Design News
Marina Willer Named Partner in Pentagram's London Office
Marina Willer was named today as the latest partner in Pentagram's London office and the eighteenth worldwide.
Designing Business Strategy: Creating Customer-centered, Holistic Strategies and Tactics
Increasingly, design thinkers are called on to solve the most challenging issues in business: how to thrive in an uncertain world, how to innovate in a regulated industry, or how to increase customer demand for products that been overextended.
PantoneLIVE: Manage Color in the Cloud
PantoneLIVE is a cloud-based color service that provides instant access to essential brand color standards.
Futuristic Films Adds Award-winning Filmmaker and Oscar Nominee Director Daniel Junge to Its Roster
Led by Executive Producer Brendan Kiernan, Futuristic Films has signed the extraordinary directorial talent of Daniel Junge to the company's roster.
Wang Shu: The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2012 Laureate
Wang Shu, a 48 year old architect whose architectural practice is based in Hangzhou, The People's Republic of China, will be the recipient of the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Autodesk Showcases Sustainable Design at Second Annual Sustainability Summit
Autodesk President and CEO Carl Bass joined Fortune Magazine Sr. Writer and Editor Marc Gunther to discuss sustainable design at the company's recent Sustainability Summit in San Francisco.
Adobe Photoshop Touch for iPad 2
Adobe Photoshop Touch is now available for iPad 2, offering core Photoshop features, as well as new capabilities for creating and sharing in an app custom-built for tablets.
The Business School: Issues for a New Future
The Business School - Issues for a New Future is a collection of public research papers, created by Woods Bagot.
Pantone Universe: A Colorful Collection from Pantone and Springs Global
Pantone and Springs Global have unveiled a new partnership to create the Pantone Universe collections for bedding and bath, slated for Fall 2012.
Carbon Recognized with Two Spark:Concept Awards
Carbon Design Group has received two Spark:Concept Awards, a gold for Toggle and a silver for Domino Clock.
Beyond Design Wins a Best in Category Housewares Design Award
Beyond Design, in partnership with Spectrum Brands, was honored with a "Best in Category" Housewares Design Award for their design of the Remington Pro Power Series Haircut and Beard Trimmer.
Studio O+A Wins I.D. Magazine's Best Environments Award
San Francisco design firm Studio O+A has won Best of Category in I.D. Magazine's Annual Design Review for its Aol West Coast Headquarters in Palo Alto.
Urbanized: Out on DVD and Blu-ray
Urbanized, Gary Hustwit's latest feature-length documentary about the design of cities, is now available on DVD.
metaio Introduces Augmented City Platform
metaio today unveiled plans to add 3D Object Tracking and Visual Search to its free mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Software Development Kit, part of the Augmented City platform.
Cambridge Consultants Unveils Bluetooth Low Energy Enabled iPhone Applications for Mobile Health
Cambridge Consultants, today announced new Bluetooth low energy (BLE) iPhone 4S applications developed to meet the needs of the growing mobile health (mHealth) market.
Woods Bagot Designs Exclusive Retail Boutique for LK Jewellery
Designed by Woods Bagot, LK Jewellery's new boutique stores in Melbourne and Sydney speak to their sense of place and boast 'ultimate prestige' through the embodiment of clean-lines, combined with a sophisticated and luxurious material palette.
Stop, Drop, Repeat: The Painted Work of Marlis Saunders
Stop, Drop, Repeat is the Design Exchange's first major exhibition on pattern design and this country's first look at the exceptional work by a Canadian Bauhaus pioneer.
SVA/BBC Design Film Festival
SVA/BBC Design Film Festival will feature a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view groundbreaking BBC films that have never previously been screened in the United States.
Material ConneXion Medium Awards 2012
Material ConneXion is calling entries for its 2012 Medium Awards. The Medium Award for Material of the Year recognizes new entries juried into the Material ConneXion library within the past year that demonstrate outstanding technological innovation and the potential to make a significant contribution to the advancement of design, industry, society and the economy.
