Industrial Design News
Fleet of the Future: BMW Group DesignworksUSA to Create New Generation of Train Cars for BART
DesignworksUSA started an ambitious urban transit project in collaboration with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the Bay Area's regional transit provider.
McLaren Mobile Configurator Case: McLaren Supercar Dealers Are Mobilised by Hyphen Design
Hyphen Design was drafted in by the global brand agency Fitch London to help them design and realise mobile customer configurator kits for the new McLaren MP4-12C supercar.
Autodesk Design Award Showcases Use of 3D Software for Futuristic Automotive Design
Autodesk announced the winner of the Autodesk Design Award in Ferrari's international student design competition, the Ferrari World Design Contest.
Frame Magazine Issue 81
The latest issue of Frame Magazine is now on the bookshelves. Frame poses the question "Who's afraid of colour?" and proceeds to take us through a slew of top projects that clearly aren't.
Electrolux Design Lab 2011 Finalists
The ninth edition of the annual Electrolux Design Lab challenged industrial design students to consider Intelligent Mobility within home appliances.
Phil Gray's Presentation at MIT Media Lab
BDI board member and Quadro Design director Phil Gray recently travelled to the USA to give a presentation to an elite audience of medical sector technologists and healthcare specialists at the prestigious MIT Media Lab, Boston.
Beyond Design Wins Green Good Design Award for Aero PakMat
Beyond Design recently won a Green Good Design Award for their design of the Aero PakMat.
Alessi Wins Two Green Good Design Awards
Alessi received two Green Good Design Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, for the "Seed safe" designed by Marti Guixe, and the "Blow up - Bamboo collection" designed by the Campana Brothers.
Sustainable Lessons From Around the World
Paula Rache and Aart van Bezooyen are two designers traveling around the world in search for sustainable solutions in materials and design.
David Maddison: University Technology Transfer Needs Design Thinkers
David Maddison, managing director of West Sussex-based design and development company Maddison, has made a powerful appeal for universities involved in technology transfer to team up with private sector Industrial Designers.
2011 Andreu World International Design Contest
Andreu World has opened the registration period for its 2011 International Design Competition.
Materialica Design + Technology Award 2011
The 9th Materialica Design + Technology Award is open for entries.
Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2011
Life-enhancing innovations to help people with visual impairments to navigate the internet, wheelchair users to negotiate the urban environment, autistic children to communicate and diabetics to manage their condition, were among the award-winning projects created by graduating Masters students at the Royal College of Art in the Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2011.
Edition29 The Rides: The Concept Issue
Edition29 The Rides is a cinematic presentation of the motoring life. The issue is filled with a panorama of visuals and accompanying audio of technically advanced visually stunning concept cars.
Continuum Honored with Seven International Design Excellence Awards
Continuum has received seven International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA).
GE Healthcare Wins Design Excellence Awards for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
GE Healthcare received several Silver Awards from the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
Vax ev: World's First Cardboard Vacuum Cleaner
Vax is championing young British design talent by producing the world's first cardboard vacuum cleaner, designed by Loughborough University student, Jake Tyler.
Bench Rack: Multi-use Bike Rack Design of Dupont Corian
The Savannah College of Art and Design's furniture design department has teamed up with C.H. Briggs to create product designs that explore the unique material qualities of Corian.
Renault Frendzy: A Vehicle for Work and Family
Ahead of the 64th Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault unveiled its latest concept car, Frendzy.
Pininfarina Designs the Rising Stars Trophy for Automotive News Europe
Pininfarina designed the trophy delivered to the twenty-eight winners of the 2011 Rising Stars, the new annual award presented by Automotive News Europe that honours mid- and upper-level managers who are likely to become CEOs or executive board members in the future.
Karten Design Honored with Two IDEA Awards
Karten Design received two International Design Excellence Awards for using research and design to improve the customer experience around hearing aids and dental tools.
Adam Phillips: Former Lego Designer Wins Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards
A former toy designer has scooped top honours at this year's Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards at the Royal College of Art, for his new concept on the modern family car that uses iPad-style technology.
Auti: Toy Teaches Autistic Children Positive Play
Auti is a responsive, mechanised toy designed especially for autistic children six months and up has been created to teach positive play behaviours.
Landscape Forms Introduces Windmark by Margaret McCurry
Landscape Forms unveiled Windmark, a striking chair and table collection designed by award-winning architect Margaret McCurry.
Icsid World Design Impact Prize Gallery
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) has launched the online gallery for the inaugural World Design Impact Prize.
BMW Motorrad Concept Vehicle BMW E-Scooter
Space is becoming increasingly scarce in the major conurbation centres and traffic density is growing continuously. Political and social conditions are changing.
