Design News
City of Montreal Declares June 29 as World Industrial Design Day
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design announced that the City of Montreal, Canada has proclaimed June 29 as World Industrial Design Day; the first city worldwide to officially commemorate World Industrial Design Day in acknowledgment of the importance of industrial design to its social and economic development.
Zoic Studios Creates Epic Visual Beauty and Drama
VERSUS enlisted Zoic Studios to help the network re-design and implement a new graphic approach to promote the network's tenth year of Tour coverage under the banner "The Most Epic Race Ever."
Casa Rex Creates Premium Packaging Design for Dove DermoAclarant
Casa Rex has designed the packaging for the new line of Dove deodorants, Dove DermoAclarant.
The First European Architecture Prize: Call for Nominations
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies together with The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design announced the first European Architecture Prize.
Crocker Art Museum Completes Construction of Expansion Designed by GSAA
The Crocker Art Museum has completed construction of a 125,000-square-foot expansion designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (GSAA).
Audi Design Soccer Table Starts Production
A football is always a football! You can kick an old one around just as easily as a modern one.
Metaform Product Development Designs Waldo Health Home Monitor
David Shaw of San Francisco's Metaform Product Development has created the industrial design of the Waldo Health Home Monitor for Waldo Networks.
Signos Portable Ultrasound System Scoops Australian Design Awards
A handheld ultrasound device created by Adelaide-based company Signostics has won two major gongs at the 2010 Australian International Design Awards.
2030 Commitment Annual Progress Reporting Tool
As part of the voluntary 2030 commitment program where architecture firms and other entities in the built environment pledge to develop multi-year action plans and implement steps that can advance the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) goal of carbon neutral buildings by the year 2030, the AIA has unveiled a new tool that generates a report on predicted energy use and project modeling.
Woods Bagot and Buro Happold Unveil ZERO-E
Woods Bagot and Buro Happold announced "Zero Emissions Design" (ZERO-E) - a new model for large-scale sustainable development that significantly advances the construction industry's contribution to realizing a zero carbon economy by 2050.
Enviromesh Wins International Design Awards
Brisbane product development company, Infinity Design, was a multiple award winner at the Australian International Design Awards.
Building Science Fundamentals 2010
Building Science Fundamentals 2010 is an advanced two-day seminar about optimizing building performance.
Spec Work Explored at AIGA Event
Is speculative (spec) design work productive and fair? Can it enable clients to achieve goals that are not possible with traditional work-for- hire practices?
Longchamp Opens La Maison Madison on Madison Avenue
Longchamp announced the opening of La Maison Madison, its flagship boutique at 713, Madison Avenue, New York.
The ABSOLUT People's Choice Award: Ten Images for Ithaca
For the first time, Ten Images for Ithaca gives the opportunity to the audience to select its favourite poster, among the 142 shortlisted posters.
Smart Design Receives 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award for Cimzia Packaging Project
Smart Design announced that the recently designed Cimzia packging system is being honored with a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award at the Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference and Exposition at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Mixtape Club's Newest Google Search Story
Mixtape Club continues its successful Google Search Stories campaign with the launch of a new playful and whimsical spot for Toy Story 3.
Foldaway Bookshop
Opening for just 13 days, Foldaway Bookshop is a pop-up specialist bookshop created for the London Festival of Architecture 2010.
Nash Ramblas iPhone App
London's Festival of Architecture opening weekend, coordinated by RIBA London, celebrates one of the capital's most elegant thoroughfares, the Regency terraces of the north-south route between The Regent's Park and St James's Park, designed by John Nash - one of London's most influential town planner architects who shaped much of the London we know today.
Inspiring Innovation in the Air
In January 2009, BMW Group DesignworksUSA and AirAsia X embarked on a journey to redefine the meaning of air travel.
Launch of the Second SEE Policy Booklet: Realising Sustainability and Innovation Through Design
The understanding and application of sustainability and innovation are expanding, as is the extent of the interconnectivity between the two.
