

Electrolux Design Lab 2009: Designs for the Next 90 Years The Electrolux Design Lab 2009 global design competition invites undergraduate and graduate industrial design students around the world to subm... more Third Maier S. Coop Design Competition The "Third Maier S. Coop. Design Competition" is an international competition for the design of vehicle interiors. This competition, focussed on the area of in... more The Design Plus Award The Design Plus Award is given for outstanding and particularly innovative design. The Design Plus competition on the occasion of Material Vision 2009 is aimed at all future-or... more Globally Renowned Designers, Business Leaders, and Experts in Sustainability Join the Design Council Seven renowned figures from design, big business, sustainability, education and innovation have been... more 33rd Delta Awards The Association of Industrial Design ADI-FAD calls for companies and designers from Spain and other countries to take part in the Delta Awards with products that are distributed in th... more Re-Thinking Design at DMI's Design / Management / Brand 21 Conference The breakdowns we are currently experiencing in the world are enough to alarm even the hardiest of souls. With a call to action ... more Gus Desbarats Named Chairman of British Design Innovation South East TheAlloy, a leading design consultancy, today announced that Gus Desbarats has been appointed Chairman of British Design Innovation ... more 24th International Automobile Festival: Concept Cars Against an unprecedented economic and ecological context for the automobile industry, the International Automobile Festival will present the cars of... more Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives Design Strategy is an emerging and crucial business imperative. DMI announced the release of Building Design Strategy; offer... more Xenophya Design: UK Based Motorcycle Design Firm Opens New Studio Motorcycle design consultancy Xenophya Design has recently unveiled their new studio in the UK. As one of only a handful of consulta... more Ilio Ilio is about living with nature and getting along with it. Ilio's tableware and furniture collection thrives on this concept and brings multi-layered products in terms of aesthetics and notion... more Object Rotterdam Object Rotterdam is the platform in the world, where you can find the latest developments of unique, or limited edition functional objects of international designers. In short: the ... more Chair and Textile Design from Finland in Rome Assembled by Design Forum Finland, an organization promoting Finnish design, Cool Dozen+ is an exhibition presenting the evolution of Finnish chair and tex... more Presentation on the History and Future of Japan's Design Policy Now Online On 27 November 2009, at the Asian Design Network Conference 2008, Mr. Takeshi Hirose, Director of Design Policy Office, Minist... more In a Planet of Our Own: a Vision of Sustainability From Across Six Continents The "In a Planet of Our Own" event is scheduled to be held at Mumbai, India from 16th to 22nd of March 2009 and is being ho... more World Design Market Worlddesignmarket WDM promotes Seoul's design assets across overseas markets by making design-related information available online. Every year, around 36,000 students graduate fr... more	Wolda 2009: the Worldwide Logo Design Annual Wolda is the high-profile award scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world, and the only award scheme in the world endo... more Good 50x70 2009: Call for Entries The voice of hope in 2009 comes from America. While we all wait to see whether Barack Obama can turn his fine rhetoric into actions, Good 50x70 aims to ... more Oded Ezer: The Typographer's Guide to the Galaxy Oded Ezer: The Typographer's Guide to the Galaxy presents the typographic experiments and experimental typography of visionary artist and designer Oded ... more TypeCon 2009: Call for Submissions TypeCon2009 will be held this July in an amazing city - Atlanta, Georgia. TypeCon makes its first foray into the Deep South, and it's going to be the hottest desig... more UCDA Design Summit: Big Brand Wolf Can you see the forest for the trees or has your brand given you tunnel vision? You are the author of your institution's story - how can you keep it fresh year after ... more Call for Abstracts: Icograda World Design Congress 2009 Education Conference Icograda announced the Call for Abstracts for the Icograda Education Network (IEN) Conference that will take place during th... more Brite '09 Conference Brite '09 will bring together big thinkers from business, technology, media, and marketing to discuss how technology and innovation are transforming the ways that companies build a... more 365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions 30 The selections in AIGA's annual juried competition represent the best work across all disciplines of communication design and strategy created in 2008. Select... more Anthony Grech-Cumbo Joins the BDI Team British Design Innovation announced the new