Design Week
16 August 2007
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A worthy magazine for the sophisticated reader?
16 August 2007
Reading last week's news about Esquire, I couldn't help thinking about how it compares to Monocle magazine.
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Big is beautiful - and lucrative
16 August 2007
Growing your consultancy is risky, but it can also offer potentially huge rewards for those ambitious enough to give it a go, says Greg Orme
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Bloom stirs Horlicks with packs for extra-light range
16 August 2007
GlaxoSmithKline's hot drinks brand Horlicks is this week unveiling an extra-light range, with packaging design by Bloom.Horlicks appointed the consultancy to carry out design work for the brand in January, following a two-way pitch against Blue Marlin.The consultancy was tasked with 'building additional warmth into the brand and to communicate the positive aspects of sleep'.The new range, Horlicks Extra Light, comes in five flavours - traditional Malt, Malt Chocolate, ...
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Comic Relief
16 August 2007
Radley Yeldar is to design the latest biannual review for Comic Relief, having worked with the charity since 1998 to produce its review.
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Consult the cards
16 August 2007
Who says that advertising can't be educational? A series of cigarette cards from the 1930s proved remarkably prescient, providing a glimpse of things to come. Liz Farrelly enjoys a book that brings them to light
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DBA adds tiers to Effectiveness Awards for 2007
16 August 2007
Thirteen design groups will receive gold awards in this year's Design Business Association Design Effectiveness Awards, amid several changes that have been made to the scheme.Design groups Pearlfisher and Lewis Moberly feature prominently in the shortlist, with four nominations each. A total of 52 entries by 35 design consultancies were shortlisted, with eight groups receiving multiple nominations. Lord Karan Bilimoria chaired the judging panels.For the first time, runners ...
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Design group Communicado
16 August 2007
Design group Communicado has designed a corporate identity for The Ombudsman Service to launch its new Surveyors Ombudsman Service.
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Faber and Faber
16 August 2007
Faber and Faber have produced this cover design for the hardback release of Adrian Tomine's UK debut title Shortcomings, the story of theatre manager Ben Tanaka and the struggles he faces when his girlfriend moves to New York. The artwork was designed by Tomine himself and the small, thick hardback format is intended to contrast with the graphic novel-style content. The book is published on 13 September.
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Focus DIY
16 August 2007
Focus DIY has appointed Richard Bird, former Wickes managing director, as brand director. He takes over this week.
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Forget the old farts, just celebrate what makes Britain great
16 August 2007
Wolff Olins' design for the 2012 Olympics is a masterpiece. It is a brilliantly conceived media platform, and its true potential will only be fully appreciated when the realisations go to press and on to screen in five years' time. The design industry does itself no credit by bitching and sniping. It is easy to say, 'What I would have done', and your magazine recently seems to have been full of old farts saying just this. What they should say is, 'What a bold effort from ...
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If the jacket fits
16 August 2007
It's hard not to judge books by their covers, and this year's Booker longlist provides the perfect opportunity to see how well they can reflect content. Jim Stoddart dons wig and gown to choose his personal shortlist
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Inspired
16 August 2007
Peeling the chalky paper from Crayola crayons to reveal the bright, clean wax beneath is a treasured childhood memory and marked the beginning of my obsession with colour. A career in colouring-in was clearly on the cards. Rather than counting sheep, I would run through the colours of the alphabet to reach the land of nod. Around my late 20s I discovered I am a synaesthete - I see numbers and letters in colour.Synaesthesia is a delightful gift. It has no apparent benefit, other ...
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Korean Cultural Centre
16 August 2007
Graphic and branding consultancy With Relish worked with artist Rachael Tremlett to create a campaign to promote the new Korean Cultural Centre in London.
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Liverpool Airport gets facelift in North West 'attack brand' push
16 August 2007
John Lennon Liverpool Airport is to receive a makeover by Broome Jenkins to celebrate Liverpool's reign as European Capital of Culture in 2008.The airport invited Broome Jenkins to take on the £500 000 project-management contract last December, having originally appointed the consultancy to redesign the information desk.Broome Jenkins is sub-contracting illustrator John McFaul to create a 300m-long mural for the terminal, column wraps for the baggage reclaim hall and wraps ...
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London Transport Museum
16 August 2007
Reviving a century's worth of classic posters, the London Transport Museum is launching an on-line catalogue on 1 September, featuring work by artists like Abram Games and Man Ray, as well as modern masters such as David Shrigley.
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Looking for help
16 August 2007
In the dog days of summer, when the art world is recovering from the Venice Biennale and preparing for Frieze, there's little for London's glitterati to get excited about in the capital. But this weekend sees Bethan's Art Auction at Transition Gallery, an event that should afford some genuine excitement for anyone wanting to buy an affordable piece of art. The auction will see more than 50 works of art go on sale to raise funds for Cotlands, a small South African charity that cares for ...
