Digital Design News
6th Annual Typography Competition: Call for Entries
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 6th Annual Typography Competition. The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
Autodesk Within: Generative Design Optimized for 3D Printing
Autodesk has launched Within, a new set of generative design software solutions to help engineers create and 3D print lightweight designs for automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment and medical implants.
HOW Interactive Design Conference Series
HOW will host a series of Interactive Design Conferences in San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston from September 20, 2015.
Premier's Design Awards 2015
The 2015 Victorian Premier's Design Awards are now open for entries. The Premier's Design Awards celebrate and reward both designers and clients for excellence in the development and use of design and design-led innovation.
Greenspace Rebrands Wilkinson Eyre
Greenspace has recently completed the design of a new brand identity and website for Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
Autodesk Exchange Apps Store Reaches 1 Million Downloads
Autodesk Exchange Apps, a web-based design and engineering app store created for the Autodesk community, reached its one-millionth app milestone this week with a customer download of the coolOrange threadModeler for Autodesk Inventor.
Ze World's Next Best 3D CAD Artist
FourSplines will launch a worldwide 3D modeling competition on May 24, 2015. Open to all champions and 3D modeling enthusiasts, the event will be held in network across the world through live broadcast on NOMADLive.tv and in person at the premises of La Gare.
Postdigital Artisans: Craftmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture
Frame has just released a book about a return to craft and tactility in the digital age, and how people are looking for more than touch screens in order to be touched.
3D Printshow New York
3D Printshow, to be held April 16-19, will bring the world's most disruptive technology back to New York City for four days of business, tech and creativity.
solidThinking Evolve 2015
solidThinking has today released solidThinking Evolve 2015, packed with features that make 3D concept creation and modeling faster, easier, and more realistic.
MoMu Museum Explorer
The Fashion Museum of Antwerp (MoMu) unveiled Momu Museum Explorer, an interactive wall to unlock the Museum's hidden treasures locked away in huge archives.
Adobe Comp CC for iPad
Adobe has just released Comp CC, a free iPad app that allows users to quickly layout design concepts for mobile, Web and print.
Strangers Linguistic Remix Generator
The Uprising Creative has recently created Strangers Linguistic Remix Generator, a groundbreaking interactive project to celebrate Modest Mouse's new album "Strangers to Ourselves."
3D Web Fest: Call for Entries
The 3D Web Fest is calling for designers, musicians, web developers and artists to submit their 3D Web projects for the 2015 event.
Autodesk Memento Now Available as Public Beta
Autodesk Memento, a new end-to-end solution for digitizing reality into high definition 3D, is available globally as a free public beta.
5th Annual Lovie Awards: Call for Entries
The 5th Annual Lovie Awards are now open for entries. The Lovie Awards honours the best in Websites, Online Advertising, Internet Video, Mobile & Apps and Social.
SEGD CX Customer Experiences Workshop in Las Vegas
SEGD's Customer Experience (CX) Workshop, happening March 10, 2015, during the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, will ground designers, marketing and branding professionals, technology providers, and other creative professionals in the basics of customer experience (CX) design.
2015 SEGD Global Design Awards
The Society for Experiential Graphic Design has launched its 2015 Global Design Awards, including new Interactive Experience and Digital Experience Content categories that reflect the shifts that digital technology is creating in design for public spaces.
BIC Universal Typeface
BIC Universal, the world's first crowd-sourced typeface, is now available for download.
Adobe Voice 1.5 Now Available
Adobe has today released Adobe Voice 1.5, featuring the ability to color-customize backgrounds, icons, text and more - within themes - via hexadecimal color code or color wheel picker.
Reel FX VR: Reel FX Launches Dedicated Virtual Reality Division
Reel FX has launched a new division dedicated to the creation of cutting edge virtual reality content for virtual reality platforms including the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition.
Hermès Launches La Maison des Carrés
AKQA has created La Maison des Carrés for Hermès, a pop-up e-store dedicated to the world of Hermès silk.
AME Awards 2015: Call for Entries
The AME Awards competition is now accepting entries. Since 1994, the AME Awards has honored campaigns world-wide that successfully demonstrate groundbreaking solutions to challenging marketing problems.
Autodesk Fusion 360 Now Available in the Mac App Store
Autodesk Fusion 360, a cloud-based tool that combines 3D industrial and mechanical design, collaboration, and machining in a single package, is now available in the Mac App Store.
