Design News
Pininfarina Unveils The Goldenpass Express
Pininfarina has unveiled 'The Goldenpass Express,' a panoramic train designed for the MOB (Montreux Oberland Bernese) railway company.
Cardin Julien Designs Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Exploration Center
Cardin Julien recently designed the new visitor center for the Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. The exploration center features an interpretation center for the river and its ecosystems and will host sporting and educational activities on an annual basis.
Gaetano Pesce: Age of Contaminations at Friedman Benda
From October 24 through December 14, Friedman Benda will present a critical survey of the Italian architect, designer and visionary Gaetano Pesce, examining the pivotal period of his career from 1968 to 1992. Age of Contaminations will bring together rarely seen iconic works from key historic collections and groundbreaking early prototypes that have been assembled over the past decade.
Lexus Design Award 2020
The 2020 Lexus Design Award is now open for submissions. Entrants from around the world are invited to submit design concept ideas that capture the three key principles of the Lexus brand - Anticipate, Innovate and Captivate - and how they help meet the needs of both individuals and society.
Tom Dixon Named Recipient of 2019 London Design Medal
London Design Festival has awarded Tom Dixon with the 2019 London Design Medal. The award is the highest accolade bestowed upon an individual who has distinguished themselves within the industry and demonstrated consistent design excellence.
Ragged Edge Designs Superhero-themed Brand Identity for Wind
Ragged Edge has created a new superhero-themed brand identity for Wind, the leading international e-scooter sharing company.
SBID Meet The Buyer Event
The Society of British and International Design's popular annual networking event returns on October 24 with a brand new location and even more opportunities for attendees. The event will brings together the best interior designers, architects and specifiers to meet face to face with the most advanced and design-led products and suppliers from around the world.
Method in the Madness Podcast
Gregor Matheson, Head of Design at Signal, has recently launched a new podcast called 'Method in the Madness' which not only delves deep into design and creativity but leadership, productivity and personal development.
Green Room Designs Immersive 'Skill Cube' for PUMA's New 5th Avenue Flagship
PUMA's recently opened 5th Avenue flagship store features an industry-first multi-sport, multi-sensory 'Skill Cube,' designed and developed by Green Room.
FGP Atelier Creates the Salon of the Future
Francisco Gonzalez Pulido recently created the salon of the future by challenging and reshaping the entire idea behind the traditional salon.
2019 Sydney Architecture Festival: 'Making. Housing. Affordable.'
The 13th Sydney Architecture Festival will be held November 11-17 under the direction of the newly appointed Creative Director, Dr Barnaby Bennett. This year's theme is 'Making. Housing. Affordable.'
Substance by Form&Seek at 2019 Detroit Month of Design
The Substance exhibition by Form&Seek will center around the processes of material exploration as a driving force of design. Much like the designers of the Bauhaus, Detroit designers are returning to craft-based practices in a post-industrial climate, finding ways of bridging the gap between machine-made and hand-made.
Studio Matthews Designs New Branding and Graphics for Louisiana Children's Museum
Studio Matthews recently designed new branding, signage and environmental graphics for the Louisiana Children's Museum.
MUJI Opens Design & Retail Pop-Up in SoHo
MUJI has opened a new temporary Pop Up in SoHo that will run until January 2020. The pop up will showcase the design history of the brand as told through classic MUJI items, an exhibition of posters from throughout MUJI's history, and videos showcasing MUJI's special global initiatives, such as MUJI Hotel and MUJI Diner.
We Are Royale Creates Animated AR Mural for Artolution
We Are Royale recently partnered with community-based public art organization Artolution to create an animated AR mural featuring the artwork of 15 refugee children and teens from Central America.
Communication Arts Publishes Design Annual 60
Communication Arts has published Design Annual 60, featuring the results of its 60th annual design competition.
Atwater Studio Creates Fresh New Concept for New Holiday Inn Nashville
Atwater has designed the interiors for the recently opened Holiday Inn and Suites Nashville Downtown Convention Center.
Jackdaw Design Creates New Delicious Brand Identity for Borough 22
Jackdaw Design has created a new brand identity for Borough 22, an award-winning London bakery specializing in handmade gluten-free vegan doughnuts.
loyalkaspar Rebrands Entertainment Marketing Association Promax
loyalkaspar recently rebranded global entertainment marketing association Promax to help it expand its community of marketing executives beyond the confines of traditional TV.
ISSADESIGN Completes Evolution Wellness Centre
ISSADESIGN recently completed the Evolution Wellness Centre located in Montreal, Canada. Specializing in the interdisciplinary twinning of care, the Evolution Wellness Centre was keen to offer their clients an inclusive, serene, self-development and concentration setting.
