Multidisciplinary Design News
2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
The 2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) is now open for entries. Each year the ADAA competition aims to launch the next generation of student careers.
Singapore Design Week 2016
Organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), SDW 2016 will bring together a collection of local and international design trade shows, conferences, exhibitions and workshops at the National Design Centre (NDC) and other locations around the island.
Sketchfab Goes VR
Sketchfab, the leading platform to publish and find 3D content, has announced the release of a VR Button in its 3D player.
One Show 2016
The 2016 One Show, one of the most prestigious awards competitions in advertising and design, is now open for entries.
New Material Award 2016
The 2016 New Material Award is now open for submissions. The competition seeks entries that offer innovative solutions to the issues of today and the challenges of tomorrow.
Ultimaker Launches Two New 3D Printers
Ultimaker has launched two new 3D printers today at CES Las Vegas 2016. The new Ultimaker 2+ and Ultimaker 2 Extended+ are the successors of the current Ultimaker 2 and Ultimaker 2 Extended and are available for purchase immediately.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016
The seventh edition of Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) will be held May 24-26, 2016. The event promises to be the best and most ambitious yet, as new locations, brands and installations join this vibrant festival in one of London's most idiosyncratic and creative quarters.
Write Nothing in Here: The First Notebook About Nothing.
Creative and copywriter Seema Sharma challenges you to get more ideas out of your day. With Write Nothing In Here she wants to engage and inspire people to come up with concepts without any brief; indeed, with the help of nothing.
WantedDesign 2016
The WantedDesign will return for its sixth edition in Manhattan, May 13th through 16th of 2016. The event, which brings together more than 120 exhibitors of top creative design, will once again take over the Terminal Stores building in the West Chelsea neighborhood with a global selection of established and up-and-coming designers, including independent designers part of the Launch Pad.
Open Call: 2016 Future of Money Design Award
The 2016 Future of Money Design Award is now open for submissions. The competition, which has been running since 2009, was created to develop links between the financial industry and creative practitioners from around the world.
Tinker Imagineers Named Overall Winner of SBID International Design Awards 2015
The Society of British and International Design declared Tinker imagineers the overall winner of the SBID International Design Excellence Awards 2015 on account of its experience design for the Juliana Children's Hospital.
DMI Design Management Conference 2016: Inside Out / Outside In
DMC16 will bring together leaders to share stories of internal structures that create external success; and external influences that impact internal activities.
Boston Design Week 2016
The third annual Boston Design Week, a 12-day citywide design festival, will take place March 30 - April 10, 2015. Participating organizations, businesses, sponsors and individual designers will offer special events throughout greater Boston, most presented free of charge and all open to the public.
HOW Design Live 2016
HOW Design Live is more than a professional conference. It's an inspiration-packed, global creative gathering guaranteed to open your mind, fuel your soul and power your career.
James Beard Foundation 2016 Restaurant Design Awards
The James Beard Foundation is calling for entries for its 2016 Restaurant Design Awards. The Restaurant Design Awards were established by the James Beard Foundation in 1994 and have become highly coveted by hospitality designers nationwide. Any restaurant project that was completed or redone in North America since January 2013 is eligible.
New York Festivals 2016 Torch Awards
The 2016 Torch Awards is now open for entries. New York Festivals invites young creative talent from the ages of 18-27 to take part in the third annual competition that explores a different creative challenge each year and offers mentor training on how to pitch their idea. This year's challenge is the Inclusive Design Challenge.
Mount Gay Rum Launches Interview Series to Celebrate Creativity
Mount Gay Rum has launched a new & unique interview series providing a peak inside the minds of some of the world's greatest creative pioneers.
Save the Humans
Smartphones, care robots and self-driving cars - they are on their way or already exist out there. Products around us are becoming smarter and more autonomous.
2016 Fuller Challenge
The 2016 Fuller Challenge opened for applications on January 15. Each year, The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) invites scientists, designers, architects, activists, entrepreneurs, artists, students, and planners from all over the world to submit solutions for addressing humanity's most pressing problems.
Chartered Society of Designers Prince Philip Designers Prize
The Chartered Society of Designers is re-introducing the Prince Philip Designers Prize. The Prince Philip Designers Prize, initiated through the Design Council by Prince Philip in 1959, was awarded annually to a designer in recognition of their outstanding lifetime achievement in design.
ADC 95th Annual Awards
The 95th ADC Annual Awards, the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world, is now open for entries.
DX's Dinner by Design is Back with a Five Star Line Up
Back for its second year in Toronto, the annual Dinner by Design, founded by GE Monogram in support of the Design Exchange and Casey House, will showcase Toronto's most creative minds in a five-day celebration of cutting-edge design, mouth-watering food and innovative discussion.
