Design Week
10 January 2008
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A missed opportunity
10 January 2008
With Liverpool in the limelight this year as the European Capital of Culture, why is there only one large-scale design event planned? asks Emily Pacey
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Apple
10 January 2008
Apple may launch an iPhone with increased memory, according to reports. A 3G iPhone is understood to be in development, but no details of the launch have been revealed.
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Arts Foundation announces shortlist for lighting design award
10 January 2008
Installation artists, a theatre lighting expert and a designer who worked on lighting at Heathrow Airport's Terminal Five are among the four shortlisted for the £10 000 Arts Foundation Fellowship in lighting design for 2008.The winner will be announced on 24 January as part of the Arts Foundation Awards. Recipients of £10 000 fellowships in illustration, sculpture in wood, literary translation and conducting will also be announced.The design fellowship, the first to cover ...
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At the top of their game, and their profession, too
10 January 2008
Ali Tomlin (Letters, DW 10 January) has motivated me to endorse the positive influences I have had from working under several great female designers. All three of them were at the top of their game. Margaret Calvert at the Royal College of Art is a strong and inspirational designer, perfectly able to destroy the confidence of even the strongest male, designer or otherwise. I believe she regularly gave Jocelyn Stevens a run for his money while he was Rector of the RCA. She was and ...
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B2B groups need to update their Web strategy, says report
10 January 2008
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Days of future past
10 January 2008
History would have it that we’re all prisoners of our own era, but common sense suggests there’s a bit of the time-traveller in all of us, says Hugh Pearman
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Designmap wins castle exhibition task in N Ireland
10 January 2008
Enniskillen Castle in Northern Ireland is to revamp its museum's exhibition space to showcase the story of its history, with design by Designmap.The castle (pictured), which is situated beside the River Erne in County Fermanagh, was built almost 600 years ago by the Gaelic Maguire family. It has been important throughout history as it guards one of the few passes into Ulster. In the 17th century it became an English garrison fort and later served as part of the military barracks.Following ...
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Harper Collins
10 January 2008
Harper Collins has launched its hymn book Mission Praise on-line, making it the first hymn book to be available digitally. Visitors to www.missionpraise.com will be able to browse more than 1800 songs from the collection and download the words, the sheet music and the accompanying audio backing tracks.
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HBOS Museum
10 January 2008
HBOS Museum on the Mound has launched a new website, www. museumonthemound.com, designed by Edinburgh-based creative consultancy Basestation and exhibition design group Studio SP. The site features a section on the history of Scottish banking.
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Hillman turns THE into a quarto magazine
10 January 2008
The Times Higher Education underwent a redesign last week, when it received a new look and rebrand by Studio David Hillman.Formerly a tabloid newspaper, it will now publish as a quarto magazine. Its first major redesign for 36 years will see the publication drop its full title, Times Higher Education, in favour of the acronym THE.'When you have a famous pedigree like The Times, it is tempting to keep the association,' says Hillman. 'But the fact is that the magazines no ...
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Identity confusion causes identity crisis, writes The Writer
10 January 2008
With a copy of Design Week under my arm I headed into our first team meeting of the year, excited about showing off the great coverage that we got as part of your article on our lovely friends R&D&Co (Profile, DW 4 January).
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In perspective
10 January 2008
Architecture visualisation has made great progress in the past decade, and the services offered by designers to communicate ideas can prove more valuable than spending big bucks on advertising. It’s about time architects woke up to what’s available, says Henrietta Thompson
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Indian automotive group Tata unveiled the Nano
10 January 2008
Last week, Indian automotive group Tata unveiled the Nano, the world's cheapest car, priced at 100 000 rupees (£1275). A lot is riding on its four wheels. Tata hopes its fresh design and low price will put cars within the reach of millions of ordinary Indians. The aim of the group's chairman, Ratan Tata, was to design an affordable car for the common man. Just 3.1m long and 1.5m wide, the car will be launched in India later this year.
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Inspired, Adrian Stokes - ASA Design
10 January 2008
I've always been inspired by modest genius, and can look back on a 30-year career (so far - not dead yet...), grateful to have practised in the shadow of some.Complex ideas expressed in such a way that most people can grasp them is the art of good industrial design, and the concept of 'less was more' is one that made absolute sense when I first came across it - it expressed my own instincts more simply than I ever could.Recently, there has been a lot in the press about ...
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It pays to be the good guys
10 January 2008
Sustainability and corporate responsibility are the order of the day, and design groups can do their bit to spread the message, says Gill Parker
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Lancashire brewery Moorhouse
10 January 2008
Lancashire brewery Moorhouse has launched two new bottled ales in the US, with brand identity, graphics and packaging by 999 Design. In developing the labelling for Blond Bitch, the consultancy has linked witchcraft with an image of a voluptuous blond girl, while the English Owd Ales label was illustrated featuring a wizened-looking, country-style gentleman.
