Friday, January 4, 2008

News for Designers

HUES is a recently founded nonprofit organization for people of color in the design industries. www.designersofcolor.org



Premsela, the Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion, recently introduced a website it touts as "the premier international online guide" to design in the Netherlands. The English-language site features product news, interviews with designers, international events calendar, exhibitions, critical columns, and more. www.design.nl


Van Alen Institute
2008–2009 New York Prize Fellowships

Deadline: March 7, 2008

Van Alen Institute invites proposals for public projects from emerging scholars and practitioners in the design and planning disciplines and other fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Up to five Van Alen Institute Resident Fellowships and one Partnered Fellowship with the Social Science Research Council will be awarded for residency periods of three months in the fall, spring, or summer of 2008–2009. Fellowship awards include project support, work and gallery space at the Institute, publication in Public Practice, stipend, and a range of project production, research, and programming resources. www.vanalen.org/nyprize/application_callforfellows.html

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