Milano Design week, from April 18-23, 2007, attracted more than 250,000 visitors.

Hannover Fair's "Material Trends 2007" is an ode to the stuff our products are made of. Here we meet the people and products behind the iF material award 2007, get inspired by material exhibitions and learn about student projects at German design schools.

Core77's Offsite series lives on in Portland, Oregon at Someday Lounge, featuring Derek Welch and Jason Bacon of UNKL.

The Consumer Electronics Show hosts the largest display of technology in the world, attracting record number of attendees and exhibitors. CES 2007 was held in Vegas (Jan. 8 - 11) presenting everything from cellphones to robotics.

For many, the new year really starts January 15th when Cologne opens the IMM furniture fair partnered by its PASSAGEN off-site design program. We explored Cologne's design scene putting the latest trends in the spotlight.

EuroMold 2006 (5-8 December) stands for a superscale trade fair on product development from A to Z. A 13th edition with special attention for design and engineering, the German Design Award and the future of road transport.

Core77's 3rd Design 2.0 panel discussion was held in Boston. Speakers John Maeda, Natalie Jeremijenko, Bill Cockayne and Jason Pearson explored the topic of 'Design, Technology, and the Future'.

MATERIALICA is a yearly meeting place for the high-end industry where we discover material solutions for tomorrow's products. This year features a special composites fair, expert talks, Dutch design and the Design Award ceremony (Oct'06).

From September 28th to October 1st, 2006, WIRED NextFest brought the future of exploration, entertainment, transportation, health, communication, design, security, and green living to NYC.

The London Design Festival (Sept 15 - 30) anchored by the 100% Design Show and its offsprings 100% Detail and 100% Light (Sept. 20 - 23) enjoyed an unusually warm summer-like week. Once again London's east end competed for the attention offering a diverse range of young designer & graduate group shows.

The today and tomorrow of Turkish design is featured at the 2nd Istanbul Design Week, a six day program (September 12-17) including exhibiting designers, creative workshops and conference discussion.

Core77 moved it to the left taking the Design 2.0 panel discussion,"Products and their Ecosystems: Understanding the power of context in product innovation" to San Francisco on June 6th.

Design enthusiasts from around the world flocked to NYC for a week full of unbridled design madness.

Creatives from all over the world gathered in Berlin for the DESIGNMAI design festival (May 18-21). The fourth episode focuses on the relationship between design and urbanity featuring superscale exhibitions at the central locations DESIGNCITY and YOUNGSTERS. Four days of happenings, parties and discussion on the future of design are the pulse of the city.

Thanks again to the hard-core fans who made it over the bridge and kicked in 11 years online with monster mayhem, break dancing and the launch of the custom fila original tennis shoe 'bluföm'.

Material Trends 2006 follows up on last years special event at the Hannover Fair featuring the latest news in materials and design. This is where Material Connexion, Material Sense and Designafairs present their latest material collections, design students display new Technogel concepts and winners gather to receive the prestigious iF material award.

The 45th International Furniture Fair (April 5-10) featuring over 350 events was host to almost 200,000 visitors.

Core77 hosted the first Design 2.0 panel discussion "From Complexity to Clarity", featuring Method's Kevin Farnham, Googles's Marissa Mayer, Peer Insight's Jeneanne Rae, Z-Plus Partners' Andrew Zolli and BusinessWeek's Bruce Nussbaum as moderator.

Growing in scale every year, Tokyo Design Week (Nov. 2 - 6, 2005) is comprised of the main show at Jingu Galen in central Tokyo, the 100% Design Show, DesignTide - a series of presentations in shops, galleries & cafes and a student exhibition showcasing work from universities throughout Japan.

The third episode of Material Vision (Frankfurt, Nov. 10-11) is a meeting place for industrial designers, architects and product developers come to learn more about innovative materials and meet with researchers and developers.