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Be Original Americas 2018 Student Design Fellowship
Be Original Americas is calling for applications for its third annual Student Design Fellowship, an unparalleled opportunity for two college students to gain real world, hands-on experience about all it takes to make, distribute, and sell great design from industry leading companies across the country.
TYPO Labs 2018
The third annual TYPO Labs conference will be held April 12-14 in Berlin. Under the theme of 'How far can we go?,' the conference will bring together 300 international developers to discuss new technologies for rendering text across the digital spectrum, including online, on mobile screens, and in virtual spaces.
Noor Unveils Designs for Hilton Da Nang
Noor has unveiled its designs for the new Hilton Da Nang Hotel, which will open in April 2018 and will become the first five-star hotel in Da Nang, the third largest city and number one resort destination in Vietnam.
The Other Office 3: Creative Workplace Design
The Other Office 3, the latest volume in Frame's series of books on workplace design, offers insight into the main factors driving contemporary office design.
2018 AIACC Awards Recipients Announced
The American Institute of Architects, California Council, has announced the two recipients of the 2018 AIA California Council Awards.
Steelcase Launches SILQ
Steelcase recently unveiled SILQ, a chair that features a new high-performance polymer material that emulates the qualities of carbon fiber at a mass market price.
3LHD Transforms ResoLution Signature Restaurant
A few years after the opening of Hotel Lone, Restaurant L - one of three restaurants in the hotel, was rebranded as ResoLution Signature Restaurant.
Hato Designs 'Start with a Mark' Campaign for D&AD
D&AD recently enlisted Hato to create the campaign 'Start with a Mark,' a co-design tool that will be shared with D&AD's community to generate this year's festival identity. The campaign was created in the belief that every great idea starts with a mark.
La Lucia by ARRCC
ARRCC recently completed La Lucia, a beach house that perfectly balances luxury and comfort with its uncomplicated spaces.
Slack Toronto Office by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design completed the Toronto location of Slack, a San Francisco based startup offering a revolutionary team communication app for business.
Vue53 Apartments by Valerio Dewalt Train
The recently completed Vue53 in Chicago's Hyde Park brings contemporary living to an historic Chicago neighborhood.
Oceanco Unveils Ground-Breaking Superyacht Tuhura
Oceanco unveiled its new 377ft superyacht concept 'Tuhura,' conceived in collaboration with Lobanov Design Studio, BMT Nigel Gee and the interior designer Achille Salvagni.
8th Annual Lovie Awards: Call for Entries
The 8th Annual Lovie Awards is now open for submissions. The Lovie Awards honours the best of the European Internet across Websites, Internet Video, Online Advertising, Apps, Mobile Sites & Podcasts and Social.
Best Brand Awards 2018
Submissions are open for the 5th Best Brand Awards. The Awards recognizes the high quality brands and rewards the excellence in visual communication internationally.
Bill Sorro Community by Kennerly Architecture & Planning
Designed by Kennerly Architecture & Planning, the Bill Sorro Community is an affordable housing community at 200 Sixth Street in San Francisco.
Hogan Relocates in Milan with New Store Concept by Checkland Kindleysides
Checkland Kindleysides designed a new boutique store for luxury Italian footwear brand, Hogan. Located on Milan's famous Via Montenapoleone, the store blends classical origins with contemporary style.
TrueX New York Office by Sydness Architects
Sydness Architects recently completed a new office space in New York for TrueX, a next-gen digital ad-tech company and subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.
Indian Accent London by DesignLSM
DesignLSM recently completed Indian Accent London, located on Albemarle Street in the heart of Mayfair. The studio was briefed to create a luxurious, refined dining experience as a backdrop for the innovative Indian cuisine, referencing the color and materials of traditional Indian architecture.
SCHAUM/SHIEH Designs White Oak Music Hall in Houston
SCHAUM/SHIEH have designed a dynamic cluster of music venues in Houston consisting of The White Oak Music Hall, The Lawn, and Raven Tower Pavilion.
