

Material ConneXion to Present Beyond the Surface by Forms+Surfaces Global materials consultancy Material ConneXion will present an exhibition of new products and groundbreaking materials by ... more Nonobject Design Fiction Book: To Be Published by MIT Press 2010 The principal objective of the book is to stimulate thought: What is an object? Why do we desire what we desire? Why has "functionali... more Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model For the first time, the three German Bauhaus institutions are uniting to present a comprehensive exhibition about the Bauhaus, the most influential school... more Design September 2009: Brussels Design Festival Design September will take place from September 10 to October 2. Launched 2006 within the framework of the Fashion and Design year, the Design Septemb... more Design in Britain: Big Ideas, Small Island What constitutes Britishness in British design? Luxury 'British' car brand, Bentley is German owned and its head of exterior styling is Brazilian. Apple de... more Young Talents in the Running for the Rado Young Designer Award The selection committee for the Rado Young Designer Award has nominated three up-and-coming Dutch design talents as finalists for the Ince... more Real World Laboratory: Central European Design The Real World Laboratory is presenting designs from six countries of Central Europe: Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.... more 1st International Congress of Design and Innovation of Catalonia International Congress of Design and Innovation of Catalonia will be held by ESDi (Higher school of Design), in order to celebrate its 2... more Results of the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2009 The results of the red dot award: communication design have been finalised: 6,112 works were submitted to the competition - one of the most impor... more Design Den Haag 2010-2018 Design Den Haag 2010-2018 will organize a total of five public events biennially about "Design and Government". Each edition will entail a collaboration between governmenta... more Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People In January of 2008, with a thousand dollars, a laptop and an outsized conviction that design can change the world, rising San Francisco-based product... more Lace in Translation: an Exploration by Three Design Studios This fall, The Design Center (TDC) will present Lace in Translation, a new exhibition of contemporary work that explores the intersection of ... more Skinit Hires Design Industry Superstar to Head Up Design Strategy Skinit, the leader in consumer personalization for electronic devices, today announced that it has appointed Frank Tyneski as Skinit's ... more	Milton Glaser's SVA: a Legacy of Graphic Design School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents "Milton Glaser's SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design," a 50-year retrospective of nearly 100 works created by the legend... more 2010 Rebrand 100 Global Awards The Rebrand 100 Global Awards is the only highly respected and coveted global awards of its kind. Businesses, brand strategists, and various organizations have come to... more Infographythm: Create a Visual Report on Your August 09 Infographythm, a project coordinated by CarreRotondes and the non-profit organisation Design Friends, was conceived along the same lines as the G... more Illustrative 2009: Illustrative Art Festival Returns to Berlin Illustrative 2009 will return to the creative capital to celebrate the cutting-edge works of contemporary graphic art for the fifth time a... more The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents "The Wilde Years: Four Decades of Shaping Visual Culture," an exhibition that celebrates designers, art dire... more 2nd Eurobest Advertising Festival 2nd Eurobest Advertising Festival will take place 25-27 November 2009 at the historic Beurs van Berlage in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Over thre... more UKYXE 09: UK Young Communications Entrepreneur Award 2009 The British Council are seeking the brightest young business talent in the communications sector. You should be entrepreneurial, aged 25-35,... more Printing Types: New Zealand Type Design Since 1870 An exhibition, Printing Types: New Zealand Typeface Design Since 1870, has opened at Objectspace (8 Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand), featuring w... more Young 2009: Creative Production Agency Shop Around Portays Dutch Youth Culture Dutch Contemporary design is universally seen as the melting pot of cutting-edge twenty-first century creativity. Some ... more Winner of Greenpeace Design Awards 2009 Announced Greenpeace and the University of South Australia announced the winner of the Greenpeace Design Awards 2009. The winner is Sam Dickson whose design w... more Art Directors Club Forms International Rep Network For the first time in its 88-year history, the Art Directors Club, the premiere organization for integrated media and the original global creative col... more Satellites Mistaken for Stars With Satellites Mistaken for Stars, Egger contributes to the dialog of experimental graphic design by giving us a book concerned largely with understanding the poetic pote... more REX Design Awarded by Communication Arts Magazine The design developed for tweens' books "Leituras Descoladas" collection ("Cool Readings" collection), has rendered another international award for REX ... more	Design Museum and Conran