Time for my first update!
I haven't been able to do much or anything because I'm in the middle of my finals, which end the end of June. Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the Dojo session, but the podcast was really interesting.
Because it was decided to develop the core layouts for Drupal 6 I've been reading about the differences with Drupal 5. I'm also busy working for a large Drupal-based website, so in the process I've been able to learn and document quite a few theme related tricks or hacks that could come in handy and it made me aware of some limitations I'll have to take into account.
For the next week I'm planning to read/document more and gather some food for inspiration so I can start on the design as soon as my finals have ended.
If anyone has any ideas/desires/whatever regarding the looks of the design you're always welcome to post them!