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Leonardo on Flight
10 January 2008
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Music listening project tunes up with look by Sarah Boris
10 January 2008
The identity for Hear Here, a classical music event programme focusing on listening, has been created by typographic designer Sarah Boris.The classical music listening project - presented by The Royal Philharmonic Society, together with Classic FM radio - consists of a series of events that aim to encourage people to listen to classical music.Boris was appointed in November 2007 by Hear Here, following her rebrand for the RPS last year.The Hear Here logo uses an ...
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Never mind the quality, where's the quantity?
10 January 2008
Peter Godkin (Letters, DW 4 January) clearly misunderstood my very clear point about students receiving minimal teaching (Letters, DW 6 December). The point I was trying to make was not about quality, but about quantity. Ask any graphic design tutor or student about allocated ...
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News in Pictures
10 January 2008
Thirty years of street and club culture are celebrated in an exhibition of photography by Paul Hartnett, at the PYMCA Gallery at the Vibe Bar, Old Truman Brewery, London E1. It runs from 14 February to 30 March.
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News in pictures
10 January 2008
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On bilingualism and the search for the mot juste
10 January 2008
Catching up on my reading over Christmas I came across your feature 'Signs of equality' (DW 6 December), a piece on bilingual signage. A good, solid article, but it did make me feel very old. When I was training at Canterbury the doyens of the industry were people like Dick Negus, Terence Conran and Alan Fletcher; coming up fast were Rodney Fitch, Michael Peters and Michael Wolff, not to mention the Minales and Tattersfields. So that dates me. But your writer is having ...
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Profile
10 January 2008
As a graphic artist lucky enough to work for his cultural heroes, Nick Robertson has been able to explore his desire to experiment in both digital and physical media. Fiona Sibley enjoys a tour of his studio
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Random House redesigns Chatwin's back catalogue
10 January 2008
Publisher Random House has redesigned travel writer Bruce Chatwin's backlist, with a striking series of coloured, vertically striped cover graphics.Designer Michael Salu, who is part of Random House's CCV design team, came up with the concept for the cover of Chatwin's In Patagonia. The vivid design is a reference to the patterns used on fabric in Chile and southern Argentina.'The patterns are vibrant, colourful and employ simple geometry. I wanted to evoke the diversity ...
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Reflections on a landmark
10 January 2008
The Barbican: beauty or brute? It's an enduring question, and one that has been interpreted by many artists since its concrete blocks arose out of a London bomb site in the 1960s. Now it's the turn of Kate Maestri, a glass artist, to ponder the question. She plumps for a glowingly positive interpretation, basing a series of wall-based glass sculptures (see top) on the architects' original drawings, unearthed in the Museum of Domestic Architecture and Design in Middlesex. Inspired by the ...
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Sé
10 January 2008
Sé, a new UK-based furniture company, launches in February in London's Battersea, with a range of deluxe furniture and lighting. The first collection will come from French designer Damien Langlois-Meurinne and will consist of 26 pieces including seating, tables, upholstery, storage and lighting.
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Stockbroker Killik & Co
10 January 2008
Stockbroker Killik & Co has refreshed its brand positioning and identity (pictured below), with design by Carnegie Orr.
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The Cultural Industries Development Agency and Urban Space Management
10 January 2008
The Cultural Industries Development Agency and Urban Space Management have joined forces to launch the Creative Space Agency, a service that links owners of vacant property with creative individuals and businesses looking for spaces in which to work, exhibit or perform. Visit www.creativespaceagency.co.uk for more information.
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The light fantastic
10 January 2008
Flatteringly lit restaurants, hotel lobbies and high-end retail spaces have long reaped the commercial benefits of ambient lighting design, although high cost has limited investment in other sectors. However, well-documented research into its health benef
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Turkey's turn
10 January 2008
Best known for its traditional Islamic and Ottoman designs, Turkey is emerging as the nation to watch for its approach to more contemporary creations, reports Sarah Verdone
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UK design needs to build on its strengths in wayfinding
10 January 2008
Reports that Applied Information Group has won the job to sort out wayfinding for the Canadian city of Vancouver bode well not just for the London group, but for UK design as a whole.Wayfinding projects in emerging nations such the United Arab Emirates, where global groups like ...
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Voxpop
10 January 2008
The closure of English & Pockett, reported in last week's issue, was attributed to the ailing market for broadcast design services. How, and why, has this market changed in recent years?
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YRM Architects
10 January 2008
YRM Architects has appointed Rob Sutton, former sector head of interiors at Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, as its new head of interiors.
