

The Creative Economy Report 2008 "The Creative Economy Report 2008 - The challenge of assessing the creative economy towards informed policy-making" is the first comprehensive study t... more Taction: a Unique Architectural Installation of Instincts Material ConneXion will host Taction, an exhibition designed by Fabric Images Inc., a Chicago-based, worldwide supplier of printable and non-printable... more Marksman Design Award Winners With near 400 entries from all over the world, the sixth edition of the Marksman Design Award (2007 - 2008) attracted a record number of designs. S... more From Small Ideas to Radical Service Innovation The quest to discover and implement strategies on the frontier of service design demands a measured blending of creativity and discipline. Mark Jon... more Playspace: Monster Tea Party From May 16-20, 2008, Knoend features its newest ecodesign objects and concepts at the Karin Kohlberg Studio. The gallery is transformed into a Pla... more City Move Interdesign: Call for Entries In the northern part of Sweden the mining industry continues to expand and, in certain areas, the ground is crumbling under entire cities. This pos... more CITIN: Creative Industries Champion Announced The UK's creative industries are set to be strengthened at the cutting edge of technology and innovation with today's announcement of a new Knowledge ... more Electrolux Kitchen Design Competition 2008 This year, Electrolux challenges members of the architecture & design community to present innovative, thoughtful concepts of a kitchen that meets the... more DBA Design Effectiveness Awards The DBA's annual Design Effectiveness Awards are both prestigious and authoritative, the only award scheme that uses commercial data as a key judging ... more DesignTalks Paper Cuts Through Sustainable Design DesignTalks, the online community and discussion forum for UK design and manufacturing businesses, has released a new whitepaper that cuts through the... more Industrial Facility: Some Recent Projects Industrial Facility is a London-based design office formed by designer Sam Hecht and architect Kim Colin. With designer Ippei Matsumoto, it has est... more U2 Understanding Users: Conference on User-centred Design We all want our customers to be satisfied with our products. The process of creating a successful user experience requires empathy with the user, i... more	ICON5: The Illustration Conference ICON5 will be held in New York City at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan. This year's theme, The Big Picture, is more than a slogan... more Creativity Now Conference Held annually in New York City Toikion's Creativity Now Conference assembles the top names in art, design, music, filmmaking, fashion and photography ... more HOW International Design Awards HOW Magazine announced the 2008 International Design Awards - enter your work and join the ranks of award-winning designers from around the world. ... more Leo Burnett Taipei Declared Leadership Agency Leo Burnett Taipei has come out at the top of the ranks yet again in Taiwan, following a much anticipated overall Agency Report released by leading in... more Rick Boyko Appointed New Dean of the Cannes Lions Roger Hatchuel Academy The Organisers of the 55th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival announced that Rick Boyko, Director and Professor of VCU Brandcenter and fo... more Cuba Grafica Awarded 2008 National Prize for Curatorship "Cuba Grafica", one of the three signature exhibitions presented in La Habana during Design / Culture: Icograda World Design Congress 2007, has receiv... more Speakers Announced for Icograda Design Week in Daegu 2008 Icograda Design Week in Daegu 2008 is quickly approaching. From 4-10 July 2008, professional and aspiring designers will come together to assess th... more ACR Electronics Hires Planet Propaganda to Shape Brand for Outdoor Market Planet Propaganda has been contracted to provide marketing communications services for ACR Electronics. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, ACR has been a glo... more Sustainable Brands 2008 Accelerates Collaboration Among Innovators The momentum continues to build as Sustainable Brands '08, the only event that addresses how to leverage all aspects of sustainability as a driver of ... more A History of Advertising The history of western advertising is a long one, starting as early as the 1630s, when Frenchman Theophraste Renaudot placed the first advertising not... more Pictoplasma NYC: Annual Conference on Contemporary Character Design All the way from Berlin to Manhattan, the renowned Pictoplasma project is bringing its annual conference on contemporary character design to the U.S. ... more Graphic Design Festival Breda Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) is a brand new festival on graphic design. For five weeks Breda (NL) will be the centre of attention for those... more	Bora Aksu Designs Limited Edition Fair Trade Dresses