Design Report | Significant Design Industry Events, Awards and Announcements

21 May 2013

The Experiential Retail Precinct

Paul Ocolisan, Regional Creative Director of e2, tells us how the 'experiential retail' concept is emerging to meet the challenges of the day.

20 May 2013

Asia Pacific Property Awards 2013

Nearly 300 Asian companies have received the award, with 43 top winners further selected to represent the region in the international edition.

14 May 2013

Borderless: Designing Future ASEAN Borders

These winning site-specific proposals offer ideas for sensitive, creative interventions along border areas. Yvonne Xu reports.

03 May 2013

Vertical Horizon

Photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze offers a unique perspective of Hong Kong.

26 Apr 2013

Win a Louis Poulsen Panthella Table Lamp

Tell us what you want and stand the chance to win this stunning Louis Poulsen Panthella table lamp, courtesy of Space Furniture.

17 Apr 2013

Designs of the Year

The Design Museum, London, announces this year's winners.

12 Apr 2013

Cubes Indesign - Issue 61 Out Now

Buildings, concepts and people that are influencing and changing the way we think about design take centrestage in this issue.

27 Mar 2013

H.D.F. Luxurious Projects Asia Awards

A total of 12 hospitality and residential projects from Asia have been honoured.

25 Mar 2013

Design Conversation at Foundry

Dutch designers Ineke Hans and Jorre van Ast joined Singapore-Barcelona based collective Outofstock for a candid discussion on design at Foundry earlier this month. Cubes Indesign Managing Editor Rachel Lee-Leong moderated the event and posed these questions.

19 Mar 2013

Dharmali Kusumali on Asian Hospitality Design

The Managing Director of Architrave Design and Planning shared his insights at a hospitality design awards and summit held earlier this month in Singapore. Olha Romanluk reports.

05 Mar 2013

The Bench Awards

The results of a competition to commemorate Singapore’s former National Stadium through design are out. Here are the winners.

19 Feb 2013

Artisans: A Presentation on Craft

Students of Singapore Polytechnic were at the recent Maison&Objet 2013 to showcase their contemporary take on Southeast Asian craft. We spotlight their works.

18 Feb 2013

Borderless

The open design competition seeks to bring attention to the spaces along the borders of the 10 ASEAN nations, with the aim of improving their existing conditions.

13 Feb 2013

Christian Lacroix for Sofitel So Bangkok

Renowned French designer Christian Lacroix completes his highly theatrical range of designs for boutique hotel Sofitel So Bangkok.

12 Feb 2013

Cubes Issue 60 Out Now

Cubes kicks off 2013 with insightful interviews, revealing profiles and projects that challenge norms.

06 Feb 2013

Aesop: Intellectualising Retail

Every store is different, yet each is recognisably Aesop. We look at the brand’s philosophy of customised, intellectualised retail design.

31 Jan 2013

Maison & Objet: Spring-Summer 2013

One of the most important weeks on the design calendar prior to Milan, Maison & Objet showcases the coming trends for 2013. Mandi Keighran reports.

23 Jan 2013

IMM Cologne 2013

Indesign's Editor at Large, Mandi Keighran files this report from Imm Cologne, noting new design directions and the latest releases

09 Jan 2013

The Singapore River One Plan

New place-making plans are underway for Singapore’s iconic river. Yvonne Xu reports.

27 Dec 2012

2012 Hong Kong Design Centre Awards

A selection of Asia’s best design concepts from the last year have been honoured in the 2012 Hong Kong Design Centre Awards.

26 Dec 2012

Your Top IDLA News Stories in 2012

The most read features on IndesignLiveASIA this year have been office project reviews. Find out which ones in our year-end summary.

24 Dec 2012

Merx Looks Ahead to 2013

What’s ahead in Singapore’s corporate office sector in 2013? William Forwood of Merx shares his predictions of potentially quieter times and reflects on 2012.

20 Dec 2012

DesignSingapore’s Value of Design Forum

Encouraging Singapore’s small and medium-sized enterprises to seriously consider the business value of design thinking was the goal of this recent forum.

10 Dec 2012

Cubes Issue 59 Out Now!

In our last issue of the year, Cubes brings you the best from the most exciting month in design in 2012, and then some.

10 Dec 2012

Creative Cultures: The Singapore Showcase

A diverse group of Singapore-based creatives are celebrated in a new book that proposes a national creative culture is in emergence.

05 Dec 2012

Asia Pacific Interior Design Award Winners

The annual APIDA announced winners in 10 interior design categories at a gala dinner in Hong Kong.

04 Dec 2012

President’s Design Award 2012 Winners

Four designers and nine projects are honoured in the seventh year of Singapore’s most prestigious design award.

21 Nov 2012

Indesign 51 - On Sale Now

The latest issue of Indesign is packed full of the best the region has to offer in projects, products and people.

09 Nov 2012

ORGATEC 2012

ORGATEC 2012 was the place to discover new trends and innovative products for the workplace. Mandi Keighran reports.

08 Nov 2012

Rethinking Design and Interiors

We quiz IFI president and The Collective principal Shashi Caan about her first book.

31 Oct 2012

Designing China's Hotels: Ian Carr

Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) leads the design of hotel interiors with a 1,000 project-strong portfolio, the largest proportion of which comes out of China. Here, the firm’s CEO Ian Carr talks about designing for the Chinese market.

24 Oct 2012

The results - red dot award: design concept 2012

This year’s award offers a revealing look at how designers are responding to worldwide developments and trends.

17 Oct 2012

A Report from Architours

Archifest’s Architours are back, and happening throughout October. Narelle Yabuka joined the “Rethink Office Spaces” tour and recounts the experience.

16 Oct 2012

Boardroom of the Future

Designers in the first Merx-Saturday in Design competition offer their vision of how the boardroom of the future will look like. We reveal the top entries.