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Have you ever heard the man, behind the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone designs, speaking?

Rory Cellan-Jones from BBC News shares the speech of the man behind the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone designs, at the Royal College of Art's Innovation Night: Have you ever heard Jonathan Ive, the Apple designer behind the iMac, the iPod and the iPhone, talk about his ...

New interactive Coca-Cola vending machine wins Gold Lion

A new interactive Coca-Cola vending machine with a large format touch-screen and Bluetooth capabilities has taken home the Gold Lion in the Point of Sale category at the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The festival, widely considered as the world's premier showcase for ...

Pratt Manhattan Gallery is presenting Design S: Swedish Design Award

Since 18th of June, Pratt Manhattan Gallery is presenting “Design S: Swedish Design Award,” an exhibition that features 19 shortlisted entries to Sweden’s biggest design award competition, with a focus on design for sustainability issues including climate, the environment, the ...

MiniBoost releases the second set of interviews with famous designers: Personal viewpoint of sustainable cities

Are we building for the development of greed or for generosity?

During this year's Milan Design Week, Designboost had made a MiniBoost to explore the personal viewpoint of sustainable cities of some of the worlds most acknowledged designers.

The MiniBoost ...

Deadline extension for WMATY, first fashion-art collection

As result of the large numbers of download and the requests by students and Universities, the WHAT'S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU® management has decided to extend the deadline of the first creative competition to 31st of July.

As of May 14 2009, the project WHAT'S MORE ALIVE THAN YOU® ...

AIA Tampa Bay announced the recipients of their 2009 Design Awards

The American Institute of Architects, Tampa Bay Chapter announced the recipients of their 2009 Design Awards at an awards ceremony held Saturday, June 20th at NOVA 535 in St. Petersburg. Jurors Mauricio Mazo, AIA, Michael Le Boeuf, AIA and John Ehrig, FAIA from Orlando selected fourteen ...

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates the National Design Awards

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced last week First Lady Michelle Obama will celebrate the 10th annual National Design Awards Friday, July 24, with education programs in Washington, D.C., followed by a White House ceremony for the winners and finalists of the 2009 ...

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Festival programme announced last week

On Wednesday June 24th, the “Neigungsgruppe Design” presented the festival programme of the third VIENNA DESIGN WEEK in Vienna, which once more invites to experiencing design in everyday life from October 1st to 11th. Newly developed formats as “VDW Lab”, “VDW ...

Scooter Trends From Italian Design Vet

Italian vehicle designer Pierangelo Andreani discusses current trends in, of all things, scooter design, in an interview with Taiwan Economic News . Andreani knows what he’s talking about. After all, he’s got 40 year’s experience designing vehicles, including stints at the ...

Vote for the best ideas to create the future of printing!

The results are in for the 2009 Zero Boundaries product design competition sponsored by ZINK Imaging.

The first annual contest attracted hundreds of registrants from around the world. A broad cross section of the global design community entered the contest including entries from ...

The Design Scoreboard Project

Design is widely viewed as an important contributor to national competitiveness. It is generally believed that the UK retains a strong design base – but there is little hard evidence to show how we compare with other nations.

Existing measurement systems, such as the R&D ...

Leimei Julia Chui appointed Executive Director of Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO)

Leimei Julia Chui, Icograda Vice President 1997-2001, has been appointed Executive Director of Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO). Prior to joining JIDPO, she was the Director of Global Communications for the International Design Center NAGOYA (IdcN).

An accomplished ...

The new issue of Form Magazine is out

The new form is out now! Have a closer look at our cover feature Web Design now, a moral discussion in our form discourse, a critical look back at the Salone Internazionale di Mobile in Milan, and an interview with Dieter Rams, who talks frankly with Gerrit Terstiege. And as if that were not ...

Job posting: Senior Research Scientist in the research domain "Embodied Interaction"

Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's leading telecommunications company, is expanding its corporate research and development centre - Deutsche Telekom Laboratories - in Germany's vibrant capital Berlin in collaboration with the Technische Universität Berlin.

Deutsche Telekom Laboratories' ...

For the first time in its 25-year history, Continuum has a new CEO at the helm

For the first time in its 25-year history, leading global innovation and design consultancy Continuum has a new CEO at the helm. Co-founder and long-time CEO Gianfranco Zaccai today announced he has appointed Harry West, a 15-year veteran of the firm and its former head of strategy and ...

Autodesk Software Breathes Life into 'Little Krishna' Animated Series

Autodesk announced yesterday that one of India's leading animation studios - BIG Animation, a Reliance ADAG Company - used Autodesk Maya software to animate the magical worlds of the new "Little Krishna" animated series. The company relied on the Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Flame ...

Paper dwellings offer alternative to shanty forms of housing

A cardboard house developed in Germany has been envisaged as a replacement for unstable housing in the developing world. Its creators have said it can provide low-cost accommodation to refugees fleeing crisis situations.

Look beyond the rather showy name and the Universal World House is ...

MEDEA is hiring at MALM� University, Sweden

Medea Collaborative Media Initiative is a center for new media research and development at Malmö University, Sweden. Medea is built around co-production with actors outside academia – companies, organizations, artists, citizens, etc. A special focus is put on the development of new ...

BEACH & POOL 2008/09 Results and Online Exhibition

In this conceptual design competition, all designers around the world are welcome to create products that reflect new ideas for the beach, sea, terrace or swimming pool spaces, involving aspects such as comfort, pleasure, recreation, cleaning, environment protection, etc.

This design ...

Baard Eker, the Norwegian designer wants to rejuvenate the "soul and spirit" SAAB and lead a creative revival in the auto industry

Baard Eker, the Norwegian designer behind the unlikely bid for General Motors' Saab unit, wants to rejuvenate the "soul and spirit" of the loss-making Swedish carmaker and lead a creative revival in the auto industry.

Eker controls tiny Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg and has ...

Dell vs. Apple: Battle for Green Computer Crown Gets Ugly

When it comes to defending its green cred, Dell is not exactly a wallflower. The Texas-based computer manufacturer, which has been making one of the most substantial efforts in the industry to produce more environmentally sound products and shrink its carbon footprint, has taken to task ...

Voting for Social Designer's T-shirt competition starts this week

The voting session for Social Designer's T-shirt competition opens on 24th of June. Voting is going to last till the 2nd of July.

Think you have a smart, handsome design or illustration that would do well as a t-shirt graphic? Want a shot at $2000 and your t-shirt design printed and sold ...

Taschen introduces Start Your Engines: 20th Century Classic Car

Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tailfin-era showboat to sleek status symbol, complete with sleek hood ornament. Initially a novelty item, the car grew ...

Icsid Executive Board meeting took place in Budapest, Hungary

The latest Icsid Executive Board meeting took place last month in Budapest, Hungary.

Dr. Miklos Bendzsel, Chairman of the Hungarian Design Council and President of the Hungarian Patent Office, personally welcomed the Icsid Executive Board to Hungary. The Hungarian Design Council was ...

The countdown is on for the red dot award: product design 2009 awards ceremony

On Monday, 29 June 2009, the winners of the red dot award: product design 2009 will be honoured at a festive ceremony in the Essen Aalto Theater by eminent representatives from design, business, and politics. Design lovers from all over the world have already announced their attendance at this ...