

I Saloni 2008 Coverage and Photos The 2008 edition of I Saloni had a record number of visitors - 348,000 visitors, 29 percent more than last year with 210,000 attendees coming from abr... more The Peugeot Design Contest 2008 The fifth Peugeot Design Competition explores new dimensions. Young designers are invited to imagine a Peugeot for the megalopolis of tomorrow. ... more Ecological Design: the First Step to a Sustainable Society The European Environmental Bureau and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation launched a report exploring opportunities for an EU approach to "eco... more 13th International Bicycle Design Competition 13th edition of the International Bicycle Design Competition is open for entries. IBDC will present the award-winning designs to bicycle manufactur... more Innoversity: New Centre Set to Release Gone are the days when design was the domain of a lone individual sitting at a drawing board visualising new kettles, chairs, typefaces or fashion gar... more The Design Futures Agenda: A Question of Possibility Adjunct Professor Tony Fry will introduce a panel of established and next generation professionals in advocating the necessity for higher levels of co... more Heartbeans Coffee Grinder Heartbeans is a coffee-grinder, set to operate according to the user's heart-beats. It is a personal product from quality mahogany, in which a moto... more Global Activities Planned for Inaugural World Industrial Design Day Professional designers and design enthusiasts around the globe will unite on June 29, 2008 for the first ever observance of World Industrial Design Da... more Furniture Design Award 2009 The Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is calling for entries for the much anticipated Furniture Design Award (FDA) 2009 and registration i... more XSR48 Superboat Wins Top International Design and Innovation Award XSMG Marine, the British superboat manufacturer, was presented with a prestigious design and innovation award last night for the XSR48, the firm's ico... more	Indigo: Linking Cultures Through Design An international programme that provides a platform for Indigenous design entitled Indigo was launched in Melbourne by Icograda, the world body for pr... more ADC Young Guns 6: Call for Entries ADC Young Guns exists to identify today's vanguard of young professionals across all creative disciplines. Those of you who've set your minds to ma... more Varoom Issue 06 Illustration magazine Varoom discovers Collectivism in issue 06. Edited by award winning art director, writer and design consultant Adrian Shaughne... more Fresh Work From Canada's Rising Star of New Modernist Typography Canada's rising star of new modernist typography is staging a groundbreaking exhibit called "MyType" as part of the festival of architecture and desig... more Glide 08: Global Interaction in Design Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) present The 1st Biennial Design Web Conference, a pioneering confer... more Solidarity Design: Call for Entries Index Book is preparing a new book called For a good cause: Solidarity design, by Cactus Disseny. For a good cause features the best "solidarity de... more Manfrotto Wow Creativity Contest Manfrotto, the world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of professional equipment for photography, video and entertainment, launches t... more Malcolm Prescott: BDI Appoints Managing Director Malcolm Prescott formerly a key project director at global media giant Reuters and more recently Business Manager of design-led SME, Barefoot Botanica... more Synaptics Provides ClearTouch Solutions for LG's New High-Fashion Touchscreen Phone Synaptics announced that its ClearPad and ClearArray solutions provide the interface on the LG Secret, the third model from the successful LG Black La... more GMnext: Buick Design Team Video It's a team effort to design a concept car. In this latest episode of Studio Stories, the team that created the Buick Invicta Concept discusses how... more	Mudpie Releases Autumn Winter 2009 2010 Trendbooks This week, Mudpie's brand new leading fashion forecasting trendbooks for autumn/winter 2009/2010 will be released to the worldwide market. Much ant... more Danielle Lewis: Winner of the SDC Colour Design Award 2008 At the SDC awards dinner on Friday 18 April in Bradford, Danielle Lewis - a 2nd year fashion student at SDC Patron College Colchester School of Art & ... more Simon Collins: Parsons Announces New Dean of Fashion Parsons The New School for Design has announced the appointment of Simon Collins, a seasoned creative director with over 20 years of experience in all... more Untitled: the Book as Object Joe Gebbia's series "Untitled" is an insight and intervention into the publishing industry. Taking the blank galley proof and presenting it as a si... more Designboost 07 Designboost 07 is the first in a series of annual books that in words, pictures and moving media describes the work of the knowledge company Designboo... more Burgopak and Sigpack Systems Once Again Receive Industry Recognition Sigpack Systems, a Bosch Packaging Technology company, received the international iF Packaging Award for the packaging concept Burgopak. The packag... more PSA Peugeot Citroen Sees China Design Facility Operational by September PSA Peugeot Citroen said its new facility in Shanghai, which will have design, research, development and procurement functions, is expected start oper... more YAZ: Step Up and Go Beyond Design Competition Nina Garcia of the Emmy-nominated series "Project Runway" is calling upon designer hopefuls everywhere to submit contemporary and fashionable packagin... more NFC Forum Announces Winners of Touching the Future Global Competition The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced the winners of it... more Dan Dare and the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain Dan Dare's rocket fleet roars high over Venus to trounce his arch foe - the power-mad Mekon. Meanwhile, back on Earth, another extraordinary... more	Ben Van Berkel's First Major American Building Begins Construction in New York City Construction begins in New York City on Ben van Berkel's latest, most ambitious and beautiful re-interpretation of standard domestic architecture: Fiv... more REGREEN