Design News
RGD Launches an Interactive Tool That Helps Creatives Identify Requests for Speculative Work
RGD and Nascent Digital have launched Free, Fee or Flee? - an interactive tool for creative professionals, specifically graphic designers, through a questionnaire to consider various scenarios involving requests for free work.
TYPO Berlin 2017
The 22nd TYPO Berlin will be dedicated to the diversions of our time - digital communication, mobility and virtual reality. In more than 60 presentations, workshops and panel discussions, designers, developers and creatives from all over the world will take a look at the cravings of an era.
Herman Miller Opens Flagship Store in NYC
Herman Miller has opened a new flagship retail store in New York City. Occupying 6,000 SF on the ground and second floors of Herman Miller's multi-level presence at 251 Park Avenue South in Manhattan, the store will offer consumers the opportunity to connect with Herman Miller through a new channel.
LRXD Creates Packaging for DripJoy
LRXD designed the identity and packaging for DripJoy. DripJoy is perfecting the single-serve coffee experience by delivering pods of fresh, sustainably sourced coffee to customers' homes each month.
Young Professionals Application Day for Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017
Red Dot has announced the date for its 'Young Professionals Application Day,' which offers 50 young & upcoming designers free registrations for the 2017 Red Dot Award: Product Design.
Supreme Creations Innovation and Impact Awards 2017
The Supreme Innovation and Impact Awards recognize and reward the most innovative and well-designed products and sustainable packaging produced worldwide. The theme for this year's event is 'Second Life' - a celebration of reusable packaging and giveaway designs.
Brandlife: Cafés & Coffeehouses
Brandlife is a new series from Victionary, examining immersive brand experience across a variety of consumer or service related businesses in the fields of hospitality, retail and dining.
Purismo E-bike Now Available for Preorder
Purismo is lightweight, compact, and foldable carbon e-bike, designed in Italy and assembled with high-quality components in Austria.
TDC63 Communication and Typeface Design Competitions
The Type Directors Club is calling for submissions for its 63rd Communication Design Competition and the 20th Typeface Design Competition. The competitions highlight the world's best typographic work in both communication and typeface design.
Malmö Live Wins World's Best Mixed-use Project at the World Architecture Festival 2016
The Malmö Live complex in Southern Sweden, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, was announced winner of the Mixed-use Completed Buildings category at the 2016 World Architectural Festival in Berlin.
Affinity Designer Now Available for Windows
Previously only available for Mac, Affinity Designer is now available for Windows.
Animated Logos Celebrate Movement
"Movement can a powerful part of any brand. Just like Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Madonna, John Travolta and Fred Astaire made motion an integral part of their brands and careers, everyday brands can also use motion as a powerful tool for differentiation and meaning," states brand identity specialist David Brier.
Off Grid 17: An Experiential Journey
Off Grid 17: An Experiential Journey is an international event from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) that will offer a unique design driven way to experience New Zealand.
2017 New York Festivals Torch Awards: Call for Entries
The 2017 Torch Awards is open for entries. Each year, the Torch Awards partners with a nonprofit organization and presents a competition for young creatives that explores a creative challenge with real-world potential.
Sundance Cinemas Launches New Brand Strategy & Identity
Sundance Cinemas has launched a new brand strategy and identity designed in partnership with Troika.
The Collected Works Designs UI and Data Visualization for Starry
The Collected Works designed the UI for Starry - a touchscreen router that makes fast, reliable Wi-Fi easy for everyone.
Seebo Announces Partnership with Autodesk Forge
Seebo has announced a partnership with Autodesk Forge, extending its ability to help product designers transform their traditional non-connected products into smart products.
2016 Premier's Design Awards Finalists Announced
Finalists in the 2016 Victorian Premier's Design Awards have been announced with a record number of entries progressing to the next stage of the Awards program.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Reveals Designs for ARoS Next Level
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has revealed its designs for the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum' (DK) ambitious €40 million expansion plan, Next Level.
IIDA Announces 5th Annual Healthcare Interior Design Best of Competition Winner
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced Stantec as the Best of Competition winner of the 2016 Healthcare Interior Design Competition for the project Florida Hospital for Women, in Orlando, Florida.