Octopus Present New Series of Design Books Everything around us in designed and the word "design" has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about i... more Hyperbodies: Cuerpos Emergentes The Istituto Europeo di Design of Barcelona has presented in its future headquarter, the former Macson factory, the 5th edition of its fashion show that this year carrie... more Uncle: an Integrated Agency on the Up Creative agency Uncle have played a part in helping Encyclopaedia Britannica secure the number 10 place in the coveted 2009/10 Superbrands UK Consumer Index. Un... more Dona Wong: Siegel+Gale Hires Strategy Director of Information Design Global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale, the pioneer in simplifying complex customer communications, announced today the appointm... more Duffy: A Designed Life Duffy & Partners design firm just launched "A Designed Life," as part of their Duffy 25 Years piece. The slide show captures a day in the life of Duffy's logos - presenting ho... more REX Design Develops Packaging Design for Premium Powder Detergent to Launch in Argentina The brazilian agency has designed the packaging for the new range of Skip powder detergent to be launch in Argen... more Prince Philip Designers Prize Announces Contenders for 50th Anniversary Year The countdown to naming the winner of the 2009 Prince Philip Designers Prize, awarded annually to recognize a lifetime contr... more UCB and Its Design Partners, OXO and Smart Design, Win 2009 Red Dot: Communication Design UCB announced today that the newly designed Cimzia packaging was honoured with a "red dot communication design"... more The Boi & Leda Desk Lamps David Weeks, known for his distinctive lighting products, introduces two new desk lamps: the Boi Desk Lamp and the Leda Desk Lamp. The Boi Desk Lamp takes its cue from pop ... more PDT Joins Continua Health Alliance Product Development Technologies (PDT) announced that it has joined Continua Health Alliance, a non-profit, open industry alliance of the finest healthcare and techno... more Material Stories Newsletter #2: Power What does power have to do with materials? Everything! The second Get Inspired newsletter is all about "Power" and takes us all over the world from solar powere... more The Next Generation Perkins/APH Brailler Wins Acclaim Product Development Technologies (PDT), Perkins Products and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) have been honored in the 2009 Internat... more Newdealdesign Recognized with Four International Design Excellence Awards NewDealDesign, the San Francisco creative agency providing strategic industrial design, interaction design and brand identity s... more	Of Dreams and Cities: Architecture and Film To mark the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the BFI will in November 2009 present Of Dreams and Cities... more Enterprise: Designers Present Interior of Spaceplane The Swiss-Italian design team "Architecture and Vision" presents first interior designs of the "Enterprise". The "Enterprise" is a rocket plane, ... more MercuryHouseOne at the 53rd Biennale of Venice MercuryHouseOne by Architecture and Vision will be presented on September 2, 2009, during the 53rd Art Exhibition, Biennale of Venice, on San Servolo isla... more Christine Cerqueira Gaspar: CUP Appoints New Executive Director The Board of Directors and staff of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization that uses the power of d... more Interior Design Between the Wars The Imperial Furniture Collection holds one of the key works of Viennese interior design around 1930: the apartment of the ceramic artist Lucie Rie, designed by Ernst P... more RIBA President's Awards for Research 2009 Shortlist Announced The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces the shortlist for the annual RIBA President's Awards for Research 2009, wh... more Bangkok Rising: Construction to Begin on Ole Scheeren / OMA's MahaNakhon In the 125 years since William Le Baron Jenney's ten-storey Home Insurance Building in Chicago became the world's first skyscrap... more Rafael Vinoly Architects Complete East Wing at Cleveland Museum of Modern Art Rafael Vinoly Architects has designed the new East Wing at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Ohio, which opened to the pub... more ShoWare Center Nation's First Event Center to Achieve LEED Gold-NC Rating The City of Kent, Washington now boasts one of the greenest event centers in the country. The ShoWare Center-a 154,000-squar... more Rising Tides Competition Announces Six Winners BCDC announced the winners of the Rising Tides competition. Six winners will share a total prize of $25,000. The selection of six winners was an une... more Rafael Vinoly Architects Expansion of Brooklyn Children's Museum Awarded LEED Silver Rafael Vinoly Architects' expansion of the Brooklyn Children's Museum, located at the intersection of Brooklyn Avenu... more Leo a Daly Announces Strategic Association with EGA Architects International architecture, planning, engineering, interior design and program management firm LEO A DALY announces an association with EG... more Design Driven: Maserati Competition Announces Winners As the only automaker in the luxury class that utilizes a master design firm - legendary Pininfarina - Maserati has found there is an affinity betw... more	The 1st International Conference in Interactive Art & Design Information technology has brought great changes to human life. Digital