Plikums.lv recently interviewed Eike König — founder of multi-disciplinary creative hub HORT — about his career, work and design. Worth a watch; some wise words and interesting insights. (Found on becausestudio.co.uk/blog)
Plikums.lv recently interviewed Eike König — founder of multi-disciplinary creative hub HORT — about his career, work and design. Worth a watch; some wise words and interesting insights. (Found on becausestudio.co.uk/blog)
Matt Pyke, digital artist and founder of British design collective Universal Everything talks to Crane.tv about his current exhibition at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris.
Sappi Fine Paper North America have announced the 2011 Call for Entries for Ideas that Matter – their annual, innovative grant program that supports and transforms the creative ideas of designers into a powerful force for social good. “Since 1999, Ideas that Matter has funded over 500 nonprofit projects, contributing $11 million worldwide to causes that enhance our lives,...
Jacqueline Law’s (@Waleikcaj) Tumblr blog Hovering Art Directors has been shared amongst designers on twitter and facebook recently. It made me smile; a great social observation of the design workplace. Familiar?
Launched earlier this year, Designers & Books is a website and community “devoted to publishing lists of books that esteemed members of the design community identify as personally important, meaningful, and formative—books that have shaped their values, their worldview, and their ideas about design.” Created by Steve Kroeter (founder and president of Archetype Associates). (Via. Pentagram New Work)
With the above video animation, Portland based Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Teacher Frank Chimero launched his new book project on Kickstarter at the end of January. In just 1 day Frank reached his target of $27,000 and has since clocked up over $110,000 in donations. The Shape of Design is a book about the whys of design. It’s a...
Earlier this month, D&AD launched the White Pencil award to recognise creative ideas that change the world for the better. Each year one White Pencil will be awarded at the D&AD Awards, to an idea that demonstrates the ability to influence real and positive change in the world: an idea that raises awareness or changes behaviour around a pressing...
What Design Can Do is a two day international conference about the global impact of design. Held in Amsterdam on May 26th-27th 2011, What Design Can Do will explore design not as an aesthetic thing, but as a mindset for addressing social issues. “Design can be a rather hollow concept. Design is too often related to that which is...
Published late in 2010, This is Service Design Thinking by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider is the very first comprehensive textbook on the emerging field of service design and innovation. As service design and design thinking continue to evolve as buzzwords for management and business consulting This is Service Design Thinking unveils the practical meaning behind these terms in...
On 2nd – 3rd March 2011, Intersections returns for a two-day conference at the Eden Project in south west England. Exploring the emerging trends driving business change, and revealing new opportunities for design practice, Intersections 2011 brings together leading industry figures to discuss the issues that will shape the future of business and the economy. Speakers include: John Thackara,...
