Digital Design News
Autodesk 123D Sculpt App for iPad: New 3D Sculpting and Painting App
Autodesk 123D Sculpt is a 3D sculpting and painting app for iPad, now available on the App Store.
Vicon Introduces Mobile Mocap at 2011 SIGGRAPH
Vicon, developer of motion capture systems for the entertainment, life science and engineering industries, will introduce a future technology, "Mobile Mocap" at SIGGRAPH 2011.
Brandwidth Makes Waves with F:sh: A Children's Book App for iPad
F:sh is a fun-filled interactive children's book app designed, illustrated and developed specifically for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, published by Brandwidth.
Autodesk SketchBook Pro for Android
Autodesk SketchBook Pro for Android is now available on the Android Market for Honeycomb tablet users.
Clickfire Media Pits Man vs. Food
ClickFire Media recently designed its first iOS game, based on the popular Travel Channel show, Man vs. Food.
Learning from the Digital Jugglers: New Trends in Smartphone Adoption and Usage Patterns
The way we access the Web and use it for everyday purposes, such as information-gathering and purchasing, is changing at lightning speed as more and more people are first experience the Internet through their smart phones, rather than a laptop or a PC, according to a research report from Fjord, a mobile advertising design firm.
IdN v18n3 Glitch Issue: Making the Perfect Accidents
In the ever-more-perfect world of computerised design, accidents can be inspirational.
Adobe AIR App Challenge
Adobe and Sony launched the Adobe AIR App Challenge to drive the creation of innovative Android applications for the two models of "Sony Tablet" devices and offer developers a chance to win $200,000 in total cash prizes.
Bauhaus Archive: First Bauhaus App Brings Modernist Art School to Web 2.0
The first official Bauhaus app is now available on the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch.
Trollback + Company Releases Video iphone App +loop
Creative studio Trollback + Company added iphone applications to its list of design services after the launch of their first app called +loop.
State of Design Festival Goes Digital
With the theme Design That Moves, the State of Design Festival has launched a series of digital platforms and activiy to encourage access to the Festival program while on the go.
Tali Krakowsky of Apologue to Speak on Experience Design at Eyeo Festival and PromaxBDA
Tali Krakowsky, founder of experience design studio Apologue, will be speaking at the Eyeo Festival on June 27-28 in Minneapolis, and at the 2011 PromaxBDA Conference on June 30, in NYC.
Blind Takes Home Top Honors in Design at AICP 2011
Multi-disciplinary creative studio Blind nabbed an AICP award in Design for work on the stunning Audi A7 Sportback spot, "Imagination."
ThinkBreatheLive Makes Beyonce's Billboard Performance Come Alive
Big name, big stage, big production - that's the core of an inspired projection performance that ThinkBreatheLive (TBL) just pulled off to create a dazzling backdrop for Beyonce's performance of her latest single "Run the World (Girls)" at the Billboard Music Awards.
Autodesk 123D: Manufacturing Gets Personal
Autodesk 123D is a free Windows-based 3D modeling application for makers combined with content and services.
Crouwelclock: Design Museum App
The Design Museum has launched its first App to celebrate current exhibition Wim Crouwel: A graphic odyssey.
The New Industrial Revolution: Autodesk at Wired Business Conference
Autodesk President and CEO Carl Bass joined Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson for a conversation about "The New Industrial Revolution" on May 3, 2011, at the Wired Business Conference in New York City.
ATTIK Expands Interactive Team with New Additions
The principals of ATTIK announce three new hires for the global creative agency's San Francisco office.
LA Plaza Media Walkway: Dynamic Signage System Shares Stories in Real-Time
Apologue, an experience design studio founded by Tali Krakowsky, created a dynamic signage project based on cloud computing and real-time generative graphics.
London International Awards 2011: Call for Entries
The London International Awards 2011 is now open for entries.
Tronic, GoldRun and ADstruc Create Billboard with Feelings in New York
Partnering with Tronic the billboard sits near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel and reads, "Today I'm Feeling _____." Using a the GoldRun GPS augmented reality app, passerbys or drivers stuck in traffic can see if the billboard is happy or sad or, whether it feels like dancing or cheering on its favorite team.
Crytek Uses New Autodesk Scaleform Features to Create Crysis 2
Crytek used Autodesk Scaleform software in the development of "Crysis 2," a new science fiction first-person shooter video game published by Electronic Arts (EA).
Aniden Interactive Designs a Multi-Touch Interactive Experience for IFC
Marking the first collaboration between IFC and Aniden Interactive, the digital design agency created a user interface for IFC's multi-touch interactive experience inside the network's IFC Crossroads House at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival.
One Show Facebook Masterclass and Creative unConference
The One Club will host the Creative unConference and the premiere event, Masterclass Presents Facebook Studio Live, during Creative Week NYC.
Al Lowe to Open the Festival of Games
Al Lowe is perhaps one of the most well-known game designers in the games industry.
Stardust's Holographic Worlds for Blackberry & BBDO Moscow
Stardust has been tapped by BBDO Moscow to create eye-popping holographic video content for client Blackberry MTS that will be shown on a unique, new mixed-reality "presentation station."
BrandLogic Designs 2010 CFA Institute Annual Report for Mobile, Tablet, Web and Print
BrandLogic designed and implemented the 2010 CFA Institute annual report.