ASID Releases Interior Design Billings Index Report for Q3 2016
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released the results of the ASID Interior Design Billings Index (IDBI) 3rd Quarter Report.
Jaguar I-PACE Concept Car
Jaguar has today unveiled the I-PACE Concept, an all-electric performance SUV. The I-PACE production model will be on the road in 2018, with precise, agile driving dynamics as yet unseen on an electric vehicle.
Finale by Charles Pollock
Bernhardt Design has unveiled Finale, the last product of Charles Pollock's 50-year design career.
Bates Smart Announced as Design Consultant for New Australian Embassy in Washington
Bates Smart has been selected as the design consultant for the new Australian Embassy in Washington.
Cinnamon Bazaar by DesignLSM
DesignLSM has been working with renowned Indian chef Vivek Singh on the launch of his new all-day dining concept - Cinnamon Bazaar.
The Package Design Book 4
The Package Design Book 4 is now out, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Pentawards, featuring the stars of the 2015 and 2016 competitions.
2017 Future Architecture: Call for Ideas
Future Architecture platform has launched a new call for ideas for all who wish to participate in the Future Architecture program cycle throughout Europe in 2017.
Studio RHE Unveils Designs for Republic
Studio RHE has unveiled its designs for Republic, a dynamic collaborative campus focused on well-being, connectivity, creativity and flexibility.
INDE.Awards 2017
Submissions are now open for the inaugural INDE.Awards. Organized by Indesign Media Asia Pacific, the Awards program aims to recognize Asia Pacific's most progressive buildings, spaces, objects, proposals and people.
Brandimage Designs Bottle for Van Cleef & Arpels in New York
Brandimage has designed the bottle for the new perfume for men, Van Cleef & Arpels in New York. As a a tribute to the art deco architectural tradition of New York, where Van Cleef & Arpels has its own boutique since 1942 in the heart of Manhattan, Brandimage imagined an encounter between the famous jeweler and the city that never sleeps, through the design of the new Van Cleef & Arpels' in New York.
2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation
The 2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation is now open for submissions. The long-celebrated awards program distinguishes companies that have answered to the worldwide mandate for improvements in customer product experiences and sustainability.
Montréal Bixi 375
Bixi has launched a contest to challange enthusiasts to design their own bicycles to help celebrate the city's 375th anniversary.
Lyft Amp: An Evolution of the Glowstache
Lyft has today unveiled the new Amp, a connected in-car emblem that enhances the Lyft ride experience.
Actiu and Alegre Design Unveil TNK Flex & eFit
Actiu, through its Research and Development team, together with Alegre Design, has created eFIT, a chair designed for millennials, in constant search of design and functionality and TNK Flex, a chair that can anticipate the user's needs and that is able to adapt itself to the user's movements and morphology.
Folly/Function 2017: Call for Proposals
Socrates Sculpture Park and The Architectural League invite designers and architects to help shape the physical setting in which the park fulfills its mission as a venue for art, creative expression, public programming, and education.
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Create Cyl System for Vitra
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have unveiled Cyl, a new office system for Vitra. Cyl was originally conceived for the home as a table programme, but soon the designers sensed the potential to turn it into a system with a larger range of typologies.
Winners of Le Mans 2030 Global Design Competition
Michelin announced the winners of the 2017 Michelin Challenge Design, "Le Mans 2030: Design for the Win."
Hornall Anderson Rebrands Progresso Soups
Launching this soup season, Progresso teamed up with Hornall Anderson to redesign their brand.
Seymourpowell Create Packaging for New Superdrug Gift Box Range
Seymourpowell recently created a new range of gift boxes for Superdrug, the Spåa Retreat range.
TechSAge Design Competition 2017: Call for Submissions
Submissions are now open for the second annual TechSAge Design Competition. The two-phase global competition, designed to foster highly creative and impactful concepts, seeks to inspire talented students to develop innovative technology-enabled design solutions for the aging population, especially considering the varied abilities and disabilities of older adults.
The Natural Balance: Studio Lorier Launches Self Watering Flowerpot on Kickstarter
Studio Lorier has unveiled the ultimate self-watering flowerpot: The Natural Balance. This pot works with a unique mechanism that slowly feeds the plant and lets you know when the plant needs water.
