Multidisciplinary Design News
2018 Creative Conscience Awards
Creative Conscience is a global movement that aims to improve the communities in which we live and work and in turn help transform the wider world. It promotes socially valuable, human centered design that enables and inspires people to change their lives and the lives of those around them for the better.
Women Design: Pioneers in Architecture, Industrial, Graphic and Digital Design
Women Design, a new title by Libby Sellers, profiles a selection of the most dynamic female designers from the modern era, showcasing their finest work and celebrating their enduring influence.
RESPECT ME: Call for Submissions
Grouphug, the nonprofit NYC-based design collective, has just opened the call for submissions for this year's design show, RESPECT ME, centered around the theme of female empowerment.
A' Design Awards 2018
Submissions are now open for the 2018 A' Design Award. The competition aims recognize the best design projects from around the world.
International Design Excellence Awards 2018
Submissions are now open for the 2018 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Organized by IDSA, IDEA is a benchmark of design and is unweathered by shifting fads or transitory styling.
Where Craft Will Take Us with John C. Jay
The One Club for Creativity has shared a new installment of its 'Where Craft Will Take Us' video series, featuring John C. Jay, President of Global Creative for Uniqlo, describing his vision for what the future holds.
Bene Future of Work Report 2018
Bene has released the 2018 Future of Work Report, a comprehensive overview of what the future of work could look like. The report is based on specialized literature and on the opinion of 40 experts from well-established international companies, startups, science, and consulting firms.
2018 CUP Fellow for Change in Design
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is calling for applications for the 2018 CUP Fellowship for Change in Design, an initiative to support the development of a pipeline of talented individuals from historically under-represented communities into the design fields, and to dismantle the systemic biases that stand in the way of their advancement as leaders in these fields.
2018 Good Design Awards
Celebrating its 60th year, Australia's prestigious Good Design Awards is now open for submissions. The annual Good Design Awards program is one of the oldest and most prestigious international design awards in the world, promoting excellence in design and innovation since 1958.
Flying Poles by Carlo Ratti Associati to Assist Drivers on Highway
Carlo Ratti Associati and highway agency ANAS have unveiled a Smart Highway program that will be implemented on more than 2.500 kilometers of roads and highways.
Call for Applications: MFA Design for Social Innovation
The School of Visual Arts' Design for Social Innovation MFA program is accepting applications from tenacious, talented and creative visionaries who want to become a leader for change.
2018 Core77 Design Awards
Submissions are now open for the 2018 Core77 Design Awards. From traditional to progressive, the competition honors practitioners within 14 areas of design enterprise at both the student and professional level.
Shutterstock Releases 2018 Creative Trends Report
Shutterstock has released its 2018 Creative Trends Report. The major trends identified in this report are determined by analyzing billions of searches within Shutterstock's collection of images by customers.
Salone del Mobile.Milano 2018
The 57th edition of Salone del Mobile.Milano, the prime observatory of the new horizons of design and furnishing, will be held April 17-22, 2018.
Nikon Announces Scholarship for Aspiring Visual Creators
Nikon has launched its first-ever scholarship to support the next generation of visual content creators.
Boston Design Week 2018
The 5th Boston Design Week will take place April 4-15 and will once again be twelve days and city-wide. The overall theme of the 2018 festival is NOW, NEW, NEXT!, with a goal to highlight current, new, or future design in all design arenas.
2018 Fjord Trends Report: Tension Shapes the Future of Human-machine Interactions
Fjord has relased its 2018 Trends Report. Now in its 11th year, the annual report identifies 7 key trends expected to disrupt the way we live and work in the year ahead.
iF Design Talent Award 2018
Entries are now open for the 2018 iF Design Talent Award. Organized by iF, the competition aims to promote smart and innovative concepts in all areas of design.
Where Craft Will Take Us with Natasha Jen
The One Club for Creativity has shared a brief video of renowned designer Natasha Jen, partner at Pentagram, discussing the role of craft and design in everyday life and how technology will advance the art form.
A/D/O to Launch Research Program on Designing for Human Needs
A/D/O has announced "Homo Sapiens, I Hear You," a yearlong series of non-linear, non-conventional, and non-passive seminars in which participants will question and re-think humanity's essential needs -- and consider whether the modern practice of design addresses them. Conceived in collaboration with award-winning director, designer of experiences, and Research Director at A/D/O, Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun, the first seminar will be held on January 12, 2018.