To celebrate World Fair Trade Day (WFTD) on 10th May, Bora Aksu has designed a limited edition range of dresses for People Tree, the Fair Trade fashio... more Scottish Fashion Awards 2008 For on Sunday 29th June 2008, international fashion figures, designers, celebrities and dignitaries will gather at Scotland's most sought after fashio... more Colophon International Magazine Symposium and Exhibitions Colophon - International Magazine Symposium's second edition will take place in Luxembourg from March 13 -15th 2009. The symposium will be hosted a... more Ayse Birsel Celebrated with Athena Award from Rhode Island School of Design Designer Ayse Birsel was among seven individuals honored on April 10, 2008, by the Rhode Island School of Design at its annual Athena awards gala in N... more The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon For a decade, in the 1960s, Clairtone Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. From its modern o... more How to Serve as an Expert Witness in Design Patent Litigation As an Expert Witness, you can help protect the integrity and exclusivity of award-winning designs. You can help convict copycats, protect those wro... more The Young Designer of the Year Prize 2008 to Nathalie Lahdenmaki and Naoto Niidome Design Forum Finland's Young Designer of the Year prize was announced on Thursday, 8 May 2008. Established in the 125th anniversary year (2000) of ... more Bentley Motors Designs Limited Collector's Edition of the New Bond Book: Devil May Care In a unique collaboration between three of Britain's iconic brands - James Bond, Bentley Motors and Penguin Books - a special, limited edition of the ... more The Design Train Travels Between Torino and Milano Until mid May, a special Eurostar class train will travel on the Torino-Milano route, customised inside and out with the graphics of Torino 2008 World... more 2008 Australian Packaging Awards: Call for Entries Organised under the patronage of the Packaging Council of Australia, The Australian Packaging Awards provide companies in the packaging supply chain w... more Sustainable Design: A New DMI Seminar The topic of sustainable or "green" design is of increasing urgency to companies involved in product development. Recent surveys have shown that ke... more	Ecocast: the New Recycled Precast Concrete Mix for Green Building Industry In the constantly evolving building industry, there is more pressure than ever for builders to adhere to green-building standards and to qualify for T... more Architect and Professor Eric Olsen Wins 2008 Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize A Bay Area architect and professor at the California College of Arts has been chosen as this year's winner of the prestigious Metropolis Next... more Barking Town Square Wins 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space Barking Town Square, designed by muf architecture/art has been declared winner of the 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space, making it the... more Whitney Museum Unveils Design by Renzo Piano for New Downtown Building The Whitney Museum of American Art released detailed plans to add a second Whitney Museum site to the cultural and civic landscape of New York City wi... more Powell Dobson Expand Into London Powell Dobson, one of Wales' leading architectural and urban design practices has opened a new office in London in response to a growing... more AIA Expo 2008 AIA Expo 2008 showcases the best and the brightest ideas from more than 800 companies. See a staggering array of new products, technology, innovati... more AIA Wisconsin Announces Design Award Winners Ten building projects have been recognized for excellence in architectural design by the 2008 Design Awards program of AIA Wisconsin, the state societ... more Architecture Students Take on Urban Reality with Spanish Music Center Eight Cornell architecture students in an Arch 501 studio received real-world experience this semester, working on a new community... more Walt Disney World's Wolfgang Puck Express Restaurant Designed by Architect Anthony Eckelberry Architect Anthony Eckelberry has completed the redesign and expansion of the Wolfgang Puck Express restaurant in Orlando Florida... more 2008 Governor General's Medals in Architecture The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts announced the recipients of the Governor General's Medals in Ar... more Michael P. Hanson of JDavis Architects Earns LEED Accreditation Jeff Davis, president of JDavis Architects, a full-service architecture, landscape architecture and interior design firm, has announced ... more Quantifying Sustainability: A Study of Three Sustainable Building Rating Systems The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a study of three green building rating systems ... more	Winners of 12th Annual Webby Awards Announced The winners of this year's Webby Awards will be saluted alongside a remarkable slate of special achievement honorees, including