

DMI European Conference Addresses Facing/Changing REALITES in Milan Every day, we're confronted with news of a rollercoaster economy, environmental actions and behaviors, and corporate pressure to succ... more 2009 Trend Forecast: From Surviving to Thriving Brand development consultant Cheryl Swanson founded Toniq in 1998 to help develop new brands that can thrive in changing times. Toniq takes brand deve... more UK Businesses Turn to Designers to Beat the Recession More than half (54 per cent) of UK businesses are planning to use design to help them survive the economic downturn, according to new research publ... more Design Awards 2009: The Winners Wallpaper, the international design, fashion and lifestyle bible, is today publishing its annual Design Awards issue, the biggest-selling edition of the magazine. It... more* Singapore to Host the 26th Icsid World Design Congress in 2009 Singapore will host the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) World Design Congress 2009 from 23 to 27 November ... more IDEA 2009: Call for Entries IDEA is the premier international competition celebrating design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. Winnin... more D2B2: Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium 2009 D2B2 - Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium: Beijing 2009 will feature an international design and management audience taken ... more Vestalife and RKS Announce Strategic Partnership as Vestalife Launches New Products Vestalife, the award-winning lifestyle electronics company, and world-recognized strategy and industrial design consu... more Robotics for Climatology: Design Students Receive iF Awards Right after the world climate conference in the beginning of December 2008 in Poznan/Poland, everybody was talking about it again: global war... more Broto: A Greenhouse in Your Kitchen Broto is Portuguese for sprouts and this little device has been rightly so called for the plants it nurtures to grow. It's a kitchen garden where you can fuss ove... more Red Dot Award: Product Design 2009 Red Dot is once again calling designers and companies from all over the world to register their products for the "red dot award: product design" with immediate effect... more Kartell Design Receives a 2008 Good Design Award Kartell's Mr Impossible chair has earned a prestigious 2008 Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The olde... more 2008 Good Design Award to Herbal Water for its Infused Water Bottle Label The prestigious Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Ur... more	European Design Awards 2009 The European Design Awards is the comprehensive annual awards organization celebrating the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe. A joint effo... more Pantone Color for 2009: Reassuring Mimosa Offers Warmth and Cheerfulness Pantone announced PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa, a warm, engaging yellow, as the color of the year for 2009. In a time of economic u... more Compostmodern 09 Compostmodern, the preeminent design conference devoted to sustainability, will be held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, February 21. For the first time, the conf... more Branding Green in a Waterless World As designers we find meaning in all of the attributes of a brand - its form, its surface, its color, texture. And when a company selects "orange," say, as its bra... more CoreBrand Fashions Bold, Bright, Fresh Paramount Citrus Identity Paramount Citrus is a California-based citrus grower, shipping some 300,000 tons of fruit annually throughout North America and the Paci... more Vormator: The Elements of Design The Vormator contest started over two years ago. It challenges artists to create a visual by using a very limited palette of shapes and possibilities. Artists are... more 2009 Summit Creative Award The Summit International Awards, the internationally acclaimed organization recognizing excellence in marketing communications firms, announces it is now accepting entries in... more 200 Best Packaging Designers Worldwide "Lurzer's Archive - Ads, TV and Posters worldwide" is the acclaimed bimonthly magazine dedicated to presenting the best new print campaigns and TV commercials fro... more Trove Receives Good Design Award for Hitchcock-Inspired Wallcovering Trove, an ingenious design company known for its unique nature-inspired products, has been honored by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum ... more ADC Announces 2009 Interactive Jury For 88th Annual Awards Program The Art Directors Club, the premier organization for integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind with member... more Studio Banana TV Studio Banana TV is an internet-based creativity-focused tv platform. It contains an edited selection of high profile videos from different disciplines (from advertising and archite... more San Francisco Graphic Design 2009 San Francisco Graphic Design 2009 will showcase thirteen San Francisco designers who represent the rich and varied graphic design community of the Bay Area and who hav... more Fraktur Mon Amour: Judith Schalansky Blackletter also known as Fraktur or Gothic type was commonly used throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. By the end of the Renaissance it had mostly been replace... more	Jovella 2009: Tel