Design Week
15 March 2007
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A sequel better than the original
15 March 2007
The NFT has been revamped and rebranded to raise awareness of the BFI and make the best use of its resources and location
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Beasts!
15 March 2007
Designed and conceived by US graphic designer Jacob Covey, Beasts! is published in the UK on 30 March. Based on mythological characters and folklore, the book features commissioned illustrations by more than 100 artists and cartoonists, including Dave Cooper, Jeremy Fish, Craig Thompson and Seonna Hong. Published by Fantagraphics, it retails at £16.99.
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Bigger isn't always best
15 March 2007
Large design groups aren't the well-oiled machines they claim to be, and don't meet the needs of a fast-moving business environment
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C&CS aims to improve education in the sector
15 March 2007
Jonathan Baldwin accuses Creative & Cultural Skills of seeking to downgrade the 'intellectual' and 'academic' content of design education
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China could be a big market, but it's a tough one to crack
15 March 2007
It was China that famously sparked off Gordon Brown's interest in design. Would the Chancellor have turned to the creative industries to salve the country's ills had he not perceived a huge threat to the UK economy from the East? Who knows? But at least it fuelled Government involvement.It's a shame though that Brown saw China as a threat rather than the huge opportunity it could be for British design. His attitude explains officialdom's protracted bid - starting with the Cox ...
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Consultancies work with LT Museum on retail products
15 March 2007
A host of design consultancies is working with the London Transport Museum on product development projects which will exploit the city's rich transport design heritage.Ahead of the museum's relaunch later this year, the venue's retail store - designed by Lumsden Design Partnership - is to open at the end of this month, showcasing the first wave of these products. Along with LDP, groups including 1977, Easy Tiger and Conran Design Group have all drawn up ideas for products that ...
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Coventry Transport Museum
15 March 2007
Coventry Transport Museum is relaunching its Boomtown Galleries this week, following a £400 000 overhaul by RFA Designers.
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Fingal
15 March 2007
Fingal has appointed Jeremy Richens, former creative director at Lucky Strike Racing, to the new role of creative planning director.
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Fit for purpose
15 March 2007
Our lust for the latest in hi-tech products is driving the planet to destruction – why can’t we be content with simple, functional designs? argues Jim Davies There’s an exchange in a classic episode of Blackadder which not only undercuts estate agent-speak, but also touches on the design of one of the most fundamental and regularly used household objects.‘What we’re talking about in privy terms is the very latest in front-wall, fresh-air orifices, combined with a wide-capacity ...
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Fresh face in supermarket crowd
15 March 2007
Morrisons' confirmation last week of its imminent identity and brand positioning overhaul indicates it has set its sights on moving into the upper realm of food retailing, competing against rivals Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's. According to chief executive Marc Bolland, Morrisons aims to establish itself as a national retailer - 'to be a winner in a highly competitive UK grocery market'.Bolland's vision for Morrisons involves focusing on fresh produce, developing core product ranges, ...
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Hit the right note
15 March 2007
As the Bank of England releases the first banknote to be designed out-of-house, Clare Dowdy finds out how British currency has stayed true to its roots while incorporating sophisticated security features
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Inspired
15 March 2007
Alan Kitching Typography Workshop
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Let's see more true temporary exhibition design recognised
15 March 2007
Congratulations on putting together another stunning booklet, displaying the winners of the the 2007 Design Week Awards. Being what we would term exhibition designers (sometimes known as exhibitionists), we were really interested in seeing who had won what in the Temporary Exhibition Design category. The work in this section was inspired as always, but we wonder can it really be described as 'temporary exhibition design'? Indeed, apart from the fabulous Flos exhibition stand, the ...
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London 2012 Olympics
15 March 2007
The Government has announced that £2.2bn of the £9.3bn cost of the London 2012 Olympics will be drawn from the National Lottery. According to reports, this will incur major cuts to funding for arts organisations such as the Arts Council England and the Heritage Fund.
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News in Pictures
15 March 2007
Jonathan Crisp is introducing a range of vegetable crisps, with packaging by Ziggurat Brands. The design follows earlier work for the brand by Ziggurat which adorned the packs with caricatures of stereotypical upper class British characters.