Design Institute of Australia Announces 2017 Fee and Salary Survey
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has launched its latest nationwide Fee and Salary Survey. The survey, which has been held regularly since 1998, is widely regarded as an authoritative industry benchmark and provides a valuable insight into the fees that Australian designers charge and the salaries they receive.
Concepts Releases Version 5 Featuring New Drag and Drop Features
Concepts, the award-winning iOS design application from TopHatch, has released Concepts 5, fully integrating with Apple's iOS 11 for enhanced workflow and performance.
The One Club for Creativity Announces Young Guns 15 Winners
The One Club for Creativity has today announced the winners of the global Young Guns 15, the industry's only international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today's vanguard of young creative professionals age 30 or younger.
D&AD Launches Call for Entries for 56th Annual Awards
D&AD has today launched a call for entries for its 56th annual Awards. The 2018 Awards continue to support D&AD's 56 year long purpose of stimulating, celebrating and enabling creative excellence in design and advertising, in the firm belief that great work always creates better outcomes.
Sydney Design Festival 2018
The 20th Sydney Design Festival takes place March 2-11, 2018 at venues throughout Greater Sydney. Presented by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), the Festival celebrates excellence in design and creative practice with over 100 programs, exhibitions, installations, talks, workshops and tours.
HOW Design Live 2018 Boston: Where Creatives Converge, Connect
The 2018 HOW Design Live take place April 30 - May 3 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. The event will connect nearly 4,000 professionals from every U.S. state and from dozens of countries around the world.
FITC Amsterdam 2018
The 2018 FITC Amsterdam will be held February 19-20 at the Pakhuis De Zwijger. Now in its 11th year, FITC features the world's most innovative, technical and creative talks that will inspire you to pursue your dreams and create your very best work.
D&AD Launches 17 New Creative Briefs for New Blood Awards 2018
D&AD has launched 17 new creative briefs for the 2018 New Blood Awards. Open to young people aged between 18 and 24, and to students and recent graduates of any age, the New Blood Awards briefs are a great way for emerging new talent to experience the reality of the creative industry. This year, briefs have been set by the likes of adidas, BBC, JCDecaux, John Lewis, giffgaff, Hasbro and Microsoft.
Lille Metropole Named World Design Capital 2020
The World Design Organization (WDO) has named Lille, France as the 2020 World Design Capital. The city won the title for the effective use of design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental development.
Past Meets Present at Brand Union
The past is ever-present in our lives and provides a counterpoint to current cultural norms. Though there are indicators of when and how an aesthetic movement might resurface, the internet is fueling real-time dissemination of information, ideas and design and has accelerated trend cycles. As a result, we're seeing retro resurgences rise rapidly alongside the streamlining of our digital, cloud-based lives.
Unfinish Limited Edition
Baron Fig recently launched the Unfinish Limited Edition, a limited-edition version of its Confidant notebook designed in collaboration with Khoi Vinh, Principal Designer at Adobe.
DesignPhiladelphia 2017
DesignPhiladelphia, the Center / Architecture + Design's signature public festival, will return for its 13th year with over 130 events from October 5th to 14th. DesignPhiladelphia highlights the work of thousands of local designers, architects, and creative professionals to demonstrate Philadelphia's reemergence as a 21st century city shaped by thoughtful design, collaborative business practices, and community engagement.
Nissan Juke SOAK
Droog Design has partnered with Nissan to create an innovative one-off car. The vehicle, designed to promote the importance of hydration amongst drivers, indicates the hydration levels of drivers thanks to a unique dehydration warning system, created by designer Paulien Routs.
SOLO NYC: New York's Growing Class of Independent Creatives
AND CO recently teamed up with award-winning creative Daniel Soares for short-film project to explore the freedom and entrepreneurialism that is frequently overlooked in the context of the so-called gig economy.
2017 Northern Design Festival: Material Matters
Ranging from internationally renowned designers to some of the UK's hottest emerging makers, this year's Northern Design Festival has nine exhibitions featuring work by more than 50 designers, plus a programme of special events, tours and talks from some of the world's leading creatives.
LA STORIES: Design + The City of Angels
Pacific Design Center's 'October 5 Fall Market' profiles L.A.'s ascendance to the world stage with a day-full of events exploring LA STORIES: Design + The City of Angels. The open-to-the-public day plumbs the region's surge in global talent innovating new ideas and concepts that are revolutionizing the city's design, architecture, arts, fashion and culinary spheres of influence.
