Design News
David Adjaye: Making Memory
Making Memory, on view at the Design Museum through May 5, explores the role of monuments and memorials in the 21st century, through seven projects by celebrated British-Ghanaian architect, Sir David Adjaye OBE. The exhibition features projects such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C, the new National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra and the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in London.
Food Futures: How Design and Technology Can Reshape Our Food System
Food Futures, a new title by critical food designer Chloé Rutzerveld, aims to radically alter readers' ideas about consuming and producing food.
align Expands City of London Workspace Interiors for Australian Financial Services Group
For their second project for an Australian financial services group, align was briefed to design 13,745 sq ft of new working, meeting, presentation and break-out space across 1.5 stories at their client's City of London offices in order to meet a period of sustained growth and house three divisions of the company, totaling around 150-170 people.
D&AD Festival 2019
The 2019 D&AD Festival, UK's largest event celebrating global creative talent, returns May 21-23 to The Old Truman Brewery, London. The theme for this year's Festival is 'Shaping the Future,' echoing D&AD's position as an organization on a mission to drive the creative industries forward.
Louis Poulsen Launches Patera in Silver
Louis Poulsen has unveiled Øivind Slaatto's Patera in a new silver foil material. Launched as part of their Spring collection, the Patera in silver offers soft, glare-free illumination in three sizes.
8th International Maier Design Competition
The 8th Maier S. Coop. International Design Competition is now open for submissions. Under the theme of 'VISIONS 2025+,' this year's competition challenges entrants to share their visions of how light will change the way we see cars beyond 2025.
Residences at 8 East Huron by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA) recently completed the Residences at 8 East Huron, on the edge of the River North neighborhood of Chicago.
2019 Good Design Awards
The 2019 Good Design Awards are now open for entries. The Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in cutting edge design and breakthrough innovation.
Micub Catering Concept by CuldeSac Custom
CuldeSac Custom recently designed Micub for Cerveza Turia, the beer of the Valencians. The new catering concept is located within the Colón Market, an old gastronomic market and one of the most emblematic buildings in Valencia.
Atlanta Design Festival 2019
The 2019 Atlanta Design Festival will take place in Georgia's capital city of Atlanta opening June 1 and running through June 9. Now in its thirteenth year, this Festival provides a valuable world-class showcase for leading international designers, brands and companies. Over nine-days visitors will be able to explore the rich variety of talents being produced today through a range of showroom events, exhibitions, talks, workshops, installations and tours.
2019 Type Drives Culture Conference
Type Directors Club will hold its one-day conference about the intersection of type and culture in New York at the SVA Theatre on March 1.
Echo Refreshes 'English Tea Shop' Brand
Echo recently revitalized brand identity and packaging for English Tea Shop. Echo's new designs tell English Tea Shop's strong sustainability story through a new brand mark featuring the word 'organic', a mandala design celebrating sustainable ingredients, and a new teapot icon and in-pack illustrations telling the brand's farm-to-cup story.
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design Completes Informa's Toronto Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design (DA+D) has recently completed Informa Canada's Toronto expansion.
Integrating Life and Work in the AEC World
As women achieve greater levels of parity in leadership roles, trail-blazing professionals in architecture, engineering and construction are focused on supporting and accelerating this trend.
Humanscale Introduces Fourtis in Collaboration with Textile Designer Elizabeth Whelan
Humanscale recently collaborated with textile designer Elizabeth Whelan to create Fourtis, a versatile and sustainably-crafted performance textile.
46th Annual Interior Design Competition and 27th Annual Will Ching Design Competition
The deadline for the 46th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 27th Annual Will Ching Design Competition has been extended to Tuesday, February 19.
Winston Bench by Eva Harlou for Mater
Mater has unveiled the Winston Bench - a light weight and compact design, made from environmentally friendly materials and suitable for a range of interior spaces, designed by Eva Harlou.
WRNS Studio Recognized by NIBS for Sonoma Academy's Janet Durgin Guild & Commons
WRNS Studio was recognized by the National Institute of Building Sciences with a Beyond Green High-Performance Building and Community Award.