Iris van Herpen Debuts Major Architectural Collaboration for Naturalis
Iris van Herpen recently created more than a kilometer of hand-sanded concrete three-dimensional designs that shape the new structure of The Netherland's world-renowned Research Institute for Biodiversity.
Pattern and Process: Selections from the Kravet Archive
Pattern and Process: Selections from the Kravet Archive, on view from September 5 through November 27 at the NYSID Gallery, will feature selections from Kravet's extensive archive of textile design, which documents the history of textile manufacture dating back centuries and originating from cultures across the globe. Encompassing textiles, paintings, artifacts and other historic documents, the Kravet archive is an important resource for researchers, designers and historians.
Lucy McRae: Body Architect opens at NGV Australia
Lucy McRae: Body Architect, on view at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia through February 9, explores the Los Angeles-based Australian artist's collaborations with scientists, through to pop musicians, in her creative research practice over the past thirteen years.
Modular Lighting Instruments Launches New, Modern Spotlight
Modular Lighting Instruments has launched Semih, a highly flexible LED fixture that can be specified in a number of commercial, hospitality, and residential applications.
Bentwood and Beyond: Thonet and Modern Furniture Design
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the world-famous company Thonet, the MAK has announced 'Bentwood and Beyond: Thonet and Modern Furniture Design.' The exhibition will feature the entire company history from the first half of the 19th century up to today.
Foster + Partners and Apple Complete Apple Aventura
Foster + Partners recently worked in close collaboration with the design team at Apple led by chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive to build Apple Aventura.
Riser Redesigns Maxine's Heavenly
Riser recently designed new branding and packaging for Maxine's Heavenly, a company making delicious cookies using only clean, quality ingredients.
Communication Arts 2020 Interactive Competition
Submissions are now open for Communication Arts' 26th annual Interactive Competition. The competition celebrates the best work being done for the Web, Desktop, interactive installation and handheld devices. Student work is also being accepted.
Teknion and Bene Launch Bene Box
Teknion recently partnered with Bene to launch a collection of deceptively simple building blocks that help support a flexible work environment. The new collection encourages a lively group dynamic and creative atmosphere.
The Communication Center's New Offices by BBGM
BBGM recently designed a flexible, educational environment for the Communication Center - a professional training and coaching facility.
IIDA Releases What Clients Want Vol. 4
IIDA has released its newest edition of What Clients Want, a series of books dedicated to essential conversations about the value of design and the relationships between designer and client. The fourth installment of the series, What Clients Want, Volume 4, examines shifting workstyle needs and how 20 current workplace projects, including top global brands like McDonald's, Vans, Uber, and WeWork, are successfully addressing these changing expectations through design.
Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center by Signal
Signal Architecture + Research recently completed the Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center - a multi-purpose education and recreation facility in Central Oregon's largest state park that provides unparalleled access to unexplored Oregon territory.
Cactus Spurs Fitness Motivation with Immersive Lighting Installation for Rise Nation
Cactus recently fused 'connected' architecture, brand, and fitness to create a revolutionary uplifting gym experience that inspires high-intensity workouts with a jaw-dropping, lighting experience.
Lolliland Launches New Fudge
Relax has created bold new designs for a suite of new fudge products for Lolliland Australia.
VMWare Promontory Headquarters by Valerio Dewalt Train
Valerio Dewalt Train recently renovated VMWare's Promontory headquarters campus in Palo Alto, consisting of five 80,000-square-foot two-story office buildings on a 29-acre site, to allow the company to increase headcount, facilitate collaboration, and transition to a mostly open office layout.
Lille Langebro by WilkinsonEyre
WilkinsonEyre recently completed 'Lille Langebro' cycle and pedestrian bridge across Copenhagen's Inner Harbour.
Erwan Boulloud First U.S. Solo Show at Twenty First Gallery
From September 20th through November 15th, Twenty First Gallery will present Evolution, the first U.S. solo exhibition of sculptor and furniture designer, Erwan Boulloud.
London Design Fair Presents 'Biomaterials' as 2019 Material of the Year
For the 2019 edition, the London Design Fair has selected biomaterials as 'Material of the Year.' Now in its third year, Material of the Year offers a fitting opportunity to highlight and scrutinize a key material, one whose properties are the subject of analysis and debate across the design world and beyond.
ESI Design Transforms Chicago Parking Garage into Urban Oasis
ESI Design recently created a massive light-art installation to transform an uninviting outdoor terrace, bordered by the imposing concrete wall of a parking garage, into an urban oasis in downtown Chicago.