The Museum of California Design to Present Frank Gehry with its 2015 Henry Award
On October 25th, the Museum of California Design will present its 2015 Henry Award for Outstanding Contributions to American Design by a Californian to the illustrious architect and designer Frank Gehry.
Adobe Previews New Features at MAX 2015
Adobe shared sneak previews of its new innovative technologies at 2015 Adobe MAX Creativity Conference.
Barcelona Designers Collective Pop-up Boutique
The Barcelona Designers Collective, a platform that supports independent design with a commercial vocation, opened a pop-up boutique at La Roca Village.
Wallpaper* Celebrates 200 Issues and the Ultimate Design Power Couple
The 200th issue of the Wallpaper* magazine is now on newsstands. The November issue is a momentous double milestone for Wallpaper*.
Designer's Fiesta 2015
Now in its 6th year, Designer's Fiesta is a unique event, packing a huge number of talks, on a wide range of topics, in just one day of intense learning and networking.
HOW International Design Awards 2015
The 2015 HOW International Design Awards are now open for entries. The competition recognizes excellence on a global scale.
A' Design Award 2016
The 2016 A' Design Award is now open for entries. The competition aims create a global awareness and understanding for good design practices and principles by highlighting the best designs.
NY vs LA Creativity Throwdown: Adobe Releases New Digital Index Report
NY vs LA Creativity Throwdown, Adobe's latest Digital Index report, examines the design trends unique to the West Coast vs. the East Coast.
2015-16 RSA Student Design Awards
The 2015-16 RSA Student Design Awards is now open for entries. The competition challenges young designers with project briefs based on complex issues facing society, the environment and business. Past winners include Sir Jonathan Ive, Chief Design Officer at Apple (RDI) and Richard Clarke, Global Vice President of Design at Nike.
Morpholio Journal: The Sketchbook Disrupted
Morpholio recently launched Journal, an infinite sketchbook app that lets photographers, artists, writers, or members of any creative culture to write, draw, sketch, collage, paint, or color on anything, anywhere.
O'Reilly Design Conference: Design the Future
The inaugural O'Reilly Design Conference will explore the evolving role of design in both business and society January 20-22, 2016, at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
DesignPhiladelphia 2015
The 11th DesignPhiladelphia, a signature event of the Philadelphia Center for Architecture, will be held October 8-16.
Design: The Definitive Visual History
Design: The Definitive Visual History lays out the complete evolution of design, from its origins in early cultures to the contemporary design - physical and digital - of today.
2015 Vectorworks Design Scholarship
Nemetschek Vectorworks is calling for applications for the 2015 Vectorworks Design Scholarship program. Students from across all design disciplines around the world are encouraged to submit their best individual or group work.
How Creativity Works in the Brain
National Endowment for the Arts has released a new report, "How Creativity Works in the Brain," that examines links between arts, learning and neuroscience.
Dwell on Design NY 2015
The second Dwell on Design NY will be held October 2-4 at Skylight Clarkson Sq - located in the heart of SoHo.
100% Design 2015
The 21st edition of 100% Design, the UK's largest design trade show, will be held September 23-26 at Olympia London.
Not Invented Here: Cross-industry Innovation
Cross-industry innovation is a clever way to jump-start your innovation efforts by drawing analogies and transferring approaches between contexts, beyond the borders of your own industry, sector, area or domain.
DMI: 40th Anniversary Design Leadership Conference
DMI will host its 40th Anniversary Design Leadership Conference on September 27-29 in Boston. DMI conferences are renown for leading-edge content, and for their intimate size that allows easy discussions between current and emerging leaders.
World Design Capital 2018 Shortlisted Cities Announced
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) has revealed the shortlist for the World Design Capital 2018.
Architecture & Design Film Festival New York 2015
The nation's largest film festival celebrating architecture and design will return to NYC in two brand new locations in Chelsea.
DIFFA Picnic by Design 2015
Hosted by DIFFA as a sister event to Dining by Design, Picnic by Design is an exciting summer party that highlights design, food and fun for a good cause.
DMI:Design Value Awards
DMI is still accepting submissions for its Design Value Awards. The competition aims to honor the contributions of teams who have delivered significant value through Design or Design Management practices.
Dubai Design Week
The inaugural Dubai Design Week will be held October 26-31, 2015. The event aims to place Dubai on the map as the emerging design capital of the world.
RGD Accessibility For All: New Resources Help Make the Web More Accessible
The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) has launched an initiative that promotes understanding and compliance with accessible website requirements.
Is Original Design Good Business?
Be Original Americas will host a dynamic panel at Las Vegas Market Center on August 2, 2015.
