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World Industrial Design Day 2009
World Industrial Design Day 2009
The world of industrial design will be celebrating a special day this June 29 where the world observes the recognition of the profession of industrial design. Design...
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Thirst for Giving A Strategy to Create Meaning
Thirst for Giving: A Strategy to Create Meaning
World-recognized strategy, innovation, and design consultancy RKS and Water Advocacy KOR Water teamed together again to create a strategy that empowers c...
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PDP Award Andrea Pininfarina
PDP Award: Andrea Pininfarina
Think3 and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Milan Polytechnic have launched the "PDP (Product Development Process) Award, Andrea Pininfarina", an international ...
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frog design Sponsors TEDGlobal Conference
frog design Sponsors TEDGlobal Conference
Global innovation firm frog design today announced it will partner with TEDGlobal, the twin conference of TED and one of the world's most renowned gatherings o...
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After Dark Late Night Discussion Club at State of Design
After Dark: Late Night Discussion Club at State of Design
After Dark is an invite-only, late-night club providing a platform for discussion, installation and performance during the opening period of th...
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ITOKI Design Wins Best of NeoCon Innovation Award
ITOKI Design Wins Best of NeoCon Innovation Award
ITOKI Design announced that their SP task chair was one of five standout products to receive this year's prestigious Best of NeoCon Innovation Award. ...
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Tupperware Red Dot Design Team of the Year 2009
Tupperware: Red Dot Design Team of the Year 2009
The most famous burp in design history and top product quality for over 60 years: Tupperware has been awarded the highest honorary distinction in the de...
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Virtual Design New Ways to Anticipate and Exceed Customer Expectations
Virtual Design: New Ways to Anticipate and Exceed Customer Expectations
As a designer, there is no argument that your ability to innovate and connect with consumers is the heart-line of your company an...
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Martell Chooses Dragon Rouge to Create the Packaging Design for Its Ultra-Premium Cognac
Martell Chooses Dragon Rouge to Create the Packaging Design for Its Ultra-Premium Cognac
Already one of the world's leading brands of cognac and enjoying growing success in Asia, Martell is actively pu...
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Luksus 09
Luksus 09
What is luxury today? Design Forum Finland's summer exhibition studies modern varieties and phenomena of luxury. "Luxury" has traditionally referred to opulence, abundance and rare expensi...
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The AIGA RedesignAwards 09
The AIGA (Re)designAwards 09
As designers, we understand the inherent power that exists within what we produce - the power to influence behavior. And it's why we, as designers, should be cognizant o...
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BT 09 Beijing Typography Exhibition 2009
BT 09: Beijing Typography Exhibition 2009
Beijing Typography Exhibition 2009 will be one of the official exhibitions of Xin: Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing, under the theme of "Typograp...
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Ten Images for Ithaca Designers and Artists From 67 Countries Reveal Their Portrait
Ten Images for Ithaca: Designers and Artists From 67 Countries Reveal Their Portrait
This year's poster competition Ten Images for Ithaca brought together 1468 designers and artists from countries wide...
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Kevin Roddy Named Chairman of the Board of the One Club
Kevin Roddy Named Chairman of the Board of the One Club
Kevin Roddy, Chief Creative Officer of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH New York) will be the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of The One Club, it...
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Europe by Designers
Europe by Designers
Hype Up Gallery launched the online exhibition "Europe by Designers". Europe by Designers is an international artistic project whose aim is to unveil a multitude of images of Eur...
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Strategies That Transform Brands
Strategies That Transform Brands
In times of disruptive change, even the strongest brand can become diluted. How do you get back on track and moving your organization forward? How do you assess t...
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Bibliographic 100 Classic Graphic Design Books
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books
"Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books" is an insightful compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. It covers a huge range ...
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Crispin Hard Apple Cidar Packaging by White-Works
Crispin Hard Apple Cidar Packaging by White-Works
There is a new drink on the market that marries the masculinity of beer, to the sophistication and food appropriateness of wine - it's called Crispin N...
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Echo Brand Design Recreates Brylcreem Range
Echo Brand Design Recreates Brylcreem Range
Echo Brand Design has created new branding and packaging for Brylcreem. The consultancy was appointed by Brylcreem brand-owner Sara Lee at the beginning o...
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Image Space Object 6 Tools for Transformation
Image Space Object 6: Tools for Transformation
At Image, Space, Object, small teams of participants and studio mentors work together to create multi-dimensional environments, human interactions and bra...
