Design Week
18 February 2010
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A democratic gesture?
18 February 2010
Why not enlist the public to do your slogans for you? ’Crowdsourcing’ may amount to a free pitch, but it can make your audience feel involved, says Jim Davies
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A united voice, yes, but let's drop the idea of assessment
18 February 2010
Reading your piece ’Design could wield greater influence with a united voice’ (Comment, DW 4 February), I was struck by the line, ’A harmonious chorus on issues of mutual interest could wield greater influence… than a single body can achieve. It would be great to see them agreeing an agenda and collaborating openly.’
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Acid test
18 February 2010
Design rights are still lagging behind trademark protection, but there are some simple steps you can take to safeguard your intellectual property even if you baulk at more formal measures. Design Week speaks to some experts in the field
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Allan Leighton - the ideal non-executive champion of design
18 February 2010
Last week, you broached the subject of bringing in people from outside the design industry as a non-executive director, and who to appoint (Voxpop, DW 11 February).
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'Back to basics' approach for men's magazine market
18 February 2010
With sales in the UK men’s magazine sector continuing to drop away, many key players have redesigned to promote simplicity and hark back to the glory days of the titles.
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Central St Martins College of Art and Design
18 February 2010
Central St Martins College of Art and Design is collaborating with the Elisava design school in Barcelona to offer summer courses.
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Dowling Design & Art Direction has created a new brand for Rock
18 February 2010
Dowling Design & Art Direction has created a new brand for roofing specialist Rock.
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Fabric group Sanderson has collaborated with shoe designer Tracey Neuls and artist Nina Saunders
18 February 2010
Fabric group Sanderson has collaborated with shoe designer Tracey Neuls and artist Nina Saunders to create an installation, titled Most Curious, for Neuls’ flagship store. Saunders’ mutated armchair and Neuls’ footwear both use reissued and vintage Sanderson textiles. The collaboration celebrates Sanderson’s 150th anniversary, and can be seen at 29 Marylebone Lane, London W1 until 30 June.
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Fitch's professorship in retail design is a stroke of genius
18 February 2010
You have to hand it to Rodney Fitch. Like so many of the founding fathers of UK design, he is forever resourceful, as his latest educational venture demonstrates.
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Free pitch bears fruit for E3 Media with National Trust orchard site
18 February 2010
The National Trust is preparing to launch a new website about orchards, designed by Bristol-based consultancy E3 Media. The Orchard Network portal goes live in April.
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Get up close and personal
18 February 2010
Five minutes of a boss chatting with a member of staff tends to work better than months of formal feedback.Phil Jones explores the art of team-building
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Gray Matter has created brands for the Trust MK and Celebrate MK
18 February 2010
Gray Matter has created brands for the Trust MK and Celebrate MK (pictured) organisations in Milton Keynes.
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Inspired - Lizzie Mary Cullen
18 February 2010
What I love about the UK is that around every corner there’s a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. Whether you’re lost or you’ve gone exploring to find that secret treasure, chances are you won’t be disappointed.
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Lewis Moberly has designed the identity for The Kids Cooking Company
18 February 2010
Lewis Moberly has designed the identity and packaging for The Kids Cooking Company.
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Lloyd Northover has been appointed to create a new brand for Plymouth
18 February 2010
Lloyd Northover has been appointed to create a new brand for Plymouth.
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Local flavour
18 February 2010
Brands are using the power of provenance to push their authenticity and reassure consumers about the origins and pedigree of the products that they buy. David Benady takes the measure of some recent initiatives
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Mass Designers has created interiors for Charlotte’s Bistro
18 February 2010
Mass Designers has created interiors for Charlotte’s Bistro in west London.
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Morning Design has created the cover for Centrepoint’s upcoming album
18 February 2010
Morning Design has created the cover for homelessness charity Centrepoint’s upcoming album, which will feature artists including Hard-Fi and The Feeling covering songs from 1969, the year the charity was founded. The consultancy created the key shape and briefed illustrator Jackie Parsons to create a Peter Blake-style collage.
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Music has worked with illustrator Todd Slater to create an image of footballer Craig Bellamy
18 February 2010
Music has worked with illustrator Todd Slater to create an image of footballer Craig Bellamy to promote Manchester City’s home game against Liverpool on 21 February. Bellamy played for Liverpool from 2006-7 and joined Manchester City in 2009. The poster is the third in a series of four, which has also featured Emmanuel Adebayor and Shaun Wright-Phillips (News, DW 10 September and 26 November 2009).
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News in Pictures
18 February 2010
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News in Pictures
18 February 2010
B & B Studio has redesigned the packaging for Urban Fruit, a product which it has also renamed and rebranded ahead of an Asda roll-out at the end of this month.
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News in Pictures
18 February 2010
Small Design and US illustrator Tavis Coburn have worked on covers for the Orange British Academy Film Awards’ brochure. The covers represent films nominated in the best film category. The awards will be held on 21 February.
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Nixon Design has created the 2011 prospectus for University College Falmouth
18 February 2010
Nixon Design has created the 2011 prospectus for University College Falmouth, the theme of which is Creative Minds, Inspiring Futures. Cornwall-based Nixon Design was appointed last summer to a two-year contract to produce an interim communications campaign for UCF, ahead of the university status it is expected to achieve.
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Northern drive
18 February 2010
Electronic, digital and kinetic art and design is having a bit of a moment.
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Profile - Outside Studios
18 February 2010
Outside Studios is rapidly carving out a niche for itself, specialising in the field of interpretation design. Anna Richardson talks to the duo that met creating London Zoo’s Gorilla Kingdom about their winning formula
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Purpose has acquired Reef Design Management
18 February 2010
Purpose has acquired Reef Design Management, not Reed Design Management (DW 11 February).
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Red pencils for the best ideas for the Haiti relief effort?
18 February 2010
What is the best thing designers can do to help the relief and rebuild effort in Haiti (Voxpop, DW 4 February)?
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Rescue remedies
18 February 2010
With several high-profile brands struggling with PR disasters, Tom Banks looks at the strategic role design can play in corporate crisis management
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Robot Food has created a new identity for Northumbrian Fine Foods
18 February 2010
Robot Food has created a new identity for Northumbrian Fine Foods.
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Sarah Tyce has joined We Are Him & Her
18 February 2010
Sarah Tyce, formerly of Dew Gibbons, has joined We Are Him & Her as client services director.
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Shasa heads north of the border with Dalziel & Pow
18 February 2010
Dalziel & Pow has created a new brand and retail identity for Mexico-based clothing brand Shasa, which is expanding across the US.
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Spring has created the Experience Bollinger website
18 February 2010
Spring has created the Experience Bollinger website after being appointed to the champagne brand’s digital marketing account.
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Steers McGillan rebrands Bristol eco centre as Create
18 February 2010
Steers McGillan is rebranding Bristol’s ecological and cultural centre Create, in a bid to bring it in line with its ’inclusive and professional outlook’.
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Try the kitchen table for some homespun wisdom
18 February 2010
Given the continuing debates about going freelance vs the security of the payroll, and the delights of working in the centre of a city, compared to the drawbacks of life in the regions, I thought my experience might helpothers considering working from home.
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Vallis Tammaro founders set up new group Undercurrent
18 February 2010
Former Vallis Tammaro founders John Vallis and Robert Tammaro have founded new consultancy Undercurrent.
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Voxpop
18 February 2010
Public Zone has created an iPhone app that allows constituents and MPs to communicate with each other. What would you design for your MP, and why?
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Westfield reviews Stratford art
18 February 2010
Mall developer Westfield is dissatisfied with the results of the public art commissioning process for its Stratford City site, Design Week understands.
