Design News
Autoban Designs Nopa Restaurant in Istanbul
Autoban designed a new restaurant and bar in Istanbul, located in the city's stylish Nisantasi district.
Communication Arts 5th Annual Typography Competition
Communication Arts' 5th annual Typography Competition is open for entries.
SHH Re-vamps Food and Beverage Outlets at Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium, the home of English rugby, was looking to upgrade the customer experience at its food and beverage retail offers in order to be truly world-class across all areas of its offer in time for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, which England is set to host after winning the 2009 selection bid.
Pininfarina Enters the Polish Market with Proximo
Pininfarina designed lobbies and landscape of Proximo, an A Class office complex, for the international real estate firm Hines.
Ambiente 2015: Call for Talents Program Applications
Ambiente is now accepting applications for its Talents program, which through the years, has served as the launching pad for design newcomers from around the globe.
VARA: A New Housing Project in San Francisco by Studio O+A
Studio O+A designed the public spaces of VARA, a housing development in San Francisco's Mission District.
Eventbrite's New HQ by Rapt Studio
Rapt Studio designed Eventbrite's new San Francisco HQ.
Spark Design Awards 2014
The Spark Design Awards are now open for entries. Now in its 8th year, the competition calls for entries in eight categories, including Experience, Product, Transport, Graphic, Spaces, Health, Screen and Concept & Student Design.
H&M Lookbook AW14 Men
H&M Autumn/Winter 2014 Lookbook for Men is out. The collection features the wardrobe of the modern mod, mixing Parisian cool with the attitude of London and the sleekness of New York.
New Law Expands Interior Design Practice Rights in Massachusetts
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) played a pivotal role in ending unfair labor restrictions for interior designers in Massachusetts.
Built Inc Designs Cafecito Organico's Newest Location
John M. Sofio and Sormeh Azad of Built Inc designed Cafecito Organico's newest location at the Anaheim Packing House.
Material ConneXion Launches Material (R)evolution Report Series
Material ConneXion has announced its new series of material technology reports.
H&M Studio Lookbook AW14
H&M unveiled its lookbook for Autumn/Winter 2014 Studio collection, featuring the playful, sophisticated spirit of 21st century bohemia.
Morpholio Launches Board 2.0
Morpholio has launched Board 2.0. This brand new version, created in collaboration with interior design giants, lets you work faster, smarter, and be more organized & creative.
SEGD Xlab 2014
Xlab, SEGD's annual technology event on the future of immersive experiences, the collaborative process, and emerging platforms that can be used to activate your projects, will be held on November 6, 2014 at SVA Theatre, Manhattan.
2015 Lexus Design Award
The 2015 Lexus Design Award is now open for entries, with a theme of "Senses." Participation is open to professionals, students and design enthusiasts.
PointOfView Illuminates ANZAC Memorial
Recently PointOfView Lighting Design lit Sydney's ANZAC Memorial to coincide with ANZAC Day Celebrations and the 2014 Commemorations of the Centenary of The First World War.
ASID Q2 Interior Design Billings Index Suggests Positive Momentum
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released the Second Quarter 2014 Interior Design Billings Index (IDBI).
Cartils Designs New Visual Brand Identity for Trulli
Cartils designed the new visual brand identity for Trulli Formula E Team.
Shanghai International Lighting Fair
The inaugural Shanghai International Lighting Fair will be held September 3-5 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.
Greenspace Creates the Anthology Story
Greenspace has laid the strategic and creative foundations for new London property developer, Anthology.
Mormedi Designs New Sogerma Business Class Seat
Mormedi designed the new Sogerma Business Class seat, Solstys III, a 26 inch wide, dynamic and optimized seat with a 76 inch long bed.
Rod Hunt Illustrates IKEA's New Russian Advertising Campaign
Rod Hunt was commissioned by Instinct BBDO to illustrate their new Russian campaign for IKEA.
Making a Modern Classic: Frank Gehry's Master Plan for the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Making a Modern Classic, on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through September 1, offers an exclusive first look at the comprehensive plan that Frank Gehry has created for the renovation and expansion of Philadelphia Museum of Art's home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Sprecher Home by SAOTA
SAOTA recently designed Sprecher Home.
3XN Wins Mälardalen University Architectural Competition
3XN won the the architectural competition for a new educational building for Mälardalen University - a university college in Eskilstuna southwest of Stockholm.
