

Frog Design Explores Motion in New Issue of Design Mind Magazine Global innovation firm frog design today released the latest issue of its design mind print and online publication. The new issue exp... more Objectified: Independent Documentary About Industrial Design Objectified is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design. It's a look at the creativity at work behind everything ... more European Year 2009: Creativity and Innovation The Czech Presidency of the EU and European Commission officially launched the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 on Wednesday 7 January with ... more National Design Competitiveness Report The Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP) has developed the first-ever framework to evaluate countries' design competitiveness. In December 2008... more Foster + Partners with Aston Martin Win Design a New Bus for London The joint submission by Foster + Partners and Aston Martin has won first prize, alongside Capoco Design, in Transport for London's co... more RTT USA & Art Center College of Design Explore Material / Design Trends in Podcast Series The Material Intersections January 2009 podcast will explore the topic of everyday materials re-imagined. Th... more Tuttobene Milan 2009 In April 2009 a selection of young Dutch designers will present their latest work at Tuttobene in Milan during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. After the successful show in... more Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2009 Facing a global recession, the need to innovate so as to remain competitive and relevant takes center stage. Designers, companies and institutions... more Michelin Challenge Design Announces 2010 Competition Theme At a time when vehicles are becoming more fuel-efficient and automotive manufacturers are tasked with bringing consumer-friendly vehicles to m... more Design Avenue: an Icsid Interdesign Workshop The deadline for applications has been extended for the upcoming Icsid Interdesign Workshop: Design Avenue - A path to meaningful innovation... more Alessi Wins Prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award Alessi's POP-UP bottle opener has earned a prestigious 2008 GOOD DESIGN Award from the Chicago Athenaeum... more Volkswagen Chronicle: Becoming a Global Player From the establishment of "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" in 1937 through the founding... more World Design Survey: South African Findings Released The International Design Alliance (IDA) has recently released the South African findings for the World Design Survey pilot project. The World Des... more	Greg Quinton: New D&AD Education Chair Rallies Recession Grads Greg Quinton, Black Pencil-winning Creative Director at The Partners, has been named the new Education Chairman for D&AD. In the coming... more Red Dot Presents: Communication Design at Its Best From poster and advertisement to annual report and packaging - communication design is as diverse as it is unique. red dot presents the best of the... more SNAG Launches the New Metalsmith: Redesigned by Renowned Designer Luke Hayman of Pentagram The Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) launches its newly redesigned magazine, Metalsmith, in January... more :output Grand Prix Works carried out by students usually disappear into drawers after presentation to a relatively small college audience. There the work remains invisible. :output wants to chang... more Ammunition Adds New Partners to its Ranks Today the award-winning product, identity and interaction design consultancy Ammunition, founded by Robert Brunner, announced the addition of new partners Crea... more Shigeo Fukuda Passes Away at 76 At the age of 76 years old, Mr. Shigeo Fukuda passed away suddenly in Tokyo on Sunday, 11 January 2009 as the result of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. As one of the found... more Brands Enter Here The economy has now redefined accessibility for the global brand. In the past, to access a brand was to understand price and availability. In the coming year you'll see a flood of ... more Transparency: Exposing Graphic Design Steven Heller, the co-founder of the MFAH Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts, presents his ideas about the new role content plays in design. ... more No Sin / No Future: Ryan McGinness The latest limited edition from Ryan McGinness - No Sin/No Future follows the trajectory of the artist's book Project Rainbow. A collection of snapshots, sketches,... more Symbols, Pictograms & Silhouettes Symbols isolates graphic elements out of their context in order to focus the attention on the most subtle of details, on the simplicity of forms or on infinite interpr... more Professional Speakers Announced for Icograda Design Week in Qatar 2009 As part of the Icograda Design Week in Qatar 2009, taking place from 28 February to 5 March 2009, the Professional Conference will... more TBWA Worldwide Named 2008 Global Agency of the Year by Adweek TBWA Worldwide has been named the 2008 Global Agency of the Year by Adweek magazine. In its selection of TBWA Worldwide, the Adweek arti... more The Form of the Book: a One-day Conference on Book Design The Form of the Book brings together highly acclaimed graphic designers, design critics and design historians to discuss various aspects of boo... more	Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now Images by more than