Digital Design News
Paper: An Endangered Species?
Adobe has recently released a new study that reveals important new insights from U.S. managers around digital business processes and paper.
MakerBot and Autodesk to Bring 3D Printing to Everyone
MakerBot and Autodesk have signed a definitive agreement to jointly market a combination of 3D design software and 3D printing hardware to engineers, designers, architects, makers, creators, and artists.
Winners of the App to the Future Design Challenge
Core77 and Microsoft have today unveiled the 50 finalists and five winners of the App to the Future challenge.
BBDO Russia Creates Click for Help Game for WWF
Created by BBDO Moscow for WWF, Click for Help is an interactive online game dedicated to the preservation of the polar bears.
HUSH Adds Architectural Designer Benjamin Gray
HUSH has added award-winning architectural designer Benjamin Gray to its roster.
Photoshop Touch for Android and iOS Phones
Adobe has released a new version of Adobe Photoshop Touch, optimized for iPhone and Android smart phones.
Commonwealth Creates New Online Campaign for Chevrolet Volt
Commonwealth has teamed up with Gentleman Scholar to create a web experience for Chevrolet that educates their customer on the efficiencies of the Chevrolet Volt vehicle in the new online campaign.
Autodesk 123D Creature
Autodesk 123D Creature is a new iPad app that gives anyone the ability to create and 3D print amazing 3D characters.
HUSH Adds Multi-Talented Artist Salyer into the Fold
HUSH has added art director and design and concept development artist Andre Salyer to its ranks.
Adobe MAX 2013: The Creativity Conference
Adobe MAX 2013 will bring together more than 5,000 creative industry leaders, designers, developers, strategists, video professionals and photographers from around the world to exchange ideas, innovations and inspiration.
European Design Awards 2013
The European Design Awards 2013 is now open for entries. The Award celebrate the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe.
RTT Student Visualization Award 2013
RTT Student Visualization Award 2013 is now open for entries. The competition aims to help students showcase their skills in story creation, modeling, rendering, lighting and other associated areas.
LOGAN and Conscious Minds Animate Nike Fuel Missions
LOGAN plunges Nike+ users into a spectacular post-apocalyptic ice storm of a world with two 6:00, fully CG, stylized character-animated games featuring a cast of top athletes and promoting a new line of weather-resistant clothing.
FITC Amsterdam 2013
FITC Amsterdam 2013 will host the latest and greatest in design and technology from all around the world on February 17-19, 2013 at Felix Meritis.
Adobe Acquires Behance
Adobe has today acquired privately held Behance, a leading online social media platform that enables creative professionals to showcase and share their work.
Smart Bicycle of the Future Controlled with your Smartphone
Cambridge Consultants has developed a bicycle that can be controlled with your smartphone mounted on the handlebars.
Autodesk Smoke 2013 Now Shipping
Autodesk has started shipping Smoke 2013. The new version of Smoke is designed to meet the needs of professional editors working in video production, corporate video, online video and other competitive creative environments where productions require editing and effects.
Emo Designs New Interface for Kblue's Kult
Designed by Emo Design for Kblue, Kult is a new collection of user interfaces and web applications for the control of homes featuring stunning design and intuitive graphics.
App to the Future Design Challenge
Core77 and Microsoft have launched a competition for designers to imagine a Windows Phone 8 app for a better future.
10 Trends That Will Shape Digital Services in 2013
Fjord has released its annual trends predictions, showcasing 10 trends that will shape digital services in 2013.
SoDA Digital Marketing Outlook Survey
SoDA is seeking digital agencies and elite production companies to contribute to its annual Digital Marketing Outlook Survey which will be published in early 2013.
xCoAx 2013: 1st International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X
The development of computational tools and media has been radically transforming the landscape for the practice of design, the arts and numerous cultural manifestations.
Nike+ Accelerator Program
Nike has today launched its first Nike+ Accelerator program, aimed to leverage the success of the Nike+ platform to support digital innovation by connecting with companies that share Nike's commitment to help people live more active lives.
D&AD Poll Links Creativity & Awards Glory with Commercial Success
A new study released today by D&AD reveals that winning top creative awards is one of the most important drivers of new business, staff retention and career progression in the creative industry.