B&B Studio Delivers New Brand Identity for Toast
B&B studio has created a new brand identity, visual world and packaging design for Toast. Toast is a planet-saving, certified B Corp brand that brews beer from surplus fresh bread and uses its profits to help fix the food system.
Robot Food Designs Branding for Dog Food Subscription Service
Robot Food has designed the branding for the new dog food subscription service itsdogfood.com.
Cape Town Luxury Seaside Apartment by OKHA
OKHA recently designed the interiors of Clifton 301, a seasonal two-bedroom apartment in a sophisticated contemporary complex, flanked on either side by Table Mountain's legendary Twelve Apostles.
The Design Museum Launches Bauhaus Road Crossing for London Design Festival
Pentagram partner Sascha Lobe has created a new London Design Festival installation, a Bauhaus road crossing titled 'Bauhaus Rewritten.' Commissioned by The Design Museum, the installation celebrates the women of Bauhaus.
Bulletproof Creates New Global Brand Identity for Football Association of Wales
Bulletproof has created a new global brand identity for the Football Association of Wales (FAW).
RIBA Future Trends Staffing Index Hits Lowest Level in Almost Two Years
The RIBA Future Trends Staffing Index fell five points in July, showing a significant decrease in the appetite of practices to recruit permanent architectural staff. This is the first time that the Staffing Index has fallen into negative territory for almost two years.
Altagamma NEXT Design Perspectives International Design Conference
The NEXT Design Perspectives conference will offer a day of insights and speculation on design, lifestyle and consumption trends, which will have a significant impact on the cultural and creative industries.
Capital One Releases Results of 2019 Workplace Design Survey
Capital One has released the results of its third Work Environment Survey. Capital One surveyed full-time office professionals for their thoughts and attitudes towards workplace design and experience, and how those elements impact their productivity, ability to collaborate, and overall well-being.
Design Week Lagos 2019
The inaugural Design Week Lagos (DWL) - a city-wide celebration seeking to reincarnate tradition, redefine narrative and catalyze new thinking for the future of design in Africa and beyond - will be held October 1-20 under the theme of 'Lagos 2099: Redefining the Narrative.'
Recycling Identification Device by Cohda
Cohda recently developed R.I.D (Recycling Identifying Device), a simple to use handheld device that uses NIR spectroscopy to identify appropriate recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
DesignLSM Designs Interiors and Brand Identity for New Turkish BBQ Concept Tahini
DesignLSM was commissioned by Tabure Restaurant group to create the design for a new 'laidback little sister' concept, following their well-established neighborhood eateries in St Albans and Berkhamsted.
Bentley EXP 100 GT
Bentley recently unveiled EXP 100 GT, a concept car created to reimagine the future of grand touring.
1936 Stout Scarab Joins Concours of Elegance 2019
The world's first production minivan, the art deco-inspired 1936 Stout Scarab, will be on display at this year's Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace. With only nine in existence, the Scarab was the brainchild of journalist and automotive & aviation engineer William Bushnell Stout.
RKS Rebrands Child Safety Network for its 30th Anniversary
RKS recently partnered with Child Safety Network (CSN) to revamp the nonprofit's brand identity and mission statement in honor of its 30th anniversary.
Redefining Learning Spaces: International Architectural Design Competition
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is calling for submissions to a design competition for a new laboratory school on the University of Louisiana campus in Lafayette, Louisiana. Entrants are asked to create design concepts that support the core mission: leading education for all of Louisiana.
Applied Arts 2019 Advertising Awards
Submissions are now open for the Applied Arts' 2019 Advertising Awards, an international competition open to all disciplines of advertising work including, but not limited to, traditional advertising work from print, out-of-home, radio, television, to interactive work and experiential promotional opportunities that work to strengthen a brand.
Field Guide to Life in Urban Plazas: A Study in New York City
SWA Group recently released 'Field Guide to Life in Urban Plazas: A Study in New York City,' a comprehensive survey that studies human behavior in ten recently completed urban sites.
Taipei Cycle D&I Awards 2020
The eighth Taipei Cycle D&I Awards is now open for submissions. The renowned design and innovation competition accepts entries in five categories: Bicycles, Components + Parts, Accessories, E-bikes & drive units, and Smart cycling services.
Tsinghua Law Faculty Library by Kokaistudios
In 2014, Kokaistudios won an international architectural and interior design competition to build the Law Library of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
eVolo 2020 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo Magazine is inviting architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2020 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual competition is one of the world's most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture.
