Design Week
15 October 2009
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An honest day's pay for an honest day's work - it's only fair
15 October 2009
Adrian Shaughnessy has made a very solid point with his thoughts on interns (Private View, DW 1 October). The creative industries often cite themselves as topping the tree in terms of ethical practice, but I am frequently astonished at the number of consultancies that will underpay, or (as Shaughnessy alleges) not pay, interns. This could be a situation that interns themselves, in some part, perpetuate, as I have met a number of students who claim they will work ...
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A real craving
15 October 2009
Increasingly suspicious of anything overly slick or seductively shiny, Jim Davies goes on a quest for ‘real’ in all its guises, hoping it’ll be more than a fad
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Buddy designs a new toilet tissue range for Andrex
15 October 2009
Buddy has designed a new toilet tissue range for Andrex. The wrap for the Winter Collection range features a row of sleeping ‘Andrex Puppies’ and is mostly transparent. Each pack will contain a selection of four seasonally themed designs. The range, which launches this month in Waitrose, targets consumers who consider toilet tissue as a bathroom accessory.
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Circle completes project to brand a new Kuwaiti petrol and retail offer
15 October 2009
Circle has completed a project to brand a new Kuwaiti petrol and retail offer, Oula - meaning ‘the first’ - having been appointed in 2005. The brand was forged as a private enterprise after the state-owned petrol company KNPC was dissolved. Circle was briefed to create a ‘modern international brand’ which would reflect a combined petrol and retail offer, ‘previously unheard of’ in the country. The group has created an identity, communications, station architecture and store design.
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Country house gets makeover from Teviot
15 October 2009
Edinburgh-based consultancy Teviot has created a new identity and website for Lucknam Park, a country house hotel in Bath.Appointed in February on recommendation, the group was given an open brief to rebrand the five-star hotel and create a new online presence and print communications.The hotel has recently undergone a refurbishment which includes an £18m spa and a new restaurant.Teviot director Douglas MacDowall says, ‘We didn’t really feel that ...
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Creatives urged to feel the benefits of non-executives
15 October 2009
Non-executive directors have been getting a bad press recently, with fees for some soaring while their companies’ share prices plunge.A poll by equity research firm Alphavalue shows average remuneration for FTSE100 outside directors up 10 per cent last year.But can non-executive directors still represent good value for consultancies dealing with the economic downturn?Rune Gustafson, non-executive director of the National Gallery and Graphic Alliance, ...
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Family and Friends designs the packaging for Traidcraft's range of breakfast cereal.
15 October 2009
Design group Family and Friends have designed the packaging for Traidcraft’s range of breakfast cereal. The Geo Muesli range is the first fully fair-trade cereal on the UK market and the packaging is the first project completed by the new consultancy. It launches this week at Cologne’s Anuga fair.
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Gathering pace
15 October 2009
As new digital technologies allow an ever-greater amount of real materials to be used, rapid manufacturing is no longer a pipe dream. Anna Richardson visits The Bartlett’s new DM centre to explore what is already possible
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Honey brands new Graduates Yorkshire 'matchmaker' venture
15 October 2009
Honey has created a website and branding strategy for Graduates Yorkshire’s new Grads East venture. The consultancy was appointed directly last month, having worked on the Graduates Yorkshire site and brand.The site launches on 21 October and will link employers, which pay a subscription fee, with graduate jobseekers in the east of England.The brief was to come up with a brand which appealed to both of these groups, and a website with two clear customer journeys. ...
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Inspired - Kate Dawkins
15 October 2009
I have a passion for puzzles, tangrams and wooden geometric shapes that create beautiful mosaic patterns or physical structures. My favourite and most enjoyable are the visually engaging Swiss Naef toys, originally designed in the mid 20th century by Kurt Naef.For those who have never come across these objects, they are sculptural, abstract, physically stunning, perfectly hand-crafted wooden toys, designed to encourage creativity through play and interaction. However, these ...
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More thoughts on what D&AD's new team should do
15 October 2009
A couple of weeks ago, you canvassed people’s thoughts on what issues the new president and deputy president at D&AD should address over the next 12 months (Voxpop, DW 24 September). Although, as an organisation, D&AD needs to ensure its relevance to an increasingly international and diverse audience, it also needs to remain confident and single-minded, staying true to what it believes in and stands for. In my opinion, it should be promoting, educating ...
