Design Week
16 October 2008
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0404 Creative, based...
16 October 2008
0404 Creative, based in Bridport, Dorset, has completed the title sequence for the autumn series of River Cottage, which starts tomorrow. The consultancy created the work for the Channel 4 show, presented by TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, as part of a relationship with River Cottage. 0404 has previously created the identity, website, book design, packaging and marketing collateral for the company.
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Art on the sleeve
16 October 2008
Inspired by Alan Aldridge’s illustration and cover art exhibition at the Design Museum, we asked four designers to nominate their favourite album covers. What they chose says much about how illustration and typography have evolved, and also about how goo
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Built on shaky foundations
16 October 2008
Client failures are starting to undermine the financial well-being of design consultancies. Gina Lovett looks at how they can protect themselves
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CPB Museum of London
16 October 2008
Coley Porter Bell has overhauled the brand identity of the Museum of London, creating the venue's first rebranding for around ten years.The new system is a radical departure from the existing 'red box' identity, created by Pentagram.The branding will integrate MoL's three venues - the Museum of London, Museum of London Docklands and Museum of London Archaeology - under a more coherent system while injecting a touch of glamour, says MoL head of marketing Jo Fells.CPB, ...
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CR&M Turnbull and Asser
16 October 2008
Calver Roots & Madge has been appointed to create the visual communications for gentleman's tailor Turnbull & Asser, in a six-figure brand-development programme that may take up to three years to complete.
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D&AD gives a lot back
16 October 2008
Thanks, Dave Palmer, for your observations and wise words on D&AD.
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Downsize wise
16 October 2008
An epidemic of corporate belt-tightening spells the end of the purely aesthetic office refurb. Trish Lorenz looks at the implications for those consultancies specialising in commercial interiors and workspace design
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Draught Poetry Society
16 October 2008
Draught Associates has been commissioned to undertake an identity overhaul of The Poetry Society on a pro bono contract worth £7000 following a five-way creative pitch.The charity hopes to mark its centenary in January 2009 by uniting all of its publications, its website and café in Covent Garden, London WC2, under one brand.Jules Mann, director of The Poetry Society, was advised by long-term Design Week contributor David Bernstein, who acted as a consultant to the charity ...
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Drawing gigs
16 October 2008
Bands on tour inhabit a different realm. They travel from gig to gig, working by night and sleeping by day, and occupying only the insides of theatres, pubs and hotel rooms. We're used to photo-stories of this world, and even glimpses of their hastily scrawled lyrics, jotted down on scraps of paper between gigs, and often later sold at auction for vast sums. Less common are sketches from the musical front line, drawn by singer-songwriters as they journey from show to show. Music journalist ...
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In-house designers aren’t some different breed
16 October 2008
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Inspired
16 October 2008
We cannot imagine all possibilities, and so need process to help us discover new spaces and ideas. The Third Mind is the description of the 'cut-up' technique developed to create just such a scenario.Rooted in the Dada and Futurist movements, with connections to Surrealism and concrete poetry, the process was invented by painter Brion Gysin. Immediately adopted by William Burroughs, it became vital to many left-field practitioners of the written word throughout the 1960s, especially ...
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Interior designer Jimmie Martin marks Vagabond's collection
16 October 2008
Interior designer Jimmie Martin has produced six bespoke chairs and limited-edition canvas bags from its Imperfection series to mark the launch of Swedish shoe brand Vagabond's autumn collection.
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Ken Hommel joins Brandopus
16 October 2008
Former Lewis Moberly financial director Ken Hommel has joined Brandopus in the same role. Hommel held the post at Lewis Moberly for 13 years and has also been honorary treasurer of D&AD.
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London? No, it's Brand Britain that brings boost
16 October 2008
Jonathan Cummings certainly knows how to play the trump card in exploiting the overseas markets, (Business Insight, DW 2 October). In 800-plus words he throws it on the table no less than 13 times - London! I don't deny that it is the capital of the design industry by virtue of the density of design groups and practitioners, but London has not solely contributed to the fine reputation of British design, which Brand London may be maximising. You don't need to have your headquarters ...
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Meteorite strikes kaleidoscopic look for Peabody housing group
16 October 2008
Integrated group Meteorite Branding has created a brand identity for housing association Peabody that aims to represent opportunity and modernity.The identity launched on Monday, after London-based Meteorite Branding clinched the four-way pitch in March.Meteorite's head of brand identity Robert Tammaro says the consultancy was charged with creating a strategy that would help Peabody stand out from competitors and reflect its role in the community.He says, 'As well ...