appointment of Anthony Grech-Cumbo to its Editorial and Communications Team. Anthony's role will combine his skills... more Absolute Zero Degrees Create New Branding for Southern Star Factual Southern Star Factual was created in March 2008 when Oxford Scientific Films, the world renowned producer of natural history, science... more PhilippeBecker Receives Six Awards For Branding & Package Design Excellence PhilippeBecker, a San Francisco branding and package design agency, today announced it has been awarded six prestigious Ameri... more CorelDRAW Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Design Contest Corel announced an International Design Contest and special anniversary edition of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 to mark 20 years of design innov... more Jeff Fisher Selected as One of Graphic Design USA's People to Watch in 2009 Jeff Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for the Portland-based design firm Jeff Fisher LogoMotives, has been named one... more Icograda Appoints David Lancashire and Gregoire Serikoff to the Executive Board Icograda announced that David Lancashire AGI, director of David Lancashire Design, and Gregoire Serikoff, partner of The ... more Call for Entries 2009 Winter Semi Annual Contest The American Design Awards is putting out a call for entries, to all graphic and web designers worldwide to take part in the 2009 Winter Semi Annual Des... more Destructed Art- and Designmag Issue#19 Issue No.19 of Destructed Art-and Designmag is out now and available as free download on the website. It is a collaboration with the british band Zoot Woman. ... more	Its Eight: YKK Accessory Award YKK is a leading multinational company specialising in fastenings that strongly believes in supporting creativity and giving opportunities to young designers. Five yea... more Triumph Inspiration Award 2009 Underwear manufacturer Triumph is kicking off 2009 with the second launch of its global lingerie design competition for young fashion and design students. This year, y... more Adidas Style Essentials Footwear Collection adidas announced the global launch of its young, fresh and accessible collection Style Essentials. The new sport-inspired footwear collection focuses on y... more Ellesse Launches International Design Competition Ellesse, the Italian sportswear brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year with the launch of a design competition that will see it collaborat... more Eco Fashion Weekend in Cracow The Polish Academy SAPU - Szkola Artystycznego Projektowania Ubioru (Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design) has organized two days promotion of creating clothes from rec... more Hussein Chalayan Leading the forefront of contemporary fashion design, the twice named "British Designer of the Year," Hussein Chalayan, is renowned for his innovative use of materials, meticulous patt... more Variety in Fashion at H&M This Season Romance continues to be on trend. The look is well-groomed, coordinated and playful with pretty watercolor shades and light neutrals. But it's not the only s... more Flight Patterns: a Forum on the Design Challenges of Urban Ecology and Biodiversity In response to the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River on January 15th, and to the growing number o... more ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport is the new exhibition on view through 1 May 2009 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), in Chicago. ... more Defne Koz for OMNIDECOR An unrivalled leader in glass production, with an internationally acknowledged know-how in acid-etched processing and an ever-evolving offer in technological and design-oriented... more The Tap of the Future: Designed by Zaha Hadid for Triflow Leading independent brassware designer, Triflow, has commissioned pre-eminent architect, Zaha Hadid, to design the tap of the future. Recogn... more IDA Announces 2008 Winners The winners of the 2008 International Design Awards competition have been named. IDA exists to celebrate the world's most visionary designers, discover new and emerging ta... more Industreal Wins Design Management Europe Award Industreal has won the DME AWARD 2008 hosted by the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, UK as a recognition of excellence in quality and successful ... more The Extreme Bentley is Almost Here On March 3rd at the 2009 International Geneva Motor Show, Bentley will reveal its fastest, most powerful production car ever. Delivering supercar performance, this... more A Tokyo Bridge Harnesses Energy to Create Electricity: Boxer's Dechausse Shows How for Lexus In the third in a series of mini-documentaries for Lexus hybrids, Los Angeles-based Boxer Films director Jef... more 2009 Australian International Design Awards Shortlist Announced Over 100 entries, including a cooktop which converts to a kitchen bench, compact bicycle tools, two airline seats, waterproof digital mov... more	RIBA Awards 2009: Call for Entries The RIBA Awards 2009 programme is now