Studio O+A Designs Slack Headquarters
Studio O+A recently designed Slack's new multi-floor headquarters in San Francisco. Slack's CEO, Stewart Butterfield, is an avid hiker who goes off grid every year to recharge in the various types of wilderness-desert, mountains, forest-that make up the Pacific Crest Trail.
Sleep & Eat 2019: Social FlexAbility
Sleep & Eat, Europe's leading design and innovation event for the hospitality sector, returns on November 19-20. Under the theme of 'Social FlexAbility,' the show will be exploring one of the most challenging issues of our technology-enabled age through Sleep & Eat Sets - concept guest-rooms, restaurant and bar - and the Sleep & Eat Conference.
Kokuyo Design Award 2020
Submissions are now accepted for the 17th Kokuyo Design Award. The competition aims to gather and commercialize designs that are excellent from the perspective of those using them.
Stantec Completes Interior Design for Muze at Met in Downtown Miami
Stantec has completed the interiors for the 43-story Muze at Met residential building in downtown Miami. Developed by ZOM Living and managed by ZRS Management, the 391-unit luxury high-rise is part of the Metropolitan Miami mixed-use complex located at 340 SE 3rd Street.
DesignInspire 2019
The 2019 DesignInspire will be held December 5-7 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event will gather global innovative elites, trend-setting design brands, associations and institutes to showcase their creativities via an array of interactive installations, design masterpieces and award-winning projects.
Cushing Terrell Completes Confluence House in Whitefish, Montana
Cushing Terrell recently completed the 'Confluence House' in Whitefish, Montana. Situated on ten acres at the meeting of two rivers, Confluence House is a fly fisherman's dream.
Moving to Mars at Design Museum
The Design Museum has announced a new exhibition, 'Moving to Mars,' that will explore how sending humans to Mars is not just a new frontier for science but also for design.
Here Design Creates Vibrant Identity for Get Up, Stand up Now
Here Design recently created the identity for 'Get Up, Stand Up Now,' a major new exhibition at London's Somerset House.
Green Room and PUMA Kick off New City Store Experience
As part of an ongoing relationship with PUMA, Green Room designed key digital and physical experiences within the new City Store experience, to coincide with PUMA's new partnership with Manchester City.
DesignThinkers Toronto Conference 2019
The 2019 DesignThinkers Toronto Conference will be held October 24-25 at the Sony Centre. Organized by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD), DesignThinkers is Canada's largest annual graphic design conference, connecting designers from around the world.
DesignMarch 2020
DesignMarch, Iceland's annual design festival organized by Iceland Design Center, will take place for the twelfth time in June 2020, transforming the most northerly capital in the world into one big venue for design.
7th Annual IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
Submission to IIDA's 7th Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards is now open through September 12th. The competition recognizes and honors the highest level of creativity and design excellence in interior design/interior architecture projects in the Asia Pacific region. Up to 30 winners across 15 categories will be selected.
ARRCC Designs Luxury Game Lodge 'Cheetah Plains'
ARRCC recently completed the new Cheetah Plains game lodge in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Abstract Sconce by SONNEMAN
SONNEMAN has unveiled Abstract, a clean and contemporary wall sconce casting a mesmerizing glow while simultaneously serving as a captivating wall sculpture.
TypeCon 2019 Conference
The 2019 TypeCon conference will be held August 28 - September 1 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. TypeCon is an annual conference presented by the non-profit Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA), an international organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of typography and related arts.
Noll & Tam Architects Renovates Mission Branch Library
Noll & Tam Architects recently renovated the Mission Branch Library, a mid-century library in a park in downtown Santa Clara, California.
Kinnersley Kent Design Creates New Visitor Spaces at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens
Kinnersley Kent Design recently completed the interiors for a new visitor center, retail spaces, restaurant and café at historic Hillsborough Castle and Gardens.
Studio O+A Designs Data Visionary Center and Training Facility for NetApp
Studio O+A has designed the new Data Visionary Center and Training Facility for NetApp, a hybrid cloud data services and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Global Talents at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia: Call for Designers
The 2019 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will be held October 15-19 in Moscow. During the event, as part of its main catwalk program, Russian Fashion Council will hold its second Global Talents show.
Mackintosh Architectural Competition
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society has launched an open and international architectural competition. Based on two hypothetical 'ideal' houses for artists, envisaged by Mackintosh in c.1900, the competition invites participants to contribute designs for a contemporary pair of houses that explore variations on a theme.
Monotype Unveils Radical New Typeface: Ambiguity
Monotype has released a genre-bending typeface family called Ambiguity. By swapping everything creative professionals think they know about traditional and contrarian views of letter proportions, Ambiguity allows designers to experiment with expressing a range of attitudes and beliefs.
