Design News
Fifth Annual National Design Week
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will host its fifth annual National Design Week from October 9 through October 17.
Adobe Museum of Digital Media
Adobe announced the official opening, on Oct. 6, 2010, of the Adobe Museum of Digital Media (AMDM).
Moments of Inspiration: Interactive Installation for Infiniti
How do you encourage discerning, design-conscious luxury car consumers to drop their guard and get playful at an auto show?
The Citroen Lacoste Concept
Citroen and Lacoste have collaborated on a brand new concept car to be revealed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
CGD: GDC Adopts New Designation for Professional Members
The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) announced its adoption of a new honourific and designation for its Professional Members: CGD - Certified Graphic Designer.
Structure + Architecture Symposium
The American Institute of Architects Portland announced the first Structure + Architecture Symposium, exploring the innovation that springs from the architect and structural engineer relationship.
COOK Packaging Design by LOVE
Creative Agency LOVE has designed stunning new packaging for COOK's new premium range of hand prepared meals.
Alex & Steffen Board Mothership
Mothership announced that it has signed directing duo Alex & Steffen to its roster.
Archangel: Hotel Bar and Restaurant in Frome, Somerset
Archangel is a fashionable new hotel, bar and restaurant in Frome, which was originally an ancient coaching inn - many parts of the building date back to long before the Protestant Reformation, to the doomsday book in fact.
VBAT Unveils New Identity for Amvest
VBAT, the Amsterdam-based award-winning brand development agency, created the new brand identity and advertising campaign for Amvest.
Rhino Re-Launches as Gravity
Rhino, one of the premier players in the visual effects and digital industry, announced today it will re-launch and rebrand as Gravity - an international creative, content and brand communications company.
Click 3X Hires Theodore Maniatis
Click 3X has added highly skilled VFX Artist, Compositor and Creative Director Theodore Maniatis to its ever-growing roster.
Marc Newson: Transport
Gagosian Gallery announced "Transport," a thematic exhibition by Marc Newson that brings together for the first time all of his major designs and realized products for transport and human locomotion since 1999.
Gesture Remote
Surf through TV channels and digital media using simple gestures - touch-free.
MYBAR Beirut by PSLAB
Designed by PSLAB, MYBAR is a bar / restaurant whose space is functionally divided into 3 areas; an entrance corridor, a drinking area, and a dining area.
Near-Patient Monitoring for Cancer or Heart Disease
What if you could walk into the pharmacy and get a self diagnostic test for conditions that currently require clinical laboratory testing?
365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 31
AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 31 features design excellence results from creativity, inspiration, skill, experience, intuition and discipline.
Autodesk Offers Students Free Three-Year Software Licenses
Autodesk is extending the license terms for all free versions of the student software related to its online Education Community from 13 to 36 months.
Design Management Europe Award 2010
DME Award is the first of its kind to award the management contribution to successful design.
DesignThinkers 2010
DesignThinkers is the annual conference of the Association of RGD Ontario.
INDEX: Award 2011
The international design award for life-improving designs, INDEX:Award, calls upon the world community to submit nominations for its 4th award cycle.
Creative Barcode: New Barcode to Protect Early Stage Creative Business Concepts
A UK-based startup company has launched a unique new software application that protects ideas.
Finalists of the Electrolux Design Lab 2010
At 100% Design on September 23, Electrolux paints a super-urbanised future London where your fridge is hung outside your window to save space and energy, and where your laundry basket and washing machine are combined together in a compact wall-mounted space-saving steam dispensing capsule.
Specialty Rooms in Homes Move From Luxury to Practicality and Outdoor Living
The troubled housing market has homeowners concerned about affordability with an increasing preference for functionality over extravagance in special function rooms and home features.
Prince Philip Designers Prize 2010 Nominees
Designers responsible for the 2012 Olympics Aquatic Centre, Burberry macs, Formula One cars, the first laptop computer and the motorway signage system are among the nominees for this year's prestigious Prince Philip Designers Prize, announced today.
ATTIK Crafts New Website for Perkins+Will
ATTIK announced the launch of a new website presence for the renowned commercial architecture and design firm Perkins+Will.
Spark Awards 2010: Call for Entries
The Spark Awards are the exciting new competition created to promote great design and designers and encourage people to explore their creativity.