The Innovation Premium: New Study Reveals Importance of Innovation to Consumers
Lab42 has released the results of its new study that took an in-depth look at innovation, revealing what it means to consumers, which sectors and brands people consider innovative, and whether innovation motivates them to purchase.
UK Government Announces New Measures to Help Designers Protect Their Rights
Currently, when registering IP rights in a design, designers are required to mark the product with the word "registered," along with the associated details. This can represent a significant cost to design businesses who must re-mark their products whenever the rights status changes.
Creative Sector Employs Nearly 300,000 in NYC, 7 Percent of All Jobs Citywide
Nonprofit arts and for profit creative industries were among the fastest growing segments of New York City's economy over the past decade, according to a new report released by the Center for an Urban Future.
iF Public Value Award 2016
iF launched a new competition which seeks projects that actively aim at improving living conditions, promoting peaceful coexistence or preserving the environment - in other words, creating a public value - including businesses' social projects, environmental initiatives,and innovative approaches from the public sector..
Design PhD Conference 2015
The 2015 Design PhD Conference will be held July 2-3 in the LICA Building, Lancaster University. The conference will offer an opportunity to meet, exchange knowledge and ideas, and learn about the latest developments in design thinking, methods and research projects.
Material (R)evolution Report: Connected
Material ConneXion released Connected, the third installment of the Material (R)evolution report series.
Postdigital Artisans: Craftmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture
Frame has just released a book about a return to craft and tactility in the digital age, and how people are looking for more than touch screens in order to be touched.
Moleskine Batman Limited Edition Notebook Collection
Moleskine has today unveiled the Batman Limited Edition Notebook Collection.
The Design Competition Conference
Co-hosted with Harvard University's Graduate School of Design on April 23-24, the Design Competition Conference will assess the current state of competitions and propose ways to creatively engage broader communities, develop innovative incentives for greater designer participation, and address issues aimed at improving people's daily lives.
Adobe Comp CC for iPad
Adobe has just released Comp CC, a free iPad app that allows users to quickly layout design concepts for mobile, Web and print.
11th European Academy of Design Conference: The Value of Design Research
The 11th European Academy of Design Conference will be held April 21-24 in Paris. The theme of the conference is "The Value of Design Research."
Communication Arts 2015 Design and Advertising Competitions: Call for Entries
Communication Arts magazine is calling for entries for its 56th annual Design and Advertising Competitions.
Super-Modified: The Behance Book of Creative Work
Super-Modified: The Behance Book of Creative Work features a tightly curated collection of cutting-edge creative work from all over the world.
2015 SEGD Conference: Experience Chicago
Chicago has long been considered a hub for architecture, design, and innovation, and the 2015 SEGD Conference: Experience Chicago will gather experiential graphic design community together June 4-6 to focus on the future of experiential design and its impacts on the city and those who shape it.
Dyson Opens Design Engineering School
Today, James Dyson has announced the opening of Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. The school will teach a four year course in design engineering, developed in partnership with Dyson engineers, which unlike most engineering courses, will teach design engineering from the get-go.
Autodesk Memento Now Available as Public Beta
Autodesk Memento, a new end-to-end solution for digitizing reality into high definition 3D, is available globally as a free public beta.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2015
The 2015 Red Dot Design Concept Award is now open for entries. Designers, design studios, manufacturers, and universities are called on to submit their best product ideas, prototypes and ready to launch products.
Brentano Color Forecast 2015
Brentano unveiled its sixth annual color forecast. The report singles out three base colors (charcoal, flax and porcelain) and three accent colors (citrine, emerald and gold) that will drive the design studio's product development for 2015 and steer interior design for years to come.
The One Show 2015: Call for Entries
The 2015 One Show has extended its deadline and is still open for entries.
Material (R)evolution: Grown Materials
ThinkLAB, the consulting division of Material ConneXion (MCX), has released the second installation of Material evolution titled Grown Materials.
dmi:DMCEurope + INTERSECTION'15: Design to Align
Organizations continue to face the challenge of integrating Design as a competency into strategic, management and operational practices. The value of integration has been proven, yet the barriers to implementation remain.
alldesign 2015
The 4th alldesign, Creative Industries and Emerging Technologies Fair & International Design Conference, will be held February 19-21 in Istanbul.
The Big Rethink 2015: The Age of the Entrepreneurial CMO
The 2015 Big Rethink will feature entrepreneurial CMOs from Fortune 1000 companies and innovative startups, as well as visionaries and practitioners from the world's leading advertising and marketing agencies, to explore ways entrepreneurial CMOs are leveraging social, economic and technological upheavals to reinvent marketing for a new age.
62nd Cannes Lions Awards: Call for Entries
The 62nd International Festival of Creativity is calling for entries. The event will take place in Cannes from Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 June 2015. All entries will be shown in the Palais des Festivals.
