CABE UK government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space have recently published a report on Homes for our old age. The report features 10 case studies of housing schemes for older people, each of which offers inventive design and management solutions linking home and social care. U.K. statistics reveal that by 2032 the [...]

Marcia Caines The winning designs of the INDEX:Award 2009 confirm design’s crucial role in solving complex global problems and restore the concept of design as a powerful tool for humanity. The winners of the Danish non-profit ‘design to improve life’ award, the Index:Award 2009, were announced on Friday 29 August at the biannual black-tie Index [...]

The 5th edition of the international design, architecture and culture biennale ExperimentaDesign (EXD’09), will kick off in Lisbon on September 9 with a weeklong calendar of events on a very apt and demanding theme: Time. The Opening week of EXD’09 will provide participants with the rare opportunity to ponder over time with international experts and [...]

The non-profit Danish organization INDEX: Design To Improve Life is hosting its third edition of the INDEX: Exhibition in Kongens Nytorv Square, Copenhagen; a large-scale open air exhibition showcasing the finalists of over 700 designs nominated for the 2009 INDEX:Award. Selected by an international jury the nominated designs – products, services and systems – are [...]

Given the current day state of the suburbs Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com have co-produced the first design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. “In a future where limited natural resources will force us to find better solutions for density and efficiency, what will become of the cul-de-sacs, cookie-cutter tract houses and generic strip malls that [...]