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News in Pictures
15 October 2009
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News in Pictures
15 October 2009
An exhibition of work by illustrator Hanna Melin opens at London’s Gallery Seven tomorrow.
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News in Pictures
15 October 2009
Philippe Starck has designed a range of hard drives for technology hardware company Lacie.
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Online charity store brief leads to further work for Positive
15 October 2009
Positive New Media is redesigning the website for charity Send a Cow, having already created a virtual gift shop for the organisation.The online store launches this week and will be followed by a Christmas game and e-mail campaign. The redesigned main site goes live in December.Send a Cow is a Christian charity promoting sustainable agriculture. The gift shop encourages donors to send aid to Africa instead of exchanging Christmas presents.Positive ...
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Paper rebels
15 October 2009
Graphics and politics are inextricably linked, and this relationship continues in the social ferment of modern-day Mexico. Maeve Hosea explores two shows looking at how print has reflected and fuelled revolutionary fervour in this country
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Profile Pearson Lloyd
15 October 2009
Crossing boundaries with no house style is key to the hands-on approach of the founders of product design group Pearson Lloyd. Lynda Relph-Knight talks to the pair who have been in business for 12 years
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Roster shake-up at COI may not boost efficiency
15 October 2009
I read with interest that the Central Office of Information is splitting its ‘design and creative for print’ roster into three new frameworks in an attempt to speed up the procurement process (News, DW 24 September), but I fear this may only serve to exacerbate the real issues involved. A roster should consist of the right number of the right consultancies, which receive the appropriate remuneration that their work deserves. If the European Union directive requires ...
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Stone gets heavy with Seventhingsmedia branding
15 October 2009
Stone Creative Design has designed new branding and a website for marketing agency Seventhingsmedia.With clients including Acne Jeans and Unicef Shop, Seventhingsmedia works on projects such as affiliate management and search engine optimisation.Stone Creative was appointed directly to the work about a month ago after being put in touch with Seventhingsmedia managing director Chris Bishop through a mutual contact. Bishop says, ‘We were considering holding a pitch, ...
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Straight from the heart
15 October 2009
Getting your pro-bono jobs to work out can be just as tricky as with paid-for projects. Angus Montgomery weighs up the pros and cons
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Studio Jon and Nina will exhibit at Tokyo Designers Week
15 October 2009
Studio Jon and Nina will be exhibiting its installation The Algae Room at Tokyo Designers Week from 30 October to 3 November. The installation is described as ‘a speculative reconfiguration of the home, enabling fuel to be domestically grown’.
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Surely this is design for a laugh, not Design for Life
15 October 2009
Philippe Starck’s BBC Two programme Design for Life is a joke and I desperately hope that none of our clients or any students of design stomach it. Starck is the worst type of stereotypical designer who fuels the world-at-large’s perception of designers as head-in-the-clouds dreamers, rather than grounded, creative professionals. Starck and this programme are damaging to our industry and no help to the students. If he thinks he is helping mentor students by acting ...
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The quiet revolution
15 October 2009
Corporate design is no longer the poor relation of the creative world. People are starting to explore its possibilities like never before, says Simon Lake
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Ultimate grooming
15 October 2009
A model’s plangent eyes look out from layers of paint, applied in trowel thickness; another casts her eyes down, her face embellished in swirling patterns. Part of the portfolio of Alex Box, trained artist-turned-make-up star, the images deconstruct conventional notions of beauty in fashion. In a new exhibition at Rankin’s gallery space, Annroy, Box’s creations for designers such as Gareth Pugh and Karl Lagerfeld are exhibited alongside images photographed by Rankin for the accompanying ...
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Voxpop
15 October 2009
Design pieces are going under the hammer in this month’s Phillips de Pury London Design Sale. Which piece of art or design would you most like to own,and why?
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We need more consistent backing of interaction design
15 October 2009
It is good to see the Tent London organisers bidding to boost interaction design within the London Design Festival (see News).