open. The deadline for entries February 19 2009. The RIBA Awards have been running continuously since 1966 and are judged loc... more Celebrated Dutch Architect Ben van Berkel to Design New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion in NY New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg confirmed that Peter Minuit Plaza at The Battery will become the site o... more Completion of Coop Himmelb(l)au's High School 9, Los Angeles The Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 for the visual and performing arts by Coop Himmelb(l)au has just been completed. The school will... more 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom Sponsored by Architecture For Humanity, the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom is inviting architects, designers, students, teachers ... more A National Model for ADA Design and Accessibility Opens in Phoenix Arizona Baldinger Architectural Studio, Inc. and Caliber Construction have recently completed the Disability Empowerment... more From Pyramids to Spacecraft Opening on March 11, 2009, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, From Pyramids to Spacecraft is a travelling exhibition displaying selected projects by the design st... more Zona#3: Editorial Project of the Faculty of Design and Arts of the University of Bozen-Bolzano In February 2009 zona#3: blurring boundaries has been released as supplement to the prestigious architectu... more Eric Owen Moss Architects: If Not Now, When? SCI-Arc Gallery presents If not now, when? a new exhibition by Eric Owen Moss Architects. The exhibition, on view from April 10 through June 14, re-exami... more Traditional Building Design Challenge Celebrating Boston's Historic Architecture This year's Traditional Building Design Challenge will be a "team competition". Each design team will consist of up t... more Cool Cities and US Green Building Council Launch New Strategic Grass Roots Effort Citing the leadership role that U.S. Mayors and municipalities have played in the efforts to reduce carbon emissions-an... more A New Infrastructure: Innovative Transit Solutions for Los Angeles The passage in November 2008 of Measure R, a half cent sales tax in Los Angeles County, will provide as much as $40 billion for transi... more Creative Industries Centre, New Antony Gormley Sculpture, Launch Today Metropolitan Works, London's first Creative Industries Centre, opens today, Wednesday 4th February 2009. The centre, designed b... more Travel + Leisure Announces 2009 Design Award Winners Mama Shelter, Paris; Delicatessen, NYC; and the Norma Kamali Collection for Wal-Mart are among the winners of the Travel + Leisure 2009 Design Award... more Gimme Shelter Semi-Finalist Exhibition Gimme Shelter will be a showcase of six semi-permanent, functional woodland shelters to enhance the experience of visitors to the Schuylkill Center for Environmen... more IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2009: Call for Presentation Share your insight and knowledge and make a difference in your industry by presenting a seminar at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2009. With over 5,000 conferenc... more Into the Open: Positioning Practice Parsons The New School for Design will present Into the Open: Positioning Practice, the official U.S. pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, the 11th International Arch... more	FITC Toronto 2009: Design + Technology Festival FITC Toronto 2009 celebrates what it means to "live, think and play outside the lines" with a three-day event focused on the art and craft of Interactive... more Tronic Studio Explores the Fabric of Skin in Film for Diesel's 55DSL Brand When 55DSL commissioned Tronic Studio to produce a short film to open its fall fashion show in Italy, and flagship store exhib... more Colourmovie Creates the Opening Sequence for Slamdance Film Festival's 15th Anniversary Slamdance, who is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, tapped Colourmovie to design and animate the show open f... more Trollback + Company Unveils Opening Sequence for TED2009 Trollback + Company, an award-winning creative agency specializing in branding and motion graphics, has designed... more Prague Calling Executive producer Dominic Buttimore of th1ng, London-based mixed media and animation studio, will chair Europe's leading film and animation conference Pencil to Pixel held in Prague on ... more Motionographer Announces 2009 F5 Speakers and Content F5 is a new festival exploring the intersection of art, design and entertainment. Organized by Justin Cone, creator of Motionographer,... more Story Planner Toonz announced the release of Story Planner and Story Planner Pro,the tool for creating storyboards with graphical and textual information, and generating animatics with soundtrack and a... more SHH Appoints Two New Associates to Create a Six-strong Middle Management Team Architecture and design agency SHH has appointed two new Associates to its management team, creating a six-strong tier of m... more Avenue