New Design Council Fund to Help Design Industry Promote Value of Design
The Design Council has announced new support to help designers get the message across to business about the benefits of design, drive up demand for design services and put design at the heart of economic growth.
Communication Arts: Typography Competition
Communication Arts, the leading professional journal for visual communications, has launched a new Typography competition to celebrate the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
Winners of the Worldwide Logo Design Annual 2009
Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, announced the winners of its 2009 edition: 192 logos, selected from nearly 2000 entries from all over the world.
Herman Miller Introduces Everywhere Tables
Herman Miller is introducing a new line of tables to meet a range of workplace and learning space needs.
Special Agent Productions Designs Entertaining Guides That Explain Technology for Scribd
Special Agent Productions has given life to web leader Scribd's series of online "How To" presentations, including "Introducing Scribd in HTML5," which was unveiled last month by Scribd co-founder Jared Friedman at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
Andre Kikoski Architect Designs Interiors of New Residential Tower at 1280 Fifth Avenue
The interiors of 1280 Fifth Avenue, the residential tower over the Museum for African Art, are designed by Andre Kikoski Architect, an imaginative, award-winning Manhattan-based architecture and design firm recently recognized for the acclaimed restaurant The Wright at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Strategic Brand Film From We Are Plus Illustrates Powers of SMART Board
The brand movement specialists at strategic creative ideas studio We Are Plus announced details of their latest project - a strategic, engaging brand film showcasing the category-leading SMART Board interactive whiteboard from SMART Technologies.
Art & Copy: Inside Advertising's Creative Revolution
The One Club's critically acclaimed documentary "Art & Copy" is now available on DVD from PBS.
PARK's Director, Tim Selders Join DMI's Advisory Council
Design Management Institute announced that Tim Selders, Director of PARK Advanced Design Management (Noordeloos, The Netherlands), joined the organization's European Advisory Council.
The House of Marley's Earthy Audio Line Design
In October, the House of Marley will begin sales of their new audio line, featuring boom boxes, docking stations, ear buds, and headphones.
IIDA to Induct Three Members Into Prestigious College of Fellows
Lewis Goetz, FIIDA, FAIA, College of Fellows Chair for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), announced three IIDA Members will be inducted into the College of Fellows at the Association's Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 13.
Tronic Produces Stereoscopic ArchFilm for Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Employing the same stereoscopic RealD technology that debuted in the epic film "Avatar," Tronic has produced a five-minute long architectural film of Diller Scofidio + Renfro's soaring interior spaces for the proposed UN Studios Middle East Media Complex, in Abu Dhabi.
Casa Rex Rejuvenates Knorr's Packaging Design
The awarded Brazilian design house, Casa Rex, has redesigned Knorr Soups core range for Latin America.
Step Up on Fifth Receives 2010 AIA National Honor Award for Architecture
The American Institute of Architects has given a 2010 Institute Honor Award for Architecture to Step Up on 5th, an affordable housing project by Pugh + Scarpa Architects.
Lava: European Design Agency of the Year
Dutch design agency Lava was named "European Design Agency of the Year 2010" on May 30, 2010.
Tax Incentives to Encourage Singapore Companies to Adopt Design and Design Thinking
DesignSingapore Council announced a new tax incentive scheme to encourage Singapore companies to adopt design innovation, entitled the "Productivity and Innovation Credit for Investments in Design" (PIC for Design).
CHALK: Designed by Aruliden for PUMA
Aruliden has partnered with PUMA to introduce desirable objects for the beloved sport of ping pong and the after hours athlete.
Oxford University Granted Planning Permission for New Buildings
Planning permission has been granted by Oxford City Council for two of the most significant buildings on Oxford University's Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ) - one of the biggest development projects the University has undertaken for more than a century.
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders 2010
"Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders" draws on the strength of the Yale School of Management experience to help creative leaders discover opportunities within the forces transforming the business social environments.
Frog Design Supports San Francisco Design Week
Frog Design today announced that it will support San Francisco Design Week.
Dental Vibe: Good Vibrations Eliminates Dental Injection Pain
The product design firm, Bresslergroup, teamed with Dr. Steven G. Goldberg, DDS, to design the easy to use tool.
