Design Week
15 May 2008
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Alien treatments
15 May 2008
How was Blue Velvet marketed in Italy? Or The Birds promoted in Poland? Film may be an international language, but Yolanda Zappaterra enjoys a book of movie posters which shows how different cultures require very different graphic takes
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BBC and ITV
15 May 2008
The BBC and ITV have launched a free satellite television service called Freesat, with a website designed by Agency Republic and branding and visual identity by Fallon.
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British Design Innovation
15 May 2008
British Design Innovation has appointed former Reuters project director Malcolm Prescott as its first managing director, to lead the reposi - tioned organisation.
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Brothers, come the revolution let's not forget the people
15 May 2008
Yeah, 'Vive la revolution'. I'm fully behind Kenneth Grange's charge on bad design (Voxpop, DW 8 May). I relish the day when a rabble of Howies-wearing designers brandishing the latest copy of Wallpaper storms the offices of Microsoft. Bring on the public trials of those who have offended our eyes, and let us come together for a healthy round of laughter at those less intelligent than ourselves. However, before we set off on our quest to rid the world of centre-aligned ...
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Canalside travesties
15 May 2008
How I love a good chandlery. Almost as much as I love a good stationer's shop. In a chandlery you get all the boat stuff/ cleats and fenders and ropes and chains and anchors, all kinds of clever low-voltage devices, or conversely the sine wave inverters t
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Champneys
15 May 2008
Spa group Champneys has overhauled its website, www. champneys.com, working with consultancy Interdirect.
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Cheap as chic
15 May 2008
Supermarket value ranges aren’t only targeted at the less well-off these days – the trick is to woo consumers across all social strata with an ‘honest’ and straightforward product in no-frills packaging, argues Scott Billings
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City University ditches contemporary identity
15 May 2008
London’s City University is undergoing its first major rebrand in almost ten years, with Spencer du Bois and Mosaic.
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Conran & Partners re-aligns design operations
15 May 2008
Conran & Partners is realigning its internal structure this week, with the launch of a product, graphics and branding division, Studio Conran.
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Design Cities blockbuster show previewed
15 May 2008
An exhibition displaying more than 100 pieces of design, from some of the biggest names in the industry, is set to open in London this autumn at the Design Museum.
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Details revealed of expanded Cardiff Design Festival
15 May 2008
The first plans have emerged for this year's forthcoming Cardiff Design Festival, which takes place during October.This year will be the first time the city will host the Design Management Europe Awards, which aim to showcase the contribution of successful design management across the European Union. It is hoped that the awards will attract a network of international organisations across a variety of sectors. 'It's the first time the festival has hosted an event of this size,' ...
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'Exclusively indigenous'? Just look at the facts...
15 May 2008
Mark Rae said in your magazine (Business Insight, DW 24 April), 'Look at any large US company and you'll see an almost exclusively indigenous workforce.' Is he referring to Native Americans, who are often referred to as American Indians? Does he not know about the 'melting pot', as the US population refers to itself? Although the Bush administration has made it more difficult to get work visas, they can still be had. Many foreign students come here for design education and end ...
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Food labelling move is a huge disservice to the consumer
15 May 2008
I'd like to respond to the Food Standards Agency's failure to consult designers on a European Commission proposal about food labelling (News, DW 24 April). The role of packaging is to inform, engage, protect and, ultimately, sell. If information needs to be incorporated on to packs which affects consumer perception, designers must be consulted at the same time as other interested parties. We have an obligation to optimise communication with consumers, particularly on health-related ...
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FutureBrand says digital is essential for branded spaces
15 May 2008
Self-scanners in supermarkets intimidate customers and represent the worst application of digital technology in retail design. But self-service check-in at airports creates a 'win-win situation' for customers and airlines. And ATMs that ask you if you would like 'the usual' should and could have happened years ago, according to FutureBrand.Last week, the consultancy led an evening seminar on digital technology in the branded environment, for the benefit of 60 assembled brand-owners.Tacklin
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Graphic Design on the Radio
15 May 2008
Graphic Design on the Radio, presented by Design Week columnist Adrian Shaughnessy, starts again tomorrow on Resonance FM with interviews and music choices from graphics luminaries.
