Design Week
16th July 2009
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A bridge too far
16th July 2009
Getting listed by Unesco as a World Heritage Site is quite an accolade, but there can be a downside to all the attention it brings, says Hugh Pearman
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A sympathetic ear for business
16th July 2009
When Peter Glover started his new venture, he discovered the public sector was more open to requests for funding than the banking world
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Arsenal's youth offer given 1977 makeover
16th July 2009
Consultancy 1977 Design has rebranded and designed new logos for Arsenal Football Club’s youth membership offer, the Junior Gunners. The branding will launch at the start of the football season in August.
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BR&Me designs new packaging for soft drink brand Capri-Sun
16th July 2009
BR&Me has designed new packaging for soft drink brand Capri-Sun, owned by Coca-Cola Enterprises. Launching in time for the new school year, the design attempts to reflect the drink’s claims to contain all natural ingredients while remaining fun. Prominence is given to the ‘Nothing artificial at all’ tagline and the new look will be backed by an ‘Alive with juice’ advertising campaign.
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Bye-bye bling
16th July 2009
In these straitened times many of us are feeling the need to be more inconspicuous about our consumption. Clare Dowdy examines the effect this growing trend is having on the luxury end of the market
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Choosing a more creative approach to saving the planet
16th July 2009
Regarding Clive Grinyer’s article Making an impact, (DW 2 July), I agree with Clive, and a lot of others are saying exactly the same sort of thing.
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Don't forget to credit your reference points
16th July 2009
We were astonished to see the Cardiff Central Library wayfinding project by Stills Design (Guiding touch, DW 25 June) and its striking resemblance to our Barbican Centre wayfinding system which won the Design Week Award for wayfinding in 2007. We were surprised that the similarity between the two projects wasn’t picked up. It is disappointing that the Cardiff scheme is receiving acclaim with no mention of the project that it undoubtedly attempts to replicate.
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Finishing touches
16th July 2009
Limited budgets can spur creativity, especially when it comes to selecting paper and processes for print projects. Anna Richardson looks at examples of maximising spend in effective ways
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Guest curators get Greengaged going
16th July 2009
Greengaged will return to the London Design Festival this year with a new format, in which five guest curators will each put together a day of events.
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In the bag
16th July 2009
In the early 1990s, the North American punk and hardcore music scene developed an independent, do-it-yourself approach. This grew from self-booking tours and self-releasing records, to designing and hand-assembling every album cover. According to new book DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies, hand-glueing sleeves, silk-screening manila envelopes and raiding thrift stores for LP jackets to reuse became the norm. Aluminium foil, vintage wallpaper, cereal boxes and tar paper ...
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Inspired - David Sudlow
16th July 2009
The mind has a way of controlling memory, and I find that it is early memories that reveal themselves as significant influences on, and inspiration in, later life.
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Let's cut out the jargon to get more of us on board
16th July 2009
There were a couple of instances last week where design could have lost out through a ‘language’ difference between our community and other sectors.
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News in Pictures
16th July 2009
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News in Pictures
16th July 2009
The Bug World Experience in Liverpool opened last week, featuring exhibition design by Met Studio Design, digital interactives by All of Us, retail design by Cubit 3D and branding by Three Brand (DW 16 December 2008).
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News in Pictures
16th July 2009
Cog Design director Michael Smith released 27 balloons with money attached to them during his hour-long stint on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth last week, causing two people to jump into a fountain in pursuit of a balloon.
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Onedotzero takes the lead on digital show for the V&A
16th July 2009
Onedotzero, graphics group Hawaii and architect Francesco Draisci are working on a digital design exhibition set to open at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum in December.
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Time to design a rail franchise system that delivers quality
16th July 2009
The universal mobile phone charger is a welcome development and a real victory for common sense (Voxpop, DW 9 July).
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voxpop
16th July 2009
Ron Arad’s contribution to the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary exhibition is a campaign to save the neon tower at London’s Hayward Gallery. Which fallenor dismantled structure would you resurrect, and why?
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Why it takes more than one idea to get your boat afloat
16th July 2009
I’d like to respond to Simon Taylor’s comment on my branding for Manchester Water Taxis (www.designweek.co.uk, 6 July), and his suggestions that this might be a first-thing-you-thought-of solution, and also that referencing New York cabs is not relevant to travelling by boat in Manchester.
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Why Not Associates creates posters for Tate Britain's Turner & the Masters exhibition
16th July 2009
Why Not Associates has created the posters for Tate Britain’s Turner & the Masters exhibition, which opens in September. As well as works by JMW Turner, the show will feature paintings by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Nicolas Poussin and Titian.
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Youth Music Box installed in London's Royal Festival Hall
16th July 2009
Youth Music Box, an audiovisual recording studio designed by Silent Studios, will be installed in London’s Royal Festival Hall from 17 July to 31 August, for the use of visitors. Intended to encourage improvisation and learning for all ages, the studio will allow four participants at a time to make music on instruments programmed by Silent Studios. Visitors will be encouraged to create their own music tracks and accompanying videos. The videos will be filmed in real time and uploaded ...