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Milton Bayer launches interactive website
16 October 2008
Milton Bayer has launched a new interactive website for football trading game Match Attax, created by Topps.
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Morey Smith works with furniture company Humanscale
16 October 2008
Morey Smith is the creative brains behind furniture company Humanscale's eye-catching stand at this year's Orgatec exhibition, which is held in Cologne, Germany, on 21-25 October. The 7.5m-high stand will house floating graphic images, drawn from the company's 15-year history, which will be suspended high over the stand. Morey Smith has also integrated Humanscale's seating and ergonomic products into the stand. This is the first time Morey Smith has been involved with the show.
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New identity of Abu Dhabi TV launches this week
16 October 2008
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News in Pictures
16 October 2008
Radford Wallis has designed the annual review for Sense International, the charity for deaf and blind people, for the second year running. This year's review features a series of narrative portraits by illustrator Noma Bar.
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News in Pictures
16 October 2008
Leeds-based consultancy Brahm has created a new identity for fashion and documentary photographer Sean Knott.
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Pearlfisher pair break away to exploit 'crunch' opportunities
16 October 2008
Pearlfisher creative director Shaun Bowen and client services director Kerry Bolt are to leave in the new year to set up their own packaging and branding consultancy, called B&B.
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Pop artist Stuart Semple creates limited-edition album
16 October 2008
Pop artist Stuart Semple has created ten exclusive, limited-edition copies of an album featuring three new tracks by indie group Subliminal Girls. Each hand-finished ten-inch vinyl record carries three tracks and boasts a fold-out print, photographic book, hand-silk-screened T-shirt and a laser-cut acrylic disc. The box sets will be released on 17 November and sold for £600 at galleries in New York, Hong Kong and Milan, as well as on the Opus Gallery's website, www.opus-art.com.
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RCA wayfinding
16 October 2008
It is heartening for some of us to know that 20 August was a landmark day in the UK. The number of pensioners in the country overtook the number of teenagers in society for the first time, according to the Office for National Statistics.But sight impairment is not limited to people in the pensionable age bracket - our sight starts to decline from the age of ten, so not even the young among us are immune.It was against this backdrop that Royal College of Art research associate ...
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Shooting mode
16 October 2008
The mobile phone camera has turned civilians into war photographers – and taken us right into the heart of conflicts. Sarah Frater looks at some of the work created by amateurs and professionals alike in response to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Simmbiotic rebrands Gap Aid
16 October 2008
Simmbiotic has rebranded charity Gap Aid, which promotes safe and responsible travel for students in their year out.
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Small really can be beautiful
16 October 2008
Surviving two recessions has taught Mike Dempsey a valuable lesson: you don’t have to be in the mainstream to enjoy life as a designer
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Taking the biscuit
16 October 2008
Finding out what you’re best at doesn’t mean you have to be the best. Jim Davies drops a few crumbs of wisdom along the path to creative self-awareness
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The National Trust appoints Guerilla
16 October 2008
Creative agency Guerilla has been appointed by The National Trust to communicate its plans to reduce the carbon footprint at its Wallington Estate in Northumberland.
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The Urquiola show reminds us that design is a process
16 October 2008
It is well understood within the industry that design is a process, and not just about objects or graphics. We know it's true, but do the uninitiated get it?We know that exemplary private sector clients do, though work remains to be done to convince many in the public ...
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To The Point designs annual report for General Dental Council
16 October 2008
To The Point has designed this year's annual report and accounts for the General Dental Council following a three-way creative presentation. To The Point says that its approach reinforces the idea of patient protection and raising standards.
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United Visual Artists
16 October 2008
A dynamic mix of disciplines is central to everything the United Visual Artists team does – whether it’s concert tours or museum installations. Anna Richardson talks to two of its directors
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Voxpop
16 October 2008
What would you like new Business Secretary Peter Mandelson to do for your company?Be an inspiring and confident leader; bring in people from outside Government to advise him, people who have real experience of running successful businesses. Look ...
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Yes, I've been at Conran, but not for some time
16 October 2008
In your article 'Seymour Powell expands in fmcg' (www.designweek.co.uk, 22 September), you mention that Conran & Partners designer Michael Webster is among the associate appointments.