Ventura Lambrate 2017: Call for Entries
The submissions are now open for the 8th edition of Ventura Lambrate. From 4-9 April 2017, Ventura Lambrate will feature selected works in a 12.000sqm exhibition area in Milan to over 100.000 visitors and over 1800 journalists.
ADC 96th Annual Awards: Call for Entries
The ADC 96th Annual Awards are now open for submissions. The Award seeks to honor the people and projects that have best displayed these ideals over the past year.
SCI-Arc Launches New Scholarships for SCI-Arc EDGE
SCI-Arc has launched four new scholarships for SCI-Arc EDGE, Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture.
International Design Awards 2017
The 10th annual International Design Awards (IDA) is now open for submissions. The competition is open to architects, interior designers, product designers, graphic designers and fashion designers.
The Author Mural by The Graphic History Company
The Graphic History Company recently completed the Author Mural, commissioned to celebrate nearly 250 years of literary history at Hachette UK's landmark London building, Carmelite House, on the north bank of the Thames.
Maas Architecten Creates Highly Energy-efficient New Office Space for Vreugdenhil
Maas Architecten has designed the highly energy-efficient 2850sqm head office for Vreugdenhil, located in Nijkerk, the Netherlands.
Goby Toothbrush by Prime Studio
Goby is a modern toothbrush for the modern individual. The sleek design gives you everything you need and nothing you don't.
Across the Dotted Line by Joel Derksen
Joel Derksen has created a massive graphic installation at DigitasLBi in London, "Across the Dotted Line." The installation is part of the monthly exhibition series curated by Elisa de Martini.
2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize for Excellence in Architecture
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is now accepting submissions for the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. The Prize, which was established in 2014 by Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama along with the RAIC and the RAIC Foundation, consists of a monetary award of CAD $100,000 and a handcrafted sculpture designed by Canadian designer Wei Yew.
Espacio Premier by New Territory
New Territory has designed the onboard social space (known as 'Espacio Premier') for Aeromexico's new fleet of Boeing 787-9s.
La Petrilleria by Insula Studio
Insula Studio recently completed La Petrilleria, a new deli shop & bistrot in Rome. The delicatessen, designed to create a very familiar and warm place, features a narrow space dominated by a 7 meters stone counter.
What Clients Think of Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published the results of its 'Working With Architects' survey, highlighting how architects are perceived by construction clients.
Greenbuild Boston and Greenbuilding Brazil: Call for Proposals
The call for proposals is now open for Greenbuild Boston and Greenbuilding Brasil.
7th Maier S. Coop. International Design Competition
The 7th Maier S. Coop. International Design Competition is now open for submissions. This competition, focussed on vehicle design and aimed at professional or amateur designers, will distribute more than 15,000 Euros in prizes.
Wacom MobileStudio Pro
Wacom recently unveiled MobileStudio Pro, a new line of lightweight, powerful mobile computers. Featuring the newly-designed Wacom Pro Pen 2, with 4x higher pen accuracy and pressure sensitivity than the company's previous professional pen, enhanced resolution, leading-edge graphics, excellent color performance, and 3D camera, Wacom MobileStudio Pro is the ultimate creative tool for CAD artists and designers.
Design is Future
This Friday, Barcelona Design Center will release Design is Future, a documentary featuring the main highlights from the 15 speakers that took part in the Design is Future 2016 held at Disseny Hub Barcelona during the Barcelona Design Week 2016.
Funan by Woods Bagot
Woods Bagot's Hong Kong studio recently unveiled Funan, a lifestyle destination and landmark project to cater for the tech savvy and socially astute public in the heart of Singapore's CBD.
Weslodge by Navigate Design
When the team behind Toronto's Weslodge decided to open a second location at the world's tallest hotel, the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, they tapped Navigate Design to deliver a space worthy of the evolving brand.
Glass Wall House by Klopf Architecture
Klopf Architecture and Arterra Landscape Architects designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground.
