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CTRUS Football Receives 2010 Red Dot Luminary Award
CTRUS Football, designed by AGENT, received the 2010 Red Dot Luminary Award. CTRUS Football is the first soccer ball that you can see through.
Click 3X Builds with LEGO Systems for Stop-Motion Spot
Click 3X and its interactive division, ClickFire Media, has produced an integrated, stop-motion animated campaign to help LEGO Systems, Inc. launch a new online experience for consumers.
Business is Better By Design: Study Demonstrates Canadian Businesses Using Design Increase Success
Business leaders and governments in Europe and Asia have long understood that design is an integral component that enhances products, services and sales.
Adobe and PBS Launch Project VoiceScape to Mentor Young Filmmakers
The PBS and Adobe Foundations today launched Project VoiceScape, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices, the Adobe Foundation's global signature philanthropy program, and PBS' POV, television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films.
RKNL Audio: Brand New Audio Furniture by Ronald Knol
Ronald Knol designed a new audio furniture for Odesi, which combines aesthetics and functionality perfectly.
Green Award for Saatchi & Saatchi and Toyota's Fuel Saving Campaign
Saatchi & Saatchi has been honoured alongside Toyota with a prestigious Green Award for their "Glass of Water" iPhone application campaign.
Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey
The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective.
2011 International Design Excellence Awards Opens for Entries
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is accepting entries to its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) program from designers, students and companies worldwide.
KOR EcoLogic Urbee: First 3D Printed Car
KOR EcoLogic used Autodesk's software solution for Digital Prototyping to design the first prototype car with a body created using a 3D printer.
IxDA Interaction Awards
IxDA Interaction Awards is a first-of-its-kind awards program dedicated to celebrating global excellence in the discipline of Interaction Design.
Art Directors Club Expands Interactive Category for ADC 90th Annual Awards
The Art Directors Club has expanded the Interactive category for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs.
Unique Mixed-Use Building in Harlem Designed by Michielli + Wyetzner Architects
As one of the first mixed-use buildings in Manhattan that includes assisted living, this six-story, 50,000-square-foot complex in New York City's East Harlem will be home to a combination of commercial and not-for-profit tenants not often found in the city.
World Renowned Duke Lemur Center Gets Updated, Expanded Facilities
Life has improved dramatically for 140 diurnal lemurs and the husbandry staff and researchers who care for and study them as a result of two new state-of-the-art facilities at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC), a refuge owned by Duke University that houses the world's largest collection of lemurs outside of their native Madagascar.
Issey Miyake's 132 5
The fabric lies as flat as a pancake on the table, its neat square folds reflected in the pretty geometric pattern on its surface.
Nike Environmental Apparel Design Tool
Based on Nike's Considered Design Index, the Environmental Apparel Design Tool aims to accelerate collaboration between companies, fast-track innovation and decrease the use of natural resources like oil and water.
Anders Warming to Head MINI Design
After 10 successful years at MINI Design, Gert Volker Hildebrand is handing over the running of the MINI Design studio to Anders Warming at the end of 2010.
H&M Spring Summer 2011
Fashion right now is all about reinventing classic favourites, with a wardrobe full of perfect pieces that have been restyled and reconsidered to feel completely new.
Autodesk Updates AutoCAD WS with Support for Offline Editing
Autodesk announced updates to AutoCAD WS, a free web application that uses cloud computing to enable AutoCAD software users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD designs and DWG files through web browsers and mobile devices.
Superfad Goes Raving Rabbids
Superfad recently completed a promo spot for Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids "Travel In Time" party game that lives up to the promise: a blast in the past.
Herman Miller and Design Partner Continuum Honored with Spark Awards
Reinforcing its long-standing reputation for thoughtfully designed interior healthcare solutions, Herman Miller Healthcare recently took home two prestigious Spark 2010 Design & Architecture Awards for its Compass system (Gold Spark) and Nala Patient Chair (Bronze Spark) - as a result of its ongoing collaboration with Continuum.
Autodesk University 2010
Autodesk University 2010 is expected to reach more than 150,000 designers, engineers, architects and digital artists through a series of global in-person and virtual events taking place from November 2010 through February 2011.
Low Carbon Business Plan for Construction a Pivotal Moment for Transformation
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has welcomed the report launched today by the Government's Low Carbon Innovation and Growth Team led by Paul Morrell, Chief Construction Adviser, which challenges the construction industry in the UK to become a world leader in low carbon.
Nice Shoes Globe Trots with UPS for Ogilvy
Nice Shoes, working in collaboration with Gartner Productions via Ogilvy & Mather, handled post and effects on a recent global UPS campaign.
IDS11: Interior Design Show 2011
Interior Design Show is Canada's premier platform for contemporary design.
V&A Illustration Awards 2011
The V&A Illustration Awards are held annually to highlight the best book and editorial illustration published in the UK in the previous year.