2011 Game Developers eXchange
The Savannah College of Art and Design will host the 2011 Game Developers eXchange, the Southeast's premier game development conference, May 13 in Savannah.
Autodesk 2012 Entertainment Creation Suites
Autodesk announced new releases of the company's digital entertainment creation software and middleware.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Director Keith Arem to Present at GDC 2011
On March 2nd, Keith Arem, Director of the record-breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops game and Creative Director / President of PCB Productions, will be presenting "Getting the Best Out of Your Talent: Achieving Quality Performances in Games" at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011.
Autodesk Time FX App
Autodesk Time FX is a sculptural fluid, dynamic and interactive desktop clock app, available on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Will.i.apps and Metaio Deliver 360 Degrees Augmented Reality App
will.i.am launched BEP360, an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch app that immerses fans in a 360 degree universe of the legendary music group.
European Design Awards 2011
The European Design Awards has launched the call for entries for ED-Awards 2011.
SketchBook O App for iPad
O, The Oprah Magazine has collaborated with Autodesk to release the SketchBook O App for iPad, an innovative painting and drawing app created specifically for O readers.
Pirates Love Daisies: Grant Skinner Taps HTML5 to Launch Next-Generation Game
The next generation of online tower defense games has arrived courtesy of a concept-to-completion effort by legendary Flash innovator Grant Skinner.
Luis Peso: Winner of Autodesk SketchBook Hero Image Contest
Autodesk has announced its SketchBook Hero contest winner, Luis Peso of Spain.
Hacking for Humanity: Random Hacks of Kindness Takes New York
This weekend, Parsons The New School for Design and the United Nations Global Pulse hosted the New York event of Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), a global initiative held in over twenty locations around the world, organized by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and the World Bank.
Green Award for Saatchi & Saatchi and Toyota's Fuel Saving Campaign
Saatchi & Saatchi has been honoured alongside Toyota with a prestigious Green Award for their "Glass of Water" iPhone application campaign.
Art Directors Club Expands Interactive Category for ADC 90th Annual Awards
The Art Directors Club has expanded the Interactive category for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs.
Autodesk Updates AutoCAD WS with Support for Offline Editing
Autodesk announced updates to AutoCAD WS, a free web application that uses cloud computing to enable AutoCAD software users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD designs and DWG files through web browsers and mobile devices.
Autodesk University 2010
Autodesk University 2010 is expected to reach more than 150,000 designers, engineers, architects and digital artists through a series of global in-person and virtual events taking place from November 2010 through February 2011.
Innovation, Craft, and Methodology in Digital Practice
It is safe to say that digital technology is at the core of the range of paradigm shifts occurring rapidly across the discipline.
CCA Launches New Interaction Design Programme
In fall 2011, California College of the Arts (CCA) will launch a groundbreaking undergraduate programme in Interaction Design.
GoldRun Builds First Invisible Pop-Up Store for Airwalk
AR mobile startup GoldRun worked closely with the Branded Content Division at Young & Rubicam to create the world's first Invisible Pop Up Store, selling limited edition Airwalk sneakers available exclusively through the GoldRun app.
Kelly Hoppen's Home Style App
Kelly Hoppen MBE, the world-renowned British interior designer, released her Home Style App for iPhone and iPod touch.
GoldRun: H&M Uses Augmented Reality App to Preview Collection in New York City
AR platform startup GoldRun debuts its augmented reality app today with a virtual fashion show featuring selections from H&M's fall/winter collection - part of the 10-year anniversary celebrations for CondeNast's Style.com.
Aniden Interactive Designs User Interface for Guggenheim's YouTube Play Digital Gallery
YouTube Play exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York celebrated the world's most creative online videos.
Autodesk Beast 2011 Lighting Middleware Now Shipping
Autodesk is now shipping Autodesk Beast 2011 middleware, the first release of the product since the company's acquisition of Illuminate Labs in July 2010.
1stAveMachine and Red Urban Pay Homage to the Car Design Process for Volkswagen
When boutique creative agency Red Urban partnered with production company 1stAveMachine and its Director Vinicius Costa, the team was able to turn what was originally a traditional broadcast campaign into a pioneering stereoscopic 3D production.
Autodesk SketchBook Hero Image Contest
Autodesk announced a contest seeking images created by users of the Autodesk SketchBook digital painting and drawing products.
Fabrica at CAFA Art Museum in Beijing
Two interactive installations by Fabrica will be hosted at CAFA Art Museum in Beijing within the exhibition of the V&A Museum "Decode: Digital Design Sensations".
Seeper Makes US Debut Through Projection Mapping Frank Gehry's Iconic IAC Building
Leading UK Art and Digital collective Seeper, best known for their Architectural Projection Mapping projects - made their US debut by radically transforming the iconic, Frank Gehry designed IAC Building in New York into a real-time 3D work of art during the Vimeo Festival And Awards.
Pure Bentley: One Click for the Full Continental
Bentley's just-launched 2011 Continental GT is proving to be one of the big talking points at this year's Paris Motor Show.
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.
Brandwidth Previews Apple Tablet Apps Ahead of Official Launch
Following months of speculation, the launch of Apple's new Tablet platform is to be complemented by the preview of Brandwidth's portfolio of Tablet Apps.