Design Week
13 November 2008
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All of Us appoints new planning director
13 November 2008
Digital consultancy All of Us has appointed Rachel Lawlan as planning director and Jason Anderson as technical director.
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Circle appoints Lush Kumar
13 November 2008
London design consultancy Circle has appointed former Williams Murray Hamm new business director Lush Kumar as its new business development director.
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Citywide-angled
13 November 2008
You can’t imagine Richard Bryant falling victim to Dr Johnson’s warning about being tired of life when you’re tired of London.
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Context is all
13 November 2008
Digital technology may have opened up new possibilities for the writer of promotional copy, but there are still certain basic rules. Keep it simple, don’t waste the reader’s time and try to work within the constraints of whatever medium you find yourself
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Dalton Maag designs font for the Danish School of Media and Journalism
13 November 2008
Dalton Maag has designed a font for the Danish School of Media and Journalism, based in Copenhagen.
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De-construct designs site for Keith Tyson
13 November 2008
De-construct is designing a website for Turner Prize-winning artist Keith Tyson. Due to launch at the start of next year, the site will feature ten of Tyson's projects, and later collaborative content created with mathematicians, scientists, writers and musicians.De-construct was appointed by Tyson in March, without a pitch and on the recommendation of Dee Horton, Tyson's business manager. Horton had previously worked for DJ Sasha, for whom the consultancy had created a website.De-construc
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Get a handle on it
13 November 2008
What is happiness? Hugh Pearman has an inkling that it could lie in having just enough, Drax Power Station and a set of sublimely pleasing door handles
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How automobile logos define a brand
13 November 2008
Automobile logos are among the most widely recognised – and most loved – graphic symbols on the planet, so why do car makers insist on fiddling about with them? John Stones looks at how they are used to define the essence of a brand
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In-house style
13 November 2008
Risk-averse clients are becoming a rarity, and top-quality creative work is now just as likely to emanate from in-house teams as from external consultancies, says Lynda Relph-Knight. Just take a look at the evidence among the recent crop of award-winner
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Inspired
13 November 2008
Alan Fletcher said the most successful piece of self-promotion he ever did happened by 'being in the right place at the right time'. A similar feeling made me choose this piece by Nike, and it's why I find it inspiring too.A modest two-colour postcard it might be. What it demonstrates are the wonderful things that can happen when you combine a truthful insight, taut copywriting and an intelligent sense of place. I'm sure it would have made me sob were it not such an admirably succinct, ...
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Introduction
13 November 2008
No one can avoid being affected by what’s gone on in the financial markets recently/ even my seven-year-old daughter knows the ‘credit crunch’ isn’t a breakfast cereal. With hindsight, it’s easy to see how things have gone so wrong, but we have all been caught by a degree of surprise. If you’d have said to me four years ago, as I was working on its new eagle logo, that Barclays bank would end up staring nationalisation in the face, I’d have probably laid an egg myself.But, ...
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It's high time Boris Johnson brought designers on board
13 November 2008
Since London Mayor Boris Johnson took office earlier this year he has shown no interest in design. While his predecessor Ken Livingstone hailed the creative industries as being as key to the culture and international importance of the UK capital as the financial sector, he ...
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Jason Bruges Studio creates new installation
13 November 2008
Jason Bruges Studio has created an installation, Aeolian Tower, which will be displayed on London's South Bank, SE1, from 14-16 November as part of the Onedotzero Adventures In Motion festival. The 15m-high tower, commissioned for the festival, is covered in 1200 wind turbines which power and illuminate the glowing structure. A second piece, Ephemeral City, was commissioned for London's P3 gallery as part of Onedotzero's education programme, but scrapped because of a lack of funding.
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New face and faces at Lloyd Northover
13 November 2008
Brand strategy consultancy Lloyd Northover has rebranded and incorporated Singaporean design group Su Yeang into its operations.Lloyd Northover, owned by Media Square, has also made a number of key appointments.In London, Esther Miller-Comrie has been promoted to managing partner, and Jim Harvey joins as global business development director.In Singapore, Richard Stayte is to be creative director.A new identity has been developed, which the consultancy says ...
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News in Pictures
13 November 2008
Brighton consultancy Studio Tonne has created Kitti Pins, a matching seat and table inspired by children's toys for Imperial College London, part of London University.
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News in Pictures
13 November 2008
Andromeda’s Brio wall and ceiling lamp, made from Murano glass and designed by Aureliano Toso, launches this week. The lamp uses LED technology, with an internal diffuser featuring an irregular pattern created from glass threads.
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Paul Baker creates scrumptious food effects from Plasticine and paint
13 November 2008
Paul Baker is a food modeller, but that anodyne job title little reveals the scrumptious effects he creates from Plasticine and paint. Anna Richardson is sorely tempted to squeeze his fruit and veg
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Pitch perfect
13 November 2008
For young designers, having a great idea is just part of the creative process; refining it and marketing it are just as important. Stand out from the crowd with Glenn Tutssel’s top ten tips to selling the big concept
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Rawls creates a magazine for retailers
13 November 2008
Retail design consultancy Rawls has created Store Design, a magazine for retailers in the Cabot Circus development near Bristol.