Oakley Disruptive by Design
Designboom, in collaboration with Oakley, is looking for design disruptors who will challenge expectations and amaze the world with their approach to design.
The Bridge by Pininfarina
Pininfarina created a new accessories collection for The Bridge which includes travelling bags, briefcases, messenger bags as well as trolley bags and smaller leatherware.
Tilley Surfboards by Ammunition
Ammunition, in collaboration with Oregon based surfboard maker Jason Tilley, designed and built a luxurious collection of boards and custom tailored carrying bags for travel brand Octovo.
2014 Original iPhone Film Festival: Call for Entries
The 2014 Original iPhone Film Festival is now open for entries.
70 Ones to Watch
Design Council launched a national call for entries for Design Council's Ones to Watch - a search for 70 talented designers of the future to showcase as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations.
Communication Arts Interactive Competition 2015
Communication Arts magazine's 21st annual Interactive Competition is now open for entries.
COLOR Forecast 2014 and Beyond
The International Furnishings and Design Association will host "COLOR Forecast 2014 and Beyond" seminar on August 18 at the Javits Center.
Future Ground Design Competition
Organized by the Van Alen Institute, Future Ground is a design competition inviting multidisciplinary teams to generate flexible design and policy strategies to reuse vacant land in New Orleans, transforming abandoned landscapes into resources for the current and future city.
dmi: Design Leadership Conference
The Design Management Institute will hold its Design Leadership Conference on September 30-October 1st in Boston.
YOO Home Branding by Construct
Construct has created the branding for YOO Home, a new collection of interior products curated and designed by YOO - the internationally renowned residential and hotel design company co-founded by French product designer Philippe Starck and entrepreneur John Hitchcox.
Capital One Lab by Studio O+A
Studio O+A designed the training space for Capital One, located just upstairs from the bank's coffee house retail concept in downtown near Union Square in San Francisco.
The Bike Design Project Teams Reveal Their Entries
The five competing teams in "The Bike Design Project," a pioneering bike design competition which partners five high-level design firms with American bicycle craftsmen to create the Ultimate Urban Utility Bike, have revealed their entries.
My Trademark Can Beat Up Your Trademark
Organized by AIGA San Francisco, My Trademark Can Beat Up Your Trademark is a brown bag discussion looking at the legal implications of creation successful brand identities.
Fred Perry Bangkok by BuckleyGrayYeoman
BuckleyGrayYeoman recently designed Fred Perry's international store in Bangkok Thailand. The flagship store in the Thai capital is BuckleyGrayYeoman's first completion for Fred Perry since it was appointed Worldwide Retail Design Consultant for the clothing brand, and is the practice's first project in the Far East.
VIF Studio's Summer Cottage Beats Out 149 For Architects Challenge Showdown
VIF Studio won the 2014 Marvin Windows and Doors Architects Challenge Showdown, beating out 149 other entrants.
The Transformation of an Idea into Mass Success
The next RKS Sessions, to be held at the Cross Campus on August 5, 2014, will host Craig Hickman the creator of Kid Pix.
2014 Premier's Design Awards Finalists
Good Design Australia and the Victorian Government have announced the thirty eight finalists across six categories in this year's Premier's Design Awards.
The Dieline Summit
The Dieline Summit will take place in November in Paris in collaboration with Emballage.
ClockONE by Chris Lenart
ClockONE, designed by Chris Lenart, reinvents the traditional clock.
Ventura London
Ventura Projects will host its inaugural London event during the London Design Festival in partnership with designjunction.
RIBA Future Trends Survey June 2014
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has released its Future Trends Survey for June 2014.
Referral, Expertise, Inspiration, Summary: Close
Ben awoke at 4:00 am with that old familiar anxiety. It was pitch day.
AGDA 2014 Australian Design Biennale Awards
The AGDA 2014 Australian Design Biennale Awards are open for entries.
XIV Andreu World International Design Contest
The 14th edition of the Andreu World International Design Contest is open for entries.
2015 D&AD Professional Awards
The 53rd D&AD Professional Awards is now open for entries. The competition now includes a number of new sub-category additions in response to the evolving creative landscape.
Making a Splash: Graphics that Flow
Fluid forms are visual analogues for change and endless possibilities.
Daylight Spaces 2014
The 2014 Daylight Spaces international architectural and design competition aims to highlight the importance of natural light in architecture.
Varoom 26: The Style Issue
The 'Style' issue of Varoom illustration magazine is out.
