The 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners were announced today with an official presentation ceremony to follow on November 7th at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The Curry Stone Design Prize was created to champion designers as a force for social change. Now in its…

“Design with the Other 90%: Cities,” the second in a series of themed exhibitions by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum that demonstrate how design can address the world’s most critical issues, opens October 15 at the United Nations and runs through January 9, 2012.

Five winning designs, as well as five honorable mentions, have recently been announced for the international Open Source House competition. The design competition started on January 15, 2010 and was open for team or individual participation. The challenge is was to design a sustainable, flexible…