IIDA Latin America Design Awards 2018
The International Interior Design Association Latin America Design Awards, previously referred to as IIDA Best Interiors of Latin America & the Caribbean Competition, is now open for submissions. This year's award program has an expanded list of categories, recognizing interior design projects that reflect the highest levels of creativity and excellence from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Allseating's Lyss Collection Wins Good Design Award
Allseating won a Good Design Award for its Lyss seating collection, designed by Carl Gustav Magnusson.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects to Design New Campus Complex for Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has been selected to design a new, contemporary campus for the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway's largest geotechnical specialist community and a leading centre of research and consultancy in engineering-related geosciences.
WantedDesign 2018
The 8th WantedDesign will be held May 19-22 at the Terminal Stores in NY. For designers and studios, WantedDesign offers a unique platform for collaboration and development, it also broadcasts their work to an engaged audience of enthusiasts, professionals and established international manufacturers, distributors and curators.
ButterflyCannon Creates Premium Dairy Brand Tom Parker Creamery
ButterflyCannon recently created brand positioning, identity & packaging design for Tom Parker Creamery, a new range of high quality dairy products inspired by the founder's dairy farming Great Grandfather.
Thali Oxford by Blacksheep
Blacksheep recently completed 'Thali,' an unconventional restaurant in Oxford with an Indian soul. Thali started life as a food truck at the Glastonbury Festival in 1999 and has evolved into a series of six Indian restaurants in the UK, celebrating Indian food and culture rooted in a festival atmosphere.
IDSA MI Industry Leaders Consortium 2018
The IDSA Michigan Chapter is hosting an Industry Leaders Consortium in Detroit to bring design-industry leaders together to discuss the the future of Industrial design and innovation in industry. The evening will consist of a series of speakers, a panel discussion, and breakout sessions.
Bulletproof Creates Revolutionary Branding for Fort Hamilton
Bulletproof has created the brand identity and packaging design for Alex Clark Spirits' new premium rye whiskey, Fort Hamilton, locally produced out of Brooklyn, NY.
2018 NYCxDESIGN Awards
The third annual NYCxDESIGN Awards, a design competition honoring the best products and projects in New York City, is now open for submissions.
2018 SEGD Branded Environments
In an increasingly competitive landscape of consumer offerings, the effective use of brand design in physical environments and experiences has become a powerful differentiator in business. The 2018 SEGD Branded Environments event will feature a diverse global line-up of designers challenging traditional expectations of how brand impacts environment.
Winners of 6th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Announced
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute recently unveiled the winners of its 6th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge.
Jaguar Restarts Production of D-Type Race Car
Jaguar Classic is re-starting production of the Jaguar D-type race car, 62 years after the last one was built in 1956. Just twenty-five D-type will be hand-built at Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Warwickshire.
Managed by Q New York Headquarters by HAO & Studio A+H
Studio A+H and Holm Architecture Office recently completed the new Managed By Q HQ office located in SoHo, New York.
Robot Food Designs Branding for BULK POWDERS' WMN
Robot Food recently designed the branding for punchy new women's sports nutrition range from BULK POWDERS.
Architecture & Design Film Festival LA 2018
The Architecture & Design Film Festival is returning to Los Angeles from March 14-18, providing the film capital of the world a unique lens to explore architecture and design.
Rivington Glassware by Blond
Blond recently designed a new minimal glassware collection for Yod & Co. The studio utilized blow-molding as a production technique and created a durable collection of glassware with a delicate aesthetic.
2018 World Sneaker Championship
Pensole, in partnership with Foot Locker, has launched the 2018 World Sneaker Championship (WSC). The global competition, now in its fourth year, is an online, single-elimination, all-or-nothing tournament, with a grand prize comprising $20,000 in cash, scholarships to Pensole, and products from Wacom. A limited quantity of the winning design will be produced and sold at Foot Locker outlets globally.
Window on the Lake by YH2
YH2 recently completed a new house in Saint-Elie de Caxton, Quebec. The house stands on the site of an old family cottage, just steps away from the shores of Lac Plaisant in the Mauricie region.
