Graphic Design News
Traffic and Transport Information Design: New Masters Degree Course
FH St. Polten University of Applied Sciences (FHSTP) in Austria will offer a new distance-learning Masters course in Traffic and Transport Information Design.
FontBook iPad App by FontShop
FontBook, released today by FontShop International, functions like a typographical roadmap, lets users share font specimens to social networks and features over 620,000 typeface samples - equivalent to more than 20 printed FontBooks.
Creative Agency Dinosaur Re-brands The Manchester Picnic
Creative agency Dinosaur has created a new identity for this year's Manchester Picnic.
IdN v18n3 Glitch Issue: Making the Perfect Accidents
In the ever-more-perfect world of computerised design, accidents can be inspirational.
Design Envy: AIGA Debuts Blog to Showcase the Best in Design
AIGA and Adobe have launched Design Envy, a daily blog featuring the best in design today as chosen by a different curator each week.
Design in Motion 2011: Call for Entries
Zspace and eskimo are once again hosting Design in Motion, a screening of curated graphic design film, titles and shorts as part of Sydney Design 2011.
Conceive, Create, Deliver: Award-winning Creatives Discuss the Design Process
Sponsored by Adobe, the Art Directors Club presents a unique evening, bringing together the award-winning creatives behind some of today's most exciting projects; showcasing the broad scope of innovators in print and multimedia utilizing the tools of the Creative Suite, they'll explore the process of developing an idea from concept to delivery.
Blurb InDesign Plug-In
Blurb released a new plug-in for Adobe InDesign, the first of its kind offered by a mainstream online bookmaking platform.
Art Directors Club to Host Hall of Femmes Book Series Launch Event
The Art Directors Club celebrates a new book series highlighting the contributions of women in design as part of the Hall of Femmes project with a book launch party on Tuesday, June 28 at the ADC Gallery.
PowerNotes: Slide Presentations Reconsidered
Swinburne Design academic Professor Per Mollerup has produced a guide to help presenters create professional looking slide presentations.
UICA Partners with Peopledesign to Signal Its Transformation
The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) has been a cornerstone of the West Michigan community since 1977. Its presence has contributed to the region by delivering quality, diverse programming in visual arts, literature, music, performance, dance, and film.
SEGD Recognizes 2011 Fellows Selbert and Perkins
Clifford Selbert and Robin Perkins, partners in Los Angeles-based Selbert Perkins Design Collaborative, have been named the 2011 SEGD Fellows, environmental graphic design's highest professional honor.
Chilean Design Students Win 2011 World Industrial Design Day Poster Competition
Icsid announced the winner of the 3rd annual World Industrial Design Day student poster competition.
Maggie Macnab: The Nature of Symbols
Maggie Macnab, in her talk for TEDxABQ, examines how creative problem-solving correlates between human expression and nature's process.
Wallpaper* Readers to Design and Receive Their Own Cover and Create a Personalised Rolex Ad
Readers of Wallpaper* will be able to design and receive their own cover for the August Handmade issue.
AIGA SF Cause/Affect 2011: Call for Entries
Cause/Affect is a biennial, international design competition that celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society.
Conqueror Relaunch Campaign by Reflexgroup Wins European Design Award for Arjowiggins Creative Papers
A campaign for Arjowiggins Creative Papers to relaunch their premium Conqueror brand picked up a prestigious Silver Award at the European Design Awards.
Construct Designs Mulberry Book to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Luxury Fashion Brand
Mulberry, the luxury fashion brand, unveiled a celebratory book to mark its 40th Anniversary year.
OgilvyAction Creates Cheeky Royal Wedding Ad Campaign for Post-it
OgilvyAction, the brand activation arm of the Ogilvy Group, has created a tactical Royal wedding-themed outdoor campaign for 3M's Post-it Super Sticky Notes.
Become Someone Else: Posters for Mint Vinetu Bookstore by Love Agency
Lithuania based Love Agency has created an engaging series of posters for Mint Vinetu Bookstore.