Mothership's David Rosenbaum & Dael Oates Direct Domino Effect for HTC EVO
Mothership directors Dael Oates and David Rosenbaum have teamed up with Goodby Silverstein & Partners to roll out the world's first 4G mobile phone, the Sprint HTC EVO.
The New Intel Convertible Classmate PC Puts the World at Students' Fingertips
Intel launched the Convertible Classmate PC, a laptop for kids that converts instantly from a clamshell to a tablet PC.
Legible London Walking Programme Wins Top US Wayfinding Prize
Legible London, the wayfinding system designed by Applied Information Group to help make London a world-class walking city, has won a top honour award at the Society of Environmental Graphic Design Design Awards.
CSD Maps the Design Profession with University of Brighton
The Chartered Society of Designers is celebrating its 80th anniversary by collaborating with the University of Brighton to create an Atlas of the Design Professions in Britain (1930-2010), exploring the disciplinary reach and geographic spread of British designers over the eighty-year period.
BMW Group DesignworksUSA Captures Two Awards in I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review 2010
I.D. Magazine has announced the winners of its Annual Design Review 2010 and BMW Group DesignworksUSA has garnered two awards from this prestigious competition.
Panton Chair 50th Anniversary
It can no longer be ascertained precisely when the idea started to take shape in the mind of Verner Panton for the design that became directly associated with his name.
Adobe Digital Viewer Technology for Magazines
Adobe unveiled a new digital viewer technology that enables print publishers to bring stunning digital versions of their magazines to life.
Winning Poster for World Industrial Design Day 2010
Icsid announced the winner of the 2nd annual student poster competition for World Industrial Design Day.
BDI CEO Maxine Horn Shortlisted for First Women Awards
Maxine Horn, the chief executive of British Design Innovation (BDI), has been shortlisted for the prestigious First Women Awards, created by the CBI and Real Business magazine in 2004 to recognise female pioneers across British business, professional and public life.
RIBA Launches New Appointment Agreements 2010
The Royal Institute of British Architects launched the newly updated RIBA Appointment Agreements 2010, a suite of documents used to create tailored contracts relating to the appointment of an architect, and specific projects.
H&M Autumn Winter 2010
Fashionistas longing for lower temperatures and even more fashion can look forward to the autumn at H&M, with lots of elegant tailoring and a nod to the early eighties.
Movirtu and Frog Design Win 2010 MEX Mobile User Experience Award
Movirtu and frog design announced that the result of their collaborating efforts, MXSeries and the Movirtu Cloud Phone, was named 2010 MEX Mobile User Experience Innovator of the Year.
Pixels Director Patrick Jean Boards Mothership
Production company Mothership announced that director Patrick Jean has joined the roster.
Dwell on Design 2010
For the third year in a row, Dwell on Design, the West Coast's largest Design Show, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center June 25-27, 2010.
2010 AIGA - Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
According to the 2010 AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries released this week, designers' salaries rose slightly in 2009, ending a decade of only modest inflation-paced gains.
New Designers 2010: Showcasing the Best of Graduate Design
Every July in London at New Designers, some 3,500 newly graduated designers come together representing the top 200 design courses from across the nation to meet industry employers, the media, trend predictors and a design hungry public.
Applied Information Group and Pentagram Collaborate on New Bertazzoni Website
Information design specialists Applied Information Group (AIG) have collaborated with the London offices of Pentagram in the design and production of a new website for Bertazzoni, Italian manufacturers of precision-engineered cooking ranges.
Virtually T-Touch-able: First Augmented Reality Window Display by Tissot
Tissot has launched the first augmented reality window display at Selfridges London, which allows consumers on the street the chance to virtually "try-on" a 3D watch from Tissot's pioneering T-Touch watch collection.
Garmento Wins 2010 ICFF Editors Award for Best Material
Garmento, a material presented by global materials consultancy Material ConneXion at the 2010 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), has won the 2010 ICFF Editors Award for best material.