MPC Illuminates Ralph Lauren Polo 4D Fashion Show in Central Park
To announce their new Polo for Women Spring '15 collection, Ralph Lauren teamed up with MPC to create a cinematic 4D experience for a revolutionary runway event: a water-screen projection that towered above Manhattan's Central Park fusing fashion, art, and technology.
Pixel Awards 2014
The 2014 Pixel Awards is now open for entries. Now in its ninth year, the Awards recognizes compelling sites that have shown excellence in web design and development.
Autodesk's Pixlr Launches Three New Product Offerings
Autodesk has unveiled three new product offerings for Pixlr, its powerful yet easy-to-use photo editor.
Communication Arts Interactive Competition 2015
Communication Arts magazine's 21st annual Interactive Competition is now open for entries.
The Transformation of an Idea into Mass Success
The next RKS Sessions, to be held at the Cross Campus on August 5, 2014, will host Craig Hickman the creator of Kid Pix.
2014 Premier's Design Awards Finalists
Good Design Australia and the Victorian Government have announced the thirty eight finalists across six categories in this year's Premier's Design Awards.
3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
3Dconnexion has unveiled the SpaceMouse Pro Wireless, a wireless 3D mouse featuring a 6-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) controller cap that creates a natural connection between you and your 3D content.
TERA Fitness Mat by LUNAR
LUNAR has unveiled TERA, an elegant exercise mat made of eco-friendly shear wool that blends into any contemporary interior.
Microsoft Infinity Room by Universal Everything
Universal Everything, in collaboration with data journalist Simon Rogers, created an immersive data narrative experience for Microsoft that explores the power of big data.
2014 Victorian Premier's Design Awards
The 2014 Victorian Premier's Design Awards are now open for entries. The awards recognise and reward Victorian designers and businesses using exemplar design effectively and sustainably for business success.
Adobe Voice: New Storytelling App for iPad
Adobe Voice is a new animated video app for iPad that gives anyone the ability to create and share engaging video stories.
Autodesk Mudbox 2015 Now Available on Monthly Subscription
Autodesk Mudbox 2015, the latest version of Autodesk's digital painting and 3D sculpting software, is now available for $10 USD a month via Desktop Subscription.
Autodesk Maya LT 2015 Coming to Steam
Maya LT 2015, Autodesk's 3D animation and modeling tool for indie game development, is coming to Valve's Steam platform on April 22, 2014.
SoDA Report 2014: The Report Reveals Changing Face of Client Agency Relationships
SoDA has released the 2014 SoDA Report, which includes its annual Digital Marketing Outlook survey of the changes taking places across the industry.
Josh Austin Joins ENVOY as Product Design Lead
ENVOY has added Josh Austin to its roaster as product design lead.
Sehsucht Creates a Cutting Edge WebGL Interactive Piece for Nike
Sehsucht has created a one of a kind WebGL experience for Nike, featuring the limited edition "Genealogy of Nike Free" pack.
Autodesk Character Generator
Autodesk has launched Character Generator, an easy-to-use cloud tool that facilitates the rapid creation of customized, rigged and ready-to-animate 3D characters.
European Design Awards 2014
The 2014 European Design Awards, an annual prize celebrating the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe, is open for entries.
The Color Project at IFP Media Center
MPC New York has created a generative artwork for the Made in NY Media Center by IFP.
I Am The New Creative: Adobe Launches New Social Campaign
Art directors are becoming animators. Print designers are becoming web designers. Illustrators are now photographers who also edit and shoot film.
Adobe Adds 3D Printing Support to Photoshop CC
Adobe Photoshop CC has added new 3D printing capabilities to tap into the creative and commercial possibilities of 3D printing with the ability to reliably build, refine, preview, prepare and print 3D designs using familiar Photoshop tools.
Processing + Grasshopper: Methods for Advanced Visualization
Organized by the Society for Experiential Graphic Design, this design tools webinar is geared for designers, architects, and planners looking to increase their awareness of emergent trends in design technology and the tools available to expand concepts into built realities using open source and off the shelf software.
Archipad: Sketch and Doodle on iPad
Archipad is a scale aware sketching program that is an ideal tool for architects, interior and product designers.
Camp Discovery: New Autism App Gives Kids Ability to Learn and Parents Means to Track Progress
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) has released Camp Discovery app with unique features to increase the learning of children with autism spectrum disorder.
World Leaders in Digital Diplomacy to Take Part in 24-hour DiploHack in Stockholm
Some of the world's leading digital diplomats will gather in Stockholm on 16-17 January for the Stockholm Initiative on Digital Diplomacy meeting.
FITC Amsterdam 2014
FITC Amsterdam 2014, now in its 7th year, will host the latest and greatest in design, and technology.