Aviv Jewelry Fair Jovella 2009 is the leading event of the Jewelry Industry in Israel that offers both domestic and foreign visitors fresh designs and new spirit in jewelry in an arti... more Puma Partners with Beam Interactive to Create Past Masher Virtual Wardrobe Web Application As part of its ongoing 60th birthday celebration, PUMA launched the PUMA Past Masher, a web application that l... more Modern Amusement Collaborative Artist Series Modern Amusement, the label known for showcasing graphic sensibility and intelligent sense of humour on their own version of the canvas - the t-shirt - is i... more Sentori 58R by Christian Gumpold and Christopher Gloning Sentori 58R is a design from Christian Gumpold and Christopher Gloning. The design was created during their diploma thesis at the university ... more Francesco Sommacal Wins the Red Dot: Luminary Design Award Francesco Sommacal, a graduate of the Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, received the prestigious red dot: l... more Design Research for Product and Service Innovation DMI will offer the popular seminar, Design Research for Product and Service Innovation, taught by Cheskin's CEO Darrel Rhea, this coming March 31 - Ap... more Extraordinary, Every Day Travel Contest by Alcantara LAB Alcantara LAB announced the winners of "Extraordinary, Every Day Travel Contest", launched during the Milan furniture show 2008. The contest'... more Kimball Office Receives Prestigious Good Design Award for Hum. Minds at Work. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and... more Ginsu Debuts New EFK Designed by Robert Radi The Ginsu name has been synonymous with ultra sharp cutlery for over 80 years. Continuing that tradition, Ginsu launched a new Electric Fillet Knife desi... more New York School of Interior Design Announces Public Programs for Spring 2009 New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) announced an exciting lineup of free public programs for the spring 2009 season. ... more Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living The pioneering modernist Gilbert Rohde was an innovative designer of furniture and interiors who attained near celebrity status across the United States i... more 2009 American Architecture Awards The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design in association with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Pr... more Laboratory of Architecture: Fernando Romero The first monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Fernando Romero and his Mexico City based practice, LAR (Laboratory of Architecture), will be on vi... more	Urban 2020: Designing the Connected Community of the Future Global networking leader Cisco has today launched Urban 2020, a new competition for university students across the UK and Ireland. Aimed a... more Miami 2009: Urban Competition Arquitectum announced the International Architecture Competition "Miami 2009", to be held from January 2009 to May 2009. For this competition the project in question, l... more Great Places Awards 2009: Call for Entries Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm and EDRA, the Environmental Design Research Association, in cooperation with Metropolis Magazine announced the tw... more New Media School: Morphogenesis of School Typologies The morphogenetic school typology is initiated by the study of school types and layout, and the comparison between gothic and modern architecture. ... more Win a Free Place to the Cabe 2009 Urban Design Summer School in Bristol The CABE 2009 urban design summer school is fast approaching. Taking place in Bristol on the 21-24 June, this is a chance to p... more London Milan 2009: The Dual City Summer Sessions Students and new designers from around the world are again being invited to enrol on to the London Milan Summer Sessions for four weeks of design tuitio... more New Building for Metropolitan Works Designed by Cartwright Pickard London's first Creative Industries Centre, Metropolitan Works, will open a stunning new �4.5 million building designed by Cartwright P... more Van Alen Institute 2009-2010 New York Prize Fellowship Van Alen Institute invites applications for the 2009-2010 New York Prize Fellowship. Fellowships support critical inquiry and experimental prac... more Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design The 27th conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) is planned for 16-19 September 2009. The th... more 25 Trends Transforming Architecture and Design "While you can't afford to be in denial about the recession, you don't want to fully participate in it, either," reminds DesignIntelligence Founding Edito... more Interiors Birmingham 2009 Interiors Birmingham will yet again be providing designers, buyers and retailers alike with the perfect platform for exploring new and classic interior designs. Volume to h... more KKE Transforms '50s Medical Office Building KKE designed a new era for Southdale Medical Building's healthcare facility, softening the sharp, sterile edges of the six-story, 1950's medical office build... more Interior Design Show 2009 Canada's premier platform for contemporary design, The Interior Design Show (IDS09), is set to showcase the newest and most exciting Canadian and international furnishings, fi... more	Cut&Paste 2009 Digital Design Tournament Cut&Paste, an