.m., Ballroom C
Presenters Brendan Dawes of magneticNorth, Dan Mall of Big Spaceship, Dan Oliver of Future Publishing/.net magazine, Jina Bolton of Crush + Lovely, and Shane Mielke of 2Advanced Studios.

Snappy Hour with Shutterstock & BigstockSaturday, March 13 at 8:00 p.m., Beauty Bar
This is our event! You’d be crazy not to go!

Sunday March 14

Adobe Sunday BrunchSunday, March 14 at 10:00 a.m., Day Stage Cafe
Adobe promises “bacon, coffee and geekery.”

Drink Tea: Designing with Middle Eastern CustomersSunday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m., Ballroom B
Presenter Kate Walser of CX Insights.

Everyone Can Be a “Professional” PhotographerSunday, March 14 at 5:00 p.m., 8A
Presenters Allen Murabayashi of PhotoShelter and Taylor Davidson of Unstructured Ventures.

Mashable’s MashBash SXSWi 2010Sunday, March 14 at 10:00 p.m., Buffalo Billiards
A social media gathering sponsored by Mashable, Cliqset and Sony.

Monday March 15

After Magazines: WIRED’s Digital RebirthMonday, March 15 at 11:00 a.m., Ballroom C
Presenters Jeremy Clark of Adobe and Scott Dadich of WIRED. They’ll probably be talking about this.

First Impressions: The Art of Main Title DesignMonday, March 15 at 3:30 p.m., 18ABCD
Presenters Karin Fong of Imaginary Forces and Susan Bradley of Pixar Animation Studios.

Tuesday March 16

Marketing Goes SocialTuesday, March 16 at 11:00 a.m., Hilton D
Presenter David Meerman Scott of Freshspot Marketing, writer of the Web Ink Now blog (and a Shutterstock partner blogger).

Interactive InfographicsTuesday, March 16 at 3:30 p.m., Ballroom A
Presenters Ben Fry of Processing.org, Casey Caplowe of Good, Eric Rodenbeck of Stamen Design, and Shan Carter of The New York Times.

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