Office of Baby Creates 'Find Your Place' Ad Campaign for StreetEasy
In its third year of partnership with StreetEasy, Office of Baby (OOB) has launched another authentic and relatable vision on what the home search is really like in New York City.
Sir David Adjaye Among Those Receiving Top Honor From UVA, Monticello
Sir David Adjaye, the architect behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., will be receiving the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's highest external honor, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal.
400 Year Old Street Runs Through Lobby of Renovated NYC Office Building
When 85 Broad, situated on the site of Manhattan's very first City Hall, was built in 1981 it divided the historic, cobblestone-paved Stone Street into two sections.
Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2
Moriyama & Teshima and Montgomery Sisam Architects recently completed the Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus Phase 2 (HMC2) - a premier post-secondary learning environment dedicated to the study of architecture, interior design and visual merchandizing.
2017 iF Social Impact Prize Recipients Revealed
iF has unveiled the recipients of the 2017 iF Social Impact Prize. The competition received over 150 social projects from companies, design studios, NGOs, foundations and both public and private organizations.
Ventura Future 2018: The Future Landscape of Design
The inaugural Ventura Future exhibition will take place during the 2018 Milan Design Week in the Loreto district in Central Milan. The exhibition will feature designers who are taking the lead in shaping the future.
Woods Bagot to Transform Historic Xi'an Textile Mill into Retail Entertainment Landmark
Woods Bagot has unveiled its design proposal for the renovation of Dahua 1935 - an 82-year-old former textile mill in a historic part of Xi'an city centre just next to Daming Palace, the Tang Dynasty's imperial home, which is today a major tourist attraction.
C&G Partners Creates '1938 Projekt: Posts from the Past' for Leo Baeck Institute
C&G Partners recently created the visual identity, website, exhibition design and social media strategy for the '1938 Projekt: Posts from the Past,' a captivating year-long social, web and physical exhibition program which presents a daily stream of one archival document - a handwritten letter, a diary entry, a photo, a newspaper article - from that year belonging to German-speaking Jews as they lived through the 12 months leading up to Kristallnacht and the beginning of the Holocaust.
Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier
On view at the Design Museum from May 10 to October 7, Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier explores the late designer's unique creative talent and the timeless beauty of his work.
CXI 18: Corporate and Brand Identity Conference
On June 15, the largest European corporate and brand identity conference will once again bring together experts from agencies and companies, presenting strategies and solutions for developing and implementing CI and branding projects.
2018 Radical Innovation Award
Submissions are now open for the 2018 Radical Innovation Award. Radical Innovation is asking professionals and students alike to submit ideas for the guest experience.
The Rookies 2018
The 2018 Rookies will open for submissions March 7th. The annual Awards celebrates the year's most talented student designers, illustrators, film makers, animators, developers, photographers, and digital artists.
Joseph Binder Award 2018
The Joseph Binder Award, an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration, is now open for submissions. The Award is named after one of the most outstanding graphic designers and illustrators active in Austria between the two World Wars, who subsequently also revolutionized visual communication in the United States.
Better with Less Design Challenge
Metsä Board has launched an open idea competition that aims to find new solutions for some of the most frequently used consumer packages, and to deliver better experiences with less impact on the environment.
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.
Poster For Tomorrow 2018
Submissions are now open for the 10th and final edition of the Poster For Tomorrow contest. The theme for 2018 is 'A Planet for Tomorrow.'
Andreu World International Design Contest 2018
The 18th Andreu World International Design Contest is now open for submissions.
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018
The 2018 Red Dot Award: Communication Design will open for entries on March 5. Agencies, designers and companies from around the world are invited to submit their design and creative projects to this international design competition.
GOOD DESIGN Awards 2018
The annual GOOD DESIGN Awards Program for the most innovative and cutting-edge industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world is now accepting submissions. Every year, designers and manufactures in about 50 nations are honored for their singular achievements in producing hallmarks of contemporary design.
Foam Talent Call 2018
The 2018 Foam Talent Call, one of the photographic industry's most prestigious contests for young photographers, is now open for submissions.
