Design Week
18 May 2006
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300million designs film studio brochure
18 May 2006
300million has designed an A3 brochure for New York film studio The Weinstein Company, promoting its forthcoming films at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens today.
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Add a twist to jump on beverage brand wagon
18 May 2006
Old ideas never die, they just lose their balls!
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Ben Kelly and Pentagram craft a bright future for Origin
18 May 2006
The Crafts Council has appointed Ben Kelly Design to conceive a pavilion structure that will house its inaugural London craft fair Origin, with an identity designed by Pentagram.
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Benchmarks entries are still accepted
18 May 2006
The entry deadline for this year's Benchmarks, Design Week's best in branding awards, has been extended to 31 May. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.benchmarkawards.co.uk.
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Bespoke bindings
18 May 2006
In a world where books are cheaper and more throw-away than ever before, the painstaking craft of bookbinding is a pleasing anomaly.
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Can accreditation be used to assess the quality of design?
18 May 2006
The issue of accreditation has reared its head again as the Design Skills Advisory Panel steps up its action plan to build learning and skills within UK design (DW 11 May).
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Conran's de Trense sets up as consultant
18 May 2006
Conran Design Group new business development director Peers de Trense has left the company after ten years in the role.
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DCMS won't pick a second supremo
18 May 2006
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that it will not be appointing a second 'design champion' as part of its Creative Economy Programme. The DCMS appointed Sir George Cox as one of two British design supremos in March, but, despite having a candidate lined up, the DCMS now says the second appointment will not be forthcoming.
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Design Skills consultation is 'huge task'
18 May 2006
Key design figures have acknowledged the size of the task faced in acting on industry views of the future of British design. These opinions will be gathered in a consultation launched by the Design Council and Creative & Cultural Skills last week (DW 11 May).
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Digital firms stay on top in M&A valuations
18 May 2006
Digital consultancies are commanding impressive sale prices in excess of ten times their annual profits, often more than double that of traditional marketing services groups, thanks to a renewed surge in the digital media sector.
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Elmwood London designs Kerrygold Light packaging
18 May 2006
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Fiendish little tubs
18 May 2006
There's no doubt that first impressions are vital, but things don't go quite as planned when Jim Davies meets an important new client over coffee
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Graduate job up for grabs
18 May 2006
As a company with several recent graduates, One Brand Communication is aware that students are not just desperate for work placements… but ultimately for actual jobs, as Sara Goscombe points out (Letters, DW 13 April).
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Haley Sharpe brings early US pioneers to life
18 May 2006
A £26m visitor centre revealing the remains of the first permanent English settlement in North America is unveiled in the US this month, featuring a £2m masterplanning, concept design and installation by Haley Sharpe Design.
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Hard Rock Hotels scours the capital for suitable site
18 May 2006
Hard Rock International is aiming to design a luxury-branded Hard Rock Hotel in London, following the opening later this year of its first European hotel. The European flagship, which will be based in Madrid, includes an interior design concept by United Designers.
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Inspired
18 May 2006
It is difficult to pinpoint a single source as the inspiration for a piece of design. Like air, it is something you constantly breathe in: a word, a picture, a story, a book, an exhibition, a piece of music, someone you know, something that happens - layers of invisible data ...
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Lead generation services must not exclude freelances
18 May 2006
As a business development consultant working with small- and medium-sized design groups, I use lead generation services to help me identify opportunities for my clients.
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Loewy designs identity for Hadley Homes
18 May 2006
Loewy has designed a corporate identity and website for Hadley Homes, an independent property developer in London and the South East.
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Mylius quits his Fortune Street position
18 May 2006
Fortune Street co-founder Rodney Mylius has left his position at the consultancy to pursue a full-time design role at Marks & Spencer.
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News in Pictures
18 May 2006
Dundee communications consultancy Avian has designed a huge inflatable cow for Edinburgh visitor centre Our Dynamic Earth. It will take part in this year's Cow Parade in the city, running from 15 May to 23 July.
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Parra jazzes up covers for Carter's books
18 May 2006
Dutch artist and illustrator Parra (aka Pieter Janssen) has designed a set of Angela Carter book covers. The designs are part of a new series of books to be reissued this summer by Random House.
