Design Week
12 November 2009
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Hmmm. Would that nice Mr Rankin do us a free shoot?
12 November 2009
How very generous of top photographer Rankin to invite five consultancies to pitch for free to design not only his own website, but also an additional one for him and his business partner, Chris Cottam (News, DW 22 October). And why only five consultancies - why not ten, or more? Our company is currently looking at photographers for a project, and I think I’ll return his generosity and get him to shoot some ideas as part of a free pitch - or would he have a problem ...
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A source of illumination
12 November 2009
At a loss when it comes to street lamp history? Unsure about where to turn for the best in inventive design? Try lunching with Zeev Aram, says Hugh Pearman
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An investment in your future
12 November 2009
Now is not the time to cut back on graduate training - but make sure you have a scheme in place to discover the best talent, says Graham Wall
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Aricot Vert creates identity for spa brand Raison D'Etre
12 November 2009
Aricot Vert has created the identity for spa brand Raison D’Etre, which is opening its first ‘named’ spa on 12 November in the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. It created the original identity for the company, which was used mainly for business-to-business communications.
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Beyond the boom
12 November 2009
Where next for design in Dubai, after the emirate’s spectacular rise and fall? Angus Montgomery hears what some intrepid consultancies are up to
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Brighton event tackles state of digital education
12 November 2009
‘Are people on courses picking up the right skills? The feedback we get from our portfolio clinics is that 90 per cent of graduates are unemployable,’ says Phil Jones, managing director of Wired Sussex.Wired Sussex, which works in partnership with the University of Brighton to help Sussex-based digital businesses develop, will host seminar Digital by Design: Create and Debate this week. Regional figureheads from digital industry and education will meet in Brighton and discuss ...
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Co-design and creativity win public- sector contracts, say designers
12 November 2009
Be opinionated, creative and up for co-designing if you want to win public tenders, advise consultancies with proven track records in public-sector design.Speaking at the Liverpool Design Symposium last Wednesday, consulting director at The Team Peter Mills argued that public procurement officials are more open to creativity and design than they have been in the past, and are looking for designers to show them the ‘big picture’.‘They want creativity and sparkle ...
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Cracking glazes
12 November 2009
Even though some of the classic Stoke-on-Trent potteries have closed, there’s a boom in contemporary ceramics at the moment. Dominic Lutyens gets all fired up over some edgy crockery that nods to the heritage of the craft with gentle irony
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Designers say stress levels are on the up
12 November 2009
More than 72 per cent of designers say that their stress levels at work have risen over the past year.The poll, details of which are on www.designweek.co.uk, shows that 72.1 per cent of respondents say that their stress levels have risen over the past year, while 18 per cent say they have declined, and 9.8 per cent say they have stayed the same.Recent research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows that more than a quarter of UK workers ...
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Founding father
12 November 2009
Referring to an artist as ‘the Walt Disney of Japan’ and ‘the God of manga’ conjures high expectations. The late Osamu Tezuka wore the appellations well. An illustrator, writer, animator, trained doctor, designer and entrepreneur, he created two companies, dozens of animated films and series, and more than 150 000 pages of comic art in his lifetime, including Astro Boy and TV series Kimba the White Lion. Despite his obvious success, the extent of Tezuka’s talent is not fully appreciated ...
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Holmes & Marchant create branding for fragrance brand Grossmith
12 November 2009
Holmes & Marchant has created the branding for fragrance brand Grossmith, which was founded in 1835 but ceased trading 30 years ago. The consultancy has developed the identity and packaging for the brand with Simon Brook, great-great-grandson of founder John Grossmith.
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Housing groups get co-design brief for Think Public task
12 November 2009
Think Public is challenging housing associations to solicit design briefs from their residents, as part of this month’s Make Your Mark event, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which runs from 16-22 November.The winning idea will be developed by the consultancy as a pro-bono project this winter.‘General interest is growing in public-sector design and the challenge now is getting clients like housing associations interested too,’ says Think Public director ...
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If it's not recyclable, pack innovation has no long-term value
12 November 2009
A couple of weeks ago you ran a story on Constellation Europe’s wine packaging (www. designweek.co.uk, 20 October). Clever it may be, but designing packaging today is surely about ‘reducing, recycling and reusing’. Although the components of a product like this may be individually recyclable, it is how the combined materials are disposed of by the end-user that must be at the forefront of any new idea. Will you or I separate the foil bag, plastic ...
