Register for this one quick because we're absolutely certain it will fill up fast. "The Future of Design" is a mediabistro.com panel to be moderated by the hot mama in the Beemer to the right, Chee Pearlman, and featuring Etienne Fang from Cheskin; Rie Norregaard, creative director at Frog Design; Elizabeth Pastor, co-founder of NextDesign and Leslie Wellott, Insight group, Imagination.

As the title implies, they'll be talking about the future and design, topics that are especially valuable to anyone who has decided the past is really not where it's at. September 5, from 7-9 at Cooper Union, details and registration here.