Two great Brooklyn organizations--the Greenpointers blog and Film Biz Recycling in Gowanus--are hosting auctions to benefit hurricane relief.

The Greenpointers auction is online, and you can purchase $10 tickets through Sunday to win all sorts of awesome prizes from local businesses (including a $50 gift certificate from us!). They've already raised an amazing $8,000 for New York Cares and the Greenpoint Soup Kitchen, but you can help them...

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Thinking about taking the Design Gym weekend intensive on May 31, but not quite sure what you're in for? Read on for a recap of September's session and sign up for the new one here. 

From The Design Gym's blog: 

Twenty-one students last weekend were pushed to the max over two and a half days, all in the name of better understanding and, more importantly, executing on the design thinking process. Throw in a session with an improv...

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In case you missed our newsletter, we have a whole bunch of new classes lined up for the next couple of months. If you don't see anything to your liking at the moment, be sure to check out the Classes page often, as we're always adding new things! You can also follow us on Twitter or Facebook for updates. 

One more thing: we're offering up a $50 gift certificate as part of Greenpointers' Sandy relief raffle. There are about a million and...

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Hey everyone, just a quick post to explain the changes you'll see to the each course page this week. 

As you'll notice, you now have two ticket options. Until November 10, you'll be able to add $3 on top of any class purchase, to be donated to the Red Hook Initiative, an organization's that's been tirelessly collecting supplies, organizing volunteers, and providing Red Hook residents with meals since the hurricane. We'll match...

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Secret project time? Secret project time!

If you're an NYC-based designer — print, web, product, illustration, or anything else of that ilke — and are interested in getting involved or learning more, we'd be ever so happy if you filled out this form (it's all of six very boring questions). We will light a tiny firework in celebration each time we get a submission.

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