Design Week
13 April 2006
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35 Called in to brand alternative 999 number
13 April 2006
The Home Office has appointed 35 Communications to create the brand strategy and visual identity for the launch of the alternative emergency services telephone number - 101.
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A marriage of cultures
13 April 2006
Foreign partnerships can offer a fresh, outsider perspective and the chance to cross-fertilise ideas, says Charlie Hoult
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Astound designs identity for Camden Food Co
13 April 2006
Astound has designed the interiors and branding material for start-up delicatessen take-away chain, Camden Food Co, launched by SSP UK Rail.
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At Large finalises first phase of £4.5m human life exhibition
13 April 2006
Phase one of a £4.5m development at the Centre for Life in Newcastle has come to fruition under a scheme led by design consultancy and architect At Large.
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Be branding helps Sama low-cost Saudi airline take off
13 April 2006
Saudi Arabia is launching its first low-cost airline, Sama, with a brand identity designed by branding group Brand Environment.
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Beware - any design job is only as good as the client
13 April 2006
I recently submitted two entries from my consultancy to the 2006 Design Week Awards, and I've just received the Design Week Awards book, which has incensed me on a number of levels.
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Bite designs identity for iSip
13 April 2006
Bite has designed the identity and a suite of promotional materials for iSip, a secure corporate voice-over-Internet-protocol service for business, launched by European voice and data network company Interoute.
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Bricks to clicks
13 April 2006
Dixons moves on-line, while Currys goes digital on the high street, in line with a predicted boom in the Web technology market, says Clare Goff
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Bridge of Reeds to launch website
13 April 2006
Bridge of Reeds, the winning design in the East of England Development Agency's Landmark East initiative, is launching an identity and website (www.bridgeofreeds.org.uk) designed by Black Pig Design.
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Children of the revolution
13 April 2006
An exhibition of socio-political posters highlights the fact that many of them now seem irrelevant and confusing. Quentin Newark laments their decline, but questions if they still have any place in the public arena
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Entrepreneurs make quality design accessible to all
13 April 2006
If one thing stood out at last week's Milan Furniture Fair, it was that UK designers are maintaining the global standing they attained some five years ago.
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Form lends a hand to media charities
13 April 2006
Media Trust, a media industry charity helping the voluntary sector with communications needs, is launching an overhauled brand identity this week, designed by Form.
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France Telecom to open design and innovation centre
13 April 2006
France Telecom is secretly putting the finishing touches to an innovation centre, to be based in Paris, and is understood to have selected British designer Clive Grinyer to spearhead its design resources.
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Green light
13 April 2006
Newer and Greener technologies are giving pause for thought to light designers. John Stones looks at the entries for a competition encouraging environmentally-friendly innovation
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Holmes Wood helps English Heritage redefine UK conservation
13 April 2006
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In-house designers can learn more about one brand
13 April 2006
Leading design in-house enables you to get closer to the heart of 'one' brand. If managed well, it can integrate all elements of a brand and deliver a more coherent and consistent image. But it is important to maintain an external perspective, using outside thinking to ensure the brand stays relevant and at the cutting edge of your sector. Mike Crump, Head of design management, British Airways
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Interbrand head to alter 'stylistic' lead
13 April 2006
Interbrand incoming chief executive John Allert has spoken for the first time about how he will run the London office, saying his leadership will be 'stylistically very different, but philosophically very similar' to that of his predecessor Jez Frampton.
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London Eye architect announces observation mast plans
13 April 2006
The architect behind the London Eye, Marks Barfield, has announced plans to design an observation mast on the site of Brighton's West Pier. The aerodynamic viewing pod, called i360, will soar 150m above sea level, carrying up to 100 visitors at any one time. It will have a slender and unobtrusive ...
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Loyalty to employer is more important than loyalty to client
13 April 2006
On the topic of client-specific account teams (Vox Pop, DW 6 April), I'd like to think that, while people are loyal to their clients, they are primarily loyal to the agency that employed them and which has, hopefully, given them the experience, training,
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News in Pictures
13 April 2006
HP Foods is launching a range of barbecue sauces, with three 'woodsmoke' flavours - Classic, Spicy and Honey. Packaging designs are by DJPA Partnership.
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Obscured objects of desire
13 April 2006
Fancy a free Lamborghini Superjeep or a Ducati Paso 960 motorbike? That, in effect, is the offer to buyers at artist Tobias Rehberger's latest show.
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Onedotzero gets animated for 10th worldwide film tour
13 April 2006
Digital moving image festival Onedotzero has expanded its line-up this year to include more categories and one-off events, as the festival celebrates its ten-year anniversary.
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Panel finalised to judge design Benchmarks
13 April 2006
Clive Grinyer of France Telecom and creative director at Central Office of Communications Fanny Sigler, will judge Design Week's Benchmarks awards for the second year running.
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Pansy Aung wins London Graphic Student Award
13 April 2006
London College of Communication student Pansy Aung has won the inaugural London Graphic Student Award for her illustrative guide to the capital's congestion charge.
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PDD Group looks for new MD to lead innovation business
13 April 2006
Product design and innovation consultancy PDD Group has lost its managing director Helen Gray, who left the group last month to set up a financial services company and to start a family.
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Phaidon Press to launch Design Classics books
13 April 2006
Phaidon Press is launching a three-volume set of books, Design Classics, presenting 999 industrially manufactured products ranging from cars to furniture. The anthology, which charts the processes of design and manufacturing, includes over 4000 images of patents, prototypes, ads, drawings ...
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Profile: Inga Sempé
13 April 2006
Furniture and lamp designer Inga Sempé's fascination with technical details gives her work an idiosyncratic touch. Despite international success, she still has a passion for Paris, says Natasha Edwards
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Review
13 April 2006
Coming up...
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Runaway train
13 April 2006
The 'open access' train operator Hull Trains shows how smaller businesses can succeed, with resolve and a simple, solid idea, says Hugh Pearman
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Student work placements are valuable to design
13 April 2006
As a student, I am pleased to see that someone is looking out for us. Ibrahim Ibrahim's article (DW 30 March) gave me new hope for the future of design education.
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The Team designs anniversary logo for Arts Council England
13 April 2006
The Team has designed an anniversary logo for Arts Council England to celebrate the organisation's 60th year. It will be used throughout 2006 on all council materials. To save costs, the Arts Council this month restructured its national office, resulting in the loss of 42 jobs, or 21 per cent of the workforce.
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Thomas breaks up with The Partners
13 April 2006
The Partners creative consultant Gillian Thomas is to leave the company after 18 years at the end of next month, with no replacement lined up. According to consultancy managing partner Jim Prior, Thomas' position will be filled, although it is yet to be decided whether the appointment will come internally or externally. Thomas plans to spend three months travelling, but is looking for a new role on her return.
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UK-based designers win top prize
13 April 2006
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Versace unveils latest home couture collection
13 April 2006
Versace has unveiled its latest home couture collection, in a black and white colour scheme, designed in-house.
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Voxpop
13 April 2006
Apple Computer has given a newly-created European graphics role to Harriet Devoy, former creative director at The Chase. Is working in-house for a major brand more attractive than working for a consultancy?
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Zara crosses threshold in to home furnishings
13 April 2006
Spanish fashion chain Zara will open its first UK home furnishings flagship store, Zara Home, just a stone's throw away from Habitat's soon-to-launch Regent Street shop.
