Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Designgeschichte: “Neo-Functionalism?”

02/09/10  The third GfDg Annual Conference will take place on March 19 and 20 at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt/Main. Registration is open until February 20.  continue...
 

James Dyson Award 2010: Enter now!

02/08/10  Solve a problem better – that is, quite simply, the task of the James Dyson Award competition. Young product designers, engineers and industrial designers have until July 1 to send in their ideas.  continue...
 

Term's end presentations!

02/05/10  As the university term comes to an end, there's again lots of diploma shows and exhibitions. Watch out for new talents on these dates...  continue...
 

“Poles Apart” – Design Walk Athens

02/04/10  The focal point of the fourth Design Walk Athens taking place this weekend is the constant opposites graphic designers face in their work.  continue...
 

Voelker goes to Halle

02/01/10  Design Professor Sven Voelker is leaving the HFG Karlsruhe to go to the Kunsthochschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle.  continue...
 

Symposium: “diszipliniert undiszipliniert”

01/28/10  The first graduates of the Masterstudio Design program at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basle are now presenting their final projects. A symposium on them will take place on February 5.  continue...
 

Opening: Design Museum Holon, Israel

01/27/10  Designer and architect: Ron Arad has created a spectacular museum building in Israel. The Design Museum Holon will open on January 31.  continue...
 

Brit Insurance Design Awards shortlist

01/26/10  The London Design Museum has announced the Brit Insurance Design Awards shortlist. The prize is presented in seven categories, the shortlist includes Konstantin Grcic, Mike Meiré, and Zaha Hadid.  continue...
 

Deadline: IKEA Foundation design competition

01/25/10  From February 1 to March 31, students can submit entries for the IKEA Foundation product design competition. This year's topic is “In-Between – Between the Chairs”.  continue...
 

Now Open: “Prototypes and Experiments IV” in London

01/22/10  For the fourth time now Aram Gallery in London is showcasing prototypes, studies and experimental works by designers. The exhibition opened yesterday and will run until March 6.  continue...
 

RCA London: New course in Critical Writing in Art and Design

01/20/10  In October the Royal College of Art in London is launching an MA in Critical Writing in Art and Design. It aims at enabling students both as confident writers as well as thinkers in their field of practice.  continue...
 

Gregor Ade is the new Chief Creative Officer of the Peter Schmidt Group

01/15/10  With immediate effect, Gregor Ade is member of the Board of Management of Peter Schmidt Group and heads the Frankfurt branch as Chief Creative Officer.  continue...
 

Bill Moggridge becomes the new Director of the Cooper-Hewitt

01/13/10  IDEO-co-founder Bill Moggridge to start in March as the new director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York.  continue...
 

Deadline: DMY Berlin 2010

01/11/10  Those who want to take part in the 8th DMY Design Festival in Berlin have until February 28 to send in their works. Works can be entered in three categories titled “Youngsters”, “Allstars”, and “Extended”.  continue...
 

Enter your works now: :output award 2010

01/07/10  Up to February 15, students and graduates of all design disciplines as well as of architecture can hand in their best works for the “:output Grand Prix” worth 3.000 Euro.  continue...