Geyrhalter Wine Group Launches Biodynamics App for Martian Ranch & Vineyard
Geyrhalter Wine Group recently launched a Biodynamic Calendar app for iPhone and iPad for long-term client Martian Ranch & Vineyard in anticipation of its Biodynamic certification in the coming months.
MoMA Acquires 14 Video Games for Architecture and Design Collection
The Museum of Modern Art has acquired a selection of 14 video games, the seedbed for an initial wish list of about 40 to be acquired in the near future.
Framestore Creates Installation for Valentino Exhibition at Somerset House
Framestore has created two installations for Somerset House's forthcoming Valentino: Master of Couture' exhibition.
SoDA Report Vol 2: Inside the Minds of Digital Marketing Leaders
Latest issue of the SoDA Report, the biannual trend publication of the Society of Digital Agencies, features content from some of the most influential thinkers in the digital marketing world.
51st D&AD Awards: Call for Entries
The 51st D&AD Awards is now open for entries. The pinnacle of creative achievement across the design, advertising and digital industries, the D&AD Awards have been running since 1962.
Starforce Battlement: Autodesk Releases Proof-of-Concept Game
Starforce Battlement is a new 2D mobile tower defense game developed by the Autodesk Gameware team using the Autodesk Scaleform Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) and Autodesk 3ds Max software.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 will be held from November 28 to December 1, 2012 at the Singapore EXPO. The event will bring together leading names in the animation, graphics, digital art and technology industries from around the world.
Wallpaper* November '12 Issue: Reigning in Russia
For Reigning in Russia, the final Wallpaper* issue covering the four BRIC nations, the magazine has commissioned a limited-edition cover artwork by Moscow-based artist collective AES+F.
Internet Week Europe 2012
Now in its third year, Internet Week Europe is a week-long celebration of Europe's best and brightest in digital.
Sketchfab: Publish Interactive 3D Content Online
Sketchfab is a new web service to show and share 3D content. It allows publishing interactive 3D content online in real-time without plugin.
Design Museum Launches New Online Game: Badoiiing!
The Design Museum has launched a new online game that allows you to flip an Alessi kettle, Nissan van or Frank Gehry chair into a three-sided goal.
Adobe Acrobat XI
Adobe Acrobat XI, the next generation of the industry standard for PDF software, features complete PDF editing and export to Microsoft PowerPoint; touch-friendly capabilities on tablets; and newly integrated cloud services.
Morpholio Trace for iPad
Trace, the Morpholio Project's second app, explores the role of technology in the conceptual phase of the design workflow through a digital version of trace paper, and fosters communication amongst a global design culture.
Where Will the Internet of Things Take Service Design?
The way digital products and services are integrated into our daily lives is evolving. The Internet of Things blurs the line between bits and atoms, making the distinction between the Internet and the real world harder to define.
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS), Single Edition significantly simplifies the mobile app development process by enabling designers to create and deliver digital publications to iPad through the Apple App Store, without writing a single line of code.
Run4Good: BEAM and Saucony Create Runners' App to Fight Childhood Obesity
Created by BEAM and Saucony, Run4Good is an easy-to-use, full-featured running app that also enables users to run towards collective mileage goals that when reached triggers the doubling of cash donations from Saucony and its corporate partners to fight childhood obesity.
Autodesk Gameware Navigation: New Artificial Intelligence Middleware
Autodesk unveiled the next-generation of its AI middleware - Gameware Navigation - at the the Vienna Game AI Conference.
Interactive AI Artwork by Aether & Hemera
"Which is your brass's voice?" is an art installation employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital media to create an engaging multi-sensory experience for the audience.
Autodesk 123D Catch for iPhone
Autodesk has launched the new free Autodesk 123D Catch app for iPhone. Complementing the iPad, desktop and web app versions, the app lets users take photos from their camera on iPhone and upload them to the cloud where the photos are converted into a 3D model.
Sephora + Pantone Color IQ
Pantone and Sephora launched the Color IQ System, which uses Pantone Capsure to identify and categorize skin tone color with unsurpassed accuracy.