media has influenced every aspect of society, culture and entertainm... more FITC Mobile: A Mobile Development Conference FITC Mobile brings together the leaders in mobile design and development for a two-day conference, September 13 - 14, 2009, at the Metro Toronto Convention ... more IIID Traffic & Transport 2009 From 10 to 11 September, 23 speakers from nine countries will share their expertise and knowledge with decision makers, transportation providers, interest groups, informat... more Boulder Digital Works Opens It's Doors Boulder Digital Works (BDW) is a new project-based learning initiative focused on developing digital leaders and entrepreneurs. BDW is the first program in the... more Web Industry Leaders Happy Cog and Airbag Industries Merge Happy Cog announced the merger of Happy Cog and Airbag Industries. Effective today, the two leading and influential web design firms have f... more The Whitehouse Adds Editor Paul Hardcastle to US Roster On the heels of his Cannes Lions Grand Prix win for Phillips "Carousel," editor Paul Hardcastle joins The Whitehouse, Bicoastal / Chicago / Londo... more Manic Signs Creative Director Fran Roberts NYC based visual effects/conceptual design company, Manic has signed Creative Director Fran Roberts as part of its continued growth as a leading creative bran... more th2ng Snaps Up Jake Knowles th2ng has added award-winning live action director Jake Knowles to its growing roster of emerging and established talent. Knowles spent four years as senior director for ... more Royale Turns Two, Celebrates Studio Defining Culture July 2009 marks the 2nd anniversary of LA-based motion design and production studio Royale. Drawing on 20+ years collective experience, Partners ... more Bent Signs Stop-Motion Heavy Hitter Ken Lidster The Portland, Oregon-based production company and creative laboratory Bent Image Lab is further expanding its roster with the recent signing of veteran a... more 72andSunny Taps Yahoo's' Yau to Expand Digital Capabilities 72andSunny, the creative powerhouse for worldwide brands such as Nike, Discovery Channel, 2K Sports and Quiksilver, announced today the appoi... more Perkins Eastman Awarded Indian School of Business Campus The New York office of international design and architecture firm Perkins Eastman has been commissioned by the Indian School of Business for a 7... more New SAW VI Blood Drive Poster Every year, Lionsgate gets the blood pumping for its new SAW film with the SAW "Give 'Til It Hurts" blood drive, benefiting the Red Cross. As part of that tradition, th... more	Polaroid: Exp.09.10.09 Early last year, the Polaroid Corporation ceased producing its iconic film. The 9th October 2009 will see the final "Use by" or Expiration date of the last batch of Polaroid f... more Parsons Presents MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition Parsons The New School for Design will present its annual exhibition of MFA Photography thesis work in the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries of the ... more Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Cut Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Cut shines a light on the beautiful world of paper in art, fashion and design. From the traditional art of origami and paper cutti... more Frank Auerbach: London Building Sites, 1952-62 This will be the first exhibition to bring together the seminal group of paintings of London building sites by Frank Auerbach (born 1931). These extrao... more ShContemporary09 : Shanghai in Art ShContemporary, Asia's most dynamic and international contemporary art fair, will launch its third edition on September 9, 2009 with a new artistic direction and init... more amberConference The first international amberConference will be held in conjunction with the amber'09 Art and Technology Festival on the 7th and 8th of November 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The confere... more International Festival of Scenic Arts The prestigious V&A museum in London has been chosen to host the launch of the first edition of the International Festival of Scenic Arts, an international event c... more James Tissot: The Life of Christ The exhibition James Tissot: "The Life of Christ" will include 124 watercolors selected from a set of 350 that depict detailed scenes from the New Testament, from befor... more New Exhibit at San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design The San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design presents three concurrent exhibits July 24 through October 4, 2009 at its 550 Sutter Street location in San ... more Design Studies: A Reader Design Studies: A Reader, edited by Hazel Clark and David Brody, Berg, 2009, is a new publication aimed at those who want to understand the many complex roles of design, includ... more Sollos: Shining Corona Highlights Home and Office Technical expertise and a typical German, Bauhaus-inspired visual vocabulary are the trademarks of idee.design.licht. The Saxon lighting manufactory... more Rough Construction Chair by Kassen Rough Construction Chair started off as a kind of exploration that turned into a pretty nice little chair and stool. Like most things in the lumber yard, steel fra... more 2nd Round for 2nd Floor: Duravit Offers New Possibilities for Room Division Duravit launched the 2nd floor collection, designed in collaboration with Sieger Design, in 2006. Inspired by the architec... more

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