Stephen Colbert, direc... more 72andSunny Takes Nike Football to the Next Level Take it to the next level is the challenge leveled in the new global football initiative created by 72andSunny and Nike to inspire, motivate and help ... more AIA America's Favorite Architecture Web Site Wins Prestigious Webby Award Out of nearly 10,000 entries, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) won the 2008 People's Voice Webby Award for the America's Favorite Architectu... more Behavior Redesigns National Geographic Channel's Broadband Companion Behavior Design, an interactive design firm, was retained by National Geographic Channel (NGC) to re-design and re-imagine their television channel ho... more SV Associates Design New Website for Karneval Der Kulturen The website for the Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin has been relaunched. Torsten Mayer Rotbarth collaborated with Nick Kapica at SV who designed th... more Headlight Gets Animated for Chellomedia New York-based Design + VFX company, Headlight was approached by Chellomedia, a world class innovative media company primarily based out of Amsterdam,... more Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Adobe announced a new version of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, the company's comprehensive Web conferencing and eLearning solution. The version includ... more Nike and Finish Line Create New Running and Training Retail Experience Nike and The Finish Line announced the opening of a new retail experience called Finish Line Ltd customized to meet the needs of young running and tra... more Blacksheep Revitalise the Public Spaces of the Eastgate Hotel Designers Blacksheep have now completed the transformation of the entire ground floor of The Mercure Eastgate Hotel in Oxford for client Mercure Hotel... more Las Olas Marina: a New Pininfarina Creation for GICSA The strategic alliance between GICSA and Pininfarina has developed to extend its reach to southeastern Mexico. The partners plan to build Las Olas ... more Slow It, Spread It, Sink It In alliance with the Environmental Affairs Department (EAD) Storm Water pollution prevention initiative, a local research center, Materials & Applicat... more Hospital Design Can Heal According to First Comprehensive Report Hospital buildings can heal according to the first comprehensive report to look at the impact of the physical environment on child patients in health ... more	Gitte Jungersen Gitte Jungersen exhibits her newest works, which consist of ceramic landscape-like scenes with found figures; plastic animals, fish hooks, porcelain f... more Black & White Project Space As of September 2008, Black & White Gallery's Williamsburg location will operate as a not-for-profit project space under the name Black & White Projec... more Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection: 1800-1850 The porcelain factories of Berlin, Sevres, and Vienna achieved a remarkable level of both artistic and technical skill in the first half of the 19th c... more Photography Book Now Announces Jurors for Photography Book Competition The Photography Book Now International Salon and Symposium has announced a distinguished panel of jurors for its photography book competition. Head... more Brucke: Color and Clash The "Brucke" (established in Dresden in 1905) is, together with the Blauer Reiter in Munich, the most important movement in German expressionism. M... more dkVOGUE Premieres Danish Design Film Series dkVOGUE, North America's largest source for authentic Danish design, will premiere a series of nine documentary films detailing both historical and co... more Speakers Confirmed for IFA's 9th Global Conference in Montreal The organisers have confirmed almost all key note speakers to IFA's 9th Global Conference on Ageing next September. For instance the first plenary ... more IDSA Members Visit Bayer MaterialScience Design Center More than 80 members of the Industrial Designers Society of America toured the Bayer MaterialScience Design Center of Bayer's Color Compentency Center... more Future Manufacturing Strategies: Modelling for Composites Design & Manufacture As part of its Future Manufacturing Strategies Innovation Seminars programme, The University of Nottingham is holding a one day training seminar aimed... more Black & White: The new 911 Racing and Swarovski Collection Based on the motto Black & White, Porsche Design Driver's Selection presents the elegant 911 Swarovski ladies' collection and the sporty 911 Racing me... more Turkish Delight: Design from Turkey Turkish motifs and subject matters have inspired European art and craft for centuries. Building on and diversifying this tradition, the exhibition ... more Parrot Launches Its New Designer Collection Parrot announced an exceptional digital photo frame created by the leading French designer Andree Putman. Sporting a pure and sober design that ski... more

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