Morpholio Launches Trace 2.0
The Morpholio Project has released the second version of Trace. Originally released in September of 2012, Trace explores the role of technology in the conceptual phase of the creative process through a digital version of "canary yellow" trace paper.
3D Interactive Props Unveiled for FIFA 2014 Launch
The Ambassadors has designed a series of 3D, interactive props to create buzz around the hotly-anticipated launch of FIFA 2014.
Winners of 20th Communication Arts Interactive Competition
Communication Arts magazine has revealed the winners of its 20th annual Interactive competition.
Smithsonian X 3D Explorer
Smithsonian X 3D Explorer is an interactive 3D educational tool accessible to anyone via the web.
MoMA Audio+ Mobile Guide
The Museum of Modern Art has launched Audio+, delivering a new level of interpretive content for Museum visitors.
Index: Harvard Art Museums Launches Digital Magazine
The Harvard Art Museums has launched a digital edition of its Index magazine.
Become Electric: World's First Interactive 360 Film
WCRS, as part of EngineDare, has teamed with Mustard Films and Tool to create the world's first interactive 360° film for the launch of BMW's first electric car, the BMW i3.
Nike+Nine Wins 2013 Premier's Design Award
Good Design Australia has revealed the winner of the 2013 Victorian Premier's Design Award.
99U Pop-up School
Adobe is organizing 99U Pop-up School - a three-day event featuring keynotes and workshops from leaders in the creativity industry.
Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus
Wacom has unveiled a pressure-sensitive digital pen for sketching, drawing and painting on an iPad.
Pixel Awards 2013
The 2013 Pixel Awards is now open for entries. Now in its eight year, the Awards recognizes compelling sites that have shown excellence in web design and development.
Adobe Ideas 2.7 Now Supports Pressure-Sensitive Stylus
Adobe has released Adobe Ideas 2.7. The update adds support for pressure sensitive stylus, stroke smoothing option, and sharing to other apps.
2013 Internet Marketing Association IMPACT Awards
The Internet Marketing Association is calling for entries for the 2013 IMPACT Awards.
XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design
The Museum of Design Atlanta in partnership with Georgia Tech's Digital Media Program presents "XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design," an interactive exhibition highlighting the work of women game designers and artists in order to challenge the misconception that women neither play nor create video games.
Autodesk FBX Review: Free App for Reviewing 3D Entertainment Assets
Autodesk has unveiled FBX Review at SIGGRAPH 2013. The new, free app allows professional artists and animators to review 3D entertainment assets on Windows devices.
Struck Develops ASICS Digital Training Initiative
Struck has developed ASICS's new digital training campaign, which offers a fresh take for the online training world.
Trollback + Company Creates Show Open for AICP Next Awards
Trollback + Company (T+Co) recently created a live multimedia show open for the 7th annual AICP Next Awards. T+Co conceived the film and visual assets to set the stage for the inaugural AICP Week and the AICP's bold new direction with the Next Awards.
Biborg Creates Digital Pandemic Campaign for European Launch of The Last of Us
Biborg has created an immersive digital campaign for the European launch of Sony's latest PlayStation exclusive title, The Last of Us.
Fjord Wins Red Dot Communication Design Award for SMART Pediatric Growth Chart
Fjord has received a 2013 Red Dot Communication Design Award for its work for the SMART Pediatric Growth Chart.
dARTboard: Call for Entries in Digital Art
Vilcek Foundation is calling submissions of digital and computer-based works for the dARTboard online art space, launched in 2012 to celebrate the accomplishments of immigrant artists pioneering the field of new media art.
Tooned 50: McLaren and Framestore Celebrate F1 Brand's 50th Birthday Anniversary
Framestore, the creative solutions partner of McLaren, has created a second series for Tooned to celebrated the F1 brand's 50th anniversary.
The Sound of London: London's Skyline Re-created in Soundwaves
Perfect Fools has re-imagined the skyline London as soundwaves for Soundcloud without Borders campaign, designed to promote Fogg.
3D Printing Event 2013
The 3rd edition of the international 3D Printing Event will take place on October 21-25, 2013, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Adobe Releases Anywhere for Video
Adobe has today released Adobe Anywhere for video, which brings virtual teams of talent together, enabling them to efficiently log, edit, share and finish video productions using standard networks and hardware.