AutoCAD WS 1.5: New Social Capabilities
Autodesk has added new social collaboration capabilities to the new version of AutoCAD WS. The enhancements deliver new workflows that help streamline the design development, review and approval process by incorporating functionality made popular by leading social media platforms.
Subatomic Studios Developed Fieldrunners 2 with Autodesk 3ds Max 3D
Subatomic Studios created Fieldrunners 2, the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning tower defense mobile game, using Autodesk 3ds Max 3D.
Amsterdam Worldwide Launches NightTag for Olmeca Tequila
Amsterdam Worldwide has recently unveiled a new phase of its Olmeca Tequila strategy with the launch of a new digital platform for the Pernod Ricard brand.
Framestore Created Immersive VFX to Further Enhance Movie Going Experience for Secret Cinema
Secret Cinema, known for extending the movie-going experience by creating clandestine film-themed events that build up to the screening of a secret film, entered unchartered territory by screening a new release - Prometheus - every night in June at an undisclosed central London location. Over 25,000 people signed up for the event over the course of the month.
Adobe Adds Photoshop Lightroom to the Creative Cloud
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - the company's photography workflow solution is now available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud membership.
New Directions for the Financing of Interactive Digital Media in Canada
New Directions for the Financing of Interactive Digital Media in Canada, a new report commissioned by the Canadian Interactive Alliance / l'Alliance Interactive Canadienne (CIAIC), reveals that increased private capital is the missing link for building up successful interactive digital media companies in Canada.
Adobe Captivate 6: HTML5 Support and New HD Video Workflow
Adobe Captivate 6 is a significant upgrade to the industry-leading eLearning authoring software for rapidly creating a wide range of interactive eLearning and HTML5-based mobile Learning content.
MoMA Art Lab App for iPad
The MoMA Art Lab for iPad is the Museum's first art-making app. Inspired by MoMA Art Labs, a series of interactive spaces at the Museum where kids and adults can engage with art through hands-on activities, the app offers an open-ended exploration of the various ways in which simple shapes and lines can be transformed into art.
Clickfire Media to Host Mobile Panel at Internet Week New York
Smartphones are taking over, changing not just the way people communicate with one another, but the way they access information and interact with products.
Autodesk 123D Catch for iPad
The Autodesk 123D Catch for iPad is a new free app that lets users take images from their iPad camera and upload them to the Autodesk cloud service that transforms the images into a 3D model.
NBC Politics iOS App
NBC Politics launched a new app for iPad and iPhone that brings users inside the 2012 election through a collection of interactive tools, games, videos, reports, and graphics from a powerful political reporting team at NBC News.
Kill for a Pencil: Game Gets Creative Community Warmed Up for Upcoming Creative Week NYC
As the advertising creative community gears up for the 37th annual One Show and The One Club's 4th annual Creative Week, May 7-11 in New York City, they can get some of their anxieties out by playing "Kill for a Pencil," an 8-bit arcade-style game that brings new meaning to the words "killer creative."
Perfect Fools Created Laserblast Twitter Installation for Replay
Creative studio Perfect Fools has created an in-store laser-guided Twitter experience for the launch of Replay's new Laserblast denim collection.
Digital Crystal: Swarovski at the Design Museum
The Design Museum and Swarovski are collaborating with a new generation of designers, challenging them to examine the future of memory in the digital age.
Publish Powered by Blurb: Blurb and Consolidated Graphics (CGX) Deliver Integrated Print-on-Demand Workflow
Consolidated Graphics and Blurb today announced a partnership to enable businesses to create custom publications from a simple yet powerful design-to-print workflow powered by Blurb.
32 Reasons We Love New York
32 Reasons We Love New York is a fascinating collection of places and experiences in New York City, curated by designers at Two Twelve, a Manhattan-based design firm known for its thoughtful, user-centered approach to wayfinding and information design.
Adobe Revel 1.2 Now Available
Adobe Revel 1.2 is out in the Mac App Store and the iTunes App Store. Adobe Revel is a photography app that gives people one place to put all their photos, which they can access from their Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Shotgun Software and Tweak Launch Revolver
Shotgun has teamed up with Tweak on a new product called Revolver that provides digital studios with an all-in-one review toolset.