DesignInspire 2017
DesignInspire is an international creative exhibition that gathers global innovative elites, trend-setting design brands, associations and institutes to showcase their creativity via an array of interactive installations, design masterpieces and award-winning projects.
RSA Student Design Awards 2017/18
The Royal Society of Arts has announced the briefs for the 2017/18 RSA Student Design Awards. The leading global design competition provides students and new graduates with an invaluable network and platform to develop their careers.
DesignMatters: Decorum Media Launches International Campaign
Decorum Media has launched an international campaign, in which design industry's heavyweights discuss the importance of design in our lives - from interior and product design, through services design to virtual design.
Pantone Unveils Prince Purple
The Pantone Color Institute and the Prince Estate have today unveiled Love Symbol #2, a custom purple shade developed to pay tribute to Prince's indelible mark on music, art, fashion and culture.
2018 Lexus Design Award Open for Entries
Lexus International is calling for entries for the 2018 Lexus Design Award. Launched in 2013, the award program offers an international platform to identify and recognize the next generation of global creators and designers.
Concepts Releases New Update Focused on Apple Pencil
Concepts, a digital design sketchbook app for iPad Pro, released a new update that focuses on the Apple Pencil, further blurring the lines between art and technology.
Plywood: Material of the Modern World
On view at the V&A through November 12, Plywood: Material of the Modern World explores the near-ubiquitous material's global impact and history from the 1850s to the present day.
Designers Fiesta 2017
The eight Designers Fiesta will be held September 15 at the Hackney Picturehouse, London. Designers Fiesta features key speakers and international instructors from print, web, video and new media work-flows.
Public Square by FXFOWLE & Sam Schwartz Engineering Wins the Driverless Future Challenge
Blank Space has announced that Public Square by FXFOWLE with Sam Schwartz Engineering has been named the winner in the Driverless Future Challenge.
New Aesthetic Filters Let Designers Search Adobe Stock Images Using Attributes
Adobe recently added a new feature to Adobe Stock that lets designers search images using attributes.
Garden of the Four Seasons by Carlo Ratti Associati
Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled 'Garden of the Four Seasons,' a covered garden in Milan where spring, summer, autumn, and winter coexist at any moment of the year, thanks to an innovative, zero-net-energy climate control system.
WDO Announces World Design Capital 2020 Shortlist
The World Design Organization (WDO) has announced that Lille, France and Sydney, Australia have made the shortlist to become World Design Capital 2020, for their effective use of design to drive economic, social, cultural, and environmental development in their cities.
Wacom to Expand Cintiq Pro Line with Large Models
Beginning 2018, Wacom will expand the Cintiq Pro lineup with two large creative pen displays.
Sound and Matter in Design Exhibition at Design Museum Holon
On view at the Design Museum Holon through October 28, Sound and Matter in Design explores the multidimensional relationship between sound and design.
MoMA Design Store Opens Its Second Standalone Japanese Outpost in Kyoto
The MoMA Design Store opened its second standalone store in Kyoto, designed by Lumsden.
Finalists Announced for Driverless Future Challenge
Blank Space has revealed the four finalists for the Driverless Future Challenge, which invited teams from around the world to help New York City plan for autonomous transportation.
2017 Taipei International Design Award
The 2017 Taipei International Design Award is now open for submissions. Organized by Taipei City Government, the competition invites designers around the globe to create design works with commercial potential.
Design Exchange Emerging Designer Competition
The Design Exchange is calling for submissions for the third edition of the Emerging Designer Competition.
Vienna Design Week 2017
The 11th edition of the Vienna Design Week will take place September 29 - October 8, featuring more than 100 events all over the city.
The Design Museum Acquires Rainbow Flag and Space Cup
The Design Museum has acquired the rainbow flag, David Bowie's Blackstar album, a coffee cup for astronauts and Oculus Rift's virtual reality headset for its permanent collection.
Adobe MAX 2017
The 2017 Adobe MAX Conference will be held October 18-20, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual event offers a unique opportunity to gain ideas and inspiration from leading photographers and Adobe experts who will share their tips, techniques, and workflows in valuable sessions and hands-on labs.