Architectural Digest Design Show 2019
The 2019 Architectural Digest Design Show will be held on March 21-24 in NYC at Piers 92 & 94 on the west side. The event is one of the only global design trade shows that offers consumers a glimpse into the world of interiors.
Architecture & Design Film Festival LA 2019
The 2019 Architecture & Design Film Festival, the nation's preeminent film festival devoted to architecture and design, will return to DTLA for the third edition of ADFF:LA from March 13-17 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Adobe and Fontself Release New Free Fonts for Valentine's Day
Adobe has partnered with Fontself to release four unique color fonts to take your love notes to the next level this Valentine's Day.
2019 In-House Creative Management Report by InSource and inMotionNow
InSource and inMotionNow have released the second Annual In-House Creative Management Report. The 2019 survey of 566 creative and marketing professionals finds that leaders in both camps scored marginal grades and points to a range of challenges in the organizational relationship, team alignment and collaboration - which stem from the natural challenges that come with growing in-house creative teams. More importantly, an analysis of the data links these challenges to the effects they have on creative operations and efficiency.
Studio TK Launches 'Clique' Modular Furniture System
Studio TK recently launched a brand new modular seating system, Clique. Designed to create visual continuity throughout the office, Clique is a reconfigurable system that allows for versatility in any workplace, no matter how small.
2019 AIACC Awards Recipients Announced
The American Institute of Architects, California, has announced the two recipients of its 2019 AIACA Council Awards Program.
Radical Innovation Award 2019
Submissions are now open for the 2019 Radical Innovation, which challenges designers, architects, hoteliers and students to pioneer compelling ideas in travel and hospitality. New in 2019, the competition will distinguish between built and unbuilt projects, in addition to honoring a select individual who challenges the hospitality community through the art of invention with the Innovator Award.
Straight Forward Design Creates Brand Identity and Comprehensive Business Strategy for Haptivate
Straight Forward Design has just created a striking brand identity and comprehensive business strategy for happiness training start-up, Haptivate.
Nansa by Santiago Sevillano Wins a German Design Award
The Nansa chair, designed by Santiago Sevillano Studio for Musola, has recently received a German Design Award.
Venice International Art Fair 2019
The 2019 Venice International Art Fair will be held at The Room Contemporary Art Space and in Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, from April 11 to May 3. The Fair is a contemporary art exhibition that features collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists.
House of Rohl Showroom by Valerio Dewalt Train
When the House of Rohl decided to establish its first U.S. showroom, the provider of luxury decorative plumbing and hardware brands for kitchens and baths chose space in Chicago's historic theMart and asked Valerio Dewalt Train to tell the story behind the handcrafted process of each brand.
Adobe Releases Natural Instincts Visual Trend Report
Adobe Stock has released first 2019 Visual Trend, 'Natural Instincts,' which explores how consumers are embracing the natural world to seek balance in their chaotic lives-leading to a $3.7 trillion wellness industry that is exploding and shaping our visual world.
iKEON Smart Power Outlets and Light Switches Win 2019 iF Design Awards
The iKEON range of smart power outlets and light switches designed by Design + Industry have received a 2019 iF Design Award in the Product Design category.
BAUX Launches 100% Bio-based Acoustical Panels
BAUX has launched, 'Acoustic Pulp,' a series of nine, 100% bio-based and biodegradable acoustical panels that push the boundaries of sustainable building materials to a completely new level.
Alvisi Kirimoto Transforms 32nd Floor of a Skyscraper in Chicago
Alvisi Kirimoto has designed the executive offices that occupy the entire 32nd floor of a newly built skyscraper in the lively ex-industrial district of West Loop, Chicago.
MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2019
MaterialDistrict Rotterdam (formerly Materia Xperience), will be held March 12-14 in Rotterdam Ahoy. The largest multisectoral materials fair is once again imbued with material innovations in the fields of Architecture, Interiors, Products, Textiles & Fabrics, Urban & Landscapes and Print & Sign.