Secret Location Wins International Digital Emmy Award for Endgame Interactive
Interactive agency, Secret Location, has affirmed Canada's place as a global leader in the development of large-scale digital entertainment and brand experiences with an International Digital Emmy Award for Endgame Interactive, a highly engaging and immersive transmedia experience created for the Canadian procedural drama series, Endgame.
Red Bull Mind Meld Videomapping Installation
One hundred sixty-five thousand fans who got down to the sounds of electronic artists Tiesto, Avicii, David Guetta and others, at Miami's ULTRA Music Festival last weekend did not believe their eyes when they looked to the sky as the "Red Bull Mind Meld" experience transformed the iconic InterContinental hotel into a sea of video projections in one of the largest-ever USA displays of innovative projection mapping technology.
Bombay Sapphire Sky Pavilion
Bombay Sapphire Sky Pavilion is an innovative, interactive installation developed as a uniquely commissioned project in partnership with ENESS and Right Angle Studio.
Mobile FontFonts Expanded to Android
FontShop International has expanded its Mobile FontFonts for use on the Android app development platform.
Blurb Authors Earn $1M in Profits in 2011
Blurb authors earned more than $1M in profits on the sale of nearly 100K books in 2011 as part of the Blurb Set Your Price program.
Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad 2
Adobe Photoshop Touch is now available for iPad 2, offering core Photoshop features, as well as new capabilities for creating and sharing in an app custom-built for tablets.
metaio Introduces Augmented City Platform
metaio today unveiled plans to add 3D Object Tracking and Visual Search to its free mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Software Development Kit, part of the Augmented City platform.
Cut&Paste Adds Helsinki, World Design Capital, to 2011-12 Tour
Cut&Paste announced the addition of Helsinki - the 2012 World Design Capital - to its 2011-12 tour.
Adobe Revel: Adobe Rebrands Carousel
Adobe is rebranding its new photo-sharing app Adobe Carousel to Adobe Revel. The company plans to offer additional photography solutions on the platform in the future, so the new branding more broadly encompasses these offerings.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta
Adobe today released Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta as a free public download. Lightroom 4 beta is a preview of new features and capabilities that will be offered in the final release, expected in early 2012.
WDC Helsinki 2012 Released Its Mobile App
The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 app was released today, offering digital program listings, always up-to-the-minute and easy to carry around.
Fjord Digital Trends 2012: Forecast Covering Tablets, Auto, Mobile, Banking, and More
Fjord released its digital trend predictions for 2012. With the digital landscape rapidly evolving, the new year will be a tipping point for emerging trends that will define and pave the way for future digital innovation.
Festival of Games 2012
The Festival of Games 2012 will be held on April 19 and 20 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Is Augmented Reality the Next QR Code?
Last holiday season, QR codes, those pixilated packets of information, were everywhere. This season, they're being out-shined by augmented reality (AR).
Winners of the Core77 Fast Track to the Mobile App Competition
Core77 today announced the five winners and 95 finalists in this inaugural global competition, Fast Track to the Mobile App.
Gaga Constellation
Want to see your holiday wish grace a window at Barneys Madison Avenue? Then just tweet it into "Gaga Constellation," the vaunted retailer's interactive window display that recently launched as a part of Lady Gaga's Holiday Workshop.
Autodesk Introduces Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management
Autodesk today previewed a new solution designed to transform how manufacturers manage the entire lifecycle of a product -- from its conception, through design and manufacture, partner and supplier management, procurement, quality, compliance, service and more.
Design for Context: Understanding How User Context is Evolving
Fjord, the digital design consultancy, has just completed a white paper called "Design for Context: Understanding How User Context is Evolving."
eBay Give-A-Toy Store
eBay unveiled The Give-A-Toy Store in New York and San Francisco - eBay's latest innovation that makes it easy for shoppers to donate joy - and toys - via their mobile devices.
Seb Chan Joins Cooper-Hewitt as Director of Digital and Emerging Media
The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum appointed Seb Chan as director of digital and emerging media, effective Nov. 28.
