"Shining" by Paola Suhonen in the "Fennofolk" exhibition

July 20, 2008. On show now at the Helsinki Design Museum is the oddly named “Fennofolk: New Nordic Oddity.” Curated by Paola and Pirjo Suhonen of the exquisitely moody and brilliantly graphical fashion label, IVANAhelsinki, Fennofolk analyzes Finnish culture through the artwork of more than 80 young artists and designers…

Julia Hoffman, MoMA New York's new creative director

July 21, 2008. New York’s Museum of Modern Art recently announced the appointment of Julia Hoffmann as Creative Director of Advertising and Graphic Design. Hoffmann has already begun to alter the look and feel of the museum's advertising and graphic design projects...

Current New School students build an urban diagram

July 21, 2008. New York’s The New School recently announced the launch in fall 2009 of a new undergraduate degree program in environmental studies. Using New York City as their laboratory, students will take a variety of classes at both Parsons The New School for Design, and liberal arts school, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts...

Voussoir Cloud by IwamotoScott with Buro Happold

July 20, 2008. On August 1 the SCI-Arc Gallery will open Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific architectural installation by San Francisco-based studio IwamotoScott who worked engineering firm Buro Happold (and SCI-Arc students) to design and build a compressed vault system using a featherweight sheet material...

1st: Sangmok and Sungwoo Kim’s fish farm, floating park

July 17, 2008. What’s wrong with New York City's South Street Seaport? Lack of interest from tourists and locals alike, a problem the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the AIA New York hopes to begin to remedy by sponsoring the biennial ENYA Prize and a follow-up exhibition (along with walking tours, a symposium and lecture) at the Center for Architecture that will run through September 27…

July 17, 2008. It may be blazing hot outside, but for magazines, it's Christmas in July—the time of year when brands start peddling their forthcoming holiday lines, limited-edition this and rhinestone-encrusted that. It's also a time of extravagance in packaging, evidenced by this week's Sephora Holiday Gift preview ....

KesselsKramer's Do Camouflage puzzle by Jennifer Skupin

July 15, 2008. At long (long) last, a civilized use of camouflage. Under its provocative Do label, Dutch communications agency KesselsKramer has come out with camouflage jigsaw puzzles ...

From Antoine Peters' fall/winter 2008-2009 collection
 
July 14, 2008.  Antoine Peters will present his S/S 2009 collection on July 26, during Amsterdam Fashion Week at the AIFW in the Westergasterrein. Typical for the young designer, its title – “To Make an Elephant out of a Mosquito” – places the emphasis on scale, proportions -– and dry wit. He talks about his current and upcoming collections ...

I.D.'s Annual Design Review at Parsons

July 11, 2008. This Wednesday marked opening night for the I.D. Annual Design Review exhibition in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design. The show will be open to the public (admission is free) through September 28.

A design by SEB  prize winner  Julien Carretero

July 9, 2008. Juried by luminaries including designers Konstantin Grcic, Ineke Hans and Jerszy Seymour, as well as DAMn editor-in-chief Walter Bettens, three awards were given at this weekend’s Design Parade 03 at Villa Noailles in Hyères, France...