Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa, which opened in the pristine and undisturbed Gaafu Alifu Atoll in April 2011, has won the coveted 2012 Green GOOD DESIGN Award. The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and The Chicago Athena…
A needle that can take the pain and fear out of injections has been invented by Oliver Blackwell, a design scientist based in the UK. He has spent the past 18 months working with GPs and anaesthetists to refine his design that actually uses 2 needles…
The international design alliance has chosen Cape Town to be the World Design Capital in 2014. The award was set up by an international non-governmental organisation and it aims to protect and promote the profession of industrial design. As more …
RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) has announced the winner of the £5000 prize to choose the new design of electricity pylons that will be appearing across the landscape near you in the none too distant future. The familiar pylon desi…
Calvin Klein, Inc. announced today that Calvin Klein Collection will hold an exclusive dinner in collaboration with Design Museum, London on Thursday, October 13th, during the 8th annual Frieze Art Fair. British designer, John Pawson, will serve as t…
Commemorative services have taken place around the world to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. President Obama attended the formal opening of the Reflecting Absence memorial at Ground Zero, New York. The 16 acre site is made up of 2 pools with vast w…
Construction of Belgrade's first new bridge for 41 years and seventh crossing pointwas completed today. The single-pylon bridge is located close to the Ada Ciganlija river resort. The event was attended by President Boris Tadic and Belgrade Mayor Dra…
A family home in Driebergen, designed by Zecc Architects, has become the Netherland's first energy neutral house. The property incorporates solar panels, ground heat pumps and novel double interior insulation and has been awarded the coveted BNA Buil…
Marlies Dekker is a top lingerie designer who has brought a case against competitor Sapph. A court in Utrecht, Netherlands, has decided that copyright has been breached by Sapph over similarities to Dekkers' own designs and Sapph has been ordered to …
Messenger will be the first probe to orbit Mercury; it was previously visited by the Mariner 10 spacecraft, which made several, passes in the 1970s. Messenger has already made three flybys of Mercury and is set to enter orbit around the rocky wor…