Happiness: Pantone View Colour Planner Fall-Winter 2013-2014
The Fall/Winter 2013/2014 edition of Pantone View Colour Planner is now available. Looking at color as a total language, this multi-discipline color forecast, titled Happiness, highlights the key color palettes for women's wear, menswear, active wear, cosmetics and lifestyle, as well as industrial and graphic design.
Varoom! 17: Contemporary Illustration Through the Eyes of the World
How do you design whisky labels for China? Has Bollywood rediscovered the lost art of film posters? Are Brazilian and Russian artists pursuing similar visual styles?
Materialica Design + Technology Award 2012
The 10th Materialica Design + Technology Award is now open for entries.
BDI Calls for Designers to Share New Common Interest Platform
British Design Innovation (BDI) has appealed for designers to band together to share a new 'common interest' platform.
FontFont Website Receives iF Communication Design Award
The iF Communication Design Award 2012 ceremony honored FontShop International and Edenspiekermann design agency with a golden iF award for their collaboration on the FontFont.com website relaunch.
NHS Trials for Renfrew's Phlebotomy Chair
In a collaborative partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant Services (NHSBT), Renfrew Group has designed a completely new type of user-centred phlebotomy chair that enhances the blood donation experience for donors and phlebotomists alike.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Remains Positive for Third Straight Month
On the heels of consecutive months of strengthening business conditions, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has now reached positive territory three months in a row.
International Design Alliance Unveils New Visual Identity for the IDA Congress
Icsid, Icograda, and IFI unveiled the new visual identity for its biennial IDA Congress. Designed and developed by Pentagram, the new look focuses on an artistic restructuring of Pangaea, a theory of Greek origin meaning "all lands" in support of the idea that at one time, all of the earth's continents were once a single landmass.
IIDA Educator and Member of the Year Award: Call for Applications
IIDA announced a call for applications for the IIDA Educator of the Year Award that celebrates excellence in leadership of an Interior Design educator and the IIDA Member of the Year Award that recognizes a Member for their commitment and volunteering in the design community.
TypeCon2012: MKE SHFT
The Society of Typographic Aficionados will bring TypeCon2012: MKE SHFT to Milwaukee, Wisconsin - July 31st - August 5th, 2012.
Webb deVlam Gets to the Heart of Brand Identity for NayaMed
New medical device company NayaMed appointed Webb deVlam to develop its comprehensive brand identity programme that reflects the simplicity of its pacemakers and defibrillators.
Balancing Extremes: The Tensions in Design
We are no longer competing in an either-or-world. It has never been more important to break through classic trade-offs for ultimate success in getting the best products, services and experiences to market.
First-of-a Kind Laser-sintered Easter Egg
Fourfoursixsix, EOS, and Ogle Models have worked together to create a laser-sintered egg that is highly intricate in structure, yet contemporary and sculptural.
Mattijs for United Nude
Dutch designer Mattijs van Bergen is celebrated for his curvaceous fashion and freshly feminine designs.
Jamie Hewlett Designs Limited Edition Bottle for ABSOLUT
ABSOLUT have launched their latest limited edition bottle - the ABSOLUT London. The bottle is a collaboration with artist Jamie Hewlett who has created a bottle design with characters representing a unique take on London's style and fashion pioneers over the past 200 years.
Pininfarina Cambiano Concept
Pininfarina unveiled the first official images of the new concept car, which will make its world debut on March 6 at the Geneva Motor Show.
Whitegoods Lighting to Launch Light Meter iPhone App
Whitegoods Lighting is planning to release an iPhone app that can be used to measure various lighting scenarios and will give suggestions to users regarding the current lighting scenes. Dynamic information will be shown on screen as light levels change.
Autodesk Brings LEGO Brickley to Life Digitally with 3D Instructions
Autodesk exhibited an innovative new approach for 3D interactive building instructions at LEGO World 2012 in Copenhagen.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for January 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Future Trends Survey for January 2012 has revealed that overall confidence concerning future workloads is now reasonably stable.
