Celebrating it's 10th anniversary, this year's festival presented work from over 500 designers, firms and institutions at the former airport Tempelhof and in various locations throughout Berlin. For the first time, DMY hosted the official Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland design award.

The Design Museum Holon in Tel Aviv hosted the cities second annual design week, and invited nineteen design week directors and design leaders from all over the world for what can be best described as design summer camp.

Bright colors, mixed materials, primitive shapes and multi-functional objects permeated the collections we saw this year at ICFF, WantedDesign and the NoHo Design District.

From Broadway to Rockaway, Pelham to Freshkills, 8.2 million people call New York City home. On the occasion of New York Design Week, Core77 takes a moment to survey the landscape of all five boroughs with an open call to designers to represent their hometown.

More than 180 contemporary galleries took part in the inaugural edition of Frieze New York making it the largest event produced by Frieze. The fair took place in a temporary structure, designed by Brooklyn-based architects SO - IL, on Randall's Island.

A collection of highlights seen at Spazio Rossana Orlandi, La Triennale di Milano, and Tom Dixon's MOST exhibition at the National Museum of Science and Technology.

We stopped by the Art Center College of Design graduate show to checkout the freshest work from students working across all creative disciples.

Epic in scale as always with over 2,700 exhibitors competing for attention, many of the older design-driven companies exhibited historical product timelines to establish their importance at the 51st fair.

The Brera district of Milan hosted numerous exhibitions throughout the upscale retail and designer showroom neighborhood.

A super industrial area, Ventura Lambrate hosted some of the most interesting exhibitions this year in epically large warehouse spaces.

The industrial neighborhood surrounding Via Tortona showcased a blend of big brands, international design stars, and up-and-coming new talents.

Marking the end of auto exhibition season, this year's show was relatively mainstream with highlights including the 2013 SRT Viper, BMW's i8 concept car, and a classic 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS 427 Convertible.

A largely commercial trade show held annually in New York, we headed to MADE, the section devoted to artisans, craftsmen and independent studios, with strong representation from MATTER and the AmDC.

The annual IHH show held in Chicago presented the latest gadgets and electronic appliances for cooking, entertaining, cleaning and almost everything else you could possibly need for the home.

Presented by the American Design Club (AmDC) in Brooklyn, designers were asked to create an object to defend themselves against an intruder breaking in at 3am.

If it wasn't white on white with more white, it was extremely colorful at this year's Stockholm Furniture and Northern Light Fair which presented furniture, lighting, and accessories for the home and office.

The London Design Museum's annual exploration of the most innovative, interesting and forward-looking work in design of all kinds, from around the world.

The NYIGF kicked the year off with some fresh new innovative kitchenware solutions, eco-friendly toys, vintage type, jewelry, and owls – lot's of owls.

Coinciding with Art Basel Miami, Design Miami offers collectors a highly curated selection of contemporary and vintage industrial design presented by an international roster of galleries.

Navigating Tokyo's annual 6 day design event can leave visitors feeling a little overwhelmed. This year saw an abundance of experimental art pieces and installations, with bright colors and attention-seeking concepts.