7019 Stone Island Shadow Project Spring Summer 09
Stone Island has unveiled the 2019 Spring Summer Shadow Project 7019. The collection features new methods of interaction between wearer and garment; designed to adapt and harmonize with personal and environmental circumstance.
Alegre Designs Eurus Dental Workstation for Takara Belmont
Alegre Design recently developed a new dental chair for the Japanese company Takara Belmont. Eurus seeks to respond to the new needs and functions of the medical apparatus used in dental clinics.
Fashinnovation 2019
The 2nd edition of Fashinnovation will take place this upcoming Wednesday - February 13th, 2019 - at the Tribeca Rooftop. The event will present 40+ speakers including: Vice President of Levi's, Vice President of Google, CEO of Havaianas, UN Global Compact, Ryan Leslie, Co-Founder of EBY and many others.
Design Bridge Creates Dynamic Brand World for Caleño
Design Bridge has created the vibrant brand world for the launch of a new premium 'non-alcoholic spirit' brand - Caleño.
Pepsico Design and Innovation Rebrands Walkers in Partnership with Vault49
PepsiCo's Design and Innovation Team has unveiled the new look for crisps brand Walkers, designed in partnership with brand design agency Vault49.
Smith&+Village Reveals Its Stylish Take on Valentine's Day for Harvey Nichols
Smith&+Village has designed a new range of Valentine's Day gift products for Harvey Nichols. Building on the success of the stylish Harvey Nichols food collection rebrand in 2018, the range includes five boxes of luxury chocolate truffles in different sizes.
Here Design Creates New Gift Range for the Tate
Here Design has developed a new range of art materials and gift products for the Tate, now available online and instore.
Cowan London Redesigns Supreme Petfoods' Selective Range
Cowan London has designed the new brand identity for Supreme Petfoods' Selective range of food and treats for small animals.
Hill8 Apartments by Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid recently unveiled his designs for the new HILL8 residential condominium. Located in Alexeyevsky District, Moscow, the project is now under construction and set to open by the end of 2020.
Offecct Launches Modern Sofa System 'Font' by Matti Klenell
Designed by Matti Klenell, Font is a sofa system that has been developed for the new Nationalmuseum, Sweden's leading museum for art and design.
Laundry Creates Vibrant Title Sequence & Branding for Graphika Manila
Laundry was recently commissioned by Graphika Manila, a premier creativity conference in the Philippines, to create the title sequence and branding for its 13th annual event.
The Power of Color: Using Color to Evoke Feelings and Create Moods
Ultrafabrics has announced its latest education installment, 'The Power of Color: Using Color to Evoke Feelings and Create Moods,' designed to not only educate the creative community on the multiple uses of applications of Ultrafabrics varied portfolio of materials, but how color is truly a crucial design tool, and how it can affect emotions and elicit physical response.
Design a Skateboard for Tony Hawk's New Mobile Game
Adobe has partnered with Tony Hawk for a design challenge to create a skateboard that will be featured in Tony Hawk's new mobile game, Skate Jam.
CLUE Edition 05: Light & Disruption
CLUE has launched its annual competition under the theme of Light & Disruption, exploring the role of light in emergencies. Conflict, disruption and environmental changes can leave us vulnerable, but we're never entirely powerless. This forms the challenge of the 5th CLUE competition: to explore how light can help to prevent challenging situations and crisis or manage emergencies when they occur.
Lee Broom Creates Striking Window Concept for Stockholm Design Week
Lee Broom has created an exclusive window concept for luxury department store NK Stockholm for Stockholm Design Week.
The Right Kind of Wrong: Inside the Facebook Analog Research Lab
Inside Facebook, the Analog Research Lab is considered the company's "heart and conscience," largely known for their popular posters such as "Be the Nerd," or "Kick the Shit Out of Option B," both odes to inspirational things the company's leaders have said over the years.
