BNO Launches Best Practices Publication
The Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) recently launched a free publication called Best Practices that contains a number of cases in which design ha...
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ZonaTortona Design 2008
The Sign of Design - this year's pay-off, refers to the important role that ZonaTortona plays within the design community. A laboratory of new tren...
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La Fabbrica Del Vapore: Posti di Vista 08
For the 47 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, FDVLAB with the support of the Settore Sport e Tempo Libero city council member Giovanni Terzi, will real...
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Industreal Overture: Ionna Vautrin and Guillaume Delvigne
Industreal announced Overture, an introduction to the work by Ionna Vautrin and Guillaume Delvigne. Two designers who have dedicated a particularly...
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That's Design!: the New Creative Generation
Following the resounding success of the first edition at ZonaTortona Design 2007, That's Design! - The New Creative Generation returns for 2008. Pr...
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Seymourpowell Designs the New COMPACT Machine for Coffee Nation
Seymourpowell has designed the new fascia and interface of COMPACT, a brand-new self-serve coffee machine aimed at the convenience sector for client C...
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Master in Business Design: International Competition
MBD is an innovative format of MBA, aiming at creating new and intense relations between the world of business and the world of design. Born in 200...
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American Innovation on Display at ICFF
The New York City chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of American is organizing its third annual exhibit of industrial design work at the Inte...
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Somewhere in Between: Designer Andrew Aloisio Reinterprets Kartell
"Somewhere In Between" is an installation of objects, designed and created by industrial designer Andrew Aloisio. This is all achieved by using han...
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New David Report Bulletin About Consumer Culture
New issue of David Report looks into the world of consumer culture from different point of views; ethical, social, political, economical and humanisti...
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Marabu by Maoli
Maoli has expanded its collection of unconventional furnishings with a new product that is the result of cooperation with designer Alessandro Loschiav...
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Material ConneXion at the Salone Del Mobile: Sustainable Materials for a Better World
Material ConneXion, the leading global platform for material solutions and innovations, will present "Sustainable Materials for a Better World", a com...
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B&T Design: Experience and Passion
B&T DESIGN has selected Milan as the perfect international showcase during the most awaited week in the design world to present itself to the European...
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Let There Be Light: Salone Del Mobile 08
The concepts and the projects of light, elaborated by the students of SAIC, which Industreal propose in an exhibition to be shown at the Fabbrica del ...
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Design Interviews
The masters of design, Achille Castiglioni, Richard Sapper, Andrea Branzi, Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini appear on screen to speak to their m...
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Frog Design Appoints Cees van Dok to Executive Creative Director Europe
Strategic-creative consultancy frog design announced the appointment of Cees van Dok to the role of executive creative director for Europe, effective ...
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Craft Design Technology
CDT believes in bringing these three disciplines together by evolving design through the use of craft and technology. Wallpaper selected this brand...
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DMY International Design Festival
Following the DMY Fly High! motto on the "Youngsters" 5th anniversary last year, DMY Berlin aims even higher in 2008. From May 21 - 25, under the t...
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Ten Images for Ithaca 2008
The competition invites this year all designers to set their imagination free and talk about their dreams, whether these are images and feelings the h...
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Interplay: SEGD Annual Conference
The 2008 SEGD Conference + Expo in Austin is hat and cattle -and music and art and design. Networking and new relationships. Tech sessions and walk...
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Sustainable Brands Conference 2008
The global move toward innovation for sustainability is alive and well, and leading companies big and small are capitalizing on this new opportunity t...
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TypeCon2008: Punkt
TypeCon2008 features more than 70 legends and innovators. Early confirmed participants include Chuck Bigelow, Matthew Carter, John Downer, Akira Ko...
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Sideways: A Smart Art Project
The terms mobility and ecological sustainability in recent years are giving themselves a complete visual makeover and freeing themselves of the out-of...
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Green Makes Impact as Dulux Colour Awards' Grand Prix Winner
Green has made a statement in more ways than one, with the Carr Design Group making a colourful impact at this year's Dulux Colour Awards. Their su...
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SV Associates Design Orientation System for Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus
Due to open in May 2008 the Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus will be doing for Cottbus what the Tate Modern has done for London. An expressionis...
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Nemetschek Relaunches Brand Image
The Nemetschek Group has launched a new brand image on the market. The core of the new brand is the slogan "moving minds", together with the use of...
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A New Brand for Tottenham Spearheads the Tottenham Partnership Initiative
A new brand and identity for Tottenham has been developed by brand strategy and creative consultancy Lloyd Northover. The Tottenham brand, has been...