2017 AIANY Design Awards: Call for Entries
The 2017 AIANY Design Awards are now open for entries. AIA New York's annual Design Awards Program recognizes outstanding architectural design by AIA New York chapter members, New York City-based architects in any location, and work in New York City by architects around the globe.
Mathieu Lehanneur Designs Temporary Museum for Audemars Piguet
Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a temporary installation for Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet. Located within the Yuz Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, the 'Ring' is comprised of a large-scale 4m high copper ring, into which visitors are invited on a journey that allows them to explore the rich history of the brand.
Axis Creates Innovative Workplace for MOBI
Axis recently re-designed the interiors of MOBI, which is a tech startup that offers cloud based software for mobile devices to allow companies to manage all of their employee's devices in an efficient, centralized way.
FAK3 Wins 2016 AAP American Architecture Prize
FAK3 has been named a winner in the first annual AAP American Architecture Prize for 'The Ribbon House,' which won the best 'Houses Interior.'
Studio Parr Rebrands Lindfield Coffee Works
Studio Parr was tasked by Lindfield Coffee Works, an independent artisan roastery & coffee bar based in a vibrant Sussex village famed for its quintessentially English pond and wild fowl, to create an exciting new look that reflected their strong sense of locality and artisan process.
Ilanel Creates Lighting Installation for Save the Children Illumination Gala
Ilanel has created a spectacular lighting installation for Save The Children's fourth annual Illumination Gala at The Plaza hotel's majestic third-floor ballroom in New York City.
Stone Island Prototype Research: Series 01
Stone Island has launched Prototype Research Series - a native limited edition project - featuring garments in fabrics and/or treatments born from research and experimentation processes that have not yet been industrialized.
Butterfly Cannon Creates Innovative New Packaging for Bulleit Bourbon
Butterfly Cannon has designed an innovative packaging for Bulleit Bourbon - a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, with a high-rye content and iconic frontier inspired bottle.
Cubetto: The Wooden Robot That Teaches Kids to Code
Cubetto, a playful wooden robot that teaches STEM skills to children during preliterate years, is now available for purchase worldwide.
TYPO Labs 2017: New Dimensions in Type Engineering
After a successful premiere in May 2016, TYPO Labs will open its door again next spring, from April 6 - 8, 2017 in Berlin.
Rubin Family Vineyard and Winery by MBH Architects
Marrying rustic charm with modern aesthetics, MBH Architects recently renovated the 6,000 square foot Rubin Family Vineyard and Winery in Sebastopol, California, leaving only the barrel room untouched.
Studio RHE Completes New Co-working Space for Huckletree in London
Studio RHE have completed an interior fit out project for co-working group Huckletree at the Alphabeta building on Finsbury Square in the City of London.
Libratone Unveils Q Adapt On-Ear Wireless Headphones
Libratone has unveiled the Q Adapt On-Ear wireless headphones - the newest addition to its family of meticulously designed acoustic lifestyle products.
11th Arte Laguna Prize
Submissions are now open for the 11th Arte Laguna Prize. The contest offers artists the opportunity to stand out and to be noticed by the public and to be evaluated by a jury composed of contemporary art world professionals.
Brentano Unveils Cityscape Collection
Brentano has unveiled its Cityscape Collection. Drawing inspiration from the energy and graphics of the urban landscape, the 18 new patterns in the Fall 2016 collection capture the eccentric life of the big city.
Adobe Releases State of Create: 2016
Adobe has released the State of Create: 2016, a global survey that found investing in creativity pays off with tangible benefits - from higher income to greater national competitiveness and productivity.
LAVA Designs Digital Technologies Exhibition 'Out of Hand'
LAVA has designed the "Out of Hand: Materialising the Digital" exhibition, on view at the Powerhouse Museum through June 25, 2017.
Construction Climate Challenge Funds New Research Projects
The Construction Climate Challenge has unveiled two new research projects that aim to come up with solutions on how to reduce CO2 emissions within the industry.
Craft Sync: Sync From Sketch with 1 Click
InVision has today unveiled Craft Sync, which bridges design and prototyping environments by enabling product designers to quickly send their Sketch artboards to InVision without having to leave their preferred design environment.
Architect Workload Confidence Stabilizes in September Future Trends Survey
The Royal Institute of British Architects has released the results of its Future Trends survey for September '16.