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Profile: Christopher Oram
18 May 2006
Christopher Oram is a master of atmospheric, unfussy stage design who has made it big in the West End with a series of hit shows. A revival of Evita is next on the cards, says Nick Smurthwaite
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Pushed to the limits
18 May 2006
It's difficult to go to an exhibition without being invited to take part in ambitiously designed interactives. Yolanda Zappaterra asks if the trend has gone too far and too many museums have become dumbed-down playgrounds
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Red Bee Media wins five awards
18 May 2006
At this year's Promax Europe in Vienna, Red Bee Media walked away with five gold gongs and two silver awards, while Dunning Eley Jones won one gold and three silver awards for their design work in screen idents.
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Review
18 May 2006
FAIR l Pulse by Top Drawer, from 21 to 24 May, is London's major lifestyle, gifts and interior accessories show, aimed at buyers sourcing design-led products. Venue: Earl's Court One and Two, London SW5. Details: www.pulse-london.com. EXHIBITIONS l Antana
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Ronnie Scott's in retune with Garcia and Bloom
18 May 2006
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Sheffield FC appoints 442 Design
18 May 2006
Sheffield United Football Club has appointed Glasgow consultancy 442 Design to create a 'superstore' at its Bramall Lane stadium. The 320m2 Blades Superstore will double the size of the shop.
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SHH designs fitness club interiors
18 May 2006
SHH has designed the £2m interiors for 37º, a health and fitness club opening on London's South Bank this week. Naming, branding and graphics for the club are by N1 Creative. The 2500m2 venue, run by ARK Leisure Management, includes a 465m2 gym, 20m swimming pool, sauna, steam rooms and indoor ...
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Souk emporium
18 May 2006
Villa Moda, the ultra-deluxe fashion chain run by young Kuwaiti Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah, has had a conversion on the way to Damascus. Caroline Roux reports back from the new outlet in a converted stable in a souk in the Syrian capital
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Stanley Donwood creates Thom Yorke album cover
18 May 2006
Long-time Radiohead album sleeve designer Stanley Donwood has created the cover for the forthcoming album from the band's lead singer Thom Yorke, titled The Eraser.
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Students steer clear of Ordnance Survey design placement
18 May 2006
I was interested to read Sara Goscombe's letter (DW 13 April) commenting on Ibrahim Ibrahim's article (DW 30 March) about student placements.
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Tesco design roster boosted by two appointments
18 May 2006
Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, has reconfigured its design roster, appointing Coley Porter Bell and Haines McGregor to its books.
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The Core aims to open London studio
18 May 2006
Hull-based design consultancy The Core is planning to open its first 20-strong London-based studio, which will be jointly run by incoming managing director Nick Green, formerly marketing manager at Unilever.
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The Farm helps CMMB go international
18 May 2006
The Farm has undertaken a comprehensive brand identity overhaul for Caribbean Money Market Brokers in a project worth about £200 000 to the consultancy.
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The secret of getting bigger
18 May 2006
How do you stay creative and introduce better business procedures as your consultancy grows? Mark Shaw has some advice for expanding firms
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Think outside the penalty box
18 May 2006
The World Cup is a priceless branding opportunity, but have commercial pressures diluted the strength of the designs? Clare Goff finds out.
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Totally weird
18 May 2006
The trend New Weird America coined a whimsical indie music sub-genre that soon infiltrated illustration. Its visual pioneers have created an ethereal, imagined aesthetic, very much based in the real, says Yolanda Zappaterra
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Villa Moda is expanding into Bahrain
18 May 2006
Marcel Wanders is designing a new Bahrain store for Villa Moda, the ultra-high-end fashion chain owned by Kuwaiti Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah.
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Voxpop
18 May 2006
Scotland's national design centre The Lighthouse is on the hunt for a director to replace Stuart MacDonald, who leaves next month. Does the centre need more of the same from its new chief, or is a fresh approach more desirable?
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Waterstones appoints Code Computer Love
18 May 2006
Manchester group Code Computer Love has been appointed as Waterstone's' first digital consultancy and will work with the book retailer to develop an on-line retail site launching this autumn.
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Zip designs album covers for Albion Records
18 May 2006
Zip has designed album covers for a series of releases by Albion Records. Strange Folk features illustrations by Neil Bowen at Zip.