Moment Factory Collaborates in the Transformation of Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) recently commissioned Moment Factory to work in collaboration with Marcela Sardi of Sardi Design and Mike Rubin of MRA International as the executive multimedia content producer for seven iconic media features at the New Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
On Camera! Marketing Your Message Using Photography, Video, and Documentary
On Camera is a two-part series that focuses on the increasing popularity of interactive photography, videography, and documentary to convey a firm's story and the cutting-edge trends for their use.
solidThinking Evolve 9.5
solidThinking has recently released Evolve 9.5. The new version lets users work in the most natural and unrestricted fashion yet, enabling faster creation of complex products.
MoMA Adds Video Games & Gaming Console to Architecture and Design Collection
The Museum of Modern Art has acquired a selection of 6 more video games and 1 gaming console for its Architecture and Design collection.
Autodesk Fusion 360 Now Available
Autodesk released Fusion 360, the world's first cloud-based software created specifically for people looking to fuse stunning aesthetic design with great product engineering.
Guggenheim Launches New Multimedia Mobile App
In conjunction with the exhibition James Turrell, the Guggenheim Museum launched a new free mobile app.
Adobe CC Desktop Applications Now Available
Adobe CC desktop applications, including Adobe Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Dreamweaver CC, Premiere Pro CC, is now available.
Two Left Feet App: Resin Develops Modern Day Pop-up Book Using Augmented Reality
Resin has taken an existing storybook and brought it to life to create a "modern day pop-up book," using 3D animation and augmented reality.
Click Here: The State of Online Advertising
Adobe has today released a research on online advertising that polled both consumers and marketers in seven countries across the United States, Asia-Pacific and Europe and exposes new global insights into the effectiveness of online marketing.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Now Available
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 is now available for Mac OS and Windows.
Design Museum Asks: Should Home 3D Printing Be Regulated?
Design Museum has commissioned a live vote machine to celebrate an upcoming exhibition about the future.
Cyberpunk 2077: Platige Image Continues Videogame Tradition with Cyberpunk Cinematic
Platige Image's game division, led by Director Tomek Baginski, follows the success of their epic The Witcher 2 cinematic with a stunning game teaser for CD Projekt RED's Cyberpunk 2077, a follow up to Mike Pondsmith's successful Cyberpunk 2020 games of the 1990s.
Adobe Updates Kuler
Adobe has released an update to Kuler that allows to easily extract a theme from what the iPhone camera is seeing, without even taking a photo.
European Youth Award (EYA) 2013
The 2013 European Youth Award is now open for entries.
BIOSTAGOG: Interactive Sculpture by Platige Image and Bridge
Designed by Platige Image and Bridge, BIOSTAGOG is an interactive sculpture that combines algorithmic design, 3D printing, mapping and interaction.
Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014 Now Available
Smith Micro has today released Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014, the newest versions of its 3D animation creation software.
Adam & You: RTT Develops Video Game Style Configurator App for Opel
RTT has recently developed a new iPad app for Opel that lets users virtual test drive the new Opel ADAM.
Adobe and AdWeek Digital Publishing Awards
Adobe, in partnership with AdWeek, launched a mobile advertising contest to distinguish the most innovative mobile advertisement or app, created with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, that demonstrates inventive thinking, breakthrough creativity, and design acumen.
Autodesk's 123D Creature is Now Free
123D Creature for iPad, an app that gives anyone the ability to create and 3D print amazing 3D characters, is now available for free on the App Store.
Fracture.io: MPC NY Breaks the Mold for One Club and JWT
MPC Digital teamed up with The One Club via JWT New York to create Fracture.io, a stunning installation experience for The One Show's lavish after party at NYC's Bowery Hotel.
Bluecadet Inspires with La Invencion Concreta Interactive Experience
Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, the arts division of the philanthropic organization Fundacion Cisneros, recently called upon the digital and design pros at Bluecadet to add an extra dimension of interactivity to a new exhibit at Spain's National Museum of 20th century art, the Madrid-based Reina Sofia.
Adobe Unveils Photoshop CC at MAX
Adobe has unveiled the Adobe Photoshop CC at MAX 2013 as part of a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud.
After the Jump: Technology's Effect on Design and Typography
TDC and Sullivan will host a symposium that will bring together some of today's most inspiring industry leaders to discuss how technology affects human behavior and how those effects impact design and typography.
Is Photoshop Remixing the World? New PBS Off Book Episode
Off Book, a web series from PBS that explores cutting edge art and technology and the people behind it, released its latest episode "Is Photoshop Remixing the World?"
Adobe to Live Stream the Creativity Conference Keynotes
Adobe will live stream two keynotes from the MAX 2013 - The Creativity Conference.
Adobe Releases Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta
Adobe has today released Photoshop Lightroom 5 beta for Windows and Mac.