Penguin Random House Design Award 2018
The 2018 Penguin Random House Design Award is now open for submissions. The Award offers students interested in pursuing a career in design to experience real cover design briefs first-hand.
ASID Releases Interior Design Billings Index for Q4 2017
The American Society of Interior Designers has released its Interior Design Billings Index 4th Quarter 2017 Report.
Marvel's YMCA Brings a Balance with Nature to the Northeast Bronx
Marvel Architects has unveiled a full set of renderings that showcase the firm's nature-focused design direction for the new Edenwald YMCA in the Northeast Bronx.
HEX x Peanuts for Nordstrom
HEX has unveiled its new Peanuts Capsule for Nordstrom. The capsule consists of a Backpack, Waist Pack, Dopp Kit, and iPhone Case and are outfitted in a Peanuts print combined with HEX's #DeviceReady features.
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.
UTÖKA Creates Design-Driven CGI/Motion Graphic Spot For Mizuno
UTÖKA blended photo-real CGI and motion graphic design with live-action footage for a multi-platform spot showcasing the cutting-edge technology behind MIZUNO Maxcor, MIZUNO's high-performance baseball bat.
Enthought Reveals New Community-Centered Office
lauckgroup recently transformed AI software company Enthought's Austin office into a warm, industrial workplace with a neighborhood atmosphere.
Hoefer Wysocki Completes $20M Design of Northland Innovation Center
Hoefer Wysocki recently completed the design for the five-story, 95,000-square-foot Northland Innovation Center (NIC), an urban, vertical education campus designed to advance learning for students from kindergarten through post-secondary education.
Sybarite Design Joseph's New Store in Miami Design District
Sybarite has completed luxury fashion label Joseph's new store in Miami's Design District. Sybarite designed over 50 stores for the fashion house, and the new flagship is the largest Joseph store globally.
B&B Studio Delivers Upscale Rebrand for Firefly
B&B studio recently completed an upscale rebrand for the core range of Firefly's revitalising botanical drinks.
Monotype Mosaic: Cloud-Based Font Platform for Enterprises
Monotype has today launched Mosaic, a cloud-based font platform that provides enterprises with an easy way to discover, manage, share and deploy Monotype fonts.
MUJI Unveils Found MUJI British Industries Collection
MUJI has launched Found MUJI British Industries - the latest addition to the brand's popular Found MUJI series developed by Naoto Fukasawa.
Spaces of Action: Designing and Using the Public Realm for Change
The past decade has seen a renaissance in the design and construction of the public spaces in New York and other major cities, producing vital new plazas, parks, pedestrian streets, and waterfront areas. While the proliferation of these spaces has visibly enhanced the experience of urban social and cultural life, has this growth in the designed public realm also successfully expanded opportunities for political assembly, speech and dissent?
Robert Generette III Creates ESPN Interactive Game Art
Robert Generette III recently collaborated with ESPN to create artwork for their interactive game encouraging basketball fans to create their ultimate All-Star team.
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.
Baileys Launches Limited Edition Strawberries & Cream with Design by Vault49
Vault49 has unveiled its design for limited edition Baileys Strawberries & Cream just in time for Valentine's Day.
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.
Seymourpowell Designs Domus Toaster and Kettle for Dualit
Seymourpowell recently collaborated with Dualit to co-design the latest ground-breaking kettle and toaster range released by Dualit, the 'Domus.'
Carlo Ratti Associati and Bjarke Ingels Group Design 280m Green Oasis Tower in Singapore
The 280m tall high-rise on 88 Market Street, jointly designed by Carlo Ratti Associati and Bjarke Ingels Group, is an oasis in the bustling Central Business District (CBD) of Singapore.
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.
Hem Unveils Alphabeta Floor Lamp by Luca Nichetto
Hem has unveiled the Alphabeta Floor Lamp by Luca Nichetto. Following the success of the iconic Alphabeta Pendant Lamp, which was first introduced in 2015, Hem tapped renowned designer to create a reimagined version of the piece which he has named the Alphabeta Floor Lamp.