2017 Creative Time Summit: Of Homelands and Revolution
Featuring over 50 international and local participants, Creative Time Summit: Of Homelands and Revolution, co-produced with The Power Plant, will take place in Toronto, Canada from September 28-30.
Designing the Future: Design Council Calls for Design to Be Front and Centre of Jobs, Skills and Services
On Monday morning, the in-tray for a returning or incoming government will be full. Brexit, security, health, social care, education, housing, economic growth and living standards - difficult and complex problems that require often immediate responses.
Future Food Design Awards 2017
The 2017 Future Food Design Awards is now open for submissions. The award is the foremost international prize intended to encourage and highlight innovative and disruptive designs for sustainable future food.
Food Revolution 5.0
Food Revolution 5.0, on view at the MK&G Hamburg through October 29, sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century: What will we eat in the future?
Young Guns 15: Call for Entries
Young Guns 15, the global competition that shines a spotlight on creative superstars 30 years of age and under, is now open for submissions. Once again, Young Guns is calling out to all creatives with at least two years of stellar professional work to enter.
Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius
Breathing Colour by Hella Jongerius, on view at the Design Museum from June 28 to September 24, is an installation-based exhibition that takes a deeper look at how colour behaves.
Wacom Announces Bamboo Ink and Bamboo Sketch
Wacom has today announced two new smart styluses to help creatives capture ideas. Bamboo Ink is a smart stylus developed with Microsoft for the Windows Ink Workspace that works across most Windows 10 platforms.
Winners of 2017 RSA Student Design Awards
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has announced the winners of this year's RSA Student Design Awards - which challenges emerging designers at university level to tackle real-world social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking and skills.
Adobe Scan: Turn Paper into Intelligent Digital Documents
Adobe has today unveiled Adobe Scan, a new free mobile app that turns your phone or tablet into a powerful, intelligent scanning and text recognition tool.
Winners of 2017 iF Design Talent Award Announced
iF International Forum Design has announced the winners of the 2017 iF Design Talent Award. The competition is aimed to promote smart and innovative concepts in all areas of design.
School of Visual Arts' Makers Market
The School of Visual Arts' Makers Market will be returning to the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street, on Saturday, June 10, from 11:00am to 6:00pm.
San Francisco Design Week 2017: Question Everything
San Francisco Design Week, celebrating its 10th edition, is one of the world's most innovative design destinations, a vibrant week-long think tank spotlighting San Francisco's design community with over 200 events from 60 plus partners.
2017 WIRED Business Conference
The 2017 WIRED Business Conference, the exclusive one-day event that showcases the most forward-looking technologists, innovators, and business executives shaping the future, returns to New York City on June 7 at Spring Studios in Tribeca.
Autodesk SketchBook 4.0 for iOS Arrives in the App Store
Autodesk has today released a new update for its digital painting and drawing app on the App Store.
ALED Privacy-Plus Technology Wins Architizer A+Award
The ALED Privacy-Plus by LightGlass recently won the Architizer A+Award in the "Building Products - Glazing Systems & Products" category.
Service Design Award 2017
The 2017 Service Design Award is now open for submissions. The Award, organized by the Service Design Network, is the premier international award for service design. It recognises work of an exceptional standard in the field of service design by both students and professionals.
Cooper Hewitt Announces 2017 National Design Award Winners
Cooper Hewitt has announced the winners of the 18th National Design Awards. The accolade recognizes design excellence & innovation in 11 categories, and aims to promote design as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world.
Solar Egg: A Public Sauna Art Installation by Bigert & Bergström
Solar Egg is an oval sauna created by the internationally renowned artists Mats Bigert and Lars Bergström. It draws inspiration from Kiruna's Arctic climate, where light conditions change with the seasons from 24-hour winter darkness to round-the-clock midsummer sun.
Hotchpotch: Lexicon of (un)Useful Creative Knowledge
Hotchpotch is a book about little-known (un)useful facts from the creative field. Structured as a dictionary, it includes meaningful information, idle gossip and anecdotes from A to Z.
8th International Plastics Sustainability Conference in Anaheim
Plasticity Forum will host its 8th International Plastics Sustainability Conference on May 9th in Anaheim.
iF Social Impact Prize 2017
iF is inviting companies, design studios, NGOs, foundations, public institutions and other organizations from all over the world to take part in its 2017 Social Impact Prize.