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Ying Gao 2009 Recipient of the Phyllis Lambert Design Montreal Grant
Ying Gao: 2009 Recipient of the Phyllis Lambert Design Montreal Grant
The Mayor of Montreal, Gerald Tremblay, has awarded the Phyllis Lambert Design Montreal Grant to university professor and fashion d...
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Jimmy Choo Brings Glamour to HM This Autumn
Jimmy Choo Brings Glamour to H&M This Autumn
This autumn, British accessory brand Jimmy Choo will bring its international glamour and covetable shoes and bags to selected H&M stores...
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Arise Africa Fashion Awards African Fashion Celebrates Talent
Arise Africa Fashion Awards: African Fashion Celebrates Talent
Last night more than 1000 fashion insiders and their guests descended on the Sandton International Convention Centre...
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New SDC Product Metameric Samples
New SDC Product: Metameric Samples
A set of metameric samples has been produced by the SDC which form a simple and effective educational tool for use anywhere that colour plays a vital role. It is a...
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Ralph Lauren Wins Most Popular American Designer at CFDA Awards Ceremony
Ralph Lauren Wins Most Popular American Designer at CFDA Awards Ceremony
Polo Ralph Lauren announced that Ralph Lauren has been awarded with the first-ever Council of Fashion Designers of America...
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Isabel Toledo Fashion from the Inside Out
Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out
The artistry of Isabel Toledo will be saluted in Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out, presented by The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology fr...
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PolyU School of Design Annual Show Displayed Students Creative Works
PolyU School of Design Annual Show Displayed Students' Creative Works
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s School of Design Annual Show has come to a close on 13 June, after two week's showca...
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Creating the Perfect Design Brief
Creating the Perfect Design Brief
A design brief, also often called a creative brief, is the most essential ingredient for any major design project. However, it is often one of the least understood ...
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Creation of Department for Business Innovation and Skills a Bold Move
Creation of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: a Bold Move
British Design Innovation (BDI), the influential trade organisation which represents many of the top strategic design companies i...
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Think Material Exposition at IIDEXNeoCon Canada
Think: Material Exposition at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada
Innovative materials from around the globe make their debut at this year's IIDEX/NeoCon Canada show in an interactive exhibit called "THINK:Material" c...
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Cliff Garten Studio Unveils Avenue of Light
Cliff Garten Studio Unveils Avenue of Light
On Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 9:00 p.m., the City of Fort Worth will illuminate the Avenue of Light, a major new work of public art created by Cliff Garten S...
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Dwell on Design 2009
Dwell on Design 2009
The Dwell on Design Conference is literally "Dwell magazine come to life" - where the Dwell Editors interpret the pages of the magazine live on stage with interviews, discussion pa...
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World Architecture Festival Awards
World Architecture Festival Awards
Time is running out to submit entries to the world's largest architectural awards programme - the World Architecture Festival Awards (WAFA). The closing date is 26...
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eVolos 2010 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo's 2010 Skyscraper Competition
eVolvo invites students and professional architects, engineers, and designers to take part in the 2010 Skyscraper Competition. The main idea of this contest is to...
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USGBCs Greenbuild 2009 Brings Global Ideas to Local Main Streets
USGBC's Greenbuild 2009 Brings Global Ideas to Local Main Streets
Save the planet with indigenous knowledge. Make permanent water part of your life. Dive deep water for clues to environmental succes...
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2nd Annual Art  Urban Design Conference A Place for Creativity
2nd Annual Art & Urban Design Conference: A Place for Creativity?
"A Place for Creativity?" is being organised by RUDI in partnership with Places Matter!, an Architecture & Built Environment Centre for...
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Jane Davidson Presents Awards to the Most Sustainable Buildings in Wales
Jane Davidson Presents Awards to the Most Sustainable Buildings in Wales
Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing for the Welsh Assembly, last week presented the BREEAM Aw...
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Architecture of Authority Photographs by Richard Ross
Architecture of Authority: Photographs by Richard Ross
Prisons. Courtrooms. The Department of Motor Vehicles waiting rooms. Telephone booths. Preschool classrooms. What do these places have...
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Robin Hood Gardens Re-Visions
Robin Hood Gardens: Re-Visions
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced Robin Hood Gardens: Re-Visions, an exhibition taking a fresh look at the controversial east London housing esta...
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Architecture of the Everyday Makes Strong Prime Ministers Award Shortlist
Architecture of the Everyday Makes Strong Prime Minister's Award Shortlist
The 24 projects shortlisted for this year's Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award show that the "architecture of the e...