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Real Studios creates tent suites for Virgin Morocco venture
13 November 2008
Real Studios has designed six Berber-style tented suites in the grounds of a Moroccan hotel owned by Virgin Limited Edition.Richard Branson's premium hotel group appointed Real Studios in July, briefing the consultancy to design bedrooms, dressing rooms and bathrooms for the tents.Real Studios director Yvonne Golds spent seven weeks travelling between the UK and Morocco, commissioning custom-made beds, sofas and chairs from local suppliers.'We had to persuade suppliers ...
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Risk and reward
13 November 2008
Designers know that creativity not only underpins projects that win awards, but that it also contributes to commercial success. Clients, however, still need convincing. We ask six leading industry figures how they would convince brand-owners to go beyond
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Taking care of business
13 November 2008
You can’t beat the credit crunch, but you can prepare for it by adhering to sensible business practices, says Tom Foulkes
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Team spirit
13 November 2008
Creative collaborations may not always be born out of a shared goal or vision, but even chance meetings that take place at the request of a client can give way to exciting partnerships, says John Stones
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Team Spirit - Camper Together
13 November 2008
While some high-street brands have the occasional fling with an outside designer, Majorcan shoe brand Camper has made collaboration a central plank of its retail strategy. It has cleverly managed to maintain its own strong identity while functioning as a place where you can see cutting-edge design by external designers. Initial collaborations with Marti Guixé transformed its shoe shops into retail design test beds, and under the rubric of Camper Together, the approach ...
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Team Spirit - Moritz Waldemeyer
13 November 2008
Few young designers can boast a more impressive list of collaborators than technical wizard Moritz Waldemeyer. He has worked with 3D designers Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid, Yves Béhar and Fredrikson Stallard, as well as with fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, and the fruits of the collaborations have been very high-profile. His collaborative triumphs include Arad’s Lolita chandelier for Swarovski and the interactive Z Island kitchen by Hadid for Corian. The problem is that ...
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Team Spirit - The Science of Survival
13 November 2008
Major exhibitions, such as the Science Museum’s The Science of Survival, tend now to marshal a formidable array of forces.
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The Cracking Ideas awards get presented today
13 November 2008
The Cracking Ideas awards are being presented at the Science Museum, London SW7, today. The competition, run by the UK Intellectual Property Office, is for children to design an appliance for the house of the fictional characters Wallace and Gromit.
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The new realism
13 November 2008
Creativity and increased sales don’t always go hand-in-hand, but that could be changing. Lynda Relph-Knight is heartened to see more design groups competing for places in the cumulative effectiveness awards tables
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The resurgence of paper-cutting
13 November 2008
Paper-cutting has long been favoured by artists and designers for its intriguing and magical effects. Anna Richardson canvasses views among cutting enthusiasts about their recent projects
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TheV&A Museum previews its Medieval and Renaissance Galleries
13 November 2008
The Victoria & Albert Museum is previewing its £30m Medieval and Renaissance Galleries today, ahead of their launch in a year's time.
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Tommy Hilfiger sounds out music-based in-store installation
13 November 2008
Digital group De-construct and creative, strategic and technology specialist Kin Design have created an interactive music-based installation for fashion retailer Tommy Hilfiger, to be rolled out across its European stores.Tommy Hilfiger commissioned the Dutch arm of De-construct in August after inviting it to submit ideas. De-construct subsequently appointed London-based Kin Design directly.De-construct was given a loose brief to fuse fashion and music through an in-store ...
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Top of the form
13 November 2008
From Fab Four philately to Cornish art galleries and cantilevered chairs, the past year has seen some cracking creativity receive its just reward. We select some of the best of this year’s winners for your delectation
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Turin design conference sets global agenda
13 November 2008
The first-ever conference on global design policy has set an unprecedented macro approach in raising awareness of the worldwide design industry.It sounds lofty, but according to delegates and organisers of last week's event - Shaping the Global Design Agenda: The International Conference on Design Policy Opens Up - sharing best design practice and knowledge internationally is the best way to tackle issues affecting all countries, such as sustainability and economic recession. 'It's ...
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TWG Tea launches White House Tea
13 November 2008
TWG Tea, which claims to be Asia's first luxury tea company, has launched White House Tea, with packaging designed by its in-house team. The bespoke 'artisan' tea canisters are hand-painted. The Singapore-based retail operation is planning to launch internationally, and the tea will be available in the US by mid-December.
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VCCP scoops O2 Academy rebrand work
13 November 2008
O2 is to hand the branding and interiors work resulting from its tie-up with Academy Music Group, announced last week, to its incumbent creative group VCCP without a pitch.Though the direction of the project is still in discussion, VCCP is expected to create a new brand identity for AMG's 11 UK venues, which will each be renamed O2 Academy, as a result of the £4.5m annual sponsorship deal. The venues were formerly sponsored by brewer Carling.The tie-up, which will give ...
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Voxpop
13 November 2008
What would it take to get you to drive an electric car?Electric- and hybrid-powered cars are dull. Their appeal seems limited to celebrities, eco-pretenders and people ...
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Why is the British broadcast design sector blighted by conservatism?
13 November 2008
Conservatism blights the UK broadcast design sector, but is this creative failure down to cutbacks – or too much technology? Emily Pacey reports