Paul Hughes and Lawrence Zeegen Join Icograda Board
Paul Hughes and Lawrence Zeegen have joined the Icograda Executive Board as co-opted Board Members.
DesignThinkers 2011
12th annual DesignThinkers conference will take place in downtown Toronto this Fall.
Good Design Awards 2011
Good Design Awards 2011 is open for entries for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world.
GDC Successfully Lobbies Federal Government to Update Industry Definition
In July of 2009 the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada submitted a proposal to Statistics Canada recommending that the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) definition of Graphic Design (industry 541430) be updated to include website design.
Continuum: Celebrating Our Past, Present and Future
Continuum will honor the legacies and ongoing contributions of the AIGA SF 2011 Fellows - Linda Hinrichs, Michael Mabry, and Dugald Stermer - and AIGA 2010 Medalist, Jennifer Morla.
April Font Night at the Design Museum
Letterforms are no practical joking matter, but they can be fun. With a first chance to see Wim Crouwel: A graphic odyssey, be inspired to graphically design your way around the Design Museum.
Inspiring, International Speakers Design the Difference at 2011 SEGD Conference
A multidisciplinary, international roster of speakers including Andreas Uebele, Ruedi Baur, David Gibson, Garth Walker, Michel Dallaire, and Sylvia Harris will keynote the 2011 SEGD Conference+Expo+Awards in Montreal June 1-4.
Foster + Partners Small Monographs
Foster + Partners Small Monographs are a highly focussed series of architectural publications designed by Thomas Manss & Company, published by Prestel and going to be distributed worldwide.
Construct Newspaper Wins Three Awards in One
An exclusive newspaper series designed for three luxury hotels by London graphic design boutique Construct was voted overall winner at the Antalis McNaughton Review Design Awards 2010.
Making the Case: Competition to Demonstrate the Value of Design
You know from experience that good design is effective design. But how do you prove it?
CULTURE by Stefan Sagmeister
The BMW Group is celebrating 40 years of cultural commitment and is currently supporting more than 100 projects throughout the world.
Boccalatte Puts National Play Festival Centre Stage
Boccalatte has created the name, identity and marketing campaign for PlayWriting Australia's National Play Festival for 2011.
World Industrial Design Day 2011 Student Poster Competition
To celebrate World Industrial Design Day 2011, design students from Icsid Member Schools are asked to create a poster that illustrates how industrial design improves the lives of individuals and communities around the world.
Winners of the Ideas That Matter Student Competition 2010
Six outstanding marketing campaigns by students from across Europe have won awards from Sappi Fine Paper Europe's programme Ideas that Matter.
Seymourpowell Cook Up Delectable Designs for Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Seymourpowell worked with Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, a new restaurant created by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and the Fat Duck Group.
Wallpaper at The Design Museum's 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards
Wallpaper* has been shortlisted in the Best Interactive Design category for a Design Museum 2011 Brit Insurance Design Award.
Think Studio Designs New Look for Arts World Financial Center
Think Studio has been retained by NYC's Arts>World Financial Center to freshen their brand to promote the free music, dance, theater and exhibitions in the WFC's public spaces.
Wolda 2010: Deadline Extended
Wolda 2010 has extended the deadline for submissions to February 17.
SEGD Celebrates Diversity and Design at 2011 Conference, Expo and Awards in Montreal
SEGD will convene its 2011 Conference + Expo + Awards in diverse and design-centric Montreal, the only North American city designated a UNESCO City of Design.
European Design Awards 2011
The European Design Awards has launched the call for entries for ED-Awards 2011.
PICA 2011 - Beyond: The Un-convention
PICA 2011: BEYOND: the un-convention is a graphic design conference that openly eschews the ordinary and any other euphemism for business as usual.
Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey
The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective.
3M Automates Visual Attention Service to More Quickly Test the Impact of Creative
3M has added automatic face and text detection to its Visual Attention Service, a web-based scanning tool that digitally evaluates the impact of creative and graphic designs.
