Design Week
12 January 2006
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48 Fitzroy appointed by The County Trust
12 January 2006
Sussex consultancy 48 Fitzroy has been appointed by national educational charity The Country Trust to redefine its brand positioning. The trust, which 'helps to bridge the gap between town and country', will use the brand in a campaign later this year.
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A song and dance
12 January 2006
India's vast cinema industry has spawned an accompanying graphic genre, clamouring for attention on the subcontinent's busy streets. Mike Dempsey casts a critical eye over the first book devoted to the Bollywood poster.
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BOB Design to launch identity for English Chamber Orchestra's outreach programme
12 January 2006
BOB Design is set to launch an identity for the English Chamber Orchestra's outreach programme, Close Encounters. African tales and music, performed by school children, inspired the design.
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Boots the Chemists...
12 January 2006
Boots the Chemists is launching its second range of 'fashion' sandwiches, called The Collection, with a packaging design by Davies Hall. The Autumn and Winter collection reflects the current fashion trend in military clothing and Russian graphics. The range launches this ...
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Brûlé and Cottam join global forum
12 January 2006
Hilary Cottam, director of research and development at the Design Council, and Tyler Brûlé, founder of Winkreative, are among seven Britons selected to join the Forum of Young Global Leaders this week. The £1m initiative has been set up by the World Economic Forum to address global challenges.
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By playing it safe, Mr Kipling redesign has lost its flair
12 January 2006
I wonder if Mr Kipling hasn't played it a little too safe with this redesign [by Vibrandt], and opted for something that is so tame it lacks any inventiveness or originality (DW 5 January).
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C&CS takes on a skilled new recruit
12 January 2006
Creative & Cultural Skills has appointed Annabel Praeger as its industry skills director for design.
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Design Bridge set to revamp KFC
12 January 2006
KFC has appointed Design Bridge, to create its in-store, promotional and point-of-sale collateral, confirms a spokeswoman for KFC. The first raft of creative work is expected to launch this month. The work was previously handled by Triangle.
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Designer of the Year shortlist out
12 January 2006
Tom Dixon, the design team at The Guardian, graphic artist Jamie Hewlett and humanitarian designer and co-founder of Architecture for Humanity Cameron Sinclair have been shortlisted to win this year's Design Museum Designer of the Year award. The winner, to be announced at a prize-giving event in May, will receive £25 000 in cash.
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Diesel to open flagship Bond St store
12 January 2006
Diesel is planning to open a new flagship store on London's Bond Street this April.
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Dress to impress
12 January 2006
Good or bad, we all make a visual impression, so its important to choose our clothes carefully, especially when pitching for work, says Hugh Pearman
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Fitch helps Dunlop to get down with kids
12 January 2006
Dunlop Tyres is embarking on a new brand strategy this week, created in consultation with Fitch. The move comes in a bid to capitalise on the lifestyle market and attract the younger consumer.
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Four North West charities collaborate to promote legacies in wills
12 January 2006
Four North West charities are collaborating to promote legacies in wills, using a visual identity and name created by Manchester consultancy Funnel Creative. Christie's, St Ann's Hospice, Henshaw's and Together Trust's Heart Felt Legacy Campaign will draw attention to how legacies are vital in helping these charities.
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Green-fingered Saville transforms London park
12 January 2006
Graphic designer Peter Saville and artists Gary Hume and Georgie Hopton are designing a series of plant-based installations to transform St Luke's Gardens, located in Clerkenwell, East London.
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Heightened experience
12 January 2006
Public aims to bring its brand alive by mixing entertainment with media technology and making the consumer feel involved. After the success of its debut experiential retail outlet in Greece, it is set to take Eastern Europe by storm, says Clare Dowdy.
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Independents fuel design sector mergers in early 2006
12 January 2006
Mergers and acquisitions among independent design groups have kicked off with a bang in 2006, with two key deals completed since the first week of January.
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Inspired
12 January 2006
Christmas - snowflakes, mirror board, baubles, stars, Rudolph, cheap lights, advent calendars, Santa, snow, and that eternal sleigh with gifts tumbling off. That is the cliché that is Christmas graphics in retail.
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Interactive on-line graphic design forum for students
12 January 2006
I'm a third year graphic design student at Bath Spa University working on a project entitled Thoughts of a Graphic Design Student - Evaluating a Formal Education in Graphic Design and Formulating a Manifesto for a Contemporary Graphic Design Education.
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Interbrand appoints Olivier Perrard
12 January 2006
Interbrand has appointed Olivier Perrard to the position of retail director of its French operations. He will report to its chief executive for France, Jean-Baptiste Danet.
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ITV launches on-screen branding by Red Bee Media
12 January 2006
In its latest bid to compete in the multichannel television market, ITV next week launches a major brand overhaul, with on-screen logos, graphics and idents designed by Red Bee Media.
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ITV's multichannel challenge
12 January 2006
After some delay, ITV is finally set to launch its new screen identity, designed by Red Bee Media. Scott Billings looks at the implications.
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John Webster dies aged 71
12 January 2006
Former BMP head creative John Webster, the designer of the Hofmeister bear and the Honey Monster, has died aged 71.