forty of the most innovative photographers working in the fashion industry today will be on view in Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now, at t... more SAIC Fashion Show 2009 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its annual Fashion Show on April 23 and 24 , in the School's recently opened and acclaimed Sulli... more Pantone Mimosa Takes Center Stage at New Gap Store Combining the popularity of Gap's iconic t-shirts and the power of the worldwide color authority's energetic shades, Gap and Pantone today announced t... more Proenza Schouler Ceates Interior Textile Collection for Knoll Luxe Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of the widely acclaimed fashion house, Proenza Schouler, have created their first interior textil... more Air Jordan 2009 Air Jordan 2009's sophisticated design carries on the tradition of the world's most respected basketball shoe while presenting a new naming scheme, retiring the labels "AIR JORDAN I thr... more A New Design for Holyrood THE Scottish Parliament called on students yesterday to design a new official tartan for Holyrood. The winning entry will be worn by Holyrood's Presiding Officer, Alex Fergus... more UK Customers to Benefit as IDC Opens Hong Kong Office Datchet-based Industrial Design Consultancy Ltd. (IDC) has recently consolidated its international strengths by opening an office in Hong Kong. ... more The Automotive Designers Show Whilst there are numerous specialist exhibitions on automotive engineering this exciting new event is concerned purely with the initial design process - the talents, new t... more Bean Rockers Score Another Win for Knoend With the 2009 iF Product Design Award Knoend recently won the 2009 iF product design award for the bean rockers series of rocking seats. The award is Knoend... more 22nd Excellence in Design Awards Program The 22nd Annual Excellence in Design awards program provides professional acknowledgement within design and manufacturing in today's global appliance marketplac... more Moon Table The bright and the dark side of the moon. Its way from new to full moon and back again. This changeable picture is translated graphically into a functional set of two side tables. The ... more Materialica Design + Technology Award 2009 The world of materials is developing swiftly and becoming increasingly complex. Designers have known for a long time that the success of a product and its ... more re3 Concept by Johnson Controls For Johnson Controls, a major goal is finding new opportunities to help its customers succeed by creating "smart" environments. In terms of vehicles, this means creat... more	RIBA Celebrates 175th Anniversary in 2009 In 2009 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will celebrate its 175th Anniversary. To mark this milestone the Institute has planned a programme ... more Archinect's Architecture Industry Survey Results Archinect has just published the results from the thousands of architects around the world reporting their current condition amid the economic crisis. ... more Maidstone High Street International Design Competititon The RIBA Competitions Office announced the launch of a new two-stage, International Open Design Competition on behalf of Maidstone Borough Counci... more AIA Develops Plan to Stimulate Economy and Create 1.6 Million Jobs in Building Sector The American Institute of Architects (AIA) semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast projects an 11 percent decli... more 2009 Incheon International Urban Design Competition for Students The 2009 Incheon International Urban Design Competition for Students aims to contribute to the transformation of Incheon Metropolitan Ci... more Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center Earns a Rare 11 of 10 Points Lord, Aeck & Sargent announced today that in awarding LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification to the B... more Engaging Places A new initiative has been launched will help every school exploit the "world's biggest teaching resource". Engaging Places will champion teaching and learning through the whole built... more Redefining the Architect's Role: Architects as Agents for Social Change Architects have contributed significantly to shaping the public realm, yet their impact will remain limited without a fundamental... more Concrete Thinking for A Sustainable World Registration is now open for the 2009 "Concrete Thinking for A Sustainable World" international student design competition. The contest challenges students ... more Greg Lynn: How Calculus is Changing Architecture Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture - and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional ... more Creatives From 90 Countries Take Part in the 3rd Edition of the Roca Design Contest Up to 2700 design and architect professionals and students from 90 countries have enrolled in the 2008 - 2009 edition... more POLLI-brick: Turning Plastic Bottles Into Green Architecture From the maker of the HYmini wind and solar portable charger comes a polymer architecture brick combining post-consumer materials with envir... more Mindseye Makeover for Corpus Christi Church Mindseye Lighting Limited, a London based lighting design consultancy, was recently challenged with the task of sympathetically illuminating Corpus Christi R... more	DLD 2009: Digital, Life, Design Thought leaders, creators, entrepreneurs and investors are