Design Week
10 August 2006
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Ammunition designs Speedy Hire annual report
10 August 2006
Ammunition has designed the 2006 annual report for tool hire shops Speedy Hire, adopting a 'straight-talking' theme and icon-based graphic style.
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ASHA brings M&Co brand together
10 August 2006
Arthur Steen Horne Adamson has overhauled the brand identity for clothing retailer Mackays, uniting its eight sub-brands under a single umbrella brand, M&Co.
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Build a partnership instead of biting the hand that feeds you
10 August 2006
I was so frustrated by the 'bad clients' article (Design Business, DW 27 July) that I scribbled my own notes across it before passing the issue to colleagues in our studio.
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Consumers trust packaging more than celebrities
10 August 2006
Last month the National Consumer Council and AccountAbility published some research by Globescan showing that celebrity endorsement came only one place above direct mail leaflets as the least trustworthy source of consumer information. Interestingly, the research found that packaging came top of the the list of reliable information sources, which was up there with consumer watchdogs and ahead of friends and family or word of mouth.
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Coutts Retail Creative restructures
10 August 2006
Media Square-owned Coutts Retail Creative has restructured its businesses into a single entity and renamed the consultancy CRC. Retail strategy and branding division Lucid and experiential marketing agency Theatre retain individual brand names.
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Design Skills Initiative title is a wake-up call
10 August 2006
Various players are upset with the title of the Design Skills Initiative Keep British Design Alive (DW 25 May).
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Designs never die, they're just recycled 30 years later
10 August 2006
Reading through a recent edition of Design Week (DW 20 July) I came across the section headed News in Pictures and noticed the 'families' identity created by Rose Design for the Tate Gallery. What is British design coming to when all we can do is copy a design classic designed by Herb Lubalin for a Readers Digest publication in the late 1970s! Tony Owen and Tony Forster, Oven Creative, Bolton BL3 2PH
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Different and NE6 to style Dott 07
10 August 2006
Dott 07, the first of a ten-year series of regional design events, has appointed Different and NE6 to handle its creative communications work.
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Gothic grind
10 August 2006
After years of being shunned by designers, one of the oldest scripts in the history of typography has made a comeback, initially appealing to youth DIY culture. Simon Loxley looks at how Blackletter has been given a new lease of life
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Hidden Art reveals all with on-line revamp
10 August 2006
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HM Treasury seeks to clarify R&D tax relief
10 August 2006
HM Treasury will publish a series of leaflets later this year explaining how to claim R&D tax credits, using case studies from design consultancies including Creactive Design and Harrison Fisher. The leaflets come as Nissan Design Europe demonstrates how design processes can qualify for the tax relief.
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ICA turns to Spin for an 'impactful' identity
10 August 2006
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is scrapping its visual identity - last revised by Neville Brody - and relaunching with an overhauled brand and website created by Spin.
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Inspired
10 August 2006
It's easy to tell when I've reached the bottom of the creative well on a project... as I run to the safety of my plans chest.
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Kia Motors appoints chief design officer
10 August 2006
Kia Motors Corporation has appointed Peter Schreyer, designer of the New Beetle and Audi TT, to the newly created position of chief design officer.
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Landini Associates sets In Your Face scene
10 August 2006
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Landor Associates promotes Phil Duncan
10 August 2006
Phil Duncan is to be promoted to Landor Associates' president for Europe and the Middle East in September, not Phil Dean, as stated in last week's issue.
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Lee Cooper appoints Odd for global relaunch
10 August 2006
Jeans brand Lee Cooper has appointed Odd to handle the global relaunch of its 1970s brand FU's, creating a visual identity and logo for the range.
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Margaret Thatcher portrait
10 August 2006
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Minale Tattersfield overhauls J7 juice
10 August 2006
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Monotype Imaging buys Linotype to widen its offer
10 August 2006
US font giant Monotype Imaging has acquired German type foundry Linotype for an undisclosed sum, in a deal that creates one of the world's largest providers of typeface design and imaging technologies.
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Morris takes over as MD at Design Bridge
10 August 2006
Design Bridge has appointed John Morris (pictured) as managing director at the consultancy's London office, filling the role vacated by Jill Marshall in November last year (DW 3 November 2005).
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Move into a hot property
10 August 2006
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News in Pictures
10 August 2006
Royal College of Art graduate Roger Arquer has designed the Float water candle for Mathmos.
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News International free sheet styled to look like the Web
10 August 2006
News International has taken inspiration from the Internet for the design of its forthcoming free sheet The London Paper, its art director Alfredo Trivino has told Design Week.
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Paul Smith creates 'personalised' bicycles
10 August 2006
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Priestman Goode wins African task
10 August 2006
Priestman Goode has been appointed by Woolworths South Africa to develop a new store concept for the retailer. Based in Cape Town, Woolworths SA sells a range of food, clothing and homeware products nationally and also owns stores across Africa and the Middle East. Priestman Goode director Paul Priestman confirms that prototype stores are being developed, but declines to reveal further details.
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Profile: Zimzum
10 August 2006
Zimzum creates interactive, tongue-in-cheek furniture that makes people smile. Trish Lorenz talks to Rajko Debeljevic and Peter Mayne about their first collection, working in different cities and the ideas behind their venture
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Proustian Penguins
10 August 2006
Early Penguin paperbacks were created as cheap, throwaway items, but Hugh Pearman marvels at the lasting power of their now legendary design
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Review
10 August 2006
Exhibitions, talks and events...
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Rose identity puts lead in D&AD's Yellow Pencil
10 August 2006
D&AD is launching its first 'major rebrand' since its formation in 1962, with designs by Rose, but has steered clear of a radical overhaul.
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Seditionary movements lose momentum
10 August 2006
Not many of us advocate revolutionary politics with a straight face any more. For all its vehemence, contemporary anti-capitalism resembles street theatre when set against the big ideological struggles of the 20th century.
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Stake your R&D tax credit claim
10 August 2006
The Government is setting up units to advise companies about R&D tax credit eligibility and designers are set to benefit, says Scott Billings
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Sunderland City Council begins building pool
10 August 2006
Sunderland City Council has begun construction of a £20m state-of-the-art 50m swimming pool designed by local consultancy Red Box Design Group, working with Arup.
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Test case shows that R&D spending pays off in the end
10 August 2006
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TfL design teams develop London Overground service
10 August 2006
Transport for London is poised to unveil a service branded as London Overground this autumn, featuring a new train fleet with livery concepts by Real 451 and interiors by Design Triangle.
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The final hurdle
10 August 2006
Is China's vast manufacturing capability good for UK designers or is it waiting in the wings to bring them down? According to Adrian Berry, there's only one problem standing in their way
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UK talent snaps up Red Dot design awards in Germany
10 August 2006
A handful of UK designers were among this year's German Red Dot communication design award winners, unveiled last week.
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Unreal rebrand gives Little, Brown 'a sense of heritage'
10 August 2006
Unreal has rebranded Time Warner Book Group as Little, Brown Book Group - using the name of one of its imprint titles - with a fresh design that seeks to shun a corporate look.
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Voxpop
10 August 2006
As the holiday season kicks in and books slide up our summer shopping lists, how much credit do you give book cover design for your choice of beach reading?