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Millennium Centre gets Sweet new look
16 August 2007
The Wales Millennium Centre - the home of the Welsh National Opera - is to launch a new identity this week, designed by Sweet.The small Cardiff-based group beat 49 other shortlisted consultancies to win the public tender for the WMC project in January. The centre is planning to launch a further tender to redesign its website, probably next year.The WMC logo replaces one that was intended for use during the centre's construction, but was retained long after the building's ...
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Navyblue brands Hungarian state radio
16 August 2007
Hungarian Radio, the state-owned public service broadcaster, this week launches three new radio stations, with branding by Navyblue.The corporate brand, Magyar Radio, and its three new stations hit the airwaves yesterday (Wednesday) with a remit to represent and communicate inclusive public service content.Navyblue, which was appointed in March, has worked on developing the positioning, communications architecture and strategy, as well as the values and personality for ...
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News in Pictures
16 August 2007
Red Design has completed work for Paul Steel's new single Your Loss and the forthcoming album Moon Rock.
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Oranges and lemons
16 August 2007
London's Tube and rail networks coexist, but users are confused by the absence of an integrated map. Hugh Pearman says there's more to it than too few colours
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Pop group Girls Aloud
16 August 2007
Pop group Girls Aloud will release their latest single, Sexy! No No No... through Universal on 3 September, with design and art direction by Brighton consultancy Red Design. The sleeve will feature a new logo, while the campaign hopes to reflect a 'more sophisticated' feel for the group.
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Profile: Proud Creative
16 August 2007
Proud Creative has just won its second big pitch in the TV branding world, after refreshing S4C's identity. Fiona Sibley talks to Dan Witchell, founder of the young consultancy that is going from strength to strength
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Redman tells brutal story at Liverpool slavery museum
16 August 2007
Liverpool's Merseyside Maritime Museum is to open its International Slavery Museum this week, occupying three adjoining galleries, created by Redman Design.As part of the design, Redman was tasked with presenting a complex, richly detailed and brutal human story in ways that are understandable and accessible for a wide audience. Redman won the work following a pitch against a number of undisclosed consultancies.'We tried to bring objects and other media to tell the story ...
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Regional creative networks can have a national impact
16 August 2007
There was a time when, you could argue, publications such as Design Week were London-centric. The design industry's energy was focused in the capital and that was reflected in media coverage.Then, among key players, only product designers seemed to set up outside London, often with links to colleges or clients in, say, the automotive industry - although they have always worked internationally, so maybe location isn't key.There were exceptions, of course. Traditionally, ...
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Smart Office chairs earn festival showcase
16 August 2007
Eight chairs designed 'for working in' by MA furniture design students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College will go on display at the London Design Festival in September, as part of the Smart Office 3 project.Now in its third year, the Smart Office initiative brings students into contact with design heavyweights to generate innovative furniture concepts.This year, students were mentored by Robin and Lucienne Day, Barry Jenkins of Broome Jenkins, Attilio Cabianca ...
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Space exploitation
16 August 2007
Staging an exhibition in an unorthodox space can offer more creative freedom to designers than a permanent venue, but it is rarely a simple undertaking. Fiona Sibley looks at two events that seek to make the most of their locations
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The Butchers Arms
16 August 2007
Consultancy Very has designed the logo, stationery and signage for The Butchers Arms in Eldersfield, the latest venture of chef James Winter.
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The great creative exodus
16 August 2007
The South Coast Design Forum offers networking and inspiration for designers who've turned their backs on London
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The Highway Code
16 August 2007
The Highway Code has been rebranded for publication in September, with design by The Stationery Office. All official Driving Standards Agency publications for drivers and motorcyclists are to be rebranded this year.
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Travelodge 'pods' target Glasto market
16 August 2007
For festival-goers, roughing it may soon be a thing of the past, as Travelodge launches prototype mobile hotel rooms, known as Travelpods (pictured).The budget hotel chain has teamed up with marketing company Anthem to devise the Travelpod concept and bring luxury camping to the masses for a trial price of £26 a night.The 6m by 6.4m clear polycarbonate box will be delivered to sites, complete with luxury double beds, en-suite bathroom, heating, air conditioning and a flat-screen ...
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Voxpop
16 August 2007
Veteran men's magazine Esquire is relaunching in a bid to appeal to the more sophisticated reader you might associate with Tyler Brûlé's latest monthly, Monocle. How can design best address this market?
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Would the Council like to try something new?
16 August 2007
A couple of weeks ago, your Voxpop section posed the question, 'What sort of person should take over as chairman of the Design Council when George Cox's tenure comes to an end this autumn? Who would you put in the frame?' Although I appreciate the professionalism and integrity of the current regime at the Design Council, I can't help feeling that it lacks something. Perhaps someone with real creative spirit, energy and passion for design would add the missing ingredient. So ...
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Zeppelin speaker system
16 August 2007
Native Design Studio has created the Zeppelin speaker system for loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins, to be sold in Apple Computer stores.
