One winner and two runners-up have today been announced at this year's edition of the James Dyson Awards, an international student design award running in 18 countries. The first prize went to the entry 'SafetyNet - Escape Rings' from the UK. The two runners-up were the design…

Our friends at Wallpaper* yesterday announced the winners of their 2012 Design Awards. The international panel of judges, this year comprising Grayson Perry, Rafael Vinoly, Simon de Pury, Gerd Bulthaup, and Jean-Paul Goude, selected the top entries in eleven major design categories. Many more awards in highly…

One winning project and two runners-up have recently been announced at the 2011 edition of the James Dyson Awards, an international student design award running in 18 countries. The first prize went to the entry 'AirDrop Irrigation' from Australia. Two top awards went to the design concepts…

A long list of winners of the 2010 GOOD DESIGN Award was recently announced by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design together with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles…

Our friends at Wallpaper* today announced the winners of their 2011 Design Awards program. The annual award series honors exceptional design in eleven different disciplines, spanning from fashion design over architecture to industrial design. This year's panel of judges hosts big names like Pharrell Williams, Mario Bellini,…

Design Miami/, the global forum for design, nominated German designer Konstantin Grcic to be this year´s Desinger of the Year 2010.

Design engineers from 18 countries have entered projects for this year’s James Dyson Award. A panel of judges has already shortlisted the finalists for each country, and the international shortlist will be announced soon. You can get involved by rating each of the finalist entries on the

The Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany honored the design team of Liechtenstein-based company Hilti with one of the highest honorary awards in the world of design: the “red dot: design team of the year 2010”. With this title, the red dot design award…

Just a few more days left to vote for your favorite design at the Athens Bench Mark competition! This international competition called for designers and creative teams to submit designs for new benches throughout Athens, Greece. The contest closed for new submissions on April 6 and is still open for…

Global materials consultancy Material ConneXion announced last week the launch of its first annual MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year, naming UK-based company Concrete Canvas’ Concrete Cloth as the inaugural winner.