Design Week
17 June 2010
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Ab Rogers to work with Pizza Express
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Pizza Express has appointed Ab Rogers Design to create the interiors of its Richmond restaurant.
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Alienation Digital has been appointed to design the new Auchrannie Resort website
17 June 2010
Glasgow-based consultancy Alienation Digital has been appointed to design the new Auchrannie Resort website. Auchrannie comprises a hotel, spa and country club on the Isle of Arran.
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All you really need to cook up a brand is ipr
17 June 2010
The best briefs don’t always come from clients. Designer Gavin Thomson outlines the genesis of his own brand, from concept to point-of-sale
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Aquaduct has designed a website that takes Journey Latin America's customer magazine online
17 June 2010
Aquaduct has designed a website that takes travel company Journey Latin America’s customer magazine online. The site, at www.papagaio.co.uk, replaces Journey Latin America’s printed magazine.
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Baigent Digital creates online fundraising platform for Great Ormond Street Hospital charity
17 June 2010
Baigent Digital has redesigned Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity’s online fundraising platform to increase the number of donations made by visitors to the charity’s main website.
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Best of the Web
17 June 2010
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British Council warns rostered consultancies over work
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
The British Council has appointed a new graphic design roster, but is warning consultancies that they may not receive any work until next year because of Government spending cuts.
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CCL has been appointed to design the marketing communications for the Bathroom Manufacturers Association's 2010 annual conference
17 June 2010
West Midlands-based consultancy CCL has been appointed to design the marketing communications for the Bathroom Manufacturers Association’s 2010 annual conference.
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Chemistry Communications has redesigned Skywards, for Emirates Airlines
17 June 2010
Chemistry Communications has redesigned Skywards, the frequent flyer programme for Emirates Airlines. The frequent flyer membership cards now feature famous works of art.
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Conference to explore impact of interaction on architecture
17 June 2010
A cloud of inflatable light-emitting spheres floating above London and a game which saw Internet users at the Royal Opera House play in conjunction with a group of teenagers in Mile End Park will be among projects discussed at the Interactive Architecture 2010 conference.
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Design Bridge repositions Mexican beer Bohemia to emphasise Czech provenance
17 June 2010
Design Bridge has repositioned Mexican beer brand Bohemia, redesigning its Aztec-influenced marque and telling the story of the drink’s Czech brewing origins.
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Flagging up the cause
17 June 2010
With accusations of plagiarism and Greenwash hitting the Green energy sector, Emily Pacey looks at how companies large and small are using branding to promote their environmental credentials
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Hanif Kara, has joined the Architecture Foundation's board of trustees
17 June 2010
Hanif Kara, co-founder and director of engineer Adams Kara Taylor, has joined the Architecture Foundation’s board of trustees. Kara follows Jasper Conran, who joined the AF’s board in April.
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Heavenly buys personal branding consultancy
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Branding group Heavenly has bought personal branding consultancy Be A Brand.
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Household works on Moss Bros rebrand
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
Men’s retailer Moss is undergoing a rebrand led by Household.
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If you really believe in your brand, put your name on it
17 June 2010
Good to see that those made-up characters in advertising campaigns do actually exist… and good to see that Harriet Devoy [creative director, marketing communications EMEIA for Apple] gets a quick response from her team.Or was I just watching that iPhone 4 video [pictured] far too closely?Oliver Salway, Softroom, by e-mail
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Innovation will keep BBC's branding critics at bay
17 June 2010
Last week you posed the question, ’As the BBC prepares for its move to Salford and the impact of its strategy review, what major branding challenges do you think it faces and how should it address them?’ (Voxpop, DW 10 June).
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Inspired: Cathy Stuart - Victoria & Albert Museum
17 June 2010
It’s always satisfying when things come full circle, especially when you least expect it. Graphics and text are, of course, intrinsically related. A beautifully set piece of type can have all the aesthetic kick of a painting, and a clever and witty font just the same appeal as a dynamic illustration.
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Kent Lyons has designed the website for the BBC's coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival
17 June 2010
Kent Lyons has designed the website for the BBC’s coverage of this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The site will feature an archive of coverage going back to the first Glastonbury Festival in 1971.
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London recalling
17 June 2010
’Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,’ so the saying goes, but how do you pay tribute to one of the most iconic album covers of the 1970s? To honour the late illustrator, cartoonist and designer Ray Lowry, 30 artists have produced new artworks interpreting his cover for The Clash’s London Calling.