Access Ability: a Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design
With the support of the Government of Ontario, Canada, the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) released its handbook on accessible graphic design at this year's DesignThinkers.
75 Years of Penguin Books Exhibition
To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Penguin Books, Penguin's long-time creative director Paul Buckley chose 75 book covers that represent the best of what Penguin has produced over the course of the last decade and investigated the design process behind each one.
Dyslexia Design Takes Out Award
Swinburne University communication design student Wade Jeffree has been awarded a Student Distinction for his project "This Is Dyslexia" at the 2010 Australian Graphic Designers Association (AGDA) National Awards.
Oil & Water Do Not Mix: Limited Edition BP-oil Posters
Happiness Brussels has launched a limited edition artwork with the simple but powerful message "Oil & Water Do Not Mix".
One Million: Designed by Think Studio
Think Studio designed the book One Million, by New Yorker editor Hendrik Hertzberg.
Transform Awards 2011
The Transform Awards for rebranding, repositioning and brand transformation is now open for entries from in-house corporate professionals, branding consultants, business strategists, design firms, architects, advertising agencies, non-profit organisations, and government agencies.
Sali Tabacchi Creates Poster Series for Masanori Oji's First International Design Exhibition
Branding and design studio Sali Tabacchi has completed four posters promoting Japanese product and furniture designer Masanori Oji's first international exhibition, hosted by Toronto showroom Mjolk.
Pantone Capsure: Capture Color Inspiration Anywhere
Pantone CAPSURE is a compact, handheld device that lets design professionals, contractors, paint retailers and do-it-yourselfers confidently measure and match color inspiration instantly - from small, patterned, multi-colored textures and textiles to walls and carpeting.
SEGD Names Jessica W. London New CEO
SEGD has named Jessica W. London its new Chief Executive Officer effective October 15, 2010.
2011 SEGD Design Awards Jury Named
An international, multidisciplinary jury has been announced for the 2011 SEGD Design Awards Program.
Mediabistro Creative Pro: Online Education Program for Advertising and Design
Mediabistro launched Mediabistro Creative Pro, a new online training program for advertising and design professionals, co-presented by Mediabistro and Miami Ad School.
ADC Announces 90th Awards Jury Chairs
The Art Directors Club today announced the lineup of industry leaders who will serve as jury chairs for the ADC 90th Annual Awards programs, including a new overarching position of Annual Awards Chair.
BMW Guggenheim Lab
Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, and Frank-Peter Arndt, Member of the Board of Management, BMW, announced a long-term collaboration that will span six years of program activities, engage people in major cities around the globe, and inspire the creation of forward-looking concepts and designs for urban life.
Casa Rex Initiates a New Direction in Illustrative Book Design
Casa Rex has developed the graphics for the book Our Movie, published by Edicoes Jogo de Amarelinha.
Coley Porter Bell Creates New Visual Identity for the Only the Brave Foundation
Coley Porter Bell has created a new visual identity to spearhead the expansion of the Only The Brave Foundation , the not for profit organisation funded and operated by Renzo Rosso, founder of Diesel jeans.
365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 31
AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 31 features design excellence results from creativity, inspiration, skill, experience, intuition and discipline.
Spark Awards 2010: Call for Entries
The Spark Awards are the exciting new competition created to promote great design and designers and encourage people to explore their creativity.
Minding the Gap: SEGD's First-ever International Symposium
Leading environmental graphic design professionals from North America and Europe will meet to share ideas, strategies, and resources during SEGD's first-ever international symposium October 22 in London.
Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference 2010
Design has the power to change the direction of businesses, provide fuel for economies and even change lives.
The Designers Republic Designs Limited Edition 'Love Being' Bottle for Coca Cola
The Designers Republic (tDR), has been invited to be the European representative of Coca Cola's M5 project: a strategic initiative that aims to take the Coke to another level.