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Nuffield Hospital
15 March 2007
Registered charity and private hospital group Nuffield Hospital is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, with branding by Blank Associates. The Brighton-based design group was appointed to the project on the strength of an existing relationship, having worked with Nuffield Hospitals for more than three years.
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Piero Lissoni
15 March 2007
Piero Lissoni last week unveiled a minimalist office system for Knoll called Wa. It was launched in London ahead of its appearance at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile next month. The architect and designer, who runs Lissoni Associati, collaborated with the former head of graphics at Prada, Ginette Caron, on the branding. Marc Krusin, design manager at Lissoni Associati, also worked on the modular Wa system, which is designed with no pre-determined fixing points.
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Profile: Andrzej Klimowski
15 March 2007
Widely known for his pared-down style, Andrzej Klimowski explores new territory with his latest book. Jim Davies looks at the career of an illustrator who has written a narrative to his own graphics, with strong echoes of Kafka
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Profile: John Small
15 March 2007
If clients of Foster & Partners want interiors as distinctive as the structures it creates, they talk to John Small, head of the architect's Product Design Group. As Clare Dowdy reveals, it's a sleek combination
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Quality control
15 March 2007
Organic food packaging is now emphasising its premium credentials, while trying to reduce excess material. But the big brands face competition from non-organic sectors that duplicate its style to cash in on this lucrative consumer trend
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Russian fables
15 March 2007
Intentionally crude, deliberately archaic, printed on poor paper, with hand-drawn type and bound in sack cloth, Futurism seems a strange epithet to attach to the manifestos and publications of the Russian Futurists. One, entitled A Slap in the Face of Public Taste, published in 1912, lends it name to an upcoming exhibition at the Estorick Collection of Modern Art in London's Islington, dedicated to the interaction between Russian Futurists and their better-known (or perhaps better pigeonholed) .
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Salterbaxter report reveals lack of diversity in design
15 March 2007
A wake-up call to increase diversity in what is a young, white and largely male design industry is at the heart of a report being published today.The study, by design consultancy Salterbaxter, finds that the make-up of the design industry does not realistically reflect British society, as it is predominantly white, with few disabled people among its number.Compiled in partnership with a range of industry bodies, the six-month on-line questionnaire reports that 89 per cent ...
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The O2 goes for gold with Tutankhamun gig
15 March 2007
The O2, formerly the Millennium Dome, will attempt to prove its capability as an exhibition venue with a much-trumpeted show on boy king Tutankhamun later this year. The exhibition is to be designed by Mark Lach, senior vice-president of entertainment and exhibitions group Arts and Exhibitions International.Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, the first exhibition to take place at The O2, aims to draw visitors back ...
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The RCA shouldn't put its achievements in interiors at risk
15 March 2007
I am writing in response to last week's Voxpop, 'Following the recent reports of concern over the status of interiors on the Royal College of Art's MA Architecture course, do you think that the RCA is losing sight of the importance of interior design?' (DW 8 March). To declare my interest, I am a contented long-term employer of RCA Interior Design graduates and admirer of the extraordinary legacy of work produced by alumni. The fact that RCA Architecture does not acknowledge ...
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Trafficmaster
15 March 2007
BMB has rebranded Trafficmaster creating a fresh and consistent identity for the company, which aims to bring together a number of its brands and sub-brands.
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Triumph
15 March 2007
FMS has designed and published a customer magazine for motorcycle manufacturer Triumph. The publication launches in June 2007.
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UK groups in line for Index ‘life improving’ awards
15 March 2007
The latest shortlist announcement from the Index awards indicates that UK design is playing a prominent part in promoting sustainability and inclusive design at a global level.
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Unsung heroes
15 March 2007
The Allies might have lost World War II if not for the unacknowldedged work of artists who helped to develop new forms of camouflage and military deception, but their contribution to victory is now finally being celebrated
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Voxpop
15 March 2007
Pizza Hut chief executive Alastair Murdoch last week revealed the restaurant chain is to undergo a radical overhaul of its outlets. What can design do to improve the Pizza Hut experience without losing its core values?
