With the announcement of the prestigious Dutch Design Awards 2011 being only days away, we're happy to share videos and photos from three live performances created by Rotterdam-based Studio Dumbar. The performances are to promote the Dutch Design Awards categories: Spatial-, Product- and Communication Design.

Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance in New York City, announced today that “Light Hearted” by Lauren Crahan and John Hartmann, of Brooklyn-based Freecell, won the 2011 Times Square Valentine design competition. The Times Square Valentine is an annual competition…

Winners have been announced for the suckerPUNCH-curated Williamsburg Waterfront Performance Venue competition. This open international ideas competition asked for an integrated design of an innovative music venue in the East River State Park located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The new park is the site of the ‘

On July 27, Bustler reported about the big night at Calgary’s Grand Theatre where the five competition finalists presented their designs for the Cantos National Music Center competition. Presenting firms that night were Diller Scofidio and Renfro, New York, NY, Jean Nouvel Workshop, Paris, France, Allied…

Music fans, architecture buffs and engaged citizens of Calgary, Canada filled the Grand Theatre to capacity on July 23, to watch five of the world’s leading architects compete to design a major project in Calgary – Cantos’ new national music center at the King Eddy site in the East Village.…