Water Design Challenge Scoops Awards
The Design Council's work with young people in schools has been recognised at two prestigious public relations awards ceremonies this week.
Independence Matters: Innovative Solutions to the Challenges of the UK's Ageing Population
Innovative new technologies, systems and approaches to help older people stay well while living independent and fulfilling lives are to be developed through a new £2million programme called Independence Matters.
SIDeR 2011: Student Interaction Design Research Conference
The next Student Interaction Design Research conference (SIDeR 2011) will be held next year at the Danish Technical University.
Digital Origami: LAVA Brings Digital Decoration to la Rinascente Store Window in Milan
Chris Bosse of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture has created a window installation for the famous Italian department store la Rinascente for its Contemporary Christmas Art windows.
Bavaria Sport HT 34: Pure Elegance
Following the successful world premiere of the dynamic SPORT 34 at Interboot in Friedrichshafen, BAVARIA will launch the Hardtop-Version in March 2011 in time for next year's water season.
Kor Water Launches Delta
KOR Water once again teamed with strategic design partner RKS to develop the KOR Delta Hydration Vessel.
SCI-Arc Celebrates Thanksgiving with a Maze-like, Quarter-Mile Long Table
A quarter-mile long, maze-like Thanksgiving Table was designed and built by SCI-Arc students led by faculty members Darin Johnstone and Alexis Rochas for a celebration of the holiday, of architecture and the community.
Kinetic Vapor: Jackson Convention Complex Unveils Jackson's Newest Work of Public Art
Commissioners for the Jackson Convention Complex have unveiled Kinetic Vapor, a new work of public art that brings a high tech sense of place to the Jackson Convention Complex.
RIBA: Scrapped Proposals Condemn Thousands to Poor Housing
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has expressed serious concern at today's announcement by Housing Minister Grant Shapps that the Homes and Communities Agency's (HCA) proposed Core Housing Standards will be abandoned.
Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept: A Study of Efficient and Intelligent Design
Cadillac today introduced the Urban Luxury Concept, a design study exploring a new type of vehicle that offers a luxury experience in a diminutive size.
RIBA Honours Architecture's Brightest New Stars
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the prestigious RIBA President's Medals Student Awards 2010.
Designs for Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi Revealed
Conceived as a monument and memorial to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the UAE, the Zayed National Museum will be the centrepiece of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District and will showcase the history, culture and more recently the social and economic transformation of the Emirates.
The Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2010 Awarded to Marja Suna
The Kaj Franck Design Prize of 2010 has been awarded to the artist and fashion designer Marja Suna.
RIBA Architects' Fees Toolkit
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launched a comprehensive Fees Toolkit for architects, to help the profession combat harmful low fee bids.
Masdar Institute Campus: First Solar Powered Building at Masdar City
The Masdar Institute, devoted to researching sustainability, is the first building of its kind to be powered entirely by renewable solar energy within Masdar City.
Universities Call for Expansion of Multi-disciplinary Design Education
Britain needs to create a greater level of government support for multi-disciplinary design education if it is to remain the world's leader in design, science, engineering and innovation, according to a report published today by the Multi-disciplinary Design Network (MDDN) of leading universities and academics in design.
SHH Lead All-star Cast in Design of Barbican Foodhall and Barbican Lounge
SHH have brought together and led an all-star team - including furniture designer Stefan Bench, lighting designers .PSLAB and Chelsea Flower Show double-gold medallist garden designer Kate Gould - to create two stunning new restaurant spaces within one of London's greatest 20th century architectural landmarks, the Barbican Centre.
Bombay Sapphire Limited Edition
Webb deVlam have completed a remarkable project for Bombay Sapphire - a Limited Edition prestige presentation pack featuring a handcrafted bottle, presentation case and a booklet describing the history of the brand and the design and development of the Limited Edition.
DUCK Migrates South to Pick Up SMOG
DUCK has added to their stable of top-notch talent with the signing of Santiago, Chile-based motion design studio Santiago Motion Graphics (SMOG).
TEAK Creates Inspiring Promo for Joby Products
When a group of original new products comes along, it takes a truly creative shop to give them a proper launch.
Driver! - Take Me to Ethics. Where's That?
Some business people seem to believe that Ethics is the name of one of the UK Home Counties, but ethical trading practices are crucial when exploiting innovation for profit, says Maxine Horn of Creative Barcode.
Ross Donaldson Presented a Call for Action on Climate Change at Property Council Lunch
On Friday 12 November in Adelaide, Joint Group Managing Director Ross Donaldson presented a "Call for Action" on climate change to the Property Council of Australia.
United Nude Opens Retail Store in Nicosia, Cyprus
United Nudeopened a retail store in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. The store is located in the prestigious city center address of Prevezis 11.