Judith Stenneken Awarded Photography Book Now Grand Prize
Judith Stenneken, a professional photographer from Berlin, Germany, was awarded the $25,000 Grand Prize in the third annual Photography Book Now competition for her photography book, "Last Call."
R3DForm: Nice Shoes Revolutionizes Red File Conversion with New Software
The advent of new digital cameras has left DPs and post-production producers juggling an ever-increasing number of unique file formats required for various stages of the filmmaking process.
Troika Quarterbacks Rebrand of ESPN College Football
Troika Design Group has teamed up once again with ESPN to rebrand the network's College Football franchise.
United Nude Autumn Winter 2010
United Nude redefines the boundaries of conceptual design with artistic footwear collections for women.
Engineering Students Work with Elderly Patients to Design Novel Health Management Technologies
Cambridge Consultants shared recommendations on how to increase adoption of new connected health technologies that will help to improve wellness among the nation's growing elderly population.
Autodesk Flame Premium 2011: Autodesk's Ultimate Creative Finishing Toolset
Autodesk announced Autodesk Flame Premium 2011, a powerful solution for 3D visual effects creation, editorial finishing and real-time color grading.
The New Bentley Continental GT
For Crewe's design and engineering teams, the new Continental GT coupe is an opportunity to set a bold and exciting direction for one of Bentley's most revered names - the Continental.
Tested on Animals: Philips & O'Neill Headphones
Philips and O'Neill have joined forces to launch a line of headphones designed to withstand the rigors of an active lifestyle.
Unfold: Form Us With Love Designs a New Take on the Classic Industry Lamp
The Unfold pendant lamp offers a new take on an industrial design classic.
RIBA Calls for a More Consumer-focused Approach to Building Regulations
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has written to MP Andrew Stunell, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, responding to a consultation on future changes to building regulations.
Pininfarina Designs the Brand New Acer AT58 TV LED Series
A desire to enjoy and further enhance technology is what Acer and Pininfarina have in common: the desire to grant innovation an inimitable style that captivates, fascinates, and appeals to the user.
Flow: MINI Countryman Defies the Laws of Physics in New TV Spot
Early in 2009, MINI was creating a secret new product: a new 4-door, 4-wheel drive, and were looking for an international agency to spearhead their marketing drive.
Two Giants of Stage and Screen Call the Shots to Guest Edit Wallpaper*
Wallpaper* has collaborated with two avant-garde masters of stage and screen to guest edit the October issue.
Green Credentials to the Fore for New-build Family House in North London by SHH
SHH have completed a new-build £1.1m house in North London for private clients, which seeks to go beyond the legal requirements for green and energy-saving technologies in new-build properties and to embody the best in stylish but eco-friendly contemporary housing solutions.
Sustain: Sustainable Art and Design at the Royal College of Art
Sustain is a showcase for the work, issues and arguments that relate to the ever-more-complex arena of sustainability within the Royal College of Art.
Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2011
Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2011 features the top 10 colors for women's fashion, along with designer sketches, quotes and headshots.
Frog Design and Aricent Launch Idea-to-Market Innovation Services
frog design and its parent company Aricent announced the launch of a new strategic business unit to enhance their existing joint innovation offering.
Cities for People: A Talk by Author Jan Gehl
For more than forty years, Jan Gehl, renowned urban planner and Danish architect, has helped transform urban environments from Copenhagen to New York and cities around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use - or could use - the spaces where they live and work.
Blind Makes Pacheco Reappear
Blind is known for making the impossible seem possible with their top-notch production and post work, but they may have pulled their best trick yet in bringing veteran Art Director Steve Pacheco back to Blind after a half-decade absence.
Transportation Retail: Planning and Design Construction
Life in airports and other transportation facilities is changing.
Minding the Gap: SEGD's First-ever International Symposium
Leading environmental graphic design professionals from North America and Europe will meet to share ideas, strategies, and resources during SEGD's first-ever international symposium October 22 in London.
Nice Shoes NYC Moves Heaven & Earth for Kanye West's New Video Power
It took Michelangelo a day to paint the Creation scene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Natalie Slessor: Specialist in the Psychology of Design and Planning Joins Woods Bagot
Natalie Slessor is one of Australia's very few environmental or architectural psychologists, and she recently joined Woods Bagot in 2010 as Director of Consulting for Australia.
Gwathmey Siegel Finishes New Student Center for Cleveland State University
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA) have just finished work on a new Student Center for Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland.
Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design
The Sherwood Institute and Sherwood Design Engineers announced the September 2010 release of Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design by Sherwood's Bry Sarte.
Steven Holl to Receive Jencks Award: Visions Built 2010
The Royal Institute of British Architects announced that American architect Steven Holl is to receive the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built.
DesignS: Singapore to Present Integrated Design Solutions for Competitive Advantage
DesignS, a network of eight design associations in Singapore, will present the Singapore design showcase, "Sensing the Next S-Curve," at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
TalkTalk SIM Packaging by Burgopak
TalkTalk have revamped their pre-paid mobile SIM card packaging in a fresh new format designed by Burgopak.
Alberto Alessi Wins Abitare Il Tempo Prize
Alberto Alessi, President of Alessi, will be presented with the "Abitare il Tempo" prize at the 25th anniversary of the Verona event on September 16-20.
Varoom 13 Discovers Place
Varoom 13 goes in search of "Place" with postcards from dark places, international corporate graffiti, portraits of a murderer, aliens in suburbia and illustrators perched on trees.
Lanvin to Design Exclusive Collection for H&M This Autumn
H&M announced that its next designer collaboration will be with Lanvin, one of the most influential brands of the 21st century.
MINI Rocks Sonoro Limited Edition
MINI has been working closely with German manufacturer of design audio products sonoro audio.
Recent Acquisitions: Digital Typography
"Recent Acquisitions: Digital Typography," an installation highlighting five graphic works exploring post-modernist trends in typography, will be on view from Sept. 3 through fall 2010 at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone
Autodesk announced AutoCAD for Mac. This version of AutoCAD, one of the most widely used software for professional design and engineering, runs natively on Mac OS X and will increase choice of hardware for millions of users around the world.
Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things
We use them every day. They influence our lives. They number in the billions.
SHH Creates New Interior for Apostrophe
SHH have created a new fascia and interior design treatment for Apostrophe at the operator's latest outlet in London's High Holborn - the 16th in the group to date.
yU+co Show Open for Dora's Big Birthday Adventure
To help Nickelodeon celebrate Dora the Explorer's tenth anniversary of the television series, Hollywood visual design and motion graphics studio yU+co delivered a 45-second show open for their TV movie, "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure."
UCDA Gets Engaged for Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
UCDA's annual Engagement Project offers ways for designers, students and creative individuals to make an impact in someone's life.
DXA: Design Exchange Awards 2010
The Design Exchange awards is a national design competition open to professional designers across Canada.
Survey: 3D Product Images Sell, Lead to Fewer Product Returns
A strong majority of consumers say being able to see 3D images of prospective purchases online makes them more likely to buy those products, more likely to consider them high quality and less likely to return them, according to an Autodesk Design Survey conducted in early June.
Results of the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2010
There is a clear upward trend in the field of communication design.
Dominique Anzano Joins Beast Los Angeles as Senior Producer
Beast announced today that it has hired Dominique Anzano as senior producer at its Los Angeles facility.
JWT New York and Asylum Recreate Iconic Movie Scene for Bing Spot
Who says you can't improve the past? Asylum VFX did just that, for JWT New York, handling all post and VFX on a Bing spot that recreated the iconic closing scene from the 1991 hit Thelma & Louise.
ADC Celebrates 90th with Call to Reinterpret ADC Cube
The Art Directors Club launched the celebration of its 90th year by inviting top creatives to give their own interpretation of the ADC Cube image for use on the ADC 90th Annual Awards call-for-entries and at a special exhibition at the ADC Gallery.
Call for Expression of Interest to Host 2014 DRS Biennial Conference
The Design Research Society Council announced a call to institutions, groups and individuals to express an interest in hosting the 2014 Design Research Society Conferences and co-ordinating Special Interest Tracks.
Brand New School Aces Strategic Design for Cartoon Network Brand Expansion
To help Cartoon Network bring to life its vision of a brand expansion strategy that included a new look and tone, the international creative design and production studio Brand New School partnered with the network's creative team to produce a look and sensibility that would allow them to have a dialogue with its audience across an array of platforms.
Celebrating 40 Years of the Lancia Stratos
Recognised for its futuristic design and radical styling, the Lancia Stratos is one of the world's most successful rally cars, winning three consecutive World Rally Championships from 1974 to 1976.
Ping-pong Design Wins Typographic Excellence Award
The Type Director's Club (TDC) of New York announced that ping-pong Design of Rotterdam was awarded the Typographic Excellence Award in their 56th annual competition.