Distortion: A Futuristic Bag by Bao Bao Issey Miyake and N&R Foldings
Bao Bao Issey Miyake and N&R Foldings have created Distortion, a futuristic bag that is constructed using a new method of sequence pieces transformed into a three-dimensional structure.
Interior Design 2014 Outlook and State of the Industry
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) released its 2014 Outlook and State of the Industry report.
RIBA Annie Spink Award 2014: Call for Nominations
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for nominations for the 2014 Annie Spink Award.
Marset Adds Hazy Day to its Collection
Marset recently added Hazy Day to its collection. Designed by Uli Budde, Hazy Day is the outcome of a thorough study of lighting and how it diffuses.
Beast by designLSM
designLSM recently created the interior design for Beast, an exciting new venture from the Goodman Restaurant Group.
Seymourpowell Designs Brand Identity for Heston Blumenthal's the Perfectionists' Cafe
Seymourpowell created the branding for Heston Blumenthal's recently opened restaurant The Perfectionists' Café.
Source Han Sans: Adobe Releases Open Source Font Family That Supports Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages
Adobe has just released Source Han Sans, an open source typeface that supports Japanese, Chinese and Korean, as well as Latin, Greek and Cyrillic alphabets.
U.S. Green Building Council Launches Real-Time International Market Briefs
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has expanded its online data visualization resource that allows any user to access aggregated LEED green building project information in the more than 150 countries with LEED projects under way.
Journal of Landscape Architecture Plus
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design has launched Landscape Architecture Plus (LA+), an interdisciplinary design journal.
DesignThinkers 2014
Organized by Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD), the 2014 DesignThinkers conference will take place November 6 and 7 at Toronto's Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.
Workplace of the Future 2.0 Design Competition
Business Interiors by Staples and Metropolis Magazine have launched Workplace of the Future 2.0, a competition that invites architects and designers to submit concepts that depict how the workplace will change in the next 10-15 years.
DeckStarter Collaborates with Burgopak for Successful Boston Launch
DeckStarter, "a funding platform for playing cards that offers the easiest way to get your dream deck of playing cards printed" recently teamed up with Burgopak for its launch.
Ventura Interieur 2014
This year Ventura Interieur returns back to Kortrijk, to be held during the Biennale Interieur.
New York Design Hunting: Summer 2014
The Summer 2014 issue of New York Design Hunting, the stand-alone home design title from the publishers of New York magazine, is available on newsstands and online.
Adobe 410 Townsend by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Adobe, headquartered 50 miles south in San Jose, established its San Francisco presence when it acquired Macromedia at the end of 2005.
SEGD Launches Xplore
The Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) has launched Xplore, a new content portal that spotlights projects, practitioners, and award-winning work in this emerging design discipline.
Airbnb's European Operations Hub in Dublin by Heneghan Peng Architects
Heneghan Peng Architects designed the new Airbnb office in Dublin.
Abyss Table by Christopher Duffy
Christopher Duffy has recently unveiled Abyss Table, a new coffee table that introduces the majesty of the big blue to the interior.
MakerBot PrintShop iPad App
MakerBot has released PrintShop, a new iPad app to create and 3D print signs, letters, nameplates, custom bracelets & rings, and jewelry.
Microsoft Center Berlin
Microsoft has opened a new office in the heart of Berlin. COORDINATION has collaborated with Berlin based agencies FTWild communication and Art+Com to develop the architectural concept and the interior design.
Material Innovation: Material ConneXion's New Book Series Focus on Innovative Materials and Their Applications
Material Innovation: Architecture and Material Innovation: Product Design, two inaugural titles from Material ConneXion's new book series on innovative materials and their applications, are now available.
Hidden Persuasion: 33 Psychological Influence Techniques in Advertising
Hidden Persuasion, a new title from BIS Publishers, analyzes advertising beyond the persuasive power of the imagery itself.
Richman Duplex by Lilian H. Weinreich Architects
Lilian H. Weinreich Architects recently transformed the 36th and 37th floors of an existing post-war, residential tower in the premier upper west side of Manhattan, into a stunning 1,800sf duplex renovation.
yoo2 Taksim Square
yoo Hotels opened the doors of its first yoo2 hotel in January of this year.
Peter Mendelsund's Cover
As the associate art director of Alfred A. Knopf Books, Peter Mendelsund has designed the jackets for hundreds of books ranging from best sellers such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to works by Joyce, Kafka, Dostoevsky, de Beauvoir, and Foucault to contemporary novels by Martin Amis, Tom McCarthy, Ben Marcus, Jo Nesbø, and James Gleick.