Anne Laird-Blanton Installed as AIACC President
The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC), recently installed Anne Laird-Blanton, AIA, as the incoming 2011 president.
Procrastinators' Days 2010
The AIA New York Chapter's annual Procrastinators' Days is an important continuing education event for architects in New York.
Dinosaur Makes Magic for Manchester This Christmas
Dinosaur has created a magical campaign for Manchester this Christmas in a year which hopes to be the city's best and brightest yet.
CB'a Design Solutions Redesigns Bru New Glass Bottle
CB'a Design Solutions has just created a new bottle for the famous water brand Bru owned by Spadel.
Creative Barcode Welcomes the Independent Review of the UK IP System
The creative industries including design, digital media & convergence, and service innovation disciplines, are responsible for a significant amount of Intellectual property value-generation for industry.
Ageless Design: Design for All Generations
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is launching the second edition of a competition to design an innovative, sustainable and creative design product, including packaging, with a strong civil society message.
Dunlin New York Brings Pre-industrial Luxury Style Back to Brooklyn
Dunlin New York has recently revamped its Williamsburg storefront by bringing its artisan workshop into public view. Now visitors can see the pieces as they are made.
Air Cabin: Edgy Office Space Freighter by Kinzo
Both sculptural and elegant to the eye, but almost magically functional in its operation - that's how Kinzo's office furniture series Kinzo Air won multiple design awards.
DesignSingapore: Embracing Design is Essential to Boost National Productivity
The DesignSingapore Council's International Advisory Panel defined how design plays a critical role in creating a sustainable competitive advantage for Singapore.
Cadillac Aera Concept Wins 7th Annual L.A. Design Challenge
The Cadillac Aera concept vehicle won the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, tying with Smart and besting entries from seven other automakers including Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Maybach.
3M Automates Visual Attention Service to More Quickly Test the Impact of Creative
3M has added automatic face and text detection to its Visual Attention Service, a web-based scanning tool that digitally evaluates the impact of creative and graphic designs.
Access Ability: a Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design
With the support of the Government of Ontario, Canada, the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) released its handbook on accessible graphic design at this year's DesignThinkers.
RIBA Future Trends Survey October 2010: Architects' Optimism Increasing
Findings from the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) October Future Trends Survey have revealed that architects are more optimistic about their commercial outlook, for the first time since February 2010.
Alliance for Global Good
Lone Wolf Production had asked Duro Compagnie to create a motion graphics piece for Alliance for Global Good, an organization that promotes good will and provides solutions for multitude of global challenges.
Autodesk Seek Adds Analytics and Branding Services
Autodesk is expanding the Autodesk Seek web service to make it easier for building product manufacturers to provide product information directly to designers and analyze how their products are being used.
LEED Automation to Streamline and Create Capacity for LEED Green Building Projects
LEED Automation is a new program designed to streamline and create capacity for the LEED building certification process.
Architecture Billings Index Reverts Back into Negative Territory
Following the first positive reading since January 2008, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropped nearly two points in October.
Minder: Mobile Health Device Links Patients and Healthcare Professionals Anytime, Anywhere
Cambridge Consultants announced a new product concept based on its low-cost Continua-compliant Vena platform.
Innovation, Craft, and Methodology in Digital Practice
It is safe to say that digital technology is at the core of the range of paradigm shifts occurring rapidly across the discipline.
Gravity's Pull Attracts Award-Winning Nic Seresin as VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame Artist
Gravity announced the hire of Nic Seresin as VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame Artist, effective immediately.
Munro at Salisbury Cathedral
Bruce Munro is installing Light Showers this week in the highest point inside Salisbury Cathedral.
MoMA Debuts Free iPad App in Conjunction with the Exhibition Abstract Expressionist New York
In conjunction with the exhibition Abstract Expressionist New York, on view at The Museum of Modern Art through April 25, 2011, MoMA released a free application for the Apple iPad.
75 Years of Penguin Books Exhibition
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Penguin Books, Penguin's long-time creative director Paul Buckley chose 75 book covers that represent the best of what Penguin has produced over the course of the last decade and investigated the design process behind each one.
Continuum Advanced Systems: Innovation at the Intersection of Technology, Systems and Human-Centered Design
Continuum launched of a new division within its organization, known as Continuum Advanced Systems.
Tronic's Interactive Airport Installations Delight Xerox
Next time you saunter down an airport walkway, you may have the opportunity to deliver the mail with a CG dog named "Bullseye" or open doors to glimpse the unusual goings on in four Marriott Hotel rooms.
The Wolda '09 Annual is Now on Sale
Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, announced the publication of its 2009 printed annual, now available for purchase.
AIACC Recognizes Barton Myers with the Distinguished Practice Award
The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) announced Barton Myers, FAIA, as the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Practice Award.