Lausanne's Hotel Royal Savoy Officially Re-opens with Interiors by MKV Design
After years of shuttered decay and a seven-year rebuilding programme, Lausanne's grande dame hotel, the Royal Savoy, has officially re-opened, with Interiors by MKV Design.
Jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest 2017
The submissions are now open for the 7th edition of the Jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest. The competition, open to designers and architects, as well as design and architecture students under 35, seeks to receive innovative concepts within the bathroom area.
2017 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition: Call for Entries
The 2017 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition is now open for submissions. Now in its 24th year, the annual awards program invites North America-based architects and designers to submit their most innovative and sustainable projects from the past five years that take advantage of the excellent technical and aesthetic qualities of Italian ceramic and porcelain tile.
Design Leveraged Confirms Link Between Workplace Design and Employee Satisfaction
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) have released Design Leveraged, Volume II, the second in a three-part series, which makes the case that good design makes a meaningful impact on employee satisfaction and has a positive effect on a company's bottom line.
II by IV Design Creates a Modern Respite in SF
Designed by II BY IV, ONE Mission Bay is a luxury condominium development which effortlessly blends urban pulse with modern design and hotel styled amenities.
Alaçatı Port Ladera Hotel by Unlimitedesign
Unlimitedesign recently completed the architectural renovation, interiors, outdoor & landspace design and the branding for the Alaçatı Port LaDera Hotel, located in an Aegean town on western coastline of Turkey.
Form Us With Love Expands Nest Collection
Form Us With Love expanded the Nest collection for +Halle. Wooden oak legs, curated Kvadrat upholstery and a new high back Easy chair bring energy and character to an already eclectic range. This refined collection seeks to explore sheltering, in what could be seen as reassessment of open spaces.
Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2017
The 3rd edition of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge is now open for entries, inviting professionals and students to (re)design products dedicated for 3D metal printing.
Lucky Knot by NEXT
NEXT Architects has completed an iconic bridge in China: the Lucky Knot. The new pedestrian bridge in the Chinese mega city Changsha was unveiled to the public a few weeks ago.
Survive and Thrive: Five Recommendations for Mid-Size Design Firms
I've been visiting independent design firms and talking with owners and managers for several weeks now.
Knarvik Community Church by Reiulf Ramstad Architects
Reiulf Ramstad Architects designed the new Community Church in Knarvik, located on the scenic west-coast of Norway north of Bergen, built on a privileged site overlooking the cultural landscape and local town centre.
Jamboard: The Whiteboard, Reimagined for Collaboration in the Cloud
With all the technological advances that make it easy for a global workforce to stay connected, there is still no seamless way to brainstorm across teams or offices.
GameFounders Accelerator Program: Spring 2017
The Call for Entries is now open for the 2017 GameFounders Accelerator Program. The program allows best ten teams to get to learn from industry giants, tap into a massive mentorship network and acquire some seed funding.
The Visual Biography of Color
The Visual Biography of Color, the latest title from ORO Editions by Frank Jacobus, discuss the phenomenon of color from a cultural perspective.
Serviceplan is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2016
Serviceplan has been named as the 2016 Red Dot: Agency of the Year. With its innovative campaigns, this partner-led agency proved to be the strongest service provider as demonstrated by its 11 Red Dot and five Red Dot: Best of the Best awards in this year's Communication Design competition.
21st Annual Webby Awards
Submissions are now open for the 21st Annual Webby Awards, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
Architizer A+Awards 2017
The 5th Annual Architizer A+Awards, the largest awards program celebrating the year's best architecture and products, is now open for submissions. Entries are judged by more than 300 luminaries and thought leaders from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development, and tech.
Bold Coffee Table by Reinier De Jong
BOLD is a large round coffee table designed by Reinier de Jong. BOLD is designed for large, contemporary living rooms.
Design Council Spark 2017
Entries are now open for the third Design Council Spark, a support programme and fund designed to help people turn their idea into a commercially successful product.
B&B Studio Creates New Look for Nestlé SPECIAL.T
B&B has created an iconic and disruptive new design for the relaunch of Nestlé's premium tea capsule system SPECIAL.T.