Timberland Re-imagines Storytelling Within the Retail Experience
Together with Timberland's in-house global creative services group, Apologue has developed an intelligent interactive experience within the retail fixtures that intrigues and engages the customer throughout the store, inspiring them to discover their great outdoors with Timberland gear, technologies and brand storytelling.
MPC Creative and TBWA/Chiat/Day Storm Grammys with Bon Iver, Adele
MPC Creative created a pair of visually stunning spots for the Grammy Awards, one starring Bon Iver and another featuring singer-songwriter Adele.
UPS My Choice Launches a New Era with Compelling Stop Motion Animation from Charged Studios for Ogilvy/NY
Ogilvy/NY looked to Charged Studios and director Adam Pierce to usher in a new age of package delivery for UPS.
Why Design Firms Must Leverage Their Right Brain
When I started in business I had no idea what "leverage" was, let alone how to use it. The prospect of negotiating a fee for my work terrified me, which is probably why I became a designer.
Wallpaper* Does Fashion From Cover to Cover for March Issue
Wallpaper* magazine has dedicated its entire March issue to its favourite fashion designers as captured through the magazine's unique design lens.
Design Leaders Optimistic About Business in 2012
AIGA's Design Leaders Confidence Index began to rise again in the most recent quarter. For the fourth quarter of 2011, the index rose from 86.63 to 100.71 - higher than all but four quarters since AIGA began monitoring confidence in April 2005.
European Design Awards 2012
The European Design Awards 2012, a comprehensive annual awards program that recognizes the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe, is now open for entries.
Director of Civic Voice Moves to Design Council
The Design Council announced the appointment of Tony Burton as its new Director of Policy and Communications to lead the organisation's work as a centre of insight and advice to industry, education, communities and government on the role of design.
Winner of the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Autodesk has unveiled students from Filmakademie Baden-Wuertemberg as the winners of the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2012
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2012 is now open for entries. The Award calls upon designers, companies, design institutions and design studios to submit their latest and best idea, as a product with good design, to the competition.
Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall 2012
Pantone today unveiled the Fashion Color Report Fall 2012 in conjunction with New York Fashion Week.
The Mission is Seeing Specs for MINI
Venice-based visual effects studio The Mission launched a high-powered all-CG :30 spec spot, created for MINI, executed completely in-house.
Adobe Muse Beta 6 Available
Adobe Muse, the software that enables graphic designers to create and publish professional looking HTML websites without writing code, received an update today.
Creating Safe Places to Live Through Design: Research Helps Police Forces to Influence Future of Housing
Creating Safe Places to Live Through Design, Design Council Cabe research on how the design of modern urban housing developments affects crime, is available to be used by police forces across the country to help influence the layout and design of new proposed neighbourhoods and prevent crime.
New Partnership Combines Resources That Help Communities Better Respond and Rebuild Following Disasters
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Architecture for Humanity announced a strategic partnership to coordinate advocacy, education, and training that helps architects make effective contributions to communities preparing for, responding to, and rebuilding after disaster.
Designed in USA
The Designed in USA brand certification mark is a new identifier and brand enhancer for goods, services and environments designed in the United States.
Red Dot Design Concept Yearbook iPad Application
This year's annual red dot design concept yearbook has taken a leap to make good ideas accessible to more design enthusiasts - with a touch, a swipe or a tap only.
AIA Elevates 105 Members and Six International Architects to the College of Fellows
The 2012 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 105 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession.
Kartell Reissues Joe Colombo's 4801 Armchair
For the first time in its 60 year history Kartell has decided to pay homage to one of the most iconic pieces in its Museum and is reissuing the 4801 Armchair designed in 1965 by the Italian master of design, Joe Colombo.
James Dyson Award 2012
The 2012 James Dyson Award, now in its eighth year, helps give young inventors a platform for their ideas by celebrating the best in student design: from a motion-sensing cycle jacket to a kitchen tap that doubles as a fire extinguisher; an irrigation device inspired by a desert beetle to a bazooka that fires a buoyancy aid.