Campus, University of Northampton Competition Shortlist Announced The RIBA announced the shortlist in the competition for architects to plan future developments on the University of Northampton'... more USGBC Commends House Leadership on Green Schools The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) commends the U.S. House of Representatives for including $14 billion for green school construction and renovatio... more Shortlist Announced: National Wildflower Centre Competition The RIBA announced the shortlist in the international competition to design a new innovative, architecturally striking educational, conferenc... more BBH Design Hires Mark Sinkovic as Designer Rich Beale, co-founding partner at BBH Design, has announced that Mark Sinkovic has joined the firm as a Designer focusing on Healthcare, Science and Higher E... more eVolo Magazine eVolo announced the launch of eVolo Magazine, a bi-annual architecture and design journal focused on technology advances, sustainability, and innovative design for the 21st century. O... more Susanne Zottl: A Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete The SCI-Arc Gallery presents A Styrofoam Lover with (E)motions of Concrete, a site-specific installation by Vienna-based architect Susanne Z... more Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is undeniably one of the most prolific and celebrated international designers today. Marcel Wanders: Behind the Ceiling is the highly... more Bklyn Designs 2009 Bklyn Designs is New York's hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked ... more	When Attitudes Becomes Live in Your Head Jean-Pierre Greff, director of the Geneva University of Art and Design, Olivier Kaeser and Jean-Paul Felley, co-directors of the Swiss Cultural Centre in Paris,... more New Corning Museum of Glass Exhibition Explores the Work of Richard Craig Meitner The ever-evolving work of the American artist Richard Craig Meitner, distinguished by its intellectual wit and poetry, ... more Shoot Your Inspiration In conjunction with the launch of the BraunPrize 2009, Core 77 and Braun have collaborated on a new photo competition for young designers. The competition, entitled "Shoot You... more Rabascall: Production 1964-1982 The exhibition by Joan Rabascall organised by the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona focuses on the works created by the artist from the beginning of the 1960s until ... more Escape to the Woods The Lighthouse, Scotland's National Architecture and Design Centre, continues its commitment to showcasing Scottish talent with the first solo show by rising designer, Donna Wilson.... more Sumo Paint: the Renaissance of Image Editing SUMO Paint offers professional and easy to use tools for creating and editing images within a browser. SUMO Paint is a free image editing software that g... more New Skateboard Graphics: Dramatic Variety of Modern Skateboard Design With more than 70 brands of skateboards now being manufactured in the United States, and a growing number of hardcore enthusiasts w... more Ceramic Art London 2009 Now in its fifth year Ceramic Art London (CAL) is recognized as the leading fair for contemporary ceramics and will become a temporary home for over eighty of the world's best c... more WorKit: the New Economical Office System WorKit, the new office furniture system by Arik Levy, is a simple, rational and extremely flexible solution for communicative office areas. With a cube-shape... more RCA Design Competition Winners Announced In October 2008 Toyota set students of the Royal College of Art (RCA) a challenge: to create a household item that reflects "intelligent urban living" - the con... more Slim Office Designed by Bertjan Pot The innovative character of Bertjan Pot's Slim table has already garnered numerous prestigious awards, including the Dutch Design Award 2007 and the IF Gold Award 20... more PDT Wins Two Prestigious Design Awards Product Development Technologies (PDT) has been honored with two 2008 GOOD DESIGN Awards. Both the Fellowes Galaxy Comb Binding Machine and the Medela 2008 Cor... more Gea by Arturo Alvarez Receives the Good Design Award The "GEA" lamp, designed by Arturo Alvarez, has just won a prestigious Design Award, the GOOD DESIGN. Granted by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum, "G... more Coalesse Receives Two Good Design Awards for Andoo and Holy Day Collections Coalesse, a new premium live/work furnishings brand, has been honored by the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Archite... more First Sustainable Luxury Fair in Paris Both a fair and a cultural event, the exhibition called 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Fair, will take place from May, 15th to 17th, 2009, in the Palais de Tokyo, in Pa... more Zero-waste Design Made Easier with New Cradle to Cradle Ingredient Certification MBDC, a consultancy focused on helping clients implement the Cradle to Cradle design framework, today announced the addi... more

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