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.
Street Seats: Urban Benches for Vibrant Cities
Design Museum Portland has launched Street Seats: Urban Benches for Vibrant Cities, an international design challenge which will culminate in an public outdoor exhibition and walking tour around the World Trade Center Portland plaza in downtown Portland, Ore.
Nude Brand Creation Unveils Design for Ballantine's Limited Release 30 Year Old Cask Edition
Nude Brand Creation has unveiled its design for Ballantine's first Limited Release 30 Year Old Cask Edition.
Interior Design Compensation Report Indicates a Bright Future for Interior Design Professionals
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has released its Interior Design Compensation Report, an analysis of salary and benefit information that enables leaders in design to monitor the health of the industry, inform strategic business and hiring decisions, and recruit and retain top talent.
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 SoGood Awards
Designers, design students and related communications professionals are invited to submit work to this international design competition that celebrates the power of design to do good.
Trollbäck+Company's Animation Contemplates Time via Second Buddha's Teachings
The latest animated film from Trollbäck+Company visualizes different POV's on concepts of time and relativity -- from the ancient Buddhists to contemporary astrophysicists.
RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2018
The 2018 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship is now open for applications from Architecture students enrolled in schools of architecture around the world. A £7,000 grant will be awarded to one winner by a panel of judges which will include Lord Foster and RIBA President Ben Derbyshire.
West of West Designs Flagship Store for Banks Journal in Los Angeles
West of West recently completed a new retail project in Downtown Los Angeles, a showroom for the surf-inspired menswear brand Banks Journal.
ASID Releases 2018 State of the Industry Report
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released its 2018 Outlook and State of the Industry (OSI) Report.
Mission Workshop Unveils Stryman Ultralight
Mission Workshop has unveiled the Stryman Ultralight, their version the classic raincoat built using advanced performance fabrics and construction techniques.
ESI Design Transforms Iconic Chicago Office Building with Large-scale Light-Art Installation
ESI Design has transformed the entrance of 1 North Dearborn - a iconic Chicago office building - with a large-scale digital art installation.
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.
Adobe XD Previews New Feature and Unveils Free Icon Kits
Adobe has unveiled a sneak preview of vector graphic support in Creative Cloud Libraries coming soon to Adobe XD.
Morpholio Launches Trace Pro for iPhone
Morpholio has launched Trace Pro for iPhone that intends to transform site visits by importing key components of the design process into the Construction Administration Phase.
Tommy Bahama Headquarters by SkB Architects
SkB Architects recently designed Tommy Bahama's new headquarters. The new 120,000-square-foot office design builds upon the attributes that have come to define the fashion company-the embodiment of island life and casual sophistication.
Vana Tallinn Redesign by Appartement 103
Appartement 103 has redesigned Vana Tallinn, the legendary Estonian liqueur brand owned by Liviko Group.
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.
IFI World Interiors Day 2018: Design Without Borders
IFI has announced 'Design Without Borders' as the 2018 theme to explore for this year's IFI World Interiors Day (IFI WID). Hosted annually, IFI WID is a long-standing program that engages a broad range of people and communities around the world.
B&B Studio Rebrand for Mornflake Reflects Strength of 'Mighty Oats'
B&B studio has unveiled a new identity for established cereal brand Mornflake's range of oat-based products. With a powerful design that stands out on the supermarket shelf, the rebrand celebrates not only the nutritional benefits of the cereals but also Mornflake's heritage as the fourth-oldest family-owned brand in Britain.
Cooper Hewitt to Host Symposium on Designing Accessible Cities
Cooper Hewitt, in partnership with New York City's Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, will host a daylong symposium focused on designing accessible cities. Speakers and panelists will explore the barriers that make cities inaccessible and the innovations that promote intentional user-focused design.
West of West Designs Stashed Boutique in San Francisco
West of West designed the 2,240-square-foot retail space for STASHED, a street apparel and footwear store from music and advertising executive Steve Stoute, CEO of Translation Enterprises.