Autodesk Demonstrates Conceptual Design With Energy Analysis at Greenbuild Expo
Autodesk demonstrated its latest conceptual energy analysis (CEA) tools at the Greenbuild Expo in Chicago.
Blind Keeps Growing with Bellncula Hire
Blind has significantly bolstered its creative motion design division with the hiring of world-class talent Mark Bellncula.
Laundry! Teams with LA DJ Steve Aoki to Design Custom Hennessy Cognac Bottle
As part of Hennessy cognac's "artist series" of custom designed bottles, LAUNDRY! Co-Founder/Creative Director P.J. Richardson teamed with popular LA-based DJ Steve Aoki to design a one-of-kind bottle for the French distillery.
Tom Dixon Packs the Auditorium at SFIC's 6th Installation of the Design Conversation
Music heavily influenced this British self made designer, who got his early inspiration for design from welding and metalwork.
Presence: High End Audio Product Line
Presence is a high end audio product line developed by the Hungarian Bodor Audio and designed by MYD-II interior and design studio.
Swinburne Launches New Design Anthropology Programs
Swinburne University Faculty of Design is seeking applicants to its postgraduate Design Anthropology programs with the first intake in February 2011.
MFA Opens Art of the Americas Wing
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) unveiled a major redevelopment and new wing designed by Foster + Partners.
Electrolux Partners with Domus Academy
In a new cooperation with the Milanese Domus Academy, Electrolux is mentoring 10 students in its Masters Program in Product Design.
Stuart Karten Design Announces Strategic Alliance with Syncroness
Stuart Karten Design (SKD) announced a strategic alliance with engineering firm Syncroness.
CCA Launches New Interaction Design Programme
In fall 2011, California College of the Arts (CCA) will launch a groundbreaking undergraduate programme in Interaction Design.
SEE Bulletin Issue 4: Design is Evolving
SEE, a network of eleven European partners exploring how to integrate design into regional and national innovation policies, has released the fourth of six project bulletins.
Delta Awards 2011
The Association of Industrial Design ADI-FAD calls for companies and designers from Spain and other countries to take part in the Delta Awards with products that are distributed in the Spanish market.
Mission Bay Block 27 Parking Structure by WRNS Studio
WRNS Studio has recently completed a dramatic multi-story parking structure in the heart of the city's Mission Bay redevelopment zone.
Raphael Grignani Joins Method as Director of User Experience
Raphael Grignani joined Method's San Francisco office as Director of User Experience.
Norra Norr's Ski Goggles for Yniq: Luxury Meets Safety
Stockholm-based industrial designers Norra Norr have partnered with Yniq, a Swedish eyewear company founded in 2009, to create a new series of ski goggles that straddle the line between fashion accessory and protective eyewear.
Quotidian Product: Paris / New York
Quotidian Product: Paris / New York is a dialogue between two significant product design studios in Paris and two in New York: Jean-Francois Dingjian and Eloi Chafai of Normal Studio, and Francois Azambourg of Francois Azambourg Works in Paris; and Sigi Moeslinger and Masamichi Udagawa of Antenna Design, and Jeff Miller of Jeff Miller Design in New York.
Connection: Alessi Introduces Exclusive Mezuzah for The Jewish Museum
Alessi partnered with New York's Jewish Museum on a first-time exclusive collection entitled "Alessi for The Jewish Museum." Connection is the first installment in this collection - a mezuzah designed specifically for Alessi and The Jewish Museum by Dror Benshetrit, and it is available for purchase through The Jewish Museum Shops.
The New Studio of Form Us With Love
Design studio Form Us With Love opened their new studio, located in a shop space in the heart of Stockholm.
Hornet Launches Workshop
Hornet announced the launch of Workshop, a division of Hornet for all things handmade.
New York School of Interior Design Launches Master's Program in Interior Lighting Design
In recognition of the need for rigorous professional training and education in lighting design, New York School of Interior Design launches the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Interior Lighting Design.
National Automobile Museum by Michael Graves & Associates Opens in the Netherlands
Michael Graves & Associates have just finished work on The Louwman Collection, the National Automobile Museum of the Netherlands.
2010 Arch Is Competition: Seeking Young, Talented Archs and Designers
The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles announced a call for entries for the 2010 Arch Is competition.
Innovation by Necessity: Discussing the World Trade Center Site
The "Innovation by Necessity" panel will focus on the topic of innovation as it relates to the domestic crisis of the World Trade Center site.
GoldRun Builds First Invisible Pop-Up Store for Airwalk
AR mobile startup GoldRun worked closely with the Branded Content Division at Young & Rubicam to create the world's first Invisible Pop Up Store, selling limited edition Airwalk sneakers available exclusively through the GoldRun app.
2011 International Design Excellence Awards
Beginning December 1, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is accepting entries to its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) program from designers, students and companies worldwide.