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Cultura: Image Source Announces New Collection
Image Source announced that it is offering direct clients a new collection, Cultura. "This content from Cultura is high quality, exciting and conte...
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100 Days of Monsters
Designer and illustrator Stefan G. Bucher loves drawing monsters, so he filmed himself drawing an ink-blot monster every day for 100 days and posted t...
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Fully Booked: Cover Art and Design for Books
Many prophesied that the printed book would be doomed by developments in digital media. Far from it! The book has not only survived, but - as tacti...
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Arco's Slim Table Wins iF Gold Award
The internationally renowned jury of the iF product design award 2008 (among whom Jochen Hahn, James Irvine, Leo Lubke, Philipp Mainzer and Jasper Mor...
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Office Furniture Design
An international sourcebook for designers with an eye toward furniture, Office Furniture Design takes an in-depth look at the design and process behin...
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Glass House Moleskine Sketchbook Launch
To mark the launch of the Glass House Moleskine sketchbook, the Glass House in conjunction with Moleskine will co-host a launch party at the Four Seas...
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Qui est Paul
Qui est Paul?, a new brand of high-end furniture will be launched during the Milan furniture fair, in the off circuit around the Duomo, in the prestig...
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Rosemount Australian Fashion Week
From Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May 2008, Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) Spring Summer 2008/09 Collections will take place against the spec...
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Matthew Williamson: Ten Years in Fashion
Manchester-born Matthew Williamson is a unique success story within the British fashion industry. 2007 marks ten years of his career in fashion, an...
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Colleen Baran Exhibition at The Crafts Association of British Columbia
The Crafthouse Gallery announced a solo show of new jewelry by Colleen Baran entitled "Like Wearing a Love Letter". The opening is, Thurs, March 27th ...
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SAIC Fashion Show 2008
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago will host its annual Fashion Show and Exhibition on May 1st and 2nd in the recently opened Sage Studios for...
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MTN Durban Fashion Week 2008
The diverse cultural melting pot of Durban has spawned a wealth of design talent - with the likes of Gideon, Karen Monk Klijnstra, Vino, Leigh Schuber...
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One Good Chair Design Competition
In recent years, the furniture industry has become more environmentally intelligent by reconsidering its production methods and material content, but ...
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Video Tour of GM's Accessories Design Studio
Larry Sully, the Global Accessories Design Manager, takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of GM's Accessories Design Studio and shows you how GM's acc...
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Bloomframe Balcony Receives the Red Dot Design Award 2008
The Bloomframe balcony designed by Hofman Dujardin Architects and manufactured by Hurks geveltechniek received the red dot design award 2008 in the ca...
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Orange22 Debuts Botanist Blank Canvas at ICFF 2008
Eight icons of design have joined forces with Orange22 Design Lab to launch the firm's Blank Canvas Project. Each designer will create a new editio...
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DMI Announces the 2008 Professional Development Program
The Design Management Institute (DMI) announced five new additions to its seminar program and schedule for 2008, with a total of 12 seminars and 23 se...
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Erick van Egeraat Designs New Series of Door Handles for Post En Eger
Post En Eger presented "Erick", its latest line of door handles, designed by internationally renowned architect Erick van Egeraat. The handle looks...
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Pentawards 2008 Announces the Composition of Its International Jury
The major world competition exclusively devoted to packaging design, Pentawards 2008, which is now endorsed by Icograda, will be judged by an internat...
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The Red Dot Design Museum Presents Austrian Product Design
Mozart, Falco, Viennese Schnitzel and coffee house tradition - most Germans will have these associations when thinking of Austria. This notion is a...
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FLIP Succeeds in Red Dot Design Award
With its outstanding and innovative design, the FLIP succeeded in one of the most renowned and hardest international design competitions worldwide. ...
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Arik Ben Simhon in Zonatortona Design 2008
Arik Ben Simhon, a well-known designer in Israel, participates to ZonaTortona Design for the first time. He presents his new collection of armchair...
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Flower Power Fiats Take to the Streets
In two weeks time, Milan plays host to the major international furniture and interior design event of the year when Salone di Mobile opens its doors t...
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Washup by Altera Design Studio
"Wasup" is a conceptual design integrating washing machine with toilette-flush. It suggests a sustainable water consumption by storing the wasted w...
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Re:Connect Call for Entries
Reach out. Take hold. The character of a neighborhood is a reflection of the people who live there. When people feel connected to a place, they fee...
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Ideas Spring Competition 2008
In the last decades Milan turned out to be an upcoming event city related to its world wide famous fashion and design weeks, to Real Estate fairs as w...
