

Aspen Design Challenge: Designing Water's Future AIGA, the professional association for design, today issued an ambitious call to action, tasking the next generation of creative thinkers with develop... more INDEX: Award 2009 The call for nominations is open for the INDEX: Award 2009, one of the biggest design awards in the world, presented every two years in Copenhagen. ... more Open Space: Shaping the Design Agenda Design Victoria is calling design industry leaders and professionals to come together for their Open Space event to discuss what skills and programs a... more Dream: The Idea of Future in Italian Car Design From now until November 23, 2008, the well-lit arcades of Padiglione Giovanni Agnelli di Torino Esposizioni will showcase a selection of over 50 car d... more International Design Congress at the Anahuac University Design for humanity has meant a time of reflection about the creative and technological factors involved in the design processes that will reflect the... more Design Philadelphia Design is being recognized worldwide for its impact on business, culture, and daily life. Now in its 4th year, Design Philadelphia has evolved into... more Undesignable: 2nd Design Trade Show in Berlin On November 29 and 30, 2008, Berlin sees its second Design Trade Show Undesignable. 25 galleries and dealers from all over Europe will present thei... more Materiality: How Metals and Polymers Influence Our Senses and Inspire Our Designs The processing options of metals and polymers and the resulting consequences for the realisation of innovative ideas in the field of industrial design... more Eco-design Masterclass: Ab Stevels Professor Ab Stevels will deliver a Masterclass on eco-design and eco-innovation in Farnham, Surrey, UK on the 1st October 2008. He will discuss ma... more Greengaged at the Design Council A fantastic mix of speakers to challenge the design industry on sustainability at The London Design Festival - from chemists to magicians, engineers t... more London Design Embassy 2008 The London Design Embassy - the ultimate meeting place for those connected with the London Design Festival, will be set up in the Terrace Rooms at Som... more Schrofer Celebrates 25 Years of Design with Retrospective Exhibition During Elle Inside During the Elle Inside Design event in Amsterdam from 11-14 September, Dutch designer Frans Schrofer will celebrate 25 years of design. His retrosp... more LG Electronics Opens New U.S. Design Center LG Electronics today announced the relocation of its U.S. Design Center from Englewood Cliffs, NJ to the heart of New York City. The design center,... more PULSE Issue 4 PULSE, Issue 4 is now available and has addressed some issues that may be on your mind right now, including: What do those recycling numbers on plast... more	Multiverso: Nodes, Connections and Currents in Contemporary Communication Design Multiverso: Icograda Design Week Torino 2008 is quickly approaching. As part of this event, from 13-19 October 2008, students and young professiona... more Stamford Symphony Launches New Brand Identity Created by CoreBrand The Stamford Symphony Orchestra has launched a new brand identity reflecting a fresh, "cool" approach to classical music, with a logo and website desi... more Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding Parsons The New School for Design will present a timely exhibition exploring democracy as a global brand in Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding. ... more Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell The Design Entrepreneur will survey the innovative entrepreneurial options a broad group of contemporary graphic designers have engaged in over the pa... more Hot Rods and Hairy Beasts: Illustration Exhibition Hot Rods, Hula Girls, Hairy Beasts, Himalayan Head Hunters and the Holy Bible are just some of the subjects under discussion by illustrators Linzie Hu... more Opening of Moscow Golden Bee 8 On 1 September, 2008, Moscow saw the opening of the Golden Bee 8, the International Biennale of Graphic Design. This event invites both professiona... more EIDD Design for All Competition EIDD Design for All Europe invites submissions of posters, institutional videos and guerrilla marketing tools dedicated to capturing the differing per... more Brite CMO Summit The BRITE CMO Summit will bring together a small group of senior marketers for a series of roundtable discussions, interactive exercises, and peer-to-... more AIGA's Leave No Designer Behind Relaunched During Hurricane Season As hurricanes threaten coastal cities, AIGA is mobilizing the community once again to help designers who may be displaced from homes... more Planet Lets the Pictures Do the Talking in Gary Fisher Bicycles' 2009 Catalog In its seventh season working on Gary Fisher bicycles' catalog, Planet Propaganda presents a series of panoramic photo essays where a light-streaked b... more Made and Sold: Graphic Designer's Sidelines Self-initiated projects seem to become an increasingly important part in graphic design practice. Young independent design studios... more ADC Young Guns 6: The Final 50 The Art Directors Club, the premier organization for integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind with membership in advertis... more From Graphic Subject to Graphic Object: an Exhibition of 6 Graphic Designers Erg Graduates This exhibition shows contemporary practices of graphic design around a common theme, object. When graphic design is released by the command and st... more ABI's Sustainability Driver Leverages Green Actions to Build Business ABI announced Sustainability Driver, a new program that helps B2B companies effectively communicate sustainable initiatives and realize... more	Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2009 Pantone today released the Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2009. The