Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
200 Best Packaging Designers Worldwide
“Lurzer’s Archive - Ads, TV and Posters worldwide” is the acclaimed bimonthly magazine dedicated to presenting the best new print campaigns and TV commercials from all over the world.
It is published six times a year, with 38,000 copies being distributed worldwide in over 35 countries.
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IDEA 2009: Call for Entries
IDEA is the premier international competition celebrating design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.
Winning entries will be announced on BusinessWeek.com and receive press coverage in hundreds of media outlets around the world.
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Design City for 2009: Online Poll
The Design Museum’s current exhibition, Design Cities 1851-2008, argues that seven cities have each enjoyed a “moment” when their particular economic, cultural and geo-political stars have aligned to have a transformative effect on the history of design.
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TOTO: Japan’s Leading Bathroom Brand Launches in Europe March 2009
Iconic Japanese bathroom brand TOTO announced its European launch in March 2009, with the view to revolutionise European bathroom culture.
TOTO has been manufacturing contemporary, lifestyle- enhancing bathrooms since 1917 and is renowned for developing technologically innovative and eco-friendly products across all facets of bathroom design.
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Design From a Cake Point of View
Arguably the most distinctive CakeKeeper on the market, designed by Robert Radi for SNAPWARE, “Mr.” CakeKeeper is making “cameo appearances” on hit Television Shows such as “Dr. House MD” and “How I Met Your Mother.”
In its method acting appearances, “Mr.” CakeKeeper brings a unique flair in carrying cakes, pies, and other delicious pastries.
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Move Over Eggnog, SUSPECT Crashes The Party with Sierra Mist
New York-based Conceptual Design, Animation and VFX studio SUSPECT added to its impressive string of work with a spot reintroducing Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash.
Led by Co-Founder/Creative Director Tim Crean and Creative Director Hoon Chong, the SUSPECT team created a dynamic animated world to bring the popular soda back as the de facto party drink for this holiday season.
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Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living
The pioneering modernist Gilbert Rohde was an innovative designer of furniture and interiors who attained near celebrity status across the United States in the 1930s and early ’40s.
Yet his reputation languished after the war till rekindled in the 1970s by new interest in mid-century modernism-whose forms his work anticipated.
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Winning Project for the Kunsthaus Zurich Extension
David Chipperfield’s winning project for the Kunsthaus Zurich extension is a striking formulation of the plan for a 21st-century museum to meet the demands of art and the general public alike.
The jury has now recommended that the project be further developed.
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New Store for Timberland: Westfield London, Designed by Checkland Kindleysides
As part of the brief for their new store at Westfield London, Timberland challenged Checkland Kindleysides to bring the brand’s iconic tree logo to life and show their environmental values in action.
Taking cues from the Timberland logo and the dynamic tree-like roof supports which form the architecture of the centre, we created a lattice of reclaimed timber branches that stretch the full 25m length of the side elevation, the 11m storefront and the 8.5m height of the store, wrapping the store in the brand’s iconic logo.
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Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft: Design Exemplars for Secure Cycling
Two new exhibitions at New London Architecture will launch a free online design resource featuring over a hundred case studies of cycling facilities and schemes from around the world, aimed at helping architects to “get smart swift” around bike theft and design secure cycling infrastructure for our cities.
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A-cero’s Interior Design for Cesar Pelli’s New Skyscraper in Madrid
The Spanish architecture studio A-cero has been appointed for designing the interior space of the Mutua Madrilena tower, in the former Real Madrid’s sports complex known as “Ciudad Deportiva”.
The skyscraper was designed by the prestigious Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli, author of projects like the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur or the World Financial Center in New York.
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The Lobby of the Trianon Palace Hotel Wins the European Hotel Design Awards 2008
The 11th edition of the European Hotel Design Awards took place in London on 6th November.
The lobby of the Trianon Palace Hotel de Versailles won the award as the Best Lobby for its “aptitude to express the spirit of a historic place using contemporary expressive canons”.
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David Ashen of D-ASH Design Creates Roc Pop Shop for Jay Z’s Rocawear Label
D-ASH Design of New York announced RocPopShop, a pop-up shop and lifestyle experience designed to embody Jay Z’s new premium line of apparel for Rocawear and to travel around the country to Jay Z concerts and other events.
The RocPopShop, a 50-foot long trailer that expands to 1000 square feet when opened up, was designed in collaboration with Jay Z, to be an upscale mobile lounge which embodies his aesthetic.
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LG European Design Centre
Jump Studios has recently competed the designs for a new European Design HQ for LG, a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications.
Relocating from Milan, Italy to Covent Garden, London, the European Design Studio of LG is one of the most important design centres for the electronic goods company and houses a team of 20 dedicated industrial and interface designers, drawn from around Europe.
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Faneuil Hall Selected to Receive 2009 AIA Twenty-five Year Award
Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, which was a 1976 renewal project by Benjamin Thompson & Associates, has been selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to receive the 2009 AIA Twenty-five Year Award.
The AIA Twenty-five Year Award recognizes an architectural design that has stood the test of time for 25 years.
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Creative Company Designs Tasty New Packaging for McTavish Shortbread
Creative Company has redesigned the packaging for McTavish Shortbread of Portland.
As a result, McTavish Shortbread has seen a dramatic increase in sales.
McTavish Shortbread produces handmade shortbread cookies in various flavors, sizes and shapes for sale in grocery stores, cafes and gift shops across the country.
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Mark Manders: The Non-Attendance of Mark Manders
From 20 March till 14 June 2009, the Kunsthaus Zurich will host Switzerland’s first one-man show by artist Mark Manders.
Manders creates installations-cum- sculptures, fragments of a self-portrait arranged in the form of imaginary rooms.
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