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Dwell on Design Conference + Exhibition
The third annual Dwell on Design Conference + Exhibition is making its highly-anticipated debut in Los Angeles, June 5-6, 2008 (conference) and 7-8, 2...
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New Practices New York 2008
New Practices New York 2008 is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Commi...
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Productive Public Space: Exploring Hybridities in Informal Settlements
Van Alen Institute announced a reception for New York Prize Fellows Chelina Odbert and Jennifer Toy. Their project, "Productive Public Space: Explo...
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Call for Submissions for Monu: Magazine on Urbanism
Ever since our cities became areas of continuous interaction and ever-expanding exchange the term "exotic" - understood as counterpart to the "local",...
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Seoul Design Olympiad 2008: Design Competition
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is announced the 1st Seoul Design Competition with the theme, "Design is Air" which addresses ubiquitous and sustain...
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CROSS: Corporate and Interior Design by Design Bureau Colin Schaelli
Cross consists of two diagonal dashes. One reaching from the bottom left to the upper right - the other from top left to the bottom right. Harajuku...
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Fast Forward: E-Manufacturing in Architecture
The Rabih Hage Gallery will showcase an architectural project as part of the London Festival of Architecture. The Gallery will exhibit a Pavilion d...
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Ecocity World Summit
Throughout Earth Day Week, April 22-26, 2008 in San Francisco, California, the Ecocity World Summit (7th International Ecocity Conference) will be con...
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Pantone View: Home + Interiors 2009
Reinventing color and style with the major trends for home + interiors in 2009. Consumers will continue to be more thoughtful than ever before abou...
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Livinghomes Introduces New Townhouse and Expandable Residences
LivingHomes, a premier developer of modern, sustainably designed, prefabricated homes, is proud to announce a new collaborative relationship with awar...
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Real Architecture Spring 2008
Real Architecture launched this Tuesday with an animated discussion of Urban Splash's New Islington, Manchester, and the constraints and possibilities...
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Interior Yacht Design Workshop
Style, functionality ad technology in a design workshop on yacht interiors. The course is about transmitting methodological approach and problem so...
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Metropolis POV: New Blog Takes on All Things Design
The new virtual gathering place offers provocative, far-ranging viewpoints from Metropolis editors; one-stop access to the best in design coverage and...
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Extension of Kunsthaus Zurich
The preselection phase for architects competing for the Kunsthaus extension project in Zurich is now closed, and twenty applicants have been selected ...
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Dallas Center for the Performing Arts to Open in October 2009
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, a new multi-venue performing arts center for music, opera, theatre and dance, will open in downtown Dallas ...
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9th RTT Conference
On April 10th and 11th, Vienna will light up as Ferrari, Adidas, Sony Ericsson and Airbus come to town to discuss the latest developments and trends i...
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Adolescent Introduces Puma Dassler Brand's New Spring/summer 2008 Collection
To introduce Puma Dassler brand's Spring/Summer 2008 Back to the Future collection, inspired by the idea of time travel, adolescent created a short mo...
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Identity is There From the Start for Nike
Laurent Chanez of Identity directs this inspirational Nike project for TV and web out of Wieden + Kennedy, Tokyo. Shot in three countries, the prem...
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Celest Gilbert: Smoke & Mirrors New York Has a New EP
Smoke & Mirrors New York, the VFX shop behind Feist's hit videos, Light Up the Night, and 1,2,3,4 is pleased to welcome Executive Producer Celest Gilb...
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ROKKAN Launches West Coast Operation
On the heels of a string of successful sites for clients such as Virgin America, 2k Games, Time Warner, Kiehl's, Nintendo, and Atlantic Records, full ...
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Version2 and Radical Media Create Serenity for Grey Goose
Kieran Walsh of Version2 creates the stunning VFX, collaborating directly with editor Vito DeSario, for director Andrew Zuckerman producing a dazzling...
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Troika Design Group Lets Starz Shine
Troika Design Group recently completed groundbreaking work in assisting Starz Entertainment, LLC with its recently announced Starz rebranding efforts....
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Trollback + Company Rebrands Six Channels for The Movie Network
Visual and conceptual creative studio Trollback + Company has created an extensive rebrand of Canadian broadcast network The Movie Network that launch...
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Imaginary Forces Creates Whimsical End Titles for Fantasy Adventure Film
Entertainment and design studio Imaginary Forces (IF) recently completed the animated end titles for the Fox Walden fantasy adventure, "Nim's Island."...