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Join forces to get ahead
12 January 2006
For growing design consultancies, partnerships offer all the benefits of a network, without the loss of control, says Nigel Forsyth.
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Landini brands new lifestyle retail park
12 January 2006
Landini Associates has created a brand identity and brand architecture for a retail park located in Edinburgh.
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Making scents
12 January 2006
In the struggle to achieve stand-out, clients are embracing branding that appeals to more than just the eye. But wooing the other senses is a matter of trial and error, and there is a fine line between memorable and irritating, says David Benady.
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Mastercard unveils airport illustrations
12 January 2006
Mastercard is launching a series of large-scale illustrated posters in major airports worldwide, created by London design consultancy Airside.
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Mr Kipling redesign by Vibrandt is past its sell-by date
12 January 2006
I've never seen such an example of appalling, outdated 'design' as Vibrandt's efforts to restyle the Mr Kipling packaging (DW 5 January). I can only deduce it was done under duress, strictly to instruction from RHM, judging by every bit of available space being taken up by messages (seven in all).
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National initiatives need widespread buy-in
12 January 2006
Several of the Design Business Association's suggestions made it into the Cox Review, such as the recommendation to encourage greater use of creative talent in the boardroom. The DBA will be pursuing this vigorously, along with the development of a design-matching service that it is already working on with the Design Council, for launch next year. This will open the UK design industry to international design buyers - something that the DBA considers crucial to the long-term future and ...
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News in Pictures
12 January 2006
An exhibition of eco-bags is on display at the Creation Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, to promote alternatives to the plastic shopping bag. Pictured is Johnson Banks' design.
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One step ahead of the world
12 January 2006
For better or for worse, Warhol's World is now our world. Andy Warhol was the prophet of Big Brother, reality TV and the acceptance of advertising as personal aesthetic adornment. His prediction that we will all enjoy 15 minutes of fame, when uttered three decades ago, ...
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Orange set to launch video glasses
12 January 2006
Orange is set to launch a pair of video glasses that enable gadget lovers to watch films in widescreen, any time, anywhere. Designed by the Orange in-house team, they connect to 3G video phones and visuals appear on the inside of two lenses that the eye sees as one single ...
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Profile: Beth Derbyshire
12 January 2006
Whether it's an art commission or a branding project, Beth Derbyshire approaches her work with the same drive. John Stones catches up with the artist as she prepares her latest exhibition.
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Review
12 January 2006
DEGREE SHOW: Communication Art and Design Interim Show, until 18 January, includes graphics, illustration, books, film and video, with some work available for sale. Venue: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7. Details: www.rca.ac.uk.
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Royal design contest for new memorial
12 January 2006
Buckingham Palace has announced details of a design competition for a memorial to the Queen Mother to be sited off The Mall in London. The project's budget is £2m and is to be completed by 2007. The deadline for expressions of interest is 31 January. See www.qmmemorial.gov.uk for details.
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Strip show
12 January 2006
Minimalist artist Dan Flavin has the ability to transform a space dramatically using basic light fittings, which has made him an enduring influence among architects and interior designers, says Dominic Lutyens.
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Supermarkets take on health and beauty market
12 January 2006
Supermarkets are closing in on health and beauty specialists, such as Boots the Chemists and Superdrug, and could snatch up to 50 per cent of the total market within the next five years, according to a recently published report.
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The Chase designs animation for Land Securities Marketing Suite
12 January 2006
The Chase has designed an animation for Land Securities Marketing Suite to promote the property developer's 40 Eastbourne Terrace office building in London's Paddington.
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Third Eye Design leads the way in festival circuit
12 January 2006
Glasgow consultancy Third Eye Design has picked up a pair of international festival branding projects, with appointments by the New York Festivals and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Vodafone moots rebrand as Allen gives up EIG post
12 January 2006
Vodafone is lining up a new-look brand identity designed by Enterprise IG, as consultancy founder Dave Allen leaves the group to join WPP's Team Vodafone unit of design groups and other marketing services agencies.
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Voxpop
12 January 2006
In the week that Superdrug announced plans to put a store on every high street, how critical will design now be to the fate of Britain's retailers? What in particular can we do?
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Watershed Design creates promotional playing cards for Marine Stewardship Council
12 January 2006
Watershed Design has created a set of promotional playing cards for the sustainable fishing charity, the Marine Stewardship Council. The cards feature works by 54 artists, including Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor.
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What will groupings achieve when variety is strength?
12 January 2006
Just as the Cox Review seeks to unify design as a force for good in government, commercial and social circles, the industry itself appears to be polarising even further.
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Winkreative founder Tyler...
12 January 2006
Winkreative founder Tyler Brûlé is to present a forthcoming TV series on global consumerism. The six-part BBC 4 show - Counter Culture - goes on-air on 19 January. Brûlé examines the retail habits of shoppers in Japan, Sweden, Russia, Italy, Libya and the US, taking time ...
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Wolff Olins defends Scott departure
12 January 2006
Wolff Olins chairman Bryan Boylan denies that the consultancy parted company with its US chief executive Eric Scott because he would not make redundancies (DW 6 January).