innovative design company, is looking for talented designers to represent their city in two fast-paced, single-elimination rounds in 3D and one ro... more Flash on Tap Sets Spring Conference Dates in Boston Flash on Tap, the first-ever Flash design and development conference and beer tasting festival, announced spring conference dates, May 28-30, 2009 in... more Internet Advertising Competition 2009 The Web Marketing Association 7th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards is currently excepting entries. The IAC Awards are the first and only ind... more 72andSunny Makes Friends with Bugaboo 72andSunny, the global agency-of-record for the Dutch company Bugaboo, well known for its innovative and functional strollers, is launching "Bugaboo Friends," a so... more VixML Built natively for the iPhone, VixML allows you to create interactive experiences without being a developer. If you can write a Web page, you can write VixML. It's a simple, XML-based format f... more Scion and ATTIK Evolve United by Individuality Campaign via Samples Global creative agency ATTIK and Scion announced the next phase of the "United By Individuality" campaign, which debuted nationwide l... more Superfad Returns To X Games With Multi-Platform Campaign For the second year in a row, Superfad worked with The Martin Agency to develop a concurrent series of posters and TV spots for the X Games. ... more th1ng Launches th2ng: Live Action Studio with a Twist th1ng, the award winning mixed media and animation house, has expanded with the opening of th2ng, a new dedicated live action production company co... more Rhinofx Enlists VFX Vet Kevin Quinlan Rhinofx recently signed Flame Artist/VFX Supervisor Kevin Quinlan to add depth and expertise to the company's expanding pool of talent. With nearly fifteen year... more Proton Hires on Top Editorial Talent Editorial studio Proton signs on three new A-list editors, Nathan Petty, Edward Feldman and Erik "EJ" Johnson. All three bring their own unique style of editing ... more Loughborough University Student Wins Advertising Competition for the Panasonic TV Panasonic announced that James Fox, a visual communication student at Loughborough University, is the winner of its Nex... more 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Competition Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the call for entries for the ninth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The premiere competition h... more Pantone 2010 Multi-Discipline Forecast Pantone announced the release of the summer 2010 edition of the PANTONE VIEW Colour Planner, its cross-discipline color forecasting tool, titled "Magic." Summe... more	The World of Madelon Vriesendorp A "city" of tiny failed objects. Bad taste redeemed. A massive psychic-game. Plus thousands of postcards of babies, disasters, prisons and picket-fences . These a... more Carol Salmanson's Diaphany Mixed Greens announced their inaugural exhibition in the Glow Room Project Space: Carol Salmanson's Diaphany. In May of 2005, Mixed Greens announced their arrival at 531 W... more Katrin Olina Launches Two Massive Installations in Opposite Corners of the Globe In a single month, internationally acclaimed artist and designer Katrin Olina has taken over two opposite corners of the... more Life is Better With Art In It: Poster Design Competition For high school seniors with an interest in turning their love of art into a career, The Art Institutes is sponsoring the Poster Design Competit... more Mark Manders: The Absence of Mark Manders From 20 March until 14 June 2009, the Kunsthaus Zurich will host Switzerland's first one-man show by artist Mark Manders. Manders creates installations-cum-... more Reality Hack: Hidden Manchester Walking around any city it is not uncommon to catch glimpses of the world that exists beneath the polished surfaces of glass and steel.... the hidden world that serves t... more Eclipse by Qian Yiran The face of a clock usually indicates the units of time, while also serving as the backdrop for the hour and minute hands. Time is usually read as a relationship between the cl... more Product Designers Replace Packaging Specialists as the Top Industry Earners Product designers have taken the top spot from packaging specialists as the UK's top earners in the annual Design Business As... more James Dyson Award 2009 The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. It's run by the James Dyson Foundation... more MX-LIBRIS: Taxi for Latin American Cities MX-LIBRIS is a zero-emissions vehicle incorporating a range of selected technologies from the transportation industry that are appropriate to the Latin America... more JAL First Class Chopsticks Pick Up Good Design Award Japan Airlines (JAL) has been awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and the European Centre for Architecture Art Desi... more Spectrum West Collection Spectrum West recently introduced a collection of post modern acrylic furniture and accessories for the modern home decor enthusiast. The collection includes acrylic dining ... more HUGO Create: Past, Present, Future Hugo Fragrances invites talented artists from all-over the world to participate in Round 7 of HUGO Create, based on the theme "Past, Present and Future". Remember ... more

January 2009

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