Design Week
11 January 2007
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£19M Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art unveils retail designs
11 January 2007
Retail design consultancy Colin Williams Design and sculptor Andrew Miller have joined forces to create an unusual retail outlet at the soon-to-open £19m Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.The shop is made entirely from black Corian and the 3D structural form is designed to look more like an art installation than a traditional art gallery shop. The trapezium structure means that some of the shelves within the retail outlet are not horizontal, creating unusual spaces and voids ...
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35 Wins Cadbury Schweppes annual review and report pitch
11 January 2007
Confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes has appointed the consultancy 35 Communications to design and produce its 2006 annual review and report, following a four-way pitch.35 Communications beat Pauffley, SAS and incumbent of eight years Addison to win the pitch, which took place after the shortlisting of eight design consultancies.This is the first time the consultancy has been appointed to work with Cadbury. 35 Communications director Nigel Forsyth says the review aims ...
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All of Us creates youth theatre exhibit
11 January 2007
Design consultancy All of Us has created an interactive donation box and website for young people's theatre company Chickenshed.The installation sits in the foyer at Chickenshed in Southgate, north London, and highlights the fact that the organisation is a charity.All of Us, which won the business after a two-way pitch, devised a 1m LCD screen, which plays a slideshow of still photography from performances. When a donation is inserted through a slot it alters to show actual ...
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American dreams
11 January 2007
The blurb for Shay Kun’s upcoming show talks of ‘pristine vistas blighted by tightropes, flagpoles, killer-whales and the evidence of contemporary human presence’.
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Benedict Radcliffe
11 January 2007
The work of Benedict Radcliffe, head of experiential design at Glasgow consultancy Stand, will be shown at the Paul Smith Mayfair shop on Albermarle Street, W1 from 7 to 16 February. Radcliffe's work combines engineering and sculpture with graphic and industrial design. The exhibition, Modern Japanese Classics & Other Works, includes full-scale, 3D wire cars inspired by line drawings.
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Best foot forward
11 January 2007
Obsessive trainer collectors value exclusivity and credibility - which is why more and more big-name shoe manufacturers are doing everything in their power to associate themselves with up-and-coming designers and illustrators
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Britten Sinfonia
11 January 2007
Silk Pearce has designed a set of flyers for the Britten Sinfonia, to highlight its 2007 concert series in and around Cambridge and East Anglia.
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Delays to LDA report leaves questions over LDF funding
11 January 2007
The London Development Agency is to further delay the publication of its full-scale economic evaluation into the London Design Festival until next month.
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Design Museum drops show
11 January 2007
Further speculation over the future format of the Design Museum’s much-hyped Designer of the Year competition has been fuelled with the news that the contest will not be supported by an exhibition this year.
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Design, telecoms, features: Apple leads in all areas
11 January 2007
The launch of the iPhone in California last week shows that Apple has not lost its touch. It has countered criticism that it had reached a plateau in terms of design, based on last year's relatively conservative launches, and demonstrated once more that it is ahead of the game and can even beat rivals in the densely populated mobile phone market (see feature, page 15).How the iPhone performs financially in the long term remains to be seen, but the effect its launch had on share ...
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Digital dash
11 January 2007
Digital expertise is a hot commodity at the moment, and many designers and consultancies are eager to enter this booming sector. But where is all the talent coming from, and can the future really be as bright as it seems?
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Digital designers should keep their feet on the ground
11 January 2007
What more evidence could you want for a boom in digital design than a hike in salaries and freelance fees? With freelance digital designers able to command £400-£600 a day and some £50 000 a year in income, it is clear that consultancy bosses are taking the upturn in client demand for digital communications seriously (see feature, page 18).The outlook is great for digital designers, but a boost in their personal income could be bad news for the industry generally. High freelance ...
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Factory ‘pimps up’ Konica
11 January 2007
Konica Minolta is set to show off a ‘pimped up’ prototype photocopier design, created for the photo imaging giant by Factory Design.
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Ford Airstream
11 January 2007
Ford Motor Company vice-president of design J Mays has unveiled a futuristic utility car called Ford Airstream at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The car's design is inspired by the iconic Airstream trailers and by 2001/ A Space Odyssey, according to the company. The design, lighting and sound for Ford's stand at the Detroit show was created by Imagination and includes interactive elements and animations. Imagination has worked with Ford for more than 30 years.
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Inspired
11 January 2007
It would be 'nice' (in the door fitting sense) to demonstrate a tidy connection between an inspiring thing and a glorious design, but I don't find my world works like that.In life, I've realised there are two types of situations that inspire me: the first involves order, symmetry and alignment; the second, mood, atmosphere and tone. These could be summarised as form and feeling, or hard and soft.It is the place where these two situations meet that fascinates me - the point ...
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ITV has revealed...
11 January 2007
ITV has revealed the first look at the design of its forthcoming video-on-demand service, launching on www.itv.com in March. The entire site and a new VOD media player are being designed by US interactive group Schematic. The portal will enable viewers to watch simulcasts of live TV on-line, as well as 'catch-up' on recent episodes for a period of 30 days. Schematic's previous work includes CNN's Pipeline on-demand, broadband, video news service.
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Jim Surguy
11 January 2007
Jim Surguy, a senior partner at Results International and advisor to marketing services businesses, is to leave the corporate finance firm this month, after 11 years.
