In 2007, Swiss bag maker FREITAG invited designers, illustrators and anyone with a pen to participate in the first FREITAG Design-A-Truck Contest. The topic: «Transit». Over 3’000 contenders from 70 countries all over the world signed up. But like Christopher Lambert said: «There can be only one!» The jury, made…

Nick Hollibaugh and Joshua Enck with a model of their sculpture proposal.A model of Canter and Shed is on display now at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center in Pawtucket.…

The design competition One Good Chair recently announced two proposals as the final winning designs: Jittasak Narknisorn‘s “Posi+ive Lounge Chair” and Jessica Konawicz‘s “Pandanus Lounge Chair”. The jury also honored designs by Robert Corser, Catherine Pena and Moon Choi as runner ups. Winners: Jittasak Narknisorn “Posi+ive Lounge Chair” I started…

The Diesel Wall, Manchester, has a winner, as announced yesterday at the Urbis gallery.  Designer Tim Hensal’s submission Suck is constructed of hundreds of panels of silver, self-adhesive vinyl covering an area of 29m x 18m. JUDGES WILBERT DAS Creative Director, Diesel