New LEED Platinum Mixed-use Project by Pugh + Scarpa Opens in Downtown LA
Bicoastal, cutting-edge architecture firm Pugh + Scarpa has just completed a new 12 unit Mixed-Use, LEED "Platinum" (pending) building in Los Angeles.
Hilti: Red Dot Award: Product Design 2010 Design Team of the Year
Design put to the ultimate test: Whether the product design of a new Hilti device satisfies requirements only becomes apparent at the building site.
Final Design for New Bus for London
The final design of the New Bus for London, based on the much-loved Routemaster, was today unveiled by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and London's Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy.
Twelve Scholarships at Transart Institute's Low-Residency MFA Creative Practice
Twelve scholarships were announced today by Transart Institute, to be awarded to students of the new MFA Creative Practice program offered in partnership with the University of Plymouth in the UK.
Carbon Hires Global Design Executive Tom White
Leading full-service consultancy Carbon Design Group announced the appointment of Tom White as Vice President.
Bitter Melon Trellis: A Jungle Gym of Bamboo Springs Up at LACMA
Materials & Applications (M&A) performed its fifth MatterApp workshop, "Bitter Melon Trellis," constructing a bamboo structure for the National Bitter Melon Council.
AIGA Design Leaders Confidence Index: Design Leaders Confident of Growth in the Industry
The AIGA Design Leaders Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2010 reflects the strongest confidence yet in an economic recovery.
Simone Giostra & Partners Architects Design Solpix Installation for Design Triennial
SolPix, Energy-Positive Media Skin, a groundbreaking solar powered sun shading media wall system created by Simone Giostra & Partners Architects is the focal point of a large installation, designed by Giostra, for the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
Workshopping: An American Model of Architectural Practice
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has been selected to present the exhibition Workshopping: An American Model of Architectural Practice at the U.S. pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, the 12th International Architecture Exhibition.
Bruce Munro at ZSL London Zoo
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have commissioned lighting designer and installation artist Bruce Munro to create an installation for a new space at London Zoo.
New Green Residence Hall at Columbia Seminary Awarded LEED Gold Certification
Opened last summer, the new "green" residence hall for Columbia Theological Seminary students has earned the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification by the United States Green Building Council.
Rex Design Comes Undone and Gives Origin to Casa Rex and Kong Rex
After 13 years in charge of REX - one of the biggest and most recognised design agencies in Brazil - the designers Gustavo Piqueira and Marco Aurelio Kato announced that they are going separate ways and REX Design will become two different agencies: Casa Rex and Kong Rex, respectively commanded by Gustavo and Kato.
Director Aladino Debert Boards Mothership
Production company Mothership announced that director Aladino Debert has joined its roster.
Stardust Directs Cinematic Journey for the Ford 2011 Mustang
Bi-coastal creative production studio Stardust was tapped by ad agency Team Detroit to launch the new Ford 2011 Mustang with a gorgeously cinematic spot for TV and cinema.
Casa Rex Develops the First Line of Omo Liquid Detergent in Turkey
Casa Rex, a renowned Brazilian design house, has designed the packaging for Omo Total Ultra Concentrated, the first line of liquid laundry detergent to be launched in Turkey, for Unilever's global laundry team in London.
Biomanufactured Brick: Bricks Without Clay or Carbon
An American architecture professor, Ginger Krieg Dosier, 32, Assistant Professor of Architecture at American University of Sharjah (AUS) in Abu Dhabi, has won this year's prestigious Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize for "Biomanufactured Brick."
Base Brings Out Pantone's True Colors
Base recently designed a multi-pronged set of products and marketing materials for Pantone.
Active Wear Designer Tine Beez Launches First Collection
Tine Beez, graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, launches her "Fashion meets Technology" active wear collection on May 20, 2010 at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
KTGY Designed ARTIC Honored for Leadership in Sustainability by SCAG
KTGY Group announced that the plans for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) have received the Southern California Association of Governments' (SCAG) 2010 Compass Blueprint Recognition Award for Sustained Leadership.