Ten Interviewing and Negotiation Tips for Creatives
You're a creative professional, a photographer, designer, web coder, event producer, etc., and you've spent your career developing your creative skills.
RSA Student Design Awards 2015
The RSA Student Design Awards challenges emerging designers to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking.
ADC 2015 Awards
ADC announced its awards for 2015, including the ADC 94th Annual Awards, the ADC Tomorrow Awards and the ADC Young Guns 13.
Casa Rex is Brazil's Design Agency of 2014
For the second consecutive year, the international design consultancy Casa Rex has won "Design Agency of the Year" at the BDA Brasil Design Awards, Brazil's most important innovation and design competition, organised by The Brazilian Association of Design Companies - ABEDESIGN.
Pantone Color of the Year for 2015: Marsala
Pantone has announced Marsala, a naturally robust and earthy wine red, as the Color of the Year for 2015.
What They Expect When They're Expecting
The Lovie Awards, in partnership with Google, has released What They Expect When They're Expecting: Understanding the SkyHigh Demands of the World's Most Entitled Consumer - a new whitepaper with in-depth case studies from Lovie Award Winners.
Kickstarter x MoMA Design Store Collection Refresh
The MoMA Design Store has expanded its suite of products made with Kickstarter.
From Crafting to Consulting
Mary had just retired from a senior VP position with a major corporation. Now she finally had time to dedicate to jewelry making, a longtime passion.
Learn X Design
The Learn X Design conference is a springboard for sharing ideas and concepts about contemporary design education research and the teaching of design.
Dutch Design Week 2014
The thirteenth edition of the Dutch Design Week will be held October 18-26, 2014 in Eindhoven.
How to Use Creative Power to Negotiate
Here's the dilemma. Our power to create is what makes us human. The results of human creativity are all around us.
Women & the Redesign of Business
AIGA's Women's Leadership Initiative is hosting a symposium and cocktail reception as part of the Gain AIGA Design and Business Conference on Wednesday, October 22 in New York.
Protect Your Innovation: Copyright, Patents and Trademarks
RKS is hosting its fourth "RKS Sessions" event at Cross Campus on October 7, 2014.
Service Design Global Conference 2014
The 7th Service Design Global Conference will be held October 7-8 in Stockholm. With the theme of "Creating Value for Quality of Life," this year's conference aims to empower change though the design of better services, focusing on customers, employees, and citizens from around the world.
The Monocle Guide to Good Business
The Monocle Guide to Good Business offers multifaceted perspectives on the world of work today and in the future - from compelling business ideas to inspiring company cultures.
BarnRaise 2014
At BarnRaise, we will bring together designers, entrepreneurs, and social visionaries to amass the creative energy of an entire city to build something new.
Design Your Life: International Creative Luminary Launches Lifestyle Book Via Penguin
Vince Frost, the Executive Creative Director and CEO of independent creative company Frost* collective, has unveiled his new design-inspired lifestyle and self-help book, Design Your Life.
Winners of 2014 London Design Medal
Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec were announced as the winners of this year's prestigious Panerai London Design Medal.
2014 D&AD Annual
D&AD has unveiled the 2014 edition of its famous Annual, the indispensable guide to the celebrated work from the D&AD Awards 2014.
Worldcraft: Architect Bjarke Ingels Shares his Design Philosophy
The Future of Storytelling's latest video features Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, who's known for his innovative and ambitious projects.
A European Perspective on the Current State and Future of Design
The Industrial Designers Society of America commissioned Mormedi to produce a video about the main challenges the design industry is facing in Europe.
Sally Erickson Wilson Leads New Color and Materials Design Program at CCS
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has appointed Sally Erickson Wilson as Associate Professor and Chair of its new Master of Fine Arts degree program in Color and Materials Design.
Livescribe Notebooks by Moleskine
Moleskine has today unveiled a new notebook collection that works with Livescribe pens.
Material ConneXion Launches Material (R)evolution Report Series
Material ConneXion has announced its new series of material technology reports.
Morpholio Launches Board 2.0
Morpholio has launched Board 2.0. This brand new version, created in collaboration with interior design giants, lets you work faster, smarter, and be more organized & creative.
2015 Lexus Design Award
The 2015 Lexus Design Award is now open for entries, with a theme of "Senses." Participation is open to professionals, students and design enthusiasts.
70 Ones to Watch
Design Council launched a national call for entries for Design Council's Ones to Watch - a search for 70 talented designers of the future to showcase as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations.
COLOR Forecast 2014 and Beyond
The International Furnishings and Design Association will host "COLOR Forecast 2014 and Beyond" seminar on August 18 at the Javits Center.