Highlights Sustainable Spaces for New Best Practices Guidelines Sustainable Spaces, a leading specialist in the growing field of home performance contracting and systems engineering, today announced that REGREEN, a... more Perkins+Will Named Winner of the 5th Sustainabile Leadership Award Perkins+Will, a global integrated design firm, will receive the 5th Annual CoreNet Global, AIA, and IIDA Sustainable Leadership Award for Sustainable ... more Design Awards & Building Type Awards 2008 The AIA New York Chapter 2008 Design Awards exhibition is a showcase of the 2008 award-winning projects in three categories - Interiors, Architecture,... more Architecture II: Design to Reality This semester, Assistant Professor of Art Elijah Huge's Architecture II class is trying something new. Not only is the class researching and design... more Creating the Sustainable Office: Conception to Completion Lara Conaway, Sustainability Manager at office transformation specialists Morgan Lovell, will be speaking at the first Sustainable FM Academy, taking ... more Richard Meier & Partners: Complete Works 1963-2008 From the early days as a member of the New York Five, Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture in the United States. Wi... more Architect Peter Pfeiffer Lectures on Greening the Kitchen ALNO hosted a press breakfast Saturday, April 12 at their Chicago-based showroom, and building scientist and green architect Peter Pfeiffer spoke on k... more Underground Spaces 2008: International Conference on Underground Spaces Design Underground spaces are becoming increasingly important for a wide diversity of uses by society. They range from classical excavations to subway con... more Living Steel Announces Jury Members Following the launch of the 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing, Living Steel has now announced the Jury members who wi... more	7th Conference on Interaction Design for Children Each day, we interact with hundreds of technological devices that help us organize our lives, achieve our goals, and indulge in our passions. For c... more What Makes a Design Googley? Late in 2007, our User Experience (UX) group-which does user interface design, visual design, user research, web development, and user interface writi... more Into The Pixel: Video Game Art Exhibition The world's only exhibition that brings together experts from both the fine art establishment and the interactive entertainment industry to explore th... more CDIABU Partners with Children's Hospital Boston on Animation Project Event When Summer Menefee, director of the Family Resource Room at Children's Hospital Boston, described how important it was for her group to be able to in... more Fahrenheit Studio Designs and Re-brands WrapManager's Corporate Financial Website Fahrenheit Studio, a new media design and 21st century branding firm, today announced their design and re-branding of another popular investment manag... more Version2 Partners with VFX Animation Company Special Branch New York-based editorial and VFX/motion design shop Version2 announces its partnership with CG animation and VFX shop, Special Branch, forming Special... more Behavior Design Creates A Playground of Interactivity 4Kids Behavior, an interactive design team, was retained by 4Kids Entertainment, a major licensee of children's media, to strategically develop their online... more Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia Studio Olafur Eliasson is an experimental laboratory located in Berlin. Led by renowned Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, it functions as an... more American Institute of Architects Sends Team to Help Fellsmere with Revitalization Helen Ross, a lifelong resident of the Hall Carter James subdivision, stepped out to get her mail Friday and ran across a group of architects from acr... more International Universal Design Expo 2008 With its rapid economic growth and dense population, Asia has become the world's focus. The first international universal design expo will take pla... more	Deisel Wall 2008: Big Ideas Need Big Spaces The 5th edition of the Diesel Wall art contest continues its tour around the world and reaches 4 new corners of the planet: Manchester (UK), Barcelona... more New Work by Mattia Bonetti David Gill Galleries announced an exhibition of new work by Mattia Bonetti at 3 Loughborough Street London SE11 5RB, 14 May to 14 June, 2008. Matti... more Archetypes: an Exhibition of Rare and Limited-edition Work by Ettore Sottsass Friedman Benda gallery presents Archetypes, the second in a cycle of exhibitions devoted to the investigation of the limited edition and rare work of ... more In Your Dreams to Feature New Works of Ellen Jantzen In your Dreams is an APG showcase for creative responses to the thought that our dreams are often at the center of creative inspiration and deep perso... more Design Connexity: 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design As the trend towards globalisation continues there is a growing connectedness between all our actions and a growing interdependence between the social... more Y Water to Participate in Serious Play Y Water, L.A.-based creator of the new organic and innovatively- packaged super drink for children, will participate in the upcoming Art Center Design... more Xoddo: New US Toy Company Lets Kids Design Their Own Stuffed Toys Online Xoddo offers radical personalization of stuffed toys. The new company lets children build characters online then have them made into actual stuffed... more Vote for Your Favourite Martini Cocktail Glass Design The Bombay Sapphire is inviting all design enthusiasts to vote for their favourite martini cocktail glass design from the 2008 US Designer Glass Compe... more Vote in Dell's Green Computing Design Competition The "Regeneration: International Green Computing Design Competition," which recently completed its first round of judging, was conceived as a means fo... more Renault Twingo Night & Day : an Limited Edition with a Touch of Glamour More than 100,000 New Twingos have been sold since its launch in the 21 countries where it is marketed. More than 50,000 registrations have been re... more

May 2008

If you are having problems viewing Dexigner Newsletter: http://www.dexigner.com/newsletter/may2008.html