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Version2 Takes on New Talent
New York-based editorial and VFX/motion design company Version2 announced the addition of Art Director/VFX Designer Niklaus Schlumpf. Niklaus Schlu...
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Asylum Cushions the Fall for Snapple
Asylum creates the wondrous protected world for director Daniel Benmayor of Anonymous Content and Snapple's Antioxidant Water. A young man walks ou...
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Brand New School Signs Vadim Turchin as CG Supervisor
Brand New School, the bicoastal directing collective, announced today the company signed Vadim Turchin as CG Supervisor for the New York office. "I...
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Blue Room Adds Senior Designer Chieh Yen
Blue Room, the award-winning creative services agency, continues its expansion with the addition of Senior Designer Chieh Yen to its creative roster, ...
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Buck Expands Capabilities with Douglas Wilkinson as VFX Supervisor
Buck, the bi-coastal design-driven creative company specializing in animation, visual effects and live action, recently signed Douglas Wilkinson as VF...
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Hook Celebrates its First Year of Commercial Art Production
Hook marks the completion of its first full year of production with newly expanded facilities in downtown Ann Arbor. Through the development of com...
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City Park Wins Building Performance Award at MIPIM
City Park, Glasgow, recently adapted and refurbished by Scottish practice Cooper Cromar for the Elphinstone Group, picked up the BPA Placemaking Award...
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London 2008: New Arquitectum Competition
Arquitectum announced its 8th International Contest "London 2008". Theme of the competition is a movable architecture gallery, containing and distr...
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Kunsthaus Zurich Shows the Marc Rich Collection
From 20 June until 3 August 2008 Kunsthaus Zurich is showing photographs from the Marc Rich Collection. Predominantly vintage black-and-white print...
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Rhythm and Light in Indian Dance
This flash exhibition showcases the startling photographic talent of London-based artist Vinita Agarwal in her exploration of Indian dance. Through...
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Lawrence Weiner: as Far as the Eye Can See
The first major retrospective of Lawrence Weiner's work organized in the United States, Lawrence Weiner: as Far as the Eye Can See opens at The Museum...
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Colors Crosses the Atlantic
Enrico Bossan and Erik Ravelo, the editorial and creative directors of Colors magazine along with Babak Payami, acclaimed director of video and film a...
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Parsons Presents 2008 MFA Fine Art Exhibition at the Kitchen
Parsons the New School for Design will present the 2008 MFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, on view May 1-10 at The Kitchen in Chelsea. The show brings...
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Lilliput: My Little Friends
Japanese avant-garde art collective Alfort transform gallery hanahou into an enchanting wonderland, starring the iconic doll Blythe. "Lilliput: my ...
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Design Miami Basel Expands in 2008
Design Miami, the most esteemed, thought-provoking cultural event in the design world will feature a record number of 28 galleries at the third annual...
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Photography Book Now Announces Call for Entries in Photography Book Competition
The Photography Book Now International Salon and Symposium seeks entries for a new photography book competition celebrating self-published photography...
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In Advance
In Advance explores the concept of the readymade gesture within the context of contemporary art and broader culture. Exploiting the slippages betwe...
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Vernissage TV Broadcasts Live and Interactive From Open Space / Art Cologne 2008
As a premiere Vernissage TV art tv will be broadcasting the Open Space Art Talks program live and interactive from the international art fair Art Colo...
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Melati Suryodarmo: I Love You
Exploring the fluid borders between the body and its environment, Germany-based Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo will be opening her fi...
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Victoria Everlasting: Solo Exhibit by Derek Weisberg
Derek Weisberg's sculptures are inspired by the classical imagery of a time when art was created for the inspiration of the people to connect with the...
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New Life Berlin: Contemporary Art Festival
New Life Berlin is a contemporary art festival dedicated to new modes of moving and existing. Curated from participatory art community Wooloo, New ...
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3 Young Contemporaries
3 Young Contemporaries is VWFA's annual signature platform created to promote the works of emerging artists from the Southeast Asian region to a wider...
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Allan Kaprow: Art as Life
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) presents Allan Kaprow- Art as Life, the first major retrospective of Allan Kaprow (1927-2006), one of the most i...
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Terry Pawson Architects Wins Consent for New Development in Kingston Upon Thames
Terry Pawson Architects has received planning permission for a development of 2 new private houses in the Coombe Hill Conservation Area of Kingston up...
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Beachlife: Architecture and Interior Design on the Seaside
Putting an ordinary towel down on the sand may well suffice in order to enjoy a sunny day at the beach. But more and more often designers, architec...
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