Big congratulations to Michael Pusey who was commended as part of this year's YCN Awards for the work he submitted for the Kleenex Packaging brief. Apologies to Michael for the belated recognition of his commendation on the site. Final preparations are currently underway in the YCN studio for the production research of the new physical A awards; some of which will be presented to all those commended; a list of whom is available here.

A reminder that Grant Thornton International are looking to commission illustrators through YCN as part of their growing illustration roster, to create work for their image bank. All portfolios are welcome, so please submit yours to sarah@ycnonline.com if you'd like to be considered. Further details of this opportunity can be found here.

Grant Thornton International are looking to commission illustrators through YCN as part of their growing illustration roster, to create work for their image bank. All portfolios are welcome, so please submit yours if you'd like to be considered. Further details of this opportunity can be found here.

The names of all those commended as part of this year's YCN Awards will be published by the end of the day. Apologies for the slight delay which has been due to some tricky last minute decisions!

We are running a series of 90 minute sessions at 72 Rivington Street on behalf of Hoople - a soon to launch resource which will provide young entrepreneurs with access to advice, support and funding when it launches in Spring 2010. During the workshops, people with creative entrepreneurial ideas can discuss their business plans with like-minded people, for peer review, and to receive feedback from the Hoople team.

If you'd like to come along, further details can be found here.

We're again hoping to hear from people interested in undertaking a marketing/project management related internship at 72 Rivington Street. You'll be helping across a range of projects; some pertinent to YCN and some client related. As such you'll need to be organised, dilligent and good at communicating! More here.

Illustrator Ben Scruton dropped by the YCN studio today and was lucky enough to witness exciting preparations for the soon to be open public space at 72 Rivington Street. Kindly, Ben recently agreed to share some of his insights as a freelance illustrator. You can read the full interview here.

Glasgow based arts collective narrative is exhibiting at the Glasgow Art Fair from 23rd to 26th April. As part of the exhibition, illustrator Stuart White will be showing a range of works on wood, as pictured here.

There is one week left for submissions to the Operahouse conspiracy competition. A few amusing and imaginative entries are already battling it out for a place in the top ten. Find out more here.

... goes to all those that submitted work as part of the 2008/09 YCN Awards; the deadline for which was last Friday. Once again numbers are up, and we're now carefully collating, logging and packing all work up to be sent on to the organisations and agencies that wrote each brief - for the soon to commence judging.

Full details of timings for the next stages; including our summer exhibition, book publication and launch of a brand new physical award will be posted online very shortly. Any award related enquiries in the meantime can be emailed to the studio. Thanks again!

Operahouse have found an interesting way to launch their first album. People are creating their own conspiracies with the best one winning a trip to Vegas. Click here for more details.

OH Digital; a production company based in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, is seeking a talented designer who wants to work both on and offline.

You must have minimum of one years experience working in either an agency or client environment and have worked on new media and web projects.

You will be able to demonstrate a good creative background with your portfolio. Experience within arts, media and culture industries would be advantageous. Full details here.

Creative Opportunities newly posted today include an opening for a Russian speaking assistant at Diane von Furstenberg and the chance to put on a show at KK OUTLET in London. See them all here.

A group of very enthusiastic students from Bangkok University School of Communication Arts today visited the studio for a closer look at the work of YCN.

YCN are once again working with Panasonic as part of the 2009 Next Generation Talent competition. We are looking for enthusiastic and organised 'student ambassadors' to help promote the competition in universities and colleges across the UK. Please email sarah@ycnonline.com for further details.