2020 APEX Awards: Call for Nominations
Digital Signage Expo has announced its call for nominations for the 2020 APEX Awards. The Awards recognize and honor achievement in the creation and installation of compelling viewer content and interactive technology.
Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai 2019
The fourth Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai will be held this November 20-22, featuring highlights from the Milan edition, including Design -- functional, innovative, and attractive products -- and xLux -- products that combine classical elegance with contemporary design.
Pride Photo Award 2019
The 2019 Pride Photo Award, an international photo contest for top quality photography about sexual and gender diversity, is now open for entries.
Communication Arts 2020 Typography Competition
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 10th annual Typography Competition. The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
2019 Core77 Conference
Core77's next design conference, The Third Wave, will take place on October 4 at New Lab in Brooklyn. The conference offers attendees a full day of inspiration, introspection and design exploration.
Nissen Richards Studio Designs 'Manolo Blahnik at the Wallace Collection'
'An Enquiring Mind: Manolo Blahnik at the Wallace Collection' exhibition in London displays the most famous shoes from the legendary footwear designer's archive, set amongst the world-renowned paintings and objects of the collection's 18th-century rooms.
Neil Tomlinson Architects Completes Archive Project for Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust
The Royal Borough of Greenwich recently commissioned Neil Tomlinson Architects to help transition, store and protect the fascinating and highly-varied archive of historic objects and documents managed by Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, as it moved from its original home in Woolwich, by the Thames, to a new store in Charlton.
Ian Snow Launches New Verbal and Visual Identity
Reed Words and Pattrn have today revealed the new brand identity for designer furniture brand Ian Snow. Ian Snow is an independent, designer furniture and homewares brand based on a farm in Devon.
Brodie Neill to Debut Latitude at 2019 London Design Festival
Brodie Neill will debut his new piece, Latitude, at the 2019 London Design Festival. Neill has been invited by design research gallery Matter of Stuff to re-imagine the past into the present with recycled furniture.
Robin Day '675 Chair' Charity Project
Fifteen world-renowned designers have added their personal touch to the seat pad of the iconic '675 chair,' designed by Robin Day, paying tribute to one of Britain's leading designers.
Hopkins Architects Wins MK:U International Design Competition
Hopkins Architects has been announced as the winner of the MK:U International Design Competition. The competition sought a multidisciplinary team for the first phase of a new model university in Milton Keynes, the UK's fastest-growing city.
Dezeen Launches International Architecture and Design Conference
Dezeen has announced its inaugural international architecture, interiors and design conference, to be held in London on October 30. The 'Dezeen Day' conference will highlight new talent from around the world, feature a keynote lecture from a leading international figure, and tackle key topics including circular design, new materials and education.
Autodesk Releases Bifrost for Maya
Autodesk has today released Bifrost for Maya. Bifrost makes it possible for 3D artists and technical directors to create serious effects in Maya quickly and easily using a new visual programming environment.
Pininfarina Wins 2019 Red Dot Design Concept Award for Miami Beach's Bus Shelters
Pininfarina has won a 2019 Red Dot Design Concept Award for its Bus Shelter for the City of Miami Beach.
3rd Annual Athena Ad Awards: Call for Submissions
The 3rd Annual Athena Ad Awards, a joint project between The 3% Movement and Athena Film Festival, is accepting creative campaign submissions from all global brands and agencies. The Awards aims to honor creative work that accurately and respectfully depicts women, highlights their courage and moxie, and resonates with audiences.
Kate Duncan's ADDRESS Returns to Vancouver
ADDRESS, a four-day design event showcasing North America's finest designers and makers, will return to Vancouver for the sixth year with a host of new exhibitors, including Los Angeles's Nike Schroeder and sculptor Djuna Day. Founded by furniture designer Kate Duncan in 2014, the event brings together a cutting-edge designer/maker community from all disciplines including furniture, lighting and accessories.
LudwigType Releases Niko
LudwigType has unveiled its latest typeface, Niko, which offers a versatile system of 54 styles for texts from large to small.
Path Helps Dualit Find a Sense of Place
British manufacturer Dualit recently developed a range of Compostable Coffee Bags, a quick, mess-free way to make delicious tasting coffee.
Department Design Office Announced as Winner of Keeping Current Competition
Van Alen Institute and the City of North Miami have announced Department Design Office as the winner of the competition called KEEPING CURRENT: Repetitive Loss Properties.
Rainlight Debuts Nagare Collection
Rainlight has debuted Nagare, a new collection of furniture designed in collaboration with leading Japanese office furniture manufacturer Okamura.