The Think Tank shortlisted in B2B Marketing Awards

The Think Tank has been shortlisted in the prestigious B2B Marketing Awards 2010 for two campaigns. Firstly for our EMEA campaign work with OKI Printing Solutions for their multi-function printer the MC860, which is shortlisted in the Best Product Launch category, and secondly for the ICI Summer Scorcher promotion on behalf of AkzoNobel which is shortlisted in the Most Commercially Successful category.

Fingers crossed for the results in November.

Click here to see the complete B2B Marketing Awards Shortlist

New Designers presents awards

New Designers is an annual London showcase for recent design graduates dedicated to product, graphic and interior design. The New Designer of the Year award has been presented to Tortie Hoare for her boiled leather furnishings which appropriated techniques from medieval France and has applied them to 21st century designs.

See her designs and more on Icon Eye

Solar panels on a roll

SoloPower has introduced a new flexible rolling solar panel that can significantly reduce production and installation costs. These easily-installed thin-film panels may be an answer for areas where traditional solar panels are difficult to install. The SoloPower device is built on a thin, flexible foil substrate in a high throughput, roll-to-roll process.

See more here

World's scariest airports

A fright of fancy or just plane scary! The world's ten most frightening airports featured on Web Urbanist. Click here to see which airports to avoid at all costs.

Zaha Hadid exhibition opens in Zurich

An exhibition entitled Zaha Hadid and Suprematism and has opened at Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich. Curated by Zaha Hadid it combines her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces.

See more on Dezeen

Ten Point Plan for Creative Intern Employers

Creative Review looks at LCC graduates Paul Cooke & Jemma Mackle project Mind The Gap, which includes ten pieces of advice for employers from interns...

'The Mind The Gap project saw various design and ad industry figures give advice to graduating students, but its final pages were devoted to a 10 point plan of what creative interns would like from employers. They make for interesting reading...'

Click here to see 10 point plan

Or click here to view Internship opportunities at The Think Tank

Apple's new store in Shanghai

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s newest Apple store opened on July 10. A fantastic glass cylinder leading down to an open expanse of store. Photographer Roy Zipstein has been documenting the opening of the store. See more of his fantastic photographs on Arch Daily.

Photographs © Roy Zipstein

The Oscar de la Renta iPad Clutch

For the business woman who has everything, Oscar de la Renta introduces the iPad Clutch embroidered leather pouch, available in limited edition from Oscar de la Renta.

Stunning Mountains and Opening House

The Mountains and Opening House by Eastern Design Office is one of the most stunning residential and design spaces we have seen this year. It is a design room for a Japanese sneaker brand as well as a residential house and is in the Takarazuka-city of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Located in an exclusive residential district, it commands an entire view of the Osaka Plain and is built on the slope of a hill with an elevation of 330 meters, combining architecture with engineering to create a building with a level difference of more than 8 metres.

See more on Contemporist

Camille installation stretches across the Seine

The latest installation by Arne Quinze is Camille and spans the Seine in Rouen. Stretching across the Boieldieu bridge, it divides the city and consists of an entanglement of colourful wooden beams and slats that are meant to 'provoke dialogue and bring people together'. At 120 metres long and 110 tons it is supported by eighteen concrete footings and has been erected for the summer festival Rouen Impressionnée.

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Phase II of ExCel Centre opens

Phase II of the ExCel Centre in East London has been opened. The design, by architects Grimshaw, features a bright yellow e-shaped entrance.

Read more on Dezeen

Soho House club opens in Berlin Communist Party Archives

The private members club Soho House has recently opened its latest club and hotel in Berline. Located on Torstraße in Berlin's hotspot Mitte district, the House has all the standard amenities, as well as a rooftop pool, a 30-seat cinema and vintage record players in most rooms. The new club is house in a building that was opened as a department store in 1928 and then became the Communist Party's archive.

Read more here

Giancarlo Zema designs beautiful wood and LED furniture for Avanzini

Italian designer Giancarlo Zema has created a fantastic collection of stools and coffee tables combining wood and light to great effect. The Bright Woods collection for the Avanzini Group is a limited edition of 120 stools and 60 coffee tables.

Read more on Contemporist

The Fish House, Singapore, by Guz Architects

The Fish House is a modern tropical bungalow designed by Guz Architects to accommodate the essence of living in the hot and humid climate of Singapore by creating open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer residents views to the ocean.

Read more on Arch Daily

Photographs: © Patrick Bingham Hall

Article by Nico Saieh

Dr Marten's celebrates 50 years with covers from great artists

Dr Martens's celebrates 50 years of designing and manufacturing the famous AirWair shoe. To celebrate they asked 10 artists to record their version of a cult classic track which represents the spirit of the people who've worn DM's over the past 50 years. They also asked 10 directors to make videos for each of the tracks. Artists include Noisettes, The Duke Spirit, Dam-FunK, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, NASA, Buraka Som Sistema, The Cinematic Orchestra and more coming soon.

See a history of Doc Marten's with Don Letts and more below or listen to and watch all the fantastic covers and videos here.