Robert Hales of Mothership Directs Miley Cyrus' Can't Be Tamed Music Video
MTV Award-winning music video director Robert Hales of production company Mothership has teamed up with teen pop superstar Miley Cyrus on the music video for "Can't Be Tamed," the title track off the album of the same name.
Road Diets: Time for Streets to Slim Down Too
Humans are not the only ones that need a diet these days. The city of Long Beach has now put its roads on a diet too.
One Show Celebrates 35 Years of Advertising
The One Club announced the Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencil winners at the 35th Annual One Show.
Design Journeys: You Are Here
Even before the 2010 U.S. Census is concluded, sufficient evidence exists that the ethnic and racial makeup of the United States is changing.
Triennale New York to Open in September 2010
La Triennale di Milano announced today that it will open Triennale di Milano New York, a dynamic multi-disciplinary space dedicated to Italian culture and creativity, at 40 West 53rd Street in New York City in September 2010.
Stefan Sagmeister to Share Things He Has Learned in Keynote at PromaxBDA
PromaxBDA announced that the visionary and internationally renowned designer Stefan Sagmeister will be delivering a keynote address at PromaxBDA: The Conference 2010.
SKD's Zon Hearing Aid Selected for Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial
A hearing aid designed by Stuart Karten Design for Starkey Laboratories has been selected for inclusion in the National Design Triennial: Why Design Now? exhibition on view at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
Design Strategies for Creating Mobile User Experiences Across Multiple Touchpoints
Smart Design's Heather Martin, Director of Interaction Design, and Blake McEldowney, Director of Industrial Design, will take the stage for a joint presentation on "Design Strategies for Creating Mobile User Experiences Across Multiple Touchpoints."
Finnish Design Yearbook 2010-11
In 2010, design has taken on a clearly defined role in shaping the future.
Winner Announced for Yele Music Studio Design Competition
John McAslan + Partners and Allied London have announced the winner of an international student competition to design a music studio in Cite Soleil (Port-au-Prince), Haiti, on behalf of Wyclef Jean and his charity Yele Haiti.
RIBA Futures Fair 2010: Adapting to Thrive
The architecture profession is under pressure to develop its modes of practice, business models and collaborative links, in order to survive in the current economic situation.
Underground Pop: Idiosyncratic Art In the Digital Age
Underground Pop, an exhibition of 35 works by ten artists who represent a quirky, personal, and idiosyncratically generational take on the Pop tradition of appropriating popular culture in the service of art will open at the Parrish Art Museum August 15, 2010, and remain on view through October 3.
FLOW: Parsons Watertables at ICFF 2010
Parsons The New School for Design announced FLOW, a special exhibition of student work, at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
Herman Miller Brings Back the Nelson Basic Cabinet Series
Herman Miller announced the first in a series of product reintroductions from its collection of modular storage solutions designed by George Nelson.
The UAE Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 is Completed
Foster + Partners' design for the UAE pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo has opened.
Shortlist for Guy's & St.Thomas' Cancer Treatment Centre Competition
The shortlisted teams for the next stage in the competition to design a new Cancer Treatment Centre for Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, are announced today.
Checkland Kindleysides Design New Flagship Store for Levi's on Regent Street
Levi's is re-launching its UK Flagship store on Regent Street, providing Londoners and the capital's visitors with a complete brand experience at the ultimate jeanswear destination.
Exopolis Expands via Merger with Action Figure
Creative Agency Exopolis, having earlier in the year completed a merger with the creative strategies division of Austin, Texas-based production company Action Figure, has today announced that it has been acquired by Austin Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm that invests in the technology and services industries.
Building Green: What Has Worked, What Hasn't Worked, and Where Do We Go From Here?
KTGY Group announced that Mike Flynn, a principal and LEED AP, has been invited to participate as the moderator and panelist at the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual RECON, The Global Retail Real Estate Convention held from May 23-25, 2010, in Las Vegas, NV.
Tool's Zada Leads AR Focused Site for Y&R and Hotels.com
Live action and integrated directorial talent Jason Zada of Tool has led yet another unique site execution - this time for online broker hotels.com - that provides a unique way to explore some of the most popular cities the company operates in.