The Emancipation of Everything: IIDA NY Lecture to Analyze Impact of Societal Trends on Design
On Monday, May 8th, the New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY) will host Pioneering Design: The Emancipation of Everything, a lecture that will analyze the consumer attitudes, lifestyles, and economic trends of 2017 impacting design.
2017 Innovation By Design Awards
The 2017 Innovation By Design Awards is open for submissions through May 4, 2017. The competition aims to honor the designers and businesses solving the problems of today and tomorrow.
Design Council and Manchester Met University to Develop UK's Design Action Plan
Design Council has partnered with Manchester Met University on a new 'Design Action Plan' for the UK. The project will pull together evidence of design's value to the nation as well as spell out the steps to putting it into practice.
2017 Adobe 99U Conference
The 2017 Adobe 99U Conference, a unique three-day experience dedicated to helping you build an incredible creative career, will be held June 7-9 at Lincoln Center in NYC. The 99U Conference is a one-of-a-kind live experience that inspires creative professionals to bring their ideas to life and shape the future of the industry.
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Public Coin Design Competition
The United States Mint has announced a competition to design the obverse side of the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program. The four curved coins, will be minted in 2019 in recognition of the first manned lunar landing almost 50 years ago.
Data Moiré by SDA/IBM Watson
Synthesis Design + Architecture recently completed Data Moiré, a data-driven feature wall for the IBM Watson Experience Center in San Francisco that leverages the cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson to inform a parametric modeling and digital fabrication design process.
Morpholio Launches Ava: Design Your Entire Home on Your iPad
Morpholio has added a brand new feature to its Board Pro App. Short for Automated Visual Assembly, Ava was invented to package images and information more intelligently - optimizing beauty, clarity, and ease - and allowing designers to navigate seamlessly from process to presentation.
Motor Dreams Crib by Espadaysantacruz Studio
Espadaysantacruz has created a baby crib concept for Ford Motor Company that mimics the sound, gentle motion, and illumination that so often puts a baby to sleep while riding in a car.
American Society of Interior Designers Launches Ones to Watch Program
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has announced the inaugural launch of its Ones to Watch program, an initiative that seeks to ensure that diversity is reflected at all levels of the design industry.
CIN Releases 2017 Color Trends Catalogue
CIN has released its 2017 Color Trends Catalogue, 'Color Revelation.' The catalogue brings together a total of 40 colors chosen to reveal the beauty of the house and its walls.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2017
Entries are now open for the 2017 Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The competition offers designers, companies and universities from all over the world the opportunity to enter their product visions and put their whole creative potential to the test.
Communication Arts' 58th Design & Advertising Competitions: Call for Entries
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 58th annual Design and Advertising Competitions.
Extreme Tech Challenge 2018
The 2018 Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) is now open for applications. The Challenge brings together targeted resources and world-class advisors to help high-energy, wicked-smart entrepreneurs that are executing on big ideas.
Coroflot Sketch Jam
Coroflot will host its first ever Sketch Jam on April 26th from 6-9PM at the Hand-Eye Supply's Glisan Garage in Downtown Portland, Oregon.
Adobe Releases Updates to Project Felix and Adobe XD
Adobe has today released updates to two of its designer-focused tools: Project Felix and Adobe XD.
Visual Thinking: Empowering People & Organizations through Visual Collaboration
These days, companies are embracing new models such as the Agile Scrum, lean start-up and design thinking as a way of keeping pace with their ever-changing business environments.
The Data Journalism Awards 2017
The Data Journalism Awards are the first international awards recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism worldwide.
The Rookies 2017
Submissions are now open for the 2017 The Rookies, an annual event which showcases and discovers the best new talent graduating from courses in creative fields.
CUP Fellowship for Change in Design
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) has announced the CUP Fellowship for Change in Design, a new initiative to support the development of a pipeline of talented individuals from historically under-represented communities into the design fields, and to dismantle the systemic biases that stand in the way of their advancement as leaders in these fields.
KC Design Week 2017
The 8th KC Design Week, one of the Midwest’s largest gatherings of design professionals, will take place April 6-13, 2017.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2017
The eight edition of Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will be held May 23-25. As the annual focus for London's leading design district, the festival has been modelled to reflect the unique nature of this vibrant and creative London hub.
Adobe Launches Make It Now Series: 60-Second Design Tutorials
Adobe has launched a new video series, "Make It Now," offering tutorials to help with projects that require a quick turn.