GoldRun & Clutter Magazine Designer Toy Run
GoldRun has partnered with Clutter Magazine to create the world's first augmented reality scavenger hunt of a curated collection of coveted designer toys, representing the work of 30 acclaimed artists.
Videomapping Extravaganza at Loveland's Promenade Shops
Videomapping, an advanced 3-dimensional projection technique that produces life-like visuals that interact with the contours of buildings, had its Denver-area premiere at Promenade Shops at Centerra, November 4th and 5th.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Premiere Elements 10 Available in Mac App Store
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Editor is now available in the Mac App Store, providing Mac users with powerful, easy-to-use tools for bringing photos and videos to life.
Winners of 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Adobe unveiled the winners of its 11th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). An awards ceremony was held last night in Taipei, Taiwan, in collaboration with Icograda.
Blurb Launches ebooks for the iPad
Today, Blurb announced their first step into the ebook market with ebooks for Apple's iPad and iPhone. The new Blurb ebooks are visually stunning and optimized to display images and text on the devices.
Resident Creative Studio's Sina Taherkhani Heads Up Design Team for Immersive Surfaces
Resident Creative Studio designer Sina Taherkhani bridged the gap between reality and fantasy, helming a team of animators and VFX artists charged with creating, "As Above, So Below," one of a three-part immense-scale projection/mapping installation entitled, "Immersive Surfaces."
Tool's HelloEnjoy Creates Interactive WebGL 3D Video for Ellie Goulding
Tool's interactive director HelloEnjoy, led by founder Carlos Ulloa, remains at the forefront of the web-based, interactive 3D revolution with a new interactive music experience starring British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding.
FontShop Unleashes Mobile Fonts into Device World
FontShop International released 14 font packs tailored specifically for use in iOS apps.
Journey to the Exoplanets App by Brandwidth
Apple's current iPad App of the Week provides science buffs, space art enthusiasts, backyard astronomers and young adults with an extraordinary look into the world beyond our Solar System.
Freshkills Park+: A 21st Century Walk in the Park
On the occasion of the annual Sneak Peak event held in Staten Island's Freshkills Park, October 2nd, 2011, a new augmented reality (AR) application for smartphones is being launched, allowing visitors to navigate and understand features of the site as well as its transformation from landfill to park.
HUSH Creates Immersive Experience for University of Dayton
After building addictive interactive installations for high-flying brands like Infiniti, Showtime and Nokia, the Brooklyn-based techoculturalists at HUSH decided to go back to school. University of Dayton, to be specific.
Wallpaper* Guest Editors' Sound + Vision
Wallpaper* magazine's latest Guest Editors' issue brings together two legendary explorers of the audio-visual landscape, giants of sound and vision.
Adobe Carousel Photography App for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac OS
Adobe today unveiled Adobe Carousel for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac OS. Adobe Carousel is designed for anyone who loves photographs, takes a lot of them, and needs a simple way to view, browse, adjust and share them without worrying about manual syncing or storage.
Two New Exhibitions at Adobe Museum of Digital Media
Adobe Museum of Digital Media today announced its 2011 fall exhibition schedule. On November 9, 2011, AMDM will launch Journey to Seven Light Bay, a new exhibition by Mariko Mori, curated by Tom Eccles, executive director of the Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale in Hudson, NY.
Autodesk Motion FX: Latest Autodesk App Helps Transform Movement Into Video Magic
Autodesk Motion FX app is a free movement-based video effects app available exclusively for Mac OS X Lion.
Urbanology Online: An Interactive Game Exploring Issues of City Life
BMW Guggenheim Lab launched Urbanology, an interactive game that addresses issues that arise when cities grow and inhabitants try to institute lasting change.
Clear Magazine Launches iPad App
Clear Magazine, the ultimate curator of interesting items, objects and ideas in the world of design, fashion and luxury, launched their first application in 2010 and announced today that their highly interactive magazine app is now available with an updated version for the Apple iPad.
SightSpace 3D: First Mobile Augmented Reality App for GoogleSketchUp
SightSpace 3D is the first and only mobile Augmented Reality application for Google SketchUp, and is available now on the App Store.