Seattle Style: Fashion/Function at MOHAI
Seattle Style: Fashion/Function, on view at the Seattle's Museum of History & Industry from May 4 to October 14, highlights how elegance and practicality co-existed and converged in Seattle wardrobes, providing new insights into local clothing, ranging from couture to grunge aesthetics to street fashion.
The Bauhaus and Harvard
The Bauhaus and Harvard, on view at the Harvard Art Museums through July 28, marks the centennial of Bauhaus. The exhibition presents nearly 200 works by more than 70 artists, drawn almost entirely from the Busch-Reisinger Museum's extensive Bauhaus collection.
DesignThinkers Vancouver 2019
The 2019 DesignThinkers Vancouver conference will be held May 28 & 29 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Over its 20 year history, the DesignThinkers Conference has spanned massive changes in the communication design industry. From print to digital, visual identity to brand, websites to user experiences, design has evolved as new trend, technologies and philosophies transform the wider world.
Framestore Wins 2019 VES Award for 'Welcome Home'
Framestore's work on Spike Jonze's 'Welcome Home' commercial for Apple has been recognized by the Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial.
All Things Urban London Meetup at Google
All Things Urban has announced a series of events with the first one taking place at Google's London office on Feb 15. The meetup will bring together people with diverse backgrounds to share their passion for urban innovation and build a unique network of extraordinary city-lovers.
DesignMarch 2019
The 2019 DesignMarch, Iceland's annual design festival, will take place for the 11th time on March 28-31. This year will be the largest and most significant DesignMarch yet with over one hundred events transforming the most northerly capital in the world into one big venue for design.
Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC: Housing Design Competition
Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC is a two-stage design competition for small-scale, urban infill housing. The competition is organized by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY), and seeks to address the challenges associated with the design and construction of affordable housing on underutilized City-owned land.
DENFAIR Melbourne 2019 Furniture and Design Show
The leading architecture and interior design show, DENFAIR Melbourne, opens to industry on June 20-21, and to industry and public on June 22. Now in its fifth year, DENFAIR is Australia's defining event for the best local and international design brands.
Motion Plus Design 2019
The acclaimed festival Motion Plus Design touches down in North America for the first time at the historic Montalban Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday February 23, 2019. After years of sold-out events in Paris and Tokyo, the Motion Plus Design team is thrilled to bring this unique festival to the U.S.
Rainfall Designs Identity for DeepCube
Rainfall has designed a new identity for DeepCube, a deep learning company building technologies on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence.
Allseating's Exchange and Zinc Recognized in 2018 GOOD DESIGN Awards
Allseating's two seating collections, Zinc and Exchange, designed by Carl Gustav Magnusson and Nick Gillissie respectively, have been selected as recipients of the 2018 GOOD DESIGN award.
InVision Releases 'The New Design Frontier' Report
InVision has released a report that looks into the business value of design at a time where more companies are undergoing digital transformation and turning to design to survive.
Jose Marti Park Redesign RFQ
Van Alen Institute and the City of Miami have issued an RFQ to commission a multi-disciplinary design team for the redesign project of Jose Marti Park. The team needs to include the full range of professional urban design, landscape architecture, and engineering services and at least one Florida-licensed firm.
ICFF NYC 2019
For over 30 years, ICFF has built a solid reputation as North America's platform for global design. Taking place May 19-22, 2019 at the Javits Center in NYC, over 900 exhibitors from across the globe will present to more than 38,000 industry professionals looking to be inspired and find what's best and what's next in luxury interior design.
LEED, Arc and Living Standard: Testing New Frontiers, Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design
The Sally Henderson Lecture on Green Design is an annual event created to honor the memory of NYSID faculty member, Sally Henderson, who developed the College's first course in green design.
UX Australia 2019
UX Australia is Australia's premier User Experience Design conference, now in its 11th year, with workshops and presentations to suit everyone from graduates to experienced practitioners.