Gilbert Rohde: US Postal Service Honors Former Herman Miller Design Director with Forever Stamp
The U.S Postal Service dedicated a stamp to Gilbert Rohde today as part of their new Pioneers of American Industrial Design series.
Winners of the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the winners of the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) program.
PleuraFlow Captures 2011 R&D 100 Awards
The PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System has been recognized as a one of the winners of the 49th Annual R&D 100 Awards, which salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.
Don Lehman: Design a Career
As a part of the Summer Springboard, a webinar series for young professionals about the trials and tribulations of early professional practice, Don Lehman will speak about his experiences since graduation, how those experiences helped him to understand and focus on what were his design strengths are, and how he thinks Gen Y designers will grow and change industrial design.
The MINI Coupe at a Glance
MINI gives the small car segment another fascinating injection of variety with the presentation of the first two-seater in the brand's current model range.
Nike Vapor Strobe Eyewear Retail Packaging by James Owen Design
James Owen Design and Nike teamed up to create fresh new packaging and eyewear cases for the Nike Vapor Strobe Eyewear.
5th HI-MACS Design Contest Finalists
This year's HI-MACS Design Contest focused on Urban Furniture, and received over 500 projects in the two categories - Professional and Student - from the most mind-boggling to fabulous avant-garde ideas.
Espresso Coffee Machine Y1 for Illy
The preparation of good coffee was a well-guarded secret for a long time: Although the first coffee houses opened their doors back in the year 1511 in Mecca, it was not until the twentieth century that drinking coffee turned into a daily pleasure for many people.
IDSA 2011 International Conference: Community - You, Me, We
Why is community important in design? It's because today users play a bigger role in design by helping to define the process of creating products and services.
2011 Australian International Design Awards Presentation Ceremony
Winners in the 2011 Australian International Design Awards will be announced at the Awards Presentation Ceremony to be held on July 22, 2011 at Peninsula in Docklands, Melbourne.
IDSA Patrons of Industrial Design Excellence Program
In the past the Patrons Program has supported IDSA's communications program, helping to improve the quality of its media, publications and student outreach.
The London 2012 Olympic Torch Design
The East London-based design studio BarberOsgerby was chosen for the historic task through a competitive tender run by LOCOG and the Design Council.
INDEX: Award 2011 Finalists
The non-profit organization INDEX: unveiled 61 finalists for its INDEX: Award 2011.
Summer Springboard: IDSA Online Webinar Series
IDSA is launching a webinar series for young professionals about the trials and tribulations of early professional practice.
The MINI Coupe
MINI is expanding its product family with the launch of a model geared squarely to maximising driving fun.
Karten Design Takes on Wireless Health
Karten Design has been studying the emergence of "Wireless Health," and they have composed an infographic that gives a high-level overview of the opportunities and challenges involved in the wireless health space.
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.
Cambridge Consultants: Patients Want More User-friendly Medical Devices
Cambridge Consultants released the findings of a study which examines how device usability impacts patient acceptance, dosage compliance and ultimately health outcomes.
Duravit Brings High-design Solutions to the Semi-public Bath
ICFF 2011 marked Duravit's official entry into a new category - Semi-Public Baths. Duravit launched a full range of smart new collections that set the highest commercial standards for efficiency, economy and design.
Gus Desbarats: Industrial Design Teaching and Practice Fall Short of Business Expectations
BDI chairman Gus Desbarats believes that business expectations of Industrial Design being a broadly-based strategic offer rather than a narrowly-defined "product design" service are ill-matched by the way Industrial Design is taught and practised in the UK.
Heath House Numbers
Heath Ceramics and House Industries are launching Heath House Numbers, three-dimensional clay tiles celebrating the legendary Neutra and Eames fonts.
Carbon Opens New Studio
As Carbon Design Group rolls into their 18th year of doing business, the world-recognized product development consultancy has moved into their new, 11,000 square foot studio in the heart of Seattle's University District.
Ammunition Teams With Barnes & Noble On All-New NOOK
The successful partnership between San Francisco-based design firm Ammunition and Barnes & Noble broke new ground today with the announcement of the All-New NOOK, the ground up redesign of the company's successful Nook digital reader.
Winners of the Fujitsu Design Award 2011
Fujitsu announced the selection of winners for the Fujitsu Design Award 2011: A Life with Future Computing.
BMW 328 Hommage
The BMW 328 is considered the most successful and best-looking sports car of the 1930s.