once again meeting to discuss life in the Digital age and this time, the meet will be in the HVB Forum on Kard... more Superfad Finds New Durex Viral Project Stimulating Perhaps it would be best to call this an anti-viral, if only for the disease stopping potential. The new film for Durex, synonymous with the word c... more Click 3X Hires VFX Producer Christine DoRego Expanding on their growing arsenal of talent, Click 3X recently brought in VFX Producer Christine DoRego to add depth and expertise to their roster. The ... more MAKE and Swanson Russell Go Outside the Lines for New Blue Cross Blue Shield Campaign MAKE, Minneapolis based design and animation firm collaborated with Swanson Russell to create first completely anim... more An Architect for the Next Generation As chair of UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design, internationally acclaimed Japanese architect Hitoshi Abe has launched educational initiatives includ... more Make It Work: Engineering Possibilities Today's engineers are working across disciplines and driving innovation. Make It Work. Engineering Possibilities looks at how engineers are envisioning and re... more Caring for Older People: DWA Student Competition DWA Architects has launched a design competition for architectural students worldwide with support from one of the UK's largest care home operators, Bup... more Designing in Teheran Designing in Teheran is an international contest open to creatives, designers and architects, who are called upon to develop a design for two multistorey buildings, set in the Iran... more OLED Design Contest: CombOLED Edition Within the 7th Framework Program, the European Union has decided to invest on an Integrated European Project (CombOLED) in order to reduce the overall OLED's costs... more Clo Chair by Yonoh Clo is a chair made of beech and cotton rope of 6mm thickness. The chair is inspired by Japanese traditions, especially in the Jomon pottery, an old style that used ropes to decor... more 2009 Housewares Design Awards Finalists Named: Green House Winners Selected The 65 finalists are set for the 2009 Housewares Design Awards. In addition, the winners were selected for the Housewares ... more Bang & Olufsen Earphones in New, Bold Colours Bang & Olufsen, the worldwide provider of exclusive, high quality audio and video products, proudly announces its award-winning Earphones can now be offere... more Intel Reveals New In-Store Concept Technologies Taking advantage of a high-performing and energy-efficient chip the company already sells to computer makers, Intel today unveiled a retail point-of-sale... more	Forever The Victoria & Albert Museum presents Forever. Floating above the pond within the John Madejski Garden, a large videowall installation of endless animations responding to an ever changing sound... more Supersonic 2009 Supersonic 2009, a student organized exhibition of artwork by M.F.A. candidates from eight of Southern California's graduate fine art programs, will run in conjunction with the Los Ange... more Braun/Hogenberg: Cities of the World More than four centuries after the first volume was originally published in Cologne, Braun and Hogenberg's magnificent collection of town map engravings, Civitates ... more Guantanamo Museum The Istituto Europeo di Design, in Madrid, in partnership with the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, in Arnhem, and the Dutch Embassy, is presenting, between the 16th of January and the 16... more Ryan McGinness: Aesthetic Comfort Born in Virginia Beach, Ryan McGinness draws upon his skate punk past to develop a fresh graphic vocabulary that blurs the boundaries between high art and commercial g... more Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective The first major New York exhibition in 20 years devoted to Francis Bacon (British, 1909-1992)-one of the most important painters of the 20th century-will be pre... more Red Dot Living: Red Dot Presents Award-winning Design at the Imm Cologne Trade Fair The industrialised countries in a financial crisis, a worldwide economic slump, and gloomy forecasts for the stock ma... more Light Battle: Contemporary Light Design From Denmark and Finland Contemporary Light Design explores over 20 different innovative lamp designs by 18 designers and architects. On show is a fresh selec... more UKTI Support the UK Design Industry with a Programme of Regional Export Seminars UKTI has appointed British Design Innovation to organise a series of five seminars to be held across the UK regions aime... more MX San Francisco: Managing Experience Through Creative Leadership In this tightening economy, it's more crucial than ever to make explicit the business value of design. Creative managers building th... more Fujitsu Siemens Computers Wins 2009 iF Product Design Award Fujitsu Siemens Computers won the 2009 iF product design award for the ESPRIMO Mobile series professional notebooks as well as for the ESPRIM... more Zikmu: Parrot and Philippe Starck Partner to Create Couture Stereo Speakers Parrot, a leader in wireless mobile telephony devices, unveiled "Zikmu", the Parrot by Philippe Starck set of wireless speake... more Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World Peachpit announced the publication of Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World, a provocative book that explains why the largest crises we a... more

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