MK:U International Design Competition
The MK:U International Design Competition is seeking a multidisciplinary team for the first phase of a new model university in Milton Keynes, the UK's fastest-growing city. Beloved by architects as the most original and successful of the mid-twentieth century's wave of 'New Towns,' and famously 'different by design,' Milton Keynes (MK) has successfully reinvented itself as a 'Smart City' and is a key contributor to the United Kingdom's knowledge economy.
Liqui Design Creates Versatile Office Space for Primark
Liqui Design recently completed the interior design and fit-out for Primark's London-based press office.
Carpenter x DiTullo M18 Field Watch
Carpenter Watches and Michael DiTullo have unveiled the M18 Field Watch. Limited to a numbered production run of 12, the M18 puts a minimalist twist on the Field Watch.
LUUM Launches Innovative Pendant Light Aurora
LUUM has recently unveiled its latest contemporary light design, 'Aurora.' The pendant light takes its inspiration from the trail of light captured in a long exposure photograph.
Communication Arts Announces 60th Annual Photography Competition
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 60th annual Photography Competition.
IIDA and AIA Chicago Launch Panel Discussion Series on the Impact of Design
IIDA and AIA Chicago have announced 'Designers and Architects Talk: A Series About Design and its Impact on Client Success.' The three-session panel discussion series, to be held at IIDA Headquarters in Chicago in spring 2019, will address commercial interior architecture and design.
KRUPA Conference 2019
KRUPA Conference is the biggest interface design conference in Eastern Europe. The event will be held on April 6, 2019 in Kyiv.
BOLTGROUP Wins Two 2018 GOOD DESIGN Awards
BOLTGROUP recently won two 2018 GOOD DESIGN awards for the FuelBelt Helium Ergo and the Yaxtrax Summit.
Soft Drinks Brand Kinnie Basks in the Sun for a Bigger Brighter Future
Malta's own favorite soft drink re-launches with sparkling new designs which pay homage to its past glory with a confident eye to the future.
Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta International Design Competition
The Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta International Design Competition is an open, global, two-stage search for an outstanding, world-class team - with exceptional skills in design and placemaking - for the landmark new Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta, Sydney.
Zero Threshold Design Competition
The Zero Threshold design competition was inspired by (dis)ABLED Beauty, an exhibition at the Kent State University Museum in 2016-17. The exhibition presented beautifully designed prostheses, hearing aids, and mobility devices for people living with disabilities, (dis)ABLED Beauty aimed to change the negative stigma associated with disability by presenting fashion-forward adaptive devices that make a virtue of necessity.
MassiveMusic Creates Sonic Identity for Philips
Philips recently launched a new global brand identity in the form of sound - their first 'sonic identity.' The unique suite of sounds has been captured entirely from recording the intimate sounds emitted from lightbulbs - Philips' iconic founding product.
SIGGRAPH 2019
The 2019 SIGGRAPH will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 28-August 1. Every year, SIGGRAPH features global innovators who are changing what's possible in computer graphics, animation, VR, games, and emerging technologies.
Graham Hanson Design Monograph Published
Visual Profile Books (VPB) has published the work of celebrated New York-based graphic design firm GHD/Graham Hanson Design (now GHD Partners).
Applications Now Open for Adobe's 2019-2020 Creative Residency
Applications are now open for the 2019-2020 class of Adobe Creative Residency, a year-long program that provides creatives with the resources, support and networking opportunities to jumpstart their creative ambitions and turn their passion into a profession.
Amsterdam Light Festival: Call for Concepts
Amsterdam Light Festival invites creatives from around the world - from artists to designers, engineers to architects, and professionals to students - to submit a concept for a light artwork. The festival's eighth edition will take place from November 28, 2019 until January 19, 2020 in the city centre of Amsterdam.
Teknion Introduces New Banqs Banquette Seating for Mixed-Use Spaces
Teknion has unveiled Banqs, a focused collection of sofas with screens, tables and accessories designed by PearsonLloyd.
Innovations' 2019 Color Direction
Innovations has named Warm & Cool Gray, Navy Blue and Forest Green as its leading influence for product development in 2019.