Pixomondo Makes Liquid Metal Dance to Skrillex in GRAMMY Spot
Pixomondo recently collaborated with TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles to create an abstract dance-infused spot promoting the 2012 GRAMMY awards show featuring electronic musician and Best New Artist nominee Skrillex.
Duravit's Esplanade Collection: Reinterpreting Opulence in the Bath
Duravit's latest Esplanade collection, which combines classic style with modern functionality, was designed as a reinterpretation of 18th and 19th century bathroom furniture.
16th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Design Competition
16th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Design Competition is now open for entries. The competition honors manufacturers and designers for excellence in innovation, function, and aesthetic advancements in the hospitality industry.
Century Properties Partners with yoo Inspired by Starck for New Manila Project
yoo and Century Properties Group have teamed up for a new and exciting residential project in the Philippines.
Stine Riis: Winner of H&M Design Award 2012
The winner of the H&M Design Award 2012 was announced today as Stine Riis, a 28 year old graduate from the London College of Fashion.
New Nike Worldwide Brands Site Launched by Hybrid Design
Hybrid Design created and launched the new worldwide site for Nike and its subsidiaries.
2012: Dateline London
2012: Dateline London is a major seminar on signing and wayfinding. With the world focused on London in 2012, this first international seminar to be held by the Sign Design Society will examine the way in which the City is responding to the navigation needs of those visiting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Design Council Road-show to Help Businesses Use Design to Survive, Thrive and Grow
A new Design Council initiative takes design to where small and medium businesses are, and helps them access mentoring in how to use design to survive, thrive and grow.
ASID Foundation Awards $115,000 for Design Research
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation announced the recipients of the second annual Interior Design Research Grant Program, Transform, which focuses on applied research in interior design and human behavior.
RIBA President's Awards for Research 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for entries for the 2012 RIBA President's Awards for Research.
Ramp Creative Receives Honors From The TDC58 Competition
The Agostoni Chocolate logomark, designed by Ramp Creative, was recognized by the Type Directors Club for typographic excellence.
Midnight Lights by Jimmy Diebold
Bodega director Jimmy Diebold lights up the Seattle night in a new music-driven 1:55 short "Midnight Lights," made as a tribute to the Seattle Seahawks and their home stadium.
Nestle's Approach to Packaging Design Aims to Make Its Products Easier to Enjoy
Nestle is adapting the packaging of some of its products to ensure consumers of all ages can use them without difficulty.
MOCA TV: The Museum of Contemporary Art to Launch Global Contemporary Art Channel
MOCA TV is a new global video channel for original contemporary art and culture programming, to be launched in July 2012.
RIBA Awards 2012
Submissions are now open for RIBA Awards 2012. RIBA Awards have been running continuously since 1966 and is judged and presented locally.
Edgar Heinrich Takes Over the BMW Motorrad Design Studio
Edgar Heinrich will be taking over the BMW Group's BMW Motorrad Design Studio as of July 1st 2012. He succeeds David Robb.
MPC and Goodby Take to the Streets with Chevy Volt
As the Chevrolet Volt moves into the mainstream American conscience, it is transporting its home base of Hamtramck, Mich. with it.
The Modern Architecture Game
Containing almost a 1000 questions, the Modern Architecture Game provides the base for an evening full of insights in the world's most famous architects, buildings and trends of the Western architecture, all through the roll of a dice.
Finalists of the H&M Design Award 2012
H&M unveiled six brilliant finalists for the H&M Design Award 2012. The finalists are now competing to win the global Design Award.
Poems Come to Life in Artful Interpretations from motion504
Following its successful participation in Motionpoems last year, motion504 was, once again, invited to create original animated pieces for the 3rd annual event, which showcases visual explorations of previously published poetry.
Pixomondo Creates Aerial Acrobatics for Lucasfilm's Red Tails
Pixomondo completed 546 shots on Red Tails, about a third of the film's 1524 total VFX shots.