Endless Sinter: Exclusive 3D Printed Surfboard by Karten Design
Karten Design has unveiled "Endless Sinter," a 3D-printed surfboard, designed exclusively for the A+D Architecture + Design Museum.
Woods Bagot Unveils Design for Ultra-luxe Penthouses
Woods Bagot has unveiled the design for six ultra-luxe penthouse interiors at the top of Greenland Centre in the heart of Sydney.
3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
3Dconnexion has unveiled the SpaceMouse Pro Wireless, a wireless 3D mouse featuring a 6-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) controller cap that creates a natural connection between you and your 3D content.
Worth It: Online Negotiation Class for Designers
CreativeLive will host a free, interactive, multi-day class on negotiation and workplace communication for creative of all stripes - designers, photographers, musicians, actors, etc.
Dwell July/August 2014 Issue
Dwell's July/August 2014 issue "Modern Across America" will hit newsstands June 24.
New York City Fashion Career Week
Organized by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Parsons The New School for Design, the New York City Fashion Career Week will give New Yorkers of all backgrounds and at all levels of experience access to leading executives and companies in New York City's fashion industry.
Breaking In: Over 100 Product Designers Reveal How to Build a Portfolio That Will Get You Hired
Breaking In, a new title from Tuk Tuk Press, features a collection of interviews with over 100 product designers about what it takes to build a successful portfolio.
2014 RIBA President's Medals Student Awards
The 2014 RIBA President's Medals student awards are now open for entries. This year, the Institute is inviting 310 schools of architecture in 62 countries to nominate up to two design projects for the Bronze Medal, up to two design projects for the Silver Medal, and one dissertation for the Dissertation Medal from student work produced during the 2013/14 academic year.
TERA Fitness Mat by LUNAR
LUNAR has unveiled TERA, an elegant exercise mat made of eco-friendly shear wool that blends into any contemporary interior.
Edyn by Yves Behar: A New Smart Gardening System
Yves Behar has recently designed Edyn, a new gardening system that allows you to create, interact with and nurture your garden like never before.
MTZHF Creates Design Necessities Campaign for YDesign Group
MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER (MTZHF) has recently created an innovative new print campaign for YDesign Group, themed "Design Necessities." The campaign features YDesign Group's consumer brands, YLighting and YLiving.
AIGA SF to Host Studio Tours During San Francisco Design Week
AIGA San Francisco has announced a series of Studio Tours taking place on June 17 and June 18 as part of San Francisco Design Week.
ZIIIRO Saturn Silver
ZIIIRO has unveiled Saturn Silver, designed in luxurious chrome silver with exquisite polish on its stainless steel casing and strap.
SEGD Recognized Douglas Morris as 2014 Fellow
Douglas Morris, Principal of Poulin + Morris, has been named this year's recipient of the SEGD Fellow Award.
CITIx60 City Guides: 60 Local Creatives Bring You the Best of the City
CITIx60 is a new pocket-sized collection from viction:ary, featuring an artistic edge with a handpicked list of hotspots loved by 60 stars of the cities' creative scene, wrapped in a city map drawn by talented artists.
Worth It, Using Creative Vulnerability to Enhance Expertise
Creatives are more open to their personal vulnerabilities. Our work is personal.
Pearlfisher Wins FAB and FABulous Grand Prix Awards for Lurpak Slow Churned
Pearlfisher has received FAB and FABulous Grand Prix Awards for Lurpak Slow Churned, a new premium brand design and structural innovation which brings to life an 'everyday premium' food experience, taking butter out of the fridge and putting it at the centre of the table.
Squat New York Launches Design of Pereg Pasta Packaging
Squat New York has recently designed the packaging for Pereg Gourmet Natural Foods' new line of quinoa pastas.
Open to the Public: Civic Space Now
Open to the Public: Civic Space Now, on view at the Center for Architecture from June 12, will focus on the centrality of public space in urban life and the need to both augment and preserve truly open access to those spaces.
Foscarini and Jaguar at Clerkenwell Design Week
Foscarini and Jaguar joined forces to create a large installation in the atrium of the Farmiloe Building, around the new F-TYPE Coupé.
Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference 2014
The Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference will bring together designers and business leaders in New York City October 23-24, 2014.