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2009 Palm Springs International Shortfest Opener by MAKE
2009 Palm Springs International Shortfest Opener by MAKE
MAKE, Minneapolis design and animation studio has created the program opener for the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest. Make chose to...
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Smoke  Mirrors NY Puts Dinosaurs On Ice
Smoke & Mirrors NY Puts Dinosaurs On Ice
Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) teamed with Carmichael Lynch Minneapolis this past winter to launch a beautifully quirky spot for the Denver Museum of Nature & ...
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E4 Grand Master Flash 2009
E4 Grand Master Flash 2009
E4 announced the launch of Grand Master Flash, the second annual Flash web game developer's challenge with a top prize of £5,000. This year the competition is presented in...
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DUCK Produces Latest Video for Country Superstar Keith Urban
DUCK Produces Latest Video for Country Superstar Keith Urban
Renowned music video director Chris Hicky teamed up with DUCK's animation director Richard Borge for his stylistic animation techniques for ...
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Loyalkaspar Creates Organically For MTV and AE
Loyalkaspar Creates Organically For MTV and A&E
Two recent projects for A&E Network and MTV effectively highlight both the diverse creative skills and love of blending organic and digital art found at ...
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Montgomery  Co Creative Goes Country with CMTs 2009 Upfront
Montgomery & Co. Creative Goes Country with CMT's 2009 Upfront
Award-winning creative services studio Montgomery & Co. Creative has gone country, completing CMT's 2009 Upfront. The upfront captured ...
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Optimizing Design with Digital
Optimizing Design with Digital
By now, most of you have heard about the various capabilities of and advantages to printing your design pieces on a digital press. As designers you have embraced this ...
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Mission H2o Online Conservation Game Wins Communicator Awards
Mission H2o: Online Conservation Game Wins Communicator Awards
Mission H2o, an online game developed by Swinburne University students and staff, has received two prestigious design awards. The game,...
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RIBA and UWE Launch Research Into Disability and Inclusion in the Profession
RIBA and UWE Launch Research Into Disability and Inclusion in the Profession
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) today launch a sig...
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Design Competition Search is on for Eco Excellence in Homes
Design Competition: Search is on for Eco Excellence in Homes
A competition to design some of the most energy efficient eco homes in the UK which can compete on price with the cost of building standard ...
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Ball Nogues Studio Creates Sculptural Workspace
Ball Nogues Studio Creates Sculptural Workspace
Edward Cella Art + Architecture (ECAA) announced the installation of a permanent sculpture-like workspace designed by Ball Nogues Studio...
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The Erotic Object Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection
The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection
The Museum of Modern Art presents The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection, an exhibition showcasing 20 sculptures from th...
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Contemporary Istanbul 2009
Contemporary Istanbul 2009
The forth edition of Contemporary Istanbul will take place from 3rd to 6th December 2009. As the most extensive "modern and contemporary art" event in Turkey, Contemporary...
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Bunch Create Paper Stock Book for Igepa
Bunch Create Paper Stock Book for Igepa
Bunch have just designed the latest promotional stock book for Igepa, the global paper merchant. The limited edition of 300 entitled "TEN" after Milton Glaser...
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IDA Poster of the Year Competition 09
IDA Poster of the Year Competition 09
The International Design Awards invite designers worldwide to showcase their creative talents. The poster competition is open to graphic designers as well as ar...
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20th Century Classic Cars 100 Years of Automotive Ads
20th Century Classic Cars: 100 Years of Automotive Ads
Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. For the next one hundred years, the au...
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An Interview with Carlos Hinrichsen
An Interview with Carlos Hinrichsen
Carlos Hinrichsen is jury member of the red dot award: design concept 2009. From 1998 to 2003, the acting Icsid President was head of the DuocUC Design Center and...
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Design as a Driver of User-centred Innovation
Design as a Driver of User-centred Innovation
The Commission Staff Working Document on "Design as a driver of user-centred innovation" analyses the contribution of design to innovation and competitiven...
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PolyU Design Scholar Shows Creativity at Work
PolyU Design Scholar Shows Creativity at Work
Working in collaboration with the HKSAR Government's Highways Department, Prof. Michael Siu, Leader of the Public Design Lab of The Hong Kong Polytechnic U...
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Leimei Julia Chiu Appointed Executive Director of JIDPO
Leimei Julia Chiu Appointed Executive Director of JIDPO
Leimei Julia Chui, Icograda Vice President 1997-2001, has been appointed Executive Director of Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JI...
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