report features the top 10 colors for women's fashion for spring '09, alon... more Jewelry Design Jewelry is commonly perceived as a beautiful piece of wearable art: stand-alone, sculptural, and aloof. However, in order to understand contemporar... more P&D Design 2008: 8th Brazilian Conference on Design Research and Development P&D Design - Brazilian Conference of Design Research and Development - is a biannual event that intends to promote the discussion about design researc... more Poly Wins the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award The Poly chair, the newest addition to Bonaldo's partnership with the eclectic designer Karim Rashid, has not only met with great commercial success s... more KOR Water and RKS Form Strategic Alliance KOR Water, the personal sustainable hydration company, and world-recognized strategy and industrial design consultancy RKS today announced that they h... more For the Love of Design Leading lights of the automotive design industry will be gathering on the eve of the Paris Motor Show, on the 3rd October to celebrate the up and comi... more Valparaiso Design Week 2008 The Valparaiso Design Week will take place on October / November 2008, in the city of Valparaiso, Chile (UNESCO World Heritage place). The "Valpara... more Electrolux Announces Design Lab Finalists Electrolux announced nine finalists to compete for first place in Electrolux Design Lab '08 finals in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 9, 2008, where a... more Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company More and more companies are coming to understand the competitive advantage offered by outstanding design. With this, you can create products, servi... more AIGA and the New York Times Launch Interactive Piece on Ballot Design Reform AIGA Design for Democracy contributed an editorial and interactive piece on NYTimes.com, titled "How Design Can Save Democracy." This coverage foll... more Young Package 2008 Competition Winners Announced The Young Package 2008 competition winners have been announced. Now in its thirteenth year, the competition received 393 works from 352 young desig... more Van Alen Institute Announces the Launch of Its New Website Developed in collaboration Blank,Mosseri over the past year, the new site has as its centerpiece a flash-based calendar that both showcases the Instit... more The Image Mill by Ambiances Martin Gagnon and Ambiances lighted up The Image Mill, the world's largest multimedia outdoor projection, designed to celebrate Quebec City's 400th an... more Rhinofx's Sharabani Helms Cross Promotion for Subway and Toyota Vico Sharabani of rhinofx, co-directed a recent :30 live action/effects spot, teaming up with co-director Alex Lamarque of Bully Pictures for Subway's... more	RIBApedia: The Architectural Research Wiki The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launched RIBApedia, an initiative from the Research and Development Department offering an innovative... more Fifty for Fifty: USGBC Launches Nationwide Green Schools Effort The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) kicked off its "Fifty for Fifty" initiative working with state lawmakers in all 50 states to promote green sch... more Ecobuild 2009 Ecobuild is the world's biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment. Now in its fifth year, Ecobuild 2009... more CaesarStone Design Competition Based on the fundamental belief that good design is born from innovation and inventive use of materials, Dwell and CaesarStone are hosting a design co... more Blacksheep Create Whisky Mist at the Hilton Designers Blacksheep have put their signature to yet another star attraction of London's nightlife with the opening of Whisky Mist at Zeta at The Hilt... more SHH Revamp Russian Teaspoon Architects and designers SHH have completed a bold and striking new design concept for Russian tearoom operator Teaspoon, with the first outlet to hou... more Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future On a four-year international tour of Europe and the United States, the landmark exhibition Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future-the first major museum re... more Erick van Egeraat Designs for Unity and Diversity The new building for the City Hall in Grave, designed by Erick van Egeraat, was officially opened this summer. The municipality shares the building... more Lebens(t)raume Student Competition 2009 iF International Forum Design GmbH invites young designers to take part in "lebens(t)raume 2009", a student competition initiated by Vincents Network.... more Commerce Design Brussels Creativity and innovation in the design of points of sale can play a big role for a better economic and commercial development for Brussels, while hav... more Major Boost for Housing Design Quality Local authorities are being urged to assess the design quality of all new housing schemes against Building for Life standards after they were endorsed... more Brisbane Indesign 2008: Queensland's Premier Design Event Brisbane Indesign is a leading design event bringing over 4000 of the most respected architecture and design professionals together with the best inte... more +Housing: 2008 AIA New York Designs for Living Exhibition In the coming decades, New York will confront the challenge of housing another million people in a built-up city with limited area for new constructio... more AIA Selects Four Projects for National Healthcare Design Awards The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) announced the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awa... more	Brand New School Helps Mother Earth in New HP TV Ad Brand New School recently completed work on an emotional and cinematic-feeling spot for iconic technology company HP. Directed by Brand New School ... more Call For Entries for 2009 Innovative