Design Week
11 August 2005
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Addiction rolls out Discovery Channel idents
11 August 2005
The Discovery Channel is to launch a set of six idents for its Europe, America and Asia territories, created and produced by Addiction.
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Aiming for global reach
11 August 2005
The Science Museum's new venture should mean more work for designers, says Scott Billings
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Aqueduct wins English Heritage brief
11 August 2005
English Heritage has appointed Aqueduct to revise its brand guidelines, as part of plans to achieve more visual consistency across the organisation.
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Asda unveils electrical appliances range
11 August 2005
Asda has launched a range of electrical appliances branded ONN, which has been designed by Cheltenham design consultancy FLB.
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BAT commissions street furniture designs for smokers
11 August 2005
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Briggs Hillier Design renews Schuh interiors
11 August 2005
Briggs Hillier Design has renewed the design of the store interiors for shoe retailer Schuh. The new look has been launched at Bluewater, Kent.
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Cambridge Local Examination Syndicates rebrands
11 August 2005
The University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicates has been renamed as Cambridge Assessment under a rebrand by Spencer du Bois.
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Cheap but chic
11 August 2005
Boston's Hotel 140 and 'super hostel' Wake Up! London are both being marketed as bright and modern affordable hotels, adapted to the needs of today's users. Yolanda Zappaterra looks at some current examples of hotel branding
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Civil Service must streamline its design buying system
11 August 2005
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Close encounter
11 August 2005
An attraction that offers a virtual space journey has just opened in an old ferry terminal in Liverpool.
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Design needs you in its corner
11 August 2005
Design's benefit to business is hard to quantify, so it is hard to convince corporate types to put it centre stage.
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Enterprise IG wins Romanian store brief
11 August 2005
Enterprise IG is to overhaul the store environments of Romanian electrical retailer DoMo, after winning a three-way pitch for the contract in June.
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Fennelow leaves DBA to tend baby
11 August 2005
The Design Business Association's membership and communications manager Adam Fennelow is leaving the organisation this week to spend time with his baby daughter. The DBA plans to appoint a membership, marketing and development director 'at a senior level', says chief executive Deborah Dawton.
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Gerard Taylor to style Orla Kiely outlet
11 August 2005
Fashion designer Orla Kiely is to open her first stand-alone boutique in Europe in London's Covent Garden next month, designed in collaboration with architect and furniture designer Gerard Taylor.
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Hartford turns Jamie's into Polka
11 August 2005
Jamie's bar chain owner The Hartford Group is poised to re-open its venue in Soho, London, as the newly-named bar Polka.Sussex design consultancy LSM Design has been appointed to work on the launch, which is earmarked for the end of August.
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Household creates retail outlets for gourmet pie chain
11 August 2005
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Ilva takes over Gateshead M&S store
11 August 2005
Next spring's UK launch of Danish furniture group and Ikea rival Ilva received a boost this week, when the chain signed a 20-year lease to take over Marks & Spencer's Lifestore in Gateshead.
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Industry discontent rises over European tender system
11 August 2005
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Inspired
11 August 2005
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Johnson Banks will rebrand CABE
11 August 2005
A rebrand of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment by Johnson Banks will go ahead this autumn, despite being delayed by the intervention of Cabe's incoming chairman, John Sorrell.
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Let's take some risks
11 August 2005
Innovation can be an extremely risky business, but design groups shouldn't just stay on the safe path.
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Liverpool City Council gears up for Capital of Culture 2008 by appointing designers
11 August 2005
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News in Pictures
11 August 2005
9 Jones Knowles Ritchie has designed the packaging for Molton Brown's latest men's product, Thermal Salts Muscle Soaks, which rolls out to stores this month.
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Pesto brand launches website
11 August 2005
Pesto brand Sacla has launched a consumer-facing website, www.sacla.co.uk, which is designed by TMA.
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Profile: Mary Rose Cook
11 August 2005
Mary Rose Cook has just won the BDC New Designer of the Year Award with a product range intended to make cooking more enjoyable, but she herself hates to cook. Trish Lorenz talks to her about her designs
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Reiss to open Dubai store by Draw Associates
11 August 2005
UK fashion retailer Reiss is rolling out an international store expansion, with its first outlet in the Middle East opening in Dubai next month. It has been designed by architect and interior design consultancy Draw Associates.
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Review
11 August 2005
COMING UP Experimentadesign, an international cultural event devoted to design culture and creativity runs from 15 September until 30 October.
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Science & Media plans designer roster
11 August 2005
A roster of exhibition design specialists is to be set up by Science & Media, a partnership formed by the Science Museum and Fleming Media to create a series of globally touring exhibitions.
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Screen branding for...
11 August 2005
Screen branding for Belgacom TV's national football television coverage in Belgium this season has been designed by BBC Broadcast. It launched last Thursday across five channels. The branding, which also kicks off Belgacom's move into broadcasting, is centred on a white football expanding into a sequence of action highlights, surrounded in the air by the ball's hexagons. 'The aim of the visual brand is to encompass and enliven the excitement involved in national football by developing ...
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Stand on ceremony
11 August 2005
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Stanford picked to advise Moss Bros
11 August 2005
Moss Bros Group has appointed Karen Millen and Whistles co-founder Kevin Stanford to advise on its brand development. Stanford, who holds a 28.2 per cent stake in the company, has been briefed to grow the business by assisting the design and development teams, working across brands that include Cecil Gee, Moss and Hugo Boss.
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Tefal launches iron for men
11 August 2005
Tefal has launched an iron aimed at men, which comes with an insulated mat so it does not have to be used with an ironing board. It is designed by Sunil Cunningham.
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The forthcoming identity...
11 August 2005
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The NHS plans to establish a talent pool of designers
11 August 2005
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Vertical signage
11 August 2005
Creating signage for a new development containing the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, presents novel challenges. John Stones reports on a monumental project
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Yorkshire beer brand...
11 August 2005