Drawing Expedition at the British Pavilion, Venice
The Royal Institute of British Architects Trust (RIBA) is organising a Drawing Expedition event which will take place on August 28, 2010 at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Still Showing Weakness, Architecture Billings Index Increases Slightly
Following a two-month soft patch the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) rose almost two full points in July.
Twenty Percent More Profit Through Design
The profitability of a new product gains by 20% if design plays an important role in its development phase.
MoMA Launches Free iPhone App
The Museum of Modern Art announced that the MoMA App is now available on the App Store.
Latest RIBA Future Trends Survey Predicts Double-dip Recession is Almost Certain
The latest Future Trends Survey published by the Royal Institute of British Architects' reveals that a double-dip recession is "almost certain."
Visible You: Tronic's Gesture-based Interactive System for GE
Reach for the stars, break into the running man or slip into downward dog and General Electric's "Visible You" mimics your every move.
IDSA Design of the Decade 2010
The Design of the Decade 2010 competition celebrates the importance of industrial design's contribution to society and business success.
Art Directors Club Announces 2010 ADC Hall of Fame Laureates
The Art Directors Club announced the 2010 inductees into the prestigious ADC Hall of Fame.
Felix Design Creates Summer 2010 Philadelphia Tourism Spots
Felix Design teamed up with Philadelphia advertising agency, Red Tettemer, to create this year's Philadelphia XOXO TV and theater campaign.
RIBA Research Symposium 2010: Does Beauty Matter?
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will be holding its fifth annual research symposium on September 23, 2010, focusing upon one of the basic principles of architecture: beauty.
Blink: The First Smart, Interactive, Iconic EV Chargers and Network
ECOtality unveiled its flagship electric vehicle charging stations: Blink.
Woods Bagot Designs Abstract Exhibition and Convention Centre in North China
Building on the recent success of Melbourne's six star Green Star Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia, Woods Bagot is poised to reach new heights in Convention Centre design by creating a dynamic and highly artistic solution for Shijiazhuang City's new cultural landmark.
Electronic Arts Makes Vibrant Showing at E3
Spinifex Group detailed its innovative support of Electronic Arts (EA) at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show.
Chrome Gets Animated with Cut of Rango Trailer
Paramount Pictures' much-anticipated CG adventure Rango won't hit theaters until next spring, but anxious fans can preview the adventure with a beautiful trailer cut by Chrome Editor Lance Pereira.
Angela Brady Elected Next President of the RIBA
Angela Brady has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession.
Negative Conditions Persist in Architecture Billings Index
There was a negligible increase in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) last month.
Connor Swegle Joins Troika as Executive Producer
Troika announced the addition of Executive Producer Connor Swegle.
Frank Tyneski Joins Advisory Board of DD Studio
DD Studio announced today that Frank Tyneski has joined the industrial design company's advisory board.
Uvphactory Adds Executive Producer Paul Schneider and Creative Director Michael Darmanin
UVphactory continues its expansion with the addition of Executive Producer Paul Schneider and Creative Director Michael Darmanin.
Syndrome Creates Multifaceted Visual Identity for 2010 MTV Movie Awards
Now in its 19th year, the annual MTV Movie Awards showcase has earned a reputation as the "anti-Oscars" thanks to its laid-back format and irreverent categories such as "Best Scared-Ass S**t Performance" and "Best Kiss".
2010 National Scholarship Winners
The Society of Graphic Designers Canada announced the results of our National Scholarship Awards.
SKD Designs Lifestudio for Hitachi: Transforming a Hard Drive Into an Interactive Experience
Stuart Karten Design announced that it has helped Hitachi GST create an innovative product ID for its new family of LifeStudio external hard drives.
Mercury: The Next Great British Design Icon
Concorde, the Spitfire, Rolls Royce and the Routemaster bus successfully established Britain as a champion in the 20th century global design marketplace.
The New MOCA Cleveland Design Unveiled
Cleveland's Museum of Contemporary Art unveiled their plans for their new $26M million proposed home.
Stacey McMahan: Architecture for Humanity Sustainability Design Fellow
One month after the U.S. Green Building Council and the American Institute of Architects announced the search for the Architecture for Humanity Sustainable Design Fellow to lead AFH's sustainable rebuilding efforts in Haiti, Stacey McMahan, AIA, LEED AP, has been appointed to the fellowship.