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Hayon and Adjaye front London Design Festival
15 May 2008
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón and architect David Adjaye will share top billing at the London Design Festival in September.
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In the public domain
15 May 2008
It has a mixed reputation, but public art has found favour with designers who are keen to use its interactive potential, says Emma Germain
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Inspired, Marc Carter - The English Group
15 May 2008
With regards to inspiration, it's very much the case that, once upon a time, I would obsessively collect aged fashion catalogues, or arcane examples of Japanese publishing design, and would certainly choose a book by its cover. Today, however, what inspires me is passion, determination, integrity - and, in particular, people who step beyond the day job to engage with this space we all occupy and share.The English Group is committed to good causes - we are working on projects in ...
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Interbrand axes London staff
15 May 2008
Interbrand has axed its UK director of brand valuation and UK marketing director amid a slew of redundancies at its London office.
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Jakob Trollback's motion graphics
15 May 2008
Motion graphics designer Jakob Trollbäck started out as a DJ and translator in Stockholm. Sarah Verdone traces his somewhat unusual, self-taught path to a heading a thriving New York studio with a top-name client list Jakob Trollbäck doesn't watch TV. 'I don't like the commercials and most of the programming is crap,' confides the 48-year-old Swedish-born designer. But he usually doesn't tell his clients this. This is a wise strategy, ...
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Jerwood Contemporary Makers show reviewed
15 May 2008
Despite thriving individual practices, the applied arts have never matched the prominence, nor the gallery space, of their fine art cousins. The Jerwood Charitable Foundation is inching things forward with a new show that devotes all 240m2 of its gallery behind Tate Modern to contemporary makers. Seven craft artists, including two ceramicists, a textile artist and a letter sculptor, have been commissioned to create new work as well as sharing in the £30 000 commissioning fund. The multidisciplin
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Limit your offer to get ahead
15 May 2008
Specialisation may seem like a route that would narrow your options, but there are sound economic reasons for it, says David Rivett
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Market trawl
15 May 2008
High street restaurants too often feature anonymous, almost prefabricated design, but why shouldn’t they exude warmth, charm and a quirky humanity? Clare Dowdy describes a growing chain that combines fast food with an individual look and feel
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Mean machines
15 May 2008
It's impossible not to admire the design of the AK-47, even though just looking at this deadliest of weapons leaves you feeling morally queasy. The Russian assault rifle was created by the small arms supremo Mikhail Kalashnikov, who featured the latest combat design in his 1947 original. Sixty years on, the London-based design duo Postler Ferguson re-imagined the AK-47 as a paper kit. It comprised five A3 sheets of 150gsm, and was a fragile life-size replica of the lethal original. Now ...
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News in Pictures
15 May 2008
The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood's summer exhibition, A Century of Olympic Posters, displaying more than 100 iconic graphic images, runs from 15 May until 7 September at Cambridge Heath Road, London E2.
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News in pictures
15 May 2008
The packaging for Chiavalon olive oil has been designed by Croatian design consultancy Bruketa & Zinic.
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Political expression is alive and well in London's street art
15 May 2008
Your article 'The medium is the message' (News Analysis, DW 1 May) asks where the revolutionary spirit of 1968 is now finding graphic expression. How about on the opposite page, where you plug a new book and exhibition of graffiti artist Blek Le Rat's work? Surely the stencil art of Blek, Banksy and others, which drew thousands recently to an exhibition in a tunnel in London's Waterloo, is the obvious successor to the unpaid political expression of posters in the past? There ...
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Polska
15 May 2008
A new Polish daily newspaper, Polska, designed by Research Studios, is launching, in associ ation with The Times.
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Profile
15 May 2008
One look at a Wally silhouette was enough to convince leading car designer Adriana Monk her future was in sail yacht design. Jody Chapman talks to her about sensory elevation and the joy of working for a true luxury brand
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SBR to brand development of King's Road backwater
15 May 2008
Small Back Room is branding a section of west London's King's Road, as part of a major overhaul of the area in a bid to attract 'edgy, independent' boutiques and more shoppers.Estate owner Sloane Stanley, which holds much of the western end of King's Road, is demolishing 356-372 King's Road to make way for a retail complex incorporating boutiques, bars and restaurants. It appointed SBR last month, following a recommendation by its retail consultant, previous SBR client Churston ...