Mothership's David Rosenbaum Directs Robotarm for Cisco
Mothership director David Rosenbaum teamed with OgilvyWest to tell a simple story about a complex concept in a "Robotarm" for Cisco that broke during the NFC Championship broadcast on January 22.
Bill's Design Talks 2012
Bill's Design Talks, a vibrant conversation and presentation series moderated by Cooper-Hewitt director Bill Moggridge, resumes in February and continues through June at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio.
Slight Increase in Nonresidential Construction Spending Expected in 2012
Despite the lingering effects of an over-built housing market, the continued difficulty to obtain financing for real estate projects, budget shortfalls at state and municipal governments and the anxiety surrounding the prolonged European debt crisis, there are signs that the U.S. design and construction industry will be improving.
RIBA Launches Exclusive Career Advice for Aspiring Architects
Top British architects and experts from the creative industries are on offer to give young aspiring architects and creative professionals their exclusive tips for career success.
IIDA Presents Global Perspective to Architects and Designers in Dubai
Global demographics and technology have drastically changed architecture and design over the last 10 years.
Association of Illustrators Appoints Heng Khoo as Managing Director
Heng Khoo has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Association of Illustrators (AOI), the organization that campaigns for rights on behalf of its members, and his arrival comes at a time as it prepares for its 40th anniversary next year.
The Five Fears of Negotiating Design Fees
A few weeks ago I led a negotiation seminar with my colleague Charles Wiggins, who was my negotiation coach back in 1998. We hired him to improve The Leonhardt Group's ability to bargain with large corporate clients.
MentalCore: Breakthrough Solution for Optimizing the Maya and mental ray Workflow
MentalCore is a cross-platform, standalone plugin designed to help artists achieve maximum creativity and efficiency while using NVIDIA mental ray with Autodesk Maya.
Carbon Collaborations Capture Three 2011 Good Design Awards
Carbon Design Group and its clients have been recognized with three 2011 Good Design Awards.
Water Chamber in Suzhou: Best of Competition Winner for the 2011 Global Excellence Awards
The International Interior Design Association and BMW Group DesignworksUSA announced the Best of Competition winner for the second annual Global Excellence Awards: Water Chamber in Suzhou designed by Shanghai Lv Yong Zhong Art & Design.
SVA MFA Design Criticism Lecture Series: Spring 2012
SVA MFA Design Criticism Lecture Series, held on Tuesday evenings at D-Crit, presents the most interesting and provocative writers, editors, designers, thinkers, and curators practicing today.
Ventura Lambrate 2012: Focus
Ventura Lambrate, an exhibition that presents international design talents, will be in Milan from April 17 to 22, 2012, simultaneously with the 51st Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Nahid Majid: New Director of Design Council Cabe
Nahid Majid OBE is to be the new Director of Design Council Cabe, the Design Council announced today.
Sabi Launches First Line of Health Products Designed by Yves Behar
Sabi, a new Palo Alto-based company, launched with a line of lifestyle and wellness products designed to transform life's small tasks into moments of joy.
NIKE+ FuelBand
NIKE+ FuelBand is an innovative wristband that tracks and measures everyday movement to motivate and inspire people to be more active.
Cut&Paste Adds Helsinki, World Design Capital, to 2011-12 Tour
Cut&Paste announced the addition of Helsinki - the 2012 World Design Capital - to its 2011-12 tour.
SEGD Announces 2012 Board of Directors
The Society for Environmental Graphic Design announced the appointment of seven new members to its international Board of Directors.
Core77 Design Awards 2012
The second annual Core77 Design Awards is now open for entries. Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Holds Steady At 52.0
The American Institute of Architects' Architecture Billings Index held steady at a reading of 52.0 in December, still indicating positive growth.
IDSA Reveals Its 2012 International Design Excellence Awards Jury Led by Nokia's Rhys Newman
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has assembled this year's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) jury to choose the IDEA 2012 honorees.
Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation
Backed by strong support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has brought together multi-disciplinary expertise for the establishment of Hong Kong's first Design Institute for Social Innovation.