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Land Securities builds brand with Hat Trick
11 January 2007
Land Securities, the £14bn property developer, has launched a redesigned corporate identity this week, created by Hat Trick Design Consultants.The consultancy was appointed to rebrand the UK's largest listed property developer following a paid pitch against Williams Murray Hamm and SAS Design in January last year. Its logotype design replaces the previous 'block' identity, originally designed by SAS five years ago.Land Securities is rebranding to coincide with its conversion ...
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Mind your language
11 January 2007
Could designers' obsession with typographical purity be oneo of the factors undermining English grammar? Simon Loxley pleads with designers to save the humble apostrophe from extinction
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New identity for the Crafts Council
11 January 2007
The Crafts Council is planning to launch a revitalised visual identity and has appointed Intro in a six-way pitch to assess its current branding.As part of a wide-reaching assessment of the organisation, Crafts Council director Rosy Greenlees will unveil the identity alongside a redrafted 'mission statement' setting out the council's role and objectives.Although Greenlees declines to reveal the consultancies on the pitch list, it is thought that Pentagram, which designed ...
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News in Pictures
11 January 2007
The Royal College of Art in London is hosting an exhibition of work by its Communication, Art and Design students from 12 to 17 January.
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Pearlfisher wins Woolworths SA job
11 January 2007
Woolworths South Africa has appointed Pearlfisher to overhaul its entire range of packaging spanning 4000 products. Based in Cape Town, Woolworths SA sells a range of food, clothing and homeware products, though it is not linked to the UK retailer.
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Profile
11 January 2007
Chris Brown is pioneering a new style in illustration. 'It's called "Cutism",' he says, smiling wryly. He pulls out books, brochures and proofs filled with his miniature linocuts and pen drawings - moustachioed gentlemen, beetle-riding knights, dancing pigeons and cats in mufflers. It's hard not to be charmed - in Brown's world, small is undeniably beautiful.His home is lined with pictures. Bronze sculptures by his partner, artist David Ivie, sit companionably beneath Cuts From ...
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Red Bee Media provides pep for Panorama relaunch
11 January 2007
The BBC is relaunching its BBC One flagship current affairs show Panorama with a refreshed identity created by Red Bee Media.Red Bee Media was appointed to the project in November following a pitch that is thought to have included up to seven consultancies. The refreshed identity features a more abstract version of the iconic Panorama globe logo. Red Bee Media also redesigned Panorama's title sequence, TV trails and created a multimedia campaign to promote the new-look show. The ...
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Rich oversees Press Complaints
11 January 2007
Design Council deputy chief executive Harry Rich has been appointed to the Press Complaints Commission charter compliance panel.
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Sumo has won a four-way pitch
11 January 2007
Newcastle consultancy Sumo has won a four-way pitch to develop the branding and promotional campaign for the Northern Writers' Centre, opening in Newcastle in 2008.
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Supermarket sweep
11 January 2007
Store design, differentiation and consumer experiences are crucial to supermarkets in their bid for further expansion
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The only way is down?
11 January 2007
It always puzzles me that people describe the 1950s as a grey decade. If you'd just been through a war, then the 1950s were a riot of light and colour, starting with the Festival of Britain in 1951. If, on the other hand, you were looking at the period from 1967, then it did look a bit drab. Anything would, compared to the uniforms of Sergeant Pepper. But I'd like to nominate a greyer decade still: the 1990s. We should learn from it.First, it kicked off with a nasty economic ...
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The White Album
11 January 2007
The White Album set and costume design by Liam Doona features at a new theatre design exhibition at Nottingham Trent University. It brings together a huge range of work by more than 150 contemporary UK designers. Designs range from inventive fringe performances to grand international ballet and opera. The exhibition, which runs until 4 February, stems from a collaboration between Nottingham Trent University Theatre Design Department and the Society of British Theatre Designers.
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Thompson takes on creative director
11 January 2007
Leeds consultancy Thompson has appointed Gary Swindell, co-founder of Scandinavian brand consultancy Mission, as its new creative director.Swindell has been based in Oslo, Norway for the past 11 years, initially at Scandinavian Design Group. In 2001, he set up Mission in partnership with Leo Burnett Norway, becoming creative director of the consultancy and working across identity, retail, Web and motion graphics design.Thompson founder and current creative director Ian ...
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Universal Design Studio...
11 January 2007
Universal Design Studio has created a geometrical interior scheme for the 110m2 accessories zone of Lotte Department Store in Seoul, Korea. The concept continues a theme of nature that runs throughout the store, using curved pathways engineered in dark wood wenge, tessellating table clusters and a water feature. The interiors are intended to set the accessories department apart from the surrounding units, and from typical Korean department store design.
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Voxpop
11 January 2007
The dissolution of Din Associates looks set to spawn a raft of start-ups. What advice would you give to new businesses in the retail design arena?Choose a really stupid name, wear brown and get yourself an interesting haircut. Seriously, my advice is to surprise, ...
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Wrap to boost guidance on Greener packaging design
11 January 2007
The Waste and Resources Action Programme is set to unveil some thought-provoking design guidance, in the form of a bespoke design prototype, illustrating how to minimise packaging waste. The move comes as part of its crusade to increase recycled content.The guidance prototype, which is being created in-house in February, following collaboration with design consultancies and retailers, will be showcased at interactive workshop events, alongside other examples of good practice.This ...