Advertising Awards New York Festivals announced the Call For Entries for the 2009 Innovative Advertising Awards. Now in its sixteenth year, this premier advertising c... more Anima 2009: The Brussels International Animation Festival Anima, the international animation festival, will take place from the 20th to the 28th February 2009 at Flagey, Brussels in Belgium. This Anima 200... more Hornet's Mixtape Club Directs New Music Video for My Morning Jacket Hornet directing team Mixtape Club recently created a beautiful and haunting world for the track "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2", My Morning Jack... more ScreenBurn at SXSW Game Design Competition 2009 Brand new for 2009 is the ScreenBurn at SXSW Game Design Competition which provides a venue for emerging designers to pitch their concept to a jury of... more Th1ng Directs Commercials for Massive Government Campaign th1ng directed and produced five commercials commissioned by the Central Office of Information (COI) to promote learning languages to teens and young ... more Engine Design Launches with Graphic Novel Inspired Promo for the Return of HBO's Entourage This week marks the official launch of Engine Design, a new hybrid broadcast design experience that pairs leading design directors with the power of s... more Behavior Develops Kirchner's Exhibition Web Site and Sketchbook Kiosk for the MoMA Behavior Design once again reunites with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),New York, to create the online companion piece and interactive touch screen k... more Cool Showcase: Work of Digital Artists and Designers Coolshowcase is an initiative that seeks to bring together and foster the work of free digital artists, graphic designers and photographers. But no... more Planet Overhauls Trek's Online Dealer Training Program Planet Propaganda re-invents and re-designs "Trek University," the successful, self-guided, interactive training tool for Trek Bicycle Corporation and... more Stardust Gets Fruitful for Jamba Juice in Colorful 3D Animated Spot Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a spot for the New York-based creatives from advertising agency Publicis and ... more Behavior Design Puts the Bite in HBO's True Blood Marketing Campaign Behavior designed and launched the promotional site, www.TruBeverage.com, for the synthetic blood drink called Tru Blood featured in HBO's new series ... more Troika Design Group Launches SO FOX Brand Campaign Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for companies in media and entertainment, has been tapped by FOX to assist in developing a... more Asia Inspires ME Asia Inspires ME, its first international motion graphics and 3d models competition to celebrate Asian inspirations. On top of winning prizes, outs... more	3rd Ward Fall Solo Show: An Open Call to Find One Extraordinary Artist This nation-wide open call for ambitious, distinct and provocative work is open to artists working in all mediums... more Hotel Pulitzer Suite is Transformed to an Improvised Workshop for Artists and Creators The painter Jordi Sarda, Jorge Sanz, Luis Vidal, Silvia Prada, Leopoldo Pomes and the award winning Pati Nunez are some of the creators... more Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives Acquires Tony Palladino Collection The Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives has acquired more than 400 works by the New York artist and designer Tony Palladino... more Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago The first Arts and Crafts exhibition mounted at the museum in more than 30 years, Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago will pre... more Helmut Langer Appointed Honorary Professor by Nagoya University of Arts Past Icograda President, Helmut Langer of Germany, is the first non-Japanese designer to receive the title of Honorary Professor from the Nagoya Unive... more The ADC Yearbook 2008 The ADC Yearbook 2008 is now available for purchase. It presents the best works from the ADC 2008 competition, which has evolved into an important ... more ATTIK Scores Hat-Trick With Coca-Cola Following the success of ATTIK's global brand identity work for Coke Red reposition and Coke Euro UEFA 2008 campaign, the company have been awarded th... more Foroalfa: Design Seminars in Buenos Aires Foroalfa announced the 2008 edition of Seminarios Foroalfa, with the participation of outstanding names in Latin American design as Ruben Fontana, Nor... more EarSet 3: Quality Sound for Your Ears Only Following the worldwide release of the iPhone 3G, Bang & Olufsen is introducing a new version of its wired, stereo headset with built-in microphone, d... more Design Superstar Ralph Gilles Succeeds Trevor Creed at Chrysler Chrysler said the design chief responsible for the success of the Dodge Challenger, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Dodge Viper and Dodge Ram is retiring at mont... more Celebrating 10 Years of the Design Council Showcases MFAH's Growing Design Holdings Offering a glimpse of the design collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this August the MFAH presents Celebrating 10 Years of... more Herman Miller Announces a Strategic International Alliance with Posh Office Systems Herman Miller announced that it has negotiated an International strategic alliance agreement with POSH Office Systems (Hong Kong) Ltd. POSH is a le... more Ponoko ID Makes Custom Designed Goods Accessible Now shoppers can have their goods designed and made just for them at the lowest price possible. Ponoko ID is the world's first shopping request and... more A Zeppelin in the Livingroom Knowledgeable designers are very careful about loading up a room with the bulk and busy-ness of high-tech audio-and with good reason. And yet many ... more

September 2008

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