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Matt Rice has joined branding consultancy Summer Creative
17 June 2010
Matt Rice has joined branding consultancy Summer Creative as business development director. Rice has worked in the design industry since 2004, in sectors including leisure and banking.
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Meteorite creates campaign for RNIB book reading event
17 June 2010
Meteorite has created the branding and campaign work for the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s Really Good Read event.
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News in Pictures
17 June 2010
Crush Design has created a print and online marketing campaign for Justin Halpern’s new book, Shit My Dad Says, published by Pan Macmillan.
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News in Pictures
17 June 2010
Publisher Redstone is set to release a book of 22 large-format postcards created by Russian writer and Futurist artist and designer Vladimir Mayakovsky. The book, Mayakovsky, will be published on 1 August.
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News in Pictures
17 June 2010
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On a roll
17 June 2010
There’s much more to Swiss design than mere minimalism, as Anna Richardson discovers - the next generation of designers, many making their mark over here, are experimenting with looser, more varied and more collaborative approaches
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Packaging is the new advertising, right?
17 June 2010
The packaging design industry is in danger of missing a real trick if it doesn’t grasp the golden chalice that is conceptual design. Traditionally, packaging design has been considered a below-the-line operation. As such, we have created design-led products that have ultimately under-sold the contents within.
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Profile: Polimekanos
17 June 2010
Using graphics as a way to work in many different fields, this quirkily named studio is building its eclectic portfolio through an integrated approach and long-standing relationships with clients. Anna Richardson talks to its founders
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Qatar's dream bid
17 June 2010
Lambie-Nairn has produced the identity and promotional materials which will back Qatar’s 2022 bid for the Fifa World Cup. If successful, the materials will bring the competition to the Middle East for the first time. Lambie-Nairn says the brand communicates how the state will offer a ’compact’ competition that can benefit fans and the environment. Illustration, photography and calligraphy will be applied across screen and print touchpoints.
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Roc Design has branded construction company Morgan Sindall
17 June 2010
Roc Design has branded construction company Morgan Sindall. The new company, which is owned by Morgan Sindall Group, is the result of a merger between Morgan Ashurst and Morgan East.
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Romantic Greenery
17 June 2010
It’s quite possible to combine a touch of glitz and glamour with an environmental conscience, argues Jim Davies, so nothing should stop us from embracing an eco agenda
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Simon Gore takes up challenge of building on 'winning formula' as incoming Lewis Moberly MD
17 June 2010
Lewis Moberly has appointed Simon Gore as managing director, while co-founder Robert Moberly is to become chairman.
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Smooth shapers
17 June 2010
As computer-aided design technology becomes ever more powerful and efficient, threatening the very existence of traditional model-making crafts, Design Week explores how different model-making techniques can be combined to shape a product prototype
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Sperm Creative has rebranded law firm Harrison Clark
17 June 2010
Sperm Creative has rebranded law firm Harrison Clark, winning the work following a four-way pitch. Sperm is also working on a new website, ad campaigns and print work for the firm.
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Splash tactics
17 June 2010
LFH has named, branded and designed the packaging for Tutti Frutti Yoghurt Splash, a yoghurt-filled wine gum, produced by brand-owner Frazer Confectionary. The new flavour will launch in Finland, Sweden and Estonia by the end of June. LFH says ’a splash holds and highlights’ the name, differentiating it from other products in the Tutti Frutti range.
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The Guardian uses Stallard for Glastonbury promotion
17 June 2010
Illustrator Rose Stallard has created imagery for The Guardian’s Glastonbury Festival promotional material, merchandise and cabin decoration.
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Tsuko has created a new brand identity for Children First
17 June 2010
Tsuko has created a new brand identity for Scottish children’s welfare society Children First. The charity, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, was formerly known as the RSPCC.
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UK Design Alliance recalibrates and relaunches
Wed, 16 Jun 2010
The UK Design & Skills Alliance is dropping the word ’skills’ from its name and has announced a new advisory board chaired by David Worthington, as it prepares to broaden its remit.
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Voxpop
17 June 2010
What was your favourite magazine when you were growing up, and why?
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Waterfall urges risk-taking and 'creative bravery' to boost work and business
17 June 2010
According to our Top 100 Consultancy Survey, things are looking up for many in design, with a third of those featuring in the charts projecting growth of 20 per cent or more this year (Design Week Top 100 supplement, 27 May).
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Whitespace has designed the 2010 programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
17 June 2010
Whitespace has designed the 2010 programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The consultancy worked with illustrator Johanna Basford on the project.