Project Torpedalo: Pedal-Powered Boat Comes to Life with Autodesk Software
The Project Torpedalo team used Autodesk Digital Prototyping software, including Autodesk Alias Design, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Showcase, to design, visualize and simulate the carbon fiber boat that will compete in the Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race 2011.
EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style Helicopter
Eurocopter unveiled EC145 "Mercedes-Benz Style" helicopter at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition 2011.
International Design Excellence Awards Winners to be Announced on June 30
For 31 years, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts and solidified its position as the preeminent international design competition.
KOR Water Aura
KOR Water and RKS Design unveiled their latest sustainable hydration solution, Aura, which combines the design attributes that have made the brand beloved by consumers with the company's most economical offering to date.
Winners of the 2011 ICFF Editors Awards
The much-anticipated 2011 ICFF Editors Awards were bestowed in 16 categories.
Using Meaningful Consumer Insights to Drive Technical Innovation
Cambridge Consultants and Philips Home Monitoring will give a joint presentation on the innovation process that produced the Philips Lifeline with AutoAlert, an enhanced medical alert device and service.
Antares: Photovoltaic Charging Station Designed by Pininfarina for Metalco
Pininfarina introduced Antares, a photovoltaic charging station for Metalco, during the MoTechEco of Rome, the Sustainable Mobility Show hosted on the premises of Rome's Environment Department.
A 360 Degrees Overview with Psion and Unilever
The fourth of the Creative Barcode's 360 Degrees event will feature John Conoley, CEO, Psion and Dr. Jonathan Hague, VP Open Innovation, Unilever Research and Development.
Moon Life United Nude Flat Pack Shoe
Spanish performance-artist Alicia Framis initiated the "Moon Life" project which is about space travel and the speculation of future living in space.
Nissan NV200 Selected as New York City's Taxi of Tomorrow
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission selected Nissan to design and supply the next-generation "Taxi of Tomorrow."
IDSANYC, IDEO and Objeto Brasil to Host Events at ICFF
The Industrial Designers Society of America's New York City Chapter (IDSANYC) and IDSA's Furniture Section will exhibit for the sixth year at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).
The Acura x Thor S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Desk by Dror
Acura and Studio Dror have collaborated to design a limited-edition desk inspired by the luxury automaker's role in "Thor," the new Marvel film starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins.
Design for All Helps BT to Number One Phone in UK
When BT set out to relaunch its successful range of Freestyle handsets they wanted to continue to create a phone that would appeal to a large market, and be usable by those with physical impairments.
The MINI on Two Wheels: Car Boot-compatible Folding Bike for Urban Mobility
MINI presents the eco-friendly solution to the parking space problem in city centres.
BMW Group DesignworksUSA Opens New Studio in Shanghai
To further take advantage of its understanding of Asia's growing influence on design, BMW Group DesignworksUSA, the California-based strategic design consultancy with studios in Los Angeles, Munich, and Singapore, will open a new studio in Shanghai in the second half of 2011.
SensoWash Starck: High-Tech Shower Toilet by Duravit
SensoWash Starck is the latest ground-breaking innovation from Duravit and Philippe Starck.
Australian International Design Awards Records Highest Number of Entries
Good Design Australia has received a record number of submissions to the Australian International Design Awards with a staggering 232 innovative products entering the 2011 program.
Fashion First with Bentley
Student designers from London's Royal College of Art (RCA) have created a cutting-edge series of inspirational designs for women in a unique project with Bentley.
New Designs by Pininfarina at Milan Furniture Show 2011
Pininfarina is launching three interior design projects at the Milan Furniture Show 2011.
MINI Inspired by Goodwood
MINI Inspired by Goodwood, characterised by top-grade materials, the highest level of workmanship and stylish supremacy, will be making its world debut at the Auto Shanghai 2011.
BT Home Hub 3: Designed by TheAlloy
The new BT Home Hub, designed by TheAlloy, delivers an iconic new design for BT's flagship broadband router with more functionality in a reduced size - saving cost and carbon footprint.
OpenGreen: Centre for Sustainable Design Offers SMEs Free Brainstorming Session
OpenGreen is a one day open innovation workshop aimed at identifying new income generating opportunities for more sustainable products, services and product-services.
MDEA Winner Pleuraflow Poised to Make a Difference
PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System, developed by Clear Catheter Systems, Carbon Design Group, and Xeridiem Medical Devices, has been awarded a 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award.
MCM and Parsons Partner to Develop Wearable Technologies
Luxury accessories brand MCM and Parsons The New School for Design have announced an innovative partnership that will explore new frontiers in fashion and technology.