2019 AZ Awards Now Open for Submissions
The AZ Awards is AZURE's international architecture and design competition, recognizing excellence and innovation, and showcasing the world's best projects, products and ideas. Finalists and winners of the AZ Awards greatly benefit from the international exposure and recognition they receive.
Communication Arts Publishes Typography Annual 9
Communication Arts has published the results of its 9th annual typography competition. One hundred and twenty-eight projects were selected by a jury of creative professionals; 1,653 entries were submitted to the competition.
Butterfly Cannon Creates Limited Edition Packaging for VOYA
Butterfly Cannon has created limited edition packaging and communications for VOYA, a luxury organic spa brand based in Co. Sligo, Ireland, that combines the 300-year-old Irish tradition of seaweed bathing with a 5-star global spa experience.
Monotype Releases Four New Typefaces
Monotype has released four new type designs for creative professionals, including a sans serif that makes a statement (Malden), a textured calligraphic design (Amarone), a versatile script (Elicit Script), and a typeface inspired by classic cinema (Placard Next).
PriestmanGoode Unveils Design for New LATAM Aircraft Interiors
PriestmanGoode has designed new aircraft interiors for the South American carrier LATAM. The new cabin interiors will be introduced to over 200 aircraft through a retrofit program over the next two years and will also feature in LATAM's new aircraft.
Soundation Gets Design Overhaul by Kurppa Hosk
Born from equal parts passion and need, Soundation was created to offer a powerful and high-quality online music production service for newcoming producers.
New Tommy Hilfiger Amsterdam Store by rpa:group
rpa:group's Interior Architecture division has designed Tommy Hilfiger's re-opened premium concept store on Amsterdam's Hoofstraat.
Hutchison Flat by Atelier SUWA
Atelier SUWA recently renovated the Hutchison Flat in Outremont, Quebec. The brief for the studio was to create a new flexible space within a tight floor plan for the owners who work from home.
Conscious Minds Creates 'As Seen on Instagram' Vending Machines
Conscious Minds has created a quirky and humorous new project to celebrate the iTunes launch of its acclaimed Instagram-focused documentary 'Social Animals.'
Volvo Trucks Unveils Vera
Volvo Trucks has unveiled Vera, an autonomous, fully electric vehicle that could integrate into more complex logistics systems.
Studio O+A Designs Sapphire Ventures' Palo Alto HQ
Sapphire Ventures provides venture capital to innovative and disruptive companies ready to scale up. To redesign the interiors of the company's Palo Alto headquarters, Studio O+A embodied the dichotomies at the heart of the company's culture: elegant/industrial, intense/warm, edgy/comfortable.
Teknion Releases New Glass Office-Front System Tek Vue
Teknion has unveiled Tek Vue, the brand's latest architectural interiors product offering. A glass office-front system, Tek Vue responds to the essential needs of the modern workplace.
Datacolor Launches ColorReader: Color Matching Tool
Datacolor recently launched ColorReader, a new gadget that allows users to measure the color of a surface (be the iconic blue used by Tiffany, a fabric swatch or Grandma's china plates) and tells within seconds the closest match across all major brands - including Benjamin Moore, Farrow and Ball, Sherwin and Williams, and Behr.
C&G Partners Designs Emotional Kindertransport Exhibition
C&G Partners has created a highly emotional and thought-provoking exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the start of Kindertransport, the remarkable humanitarian mission to rescue 10,000 refugee children from Nazi-occupied Europe in the years leading up to the Holocaust.
Delvaux Opens Iconic New Boutique in London
Delvaux has opened an iconic new boutique in London. Designed by Vudafieri - Saverino Partners, the new space combines the belgitude of the Maison with the charm of the British ambience.
MakerBot Launches Method: World's First Performance 3D Printer
MakerBot has recently launched 'MakerBot Method,' the world's first performance 3D printer. Method bridges the gap between desktop and industrial 3D printers by bringing features that were only available on industrial-grade printers to individual designers and engineers in a much more accessible model and at a significantly lower cost.