The Mediabistro Circus is now underway in New York City's Soho, where streams of circusgoers were welcomed this morning with boxes of animal crackers and orange nametags strung on rainbow-striped lanyards. The sleek, white expanses of Skylight Studios, while short on garbage cans, are enlivened by purplish light, jugglers and other circus types, oodles of beach balls, and our personal UnBeige favorite, candy-colored Panton chairs that are coveted perches during breaks in the new media discussion action. We'll be posting design-related Circus news throughout the two-day conference (see also: the MB Circus blog and FishbowlNY), and in the meantime, we're saving a seat for you: