Milano (Italy) - "Changing the Change" is an international conference on the role and potential of design research in the transition towards sustainability. The event is included within the World Design Capital® Torino 2008 celebrations and seeks to make a significant contribution to a necessary transformation that involves changing the direction of current changes toward a sustainable future.

Toronto (Canada) - From 1300 entries, eighty eight design firms have been selected as design award winners in the 2007 Applied Arts Advertising and Design Awards. Of the multiple award winners, Montreal firm Paprika received nine awards, Underline Studio of Toronto took home seven, and orangetango and Atelier Chinotto, also both based in Montreal, each came away with six prizes.

Singapore (Singapore) - Design&Disasters is a project initiated by the DesignSingapore Council, with the aim of creating design that can be deployed to prepare for and minimise effects of disasters, in the case of disaster occurrences in the 5Rs: 1. Resilience, 2. Respond, 3. Rescue, 4. Restore and 5. Rebuild.

Seoul (Korea) - In this year's Design Korea International Conference, 'public design' and 'design management' were the issues of this age discussed by world-class designers and scholars.

San Jose (United States) - Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the call for entries for the eighth annual Adobe® Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The awards honor talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education.

London (United Kingdom) - How do the worlds leading design firms ensure that they are getting the best return on their investment in design? The Design Council's "Eleven lessons: managing design in eleven global companies" shines a light on the models of a diverse group of market leaders.

Moscow (Russian Federation) - Identity magazine has announced the international jury for its annual award scheme, Identity: Best of the Best 2008. Now in its third year, the competition is endorsed by Icograda.

Llubljana (Slovenia) - The NLB Galerija Avla in Ljubljana will host the opening of Stefan Sagmeister's "Things I have learned in my life so far" on Thursday, 29 November 2007 at 20:00. The exhibition will be on display from 29 November 2007 - 18 January 2008.

Athens (Greece) - The European Design Awards is a comprehensive annual awards organisation acknowledging the best of graphic design, illustration and multimedia design in Europe and endorsed by Icograda.

Montreal (Canada) - Widening the boundaries of Place d'Armes, connecting it to underground passages, revealing four centuries of history, creating an open space on a human scale, highlighting the architectural diversity surrounding the Place...