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Sir John Sorrell is a model to follow in tougher times
15 May 2008
You'd expect Sir John Sorrell to take a positive approach to design and its ability to conquer economic ills (see www.designweek.co.uk 12 May). He has long been a staunch design champion. As former chairman of the Design Council, current chairman of architectural and building watchdog ...
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Skelwith scouts for groups to work on £100m hotel project
15 May 2008
Property developer the Skelwith Group is seeking a raft of interior design and architecture specialists for its £100m luxury hotel development in Yorkshire.The first stage of planning permission for The Flaxby Country Club, a 22 300m2 development, has already been granted. It will incorporate 300 rooms, a luxury spa complex, a bar, three restaurants, conference facilities and boutiques. The next stage, involving detailed planning and layout, is expected to be approved over the ...
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Sour apples
15 May 2008
Despite great design and near-evangelising customers, Apple is missing a trick on interchangeability and environmental issues. In fact, its approach to cabling and other vital support systems is plug ugly, says Mike Dempsey
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TBWA/Manchester has created packaging for Fake Bake
15 May 2008
TBWA/Manchester has created the new packaging for self-tanning product range Fake Bake. The designs use dark chocolate and fuschia colours, depicting Art Deco-style outlines of women. TBWA was appointed to the brief last year. The illustrations are aimed at updating the look of the products, to achieve shelf standout in a market where similar products usually feature white or brown packaging.
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The Art of Football book
15 May 2008
The Art of Football book, using images by photojournalist Ewen Spencer and produced in partnership with photographer Nick Knight's website Show Studio, is an assignment for Nike's The Art of Football initiative. The images and design by Italian consultancy Sartoria take the concept of 'all the world's a football pitch', and aim to show football as 'epic drama, a tragi-comedy fuelled by passion, hope and pure adrenalin'.
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The Arts Council
15 May 2008
The Arts Council is looking to appoint design groups to a new ‘small roster of digital creative consultancies’ that will develop its website projects. The creation of the roster is being overseen by the AAR, and will be completed by August.
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The changing fonts of web typography
15 May 2008
Web typography has long been hampered by a limited choice of fonts and poor display results, but this could be about to change. Scott Billings looks at what embedded fonts and next-generation browsers can offer designers
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The Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
15 May 2008
The Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has launched a procurement web - site, www.supply2.gov.uk, giving SMEs free access to public sector contracts valued under £100 000.
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Video Arts
15 May 2008
Production company Video Arts, which makes training videos, has commissioned design consul tancy Suburb to create a digital campaign for one of its product ranges, Fish.
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Visitors to Kew Gardens get bird's-eye view
15 May 2008
The design team behind the London Eye has created the UK's first walk-in viewing area illustrating 'tree biology'.
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Voxpop
15 May 2008
As Boris Johnson prepares his team and gets settled into City Hall, what advice would you give the Mayor to build on Ken Livingstone's work with the capital's creative industries?Gaining PR plaudits for saying encouraging words about the ...
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Webb & Webb signs add finishing touch to Connaught hotel refurb
15 May 2008
Graphic design consultancy Webb & Webb has produced more than 50 hand-made signs in nickel-plated cast bronze, as part of the £60m refurbishment of London's exclusive £400-a-night Connaught hotel.
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What are Titian and Rembrandt doing out on the streets?
15 May 2008
What are Titian and Rembrandt doing out on the streets, while Banksy and his fellow taggers take over the museums and auction houses? Yolanda Zappaterra wonders what’s going on in the topsy-turvy world of fine art
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Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion
15 May 2008
Next month will see the unveiling of the Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion, which opens on 13 June at the Zaragoza Expo 2008 in Spain. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the pavilion integrates a pedestrian bridge and an interactive exhibition area, focusing on water sustainability, to form a gateway to the expo.
