Design Week
17 September
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...or an opportunity for consultancies to educate clients?
17 September
Regarding the debacle of the Greater London Authority London logo tender, I believe that our industry has a couple of questions to answer.
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...risking a big backlash from the general public...
17 September
Good on Lambie-Nairn for taking a stand on the Greater London Authority logo tender (News, DW 3 September). This is despicable behaviour on the part of the GLA and really shows a lack of respect for and an understanding of the creative community, in spite of its importance as an industry to the UK and London.
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A flight of fancy
17 September
Scarred by the experience of budget airline travel, Jim Davies longs for the jet-setting romance of air travel’s heyday. Can good design restore the mystique?
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Artisan du Chocolat...
17 September
Artisan du Chocolat has developed a new Space Collection chocolate range, in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy. Danish freelance designer Ivan Riis Henriksen developed the graphics and packaging for the chocolates, which are launching later this month in time for Chocolate Week, which runs from 12-18 October.
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Crossing boundaries
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
A few years ago, illustration was almost a forgotten art, says Pascal Johanssen - a state of affairs he wanted to change when he set up the Illustrative exhibition in Berlin. ‘There was a huge gap in the applied arts and illustration scene, with a well-established art market on the one hand and the design market on the other,’ he says. Now in its fifth year, Illustrative aims to fill that gap, showcasing international illustrators who have an artistic and experimental approach and ‘are ...
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Home-grown talent threat to UK design ambitions in China
17 September
Already late to break into the Chinese market, British designers now face energetic competition from sophisticated home-grown young creatives, according to a new report.
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Housing co-op work may be sustainable, but it's not design
17 September
I’m not often astonished, but reading last week’s issue I was. There was a piece on seven housing cooperatives (News, DW 27 August). Aconsultancy that designed all seven of them claims sustainability as a specialism.
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Inspired, Barney Rodgers, Bureaux
17 September
When and where does inspiration come from? Is it a colour, a thought, a person, a sound, or probably all of these things combined?For me, it was all about being at the right place at the right time - specifically, the late 1970s at a club called Eric’s. This was a music club in Mathew Street, Liverpool, and became one of the top Punk venues in the country.
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Is the London logo free-pitching debate opening up design...
17 September
There are two points that are missing from the debate over the Greater London Authority logo tender (News, DW 3 September). First - it levels the playing field. Too many times only elite consultancies are asked to submit designs for public works. The GLA bake-off enables anyone - of any background - to submit their design. In that way, it is a spin-off of the London 2012 site that asked for logo submissions (after the launch of Wolff Olins’ controversial identity).
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James Beveridge joins Pauffley & FHD
17 September
James Beveridge, of Brownjohn, is joining Pauffley & FHD as creative director.
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Kai and Sunny
17 September
Hove design group Kai and Sunny has worked with ad agency Leo Burnett Canada on a project for Kellogg’s Corn Pops. The design is used on cereal packs and in poster ads in Canada.
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Monddi Design Agency
17 September
Pembrokeshire-based consultancy Monddi Design Agency has redesigned the packaging for Sancler smooth cheese, across its range of flavours. The new packaging is set to hit the shelves in Tesco stores in the near future.
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News in pictures
17 September
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News in pictures
17 September
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News in pictures
17 September
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Profile - Lee Dalby
17 September
Basket-maker and one-time DJ Lee Dalby is dismissive of the crazier exponents of the craft, yet is not averse to using bits of copper pipe and rubber tubing in his latest show. Dominic Lutyens talks to him
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Starck's reality TV design show doesn't quite hit it off
17 September
The jury is still out on BBC Two’s new Apprentice-esque TV series Design for Life, featuring French design star Philippe Starck. But its first airing this week got a general thumbs down from design-savvy users of social media. Some welcomed the focus on design by the programme planners, but most were critical of the execution.
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Studio Dempsey
17 September
Studio Dempsey has designed Twiggy: A Life in Photographs for the National Portrait Gallery in London. The book coincides with the former model’s 60th birthday, and features iconic portraits of her from the 1960s to the present day. The images will be exhibited at the gallery from 19 September to 21 March 2010.
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The shape of things to come
17 September
New figures suggest the recession might be over, but consultancies shouldn’t break out the Bollinger just yet, says Angus Montgomery
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Up-skill battle
17 September
Continuing concern over the state of the economy is reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of freelances. Suzanne Hinchliffe crunches the figures in our latest survey of this sector, while industry insiders give their lowdown on what’s happening out there
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Voxpop
17 September
The Brand Union’s Glenn Tutssel has called for three-year foundation courses to be introduced to improve arts education. What changes would you like to see to the current system?
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We happy few
17 September
Moving graphics bombard us from all sides, but the still image retains the power to document the moment and define how we see ourselves. John Stones previews two shows where photography proves the ideal medium to explore ideas of national identity