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Inspired - Daniel Mitchell
12 November 2009
Inspiration to me is a designer’s breakfast. It’s an essential starting block, and it gives everything more clarity.Inspiration is a rite of passage for many projects, informing how they will pan out. It comes in many shapes and forms, and it’s only when you realise what those mean that you can use them.The value of an object, picture, place or event can only be defined by someone’s involvement with it - to some, it’s the seed of an idea, but to others it’s nothing.
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It's time to give graphics the recognition it deserves
12 November 2009
Plans by London’s Somerset House to hold a graphics festival next spring should receive a hearty welcome from the creative community (see News). Graphics underpins so many strands of commercial design, yet goes largely uncelebrated in the UK.
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Joined Up youth project shows UK design at its best
12 November 2009
In response to your piece on the Joined Up Design for My Place initiative (News, DW 29 October), I’d like to stress that those who volunteered to work on it did so for nothing more than a small honorarium. Some refused to accept payment and one even wrote a cheque for £5000 for his young client. They all donated a huge amount of time, created brilliant concepts and engaged wholeheartedly with their young clients. We were overwhelmed by their generosity and readiness to go ...
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Magpie Studio brands global environmental enforcement body
12 November 2009
Magpie Studio has branded the International Court for the Environment, a newly established organisation set up to promote and enforce international environmental law.The consultancy was appointed after providing three creative proposals to the organisation in August, following a recommendation.Ice is based on the recognition that environmental problems are ‘international in nature’ and require ‘international solutions’. Working with this in mind, the consultancy ...
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Morag Myerscough create maps of green spaces
12 November 2009
Morag Myerscough has created a series of maps that describe Gloucester, Liverpool and the London boroughs of Islington and Hackney by their green spaces. The maps have been produced for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s Grey to Green report, published today.
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News in Pictures
12 November 2009
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News in Pictures
12 November 2009
Images from 1920s and 1930s children’s books from the Soviet Union feature in A Russian Diary, from publisher Redstone Press, priced £14.95. The book is designed by Redstone’s Julian Rothenstein.
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News in Pictures
12 November 2009
Tord Boontje (work pictured), Margaret Calvert, Konstantin Grcic and David Chipperfield have created limited-edition prints – with a run of 100 each – for sale at London’s Design Museum.
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Phase 2.0
12 November 2009
With digital technology so embedded in our daily lives, designers are now free to move on and embrace the challenges of interactivity and user-generated content. Mike Exon explores the potential of this brave new world
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Profile - Mark Farrow
12 November 2009
He made his name with minimalist album covers for bands like the Pet Shop Boys, and now Mark Farrow is set to join the establishment as a Royal Designer. Mike Dempsey explores the graphic specialist’s DNA
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Renault unveils branding for its promotional television channel
12 November 2009
Renault has unveiled the branding for its promotional television channel, with design by Lambie-Nairn (DW 22 January). The consultancy has created menus, logo stings and a set of five animated idents themed on safety, beauty, environment, people and innovation for the channel. Lambie-Nairn collaborated with Manchester-based group The Neighbourhood to animate the identities. Renault TV will launch in the UK on Sky before the end of the year.
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Somerset House promotes graphic design with annual fair
12 November 2009
London’s Somerset House is planning to hold an annual graphic design selling exhibition from next year, in an attempt to bring the discipline to a wider audience.The Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphic Art Fair will include an exhibition of the work of 25 international graphic designers and illustrators. Somerset House will commission each illustrator to create an ‘affordable’ limited-edition print for the show, possibly priced at about £300. It is whittling down a longlist of about ...
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Voxpop
12 November 2009
What can the new and devolved banking brands do to instil confidence in their customers?
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When the original is this good, don't 'refresh' it
12 November 2009
Is it really necessary to ‘refresh’ the National Trust identity (www.designweek.co.uk, 27 October)? If any organisation cares about heritage and conservation, surely the trust should. Instead of squandering the money on this folly, why not tap into David Gentleman’s original thinking? It is far, far stronger than anything that’s been produced in recent years and I doubt it will be overshadowed by whatever Wolff Olins will produce. Looking back 30 years to the ...