Garmont Masterlite Receives Red Dot Award for Product Design
The Garmont Masterlite has been honored with a 2011 Red Dot Design Award for product design.
Piana by David Chipperfield for Alessi
During the forthcoming Salone del Mobile, Alessi will be presenting in Via Manzoni, the heart of Milan, a new project by David Chipperfield.
James Dyson Award 2011
The 2011 international James Dyson Award is now open for entries - challenging young engineers and designers to develop problem solving inventions.
Evoko Room Management Solution Wins iF Product Design Award
Evoko Unlimited received iF Product Design Award for its Evoko room management solution.
Products of Design: Summer Program in France, 2011
Products of Design workshop is an immersive, multi-disciplinary experience exploring the rapidly changing field of product design.
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.
Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award: Design for the Real World Redux
The Museum of Arts and Design in New York City in partnership with the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Austrian Cultural Forum New York announced: Design for the Real World Redux, an international design competition, and the launch of the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award.
Herman Miller's Flo Monitor Arm Receives Red Dot Award for Product Design
The Flo Monitor Arm from Herman Miller has been chosen to receive a 2010 "Red Dot" award for product design.
Hinge for iPad 1+2
Designed by William Tang and Peter Lee, Hinge securely hugs the edges of the iPad and adjusts to any angle you want-from a comfortable typing position on your lap, to any upright position for watching movies or a FaceTime conversation.
Kodak Easyshare Sport C123 Digital Camera: The Digital Age Brownie
Deftly balancing marketing, engineering and design objectives, Bluemap Design has delivered an attractive form with positive handling ergonomics to render a fun yet serious "world camera." Embracing broad, potentially conflicting objectives, Bluemap Design's solution is appealing to all demographics and is just right for any use, anywhere.
IKEA Sustainability Report 2010
IKEA has released its 2010 Sustainability Report, which recaps and highlights its sustainable progress, accomplishments and new opportunities in the areas of social and environmental responsibility.
Philips Wins Red Dot Design Award for Jump LED Luminaire
Philips has received Red Dot for its Jump luminaire from Philips Ledalite.
The Kaj Franck Centenary Year Provides a Broad Perspective on the Designer's Oeuvre
2011 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the designer Kaj Franck (1911-1989).
The Business of Design: 2011 IDSA Southern Conference
The theme of the 2011 IDSA Southern Conference is the Business of Design - Starting, Sustaining, Evolving.
2011 IDSA Northeast Conference
Why do we need new designs? Is it simply to create another version of last year's gizmo? Ideally, the goal is to improve the world we live in.
Fruit Bowl by Thomas Feichtner
Fascinated by the history of Viennese Silver, Thomas Feichtner created a fruit bowl for the renowned Wiener Silber Manufactur.
Orbital by Pininfarina: Extendable Table Made of Transparent Glass
Avant-garde design and technology meet in the extendable table Orbital designed by Pininfarina in collaboration with Calligaris, who developed the ingenious opening mechanism.
The Intermarine 55 Luxury Yacht by BMW Group DesignworksUSA
BMW Group DesignworksUSA has collaborated with Intermarine, Brazil's leading shipyard for luxury yachts, to create the elegant, powerful and refined Intermarine 55.
L220G Volvo Wheel Loader Wins Red Dot Award
The L220G wheel loader from Volvo Construction Equipment was selected to be the recipient of the Red Dot Award in the vehicle category. The L220G wheel loader is part of Volvo's new G-series range.
Luminaire Adds Alternative to Their Collection
Luminaire announced it's new collection Alternative by Spanish designer Joan Lao.
Horn: New HI-MACS Art Piece for iPhone - iPod
Horn is the new HI-MACS hand-made art piece, designed by the renowned Korean architect Shi-hyung Jeon - from Jeon Associates - in collaboration with the HI-MACS team at LG Hausys.
London Associates Wins Red Dot Design Award 2011 with Purelab Flex
London Associates has won a prestigious international Red Dot Product Design Award 2011 for its work on the PURELAB flex, the high-end water purification product designed for client ELGA Labwater.
V2 Studios Scoop 2011 Red Dot Award for Unified Remote Control
London based product design consultancy V2 Studios has been awarded a coveted Red Dot award in this year's product design category for their design for Virgin Media's Unified Remote Control.
Garia Awarded Red Dot Design Award 2011
The Garia Luxury and Leisure Vehicle has been awarded an "Honourable Mention" in the Red Dot Design Award 2011.
New Solutions to Residential Bicycle Theft Unveiled
The Residential Bike Theft Challenge was aimed to address the prolific theft of bicycles (two thirds of all stolen bicycles) from in or around people's homes.