Breakthrough for Life-improving design

Today Singapore’s Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr. Lee Boon Yang, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Copenhagen, Denmark with the Danish Minister for Economic and Business Affairs, Bendt Bendtsen. This MOU will see the establishment of a Singapore-Denmark Cooperation program on Design to Improve Life. The signing of the MOU is […]

DesignAndDesign.com unchains design!

Since January 2008, at the initiative of agence marc praquin, DesignAndDesign.com website has enabled designers from all over the world, to have their voices heard, finally liberated from the monopoly of major publishers. DesignAndDesign.com offers them a free opportunity to present their work in the first book entirely devoted to the best of graphic and […]

Peugeot Design Contest 08

“IMAGINE THE PEUGEOT IN THE WORLDWIDE MEGALOPOLIS OF TOMORROW”
Create a Concept Car which is designed to evolve within the cities of the future, whilst retaining the key values of the 21st century. The projects should bear Peugeot’s stylistic codes and must contain the following four aspects included in this design competition: environmental awareness, social harmony, […]

The Desktop Factory 3D printer

The Desktop Factory 3D printer builds durable, functional models from the bottom up, one layer at a time… is designed to meet the needs of small design/engineering firms, departments within large companies, and schools.

“…Our goal is to one day make 3D printing as common in offices, factories, schools and homes as laser printers are today… […]

DESIGNSPOTTER Canada Lifestyle Tour 2008

Only FIVE weeks left to start our big tour through Canada. We are completely excited about that.
We ask ourselves: Where are all those exciting people from Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Banff or Edmonton?
And by the way… how are people called who live in Calgary? Calgarians?
And however.. how´s the canadian weather in may?

YOU can help us answering […]

Petit Bateau reasserts its presence in supermarkets and superstores

Petit Bateau, the legendary brand of underwear and pyjamas recognized by consumers for its high quality products, sells a part of its baby and children ranges through supermarkets and superstores. In this environment, where impact and diversity are key to success, the brand was obliged to reinforce and enhance its product offering.

Working closely with Dragon […]

YellowDesignFoundation truly international

YellowDesignFoundation (YDF), located 19 Avenue des Volontaires 1160 Brussels, has succeeded to the Belgian Institute for the Development of Industrial Design (°1963) since 2004.

YDF positions itself as an independent, multidisciplinary and interregional platform for information and research on design as an economic social and cultural asset. YDF focuses its activities on the impact of design […]

Is Philippe Starck going to stop his design activities?

Philippe Starck saids in the The German weekly ‘Die Zeit’ : “In two years, I stop, that’s sure. I will do something else, I still don’t know what. This will be a new form of expression. A new weapon, faster and more violent and lighter than design”

A first mark of doubt :

The eccentricity of a […]

Sintesi, the new Pininfarina concept-car

The Sintesi is a sports car with four doors and four seats, developed by a highly innovative approach: it does not consider the car as a shape that covers the mechanicals, but one that gives a shape to the mechanicals around the passengers, starting from the latter.

“Sintesi” is the result of the Pininfarina Design Department, […]

New Townhouse and expandable residences by Livinghomes

KieranTimberlake is internationally recognized for its research focusing on new materials, processes, assemblies and products, and has successfully implemented off-site fabrication techniques based on lessons learned from the aerospace, auto, and shipbuilding industries.
”Expandable” Single Family Model (Type 1)
In addition to lower cost and faster production, the LBS allows for the unprecedented adaptability of previously ‘fixed’ […]

from DESIGNSPOTTER.com

::::::::::: Roadspotter goes Canada :::::::::::::
Europes leading online design blog DESIGNSPOTTER.com will embark on a great journey in cooperation with the Canadian Tourism Commission CTC and the host destinations Alberta and Ontario to discover the “wild west”.

Our Lifestyle-Tour presents Canada from its young, fresh, wild, modern and stylish side, giving the viewer an individual and intimate […]